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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: seeker_two on September 05, 2011, 08:18:46 PM
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I got to spend mine helping my inlaws save their house & cattle from a wildfire. Still not out of the woods on the house, but the cows are evac'd to safer pastures. Gonna be a long night on firewatch...all prayers are appreciated....
MrsSmith...maybe moving to Texas ain't such a great idea just now...that is, unless you like everything you own smelling like the inside of a wood smoker....
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I want to crack a joke about cows and smokers, but I've dealt with wildfires before, so it's not really funny.
Good luck with it. Praying for rain.
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Best of luck with the wildfires.
Only smoke at my place was from hickory under a big ole ham from a hog I raised.
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Finished painting the new horse shed in the am, only about a year after we built it.
Took a ride after lunch. It was hot, even though it started out at 39 degrees this morning.
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I ate a bunch of cookies, drank a lot of milk, and got some good gear and a staff for my mage.
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Cleaned the garage out, found out I do have a 2 car garage. Had to clean it out for the Iowa State vs Iowa game next weekend. I have a screen and LCD projector, have a few friends over and its cheaper than going to the game or watching it in a bar.
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Spent the day with my son. RC Car, Trip to Home Depot and Gander Mountain, some reloading and dinner at the neighbors. Oh, and home from the hospital. That made it all good.
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Read. Bought some books at low prices from a liquidating Borders. Had grilled bison burgers. Dog flipped out, seeing deer for the first time.
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Slept in till nearly 7am (late for me), fixed a spinach, mushroom, jalapeno, and pepperjack cheese omelet for breakfast, got most of the painting done in the kitchen, fixed a pot of chili for dinner, watched the latest Dr Who with Thing 1 (she's becoming a Dr Who fan), and loaded about half a box of 44mag (10.3gr Unique with a 260gr LSWC cast by yours truly).
Now I'm going to walk the dog and call it a day.
Chris
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Stained my deck. Back hurts pretty seriously now. Still mobile, but not by a big margin.
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Went to work, fielded about 60 phone calls asking if we were open on Labor Day, had a few people surprised that we were still open for our usual 8am to 8pm.
Got a chuckle out of somebody that asked for mums. "Yeah, we've got some left, not exactly sure how many though. Somewhere between 20 and 25... thousand." Cracks me up when people get here and ask which aisle they're in. "Uhm, head straight back and you'll find them. They're in aisles 10 through 40." We've literally got enough to cover half a football field.
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Just worked all day here at the computer, the same as every other day. The only breaks were to take the dog outside in a driving rain to do his business.
Beats fighting wildfires, though.
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Recovered from shooting a wedding. Was on my feet from 8am to 11:30pm Sunday. Got up at 10am, played with the kids, took a try at sorting through 1850 photos (18MP, RAW+JPG = 56 gigabytes), went grocery shopping.
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Too bad about the fires. Best of luck.
Made a great little bachelor's µ-wave breakfast. Two link sausages smothered with "egg beaters," those eggs in a 1-pint carton, dashed with oregano, basil, garlic powder, thin slice of pepper jack cheese, Prep time 90 seconds, nuke time 3:30 in 700 Watt µ-wave.
Paid some bills, discovered I was almost out of the "Forever" stamps, used two old 42¢ stamps on one envelope just to get rid of them. Spendthrift! Just wasted 40¢! Gnashed teeth and wrung hands over that, vowed to get a mess of 1¢ stamps next time I went to the Post Office so I could use up the rest of the old 42¢ stamps. They don't call me a world-class cheapskate for nuthin', you know.
Called two sons, chatted a while with each.
Found Harbor Freight coupons in American Rifleman, decided I wanted to get one of their 400/800 Watt inverters at $19.99 for power failures, went out and got that.
Discovered the spare car battery I keep around had self-discharged to 8.2 volts, so could not test the inverter, set up charger for the battery. No wonder. It's been out on the balcony for six months with its little loose electrons drifting around on sulphate ions and occcasionally hitting one of the positive plates and finding a new home there. Or however that works.
Stopped by the laundry room to check the notices to see if the apartment complex was having a Labor Day barbecue over at the other building. Nope, not this year. Manager once told me she hated those soirees, they were just an opportunity for all the residents to complain to her about this-a and that-a. I recalled that a long time ago I found that if something were bad enough for me to complain, somebody else would complain about it... so she loves me because I never bitch about this-a or that-a.
Battery voltage 12.6, checked out inverter with a light load. Works. Continued charging at about 1 1/2 amps.
Read some more of Stephen Ambrose's "D-Day."
Vacuumed the floor.
Took a nap.
Had a modest dinner, two franks cut up and mixed into some lentil soup µ-waved three minutes, and a couple of pieces of celery.
Took another nap, woke up at 12:30 AM today, Tuesday, fired up the computer to see what was happening on the boards, and here I am.
Battery's still charging.
Terry, 230RN
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A hundred bucks at Bass Pro shops.
Almost two hours outside with the kids.
Some COD time.
Ribs on the BBQ.
Couch snuggle time with the little woman.
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Couch snuggle time with the little woman.
So...wife was out of town?.... =|
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So...wife was out of town?.... =|
I didn't say anything about any hookers.... >:D
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I didn't say anything about any hookers.... >:D
Me neither....but you've mentioned that you live in a "nice" neighborhood.... ;)
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Completely forgot it was a holiday until Ben mentioned throwing burgers on the grill in the middle of the day. Spent 8 hours with my web guy getting site cleaned up and pages built. Could have scheduled it for today and done "holiday" things but it didn't occur to me. Went out to get a bite to eat and a couple beers with web guy and couple of my staff showed up so we ended up talking work. Oh well. Productive day even if not terribly exciting.
Seeker - between controlled burns in SC and the Okeefenokee being on fire few times, this has been the summer of smoke in Savannah, so I'm used to it. Hope your family (and their property) is all safe and sound.
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Me neither....but you've mentioned that you live in a "nice" neighborhood.... ;)
True. Guess I should call them "call girls" or "dates" instead....until they're dead, then they become hookers.
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Got up and ran about 3 miles or so, went back to sleep for a few hours.
Then went ate lunch, played on the computer, loaded 7 x 30 rd magazines for my M4, read, ate dinner, went and "rented" movies, played on internet, went and watched Cars 2, went back to room and watched "rented" movies (Unstoppable and The Men Who Stare at Goats).
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spent most of sunday and monday at the hospital as an orthopedic surgeon worked to put my daughters arm back together.
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spent most of sunday and monday at the hospital as an orthopedic surgeon worked to put my daughters arm back together.
That sounds like it sucked. What happened? How is she doing now?
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Visited my Grandfather on his deathbed a few times over the weekend.
He was in his 90's, and had a good run, lots of kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids to show for it, so its not too terrible though. =)
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Studied for the Security+ test, which is today.
That's pretty much all.
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That sounds like it sucked. What happened? How is she doing now?
she took a fall of 13' fall onto concrete, fortunatly bouncing off a few things that slowed her down. snapped her ulna and dislocated her radius. her pain is much relieved after the second casting, and she is resting. if i have time i will post more later.
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Whoa.... Glad it wasn't worse. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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True. Guess I should call them "call girls" or "dates" instead....until they're dead, then they become hookers.
:facepalm: ....don't you ever watch "Desperate Housewives"?.....
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=desperate+housewives&aq=0&oq=Desperate (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=desperate+housewives&aq=0&oq=Desperate)
Whoa.... Glad it wasn't worse. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Ditto....
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My Labor Day was uneventful. Just like I like it. A couple of long walks with the dog; and I made swordfish steaks with a lemon-pepper/green chile sauce and a side of steamed shrimp.
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I hosted a party for some friends... Went well, much beer consumed, meat grilled (including bacon wrapped hotdogs), had a campfire and just an all around good time.
she took a fall of 13' fall onto concrete, fortunatly bouncing off a few things that slowed her down. snapped her ulna and dislocated her radius. her pain is much relieved after the second casting, and she is resting. if i have time i will post more later.
Wow, that sucks. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Drove to San Antonio and visited my parents. Got to see some good friends I rarely spend time with anymore. Wasn't feeling well, and I despise holiday driving on I35, but it was worth it.
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I spent all day driving from NW Washington back to Montana. It was a good drive though. The funny thing (and I only very slightly exacerbate) in Washington when anywhere near a town it seemed like there was always somebody pulled over by the state patrol within view. As soon as I crossed into Idaho I never saw another cop.
I may have set a land speed record for a full sized pickup with a V6 from the Montana border to Missoula on I90! As soon as I hit Spokane I figured my arrival time and I made it to my driveway within 30 seconds of it =D
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holiday driving on I35,
That sucks.
Visited my Grandfather on his deathbed a few times over the weekend.
My condolences. Lost my Grandfather about 2 and a half months ago. Took a while for me to get over it.
I saw the new Fright Night. Was pretty good.
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Went to a buddy's place. Ended up staying a lot longer than intended. Wound up talking to this really nice redheaded Irish lady that grew up in South Africa. One of her first comments was after I remarked that folks shouldn't let me drink anymore as I had to drive like two hours. She raises an eyebrow, and in a perfect Irish/UK/SA accent, perfectly level, says "Quite being such a ***** and drink it!"
Naturally, caught my interest. Started talking to her on facebook. Here's hoping. =D
Then I went to another party in "Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjos" country. Where yes, they had banjos.
Good food, lots of guns, traded some tritium for road flares, etc.
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Went to Silver Falls State Park for a bike ride with my wife. After returning home I finished another board for my homebrew µC project development system.
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Only our Rev would be trading radioactive substances for road flares on Labor Day. Kind of makes you wonder what he plans for the road flares.
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Good food, lots of guns, traded some tritium for road flares, etc.
This is the start for what will be a VERY interesting story, I'm sure.... :cool:
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What's the half-life of road flares and how do you mount them on guns?
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I just got home from my Labor Day. =D
Labor Day is one holiday I have a rock-solid tradition to observe every year: the Mackinac Bridgewalk. This was the first year doing it as a single person. I started going (and bringing the family) the year my first daughter was born, so this was our sixth one. Usually I drive up early in the morning and then stay to camp the night after, or at least that is my preferred plan, and what I did this year.
Left around 2 am with two sleeping and pajama-clad kiddos, a humongous double jogging stroller, and a big tote full of camping gear, and every blanket I could get my hands on.
Crossed the bridge at 7:30--the runners were started to reach the end (Lucky bastards! There's a lottery for the 200 spots allocated to runners, and I have yet to get in. I have a serious jones to run the bridge, hence my nick change), and we passed what looked like the "governor's party" the official leader of the bridgewalk (Jenny usually ran it, until she had some health issues the last few years. No idea about Snyder.)
Met my cousins, walked across the bridge for the sixth time. A good time was had by all. Well, mostly--my younger kiddo is a champion wrestler and enjoys running away. At a certain point, she tends to get willful and difficult what with insisting she MUST either run into traffic or off the side of the bridge, so I got engage in a mobile wrestling match for a while.
The afternoon kind of sucked though. Took a boat to that blighted spot of misery known as Mackinac Island because kiddo likes the boat ride, wasted way too much time enjoying the aroma of the picturesque fudge and horse-piss, eventually got back to St. Ignace in the UP and eventually made my way to camp. At least one of my cousins tagged along for that part, so I had some help with the kiddos. Mackinac Island truly sucks. It is a phenomenon I do not understand in the least, and it did not contribute to the general awesomeness of the day.
Sat around a campfire for a while, ate stuff, slept, woke up, sat around a campfire, ate stuff.
Absolutely exhausting, what with having had just about no sleep for the past week followed by an all-nighter of driving, followed by a long, long day, but I managed to not actually fall into the campfire when I kept nodding off over dinner, so it's all good.
I am seriously regretting having come home today. Should have stayed another night. Kiddo would have missed another day of school, but really, we needed the break and the camping more than she needs the day of school. Next year, I'll avoid the thirty-hour camping trip.
Don't know how, but I wish I could figure out a way to avoid the joys of an early-morning pit stop that requires waking two kids, hauling out and assembling a ginormous stroller, wrestling it through a bucnh of doors, etc.
All in all, better without the ex than with him, despite sundry inconveniences. I know I did less work this year than I did last year when I had a "partner." And it's always great spending time with my cousins, another chance to be not entirely on my own.
Next Bridgewalk can't come soon enough for me.
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she took a fall of 13' fall onto concrete, fortunatly bouncing off a few things that slowed her down. snapped her ulna and dislocated her radius. her pain is much relieved after the second casting, and she is resting. if i have time i will post more later.
That's the kind of stuff that'll put gray in you're hair and pucker your sphincter.
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13 hours on the road returning from Atlanta (DragonCon RULES!) to NoVA, after 5 hours sleep the preceding night. Was 10.5 hours driving down there, and we left Atlanta at 7:22A Labor Day - ran into a parking lot on I-95 south of Fredericksburg ~5P, a little over half an hour's normal driving time from home, and bailed to US 1 which got us into Fburg - where it also became a parking lot. We made it out of Fburg at nearly 8P, and made it home ~8:30P via US 1/Rt 123. Reports of multiple crashes on both major roads. That drive SUCKED.
Not as bad as falling and breaking arm bones, of course.
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What's the half-life of road flares and how do you mount them on guns?
I'm trying to think what kind of a big frickin' gun he must be planning that will need road flares for night sights.
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Only our Rev would be trading radioactive substances for road flares on Labor Day. Kind of makes you wonder what he plans for the road flares.
It says volumes when you focus on a few grams of tritium instead of a hawt redhead Irish South African lady. Even I have better prioritization skills, dude.
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It says volumes when you focus on a few grams of tritium instead of a hawt redhead Irish South African lady. Even I have better prioritization skills, dude.
Meh. Show me a redhead who can boost the yield of a fission device.
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It says volumes when you focus on a few grams of tritium instead of a hawt redhead Irish South African lady. Even I have better prioritization skills, dude.
Married to my lady, I'm not going to be focusing on a hawt redhead Irish South African lady. A little something called self preservation.
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13 hours on the road returning from Atlanta (DragonCon RULES!) to NoVA, after 5 hours sleep the preceding night. Was 10.5 hours driving down there, and we left Atlanta at 7:22A Labor Day - ran into a parking lot on I-95 south of Fredericksburg ~5P, a little over half an hour's normal driving time from home, and bailed to US 1 which got us into Fburg - where it also became a parking lot. We made it out of Fburg at nearly 8P, and made it home ~8:30P via US 1/Rt 123. Reports of multiple crashes on both major roads. That drive SUCKED.
Not as bad as falling and breaking arm bones, of course.
There are a couple of Holidays I figuratively throw the car keys down the well and stay home if at all possible. Local errands, OK, but anything involving highways, forget it. My own poor driving skills come nowhere near matching the superlative and excellent driving that takes place on the highways during some holidays. I know when I've been outclassed.
(Sorry to hear about the busted bones. Hope she's feeling better and has a quick recovery.)
Terry, 230RN
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There are a couple of Holidays I figuratively throw the car keys down the well and stay home if at all possible. Local errands, OK, but anything involving highways, forget it. My own poor driving skills come nowhere near matching the superlative and excellent driving that takes place on the highways during some holidays. I know when I've been outclassed.
(Sorry to hear about the busted bones. Hope she's feeling better and has a quick recovery.)
Terry, 230RN
In order to go to DragonCon, I don't have a choice - I *HAVE* to drive on that holiday. They only ever hold it in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend, and my wife and I take enough costumes to stuff a minivan full to the roof between us, so we can't fly (and we'd have to deal with horrendous traffic anyways, in Atlanta and again at Dulles, if we took less stuff and flew). So, yeah, I chose to deal with the problem in order to do what I wanted to do. It still sucked.
Though again, not as much as falling 13' onto concrete and breaking arm bones. Ouch. I too hope she's feeling better by now.
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Labor Day was a day of labor: Southern Oregon to McClellan CA and the industrial park that was made from McClellan AFB. After seven weeks medical down time, it was nice to work again, though might have been nicer had the air conditioner worked better.
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It says volumes when you focus on a few grams of tritium instead of a hawt redhead Irish South African lady. Even I have better prioritization skills, dude.
You were trading actual grams of tritium? How many semi loads of road flares did you get?
I spent my day working at Walmart with not enough cashiers and way to many customers. It was brutal.
I just got home from my Labor Day. =D
Labor Day is one holiday I have a rock-solid tradition to observe every year: the Mackinac Bridgewalk. This was the first year doing it as a single person. I started going (and bringing the family) the year my first daughter was born, so this was our sixth one. Usually I drive up early in the morning and then stay to camp the night after, or at least that is my preferred plan, and what I did this year.
Which lanes do they have you walk on? I'm semi interested in doing it but wifey is sorta terrified of the inner lanes made of grating.
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Meh. Show me a redhead who can boost the yield of a fission device.
Sigh. Sadly, I can. But she's married. :/