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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: jacko on October 01, 2004, 01:26:56 AM
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1st of October and my bit of scotland was covered in frost this morning. Made the cycle into edinburgh a bit chilly but I love nice bright frosty days. Shame I'm at work and not in the hills. Had a very good rehearsal last night and found that just like riding a bike, you never forget how to play Totos' Hold the Line, even though I last played it in about 1980 ;-)
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Thanks for that visual Graeme. I do enjoy your part of the World. I got to see a deer crossing the road this morning which is always pleasent and now an image of frost covered heather. I'd call that a good start to the morning.
Sam
(Message edited by bracheen on October 01, 2004)
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It's beautiful here today too! First thing I noticed when I rolled out of bed - the colors of the leaves.
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The leaves, yes, it's astounding to think that much of the year has passed already! We're getting some reds here in Indiana, and this morning there was fog coming off the river on my way in to work. 47 dgrees f. and even though I was running late I still got a good parking spot and walked to the office in the company of an extremely hot babe. It will be a good day...
john
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From our data center here in Portland, we've been watching Mt. St. Helens vent steam. It's a bit hazy today, but still a great view. It's awesome watching Mother Nature at work!
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Reid,
I'm checking it out from the north side... Always amazes me.
What a georgeous day in my neck of the woods.
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Gents,
No deer or snow for me. Got up in beautiful Fayetteville, NC, USA, to lots of mist and fog. Had to go through Basic Airborne Refresher training today. Lovely. Got to roll around doing parachute landing falls, and jumping off of a 34 foot tower (attached to a cable/pulley mechanism via the parachute harness - I'm not stupid, after all!). Well, it's $150 month, anyway.
Had a good time with my SF-2 and my (10) basses last night exploring new sounds. SF-2's are the #hit. If you don't have one, I highly recommend one. What they can do for a Jazz Bass is nothing short of astonishing.
Regards,
Alan
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I got to see a deer crossing in the dew 5:00am Wed. morning. Unfortunately it was about 10ft. in front of my new truck and I was doing about 45mph. I swerved violently, but she broke out of the brush in a mad dash as if she waited for me, so she got collected by first the right front corner, then the right side flank of the truck. Needless to say, my new $50k truck that I special ordered and waited five months to get now has a totally customized right-rear door. The deer escaped, so I don't know if I killed it or not. I love animals, but I'm not in love with that particularly stupid deer, LOL!. With a $500 insurance deductible, this is gonna cost me when the body shop, then the insurance co, take turns raping me. Oh well, it could have been worse: If I was on my Road King, I wouldn't be writing this.
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Hey Hollis:
The mayor down here issued a notice we should stock up on food, water and breathing masks. From that little plume? I saw a picture on the internet of a group of people watching it from the Johnson Ridge Obseratory - MAJOR COOL!
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Well, as long as we're telling dear stories...
I went for a walk in the woods behind my house. After making a circuit around the perimeter or my property, and being persued by insects, I headed back to the house. I left the woods via the main path near the center of the treeline. After walking maybe 20 feet into the field I noticed to my left a small deer, just standing looking at me. It was about 50 feet from me. I stopped walking. It put it's head down, nibbled some grass, and walked staight towards me about 10 feet. Now, I don't consider deer to be a real dangerous threat to people, but it was so close that I had to think that if it's momma was around she might get upset. I walked further into the field, turning a semi-circle around the baby. Now I'm about 60 feet from the woods and the deer is half way between me and the woods. I have a perfect view of it's side, with beautiful rows of white spots. It picks it's head up again and looks at me. I say, Where's your momma? You shouldn't be wandering around by your self. The deer, looking straight at me says, maaa. I say, maaa. It nibbles some grass and says, maaa to me again. I respond once more in kind. It gives me one more long look, then with it's white tail flipping up and down bounds off into the woods.
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Hey Kevin,
Man! Phewww! I'm glad you're okay.
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A young deer walks into a bar.
The bartender looks up and says, Hey, don't expect me to fawn all over you.
Another drive by de-lurking!
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A string walks into a bar, orders whiskey neat.
Bar tender 86's him saying, we don't serve string in here.
Outside, the string starts dragging his topside along the pavement and twisting into a pretzel shape.
The string goes back in to the bar, orders whiskey neat.
The bartender says, say aren't you that string?
String replies,I'm a frayed knot!
Sorry......Talk about twisting a thread!
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if she blows, we want pictures!!!!!!!!
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A sportcaster friend in Alaska told me a story about hitting a moose and getting blood everywhere as it came through the windshield. As the paramedics were carrying him to the ambulance (he was covered from head to toe in blood), a cop back at his station wagon yelled for them to take a look at this and they essentially dropped him to checkout the extremely cool moose head in the front seat.. He eventually had to sell the car because he could never get rid of the smell... So... Cool story, Karl, and Kevin, glad you're okay. And for the Mt. St. Helens Alembic Response Team, neat-o...
John
A termite walks into a tavern and asks:
Where's the bar tender?
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Why did the moose cross the street?
(I never get those jokes, so I just thought I'd throw one in, see if anyone can come up with a puchline.)
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Why did the moose cross the street?
Why? Because the geopolitical situation on his side of the street had changed drastically, impacting his socio-economic idiom such that he was FORCED to cross the street, where, incidentally, he would be a statistic on the new side of the street and no longer be a statistic on his former side of the street, thus indicating, statistically, that any reforms taking place on the former side of the street have apparently been working perfectly, and that problems on his present side of the street are someone else's, like maybe France's...
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Because it was welded to the chicken.
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sorry another double post...
(Message edited by hollis on October 04, 2004)
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Reid,
They're saying that the mountain's blowing steam (possibly soot) right now. I can't see anything through the pea soup fog. Any word from the south side? Mayhaps the mayor was right?
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Hey Hollis:
It's too darn hazy here in Portland to see it. We're watching from here today:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/)
Reid
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Thanks Reid.
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John, I thought I was the only one that knew why the moose crossed the road, but you beat me to it!!!
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Hum ...I always thought they crossed roads because there were the signs. When there would be no signs ....maybe they wouldn't cross???
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/13132.jpg)
Paul the bad one
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David,
That surely puts us on a government list somewhere.. ;)
Paul,
As my brother would say, You've got a point there, but if you wear your hat just right no one will notice!! :0
John (wearing his hat *just so* and trying not to smile for those government cameras)
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Paul; great answer! And with photo documentation as well!
Reid; thanks for the web cam link.