GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #104 ...for WINNERS and with MULTIPLE WINNERS !!

[liblue1]

8/9 #3

8/9 - 3: Back home, it is not my normal job and pays far better; far better...
PIF to ranger

Good for you Tigg..............I am glad you have options............

8/9 #2
PIF @jpf880
@liblue1 Yeah..I remember a week I spent in WA state in July 1977...It didn't rain for 9 days and they were calling it a heatwave..good memories swimming in Lake Skookumchuck ...I'd never swam in a glacial lake before!
This is Hayes Lake ,mount baker Washington...

That sounds about right..........I love it there....only been a couple times...but it sure is pretty...

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

8/9 #2
So how close was Baker Lake to the juice vendor who has since moved to Arizona?

 

[liblue1]

8/9 #4

8/8 #4
PIF @Slowone2


@liblue1 (for when you come back on)...oh absolutely! I LOATHE Mercury in Retro...And wouldn't you know it happens like 4xs a year!!
....I haven't checked ..maybe you might pop in and give us a heads up when it's rearing it's mischievious head?! ..but I would just BET that it's been in Retro during the 2 weeks my Vapemail was MIA!! Yes, computer problems...lost mail...missed messages....miscommunication...Loki has stolen Mercury's shoes and is reeking havoc!! BWA-hahahaha!! ..there we go

2015 Retrograde Dates
In 2015, Mercury will be retrograde during:

• January 21 – February 11
• May 19 – June 11
• September 17 – October 9

Actually it's good for now.......but it will be again soon...so get your orders in before mid September...........I totally get it and have seen it in action too many time.......yes effects many things......too much to get into here....but always worth keeping an eye open for these times...........

 

[KatzWh1skers]

8/9 #3
PIF @liblue1
Thanks for the heads up! ALWAYS good to know when Loki Mercury Retrograde is afoot!
Oh my...so this past 3 weeks has NOT been due to Mercury??! (I am in TROUBLE then!)

8/9 #2
So how close was Baker Lake to the juice vendor who has since moved to Arizona?
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..sorry..I haven't had my 2nd cuppa joe yet...Is this a Jeopardy question??
This is in Yosemite (not one of mine unfortch)....I last visited there as a kid in the early '70's...Pretty in the Fall...I think it's time to visit there again...

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

8/9 #3
Put me in the pic to show scale. The claim, when you come into this place, is that you can drive through this tree. Well, maybe if you still have a functional Model A or a Mini Cooper. I realize I was a tad overweight in this pic, but no way would my car fit through there.

 

[liblue1]

8/9 #5
Nope not due to Mercury but there is some other activity making things go awry...........and it's not just you....

Well Treefam it's about that time..so have a good day & I will check back in later on...........

 

[tiggerrts]

8/9 - 4: It rained again last night with a huge thunderstorm, woke up at 3:30. Have to fight the urge to take a nap.
PIF to Shawn

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

8/9 #4
I would like to hear from one of you astrology believers as to what you think "retrograde" means. As an astronomer, I understand that, way back in history when we believed in geocentrism (all planets and stars rotated around us), that we also believed some planets reversed their course a few times a year and actually moved backwards in their orbits. That was the only way astrologers could explain the movements of those planets. Now we know better, and we also know that no planet ever stops and moves backward (retrograde), so why does modern astrology still use this term?

Smith River (very low) in northern California

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

8/9
#4
Got the Taifun GT back in shape. A lovely little 1.16 ohm microcoil wicked with Sally's rayon.

FYI: The Ithaka is wicked with 2 mm Silica

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

8/9 #5
Awesome wall, Shawn

Now for a trip to the beach...

 

[tiggerrts]

8/9 - 5: Well at work today about half the city lost electricity, around 125,000 people. It has gone off and on all day; and no mention yet of what has caused it.
PIF to fuzzy; and I agree what does it mean.

 

[rangerrobin]

8/9 #4

Breakfast was delicious! Now, it's time for slugfest...

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

8/9 #6

The year was1985 (was it really 30 years ago? Jeeeezzz...). Anyway, this is a picture of the object of my lust back then: Rock Climbing!* Oh yeah, and there's a person there too, blocking the view of all those gorgeous rocks... Oh, I guess that's my wife.

* and alpine and nordic skiing, and racing motorcycles in the desert, and dancing my .... off every Friday and Saturday night, and 1000 yard target shooting, and...

 

[KatzWh1skers]

8/9 #4
@tiggerrts ...in astro terms Mercury retro happens 3 or 4 times a year, when Mercury passes the earth in its orbit. From Earth, when Mercury rounds the bend, it slows down and appears to stop and spin backward (retrograde). It isn't really spinning backwards, ...it's more like an optical illusion.

In speaking of purely observed behavior vs the scientific theory of repeatedly testing and confirmation through observation and experimentation, it is well known among folks who work in police work, nursing, psychiatric care, EMT's that people do seem to get more active, more erratic, more worked up during a Full moon. So it doesn't seem that far-fetched to me that our nearest planetary neighbor, Mercury might also have some affect.

Getting somewhat here...but I have a good friend who is a Geologist...and I didn't know that the polarity of our Poles reverses like every couple million years....Geologists can witness this is certain rocks.

I find that fascinating.

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

it doesn't seem that far-fetched to me that our nearest planetary neighbor, Mercury might also have some affect.

I hate to tell you this, Katz, but both Venus and Mars are closer to us than Mercury. Both of them also have much larger electro-magnetic fields, which would be the astrological consideration.

 

[KatzWh1skers]

8/9 #5
PIF @rangerrobin

I hate to tell you this, Katz, but both Venus and Mars are closer to us than Mercury. Both of them also have much larger electro-magnetic fields, which would be the astrological consideration.

hoo-boy! I can only save myself now by saying that Mercury IS our nearest neighbor......if you live on the SUN!!
Yes, thank you,Fuzzy for reminding me why I leave the rocket science to my brother

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

8/9
#4
The Fogger 4.1 is back up and running with a 1 Ohm dual coil 2.4 mm 7 wrap 30 gauge wicked with rayon.

The Taifun GS is back online with a 1.16 ohm single, 3 mm id 28 gauge 6 wraps. I used Japanese Organic cotton and split the strip so half of each end of the wick rests on the deck, and half is in the juice holes. The reason this bears mentioning is that this tank is typically a dual wick build with ss mesh in the tank feeding a cotton wick in the coil.

The I put a 1.2 ohm 2.5 mm i.d. 28 gauge 6 wrap build an a rayon wrapped ss mesh core in the Caravela. Awesome flavor!

Up next... the V2 Rocket RTA

 

[liblue1]

8/9 #6
My thoughts.........SUN SPOTS......might be a cause for interruptions..............

 

[Utsuru]

8/9
#1

I've got a bit of reading in the thread to catch up on, just chiming in to say hello and wishing everyone a happy afternoon.

 

[CountBoredom]

8/9 #3
I got to see someone driving the wrong way down a street today. Fortunately, I and about ten other cars were stopped at a red light. The street is divided by a landscaped island and there are no driveways emptying out onto the street between two lights, so they must have turned left from the last light and not gone far enough. Idiots.