GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #125 for WINNERS and with MULTIPLE WINNERS !!
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Yumpin Yiminy, but I missed a bunch o' stuff.
That $100/month Internet has been providing me with .5 Mbps today. They're supposed to come check it tomorrow...
Slow, sorry to hear about your situation
Tornados? Yuck! I did win a Colorado Press Association award for a photograph of one that hit Limon, CO as we were leaving in a hurry.
Shortly after we moved to the Ozarks, a big un hit! F5 and on the ground for 94 miles, if I recall rightly. I was in my studio doing some woodworking with the radio playing when I heard the report. "A fast moving tornado has touched down and is currently moving north east. Its present location is 27 miles southwest of Mountain View." Wait a minute, I think, I am 27 miles southwest of Mountain View! Making one of the brighter decisions I have ever made, I stepped outside to see if there was a tornado nearby...
As I am now writing this, it should be obvious that there wasn't... I went and got the dam and we camped in the studio's basement for a while...
That tornado took the Chevy dealership and tossed it at and through the hospital. No one was injured as folks round here know how to hunker down.
Straight line winds and dust storms are also things I've dealt with. In Colorado, on the eastern plains, we had more than our share of walls o dirt and wind. One gust pushed a chocked 4 horse slant load bumper pull trailer 20 yards and ran it nearly through the wall of my shop building.
We used to joke that we used logging chains as a wind sock. If the chain was pointing straight out, it was breezy. If links started popping off the chain, it was getting windy.
Since moving to Arkansas, we've experienced 2 hundred year floods, 1 record breaking ice storm, 1 record breaking blizzard (nothing compared to Colorado, but we still weren't expecting 18"), and that tornado. I was beginning to think we weren't welcome...
Tonight, I put a 34N80/26KA1 2.5 mm 6 wrap .84 Ohm Clapton coil in the rba deck of my Delta 3 and filled it up with Gin Gin Chewy. Sigh...
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That $100/month Internet has been providing me with .5 Mbps today. They're supposed to come check it tomorrow...
Slow, sorry to hear about your situation
Tornados? Yuck! I did win a Colorado Press Association award for a photograph of one that hit Limon, CO as we were leaving in a hurry.
Shortly after we moved to the Ozarks, a big un hit! F5 and on the ground for 94 miles, if I recall rightly. I was in my studio doing some woodworking with the radio playing when I heard the report. "A fast moving tornado has touched down and is currently moving north east. Its present location is 27 miles southwest of Mountain View." Wait a minute, I think, I am 27 miles southwest of Mountain View! Making one of the brighter decisions I have ever made, I stepped outside to see if there was a tornado nearby...
As I am now writing this, it should be obvious that there wasn't... I went and got the dam and we camped in the studio's basement for a while...
That tornado took the Chevy dealership and tossed it at and through the hospital. No one was injured as folks round here know how to hunker down.
Straight line winds and dust storms are also things I've dealt with. In Colorado, on the eastern plains, we had more than our share of walls o dirt and wind. One gust pushed a chocked 4 horse slant load bumper pull trailer 20 yards and ran it nearly through the wall of my shop building.
We used to joke that we used logging chains as a wind sock. If the chain was pointing straight out, it was breezy. If links started popping off the chain, it was getting windy.
Since moving to Arkansas, we've experienced 2 hundred year floods, 1 record breaking ice storm, 1 record breaking blizzard (nothing compared to Colorado, but we still weren't expecting 18"), and that tornado. I was beginning to think we weren't welcome...
Tonight, I put a 34N80/26KA1 2.5 mm 6 wrap .84 Ohm Clapton coil in the rba deck of my Delta 3 and filled it up with Gin Gin Chewy. Sigh...
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1/7/16
Sounds like everyone here can use these
my multi quote isn't working real well tonight. Finger errors, no patience, whatever.
Yes, it is like a chess game. I've had to deal with health insurance. Stall, stall, stall. Beware of time deadlines. Useless hurdles. That dept moved, they are on vacation, you name it. Whenever I've sacrificed myself so another wouldn't get hurt, like that teen, it hasn't paid off. For me, I learned playing pool, sorta. I'm really really lousy at it. I can't tell you how bad. But I win because I play a "straight game". Ultra basic, nothing fancy. Always, always, always the person I'm playing against gets cocky, takes it for granted and starts showing off. They hang themselves. 1OO%. I've used that "play a straight game" in corporate and fighting medical insurance and the IRS. That can't be done if your hiding something. That's the only time I've failed, even for good reasons. Just an opinion, that's all. Ignore if you want.
Speak up! I really don't know squat. I do remember Dallas. You were right. I learned it was wind shear when I work at an airline for awhile. That was a first, so they said, had alarms for it now. But it was invisible. Weather is still in it's infancy as a science. There's a lot of discovery by ametuers. In general, the earth is under studied.
AK's got wild weather. Almost everyone I know had to do 6 months in Dutch Harbor or Bristol Bay as a rite of passage at 16. I heard about bear stew, honey pots, fish poisioning and very scarey bush pilots. Nope. Not gonna go. Midnight at noon or monster mosquitoes. Not a lot of good stories about AK. LOL. Even Denali messed up my flights. AK gets the quake, we get the tsunami. Whoopee, we're all gonna die!
Tuscon got SNOW, a dusting. Phoenix got hail and slight rotation. Wheeeee. No microbursts, tg. Those are weird. I listned to the weather and they said tomorrow would be "cold with a high of 58F". Yeah right, that's "cold". Told ya' we were weather whimps.
I don't think anyone is really excited about tornado's. It would be nice to know if we have them and there's strong suspicions the answer is going to be yes. There isn't a single basement in the state. Footers only need to be a foot deep. If even a tiny tornado hit a populated area, it'd be massive loss of life.
1/7/16
Sounds like everyone here can use these
my multi quote isn't working real well tonight. Finger errors, no patience, whatever.
Yes, it is like a chess game. I've had to deal with health insurance. Stall, stall, stall. Beware of time deadlines. Useless hurdles. That dept moved, they are on vacation, you name it. Whenever I've sacrificed myself so another wouldn't get hurt, like that teen, it hasn't paid off. For me, I learned playing pool, sorta. I'm really really lousy at it. I can't tell you how bad. But I win because I play a "straight game". Ultra basic, nothing fancy. Always, always, always the person I'm playing against gets cocky, takes it for granted and starts showing off. They hang themselves. 1OO%. I've used that "play a straight game" in corporate and fighting medical insurance and the IRS. That can't be done if your hiding something. That's the only time I've failed, even for good reasons. Just an opinion, that's all. Ignore if you want.
Speak up! I really don't know squat. I do remember Dallas. You were right. I learned it was wind shear when I work at an airline for awhile. That was a first, so they said, had alarms for it now. But it was invisible. Weather is still in it's infancy as a science. There's a lot of discovery by ametuers. In general, the earth is under studied.
AK's got wild weather. Almost everyone I know had to do 6 months in Dutch Harbor or Bristol Bay as a rite of passage at 16. I heard about bear stew, honey pots, fish poisioning and very scarey bush pilots. Nope. Not gonna go. Midnight at noon or monster mosquitoes. Not a lot of good stories about AK. LOL. Even Denali messed up my flights. AK gets the quake, we get the tsunami. Whoopee, we're all gonna die!
Tuscon got SNOW, a dusting. Phoenix got hail and slight rotation. Wheeeee. No microbursts, tg. Those are weird. I listned to the weather and they said tomorrow would be "cold with a high of 58F". Yeah right, that's "cold". Told ya' we were weather whimps.
I don't think anyone is really excited about tornado's. It would be nice to know if we have them and there's strong suspicions the answer is going to be yes. There isn't a single basement in the state. Footers only need to be a foot deep. If even a tiny tornado hit a populated area, it'd be massive loss of life.
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1/8
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Ain't been close to a live tornado but been thru areas just a few hours after a couple - not a pretty sight. Have seen funnel clouds way up in the sky but they didn't get close to the ground. Have seen water spouts on the ocean - one while on a boat and it was moving toward us but we were moving faster and at a slight angle away from it. Dealt with some good snow/ice storms growing up. Some minor flooding and 1 major flood. A few medium earthquakes - don't like them. More typhoons than I can remember - I'll take those here in Okinawa anytime over the other stuff.
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Ain't been close to a live tornado but been thru areas just a few hours after a couple - not a pretty sight. Have seen funnel clouds way up in the sky but they didn't get close to the ground. Have seen water spouts on the ocean - one while on a boat and it was moving toward us but we were moving faster and at a slight angle away from it. Dealt with some good snow/ice storms growing up. Some minor flooding and 1 major flood. A few medium earthquakes - don't like them. More typhoons than I can remember - I'll take those here in Okinawa anytime over the other stuff.
1/8
#5
15 min
Hungry but it's too early for dinner and might be too late for a snack.
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Hungry but it's too early for dinner and might be too late for a snack.
1/8 - 1: Good morning all, time to roll on a long day. TGIF tigg's glad it's Friday! Have a good one all and can't wait to see what conversation I missed today. 
1/8 #1
Well after several attempts to catch up on everything here last night, my phone wouldn't cooperate so I gave up. Now it's a new day, and new posts to read. Glad I am at work at my computer. At least it works (sometimes).
Have a great day everyone.
Well after several attempts to catch up on everything here last night, my phone wouldn't cooperate so I gave up. Now it's a new day, and new posts to read. Glad I am at work at my computer. At least it works (sometimes).
Have a great day everyone.
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Good morning treefam.
JP hugs and prayers for you and wifey.
Angel sorry you are stuck at home for the weekend. Hope your car issues get remedied soon.
Uncle I totally agree. I was raised poor, but also raised not to be sue happy. Pretty sure I've had a couple opportunities to get rich if I had sued, but that is not really good karma. I'm also optimistic that when I put everything in order the insurance idiot will increase his offer. Time will tell.
Probably won't be on much today as my hands appear to be all puffy and burning. Good luck to everyone with the lottery this weekend.
Good morning treefam.
JP hugs and prayers for you and wifey.
Angel sorry you are stuck at home for the weekend. Hope your car issues get remedied soon.
Uncle I totally agree. I was raised poor, but also raised not to be sue happy. Pretty sure I've had a couple opportunities to get rich if I had sued, but that is not really good karma. I'm also optimistic that when I put everything in order the insurance idiot will increase his offer. Time will tell.
Probably won't be on much today as my hands appear to be all puffy and burning. Good luck to everyone with the lottery this weekend.
Good Mornin' / G'Night and Good Vibes Tree Fam!
I've experienced MAJOR earthquakes living here in CA, and when I lived in Japan. I've been through many typhoons while living in the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. During the worst ones, we were locked inside for 3 days.
I currently live in a flood zone. We reach flood stage a couple times each winter, sometimes more. I'm knocking on wood as I type this, but if you look at the historical data, we're do for a major one.
National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
I'm at the 33ft mark. With all the talk of El Nino, I just hope my place doesn't get flooded.
I've given so many hints over the past year and a half, that several of you must know where I live too.
@tiggerrts - Have a good one...RGIF! Seriously though, I'm glad it's my Friday too...finally!
Have a FABuous day, everyone!
I've experienced MAJOR earthquakes living here in CA, and when I lived in Japan. I've been through many typhoons while living in the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. During the worst ones, we were locked inside for 3 days.
I currently live in a flood zone. We reach flood stage a couple times each winter, sometimes more. I'm knocking on wood as I type this, but if you look at the historical data, we're do for a major one.
National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
I'm at the 33ft mark. With all the talk of El Nino, I just hope my place doesn't get flooded.
I've given so many hints over the past year and a half, that several of you must know where I live too.
@tiggerrts - Have a good one...RGIF!
Seriously though, I'm glad it's my Friday too...finally! Have a FABuous day, everyone!
1/8 #1
Good morning, everyone.
It's okay, Robin--I won't tell!
Good morning, everyone.
It's okay, Robin--I won't tell!
Time for - COFFEE
YES - COFFEE - TIME . . .
Well - Thankfully, sleep most of the night and didn't get up until just 15 minutes before the exterminator came . . . SO - The rest of the day will be sorting out some more "Stuff", before tomorrow's work day to complete the "Spring" Cleaning (where everything and anything in the apartment must be cleaned - and I do mean everything) that started back in the beginning of December . . . DON'T ASK . . . But to put it as succinctly as possible, Do NOT Depend on an unemployed Friend (who NEEDS money) to get the JOB done in a timely manner - even if "You" are paying them . . . Then again what can Ya' expect or do when "You" aren't paying for a professional . . . Just Sayin' . . .
Anyway, I see people are getting ready for their weekends or have already started - So I hope Ya' all have something FUN planned . . . Just don't forget "We" are all here . . .
Guess it is time to check out some of the other ECF neighborhoods too . . .
See You Later . . .
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PLEASE NOTE:
Unless "We" hear different from "The Man Himself" - "GMO" . . .
Just as a reminder this WEEK's CONTEST # 125 will end sometime between Midnight and at 12 NOON CST (1 PM EST - 9 AM PST) on Saturday . . .
At that time . . . "GMO"
- Or "Uncle" . . . will be using Random . org to select a Winner for WEEK # 125 from this week's entries . . . 
Just before this Contest/Thread is Closed and a NEW Contest # 126 will be Started/Opened . . .
Unless "We" hear different from "The Man Himself" - "GMO" . . .
Just as a reminder this WEEK's CONTEST # 125 will end sometime between Midnight and at 12 NOON CST (1 PM EST - 9 AM PST) on Saturday . . .
At that time . . . "GMO"
- Or "Uncle" . . . will be using Random . org to select a Winner for WEEK # 125 from this week's entries . . . Just before this Contest/Thread is Closed and a NEW Contest # 126 will be Started/Opened . . .
1/8 #1
Mornin/nite y'all
Internet still giving me grief ....I was dead in the water again last night ....the frustration of having just had a connection and then having it yanked back out from under you was getting to me ....Better things to do than bang my head against the proverbial wall
@Fuzzy Thunderbear Thunderhead
Looking forward to your paper
My! .. we have such talented people here
...no wonder Tigg's @tiggerrts has an Island and we're all on it (psssst ...It's called Earth Angel ) ...only on THIS Island we are all close enuf to lend one another our Extra car ....help with the wood chores ..(I get the chainsaw!! @Fuzzy Thunderbear )...lend a helping hand with moving furniture.....help oneanother with chores and repairs ....and still respectful enuf to keep our personal space if we want to.
....There's prob not much we can't do when we put our heads and our hands together
Now that's more like what I always imagined Real Community to be like
Mornin/nite y'all
Internet still giving me grief ....I was dead in the water again last night ....the frustration of having just had a connection and then having it yanked back out from under you was getting to me ....Better things to do than bang my head against the proverbial wall
@Fuzzy Thunderbear Thunderhead
Looking forward to your paper
My! .. we have such talented people here
...no wonder Tigg's @tiggerrts has an Island and we're all on it (psssst ...It's called Earth Angel ) ...only on THIS Island we are all close enuf to lend one another our Extra car ....help with the wood chores ..(I get the chainsaw!! @Fuzzy Thunderbear )...lend a helping hand with moving furniture.....help oneanother with chores and repairs ....and still respectful enuf to keep our personal space if we want to.....There's prob not much we can't do when we put our heads and our hands together
Now that's more like what I always imagined Real Community to be like
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1/8
Back room vape break, just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the thoughts and prayers. Wifey still isn't doing great, I think she should still be in the hospital, but they sent her home. Definitely been keeping me busy. I'm not posting as much but I still read every post every day.
1/8
Back room vape break, just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the thoughts and prayers. Wifey still isn't doing great, I think she should still be in the hospital, but they sent her home. Definitely been keeping me busy. I'm not posting as much but I still read every post every day.
1/8 #1
OK, I'll start collecting the pieces and reconstruct it (it was in forum format for the cow forum and I can't seem to find my archived MS Word version). We have blog ability here within this forum? I didn't know that. Will have to check that out. Of course, I suppose Google/Twitter/etc. can steal it from there too, huh? So, @Shawn Hoefer , what do you think about using you as a fall-back position?
Can you show us the picture? (oh, purdy pleese...)
That's pretty much the way we look at wind out here on the Prairie too. I would guess we have maybe a total of 10 days a year that it is dead calm (usually when the temperature is over 100 *F). The rest of the time, the wind is blowing. If it is under 20 mph, we consider that a light breeze (I was really annoyed by that when we first moved here, but ya just get used to it). It is "windy" when it exceeds 40 and VFW (very F'ing windy) when it exceeds 60.
You got that right. If we'd spend as much money trying to understand our planet as we do throwing garbage into space (like we're every actually going to be able to migrate there), then maybe we could position ourselves to properly utilize and co-habitate with Nature.
Katz, honey, even outside of storyland, that statement is valid. Back a zillion years ago, when I managed a group of people, one of my employees told me I was the best manager she ever had. I said thank you and asked why she felt that way. "Because you told me up front that I can do anything I set my mind to and you believed in me." That's the way I look at everyone in life... if you think you can, or if you think you can't, you're absolutely right. Those who think they can always (sooner or later) move forward.
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