What Are You Doing In Real Life II - Page 220

Jimbuna · 08-21-20, 11:38 AM

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Got cats fed and coffee made, just in time for second power failure in two days. Back on Samsung tablet with EDDO ellipsis jetpack as WIFI is out. Smoke and overcast are intermingled and smells very smokey. No word on emergency radio on how long PG &E will take. 2300 customers out; so it's smaller than two days ago.

Light winds today so that will improve firefighting control issues in them-thar hills. Edit: TA DAA! The power just came back on as I post...now to reset all the appliance clocks...again.

Sounds like you're living in a third world country

Aktungbby · 08-21-20, 12:01 PM

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Sounds like you're living in a third world country

Precisely! But wait 'till you've driven big rigs through Mississippi and the nether regions of Kaintuk, Tennessee, W. Virginia and Presidio TX! on the Rio Grande

A lot of 'Merika is third world imho! Good thing I'm fluent in Spanglees, Ghettospeke, and Brooklynese,...and pack a laser-grip equipped Beretta at all times....The bloody wogs hate that red light in their eyes!

helps 'cause swift retreats at 69 are no longer an option....

and I'll probably get a call to prevent inevitable looting during these conflagrations at some point just like 2018; it was a big gang related problem...

and retirement is boring!

Jimbuna · 08-21-20, 12:13 PM

Was that you in that movie deliverance?

Aktungbby · 08-21-20, 12:58 PM

Nope! I did my mosquito infested canoeing in the Quetico/BoundaryWaters/Superior Wilderness: two weeklong outings with church groups (66'-67) and two ('69) as an 18 yearold YMCA Asst. counselor with ten snotty 10-year- olds: ie; my first fleet command action

(6 fully loaded Grumman canoes-huge unergonomic Duluth packs) and I didn't lose a man -incl. my baby brother who mom had shipped to the camp 'cause I was working there!!

Guide, cook and navigator and drag-man to make sure all the gear and kids got from one lake to the next on rainsoaked mile+ long portages.

Getting the little buggers to this famous lady's trade post dazzled my senior counselor(a college sophmore) when she recognized me from a previous voyage by name: "you really have been here!" Knife Lake Dorothy>

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She was known as "Knife Lake Dorothy" or as the "Root Beer Lady", as she made root beer and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota. Various factors combined to give her national prominence, extensive coverage in media, books and documentaries, and tens of thousands of visits by Boundary Waters Canoe Area canoeists. Through a combination of her remote location and BWCAW wilderness restrictions against motors and motorized travel, Molter's home was amongst the most isolated in the country.

The nearest road required 15 miles of travel by water and five portages over land to reach. It typically took approximately 1½ days of travel from her home to reach the nearest road, and her home was approximately 36 miles (58 km) from the nearest (small) town.

Her passing was in the papers in '86 and I was greatly saddened to hear of it! The rootbeer after campfire food for 12 people was fabulous!

Sailor Steve · 08-21-20, 07:36 PM

Got a call from the doctor yesterday. Instead of preparing for an operation I'm now doing light exercises to help with the healing process. I also took a short walk. Today I received my final certification from the brain therapist. He says I've completed all my tests and I'm in good working order, so all that remains now is balance and learning to walk again.

Jimbuna · 08-22-20, 04:13 AM

Great to know Steve....onward and upward

u crank · 08-22-20, 04:48 AM

Indeed. It's good to hear this news Steve. Best wishes and a speedy recovery.

Aktungbby · 08-22-20, 10:18 AM

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Sounds like you're living in a third world country

So it would seem. Yesterday's short power outage is now attributed to a bird strike five blocks from my house. Criminal entity PG&E must love it! Instead of their poor maintenance causing death and desruction, it's birds and lightning strikes!...otherwise known as "Acts of God"!

Jimbuna · 08-22-20, 10:21 AM

Second of five fences painted but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow

Aktungbby · 08-22-20, 10:31 AM

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"Acts of God"!

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but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow

I second that prayerful nomination...but hold off on the thunderbolts by Jupiter!

Gerald · 08-22-20, 10:37 AM

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Second of five fences painted but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow

Good grief! Five fences to paint? Sounds like a joke ... feels a bit like a holiday painting as it seems to be extremely drawn out in time.

Jimbuna · 08-22-20, 10:42 AM

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I second that prayerful nomination...but hold off on the thunderbolts by Jupiter!

Yep, I certainly wouldn't be offering to swap locations with you atm.

Gerald · 08-22-20, 11:02 AM

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Was that you in that movie deliverance?

Aktungbby · 08-22-20, 11:44 AM

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Yep, I certainly wouldn't be offering to swap locations with you atm.

Indeed, the essence of petitioning the Lord is... Precision ...otherwise, God being a comedian,("vengeance is mine??!!

) you usually get what you ask for..and then discover...wantin' is mo' fun than havin'!!?

Case in point: I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...

Gerald · 08-22-20, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Indeed, the essence of petitioning the Lord is... Precision ...otherwise, God being a comedian,("vengeance is mine??!!

) you usually get what you ask for..and then discover...wantin' is mo' fun than havin'!!?

Case in point: I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...

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I moved to CA to 'cause it was nice and warm...

It will probably be colder weather soon and rain ... I'll pray for that.

08-21-20, 12:13 PM	#3288
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,199 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Was that you in that movie deliverance? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-21-20, 07:36 PM	#3290
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Got a call from the doctor yesterday. Instead of preparing for an operation I'm now doing light exercises to help with the healing process. I also took a short walk. Today I received my final certification from the brain therapist. He says I've completed all my tests and I'm in good working order, so all that remains now is balance and learning to walk again. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-22-20, 04:13 AM	#3291
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,199 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Great to know Steve....onward and upward __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-22-20, 04:48 AM	#3292
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,559 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Indeed. It's good to hear this news Steve. Best wishes and a speedy recovery. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

08-22-20, 10:21 AM	#3294
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,199 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Second of five fences painted but hopefully rain will be forecast for tomorrow __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)