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Argh! Gonna go decompress, loiter in the park for a few days and meet up with HPM and crew at the end of his trip. Away I go!” 5:05:20 AM 3/15/04 “Have fun. Don't let the rain get to ya. 8)” 5:08:10 AM 3/15/04 “Good morning from Western NC.” 5:24:34 AM 3/15/04 “Good morning to you all from Mokena, Illinois. Coffee brewing, and sunrise in a half hour.” 5:39:14 AM 3/15/04 “Off to work I go! Have a great day everyone! 8)” 5:42:41 AM 3/15/04 “Good morning. Just returned from the eastern half of Wisconsin. They have real snow over there. Saturday night it was coming down so hard it was almost whiteout. I'm sure glad to be back here where there's only a couple feet left. Impossible to express how good the coffee tastes this morning. Pilates today.” 6:31:25 AM 3/15/04 “Good morning. Returned last night from the East coast of Wisconsin. Much, much snow on that side. Snowing so hard on Saturday night it was practically white out. I'm starting to look toward spring like a thirsty man crawling in the desert. Today's coffee is inexplicably delicious.” 6:36:21 AM 3/15/04 “It's on it's way Snake Eyes. Everyone's so chipper today! Treebait, decompression sounds wonderful, I'll meet you there. ;) We're all going for round number 7, or so, family illness. I really thought the vitamins and extra healthy eatting might help. I'm really dissapointed to find myself feeling miserable yet again.” 6:45:18 AM 3/15/04 “Good morning. It's election day in Illinois. Got vote for my favorite fools and the less dishonest politicians.” 5:38:55 AM 3/16/04 “Good morning. We seem to just be on the edge of the latest snow storm and (fingers crossed) it just might miss us. This time of year is all about gains and losses. Do I see a little more blacktop rather than snow today than yesterday? Out there in the snow, is that small patch of bare earth getting a little bigger? Will the sun come out and hasten the melting? Even the diehards are getting a little weary in the 6th month of winter. Well, in my quest for middle aged physical fitness, it's aerobics today. In the meantime it's coffee and a good morning to everyone out there in Never Never Land.” 6:07:20 AM 3/16/04 “Good morning!!! looks like a nice day today, high 74. We didn't get the promised rain yesterday. Not that I really wanted it, but some here complained that we need rain. yeah, whatever. :) Now let me drink my cup of java.” 6:36:58 AM 3/16/04 “I am unable to get the Nightcrawlers thread any lower than 3rd on the list. Come join the struggle comrades, for the good of MotherTT” 11:50:55 PM 3/16/04 Happy St. Paddy's Day “Got a little snow again last night, but it's not going to get to me. I have spring in my heart (at least til I finish this coffee). Getting ready to order my backpack soon. Looking for light, but need to consider durability and a reasonable size for a thru hike. Any ideas? Have a great late winter day.” 6:11:04 AM 3/17/04 Happy St. P Day!!!! “my kids refused to wear green today. Oh well, I ain't getting pinched. :) Morning yall!” 6:25:25 AM 3/17/04 “What day is this!?! Seems like a Thursday, but has a touch of Monday in it.” 6:57:16 AM 3/17/04 “i had a strange dream, my ear lopes (sp??) was huge!! wonder what that means??” 7:06:16 AM 3/17/04 “I dreamed i had ants in my pants (literally!)” 7:07:34 AM 3/17/04 “morning...am I the first one up????????? actually I can't sleep....very unusual for me....... I guess stress & dissapointment can do that.....(I'll save it for another thread) 2 weeks from today I will turn 50...I am going to have some FUN!!!!.....and I get to join AARP and get hotel discounts & stuff......woooo hoooooo maybe I'll have some SENIOR hiking trips!!!” 5:15:14 AM 3/18/04 “Good morning Divinity. Weather is cold and snowing here in Mokena, Illinois. In five minutes, I am driving down to warm and sunny Mississippi to backpack the Black Creek Wilderness Trail. Whooopeee.” 5:23:49 AM 3/18/04 “Morning Prosecutor...... Have a GREAT trip!!!... wish I was going:(” 5:25:11 AM 3/18/04 “Mornin Guys! the weekend is almost here..... thank Gawd!!!” 6:02:37 AM 3/18/04 “Good morning to everyone. I didn't set up my coffee last night, so I'm struggling without that caffeine jump start. Wait. What's that I hear? The gurgle of the finishing pot. I'll be right back. Ahhhh, yessss. Divine Entity (Divinity). I turned 59 two weeks ago and have completely enjoyed this decade. The beginning of some of senior citizen discounts. The 40's were great too, but don't ever send me back to my 20's. Boundless energy coupled with being just plain dumb is something I don't want to do again. Have a great day everyone. Off to Aerobics and then to Duluth to pick up my new Mountainsmith Auspex.” 6:17:28 AM 3/18/04 “It's beautiful morning and I'm off work and heading for the Smokies for a solo trip. Saturday is the spring equinox.” 6:21:50 AM 3/18/04 Morning to all of ya!! “JO!! you're so lucky! Wish I could make it, but well ya know....work and family! Have fun!!” 7:03:26 AM 3/18/04 “That's cool Gemini. I was wondering what happened to ya. It's been crazy here and I just gotta get out town. Have a great 1st weekend of spring. I'm stopping in Blackburg Va first to resupply my hungry son and then I'm off. Let's do it another time.” 7:16:40 AM 3/18/04 “Morning everyone. Only one more day of this infrnal week and then rest and fun. I love Saturdays.” 7:21:39 AM 3/18/04 “Good morning, It's 50 degrees in my house this morning. Furnace went out. I guess I know what today's priority will be. Thank God for down comforters, long johns and wool hats for bald heads. Coffee tastes phenomenal.” 5:57:23 AM 3/19/04 “Good luck getting that taken care of Snake eyes! Thank goodness it's warmed up a bit eh? Ours went out two weeks ago today. House got down to 60 before it was fixed. Not too bad.” 8:04:28 AM 3/19/04 “A couple of winters ago, my son happened to be playing near our outside furnace. Upon seeing the bright red valve cutoff valve for the natural gas, he felt compelled to turn it, of course. House got pretty cold before we figured out what he had done. Thank God for electric pilot ignition.” 8:09:26 AM 3/19/04 I'm out of scapegoats “Kids are grown and I gave the cat away. Who can I blame but.....BUSH” 8:23:13 AM 3/19/04 “The caffeine's kickin' in and I'm loaded for bear! (metaphorically speaking)” 8:25:54 AM 3/19/04 “Need to get moving. My youngest daughter is having her birthday party today. I need to take my other daughter down to the school for some kind of French club competition thing. I don’t know what it is, but they have to drive about an hour away for it.” 5:38:39 AM 3/20/04 “Off to Pine Mountain, a little 12 mile loop up north of town a hour or so. There's been a fire in there since my last venture, will see how it's coming back. I ordered a book and map for Dark Canyon, planning a 4-5 night trip there towards the end of next month. Have a good day everyone.” 6:07:03 AM 3/20/04 “Good mornin'! Rainy and cold today, but we had a couple of hours of Sun yesterday. It's good to be reminded of whatit looks like. BTW - What day is it!?!” 7:20:58 AM 3/20/04 “did you beware the Ides of March?” 10:03:50 AM 3/20/04 “Always~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be Happy :):):):):):):)” 6:27:02 AM 3/21/04 “Is it Sunday already?” 6:59:36 AM 3/21/04 The start of a good week “For the first time in a couple of days I have both heat and coffee. The night without heat wasn't the best, but that morning without coffee is not something to be repeated. Note to self: Purchase backup coffee maker. Purchase several. Different heating sources. There's just a few snow flakes drifting gently to the ground. I sure hope it doesn't increase. Have a great TT day.” 7:35:36 AM 3/21/04 Snake Eyes “Why did you deny yourself coffee? Don't you have a camping or backpacking stove? Coundn't you use a fireplace, a backyard fire ring or grill? Hot water from a spigot can be used with instant coffee, poured through coffee in a filter or mixed with the coffee grains. A last resort could be a trip to a gas station or convenience store. Boy, what a crybaby!” 8:24:40 AM 3/21/04 “Almost got me you old fart. From what I have observed, in order to post here a certain amount of whining is required. Generally on political threads, missing my main (or not so main) squeeze threads, or anything. I'm just maintaining my eligibility.” 8:31:05 AM 3/21/04 Snake Eyes “LOL BTW, I didn't go anywhere. I needed a break. I was disgusted with some pretty raunchy posts. I feel that the average post will deteriorate gradually to the miminum level tolerated by the moderator. Matt probably missed a bunch as people seemed to be "testing the system!"” 8:50:13 AM 3/21/04 “Isn't it funny how we always have to test the limits? Me included. When Dad's gone, anarchy reigns supreme. Part of me will always be 12 years old, but that's a part I like. Just have to keep reminding that kid of who's theoretically in charge.” 9:03:40 AM 3/21/04 “Well, I just had my excitement for the day... at least I hope so. About 2 hrs. ago I was sitting here typing away when there was a VERY LOUD <POP>>. It wasn't a <BANG> or a <CRACK> or a <BOOM>. It was a distinct <POP>. And the power went dead. I looked out the window and there was a fried (and still smoking) squirrel in the street underneath a telephone pole with a transformer and other electrical hardware. I'm upstairs here, and the distance between my chair and where the rodent completed the circuit is only about 20 feet. I think I jumped about 3 feet straight up from a sitting position, without using my legs, LOL It's like I discovered a muscle group I didn't know I had.” 10:09:27 AM 3/21/04 Give us this day our daily bread. “Praise the lord, He doth provide. I assume you were grateful for being provided with meat for the table. ----------------------------------- It must have been quite a blast, if it took two years for you to recover to the point that you could bring yourself around to relating the experience.” 10:32:02 AM 3/21/04 “Hey, the guy from Georgia Power left the squirrel. It's still out there in the street. 'Years'? wha-? It took 2 hours for them to get the electrons flowing again... Pretty quick, I thought. I could've tried to send smoke signals in the meantime, I guess.” 10:40:58 AM 3/21/04 “lmao tilt, at least it wasn't your weasel....” 10:44:16 AM 3/21/04 “She's not that much into climbing.” 10:50:36 AM 3/21/04 “Funny, I was thinking of food myself. Already cooked too. I've been reading a survival book lately and the author very graphically describes just how to determine whether or not roadkill is safe for human consumption. From what he says there's still plenty of time. I would recommend not leaving it too long because Nowslimmer's probably already on his way over.” 11:17:29 AM 3/21/04 Jump to Page << prev
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