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Grex > Agora46 > #6: If You're Happy and You Know it Write it Down! | |
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beeswing
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response 275 of 673:
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Jul 23 02:40 UTC 2003 |
... and Senna would be interested to know that the FedEx Forum-- the new
Memphis Grizzlies arena that is under construction-- was heavily
damaged. Part of the arena may collapse. The three 500-ft cranes are
twisted and also may collapse, so Beale Street and downtown have been
evacuated.
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scott
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response 276 of 673:
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Jul 23 12:47 UTC 2003 |
Yikes, glad you're OK.
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beeswing
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response 277 of 673:
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Jul 23 13:17 UTC 2003 |
Yep. I heard the storm rolling through but no tornado sirens, so I fell
back asleep. Was around 5:00 AM or so. When I woke up again three hours
later, the power was still gone. That's when I found out how bad it had
been.
The city is in a state of emergency. Driving sucks because most of the
traffic lights are blown out. Or blown off. There's trees split in half
or uprooted everywhere.
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scott
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response 278 of 673:
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Jul 23 15:03 UTC 2003 |
Got the binary-only NVidia network drivers to work on the new computer. I'm
Grexing from it right now!
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russ
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response 279 of 673:
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Jul 24 03:51 UTC 2003 |
IHB I finally arrived at an answer to a nagging question: 68.8 degrees.
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edina
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response 280 of 673:
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Jul 24 14:49 UTC 2003 |
IHB the fundraiser I threw yesterday for the women's shelter that the
secretarial group supports went over really well. Everyone liked the food,
people brought TONS of stuff and everyone seeme to have fun.
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tod
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response 281 of 673:
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Jul 24 16:42 UTC 2003 |
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mooncat
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response 282 of 673:
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Jul 24 18:12 UTC 2003 |
IHB- I actually have a job interview. Wow.
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lynne
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response 283 of 673:
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Jul 24 18:21 UTC 2003 |
IHB I have cheap direct tickets to meet up with boy in Milwaukee in a couple
of weeks. Plus, venue means a chance to see a friend I haven't seen in
nearly a year--not to mention going shoe shopping with her! :)
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senna
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response 284 of 673:
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Jul 24 21:09 UTC 2003 |
Scott, I mentioned something about it in announcements a couple of months ago,
I think. We never saw that much action on our cranes, by the way...
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gelinas
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response 285 of 673:
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Jul 24 22:13 UTC 2003 |
IAHB I've submitted my entry to the Observer's Fake Ad contest.
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other
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response 286 of 673:
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Jul 25 04:08 UTC 2003 |
IHB today I got an auto-darkening welding helmet and a sleeping bag which
compresses into a size small enough to fit comfortably into my saddlebag
and still leave room for more stuff.
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gelinas
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response 287 of 673:
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Jul 25 04:49 UTC 2003 |
IAHB the pillar of smoke I saw from Maple Village was NOT the building grex
is housed in.
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michaela
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response 288 of 673:
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Jul 25 05:51 UTC 2003 |
IHB tomorrow is my last day in this house.
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polytarp
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response 289 of 673:
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Jul 25 08:54 UTC 2003 |
IHB it feels good.
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russ
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response 290 of 673:
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Jul 25 11:27 UTC 2003 |
Got a tedious job halfway done.
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scott
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response 291 of 673:
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Jul 25 12:03 UTC 2003 |
Went up to E. Lansing yesterday, hung out with a couple old college
housemates, met their 3 kids and three new cats, and ate dinner at El Azteco.
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jep
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response 292 of 673:
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Jul 25 12:33 UTC 2003 |
We had our last t-ball game yesterday. My team was a great bunch of
kids, with a great bunch of parents. They all improved a lot through
the season, and I had a great time being their coach.
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fitz
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response 293 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:32 UTC 2003 |
IHB my annual colony of sand wasps is up from last year. Go Sandwasps! Kill
dem earwigs!
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keesan
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response 294 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:41 UTC 2003 |
We got an email from someone we met in the Milan area last summer on a camping
trip. Jim set her up with grex email which she is still using, but she says
the 1987 computer he set her up on is now taking 5 minutes to boot and can
he fix it? It has a built-in 2400 bps modem. Her brother also left her a
newer computer but no keyboard for it so Jim will bike out there with a
keyboard and lots of software and a camping mat and have a two-day summer
vacation without me. Internal modem, external modem (2 each, 1400 bps),
procomm plus, kermit. Maybe we can foist a printer on her. She now has 9
sheep and lots of colored chickens. A complete stranger who flagged us down
and gave us his yard to sleep in, use of his hose, towels, and a very nice
breakfast sent us to meet her. She is 'alternative'. We saw her neighbor's
vegetable stand made from a silo.
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tod
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response 295 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:52 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 296 of 673:
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Jul 25 21:06 UTC 2003 |
I don't know - probably at one time. She used to run sort of a commune there
in some rather shoddily built structures, but her main interest now seems to
be returning farmland to trees. Jim will have more to report in a week or
two. (He is leaving the middle of next week open in case his daughter, who
will be in town from England, has time to spend with him.)
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lynne
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response 297 of 673:
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Jul 25 22:51 UTC 2003 |
Subgroup is over, marking end of hellish week.
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gelinas
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response 298 of 673:
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Jul 26 04:26 UTC 2003 |
IAHB I finally fixed a client's problem with Eudora hanging while opening
on Win98 machine. It seems the problem was caused by an automatic update
feature of RealOne player. I renamed the file "realsched", and Eudora
started working again.
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keesan
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response 299 of 673:
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Jul 26 17:42 UTC 2003 |
Jim made a nice batch of humus, with organic lemon rind. He also bought me
an avocado. He is trying to help me gain weight.
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