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russ
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response 272 of 673:
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Jul 22 21:24 UTC 2003 |
Saturday morning, rescued a rataan sofa (Hudson's/Marshall Field label)
in pretty good shape that someone stuck by the dumpster, dropped it at
Salvation Army. One less thing to wind up in the landfill.
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scott
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response 273 of 673:
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Jul 22 22:13 UTC 2003 |
Re 271: Married!???!! When did that come up?
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beeswing
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response 274 of 673:
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Jul 23 02:38 UTC 2003 |
IHB I have power and home phone service again. MAJOR storm this morning.
They aren't calling it a tornado but it did just as much damage. I had
no cell or land phone service OR power for 14 hours-- and I am lucky to
get power back. All the traffic lights are blown out. Trees are uprooted
everywhere.
re: way back there... Yeah, I LOVE dry-erase. I'd previously taught with
chalkboards. Was always covered in dust, but the worst part was how the
chalk dried out my hands. No matter how much lotion I'd use, I'd end up
with cracked, bloody cuticles.
Ditto on the "I hated talking in front of class but loved it when I
became a teacher" thing. Not sure how my students feel about my
yammering in front of them, though.
Watched 'Dead Poets Society' tonight. God, I love that movie.
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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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