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Grex > Agora46 > #6: If You're Happy and You Know it Write it Down! | |
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happyboy
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response 351 of 673:
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Jul 30 20:32 UTC 2003 |
r348: *chuckles*
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keesan
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response 352 of 673:
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Jul 31 01:53 UTC 2003 |
I am 12 miles (at least) or 1 hour 45 minutes from the nearest swimming lake,
unless you count Horseshoe Lake which is private, muddy, and really full of
stinkboats.
There was supposed to be some new county park 9 miles east of here but a
couple of years ago we biked there and could not find anything. It is a very
nice route.
There are lakes at Stinchfield Woods and Botanic Garden, not swimmable.
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goose
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response 353 of 673:
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Jul 31 03:19 UTC 2003 |
What's a stinkboat?
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other
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response 354 of 673:
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Jul 31 03:56 UTC 2003 |
344: convection currents...
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russ
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response 355 of 673:
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Jul 31 04:01 UTC 2003 |
Re #338: The "turn on the heat" trick works for an overheating
car because the water pump circulates hot coolant through the
heater core, from which the heater fan can extract heat and send
cooler fluid back to the engine. This probably will not help if
the serpentine belt is broken and the water pump is not turning.
Click and Clack's rerun last weekend had a caller whose borrowed
minivan flashed the oil pressure light, leading to recriminations.
One of the things they said was that one CANNOT drive with the oil
pressure warning light on; one should shut off the engine immediately.
This is only slightly less applicable to a lack of water circulation
through the engine. Ken may have toasted his engine.
I just dodged that bullet. The bearings in my power steering pump
were worn out and the pulley was wobbling. Had that gone to the
point where it chewed up the serpentine belt...
Re #340: Not an issue; the Taurus fan is electric. The issue of
the fan motor draining the battery while the broken belt cannot
turn the alternator is different. ;-)
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gelinas
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response 356 of 673:
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Jul 31 04:17 UTC 2003 |
(A fuel-to-noise converter, goose.)
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other
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response 357 of 673:
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Jul 31 04:48 UTC 2003 |
Discovery has asked me to come and work on the new hardware which
replaces the stuff that was stolen.
I may have too much work to get out of town on schedule! (I might wish
for problems like this...)
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charcat
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response 358 of 673:
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Jul 31 07:17 UTC 2003 |
I'm happy because I picked up my first batch of michigan sweet corn today at
ruligs farm....mmmmmm
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keesan
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response 359 of 673:
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Jul 31 07:28 UTC 2003 |
A stinkboat is a water-borne noisemaker that smells like a power mower but
much more intense. Sometimes they are known as jet skis. Other boats also
stink but the ratio of stink to size is lower. At Independence Lake they go
in endless large circles around the lake leaving the whole beach stinking and
the water covered with oil. I hope the new park does not allow them.
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happyboy
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response 360 of 673:
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Jul 31 08:21 UTC 2003 |
i hate those things.
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mynxcat
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response 361 of 673:
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Jul 31 12:39 UTC 2003 |
I've never noticed a smell associated with jet-skis. I like those
things
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slynne
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response 362 of 673:
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Jul 31 14:22 UTC 2003 |
I have ambivilent feelings for jet skis. On the one hand, they *are*
fun. On the other hand, they are dangerous, make a lot of noise,
pollute the lake and stink.
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other
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response 363 of 673:
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Jul 31 14:33 UTC 2003 |
They now have four-stroke versions which are quieter, less stinky, and
less polluting. They're not yet predominant.
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tod
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response 364 of 673:
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Jul 31 16:12 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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michaela
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response 365 of 673:
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Jul 31 18:52 UTC 2003 |
Mynx - he was happy I surprised him.
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mynxcat
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response 366 of 673:
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Jul 31 19:36 UTC 2003 |
That's good. It wouldn't have worked out that happy in all
circumstances.
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lynne
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response 367 of 673:
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Jul 31 23:17 UTC 2003 |
IHB I had a great mini-roadtrip with labmates to advisor's house on Martha's
Vineyard yesterday.
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rcurl
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response 368 of 673:
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Aug 1 06:51 UTC 2003 |
You drove to Martha's Vineyard? I didn't know they've built a bridge. 8^}
(I've only sailed there.)
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lynne
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response 369 of 673:
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Aug 1 13:48 UTC 2003 |
;P We drove down Tuesday night to Woods Hole and stayed with my friend
there overnight, then took the ferry. Steve wanted us there by around
noon, so most of the group met at MIT at 7:30 a.m. I *don't* do mornings;
was most pleased to have an alternate plan that didn't involve getting up
that early.
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edina
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response 370 of 673:
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Aug 1 14:49 UTC 2003 |
IHB I had a great date last night and I'm off for Phoenix for the weekend.
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mooncat
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response 371 of 673:
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Aug 1 18:02 UTC 2003 |
IHB- I actually have a job! Starting Monday I'll be working QA for a
mortgage company.
IAHB- I'm going to celebrate my new employment with my fabulous roomie
later this weekend and celebrating tonight with my beau (after Ispend
time with the kitties at Zimmer). :)
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gelinas
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response 372 of 673:
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Aug 1 20:30 UTC 2003 |
Congratulations, mooncat!
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russ
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response 373 of 673:
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Aug 1 20:54 UTC 2003 |
Home early, got manifold ready to re-install, have an excuse to
buy a new tool to boot.
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keesan
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response 374 of 673:
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Aug 1 21:50 UTC 2003 |
Jim is happy that he will never again wait around his house just because his
daughter is in town and said she would visit. A few times two weeks ago,
Tuesday evening and Wed. morning when she said she would be free ('free' meant
she had completely scheduled the day and wanted him to tour farmer's market
with her) and then 'Friday morning'. She is leaving by plane some time this
evening and in three hours or so he will have proved to everyone that she does
not want to visit him. She has not visited him (at his house) since she and
her mother moved out 20 years ago. He will never again hang around waiting
for her to show up when she said she would. She always calls and leaves
messages in mid-afternoon because she knows he is not there then. She never
calls the two numbers on his answering machine (well, almost never, just once
she called here when she wanted her baby carriage fixed in a hurry). Her
fiance said they would 'absolutely' visit to say goodbye. Maybe it will be
a 5 minute goodbye. In 3 hours Jim will be a liberated man. Some people's
parents do not teach them manners (or honesty). His son at least always
called ten minutes after he was due for supper to let us know his mother was
making frozen fish sticks so he could not come (or McDonalds).
Jim did at least get to see the kids at his sister's house in Warren (Detroit
area). He was given half an hour notice about the trip.
He has been cleaning his house up all week for the visit.
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jaklumen
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response 375 of 673:
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Aug 2 03:54 UTC 2003 |
Well, I got my new insurance identification cards, and should be able
to wave that portion of the ticket when I show it to the cashier at
the courthouse. Now, perhaps about going to court...
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