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Posted on 11/03/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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Ugh.
An aquaintence of mine who has a boy Matthew's age invited us over tomorrow afternoon. There's no way. Steve comes home early on Fridays and I want to be home, you know? Besides, this kid is nine years old, acts like a 3 year old and is bigger than I am. I'm not real crazy about him being around Matthew, if you want to know the truth.
Anyway, I wrote her with our regrets. Well, her baby is due next week and she almost seemed to kinda imply that I should come get this big hulking baby huey and bring him over to my house! Uh-uh. Ain't gonna happen.
Evening OT - we're having our Christmas pot luck on December 17th. The company is springing for the meat trays this time, kind of a shame, too. I had my eye on a nice deer on the Unity Village hill, on the shoulder of northbound lanes.
Actually... I think they got all the coasties out of the water today, but looks like some merchant sailors off that freighter are still missing.
Not looking good for them by now.
Oh, I'm glad to hear about the coasties! I hadn't heard that!
Hi, OB! We're goiing to some "western cuisine" place tomorrow. Then the boss is having a Christmas party on the 19th at his house.
Didn't hear that, that is good news for your guys, no don't think the freighter guys have much chance.
2J... I don't know if you knew this or not, but that USCG Jayhawk that went down today is essentially a blackhawk. Same airframe, with some minor Coastie addons and mods.
Okay, what is "western cuisine"? and why do I get the image of a campfire and 'blazing saddles'?
Yes, I knew it from a book that Matthew checked out just prior to the tour we took of the ARNG unit.
Been a rough couple of weeks for the Black Hawks...my heart really broke for those guys that went down in Texas after hitting that guy wire.
Yes, the Merry doll is on the left:
I'm not sure on the particulars, but Tonkin reported today that his XO at Station Coos Bay saw a message that the crew of the Jayhawk and a few of the rescued sailors had all been pulled out of the water and were OK... flown over to Dutch Harbor for medical attention.
There were still six missing from the freighter, and I'm not clear how many of those were on the Jayhawk, versus just missing from the freighter as it broke up.
Now there's a pretty good crowd of ships to pick up the op in the morning. A 378 and a bouy tender, and a Foss tug and probly lots more fishing boats and lots of aircraft.
I'm very familiar with Unalaska Island, and the passes between the islands in that area. It's just a stinking nasty place to be in the winter. The Bering side of the Aleutians is just ugly water.
Yah... flying helicopters is a wildly improbable business. It shouldn't actually work at all, and yet it does.
There is a saying among rotorheads... that every helicopter spends its useful life searching for the scene of the crash. Eventually they all find it. :-) [/gallows humor]
Ooooh - that's bad!
Good evening everyone!
Appreciate the clarification, saw an early thread on it, didn't see the updates, assumed the worst with that location this time of year. Lots of times I'm glad I'm wrong on things.
I'm home!
Went to the Irish session - playin' music at the pub. Starting to get a few "outsiders" showin' up...which is cool, if a bit intimidating.
There was a really good tenor banjo player there! I've never actually met or seen another tenor banjo player - not in a concert, even. Never. So that was vey cool.
Now...wonder if I can get in a thousand words in fifteen minutes. Guess not. *sigh*
Evening Hair. Gypsygirl got her walk downtown tonite. Thursday nite 'stores open late'. Although she enjoyed the lights, she didn't appreciate the highballing mixed freight that roared through town while we were at Station Park. The train was traveling 'a bit' in excess of the normal speed.
Corin..... did you make an "O" face?
It's pretty rattling sitting next to one of them trains going fast!
(I get a little rattled just listening to my dad's train, when he has ALL the sound effects going. ;~D)
Thanks for the info!
I know, helicopters are amazing...whenever I see those Black Hawks fly over, I'm amazed. But I'd go up one in a heartbeat if they'd let me. I'd have to probably be reminded to put on my shoes!
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