The Official Weekend Singles Thread—July 28-30

OhioWfan, Kate of Spice Island, Maximus Ridiculousness

[DollyCali]

howdy! It is wonderful to be home tonight for a change. Now though I need to round up some food, as I am not eating the pizza out originally planned!

Kate goes thru August in camp? I was trying to recall.. but so much is too fuzzy

[snugs]

Who or what is the GIMP?

[snugs]

Yes she arrives home I think about the 1st September for a couple of days and then she should be off to Washington providing her internship is all sorted out.

I remember her saying she will have prepacked her bag before she went to camp so all she has to do is add a few essentials as she will only have a few hours at home before she is off.

[ohioWfan]

I think that quote is from Dare to Discipline. I read it before our kids were born, and I've never forgotten it. We put it into practice, and it really worked.

('Course the hard part was for Mr Oh, since he's so easy to love. Now I, on the other hand...... :)

[proud_yank]

Hey Dolly! Is the Erie Canal a neat place to visit? Never saw it when I lived in OH.

Attempted to go hunting for arrowheads today, but it was too wet & muddy.

[DollyCali]

yes, now I recall all that.. I got a kick out of her packing then for sept.. she is a tad bit more organized than I am!

[DollyCali]

Well, the canal has been cleaned up BIG TIME since the national park took over. I can recall going down there when a youngster & heaven help you if you got it.. sludgy yuk that smelled like a sewer. You just threw out the clothes. My mom would NOT wash them.. shoes included.

Now it is clean etc. I sat in the water while I was skipping rocks...lots of fish & other critters in the water also.

for an essentially suburban park the Cuyahoga valley national park is nice. Good displays, well kept trails, just a bit too many "rules" for me. Until last year I was a volunteer with the survey team. We did boundaries, laid out lines, looked for "bad stuff".

Here is the Link for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

[rzeznikj at stout]

The GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's a free (both free as in freedom and free as in beer) graphics editor--standard on *nix based systems, but has been ported to Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, etc.

http://www.gimp.org

Windows exes are available at

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

[proud_yank]

Pretty park! Lake Erie as a whole used to be a mess, now to get rid of those pesky zebra mussles.

Haven't been out paddling in a while, still have to finish re-doing my seat. Hopefully do that one evening this week, I want to paddle next weekend.

Got a new digital camera the other day, after my 2nd one died. Pentax Optio W10 (6MP, waterproof, & dustproof) Link

Should be able to get some more pics on my page, assuming I get out on the water soon!

[DollyCali]

okay, I went to GIMP.. is this a GIF site? I am not sure what it does... is it a photo program like Picture IT? THere are so many ways at FR to show your ignorance.. here is one for me!!!!

[DollyCali]

your pentax sounds great. I have never had one (well I had a SRL a few years back). I have a couple now but mostly shoot with this one

I am taking a short trip to alabama & then NC the end of next week & after that hope to kayak at least once a week.

[HitmanLV]

Be concise and to the point when writing your profile. Be eloquent, and don’t ramble incessantly. Poetry is big turn-off for a lot of people. Unless you are a master, avoid poetry at all costs. You’ll put people to sleep.

Hey, whats wrong with poerty? I like it a lot. In fact, as I always say, a song is a poem that likes to dance!

[A knight without armor]

Hi, snugs. Are you keeping cool? I have a pitcher of ice water and waiting for a movie to come on.

[HitmanLV]

Hey Victoria, why dont you share a poem with us? :-)

[proud_yank]

Thats a nice looking camera. I have a 35mm SLR that I like to shoot with too. I always try to have real photos & negatives, not just digital. Computer files always change.

That sounds like a fun, though humid, road trip!

[proud_yank]

Bring your boats to NC! Should be awesome paddling there.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Love is patient, Love is kind,
It does not envy, it does not boast,
It is not proud, It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking,
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil,
but rejoices with the truth.

Love always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.

Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends.

L o v e N e v e r F a i l s.

Corinthians 13 : 4 - 8

[rzeznikj at stout]

GIMP will work with GIF's...

It's a basic clone of Photoshop. Granted though there are deficiencies compared to Photoshop CS/CS2 (e.g. use of Pantone colors, stable CMYK/4-color process imaging) that makes it less than ideal for commercial graphic arts, it more than suffices for the home user.

I use it quite a bit--namely because I cannot yet afford my own license for Photoshop...8^)

[Jaded]

How cool.

[rzeznikj at stout]

AFAIK, Lake Erie looks a lot cleaner than Lake Michigan (especially near Milwaukee, Chicago, Gary)...

Drove by it a couple of times (near Toledo though) when I went to Nat'l Scout Jamboree. OTOH, the bus only went through the SW outskirts of Cleveland...