Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 031

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[acnielsen guy]

THREAD 031

Dregs and Flakes

Posts since 1/29/02 33,205

[Darksheare]

Hey, ya can't forget the ropes there.
That's the most important thing there is!
Forget that and you end up looking like a square knot...

[grannie9]

OMG... you've peeked?

[Darksheare]

'Fraid so.
Coolbeans.

[lodwick]

Wow - 400 miles...off to Google around Cape Coral since I can't get out of the house.

To have to change from OceanPacific to NorthFace gear in twenty-four hours is just not right.

[lodwick]

Cape Coral is almost entirely zoned for single family housing. There are very few multiple family units or condos and no government subsidized housing projects. With over 400 miles of navigable canals, this city is one of the largest waterfront communities in the country.

Cape Coral is the second largest city by land mass in the state of Florida. With over 400 miles of navigable canals, many with access to the Gulf of Mexico, it is truly a water wonderland. The city has more than tripled in population just during the past 10 years.

This is sounding better and better - no tenants.

[grannie9]

Yep, that's right.. They have some Duplexs for sale or rent scattered here and there,but it's a family community for sure.

They are building like crazy here tho, and the water lots are going fast. Of course the closer you are to the river the more money they cost. One of/or the owner of Hooters just bought a river-side lot for four and a half mil. for the lot alone.. Gaaaaaaaaad!!!!

[Sundog]

You do a good job cheering us all up with that sailing jaunt. Actually I was looking closely at the 'for-sale' signs on some of the properties you photographed, one was to the right of that big blooming red tree.

Back to work for me.

[Sundog]

Loddie,

You know what sounds fun? This outfit wayyyyyyy in the outback of Alaska makes these backpackable rafts (i.e. 5 lbs gets you a reliable water transport) and you go hiking until you get to a stream / pond / lake / river and then you break out the raft, blow it up, and ford or explore on the water.

Alpacka Raft Everything else is just a pool toy.

[lodwick]

Ya gotta know what you're doing on some stretches of water - things can get hairy in a hurry.

[lodwick]

Looks a though you live in boom-town USA for sure.

Are the local politicians conservative, or nutz like our guys here?

How far's the nearest coffee shop?

Back to FL to check on property taxes...bbl

[lodwick]

Authorities say sometime in the last week someone walked out with one of the most rare cognacs on earth, a bottle of Pierre Ferrand that's nearly 200 years old.
The bottle is one of only 60 of its kind made in 1806, and is worth an estimated $10,000. It's one of only nine that ever made it to the U.S.
While expensive jewelry theft is common in Naples, police say they've never seen a robbery where rare booze was taken.
Bacchus of Naples' owner says his store has plenty of security cameras, and he's hoping the video will reveal something. Police say there are no signs of a break-in at the store.
Published reports in the past said that Bacchus of Naples actually had two of the bottles, but the owner told us he only had the one. He calls it "irreplaceable."
Another Naples thief broke into a house and got away with a much cheaper drink. Police say the burglar apparently didn't find anything of much interest in the home - except for a six pack of Mountain Dew.
The soda, with a value estimated to be somewhat less than the cognac, was the only thing stolen from the Pine Grove Lane home.

[lodwick]

No water - $130

Water, larger, and nicer - $745

How much do I like the water?

[Darksheare]

That congac is gone.
I'd have gargled the stuff down as soon as possible.
With fava beans and someone's liver, of course.

Seriously, though... why the heck would someone steal a rare cognac if not to drink it?

[lodwick]

hic!...why indeed? hic!

Gran - what the heck are so many Germans doing in CC? Are they catching any grief over their country's limp posture these days?

[Sundog]

Agreed, very true, and quite pertenant.

But consider that you now have a 5lb raft in your kit. I used to go with an optimally loaded 40 pound pack for 7 days in the wild. A 45 pound pack would be ideal too. When I get to a river, I am not trying to find the wickedest class 5 rapid to rush over, I would rather get across it without getting wet, without getting my boots too wet, and without turning into grizzly bear fodder.

In reading through the way those rafts are constructed, they are the best you can get for lightweight water transport.

Up here in the high Unitas, where I play in the summertime, a typical hike will see you go past twelve pristine lakes, some teaming with beautiful fighting grayling, and I have often seen people lug up 25 pound floaters to get out to where the action is.

These people were featured in an AP network news story, for no other reason than they presented a quaint business starting up in an out-of-the way place, and I'm always on the lookout for a good toy or two.

I can see the people watching from Grannie's canal banks as someone takes a 5 pound raft, adds a little electric jet ski motor, and scoots around in the wakeless zone...

[Darksheare]

Party on, Congac thief!
We'll be rooting for ya!

*Chuckle*

Germans? Everywhere?
*in Freud's voice*
So, tell me about your latest dreams?

[Sundog]

That's a nice little home in the 700's. Thanks for pointing it out.

[lodwick]

Mitchell’s Sandcastles, a 43-year-old collection of 15 cottages on one of Sanibel’s best stretches of beachfront, is on the market for $5.5 million.

Pricey.

[Darksheare]

There's a building boom here as well, most of the houses selling for 230,000 and up... in an area where the normal income is less than 32,000.

[lodwick]

These guys are on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Dam having a ball at a water release rate of perhaps 500 - 1000 Cubic Feet/Second.

Back when, a friend took us rafting there without checking on the release rate. At 5500 CFS, we were lucky to escape with our lives - way too much fun that day.