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60Gunner's Desert Adventure, Part 2: Thor's Playground
11/14/2010 | 60Gunner

Posted on 11/15/2010 12:14:34 AM PST by 60Gunner

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1 posted on 11/15/2010 12:14:37 AM PST by 60Gunner
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To: MaryFromMichigan; SunnyUsa; bad company; RobFromGa; doodlelady; Slings and Arrows; NonValueAdded; ..

Ping to my FRiends for the next installment. More to come soon (as time allows).


2 posted on 11/15/2010 12:17:44 AM PST by 60Gunner (Mohammed was not a prophet. Islam is not a religion. Obama is not an American.)
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To: 60Gunner

Thanks, I really enjoy reading of your adventures on the res.

Ed


3 posted on 11/15/2010 12:21:24 AM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: 60Gunner

Please add me.

I will join the chorus:

When you have finished all this, it must be a book and include your city ER experiences, as well.


4 posted on 11/15/2010 12:31:50 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: 60Gunner

Welcome to the desert.

FWIW, back before chemtrails, when the song, “Home, Home on the range,..where the skies are not cloudy all day...” was identifiable with western living, we used to say that if you saw one cloud in the sky, it would rain sometime that day.


5 posted on 11/15/2010 12:55:52 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: 60Gunner

Good read....same sort if hail storms here in the Panhandle....bad an loud. During the season I drive a flatbed 88 Toyota flatbed. Had the entire truck coated with line x bed liner after the last trip to the body shop for repairs.

It is hail proof now....last 3 big storms that damaged lots of vehicles only broke a side mirror on my daily driver work truck.


6 posted on 11/15/2010 1:27:59 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: 60Gunner

Love your tales and writing. This reminded me of my college days in Arizona in the early 70s. All I had to get to class was a bicycle. Took off one afternoon on the bike to go across campus and a monsoon just like you describe came out of absolutely nowhere as I was riding. Finally made my way back to the dorm wondering “what the hell was that?!” The native Arizonans in the dorm just laughed and laughed at me!


7 posted on 11/15/2010 1:35:53 AM PST by Irishgirl
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To: 60Gunner

Love your writing skills. Kindly put me on your list.


8 posted on 11/15/2010 1:48:13 AM PST by kitkat ( Obama didn't say Hope and Change, he said Hype and Chains.)
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To: 60Gunner

Good writing. Bump for more, later.


9 posted on 11/15/2010 4:33:11 AM PST by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: 60Gunner

I am enjoying every installment of your adventure. You should definitely write a book!


10 posted on 11/15/2010 4:55:57 AM PST by melissa_in_ga (I can see November from my house!)
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To: Irishgirl

Was in Sin City (Tempe, that is) right next to ASU back then. Were you a SunDebbil? A Wildcat or a Lumberjack?

Oddly, the most severe AZ weather I experienced came many years afterward, driving from TX to CA, on I-10 coming out of Tucson. A really severe storm.


11 posted on 11/15/2010 4:57:32 AM PST by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: 60Gunner

Bfl.

How about a link to part 1? Thanks.


12 posted on 11/15/2010 6:01:36 AM PST by Moltke (panem et circenses)
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So, Gunner, where are the wife and kids--back in Washington? Best wishes to you and your family, and I always enjoy your writing.

My sig. other and I are contemplating moving to northern Arizona next year. I had heard of the "monsoon season," but didn't realize it was so severe.

13 posted on 11/15/2010 6:15:53 AM PST by pbmaltzman
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So, Gunner, where are the wife and kids--back in Washington? Best wishes to you and your family, and I always enjoy your writing.

My sig. other and I are contemplating moving to northern Arizona next year. I had heard of the "monsoon season," but didn't realize it was so severe.

14 posted on 11/15/2010 6:16:07 AM PST by pbmaltzman
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So, Gunner, where are the wife and kids--back in Washington? Best wishes to you and your family, and I always enjoy your writing.

My sig. other and I are contemplating moving to northern Arizona next year. I had heard of the "monsoon season," but didn't realize it was so severe.

15 posted on 11/15/2010 6:16:16 AM PST by pbmaltzman
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To: 60Gunner

Thanks!


16 posted on 11/15/2010 6:43:22 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 664 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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How about a link to part 1? Thanks.

Index to all of 60Gunner's nursing stories (AFAIK) here.

17 posted on 11/15/2010 6:44:37 AM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: Moltke; 60Gunner
How about a link to part 1? Thanks.

Part one:

60Gunner's Not-So-Excellent Desert Adventure

18 posted on 11/15/2010 6:48:52 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 664 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: upchuck

EXCELLENT! Thanks!


19 posted on 11/15/2010 6:50:49 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 664 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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Thanks 60Gunner. Captivating, as always. And, as always, I am holding my breath, waiting for the next part.


20 posted on 11/15/2010 7:15:44 AM PST by Grammy
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