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The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
Posted on 03/15/2004 1:45:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman
thenewdog is settlin' in nicely... that's a good thing...
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posted on
03/28/2004 4:51:39 PM PST
by
g'nad
To: Lil'freeper
a picture is werth a thousand werds... the utter chaos is telling...
but, you could make a mint off'n doughboy on Americas Funniest Home Videos...
what a waste of skin...
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posted on
03/28/2004 4:57:10 PM PST
by
g'nad
To: Fedora; SuziQ; RosieCotton
It was a really great trip. Friday, they ran me all over the department. Gave me the full tour - classrooms, labs, the grad student cube facility. Downside: grad students all use Linux (I actually like WinXP!). Downside: grad students are two-three to a cube. Talked with over half the faculty, and probably a dozen grad students, including all three American female Ph.D students. I may be exagerating, but not by much.
Saturday, had morning coffee with another grad student (they tried to have me talk to students with a lot of different professors) and then went around town with a nice girl who's just started her doctoral work out there this semester. We drove all around town, then up to the mountains, then hung for a while. It was great.
Today started at 5:45, getting ready to catch the shuttle... met a really cute physics guy on the shuttle who came up to check out the physics grad department and is from Pittsburgh. I may have to check out physics department events... some of the guys in CS were cute but mostly not.
Anyway, I really liked it. Money's going to be tight because I won't room with someone I don't know, but... er, Rosie, it's a really, really nice place... dog-friendly, healthy, everyone is nice and intelligent, all the coffee shops have free wireless internet... other than housing, things are pretty darn cheap... the IT department is in the same building as the CS department...
I'll post pictures of mountains shortly!
3,923
posted on
03/28/2004 4:58:58 PM PST
by
JenB
To: Lil'freeper; 2Jedismom
did doughboy "donate" the cinder blocks?...
had a fella from Church bring his two boys (12 and 14) over to help clear an area near the house... they enjoy the werk... and Christian brothers great?...
3,924
posted on
03/28/2004 5:00:54 PM PST
by
g'nad
To: SuziQ
Suzi, forgot to mention something that might interest you, ro not: I was really, really surprised at the quality of the professors' credentials. I mean, CSU is not a top twenty school, but some of these people are apparently near the top of their fields! I guess it shows it's not where you go but who you work with. And a large percent of the grad students are published before Ph.D. Nice....
3,925
posted on
03/28/2004 5:02:37 PM PST
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
Hi there! I spent the day riding too! :-)
It was a good day for it! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
3,926
posted on
03/28/2004 5:29:20 PM PST
by
Wneighbor
(Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
To: g'nad
No, I bought and hauled 'em myself. Work is good, hard work is better. Good lesson for those boys- adds to their "grit" quotient. Kids need more grit these days.
There's a boy up the hill, must be about 5 or 6, who isn't allowed to play in the backyard by himself. A parent must be out there with him, watching every moment. I realize there are places in this country where that kind of supervision is necessary, but we're in the boondocks up here. He's got neighbors on all sides who can keep an eye out, if need be. But that kid needs to burn off energy and develop some self-reliance/independance. He's got to have backyard adventures to learn from. It is really, really sad. I guarantee you the kid'll end up on behavior-mod drugs someday soon- for being so wound up.
3,927
posted on
03/28/2004 5:32:54 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: sauropod
Wuzit that redbud you were looking for?
3,928
posted on
03/28/2004 5:33:28 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: JenB
Aw, shucks. Linux isn't so bad. 'NIX skills are still in demand.
Can't wait for the pics. I love CO.
3,929
posted on
03/28/2004 5:35:26 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
funkle
3,930
posted on
03/28/2004 5:35:51 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
mo funkle.
3,931
posted on
03/28/2004 5:36:11 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
He's got to have backyard adventures to learn from. I agree with that one wholeheartedly! Nothing better for kids that age then running off energy with lots of backyard play! And it don't hurt me day none to get out there and play with 'em either! :-)
3,932
posted on
03/28/2004 5:41:11 PM PST
by
Wneighbor
(Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
To: Lil'freeper
how did you deal with deer? Deer'll eat that all pretty quick...
To: Lil'freeper; RosieCotton; SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; Fedora
Oh, you want pics?
This is a reservoir in the mountains above Fort Collins
Another view of the reservoir, looking east toward the desert.
Heading into the mountains....
This one is actually of three different mountains/ridges! The red ridge is closest, then the grey hill, and the pointy peak is a mountain some distance off.
My connection's really slow tonight so that's all I can post now.
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posted on
03/28/2004 5:53:29 PM PST
by
JenB
To: Lil'freeper
Yep. Thinking about getting a couple more...
3,935
posted on
03/28/2004 5:54:04 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Life is too short to read articles written by Upper West Side twits)
To: JenB
I love that area!!! I spent five summers working for the BSA at a ranch near the NM/CO border. I'm all homesick looking at yer pics. Truly God's country.
3,936
posted on
03/28/2004 5:56:32 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: JenB
Oh, you want pics?Cool--although it kinda reminds me of the ride up the mountain at the beginning of The Shining :)
To: sauropod
We found some fast growing evergreens (we'll go with Leylands rather than the other hybrid called green giant)- will buy and install next weekend. Thank goodness for RDOs!
3,938
posted on
03/28/2004 5:58:28 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: HairOfTheDog
She looks so serious over everything but the jumps. (She has to really think about the contact obstacles - of course I'm saying "TOUCH! TOUCH!" in a mildly hysterical voice over and over, so she doesn't forget to stop with her feet in the yellow zone.) She LOVES to jump - she also loves tunnels. Sometimes she just goes nuts and runs around barking - it does happen. She's kinda a looney dog, and she's young, and she gets overexcited at the shows with all the people and strange dogs and the loudspeakers going full blast.
3,939
posted on
03/28/2004 6:00:23 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Lil'freeper
And what did I tell ya to get????
You can admit it at work. I am, in fact, and all humility, always right ;-).
3,940
posted on
03/28/2004 6:05:47 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Life is too short to read articles written by Upper West Side twits)
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