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The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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To: ecurbh; Ramius

Wind’s picking up pretty good out there...lights are flickering.

I’m thinkin’ I may take the back way home. My van makes an awfully good sail on the interstate.


5,061 posted on 10/18/2007 1:57:54 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; ecurbh; Ramius

Y’all stay safe.


5,062 posted on 10/18/2007 2:03:33 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (i'm so adjective i verb nouns...)
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To: Corin Stormhands
So today was interesting ... I finally got a call today about thenewjob. Seems my paperwork was in a folder that got buried on some lady's desk and subsequently lost when she had to take several weeks of emergency leave and her supervisor thought he had all her work covered. So anyway, I've been moved into the "Being Considered" category which means I have to submit my transcripts. This is amusing because thenewjob is much less technical than my current position. I'm also going to have to counter-offer the salary they're offering. But progress is progress, and I'm thankful for that.
5,063 posted on 10/18/2007 2:18:08 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Nope, us papists can do guilt trips all by ourselves. If Hunter is still in on 2-5-08 though, I might be looking to put the ‘touch’ on the HH.


5,064 posted on 10/18/2007 2:26:07 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (IF TREASON IS THE QUESTION, THEN MOVEON.ORG IS THE ANSWER!)
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To: Lil'freeper

Sounds positive! Got my fingers crossed for ya...


5,065 posted on 10/18/2007 2:26:06 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Lights are goin’ blinky blinky in the courtroom. Can’t see outside though.

On a short break now.


5,066 posted on 10/18/2007 3:10:46 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Lil'freeper

I believe Prayers are in order?


5,067 posted on 10/18/2007 3:42:32 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Heh, I’m sure you riled quite a few. I didn’t even open that one; guess I’ll have to go look at it now.


5,068 posted on 10/18/2007 3:51:46 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 300winmag

Thanks for tip Winmag but I’m planning on trying out the TFO-Tru Glo on the Sig. I’ve got a set of old nite sights on it now, there is still a green glow though it takes near black out conditions to see them anymore.


5,069 posted on 10/18/2007 3:51:47 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Corin Stormhands

Evening Corin - pretty good, saw it on yer blog thingy.


5,070 posted on 10/18/2007 3:54:25 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Ramius

I think you once suggested Digipen Institute of Technology for Joseph. He’s just started looking at it, and I wondered if you knew anyone who had attended it, or knew anyone who’s kids had attended. It looks like quite an interesting place. Joseph just hasn’t decided what he wants to do yet, and whatever he decides, he likely won’t be going there for his first year anyway. He’ll likely go to the Univ. of Sou. Miss. on the Gulf Coast and live at home, so he can get a year or two of credits at a lower cost. Digipen is QUITE spendy, so he wants to make sure that it’s worth the money.


5,071 posted on 10/18/2007 4:06:03 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Digipen? Dang. Doesn’t ring a bell. I think that must’ve been somebody else you were talking to. Sorry?


5,072 posted on 10/18/2007 4:34:19 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: RosieCotton; Ramius; Corin Stormhands
Wind’s picking up pretty good out there...lights are flickering.

That happened a couple times while I was in the dentist chair. Rather unnerving, to say the least. But there haven't been any power fluctuations at all since I got home.

Good news, though, I did not need a root canal, but the filling is pretty deep. And while they were in there digging out the first one, he saw one on the adjacent tooth that hadn't shown up on the x-ray. So we figured while I'm there and novocained up, might as well fill that one too.

Now the novocaine has worn off, and it's pretty sore.

5,073 posted on 10/18/2007 4:40:10 PM PDT by ecurbh (Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
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To: Ramius
Oh, I thought it was you who had mentioned it. It's in Redmond WA, near Microsoft. I think it might have even been started by some Microsoft folks, I'm not sure. It's heavy into Computer Technology; Engineering, Security, Animation, and Gaming. Joseph's going to ask around on his gaming message boards to see what folks know about it.

He'd looked into Full Sail, a computer tech school in Winter Park FL, which bills itself as being tied into the entertainment and video gaming industry, but he's gotten some negative feedback from folks who said they'd gone there and didn't find it worthwhile. Of course, anyone can say anthing online, and you'd never know if it's the truth, or just someone trashing the place for their own personal reasons.

5,074 posted on 10/18/2007 4:57:30 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: ecurbh; RosieCotton; Ramius

They just said on Fox News that conditions are very bad at that bridge over the lake in Seattle, nearly Hurricane like. Watch out folks!


5,075 posted on 10/18/2007 5:05:55 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (No Covenant with Death: Giuliani Shall Not Pass!)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Ramius; ecurbh

I hear tell the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a little dicey right now, too...dunno about hurricane like, but definitely gusty.

It wasn’t too bad on the way home here, though. And we still have power. Life is good.


5,076 posted on 10/18/2007 5:50:04 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; Ramius

Pretty dang calm out there now. I dare say it’s over.

Just waiting for another phone call from Hair, then I’m gonna move the trucks back into the compound and hit the couch.


5,077 posted on 10/18/2007 6:12:42 PM PDT by ecurbh (Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
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To: ecurbh; RosieCotton; Ramius; Lucius Cornelius Sulla; SuziQ; Lil'freeper; Overtaxed
Pretty dang calm out there now. I dare say it’s over.

Unless your in the eye...

5,078 posted on 10/18/2007 6:50:39 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (i'm so adjective i verb nouns...)
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To: ecurbh

Don’t jinx us!

It does seem to have changed over to just rain, though. Yay.


5,079 posted on 10/18/2007 6:58:40 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: ecurbh
Now the novocaine has worn off, and it's pretty sore.

Got any kind of a cold pack? Frozen veggies or ice, wrapped in a dish towel, will really help ease the swelling and pain. LSA

5,080 posted on 10/18/2007 7:21:28 PM PDT by osagebowman
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