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Back on the Whaaambulance today doing a 0600 to 1500 shift. They changed the forecast from rain all day to rain later tonight, I'm good with that.
3 shots of espresso ar getting me going this morning
3 shots of espresso ar getting me going this morning
Happy Boxing Day to everyone celebrating this holiday that was named after the Simon and Garfunkel song. It's a great song, btw.
Anyway, running a 5K race yesterday pissed off my already grumpy shin. Seems ok on the treadmill, so I did 9 miles on it this morning. I ran the race in 19:40, which I was happy about. I think I was 11th place overall...results aren't up yet because it was manual timing which always seems to take a while to get posted.
Premier League soccer on the TV all day on this WFH day, starting with the disaster that is Manchester City. Good background noise while I work.
Anyway, running a 5K race yesterday pissed off my already grumpy shin. Seems ok on the treadmill, so I did 9 miles on it this morning. I ran the race in 19:40, which I was happy about. I think I was 11th place overall...results aren't up yet because it was manual timing which always seems to take a while to get posted.
Premier League soccer on the TV all day on this WFH day, starting with the disaster that is Manchester City. Good background noise while I work.
universal studios was a fun experience for both me and the boys but by 7pm we had enough. We were going to do the space center today but just drove home. We would rather just do sport.
Not heard a word from the ex girlfriend since. Still on my mind but sleeping better. Actually slept really good and just woke up.
Not heard a word from the ex girlfriend since. Still on my mind but sleeping better. Actually slept really good and just woke up.
Post-Christmas hangover day. Not an actual hangover, but coming down from all the excitement.
It's a much more magical holiday when you get to re-live it through the eyes of a 3 year old.
Holy shit,
Quite a storm, so much so that I have a trampoline now, in the backyard even. But it is a backyard the size of a BBQ so that will be interesting cutting that POS apart and delivering it back to the driveway of the morans who decided not to lash it down.
but yet, just another day on the oregon coast.
Quite a storm, so much so that I have a trampoline now, in the backyard even. But it is a backyard the size of a BBQ so that will be interesting cutting that POS apart and delivering it back to the driveway of the morans who decided not to lash it down.
but yet, just another day on the oregon coast.
Morning Monkeys.
The wife had a rough holiday yesterday not getting to see family or the kids. She took it out on me because it seemed like I was always out in the shed. I was actually working on stuff, but that doesn't matter, I wasn't here.
She has started watching a new reality show Polo. I can honestly say I've never watched anything Polo before. What an insane waste of money.
The wife had a rough holiday yesterday not getting to see family or the kids. She took it out on me because it seemed like I was always out in the shed. I was actually working on stuff, but that doesn't matter, I wasn't here.
She has started watching a new reality show Polo. I can honestly say I've never watched anything Polo before. What an insane waste of money.
Wait until you hear about horse dancing, jd
/me shall walk to 7-eleven for more lottery tix in a bit, as my snuggly middle child has had her fill of snuggling after ~26 minutes and thus has departed for downstairs. And then we have a chocolate tour in the afternoon. Otherwise shall laze about and watch more movies +/- being on the treadmill while doing so
/me shall walk to 7-eleven for more lottery tix in a bit, as my snuggly middle child has had her fill of snuggling after ~26 minutes and thus has departed for downstairs. And then we have a chocolate tour in the afternoon. Otherwise shall laze about and watch more movies +/- being on the treadmill while doing so
Uff. So. Much. Rain.
We had some high winds and hail earlier too. So, I’ve got that going for me.
No riding today. Don’t even want to leave the house, but gotta go grocery shopping. Should probably put a chainsaw in the truck for that trip.
We had some high winds and hail earlier too. So, I’ve got that going for me.
No riding today. Don’t even want to leave the house, but gotta go grocery shopping. Should probably put a chainsaw in the truck for that trip.
One of the young polo players is dating a jumper and there is all sorts of drama between them. Horse people are so weird. My ex pretended to be one for a few years. What a money pit that was.
Around here some shoppers feel compelled to take their pistols to the grocery store. But shopping with a chainsaw is a new one. Be sure to take some pics. Wouldn’t want to miss any of that excitement.
Honey Badger was a horse trainer for a long time. Says she doesn’t miss it in the least.
Went and checked on the properties this morning, the town lots are fine and was glad I did some erosion mitigation with the skid steer last week, as we may be over 2" of rain for the last 24 hours, just a lot of limbs down since it was the first major winds after removing so many trees, no big deal.
Drove up to the hilltop property, and nothing is going on up there, but the neighborhood has been without power for some time now, (including @Toshi's folks) glad I am going off grid up there. This power grid is about as strong as @jimmydean's resistance to junk food.
Now to slicing and dicing my freshly airborne delivered trampoline that fits so nicely in my expansive back yard
Drove up to the hilltop property, and nothing is going on up there, but the neighborhood has been without power for some time now, (including @Toshi's folks) glad I am going off grid up there. This power grid is about as strong as @jimmydean's resistance to junk food.
Now to slicing and dicing my freshly airborne delivered trampoline that fits so nicely in my expansive back yard
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^Haha. Apologies, but that right there is some funny shit.
Power distribution up here is all under ground. The only times we’ve lost power so far is from maroons down in the valley crashing into poles.
Power distribution up here is all under ground. The only times we’ve lost power so far is from maroons down in the valley crashing into poles.
Curious wording. I guess I have always heard them referred to as blowdowns, whereas windfall would be coming into a decently large amount of money unexpectedly.
Kind of a west coast timber term that has taken on a general meaning by misuse on the media's part
Caviat (out here anyway)
Windfall usually means broken by the wind, whereas blown-down includes the root ball
Cool, thanks for the explanation.
I guess here ‘blowdowns’ is used when it’s the entire tree, but not necessarily with the root ball.
I have been building trail here for about 28 years, and I have never heard the term ‘windfall’ in the context of broken branches or whatever.
Language is so cool.
I guess here ‘blowdowns’ is used when it’s the entire tree, but not necessarily with the root ball.
I have been building trail here for about 28 years, and I have never heard the term ‘windfall’ in the context of broken branches or whatever.
Language is so cool.
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In the S-212 power saw courses I used to teach it is an important term to differentiate when considering bucking the logs since windfell trees are technically a mechanical method of felling as the bole was broken and produces much different binding, loading when bucking as opposed to stored dynamic energy when bucking a blowdown
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Etymologymonkey.com -
the two meanings of windfall are pretty obviously related. When fruit is knocked down by wind for easy gathering, it is called windfall and considered auspicious. That meaning was extended over the past ~5 centuries to include unexpected company profits and that type of thing. Pretty easy logical jump.
Tangentially related, I have got a doug fir leaner out back that might be blow-down by now. Plenty of windfall all around, but not the good kind…
the two meanings of windfall are pretty obviously related. When fruit is knocked down by wind for easy gathering, it is called windfall and considered auspicious. That meaning was extended over the past ~5 centuries to include unexpected company profits and that type of thing. Pretty easy logical jump.
Tangentially related, I have got a doug fir leaner out back that might be blow-down by now. Plenty of windfall all around, but not the good kind…
Yes, I always associated the current use of windfall with the agricultural one.
How is one emphasizing that "was"?
- He ruined your winter trail, he's an ass
- They might find him in the spring thaw
Cute girl at work came up with a phrase that kinda sums up some of us, as compared to most people that don’t enjoy rad shit at our ages anymore.
We were joking about this, and I said I feel like a ‘grand-bro’ or something, she laughed and said “yeah, you are definitely more bro than old man…you are a Bro-Pa! “
(and not in the derogatory way)
I thought it was funny.
We were joking about this, and I said I feel like a ‘grand-bro’ or something, she laughed and said “yeah, you are definitely more bro than old man…you are a Bro-Pa! “
(and not in the derogatory way)
I thought it was funny.
DON’T search ‘Top Actor’ on Pornhub would be my advice…Oooh - "top actor"... very nice.
And how'd he become top actor, eh? By exploitin' the workers!
Being famous actually saved him from choice #2
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Sort of. It’s not really for the money, though. I ‘work’ at a ski shop for a few days over the holidays, as a result, I get free skiing at Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, and Snow King for the whole family, as well as any ski/bike gear at cost. I think last year I worked a grand total of 32 hours for this privilege.
It’s really common here. Lots of us old farts do this, it’s really fun and social, and I get to speak Spanish and some Portuguese all day long.
It’s also $30 an hour, lol.
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