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  • Took a walk today

    Blacksmith - - General

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    ten miles today on the rails-to-trails. Gorgeous and sunny but c-c-cold and slippery going with a glaze of ice on the asphalt. Five miles to the Valley Inn on Rt 5 in Clarence then a huge bacon/provolone/brontasaurus burger and five miles back home

  • Quote from Tuckahoe: “Should I be pointing out that many knitters used patterns that had antlers on both deer... hmmmm... http://knitting4shirley.blogspot.com/2010/12/matts-fking-deer-hat.html” Maybe those are reindeer? Little known fact that both male and female reindeer have antlers but the buck's antlers fall off before Christmas while the does keep theirs until spring. http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/reindeer.asp I don't know what to make of it. I guess it depends if those are…

  • Took a walk today

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  • Naming a child

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    Avery is cool and congrats BTW. One of those unisex names that would be good either way. When My first born was on the way the wife and I decided we didn't want to know the sex beforehand from the ultrasound so we waited to be surprised. While we waited we settled on the name Casey which would work either way. Hard to believe my daughter Casey will be 18 this June, time flies!

  • Quote from CoachLou: “Quote from Blacksmith: “Why do I feel like Oliver Twist after having just asked for more gruel? :-(” Welcome Oliver , to our hiking chat room!!!! this is where we WB outcasts have decended to. No toothy communists here to deny you of your 1st ammendment rights, or people telling you you are boiling your water wrong, or your favorite walking shirt is not light enough. We all actually hike and many times get together to hike. We hike, trade gear, recipes, pics and jokes. Don'…

  • A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

    Blacksmith - - Books

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    I read this book ten years ago, had me in stitches. About time to get reacquainted with it methinks.

  • Beer on the AT

    Blacksmith - - Supplies & Town Stuff

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    Quote from GoodGerman: “Do you have any favorites? I like the Franziskaner (it was the stock beer in my college dorm) but would love to try genuine US wheat beers. "Pyramid Hefeweizen" looks great too :whistle:” Franziskaner Hefeweizen has been my life's blood for more than a decade now. In a pinch I'll settle for a Spaten Club and not shed a tear. This is a local favorite around here this time of year, they only brew one batch per year~ beer%2Betc.%2B484.jpg

  • Took a walk today

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    O.K. we'll call it a hike then. Normally I don't walk non stop like that and I'll go about four miles and then take a breather. This crazy weather we've been having pretty much dictated my hike. Last week we had several days on end of about 4*F with steady winds that got pretty blustery at times and a windchill factor of -25* for most of it. Suddenly the past couple days it warmed right up. When I started out at about 3:00 it was snowing fairly heavily, those big huge wet flakes that fall super …

  • Took a walk today

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    Getting to learn this site and reading around a bit. Didn't quite know where to put this so I guess "General" is the right place for this post. Took a walk today. No pack and no A to B destination, wound up where I started from, right back at home. Since I took no pack and came back from where I left that was not a hike, correct? I'll just call it a walk then. Did stop for a beer on the way at roughly the halfway mark but not for long. Otherwise no stops just plod plod plod on the rails-to-trail…

  • sad news

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    Quote from OzJacko: “Quote from Blacksmith: “I used to have the same views on suicide that most have. Over the years those views have changed. I have struggled with depression all of my life, even since the first years in grade school. For me it is just part of life. I cope. Have enjoyed great successes despite it and felt the lash more than "regular" people when things don't always work out. I do not begrudge people who commit suicide. I of course do not celebrate it but I do feel I understand …

  • sad news

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    I used to have the same views on suicide that most have. Over the years those views have changed. I have struggled with depression all of my life, even since the first years in grade school. For me it is just part of life. I cope. Have enjoyed great successes despite it and felt the lash more than "regular" people when things don't always work out. I do not begrudge people who commit suicide. I of course do not celebrate it but I do feel I understand their choice more than most. Trust me when I …

  • Why do I feel like Oliver Twist after having just asked for more gruel?

  • Introduce Yourself

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    Aloha everybody! My name is Daniel. I have adopted "Blacksmith" as a handle, it's a hobby of mine. I arrived here by a gracious invitation from Hikerboy via email through the Blaze. In the past I enjoyed hiking quite a bit but haven't done any long distance stuff, four days/three nights several times when I lived close to the FLT along its main course. Recently divorced and very much looking forward to hitting the trails again. I'm discovering there are quite a few in my area, the FLT being the …