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Beer
PostOberon Day is a major holiday in west Michigan.
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it's been shown that forecasts beyond 10 days are no better than random guessing. So I will wait a few days before worrying about forecasts. The average weather is your best guess at this point, and that is definitely cloudy. The article about the 10 day forecast limit asked if it was ethical for web sites to post a 14 day forecast as it was giving the false impression that their forecasts were better than the pages that gave a more honest 10 day forecast. At least Scotty admits those 14 day for…
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Took a walk today
odd man out - - General
PostMy wife is a birder, so if we are out for a walk, and I turn around and she's not there, I figure she probably stopped some time back to look at a bird, so I have to back track to find her. I'm more of a plant person than a birder.
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ATQOTD
PostQuote from Astro: “Quote from max.patch: “3) Alfred Hitchcock in just about everything he did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…ances_by_Alfred_Hitchcock ” He made so many good ones, but my favorite was North by Northwest. ” Me too. In NbNW, the Hitchcock cameo is in the opening credits sequence over NYC street scenes and you see Hitchcock miss the bus at a bus stop. The closing sequence is also famous. Eva Marie Saint climbs up to join Cary Grant in the top bunk of their sleeping car. They cut to…
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Phone App
odd man out - - General
PostI use Mapy.cz (from the Czech Republic). It is a basic navigation app. It has a tracker, but I haven't used it much so I'm not sure it gives you more than distance and elevation change. But is allows free downloading of maps for every country in the world for offline use. Maps have great detail and most hiking trails are shown. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index…da97a40a4d0c15c3e82fbb772
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Took a walk today
odd man out - - General
PostQuote from LIhikers: “Kathy and I got out for a walk of 7.6 miles on a pretty nice day. Temps in the 40s, wind at 5 mph, and the sky was partly sunny and partly cloudy. It was on a wide, flat trail, that's very easy to walk. It's more like a rail trail than a hiking trail. Lots of people out walking their dog so Kathy got a fur fix. I was glad about that since we no longer have a dog and she's a real animal person. ” We have a dog park in our town that is always very crowded. We will take our co…
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ATQOTD
PostQuote from rhjanes: “Quote from odd man out: “Do they have a question on the average cost of a thru hike? If so, the answer could be 5% of my trust fund. ” I forget if they do. If they do it would be one of their "Average" questions. I know there is a "How much time does the AVERAGE thru hike take?". ” Yes they do. Trust fund was not one of the choices.
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Baseball Thread
PostI recently checked on the Banana's schedule. Alas no games in my area. I will maybe check next year as get in the lottery.
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Quote from hikerboy: “There's nothing wrong with buying used gear, as long as there's nothing wrong with the gear itself.... ” I would add that this is especially true for quality gear. Osprey doesn't make the lightest pack, but it is probably the best selling pack so it is likely to retain its value well. It works well for many people so there is a good chance it can work for you.
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ATQOTD
PostQuote from odd man out: “Quote from rhjanes: “"People Ruining the AT for everyone else" ??? ” I had to think for a second to recall today's question. Funny ” Do they have a question on the average cost of a thru hike? If so, the answer could be 5% of my trust fund.
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Quote from rhjanes: “Quote from Astro: “Silver Streak great classic movie. Love the line where Richard Pryor introduces himself as "I'm a thief". ” Great Cast. Gene Wilder, Scatman Crothers stealing scenes, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan ultimate sinister ruthless badguy, Ned Beatty as the Vitamin salesman talking about scoring with the ladies, but he's an undercover cop, Clifton James as the sheriff stealing scenes (Don't Shoot!), and Ray Walson NOT playing "Aloha Mr. Hand"....And don't overl…
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ATQOTD
PostQuote from rhjanes: “"People Ruining the AT for everyone else" ??? ” I had to think for a second to recall today's question. Funny
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welcome to the cafe
PostQuote from IMScotty: “What a neat book OMO. I can attest that St. Patrick's Bridge in Cork still looks the same. ” I was using Google Street View images to find current views of several pages. Very interesting.
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welcome to the cafe
PostQuote from LIhikers: “I'll have to look at the photos later, on my computer, as they are too small on this phone. ” that would help, definitely. Plus you need to zoom in to read the captions. They are most enlightening.
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welcome to the cafe
PostIn honor of St. Patrick's Day, I pulled "Ireland In Pictures" off our shelf, a book I bought at a used book store quite a few years ago. It is a "Coffee Table Book" with 400 pages of beautiful large-format photographs of Ireland. What makes it remarkable is it was published in 1898 in America. At that time, there were millions of 2nd-generation Irish-Americans whose only knowledge of their ancestral homeland was what their immigrant parents may have told them. This book was produced to show them…