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Quote from Ewok11: “I took a walk today up to Rendezvouz Peak... ” Suddenly the living room feels a bit claustrophobic. Thanks for posting these. Really great shots!

Good! I was hoping, cause some those zero days were pretty damn boring!

Quote from Mountain-Mike: “PS, I died every time on the comp, but did manage to hike the trail in real life. ” I just know there's an analogy or a metaphor in there somewhere about the trail online and the trail in real life.

Quote from OzJacko: “I am very big on morals, very small on beliefs. ” And apparently an ultra-light hiker!

Quote from Mountain-Mike: “Twice... Heck It's true...everything happens in three! ” Grrrrrr... Yup, it took my third time of searching to find it. Well, apparently the road to hell is still being paved with good intentions.

Son of #*%&$... Ran out outta funds! Quote from Thru-hiker: “You Died. Or well, you know, ran out of money. Total miles hiked: 1927.7 miles Average per day: 9.9 miles Zero days: 31 days ”

Quote from Foresight: “You a day late and a dollar short, my brother, lol, therefore I give you.... ” Eh...? Was it already posted on here?

Maybe I don't have to leave the house after all! Info: appalachiantrials.com/thru-hik…-meets-appalachian-trail/ Game: atthruhike.com/

Well, I found an article that represents things most people just cannot say in public without getting lambasted for being honest. However, this is seems like one of the few safe places to do so, so here it is. Over in that other sandbox I posted my concerns about all the crap that was going on with BSP (and with careless, discourteous, selfish hikers in general) and what was becoming of it along the trail. I posted my concerns about the effects that others preceding me were having on the trail. …

Quote from AnotherKevin: “"it's complicated." ” Amen to that, brother!

Quote from hikerboy: “Source Code (1 line)” Holy cow! When you cite an example to aspire to, you don't play around, brother!

Quote from hikerboy: “I'm trying to figure out how Donald Trump is leading the GOP ” Trump is in public politics now? I have really got to turn on that damn TV at some point. I keep telling the wife I'm gonna do it, but I just can't seem to find the time.

Quote from socks: “all that knowledge only 18 clicks away ” OMG! Any true geeks will appreciate that one! Before WWW became popular, I spent most of the 90's (dialing in and) logging in to 5,000 little internets'. We used to call 'em BBS boards.

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I remember reading a year or two back that the majority of kids starting college couldn't read or write cursive writing and many couldn't tell time with an analog watch or analog clock. But to make matters worse, I think kids today have it worse than many of us in some respects (besides the obvious video game addictions, etc.) Thanks to a combination of social media, popular search engines, and even the digitizing and electronic access of every possible document, photo, and record created -- the…

Online flash cards and practice exams can be used for free at hamexam.org and while registration is not necessary to use the services, if you do register you can track your progress and stats there. Dave Casler (ke0og) has some great training videos on YouTube that compliment study from the ARRL manuals. You can find those at youtube.com/user/davecasler/playlists The first level (or Technician class) exam is fairly simple. Rather than a long list of all the 8-year olds who pass the exam all the …

Quote from JimBlue: “@g00gle, I like your .sig. I've said something similar to that to myself upon more than one occasion. ” My .sig or my sig? One is in the safe and one is on the screen.

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Well, unfortunately, I just read that one, too. Me thinks there's not alot going on in Maine. Or this theme has become required writing for some course at the community college or something. Seems like somebody else writes the same article every week.

Quote from AnotherKevin: “It's usually believed that the text of the Pentateuch stabilized about the fifth century BCE. Fragments of the Book of Numbers were found in ruins in Jerusalem (at Ketef Hinnom) that are pretty reliably dated to 650-700 BCE. Even if one accepts only the documentary hypothesis, and not Mosaic authorship, the standard text of the Torah is considerably older than the Nicene Council. ” Brother, if I'm fortunate enough to have walked that far, I really want to stop and grab …