odd man out wrote:
Is it just me, but has it been quit on the cafe this week? Maybe everyone is passed out drunk in a ditch at trail days.
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odd man out wrote:
Is it just me, but has it been quit on the cafe this week? Maybe everyone is passed out drunk in a ditch at trail days.
max.patch wrote:
the arizona heat has sapped my energy to post much; i think most everyone else has been focusing on the royal wedding.odd man out wrote:
Is it just me, but has it been quit on the cafe this week? Maybe everyone is passed out drunk in a ditch at trail days.
Me too, a ticket to Bangor.Jake Ace wrote:
I got mine a few weeks ago, couple shirts I wanted.odd man out wrote:
Yup. I just bought my Father's Day present. A new grill. Some (actually a lot) of assembly required. Now I just have to see if I can get my three adult children to chip in some to pay for it.Jake Ace wrote:
it’s Springtime, much to do around the house, and for those lucky enough...pursuits outside of the neighborhood.
chief wrote:
or turn it the other way and kill yourself. as a lefty, i'm satisfied feeling the hot brass skim my face.
Astro wrote:
I would assume"lefty" has more to do with your dominant hand than your political perspective.chief wrote:
or turn it the other way and kill yourself. as a lefty, i'm satisfied feeling the hot brass skim my face.
Astro wrote:
Today was 50 cent Corn Dog day at Sonic. Interesting concept, take a food that is not that good for you to begin with and make it worse by deep-frying it in batter.
But with mustard it is still sort of neat eating them off a stick.
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max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups, but i'm sure the ususal suspects will be crowing about how safe it is to ford the kennebec despite the fact that a hiker drowned there a couple weeks ago and they just found his body. take the canoe -- that's what it's there for.
max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups
ThanksJake Ace wrote:
Sorry to hear that, never easy putting down a pet.
LIhikers wrote:
It was a sad day in our house today.
We had one of our cats put to sleep today at our vet's office.
About 4 or 5 weeks go he developed cancer on his tongue and hasn't been able m o eat or even drink water.
We'd been giving him food, water and pain meds with a syringe and an eye dropper.
He lost so much weight, and had so little energy, that all he could do was lay around in a daze caused by the pain medication.
On one hand I'm glad and on the other I'm sad.
odd man out wrote:
Yup. I just bought my Father's Day present. A new grill. Some (actually a lot) of assembly required. Now I just have to see if I can get my three adult children to chip in some to pay for it.Jake Ace wrote:
it’s Springtime, much to do around the house, and for those lucky enough...pursuits outside of the neighborhood.odd man out wrote:
Is it just me, but has it been quit on the cafe this week? Maybe everyone is passed out drunk in a ditch at trail days.
max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups, but i'm sure the ususal suspects will be crowing about how safe it is to ford the kennebec despite the fact that a hiker drowned there a couple weeks ago and they just found his body. take the canoe -- that's what it's there for.
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Wise Old Owl wrote:
Fording by swimming is a damn skill and can be done. Unfortunately most folks wing it.max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups, but i'm sure the ususal suspects will be crowing about how safe it is to ford the kennebec despite the fact that a hiker drowned there a couple weeks ago and they just found his body. take the canoe -- that's what it's there for.
If anyone is interested - maybe my son can video me or I will find a video on how to do it correctly and create a separate thread. Honest on this one - I am not doing this unless there is a need.
odd man out wrote:
For thousands of years, people in central Asia have crossed rivers by using inflated goat skins as flotation devices. This is a 2800 year old alabaster carving from Iraq showing a person crossing a river on a goat skin (now in the British Museum).Wise Old Owl wrote:
Fording by swimming is a damn skill and can be done. Unfortunately most folks wing it.If anyone is interested - maybe my son can video me or I will find a video on how to do it correctly and create a separate thread. Honest on this one - I am not doing this unless there is a need.max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups, but i'm sure the ususal suspects will be crowing about how safe it is to ford the kennebec despite the fact that a hiker drowned there a couple weeks ago and they just found his body. take the canoe -- that's what it's there for.
In 326 BC, Alexander the Great won a victory atht the Battle of Hydaspes by secretly crossing a river at night using inflated goat skin balloons.
This practice is still used today in remote areas of Tajikistan where large rivers going steep gorges in the Pamir Mountains make it necessay to ford rivers just to move from one village to another. Children learn at a young age to cross rivers using a Burdyuk, a goatskin that is sew up air tight except for one leg that is left open to let air in and out.
Wise Old Owl wrote:
Fording by swimming is a damn skill and can be done. Unfortunately most folks wing it.max.patch wrote:
i don't belong any longer to any of the facebook appalachian trail groups, but i'm sure the ususal suspects will be crowing about how safe it is to ford the kennebec despite the fact that a hiker drowned there a couple weeks ago and they just found his body. take the canoe -- that's what it's there for.
If anyone is interested - maybe my son can video me or I will find a video on how to do it correctly and create a separate thread. Honest on this one - I am not doing this unless there is a need.
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max.patch wrote:
that's not a knife...
bonus points if ya can identify the hiker.
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Jake wins!Jake Ace wrote:
Looks like Joe!max.patch wrote:
that's not a knife...
bonus points if ya can identify the hiker.
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max.patch wrote:
this morning 2 posts came across my facebook page feed from companies that i follow that started off by wishing me a happy memorial day.
maybe i'm overthinking this, but "happy" just struck me as an inappropriate adjective to be used with memorial day.