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Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / July 2008Wet 'n Wild Weekend
Got back Sunday from our little camping trip. It turned out to be an eventful one and wet and wild to boot. Thursday it thunderstormed all day with ear-splitting booms and lightning. Some of the worst thunderstorm I've seen and I've seen a few. We set up the awning and other camping stuff during the brief intermissions when the rain let up. Max seemed oblivious to all the noise - Ortelia said, "Maybe he's deaf...?" although he isn't. So we stayed inside and I wrestled with a few New York Times crosswords while Ortelia puttered around and watched TV. Couldn't go fishing because of the lightning - I have an aversion to being the tallest thing on the river/lake holding a graphite lightning rod - but that's just how I am. The following day, it let up a bit on the thunder but it was still raining. I fished for about an hour but the river was running extremely fast and they weren't biting much. I caught a few small (1 1/2 - 2 lbs) smallmouth and a couple of red-eyed rock bass. An odd thing about the smallies - a couple were very light green/brownish and just 50 yards further down I caught one that was so dark it was almost black. No significant change in the environment as far as I could tell. Maybe he got swept down by the spate... We had lunch and the sun came out. In fact it got very hot and humid. My wife decided to put on the air-conditioning to cool down the trailer and closed the outer door and windows. Fifteen minutes later, I got the urge for a beer - which happens now and again under those circumstances - and tried to get in. It appeared to be locked. "Why did you lock it...?" I asked. "I didn't..." she said. (We're still arguing this point days afterwards) "Where are the trailer keys?", I said. "In the trailer...", she says. "Where are the spare trailer keys?" "In the trailer..." "Um... okay, We're locked out... where's your cell phone?" "In the trailer..." "Damn. I better go down to the gatehouse and call a locksmith... where are my car keys?" "In the trailer..." That's okay... I have a spare in my wallet.... where's my wallet? You guessed it - it was in the trailer. There was nobody around so I decided to walk down to the gatehouse and ask for help. In the meantime, Ortelia had located another camper and told them what happened - a nice lady called Cathy drove after me and picked me up on the way. She couldn't believe how far I'd gotten but I know the park well and had taken a few educated shortcuts. The park staff thought it was pretty amusing and laughed a lot but called a locksmith in Norwood (about 20 minutes away) for me. And Cathy drove me back to our campsite. A full hour and a half later, this guy pulls up in a van with "Locksmith" painted across the front in mirror letters - why I can't imagine, but we were so happy to see him I didn't ask. It took him literally seconds to pick the lock. And here was I feeling quite secure when that door was locked. Maybe I have to buy a plopper like bill... the guy charged us $60 for the service call and $30 to open the door. He had been in Peterborough on a call - which explains why it took him and hour and a half to get there. Since I didn't have enough cash, he offered to drive me to the ATM so I could get some. Ten minutes later, we arrived at the ATM and I opened my wallet. No debit card. My wife had used it when she went shopping that morning and hadn't put it back... damn. The guy probably thought I was a deadbeat and was trying to get out of paying. Back we went to the campsite and got the card. This time I drove my car and he followed me. I got the money and paid him - I felt so guilty for making him do the two trips that I gave him an extra $20. Nice guy - he said that the park keeps him in business although it's usually people locking themselves out of their cars. We invited Cathy and her sister over for a barbeque that afternoon to thank them for their help. They were from Ottawa and camping in tents - they loved the park and had decided to stay there for a few days while they did day trips in the area. We suggested a few places for them to visit, had a pleasant conversation, and drank a bit too much wine. Saturday was a repeat of Thursday with lots of rain and very hot and humid. We mostly drank beer, walked the dog, and lounged around. Sunday was clear and warm and we were able to dry everything out before leaving for home. So we experienced a few bumps in the road but that's camping for you... David "The Hamster" Malone <snip> > So we experienced a few bumps in the road but that's camping for > you... > > David "The Hamster" Malone No pics = no trip. But thanks for telling me about the trip you didn't take...  SignatureKevin W. Miller http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp > No pics = no trip. But thanks for telling me about the trip you didn't > take... Too dark and gloomy to take pics... I tried to time a few using the lightning for illumination but my reflexes are shot... David "The Hamster" malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:21:24 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >> No pics = no trip. But thanks for telling me about the trip you didn't >> take... > >Too dark and gloomy to take pics... I tried to time a few using the >lightning for illumination but my reflexes are shot... I tried to do that once, and all I got pictures of was thunder.... Bob > I tried to do that once, and all I got pictures of was > thunder.... Wow... your reflexes are pretty slow unless the storm was right over you at the time. But that's not important - can you post the pics for us to see? Pretty please...? David "The agog Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:21 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >> I tried to do that once, and all I got pictures of was >> thunder.... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >David "The agog Hamster" Malone What, you never saw a deadbolt? > What, you never saw a deadbolt? I've seen a few that were on their last legs... Hunter's the gal that had a dead one. It's the 'thunder' pics I'm looking forward to seeing... Here's a live bolt... http://www.firstshowing.net/img/bolt-firstlook.jpg His buddies are Mittens and the redoubtable hamster, Rhino. David "The persistent Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:31 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >It's the 'thunder' pics I'm looking forward to seeing... Well, it's pretty boring, but here y'go. You'll have to ignore that dang UFO that keeps getting in the way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOXoG_9tgeo&feature=related > Well, it's pretty boring, but here y'go. You'll have to ignore > that dang UFO that keeps getting in the way. I can see the UFO... I can see the lightning... I still can't see the thunder... On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin' fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! (Kipling of Kourse...) David "The Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:14:08 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >> Well, it's pretty boring, but here y'go. You'll have to ignore >> that dang UFO that keeps getting in the way. > >I can see the UFO... I can see the lightning... I still can't see the >thunder... I've heard of this. Thunder blindness. That's what happens when ya got furry eyeballs. The thunder is the black stuff. You have to look closely. No, closer than that. Closer. Closer. Dang, ya missed it. Now clean off your screen. >On the road to Mandalay, >Where the flyin' fishes play, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >David "The Hamster" Malone Thunder looks like Don? Is that Don the pet food magnate, or Don the Kountry Music King? Inkwiring minds want to know... When a thunderblind rodent starts with the Kipling Kwotes, all you get is Kiples and Bits... Bob, now pausing indefinitely to charge up his cell phone. Ain't technology wunnerful? > I've heard of this. Thunder blindness. That's what happens when > ya got furry eyeballs. It's not my EYE balls that are furry. > The thunder is the black stuff. You have to look closely. No, > closer than that. Closer. Closer. Dang, ya missed it. Now > clean off your screen. Oh, well now you tell me - there was a lot of black stuff in that video - could have been anything. I thought I'd been struck blind a few times... > Is that Don the pet food magnate Pet food sticks to him? I once had a pig's ear belonging to Chico that stuck to my foot... > Bob, now pausing indefinitely to charge up his cell phone. I know what you mean - I have to go charge up my credit card. David "The Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:51:54 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >It's not my EYE balls that are furry. <gack> TMI. Hunter On Jul 28, 4:17 pm, Hunter Hampton <airstreamingy...@geemail.com> wrote: > >It's not my EYE balls that are furry. > > <gack> TMI. Tennis balls... I bought them on that Canadian trading site, ehBay... David "The ace Hamster" Malone > On Jul 28, 4:17 pm, Hunter Hampton <airstreamingy...@geemail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > David "The ace Hamster" Malone I think you misspelled "a.s". SignatureKevin W. Miller "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference" - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp > I think you misspelled "a.s". I may be an a.s and I may be an ace But I'm surviving here in a state of grace. And I think it's a gas That the rear-end of an a.s Has a startling resemblence to K. Miller's face... Best I could do this early in the morning, donkey-butt breath. David "The ace/a.s Hamster" Malone >> I think you misspelled "a.s". > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > David "The ace/a.s Hamster" Malone LOL! Stop it! You're killing me here... SignatureKevin W. Miller "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference" - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> wrote: > LOL! Stop it! You're killing me here... I aim to please... Speaking of aiming to please, I was just down at the cafeteria to get some lunch and got a really disgusting, crumpled five dollar bill in my change. I grumbled, "I hate ugly, old, scrunched-up bills* ..." The cashier looked askance and said, "Do you want me to replace it?" I said, "No... I was just being ornery, but thanks..." Then she said, "I have an idea - we have a steam iron in the kitchen, how about I just iron it for you?" Now that's flat-out customer service. * (nothing personal mr. horne <g>) David "The Hamster" Malone > On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > David "The Hamster" Malone I was in line at the check out counter recently and asked the lady checker, "Do you have paper sacks?". Her eyes got all big and she says, "Pay for sex!?! What do you mean asking me if I have to pay for sex!" SignatureKevin W. Miller "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference" - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp >> On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > "Do you have paper sacks?". Her eyes got all big and she says, "Pay for > sex!?! What do you mean asking me if I have to pay for sex!" Well, you obviously weren't in the Eastman Walmart. If you had been, she'd have said, "10 bucks". Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >>> On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >>> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Well, you obviously weren't in the Eastman Walmart. If you had been, > she'd have said, "10 bucks". Same thing happened to me the other day only she asked me how much I charge. Max >>>> On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >>>> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >Max for a paper sack? >>>>> On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >>>>> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > for a paper sack? LOL. I wasn't *selling* anything. Max On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:04:46 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >On Jul 29, 11:51 am, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >David "The Hamster" Malone Or, more likely, flat-out sarcasm. Did you get it ironed? > Or, more likely, flat-out sarcasm. Irony? > Did you get it ironed Nope. I mean, I wasn't as steamed as I appeared to be... just a little board. She didn't press me for the bill and I didn't insist. David "The Hamster" Malone >> I think you misspelled "a.s". > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > David "The ace/a.s Hamster" Malone Did you mistakenly hit the "/" instead of the space bar? Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >>> I think you misspelled "a.s". >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Did you mistakenly hit the "/" instead of the space bar? As in "He's a sassy Hamster"? Nodoubtaboutit. > Did you mistakenly hit the "/" instead of the space bar? Lol... you're just upset about that ugly, old, crumpled-up bill thing I said. Think sunny, peaceful, unanomalous thoughts and you'll live longer... and have better credit. David "The Hamster" Malone >> Did you mistakenly hit the "/" instead of the space bar? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Think sunny, peaceful, unanomalous thoughts and you'll live longer... > and have better credit. I've got great credit - I just can't get my hands on it. Besides, I'm not crumpled - it's the way jeans are supposed to look. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >> On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Did you mistakenly hit the "/" instead of the space bar? Careful or he'll torture you with some sad excuse of a poem... SignatureKevin W. Miller "I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars." - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp >>> On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >>> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Careful or he'll torture you with some sad excuse of a poem... Poemboarding? Is that what it's called when you drip poems into a newsgroup? Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. > Poemboarding? Is that what it's called when you drip poems into a newsgroup? Speaking of drips (and you were)... Kevin apparently doesn't know a poem from a hole in the ground. That, my friends, was a 'limerick' or possibly a verse of doggerel. And limerickboarding is illegal in Canada and against the Geneva convention, eh... David "The Hamster" Malone >> Poemboarding? Is that what it's called when you drip poems into a newsgroup? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > David "The Hamster" Malone It's a real shame doggerel doesn't require 6 lines. Then it could be Doggerel. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >>>> On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, "Kevin W. Miller" <i09...@strudelyahoo.com> >>>> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Poemboarding? Is that what it's called when you drip poems into a > newsgroup? With that drip's "poetry" it's more like poemboardinginablacktank. SignatureKevin W. Miller "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference" - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp > I know what you mean - I have to go charge up my credit card. > > David "The Hamster" Malone Speaking of credit cards. I got one of those Pentagon Federal Credit Cards that were mentioned here. I turned it on early last week, and we went to Warner Robins. Bought some groceries, gas, and some stuff at the BX. Then went to Home Depot, and the damthing was rejected. Called 'em the next day, and after 30 minutes on the phone, I find that it's their fraud protection system - I spent a lot of money out-of-town. OK, so they're protecting me, and then they turn it back on after I verify myself and myself's spendthriftyness. Today in Eastman (home turf, not out-of town), I try to buy $2.10 worth in WalMart. Card rejected. After 40 minutes on the phone, I find that it's their fraud protection system again. So they turn the card back on again - allegedly. So, first time, I'm out-of-town spending too much money. Next time, I'm in-town spending too little money. Go figger. They've got an excellent fraud protection system - _nobody_ can use the damcard - including me. I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL my cards in the past 45 years. But since I'm supposed to get 5% off gas, 2% off groceries, and 1% off everything else, I'm gonna give 'em two more chances to let me spend my money. If I were paranoid enough, I'd think they've checked my record, found out they're not going to make a dime off me in interest charges, gonna have to pay me a bunch of rebates, and are trying to annoy me into canceling the card before I bankrupt them. Well, lemme bygod telya, feller Uhmericuns, they don't know who they're dealing with - I'm one persistent cheapass, and 20 cents a gallon ain't nothing to sneeze at. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >> I know what you mean - I have to go charge up my credit card. >> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > dealing with - I'm one persistent cheapass, and 20 cents a gallon ain't > nothing to sneeze at. Tell 'em, bill. Persistence is one thing they can't deal with. LZ > I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL > my cards in the past 45 years. > bill > Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. It takes a while for the computer to learn your spending habits. The thing is programmed to look for anomalies. So far everything you buy is an anomaly. Max (anomalously) >> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL >> my cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It takes a while for the computer to learn your spending habits. The > thing is programmed to look for anomalies. I know. They told me. See below. > So far everything you buy is > an anomaly. > > Max (anomalously) None of my previous cards have thought I was anomalous. One more thing. When I called them the first time, I told them I sometimes take out-of-town trips that are even farther than 50 miles, and what will happen then? They said I should call them to let them know when I was leaving and where I was going. Hey. You can't make up sh.t like that. I told them I quit informing my mother about my whereabouts when I left home in 1962. She didn't find that funny. She probably still calls her mother before leaving for work. Today I asked if there was an email address to which I could send a list of my potential whims for them to feed into their computer to speed up its learning process. They had no such procedure. I hope the damcomputer is a faster learner than it appears to be. So far, I'd rather try to train a damarmadillo to stop trying to cross the road. Woe is me. It's hell being an anomaly. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >Woe is me. It's hell being an anomaly. Nah. It's just hell being cheap. A real anomaly wouldn't use a credit card. Bob >>> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with >>> ALL my cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Woe is me. It's hell being an anomaly. How do you know it's not all just an anomaly of the Patriot Act? Max >>>> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with >>>> ALL my cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Max Because I got my Citcard after the PA, and all they do is send me junk (snail) mail 10 times a month. I suppose I could try to buy a disposable phone or a bag of 10-10-10, and see if men in suits erupt out of the shadows and haul me off to the nearest waterboarding salon. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >> How do you know it's not all just an anomaly of the Patriot Act? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > disposable phone or a bag of 10-10-10, and see if men in suits erupt > out of the shadows and haul me off to the nearest waterboarding salon. Nope. None of that would be an anomaly for you. Add ten gallons of diesel fuel and see what happens. Especially if you pretend you're putting it in the tank on the Nerdafari. Max >>> How do you know it's not all just an anomaly of the Patriot Act? >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Max Pretend? I have a diesel patio light. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >>>> How do you know it's not all just an anomaly of the Patriot Act? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Pretend? I have a diesel patio light. Hissss. >> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL my >> cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Max (anomalously) I think that description fits bill like and old, comfortable, pair of shoes ... Cliff in TN - mind you, anomalies aside, he IS a nice ole Flatspoter ... Dogs not included ... Signaturethe Bride said to me, "We've been through a LOT together, and most of it was Your fault!" >>> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL >>> my cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Cliff in TN - mind you, anomalies aside, he IS a nice ole Flatspoter ... > Dogs not included ... Hey. I tried to buy 2 rolls of flagging tape. What's anomalous about that? Sheesh. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >> Cliff in TN - mind you, anomalies aside, he IS a nice ole Flatspoter ... >> Dogs not included ... >Hey. I tried to buy 2 rolls of flagging tape. What's anomalous about >that? Sheesh. Aha! That's the problem. I mean, one roll, maybe -- but two? Surely you must have had something sinister in mind.... (Was one of them a shade of "commie pink"?) GB in NC >>> Cliff in TN - mind you, anomalies aside, he IS a nice ole Flatspoter ... >>> Dogs not included ... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > (Was one of them a shade of "commie pink"?) damn. Both of them were. But it ain't my fault - it was the only color they had, deputy. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. >> (Was one of them a shade of "commie pink"?) >damn. Both of them were. But it ain't my fault - it was the only color >they had, deputy. Likely story. GB in NC >> I've had more trouble with this card in 7 days than I've had with ALL >> my cards in the past 45 years. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >thing is programmed to look for anomalies. So far everything you buy is >an anomaly. How can you say that?? He hasn't bought _any_ nomalies yet. In fact, that might be the problem.... they're still looking for a nomolie on his bill. > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:21 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" > Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What, you never saw a deadbolt? That was good Bob.. you strung ol' Malone out pretty good.. made him beg... before you went in for the kill.... :) Here's my "thunder" pix.. on the CME6.. http://bp3.blogger.com/_KL3y09gcz3A/RZfo5lVgB8I/AAAAAAAAADw/l2EZexPcEQs/s320/geo rgieboydeadboltlocksupgrade.jpg Actually.. Malone.. poor working stiff that you are... you do more actual getting out there and doing good solid camping than most of us.. I plan to make up for lost time here soon.. Glad you made it through it ok.. your wife lil' Max are 'troopers'... A bad day camping [is there such a thing??].. is better than a good day working for money... :) SignatureOl' Gar and Mahoney... Workin' on the Hot-Rod Bus.. under the bridge.. down by the river.. "Life may not be the party we had hoped for, but as long as we are here we might as well dance" [sign on I-35 in South Dakota?] http://coltonmotorexpress.blogspot.com/ >> No pics = no trip. But thanks for telling me about the trip you >> didn't take... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > David "The Hamster" malone You hamsters come up with the lamest excuses. As bill horne would say, "Is your crutch broken?". SignatureKevin W. Miller "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference" - Charles Darwin http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp > You hamsters come up with the lamest excuses. As bill horne would say, "Is > your crutch broken?". It still works... I once got kicked in the crutch - pretty painful but I got over it. David "The Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:59:41 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >Fifteen minutes later, >I got the urge for a beer - which happens now and again under those >circumstances - and tried to get in. It appeared to be locked. Hi David, I'm having Deja Vu all over again. My trailer door locked in Teton National Park. The keys were in the trailer. The spare keys were locked in the truck. The truck keys were in the trailer. Only difference was, it was a deadbolt. The locksmith tried and tried but couldn't get the door open. Finally I heard, "We'll have to break a window." "No we won't" I had my two cats in there.... My friend went up on the roof and removed the sky light... and dropped in and unlocked the door. He put the skylight back in, with just screws... no sealer.... It blew off on I-40 in Texas <g> Hunter On Jul 28, 1:37 pm, Hunter Hampton <airstreamingy...@geemail.com> wrote: > Only difference was, it was a deadbolt. Now that would be a problem. I never had problem getting in my pop-up without a key because all you had to so to open it was unseat the canvas around the door frame. Your friend who dropped in using the skylight must be a skinny guy unless your skylight is much bigger than mine. I could get through mine, but I'd have to be sliced and diced first... David "The Hamster" Malone On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:51:15 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >Your friend who dropped in using the skylight must be a skinny guy >unless your skylight is much bigger than mine. It's a big skylight... Hunter > "Where are the trailer keys?", I said. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > "In the trailer..." Many trailer and motorhome windows of the sliding type can be easily opened from the outside with simple hand pressure while you slide. If you have that type of window, Ortelia could easily be boosted through or you could use a long stick to fish a set of keys out. LZ > Many trailer and motorhome windows of the sliding type can be easily > opened from the outside with simple hand pressure while you slide. Good idea but all the windows are the type that crank up and down - all closed tight plus none of them are very big. Don't think we didn't look at every option before we called the locksmith. His bill was still less than it would cost to replace a window. We now have a spare set of trailer keys stashed... um... somewhere. David "The Hamster" Malone >> Many trailer and motorhome windows of the sliding type can be easily >> opened from the outside with simple hand pressure while you slide. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > David "The Hamster" Malone I keep tellin' you people that cloning is the cat's meow - but do you listen? Nooooooooooooo - like my kid, you have to learn everything the hard way. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. > I keep tellin' you people that cloning is the cat's meow - but do you > listen? Nooooooooooooo - like my kid, you have to learn everything the > hard way. So... um... how do I clone my wife...? One could be getting me a beer while the other made dinner on the BBQ. If I had a few extra clones I'm sure I could find things for them to do... David "The one-and-only Hamster" Malone >> I keep tellin' you people that cloning is the cat's meow - but do you >> listen? Nooooooooooooo - like my kid, you have to learn everything the >> hard way. > >So... um... how do I clone my wife...? For a -practical- answer to that question, I recommend you look up an old Star Trek episode, "I, Mudd". >> I keep tellin' you people that cloning is the cat's meow - but do you >> listen? Nooooooooooooo - like my kid, you have to learn everything the >> hard way. > > So... um... how do I clone my wife...? If you'd planned ahead, you would've married a twin. > One could be getting me a beer while the other made dinner on the BBQ. > If I had a few extra clones I'm sure I could find things for them to > do... > > David "The one-and-only Hamster" Malone Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. > If you'd planned ahead, you would've married a twin. But... but... as far as I could see you were advocating cloning... not planning ahead. Try not to put words in my mouse. Besides, surely that would make me a bigamist? David "The Hamster" Malone >> If you'd planned ahead, you would've married a twin. > > But... but... as far as I could see you were advocating cloning... not > planning ahead. Try not to put words in my mouse. Cloning implies planning ahead. It's not my fault if your inferrer is broken. > Besides, surely that would make me a bigamist? Not if you just married one and kept track of the backup. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. > Cloning implies planning ahead. It does no such thing... do you think when they cloned Dolly the sheep, they were planning ahead? No, they were planning a whole animal - head and tail and all. Sheesh. David "The adamant Hamster" Malone >> Cloning implies planning ahead. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > David "The adamant Hamster" Malone I should know better. I should just shoot once - and then run and hide. Signaturebill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. > I should know better. I should just shoot once - and then run and hide. Yabbut... that would require planning ahead. David "The Hamster" Malone >> I should know better. I should just shoot once - and then run and hide. > > Yabbut... that would require planning ahead. > > David "The Hamster" Malone Someone (either Janet or Hunter) updated him to the cemetery. I think they said he died last February. LZ > Someone (either Janet or Hunter) updated him to the cemetery. I think > they said he died last February. At least when bill is shooting, he manages to hit the right thread... David "The Hamster" Malone >> Someone (either Janet or Hunter) updated him to the cemetery. I think >> they said he died last February. > > At least when bill is shooting, he manages to hit the right thread... > > David "The Hamster" Malone My percentage of hits is pretty good. The cursor moved up a notch when I wasn't looking. The defense rests. LZ > My percentage of hits is pretty good. The cursor moved up a notch when > I wasn't looking. Oh? And you didn't cause it to move...? I'll have to get me one of them thar new-fangled compooters that does things all by itself. > The defense rests. I'm sorry... guilty as charged. Please pay the bailiff on your way out... David "The judge&jury Hamster" Malone >> My percentage of hits is pretty good. The cursor moved up a notch when >> I wasn't looking. > > Oh? And you didn't cause it to move...? Someone slammed the door which caused my laptop to hop and also the mouse. The PC & mouse are on a small fold-down table, near the MH door. > I'll have to get me one of them thar new-fangled compooters that does > things all by itself. This event was minor, compared to others. >> The defense rests. > > I'm sorry... guilty as charged. Please pay the bailiff on your way > out... Hang on while I print some funny money. LZ > David "The judge&jury Hamster" Malone > Someone slammed the door which caused my laptop to hop and also the > mouse. The PC & mouse are on a small fold-down table, near the MH door. Oh, I see... blame an innocent rodent. We work for peanuts and this is the thanks we get... well, I'm fed up with it and I'm not gonna take it any more. Rodents of the world unite! Kill your masters and take control of the PC world... (Oops... sorry. Did I say 'kill'? I meant 'subjugate' or maybe 'tickle'... yeah, that's the ticket. Got a bit carried away there.) David "The militant Hamster" Malone >> Someone slammed the door which caused my laptop to hop and also the >> mouse. The PC & mouse are on a small fold-down table, near the MH door.. > > Oh, I see... blame an innocent rodent. Mice are unreliable and will bite the hand that plugs them in. > We work for peanuts and this is the thanks we get... well, I'm fed up > with it and I'm not gonna take it any more. Peanuts are too good to waste on mice. Rodenticides are recommended. > Rodents of the world unite! > > Kill your masters and take control of the PC world... Follow the pie-eyed piper....? > (Oops... sorry. Did I say 'kill'? I meant 'subjugate' or maybe > 'tickle'... yeah, that's the ticket. Got a bit carried away there.) I see a possible need to increase the cat population.. LZ > David "The militant Hamster" Malone > Mice are unreliable and will bite the hand that plugs them in. I see your problem... get a cordless mouse. No wonder the little bugger jumped - he was trying to get off his leash... mice, born free are everywhere in chains. > I see a possible need to increase the cat population.. Ha... Kevin already has that aspect under control. I hear he has a few hundred of 'em in his cat-coach... his kitty-litter bill must be in the thousands. David "The Hamster" Malone >> Mice are unreliable and will bite the hand that plugs them in. > > I see your problem... get a cordless mouse. No wonder the little > bugger jumped - he was trying to get off his leash... mice, born free > are everywhere in chains. I'll consider a cordless on my next upgrade. I already have more cords than a parachute plugged into my hub. >> I see a possible need to increase the cat population.. > > Ha... Kevin already has that aspect under control. I hear he has a few > hundred of 'em in his cat-coach... his kitty-litter bill must be in > the thousands. Does he have a "cat" engine? LZ > David "The Hamster" Malone On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:51:16 -0700 (PDT), "David \"The Hamster\" Malone" <malone@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >> If you'd planned ahead, you would've married a twin. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >David "The Hamster" Malone Only if you like large women. >> If you'd planned ahead, you would've married a twin. > >But... but... as far as I could see you were advocating cloning... not >planning ahead. Try not to put words in my mouse. > >Besides, surely that would make me a bigamist? *sigh* the actual Groucho line is: "But, that would be bigamy... It'd be big o' you, too" Remember the reason for the Great Wilderness Trek westward from Nauvoo...... "That's What Keeps Brigham Young!" Where were you? What park, city, state? > Got back Sunday from our little camping trip. It turned out to be an > eventful one and wet and wild to boot. Thursday it thunderstormed all [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > > David "The Hamster" Malone > Where were you? What park, city, state? Park - Ferris Provincial Park City - Campbellford State - Partially or fully inebriated Province - Ontario David "The Hamster" Malone It sounded like you were in Tornado Alley - out in Dorthy's Kansas! >> Where were you? What park, city, state? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > David "The Hamster" Malone > It sounded like you were in Tornado Alley - out in Dorthy's Kansas! Dorthy...? Oh, now I remember... the wizard of zz. <g> David "The Hamster" Malone > We had lunch and the sun came out. In fact it got very hot and humid. > My wife decided to put on the air-conditioning to cool down the [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > You guessed it - it was in the trailer. We locked ourselves out of our truck camper once. We were able to open the rear sliding window of the truck and then the sliding window of the camper. We borrowed a 3 year-old from a neighbor and passed him through to open the door. >> We had lunch and the sun came out. In fact it got very hot and humid. >> My wife decided to put on the air-conditioning to cool down the [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > the camper. We borrowed a 3 year-old from a neighbor and passed him > through to open the door. LOL! Lou |
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