Hooray! It seems the EarthLink servers are up and running, again. I was getting worried after two days of “This Page Cannot Be Displayed” error messages. I will say, I have been with EarthLink since I launched my first Web site back in the 90s, and the reliability has been outstanding—with only the occasional hiccup. Today, I have another Sunday A&J from 1994. This is a mild example of the insecurity that characterized Janis in the early years. Janis since has mellowed and enjoys life and marriage much more these days. In reality, the waiter or waitress who hovers constantly around me and pesters me with ceaseless questions and attention is not ingratiating himself. But reality is what insecurity is all about, is?
Gratuitous Gratuity
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257 responses to “Gratuitous Gratuity”
OF due 1727-1747 CST. Spring ahead this evening. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
For the seasonally challenged you are turning your clock ahead one hour for daylight savings time. This happens at 2 am so be sure to set your alarm so you won’t be late for church.
Looks like OF has been turned off.
WOLVES at the viewing site. I’m not kidding.
Sorry. They left.
To minimize the shock, I’m springing forward ten minutes every hour for the next six hours.
My time-change mnemonic is “Stagger Forward, Fall Back”. Not that I’ve actually done that, of course.
Debbe 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJs_L7yq5qE
Still no steam coming from OF.
Oh yeah. It will be an hour late because of the time change.
A common complaint is that switching to DST causes one to lose an hour’s sleep. Only for the inflexible.
Had a lunch + good mtg. at church at 1130 CST. Got home about 1445 CST. As soon as convenient, sprang ahead on watch, clocks, and kitchen timers. Lost an hour of daytime. It is now 2045 CDT.
Nighty bunch, emb
Heading to bed. Darn 5am wake up call will come at four tonight. 🙁
Rather than spend lots of money for a padlock with more than two keys (for me and various assistants), I opted for one of those “set your own code” master locks. How this design flaw still exists is beyond me – turning the hasp 90 degrees to the back (aka turning padlock body toward front aka the way EVERYONE OPENS A PADLOCK) is ALSO the position for resetting the combination. Not five minutes after I had the silly thing out, I had accidentally reset the combination, with absolutely no idea what the combination might be. (I have another one somewhere around during here that my assistant did the same thing to. I owe her an apology. I thought she did it on purpose to spite me.) Brought it home, fiddled with it a bit, searched online for lock picking ideas…found nothing that could help me directly. However, I did see a lock opened using a piece of soda can as a shim. That gave me the idea to use a straight pin. I wedged the pin in on the tumbler side. As I lined up the tumblers, the pin would slide further into the lock. It took about an hour, but I did it! Go me!
I went from Edelweiss to Amazing Grace to Scotland the Brave.
The sound must have been surreal in person – http://youtu.be/gdYiGgzNQL8
Night all.
On way to warm bed and clean sheets I could not figure out what in heaven’s name had gone wrong out in Tampa Bay but it seems to have gone wrong right off the beach in sight of onlookers These boats are small open and human powered, no motors allowed. They have tons of safety equipment rules but when an event explodes in popularity the sheer numbers results in some less qualified boaters entering. The chop was 4 ft. Waves with short steep intervals and a counter tides.
Apparently all emergency units from the police fire and Coast Guard responded to 911 and calls from public I talked to dozens of friends who had no problems and had no idea what was going on
Not being there I can’t have an opinion on the boating event being cancelled, but I do feel sorry for the disappointment Jackie and her friends are feeling.
The local TV stations are getting ready to run a news story on what happened. More than just the one event is what we fear domino effects may be
Lady Mindy, I’ll do you one better. I bought a lock like that for household use day before yesterday, and it came out of the blister pack with a default combination that did not work, rendering it unopenable (I may have just made up a new word) and therefore unresettable (and one more time). Without knowing to try your trick, I hied meself back to Lowe R Us and exchanged it.
Yes, Jackie, such events sometimes fall victim to their own popularity, by attracting unqualified/low qualified entrants. Do the organizers have safety officers/inspectors to insure rule compliance, as far as possible?
I once was involved in a musical performance on the steps of Miami city hall for which the mayor had given his permission and we were nearly arrested because he didn’t think to tell the police about it. Possibly this was a similar snafu. “We do this every year” won’t work if the reply is “I don’t know anything about that.”
Or, as the news story I found had it, if the responsible authorities get overwhelmed with calls and put a stop to the event. The quotes from the Coast Guard sound like they had no experience with this group, so pulled the plug out of extra caution.
Ghost, I think this answers your question: The Everglades Challenge is an unsupported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. The distance is roughly 300 nautical miles depending on your course selection. There is a time limit of 8 days or less. Your safety and well being are completely up to you.
Unsupported means that there are no safety boats or support crews to help you during the race. You are not allowed to have a support crew follow you or meet you during the race. It is OK to have family or friends meet you at the official checkpoints, but they cannot provide anything other than emotional support. See the official WaterTribe rules for more details.
Ghost, Jackie, you think there is a connection?
http://www.funnysigns.net/weight-watchers-cancelled/
If an event is organized by an entity that collects an entry fee and then just turns everyone loose, I hope said entity has one hell of a good hold-harmless agreement it requires everyone to sign, litigiousness being what it is today.
My friend’s Ghost is right and it makes no difference if you are doing boat car, bike or cats, same sad story Lawyers are the bane of participating events. My own event runs as a private party and no one is paid except food caterers and musicians
Good morning, Village. I hope you all have a wonderful day, once (like me) you finish cursing the clock.
Thought for the Day: While it’s true that the early bird gets the worm, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.