Member Photo Thread

[Happy Evolute]

Throw it away and start again (the food, not the violin).

[GodsPROMISE]

Throw it away and start again (the food, not the violin).

sounds like a great weight loss technique to me!

[kevin]

north dakota at sunset two days back

used to call these a squall in a previous life

[Dadzilla]

^^That is an awesome pic! +1

[Cheshire]

Kevin, do you live in ND?

I went to school there for a couple of years. Really beautiful country up there.

[kevin]

no, i live in a truck and see my family every three weeks. today i'm in wisconsin. if i have a long dispatch and good roads i'll do 600 miles every day

the dakotas are genuinely beautiful now. bees everywhere, white pelicans, gulls, pronghorn. fierce in january, though

are you in aviation? there's a good flight school up there

[Cheshire]

Nope, I just went there because it was cheap and they offered me a good scholarship.

The winters were brutal, though, we went the entire month of January below zero one year. :(

But yes, summers in the Dakotas are very pleasant. Me and my bf did a lot of good camping out there.

[davdi]

Nope, I just went there because it was cheap and they offered me a good scholarship.

The winters were brutal, though, we went the entire month of January below zero one year. :(

But yes, summers in the Dakotas are very pleasant. Me and my bf did a lot of good camping out there.

The winter of 84 -85 went below freezing in October and didn't get back above freezing till March.  I threw a paper route that year while going to CMU in Mt. Pleasant, MI.  It was below zero for much of Dec., all of Jan., until almost the middle of Feb.

[leese]

@ davdi  &Cheshire

Weather weenies

[davdi]

@ davdi  &Cheshire

Weather weenies

Hey i was raised on the edge of a desert, 100 degree days are nothing

[leese]

@ davdi  &Cheshire

Weather weenies

Hey i was raised on the edge of a desert, 100 degree days are nothing

Ok, I'm a wuss when it comes to heat. Add humidity and I want to die.

[acctnt_shan]

no, i live in a truck and see my family every three weeks. today i'm in wisconsin. if i have a long dispatch and good roads i'll do 600 miles every day

Really stupid question here - but how do you get online so frequently?  Satellite access?   

[Shawna]

^  His mom gave him a laptop for Christmas.  Most of the truckstops have WiFi.  When he stops for the day, he just opens up the laptop and looks around for a WiFi provider.

[kevin]

no, i live in a truck and see my family every three weeks. today i'm in wisconsin. if i have a long dispatch and good roads i'll do 600 miles every day

Really stupid question here - but how do you get online so frequently?  Satellite access?   

truckstops often have wifi, as do nearby restaurants, factories, and sometimes even transit buses. the connections vary in quality, but tonight in illinois it's pretty good as long as nobody pulls a truck between me and the fuel islands where the antennae are. highway rest areas in north dakota and texas have broadband.

sometimes i park on the street and can pick up wifi from anonymous neighborhood transmitters.
often i can't get a connection because somebody has parked between me and the antennae. if i move the truck, i can sometimes get it back.

[Cheshire]

@ davdi  &Cheshire

Weather weenies

Haha, quite true. :) 

What can I say? I like a pleasant atmosphere.

[acctnt_shan]

Thanks    I was curious.

And I'm a weather weenie too... *thinks longingly of the California weather she's moving too... remembers earthquakes and quits thinking...*

[Son of Man]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

[acctnt_shan]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

Until we get one like Haiti... or Chile...

[Son of Man]

California has building codes.  It won't be anything like Haiti.  You'll probably like the earthquakes if you're lucky enough to be awake for a larger one.  It feels like being out at sea.

[leese]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

I was in Ca for the Northridge -'94' and SF - '89' quakes.Those were the only two quakes that rocked my house pretty good living in CA.  I usually park on the top tier of parking structures living in the ring of fire.

[davdi]

@ davdi  &Cheshire

Weather weenies

Hey i was raised on the edge of a desert, 100 degree days are nothing

Ok, I'm a wuss when it comes to heat. Add humidity and I want to die.

You'd love Arkansas, especially in your rear view mirror.

[Shawna]

I was in Ca for the Northridge -'94' and SF - '89' quakes.Those were the only two quakes that rocked my house pretty good living in CA.  I usually park on the top tier of parking structures living in the ring of fire.

I was in San Jose during the '89 quake.  Under my desk.  While my boss screamed hysterically under hers.  Big earthquakes in California are dangerous, but the building codes prevent them from being total catastrophes.  My ex-husband's office building was badly damaged.  I remember standing outside it, watching the water flow out the windows like it was a giant waterfall.  They eventually condemned it, and the contractor got sued for not building to code.  But it was the worst damaged building in Cupertino.

Don't worry about the quakes.  Every place has its natural disasters.  Just don't buy a house built on landfill....   

[GodsPROMISE]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

I was in Ca for the Northridge -'94' and SF - '89' quakes.Those were the only two quakes that rocked my house pretty good living in CA.  I usually park on the top tier of parking structures living in the ring of fire.

hey i didnt know you were out here. im 15 minutes form northridge :) i lived through the 94 as well. i was 12. i remember it well despite my age. i slept poorly for months after. the aftershocks were the worst. every year since that day has an eerie feel to it to me 

[JadedPulse]

I think I would pee my pants in an earthquake, or a tornado for that matter.

Give me a good old fashioned U.P. winter/snowstorm any day!

[Shawna]

^  Doing your kegels will help with that.

[JadedPulse]

^  Doing your kegels will help with that.

*snort* 

[catwixen]

 

[leese]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

I was in Ca for the Northridge -'94' and SF - '89' quakes.Those were the only two quakes that rocked my house pretty good living in CA.  I usually park on the top tier of parking structures living in the ring of fire.

hey i didnt know you were out here. im 15 minutes form northridge :) i lived through the 94 as well. i was 12. i remember it well despite my age. i slept poorly for months after. the aftershocks were the worst. every year since that day has an eerie feel to it to me 

I'm in Alaska now. Quakes up here pretty often too.  I lived in San Luis Obispo County when those quakes happened. We felt it but no damage other than a few things fell.My sister was down near Northridge when it hit. she had displaced friends staying with her for quite a while after it.

[acctnt_shan]

The earthquakes are no big deal.  My sister is 20, and a few months ago she was happy to experience her first quake.  People sleep thru most of them, and what's left is generally too small to even notice.

I was in Ca for the Northridge -'94' and SF - '89' quakes.Those were the only two quakes that rocked my house pretty good living in CA.  I usually park on the top tier of parking structures living in the ring of fire.

hey i didnt know you were out here. im 15 minutes form northridge :) i lived through the 94 as well. i was 12. i remember it well despite my age. i slept poorly for months after. the aftershocks were the worst. every year since that day has an eerie feel to it to me 

You're near LA, GP?  I'm most likely moving there in August :-)

[davdi]

I think I would pee my pants in an earthquake, or a tornado for that matter.

Give me a good old fashioned U.P. winter/snowstorm any day!

Ah Yupper, oh my gosh.  Seney Flats!  Where from, eh?