ExiledInIllinois Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) WTF! Gotta another one lined up... Don't the marine companies shut down for Christmas so a man can get some rest! Look now or its gone in an hour...like watching paint dry: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-87.585/centery:41.645/zoom:14 "Loose lips sink ships?" Who the hell is pushing 3,200 tons of ferro magnesium on Christmas? And what the hell is ferro magnesium used for? Edited December 26, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Never bored! LoL... I live in Exile... Haven't seen family, outside my immediate (I am guy only his wife & kids can love... And I doubt that sometimes!), on Christmas in probably 20 years... Just another day. I always wondered why nobody invites me! My turn to work this year... Last two Christmas' off... SanFran/Squaw Valley 2015... Steamboat, CO last year. I think I work the next 5 years on Christmas. 500 miles is a heck of a sleigh ride to Grandma's house! The canal here never closes... Navigation will push thorough 2-3 feet of ice during winter... If we don't get the cold, many years it doesn't even freeze... You know, "global warming." "Polar Vortex" sux nuts! Good Bless the Corps: I did not picture you as a skier. I figured you were too much of a tightwad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, bbb said: I did not picture you as a skier. I figured you were too much of a tightwad. I am still a limo lib!!! I wish I was a tightwad... I am hemorrhaging dough, got a kid in college and another one heading there in a few years. This was Christmas Eve last year @ Steamboat... 48 year old and if you look closely in back, that's my 18 year old son trying to keep his ass up with me. Doesn't even have his upper body square and into the fall line... He's doomed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I am still a limo lib!!! I wish I was a tightwad... I am hemorrhaging dough, got a kid in college and another one heading there in a few years. This was Christmas Eve last year @ Steamboat... 48 year old and if you look closely in back, that's my 18 year old son trying to keep his ass up with me. Doesn't even have his upper body square and into the fall line... He's doomed!! Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 minute ago, bbb said: Nice! He got better as winter dragged on... Easier mountains... This is up in Arrowhead of Minny, 60 miles from Thunder Bay, Ontario... Lutsen Mountains, Minnesota... Was -25°, actual temp. Lake Superior in background... ...Punk son was still on a groomer though, ribbon of corduroy! I am the one with GoPro. Holidays are boring! That's me & son on a cruiser @ Lutsen... Looking to film him on GoPro: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Cool pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 14 hours ago, Gugny said: Holy ****! We got snowed in (third time this week), but it doesn't matter, because everything is !@#$ing closed anyway. We do the whole family get together thing on Christmas eve, so Christmas day is just watching my son open presents then a whole lot of nothing (other than snowblowing and having to take the dog out in -50 degree weather with 40mph wind gusts). I think I'll do some laundry to liven things up a bit. I rather enjoyed a day of quiet. Isn’t the desire for peace universal? Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Getting back on topic, spent Christmas Eve at the in-laws, small crowd this year, only 22 if us, eating and opening some presents. Too much food, a lot of leftovers for the rest of the week. Then Christmas Day off to my parents, through a lake effect storm. Got stuck in a line of cars because the lead person thought anything over 15mph in a 55 zone was crazy. I would have been going 30 or so, it wasn’t that bad. Then repeat of last night, more food, too much made, lots of leftovers, and opening more presents. Nothing Bills related this year thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Today is a relaxing day. Granddaughters going ice skating ⛸. We will go watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said: I rather enjoyed a day of quiet. Isn’t the desire for peace universal? Guess not. You're confusing peace with boredom, which I can totally understand. Being snowed/iced in for multiple days compounded the boredom situation. I also enjoy occasional days of having nothing to do and enjoying an entire day of peace. I had one of those on Friday because of snow. Then another on Saturday because of ice/freezing rain. Sunday was great, as I we got out of the house and spent a solid 4 hours with family at my parents' house. Yesterday ... another snowstorm, followed by wind gusts that drifted snow back onto the roads and immediately froze it. So my biggest gripe is the weather for the majority of the weekend. And mind you, I haven't had 5 consecutive days off from work in years. Possibly double digits. I was just hoping for a bit more and, at the very least, to have some options. Rant over. But I, too, have a desire for peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I would respectfully ask the OP to change the title of this thread to "You want me on that lock!...you need me on that lock!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Don't people just buy those bubblers on Amazon so lakes don't freeze around their boats? Why is there a "government" job to run !@#$ing bubblers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 11 minutes ago, Gugny said: Don't people just buy those bubblers on Amazon so lakes don't freeze around their boats? Why is there a "government" job to run !@#$ing bubblers? I seem to recall a thread where I was lectured that locks don't use any electronic pumps or devices...it's all gravity nowadays. Next thing I read is how there's all kinds of buttons for bubblers. Are the bubblers run on gravity? Is there a group of guys that blow into a hose to create bubbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just now, BringBackFergy said: I seem to recall a thread where I was lectured that locks don't use any electronic pumps or devices...it's all gravity nowadays. Next thing I read is how there's all kinds of buttons for bubblers. Are the bubblers run on gravity? Is there a group of guys that blow into a hose to create bubbles? I think they call them SKs or something like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 11 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: He got better as winter dragged on... Easier mountains... This is up in Arrowhead of Minny, 60 miles from Thunder Bay, Ontario... Lutsen Mountains, Minnesota... Was -25°, actual temp. Lake Superior in background... ...Punk son was still on a groomer though, ribbon of corduroy! I am the one with GoPro. Holidays are boring! That's me & son on a cruiser @ Lutsen... Looking to film him on GoPro: Damn. You're good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 20 hours ago, Gugny said: Holy ****! We got snowed in (third time this week), but it doesn't matter, because everything is !@#$ing closed anyway. We do the whole family get together thing on Christmas eve, so Christmas day is just watching my son open presents then a whole lot of nothing (other than snowblowing and having to take the dog out in -50 degree weather with 40mph wind gusts). I think I'll do some laundry to liven things up a bit. May I suggest moving to SE FL? Yesterday on Christmas day my SO and I did a beach walk and it was really quite crowded. Sunshine, lovely weather, bikinis and hot flesh all over the place. On Christmas Eve our neighborhood had a block party of sorts, out in the street, with everyone drinking, kids playing, in summertime weather...very nice indeed. Yesterday a neighborhood kid was out riding around on her new bike she got for Xmas with a pack of hood kids playing around her... Life in a climate where it is cold, more or less, half the year, sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: May I suggest moving to SE FL? Yesterday on Christmas day my SO and I did a beach walk and it was really quite crowded. Sunshine, lovely weather, bikinis and hot flesh all over the place. On Christmas Eve our neighborhood had a block party of sorts, out in the street, with everyone drinking, kids playing, in summertime weather...very nice indeed. Yesterday a neighborhood kid was out riding around on her new bike she got for Xmas with a pack of hood kids playing around her... Life in a climate where it is cold, more or less, half the year, sucks. How are the summers in your hood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Clearly you've never celebrated Arbor Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) Not sure if this is on topic... . Never boring. My sister near St. Albans, VT always sends out homemade, natural evergreen wreaths at holidays, been doing this for 20+ years. Well, this year, she said she sent it out weeks ago... Had to convene with USDA, get special permission to ship outside "gypsy moth quarantine" of New England, New York. Okay, she jumped thru the enviro hoops. It never came by USPS. So I finally had to text her Christmas Eve, even against my wife's tender sensibilities. She tracked package... It said to call: "Customer Support." Well she did... But it seems the effers at Post Office don't work Holidays like Christmas and Christmas Eve! You got some 'splaining to do Lucy (Howard, Fergy, and Gug), rain, sleet, or snow my arse! Well... Anyway, Christmas wreath drama. I shoot off a few texts that "maybe the truck crashed." She calls today and says that USPS said there was a truck fire on route from Nashua, NH and unfortunately, "wreath perished." So sad! Not the only thing that perished in New England this December (the Bills). Okay... Is the USPS rigged like the NFL? They are giving her 15 bucks back and $50 insurance. NFL... So Postal Service has that going for it! Did they lie and burn it after finding a gypsy moth? Are they pissed we are sending Vermont Asian carp? Thanks for your service all you postal workers out there. They did tell my sister that truck driver is okay! The driver probably got 45 days "traumatic leave" off. I know how this works, I am a Fed employee. And the postal carrier that watched this scorch earth operation probably was triggered also and got 45 days off too. What a tangled web we weave when first we try to deceive! Thanks for wrecking my Christmas, the spot light on house now is shown on the empty brick face where my Vermont Holiday wreath should hang... In remembrance of the fallen winter greenery that met its untimely fate in the "Live Free or Die" state. Why the heck was truck going towards Boston, down I-89 and not I-87 and west? Too cheap to get across Lake Champlain? Don't USPS have Ice Road Truckers? Christmas conspiracy! Edited December 26, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 It's snowing in Erie again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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