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Post by aquaduct on Feb 11, 2020 3:26:19 GMT -5
Just heard from the wife. She's safely on the ground and settled in. Not sure of anything other than that, but that's good enough.
Me and the puppy are going back to bed.
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 11, 2020 5:09:51 GMT -5
Wondering if it'll be another record day for the mkts...? Top down:  |
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Post by howard lee on Feb 11, 2020 7:17:19 GMT -5
I know it's only Tuesday morning for most of us, but what the heck.
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Post by brucemacneill on Feb 11, 2020 7:28:08 GMT -5
Wondering if it'll be another record day for the mkts...? Top down: Futures are up so far. Good morning. Early reports from New Hampshire seem to say Bloomberg's plan to buy the vote is working. Rainy day here but I'm not as stuffed up as I was yesterday and I slept OK so I guess it's just a cold and maybe a days rest will cure it. Sorry to see the news about Marty but will hold out hope for his recovery. Have a good Tuesday. IRS says I'll have my refund tomorrow. That was quick. |
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Post by drlj on Feb 11, 2020 8:20:43 GMT -5
Sunny today.
That’s it from here.
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Post by Cornflake on Feb 11, 2020 8:22:18 GMT -5
Good morning. It's raining and it has been all night. Not far to the north it's snow. It's welcome.
Other than getting a haircut I have little planned. Enjoy your day.
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Post by millring on Feb 11, 2020 8:25:55 GMT -5
In a few hours I'll be over at the college addressing the art department.
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Post by drlj on Feb 11, 2020 8:39:10 GMT -5
In a few hours I'll be over at the college addressing the art department. Good luck. |
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Post by John B on Feb 11, 2020 8:44:49 GMT -5
Seconded!
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Feb 11, 2020 8:56:17 GMT -5
Coffee with the old farts this am. Then Trader Joe’s, then a blood draw at Kaiser, then pet smart for Doxie provisions, at sometime this morning we will do a phone meeting with the home builders, they screwed up and installed the wrong size island in the kitchen. They need to fix it before the granite countertops arrive. That’s it for my day, I hope.
Mike
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Post by Marshall on Feb 11, 2020 9:19:37 GMT -5
In a few hours I'll be over at the college addressing the art department. Do you get to lick the envelopes? |
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Post by Hobson on Feb 11, 2020 9:41:41 GMT -5
Got the patio bench put together yesterday just before a thunderstorm rolled in. Still rainy today. Finally the vertical posts for the garage rack that we got 3 days ago are out for delivery today. Maybe we will tackle that job if they get here early enough. It won't be happening tomorrow with Mr. H's oral surgery.
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Post by Shannon on Feb 11, 2020 9:49:14 GMT -5
More rain here. Some minor flooding going on locally, more significant flooding happening further north.
Hoping to see the sun soon!
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Feb 11, 2020 9:51:40 GMT -5
Have good ones.
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Post by t-bob on Feb 11, 2020 10:21:08 GMT -5
another day for my passport in the mailbox...??
good morning cronies and ladies also
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 11, 2020 12:15:45 GMT -5
OK, the wife's gotten a little bit of sleep so she filled me in a bit on what life is like at Bagram in Afghanistan. They've provided her with personal body armor which unfortunately weighs 60 lbs rendering her virtually immobile. Not to worry though since most of her time will be spent indoors. She has promised to send us a picture of herself in full gear though.
Apparently because it's winter there, most of the folks who would normally be firing on them are staying home. It's apparently too cold for jihad. Enemy rockets and mortars are blessedly unsophisticated and wildly inaccurate. If outside, hit the ground immediately and when clear, crawl to a bunker. Everyone's got a cell phone with instructions to call their commanding officer and check in whenever anything happens.
The biggest thing that an attack will do is unleash the C-Rams which take things to utter cacophony as demonstrated below:
The convenient little world she's always known has just got a lot bigger. Needless to say, I'm busting my buttons.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 11, 2020 12:27:44 GMT -5
4,500 rounds per minute. . . . , WOW ! That's 75 rounds per second ! How is that even possible.
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 11, 2020 14:41:03 GMT -5
Coincidentally Christal just had her first Taliban attack. She was getting out of bed to go to the bathroom when the sirens went off and the big speakers started broadcasting in Arabic and the damn C-RAMs lit up. She's fine because she was in the armored bunk building.
Kind of startling to actually be living in a war zone.
I shit you not.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 11, 2020 14:51:47 GMT -5
Coincidentally Christal just had her first Taliban attack. She was getting out of bed to go to the bathroom when the sirens went off and the big speakers started broadcasting in Arabic and the damn C-RAMs lit up. She's fine because she was in the armored bunk building. Kind of startling to actually be living in a war zone. I shit you not. Yikes, wow. |
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 11, 2020 14:58:23 GMT -5
My daughter's fiance's response, "Welcome to Afghanistan."
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