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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 6:59:36 GMT -5
I'm back in the USA and safely at home in Platte City. I had a very good trip to the UK over the last week that culminated with meeting Claire's beau, Tom, and watching her graduate from Loughborough University. An added bonus unlooked for was hearing Sebastian Coe talk. He is the Chancellor at Loughborough now, and not a bad runner in his youth. When I ran in high school, he was surely on the radar of us aspirants. Too cool!. Claire and I hit Oxford, London, Salisbury and Bath among other places. I think we hoofed over 30 miles all told, to include walking to and from the train station in Didcot one day. When in London, I told Claire that the two places I wanted to see were the Museum of London and 90 Wardour Street. Done. 90 Wardour Street used to house the Marquee Club. The list of bands who played there from '64 to the '80s is huge, and includes the Stones, the Who, the Yardbirds, Zeppelin, and Hendrix among a myriad other bands. A friend texted me and asked whether we had gone up to see Abbey Road studios and the Famous Crosswalk. Nope. I went to Wardour.
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Post by drlj on Dec 22, 2021 7:59:23 GMT -5
18 degrees. Things are starting to get holiday hectic. Time for coffee.
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Post by howard lee on Dec 22, 2021 8:39:05 GMT -5
More kids in my daughter's school are testing positive for COVID, and more are now staying at home. On a slightly positive note, this is happening right before their holiday break, so they won't miss quite as much school as they would otherwise. In the meantime, teachers are posting course work and homework assignments on Google Classroom. They have not gone back to Zoom classes yet. This week marks eighteen years we have been living in this apartment, equivalent to the number of years I lived in the house where I grew up, one year longer than I lived in Greenwich Village. These years are adding up...
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 22, 2021 9:11:36 GMT -5
Good morning. Paul S, sounds like a great trip.
We'll have 40s-70s and clouds. A friend will be coming over for backyard coffee.
Enjoy your day.
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Post by Tamarack on Dec 22, 2021 9:31:16 GMT -5
Good Morning Good People
Chilly with a dusting of snow, rain predicted for Christmas Eve. Might spend some time seeking order out of chaos in the workshop. Someday I might actually build something in said workshop.
Paul - congrats to Claire. I am a bit envious, having been to all the places mentioned. The bike ride from Southampton to Salisbury was the toughest 30 miles ever -- short choppy hills with a fully-loaded touring bike.
Have a fine post-solstice Wednesday one and all.
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2021 10:00:28 GMT -5
Might spend some time seeking order out of chaos in the workshop. Someday I might actually build something in said workshop. Winter is here, a good time to put a kit together. Be it a guitar, B word, violin or a uke. There are kits for everything. Why have the shop and not enjoy it. Build a Gerstner type tool chest, very worthy project and something you'll use for the rest of your life.
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2021 10:04:57 GMT -5
Good morning
-5F out there this morning. I have errands to run but they can wait until it warms up slightly. I'll get some more coffee in me and work for a while, if it's not too cool down there. In which case I'll get the radiant heater going for a while.
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Post by billhammond on Dec 22, 2021 10:12:41 GMT -5
Good morning -5F out there this morning. Where you getting your info??? It's 13 degrees above zero, according to the Strib.
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Dec 22, 2021 10:58:52 GMT -5
Have good ones.
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 22, 2021 11:12:06 GMT -5
"Where you getting your info??? It's 13 degrees above zero, according to the Strib."
Fake weather.
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Post by t-bob on Dec 22, 2021 12:12:19 GMT -5
I did a little bit of prayers for my friends and the damaged people as well. I had a good day the last day. I still have some language problems with the squirts and insomnia. So I’m going to to relax and maybe I can get some sleep. it’s almost Christmas…… egads
Edited: I see a lot of cool things are getting some great vacations and friends with relatives congratulations. I also need at least a lot of prayers for my son. He said a DUI & he doesn't have a wife now..... he needs more help
Most of the time I'm trying to say positive sometimes it's a little difficult.
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2021 13:19:25 GMT -5
Good morning -5F out there this morning. Where you getting your info??? It's 13 degrees above zero, according to the Strib. Wondering why such a discrepancy I checked the temp reading settings, It was set for Pine City, MN. It is now set for St. Paul and is 21F. It's a MicroSoft app so I don't know who is reporting the temp.
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Post by epaul on Dec 22, 2021 13:28:45 GMT -5
Whatever you do, don't set it for Newfolden. You'll freeze your ass off.
(I just set mine for San Diego. Very nice out!)
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Post by Tamarack on Dec 22, 2021 13:38:46 GMT -5
I have the wood cut out for a dulcimer (cherry and sitka). Planning on this as a side project whilst doing some necessary power took repairs and building benches and such from the wood from the infamous elm tree.
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Post by billhammond on Dec 22, 2021 15:15:56 GMT -5
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Post by howard lee on Dec 22, 2021 15:19:09 GMT -5
Kennedy Center Honors are on tonight on CBS. More info
Your link leads back to the top of this thread.
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Post by billhammond on Dec 22, 2021 15:28:23 GMT -5
Kennedy Center Honors are on tonight on CBS. More infoYour link leads back to the top of this thread.
Oops, I think it's fixed now.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Dec 22, 2021 15:31:44 GMT -5
Your link leads back to the top of this thread.
Oops, I think it's fixed now. I'll bet they pass me over again. 😥
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Post by TKennedy on Dec 22, 2021 16:39:22 GMT -5
Sunny, 25 degrees, light wind, fresh fluffy new snow. Got out on the skinny skis this afternoon for the first outing of the winter and it was wonderful.
Nice shop talk chat with Marty in the AM so all in all a good day. Gotta grab em’ when you can.
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Post by gbacklin on Dec 22, 2021 17:25:43 GMT -5
Might spend some time seeking order out of chaos in the workshop. Someday I might actually build something in said workshop. Winter is here, a good time to put a kit together. Be it a guitar, B word, violin or a uke. There are kits for everything. Why have the shop and not enjoy it. Build a Gerstner type tool chest, very worthy project and something you'll use for the rest of your life. StewMacGot that in an email the other day
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