OT - What are you doing right now?

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

Just left the house to catch up on a project at work before going to bed.  Water over the road.  There is a current flowing across my driveway.  Looks like it will not end soon.  It hit 60 here today.  The ground was already saturated.  Now all the snow is melting and it has been raining nonstop.  Basement is staying dry!  If I lose power, I will be finding a generator right quick to keep sump pump working.



Current flow in to the crock:

My last house had three sump pumps.

1 standard

1 on battery back up set to go on if water rose 3 inchs above the set height for 1st pump- good for 3hrs run time.  Used a standard car battery so could swap batteries in a pinch.

1 on precut pipe with quick disconnect ready to swap in if one pump burns up.

Did I mention I have a "water in my house" phobia? I hate hate hate water where it is not supposed to be.

Stay dry, looks like you have a pretty steady flow!!

bucky925

Ozzie_Isaac said:

thetrim said:

GA has some great falls.  I recommend Raven Cliff falls.  Pretty good length hike w some bears on the trail

Georgia and NC are interchangeable.  Easy mistake.  

https://youtu.be/pCrjLVSapII

nolaegghead

Not reading the bible.

Botch

thetrim said:

Watching the women’s downhill.  For the skiers out there would that run be considered a bunny slope or double black diamond or something else?  

I would consider it a single Black Diamond.  However, it's badly icy and I wouldn't enjoy taking it myself, at all.    

YukonRon

TN_Egger said:

YukonRon said:

Just finished a flight with a great surprise:

Happy Ending?

thetrim said:

YukonRon said:

Just finished a flight with a great surprise:
@lousubcap was booked on the same flight.
Great guy, had some fun. Lucky to be his friend.

Did y’all share a blanket?

No, but I did try to get him a drink. He had a big day in store for him, and declined, like the fine gentleman he is.

Now me, on the other hand........

jeffwit

Kinda disappointed the T-shirt selling thread didn’t have more legs. He would have gotten more views if he posted on a Friday. 

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

Not reading the bible.

It can be, ahem, hard to read with only one free hand.

JohnInCarolina

A friend just sent me this:

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

Not reading the bible.

It can be, ahem, hard to read with only one free hand.

No worries, thanks to your mom, both are free!  (Not your mom's though...)

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:8

A friend just sent me this:

Here is part of the menu from a restraunt in Tucson called Batch (their specialty is whiskey and donuts):

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Sitting here having a beer listening to the wind. Was 75°, supposed to be 35° tomorrow.  Had dinner with my wife’s sisters and aunt tonight. Had to call hospice for my mother in law and had last rights today. Reflecting on the meaning of life and what’s important. Proabably not something you think about on a Tuesday night. We had a great dinner and drinks telling great stories. It’s a shame something like has to happen to get everyone together. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Sitting here having a beer listening to the wind. Was 75°, supposed to be 35° tomorrow.  Had dinner with my wife’s sisters and aunt tonight. Had to call hospice for my mother in law and had last rights today. Reflecting on the meaning of life and what’s important. Proabably not something you think about on a Tuesday night. We had a great dinner and drinks telling great stories. It’s a shame something like has to happen to get everyone together. 

Condolences to your wife and her family (you included). Enjoy every day brother.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Sitting here having a beer listening to the wind. Was 75°, supposed to be 35° tomorrow.  Had dinner with my wife’s sisters and aunt tonight. Had to call hospice for my mother in law and had last rights today. Reflecting on the meaning of life and what’s important. Proabably not something you think about on a Tuesday night. We had a great dinner and drinks telling great stories. It’s a shame something like has to happen to get everyone together. 

Condolences to your wife and her family (you included). Enjoy every day brother.

Thank you. I don’t know anyone personally on this forum but I feel like I do with all the help and tips. I will make it to the east one day and meet everyone. Going to do my best to make briskett camp this year. 

DMW

Here's the new ride. Fun little car to drive.


Just realized I forgot to downsize it. Sorry for those of you that have AOL or CompuServe...

Ozzie_Isaac

DMW said:

Here's the new ride. Fun little car to drive.


Just realized I forgot to downsize it. Sorry for those of you that have AOL or CompuServe...

Very cool! I wouldn't downsize it.  Nobody wants to drive an Aveo.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

In LEO on a Tuesday. Going to be a long day tomorrow 

nolaegghead

Hook_emHornsfan_74

nolaegghead said:

Man that’s a good looking plate of some good eats. I know it’s early, but what month do you usually plan brisket camp. Trying already to get time off work for it. 

DMW

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

nolaegghead said:

Man that’s a good looking plate of some good eats. I know it’s early, but what month do you usually plan brisket camp. Trying already to get time off work for it. 

October, just ask for the entire month off.

nolaegghead

Yep, around Oct 20th.  Would love to have ya make it.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Going to do all i can to make it this year. 

lousubcap

Got back to L'ville around 30 minutes ago after starting the day running into @YukonRon as he noted.  He is a Southwest high-flier; as in the #1 person to board this AM.  Meanwhile the rest of flew in the same first-class cabin.  And yes it was one of those days.
Nothing like and out-and-back with a day of meetings in between.  But all's well that ends well.  

DMW

lousubcap said:

Got back to L'ville around 30 minutes ago after starting the day running into @YukonRon as he noted.  He is a Southwest high-flier; as in the #1 person to board this AM.  Meanwhile the rest of flew in the same first-class cabin.  And yes it was one of those days.
Nothing like and out-and-back with a day of meetings in between.  But all's well that ends well.  

Out-and-back on the same day is a good day. Make it home safe and head to LEO.

thetrim

Sorry that I don't know this, but what does LEO stand for?

Sea2Ski

thetrim said:

Sorry that I don't know this, but what does LEO stand for?

Low Earth Orbit. AKA intoxicated.

thetrim

Thanks.  I figured the intoxicated part but just wanted to understand the acronym.  

DoubleEgger

All this time I thought it meant Lou’s Excited Ovaries.

bgebrent

And I thought it was Lou's Evening Outdoors.

Sea2Ski

thetrim said:

Watching the women’s downhill.  For the skiers out there would that run be considered a bunny slope or double black diamond or something else?  

I cannot tell if that was a serious or rhetorical question. Not everyone skis or has skied, so for those who have not:

Typically the starts are at the top of a head wall on a double black diamond.  The run typically decreases in overall pitch over distance encompassing portions of double black, black, intermediate and even some beginner trails for the downhill. GS and Slalom is typically a mix between double black, black and blue.

Those courses vary widely, and one run is usually composed of several different runs on a non-competition day. Many mountains will post where the "Starting point for the 20xx Woman's/Men's slalom/giant slalom or downhill" is or another portion may be labeled " X head wall" because the run is a popular one on the circuit and people want to say they skied it. 

For competition, the mountain will close the run(s) and will pack the snow sometimes weeks in advance to prep the trail so it will be smooth and just barely softer than rock hard. The average black diamond skier can ski the runs with little or no problem because  you are turning and keeping speed under control. These athletes are headed down as fast as possible and trying to carve their turns so no speed is lost. That makes that same hill, head wall or minor drop a totally different beast. The mountain has to build up or scrap off feet of snow so "minor" dips of a few feet are not a major hazard. Where the average skier may glide over a minor dip or maybe catch a few feet in the air, these pros may fly 30, 40 or more feet in distance at 60-70+ MPH then land and get right back in the tuck. That is obviously a totally different game and challenge.

I have skied for 40 years. I am comfortable in all but dense trees with no fresh snow, chutes which are scraped off,  and no longer do I jump anything higher than 8-10 feet- and even there, 2 feet of fresh powder better be below me to cushion my landing. Those downhill courses are no joke when groomed for competition. I could not image starting where they start and not turn to ditch a lot of speed within the first 50 yards, and sometimes even in the first 50 feet. Not a chance....

If one ever gets to go to a competition, they are a blast. They have music going, beer flowing, and usually there are a few BBQ grills going.

Ozzie_Isaac

Hmm, I thought it was Lou's Expecting an Orgasm.