Topic 11 of 79: poolside
Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (15:03) |
juli sweet (juju)
Hi: I am new online, it's hot here in Washington, DC so I thought while I was at work I would think "poolside" -- any one else out there a sun worshiper?
87 responses total.
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Response 1 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (18:24) * 1 lines
Not me. I like it cool and shady.
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Response 2 of 87: aaalk! (aubrey) * Fri, Jun 20, 1997 (08:13) * 1 lines
Hey juju it's too freakin HOT in texas for sunbathing (and being a doc I gotta say USE SUNSCREEN)...but in the other hand I ADORE our new hammock at home...I lounge for HOURS in it--totally decadent. Just swing in the breeze enjoy the shade and look up at the tree and sky. By the way, I am the Prime Minister of the Shiftless Workshy Slackers CLub--JOIN USSSSSS!!!!
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Response 3 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jun 20, 1997 (18:50) * 2 lines
I'm goin' swimmin' tonight at the Q club. Indoors. Then I'll hit the
outdoor pool scene this weekend.
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Response 4 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, May 1, 1998 (15:25) * 3 lines
When I move to the new house in three weeks, poolside will take on a new
meaning.
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Response 5 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, May 1, 1998 (15:29) * 2 lines
cool! when's the par-tay?
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Response 6 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, May 1, 1998 (15:37) * 2 lines
Got move in first, then we'll figger a date for a get together.
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Response 7 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, May 1, 1998 (16:22) * 1 lines
plenty of notice... so's I can get a plane ticket!!!
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Response 8 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (01:20) * 1 lines
Amen! Stacey in a bikini...
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Response 9 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (12:10) * 3 lines
Saturday, May 30th. 4 pm till ???
Email me for the address.
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Response 10 of 87: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, May 3, 1998 (11:00) * 2 lines
any chance of using that $20,000 for the spring.com to pay for my flight over? ;))
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Response 11 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, May 3, 1998 (12:03) * 2 lines
You can dream, Mike.
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Response 12 of 87: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, May 3, 1998 (20:47) * 1 lines
sorry, terry, am gonna be in a hotter spot!
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Response 13 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (09:14) * 2 lines
damn. no can do for 5/30. School is still in session and if I'm springing for a ticket I wanna stay for awhile!
Either way, I'll be down later in the summer (I hope!)
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Response 14 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (09:45) * 2 lines
what part of the country do you live in, stacey?
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Response 15 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (11:33) * 2 lines
It's gonna be a long, hot summer Stacey. Don't worry, we'll party
through the summer.
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Response 16 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (22:51) * 1 lines
yep, and all of them on days that I hafta work...
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Response 17 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, May 6, 1998 (15:21) * 1 lines
I live in Denver ratthing. Technically Englewood (closer to the foothills)
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Response 18 of 87: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, May 6, 1998 (21:39) * 1 lines
I'll be visiting relatives in Pennsylvania that weekend (like I'd be coming even I weren't going up north!)
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Response 19 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jun 5, 1998 (12:41) * 4 lines
Hey speaking of poolside, pool party Sunday afternoon at my place.
Email me or call for details (terry@spring.net or 303-4000).
Potluck, home made ice cream.
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Response 20 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Jun 5, 1998 (13:36) * 2 lines
wish i could make it!
have a blast!
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Response 21 of 87: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Jun 5, 1998 (21:34) * 1 lines
Wow, a D-Day pool party. Are you going to float around on miniature LSTs and storm the deck with water guns?
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Response 22 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jun 5, 1998 (23:39) * 1 lines
now he'll never tell me where he lives...
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Response 23 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (18:28) * 1 lines
There'll be another, call me for details, wer.
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Response 24 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Jun 23, 1998 (18:04) * 2 lines
I suppose a whole crowd will show up for my next fondue party . . . Hey people, will a virtual party not work better, seeing as real parties don't really keep up with the practical fact that we're part of a virtual community? Do you know what I'm saying? l mean, do we live in a hundred different places, or not? So why don't we organize something like a Spring Marathon Day? We fix a date, a time, a conference, and create the topic. Then we see who can get in the most and wackiest responses. The quest
on is, of course, whether our spouses and partners will go along with it, but hey, so we just drag them in too!
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Response 25 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jun 24, 1998 (14:38) * 1 lines
hmmm...
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Response 26 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Jun 24, 1998 (15:29) * 2 lines
Was that a 'yes' I heard?
Or the humming of your batter beater, or whatever those machines are called?
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Response 27 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jun 25, 1998 (13:50) * 2 lines
i don't like to share...
(well not everything!)
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Response 28 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jun 25, 1998 (16:06) * 2 lines
(or at least not with everyone...!!!)
((somethings should be a "singular experience," huh?))
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Response 29 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jun 25, 1998 (20:51) * 1 lines
you always get it right that way!
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Response 30 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jun 25, 1998 (23:08) * 2 lines
always?
even when it's the wrong person?
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Response 31 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (14:34) * 1 lines
Next summer swim party is July 18th at my new place. wer et al invited!
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Response 32 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (14:41) * 1 lines
*sigh*
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Response 33 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (14:47) * 1 lines
Why the *sigh*?
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Response 34 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (14:58) * 1 lines
I'll be at work, of course...
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Response 35 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (15:17) * 1 lines
When do you get off work?
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Response 36 of 87: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (15:51) * 1 lines
usually, currently, all day Wed and Thur, and Fri and Sat mornings...
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Response 37 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (10:59) * 1 lines
Speaking poolside, Paul, our pool guy, has kept the Spring's pool crystal clear for the last week. We may get in one last summer pool bash yet.
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Response 38 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (14:06) * 2 lines
it's 52 degrees here.
No swimming out of doors unless I drive up to the hot springs...
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Response 39 of 87: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (23:21) * 1 lines
Upper 60s here, although I did have the air conditioning on last weekend. You never know about Indian summer...
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Response 40 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Oct 3, 1998 (02:24) * 1 lines
Still 90s down here.
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Response 41 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Oct 3, 1998 (05:08) * 1 lines
It's COLD and RAINY over here! And it grows dark by 18:00 already. Awful!
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Response 42 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Sat, Oct 3, 1998 (11:16) * 2 lines
darkness is falling earlier and earlier...
if Colorado weren't so sunny in the daytime, I'd be damned depressed!
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Response 43 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Oct 4, 1998 (01:51) * 1 lines
I AM damned depressed.
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Response 44 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Sun, Oct 4, 1998 (19:06) * 2 lines
*frown*
sorry to hear that.
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Response 45 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Sun, Oct 4, 1998 (20:18) * 5 lines
me too, riette. if there is anything we can do let us know!
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Response 46 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Oct 5, 1998 (02:27) * 1 lines
No no, it's not too bad - just because of the grey weather. It's hard to live without the sun when one's from Africa where the sun ALWAYS shines, and where winters don't get colder than, say 14-15�C. So winter time I always feel a bit under the weather .... in a manner of speaking!
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Response 47 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 5, 1998 (08:58) * 9 lines
Went to a ham radio swap meet this weekend and picked up a new server for the Spring:
You can read about it at:
http://product.info.apple.com/productinfo/datasheets/ss/aixservers.html
And here's another shot:
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Response 48 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Oct 5, 1998 (17:56) * 3 lines
*laugh*
boys with toys...
men ARE more visually stimulated!
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Response 49 of 87: toyboy (terry) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (09:20) * 8 lines
Yep, were vision creatures, Stace.
Don't you just drool over the pictures of that server?
What an awesome color cutaway. The machine itself is a marvel of
engineering and design, with every component (motherboard, hard drives,
etc) mounted on a tray that has a silky smooth slide out motion.
It's our workhorse of the future. Apple and AIX, what bedpartners, eh?
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Response 50 of 87: stormy day in Austin (terry) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (09:21) * 1 lines
Lotsa leaves in the pool today. But the poolman cometh.
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Response 51 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (10:20) * 3 lines
i love this first cold front of the season! wonderful!!!
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Response 52 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (10:57) * 1 lines
booh!
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Response 53 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (10:58) * 1 lines
Cool machine, Terry! How much horse power?
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Response 54 of 87: megahorses (terry) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (15:34) * 1 lines
It's all in the specs in the url I gave above, my dear. But lots!
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Response 55 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 6, 1998 (15:37) * 68 lines
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32MB or 48MB of main parity memory, expandable to 512MB
Six PCI slots for expansion cards
Up to six internal tray-mounted hard disk drives of up to 9GB each, with hot-plug and redundancy option, expandable to up to 1TB; one internal tray-mounted CD-ROM drive standard
Two internal fixed-mount disk drives (Model 700 only)
Internal CD-ROM drive standard
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Built-in AAUI Ethernet connector
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Support for AppleTalk and TCP/IP networking protocols
Two serial ports
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Three key-controlled access levels for tray-mounted front drive bays
Key-controlled access to power supplies
Key-controlled slide-out module for access to main logic board, processor card, PCI slots, and memory sockets
Key-controlled rear access to two fixed-mount half-height drives (Model 700 only)
Locking wheels
Two hot-pluggable fans
Optional 19-inch rack-mount kit
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Binary compatible with thousands of AIX applications
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Includes one-year on-site hardware warranty with second-business-day response
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Response 56 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Oct 7, 1998 (03:38) * 3 lines
HUH-HUH-HUH
�Tim Taylor Home Improvement Grunt, that is�
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Response 57 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 9, 1998 (11:16) * 5 lines
New, in the science conference:
Science that, well, doesn't make much sense . . .
"History demonstrates that scientific genius is frequently accompanied not only by unreasonable skepticism, but also by ridicule and persecution. Copernicus was outcast simply for theorizing that the earth revolves around the sun. Many people still believe that Tesla was a madman, and I understand Einstein himself did not do well in school."
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Response 58 of 87: George Klos (osceola) * Thu, Oct 15, 1998 (13:25) * 4 lines
As for the Einstein, my history of science prof (Bruce Hunt at UT -- I recommend him) said it was a myth that he was a poor student. The German school system changed the grading system while he was halfway through grade school, so if you just look at grades, it looks like he did poorly at first and then improved when in fact he was pretty good all along. One thing's for sure, after college people though so little of him the only job he could get was some flunky file clerk job at the Swiss patent office. T
at's where he was working when he came up with the theort that changed the way we think about the world.
Right now I have a flunky file clerk job. Coincidence?
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Response 59 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Thu, Oct 15, 1998 (15:43) * 6 lines
not unless you sit around at work imagining yourself flying thru
space at the speed of light with a mirror in hand!
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Response 60 of 87: George Klos (osceola) * Thu, Oct 15, 1998 (17:18) * 1 lines
I log on here at work. Close enough?
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Response 61 of 87: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Oct 15, 1998 (19:42) * 1 lines
George, I think your breakthrough's gonna come any day now...
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Response 62 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (12:39) * 1 lines
With a personality like his, who needs a breakthrough?
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Response 63 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (02:49) * 3 lines
Ray, what's the San Antonio weather like now? Are you in an area away
from the floods?
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Response 64 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (03:00) * 1 lines
Floods?
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Response 65 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (06:55) * 2 lines
Major, big time floods! The rains have backed off now so things are in
recession. Read about it in the austin conference.
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Response 66 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (01:20) * 1 lines
I hope Ray is okay - he's been gone for a few days, you know.
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Response 67 of 87: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (20:19) * 3 lines
He lives fairly near my parents, there are a lot of creeks in the area but drainage is okay and they're fairly elevated topographically.
SA just opened up some undergraound tunnels for drainage not long ago...
damn good thing!
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Response 68 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (03:46) * 1 lines
Damn good thing!
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Response 69 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (11:11) * 3 lines
Mahalene finally got out of my Cedar Creek house today. I need to get out
there now that the roads are open again.
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Response 70 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (21:10) * 9 lines
hi i am back! i was in washington, DC on a business trip. the floods
here in the area have been horrible, but thank God our home was
spared any damage. a friend of ours was not so lucky. her house
was completely washed away in the rain, and she lost all 6 of her
cats. her neighbors came and got her out of her house right before
the bedroom wall collapsed.
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Response 71 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (03:52) * 4 lines
Hi, Ray!
I wanted to thank you for your concern for those two weeks that I was so rude. I didn't read my e-mails - my sister in the end printed them out, and showed me them. I'm really sorry I was so rude. It won't happen again.
And I'm sorry about your friend's house, but glad that she's alright. Does she have anywhere to stay?
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Response 72 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (08:13) * 8 lines
riette, i did not percieve any rudeness on your part at all. we all
have to get away sometime and i was just clueless as to what your
situation was.
our friend is staying with other friends and she and her dog are doing
fine.
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Response 73 of 87: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (22:14) * 1 lines
Ray, did you get to do any sightseeing while in DC? I live 1 1/2 hrs. from downtown.
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Response 74 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (01:27) * 3 lines
I'm glad your friend and her dog are alright, Ray.
And thanks.
�BIG HUG�
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Response 75 of 87: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (11:05) * 8 lines
no, i never have time to do any sightseeing when on these hateful
business trips. i go about once a month to DC, and spend a lot
of time around the pentagon, in bethesda, and in herndon. my
best friend and his wife live in bethesda, and about the only time
i have free is to go and have dinner with them while i am there.
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Response 76 of 87: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Oct 25, 1998 (00:23) * 1 lines
losing cats is a bum deal - i wuv kitties!
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Response 77 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Oct 25, 1998 (01:39) * 1 lines
I wuv guinea piggies. They're the sweetest animals in the world.
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Response 78 of 87: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Oct 25, 1998 (18:40) * 1 lines
hamsters are pretty neat
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Response 79 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Oct 26, 1998 (02:45) * 1 lines
They are, but so small and fragile. Two of my guinea piggies are as big as rabbits now! One can really cuddle them and hold them in your arms like babies. And they don't cry, and you don't have to nurse them!
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Response 80 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Sep 16, 1999 (09:48) * 7 lines
The waters cooling down to 84 degrees from 89 and the leaves are starting
to fall. But it's still fine swimming weather here in Austin.
I got a combination leaf blower and leaf vacuum-mulcher that I've been
working out.
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Response 81 of 87: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Sep 17, 1999 (15:06) * 1 lines
It's nice swimming weather here, too. Sea stays at about 75� all year round. Sounds like your trees are dying if all the leaves are falling off...that is the only reason they do, here! (I miss fall very much - it was my favorite season!)
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Response 82 of 87: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Sep 17, 1999 (17:49) * 3 lines
Wow, do you go swimming a lot, what beach?
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Response 83 of 87: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Sep 17, 1999 (18:25) * 2 lines
No adult locals go swimming much. We all sit on top of the water in little boats and either fish or sail. I used to race as crew and later ran races, but it is too dangerous out in that sun to stay very long. When we first got here, we went swimming every weekend all weekend...on the other side of the island (Hapuna Beach...next beach over from Mauna Kea Beach Hotel) which is coral and shell sand. In Hilo, we have black sand, from the volcano...and at South Point they have green beaches which are made
of tiny grains of peridot!
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Response 84 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (09:30) * 2 lines
Marcia, do you know anything about sunburn? About 4 months ago I went to a mountain here called Hoch Ybrig. We were just going to do a little walk, but then we ended up climbing the damned thing. Got back, and my shoulders had turned into raw meat. Bobbles, bubbles, purple flesh the whole lot. So my doctor gave me stuff to treat it with, and it got better. Now, however, my shoulders are still covered in freckles, which don't go away like the normal ones, and every time I get exposed to sun, they tur
sort of black!! Why is that???
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Response 85 of 87: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (13:27) * 1 lines
You receoved third degree burns and destroyed tissue just as if you had cooked or burnt yourself. You have disrupted the melanin in the lower layers which usually protect you by darkening the skin. Now that it has clumped it will not be nearly as efficient, and you must be very careful of future exposure. Always use a good sunblock (20 or better SPF) and do it before you leave the house!
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Response 86 of 87: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 21, 1999 (02:36) * 2 lines
You saying it's always going to be like this? In one day I screwed up my shoulder tissue??? How very annoying, since I don't even LIKE the sun that much - I've never had a tan in my whole life! I'll take your advice though, 'cos that was really one of the most painful things I've ever felt - I'd much rather break a leg or bear a child or whatever than burn like that again.
I guess in a place like Hawaii one has to be even more careful about things like that, huh?
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Response 87 of 87: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 21, 1999 (13:59) * 2 lines
You can fade those spots with creams which lighten them, but they must never be exposed to the sun again without strong sunblock to protect them, or they will darken right up again. Yup - you did what happens white frequently here to newcomers and visitors alike. Strangely, it does not happen to children. Just the mature of us (including teenagers) who as too stupid to know any better - or are just unaware of how dangerous the sun is in Hawaii. One has to be very careful here - the sun is just about d
rectly overhead since we are so close to the equator, where it is most intense.
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