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12-18-17, 11:45 AM
#8526
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12-18-17, 11:45 AM
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12-18-17, 11:47 AM
#8528
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12-18-17, 11:51 AM
#8529
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I guess I gotta be the one to post a Jungle Pam pic. First safe one I found...
12-18-17, 12:01 PM
#8530
smelling the roses
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I was supposed to go to the second half of the Mental Health First Aid training but I'm not going anywhere. I've been coughing the last few days but figured it was no big deal. Then around 4am, I woke up with body aches, and threw up three times. I haven't been sick like this in awhile and it sucks.
12-18-17, 12:03 PM
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Advice needed from savvy travelers-
My wife flew to NYC for the weekend to see a friend. On Friday, her flight up there was overbooked so she volunteered and got a nice voucher, free first class upgrade, and a free lunch. This is on Delta. Her 2nd flight ended up getting delayed 3 hours due to weather, but oh well, she got some work done at the airport.
Her flight back from NYC to Richmond today was canceled because of their total chaos at the ATL airport thanks to a power outage. The soonest they could re-book her was for tomorrow, so she ended up buying a train ticket and is currently "enjoying" the northeast corridor's legendary service aboard Amtrak for a 6 hour slog.
My wife flew to NYC for the weekend to see a friend. On Friday, her flight up there was overbooked so she volunteered and got a nice voucher, free first class upgrade, and a free lunch. This is on Delta. Her 2nd flight ended up getting delayed 3 hours due to weather, but oh well, she got some work done at the airport.
Her flight back from NYC to Richmond today was canceled because of their total chaos at the ATL airport thanks to a power outage. The soonest they could re-book her was for tomorrow, so she ended up buying a train ticket and is currently "enjoying" the northeast corridor's legendary service aboard Amtrak for a 6 hour slog.
12-18-17, 12:23 PM
#8532
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In brighter rail news, Switzerland has opened a new super steep fenicular railway up to Stoos. Pretty cool how the passenger compartments can rotate to stay level.
12-18-17, 12:24 PM
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I was supposed to go to the second half of the Mental Health First Aid training but I'm not going anywhere. I've been coughing the last few days but figured it was no big deal. Then around 4am, I woke up with body aches, and threw up three times. I haven't been sick like this in awhile and it sucks.
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12-18-17, 12:26 PM
#8534
Token Canadian
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12-18-17, 12:27 PM
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12-18-17, 12:28 PM
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Going to pay my 2018 real estate taxes before the end of the year. 
12-18-17, 12:36 PM
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In other WA news, brand new grain vessel ran aground by Longview.
Vessel from Vancouver runs aground in Columbia River | The Columbian
Vessel from Vancouver runs aground in Columbia River | The Columbian
12-18-17, 12:38 PM
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@topslop1 should buy these and be the guinea pig let us know what he thinks of 'em - wide, tubeless, and 50mm deep @ 1600g and $1k.
12-18-17, 01:13 PM
#8540
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@topslop1 should buy these and be the guinea pig let us know what he thinks of 'em - wide, tubeless, and 50mm deep @ 1600g and $1k.
12-18-17, 01:16 PM
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12-18-17, 01:54 PM
#8542
Super Modest
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12-18-17, 01:54 PM
#8543
VFL For Life
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12-18-17, 01:55 PM
#8544
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12-18-17, 01:57 PM
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12-18-17, 02:01 PM
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12-18-17, 02:02 PM
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I haven't seen Citizen Kane, but a lot of old movies fail on either fundamentals of pacing or modern expectation of pacing, depending on your point of view. My submissions would be "Grand Prix", "Gone in Sixty Seconds", and "Bullitt". All three have their moments, but have large chunks of absolutely wasted time that contribute nothing to the plot or feeling.
12-18-17, 02:09 PM
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12-18-17, 02:15 PM
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Mrs. rpen has returned home. 
With a prescription for yet one more antibiotic. So let’s see: that’s Augmentin, piperacillin-tazobactam, Vancomycin, azythromycin and now Levaquin.
Surely they must have missed something.
With a prescription for yet one more antibiotic. So let’s see: that’s Augmentin, piperacillin-tazobactam, Vancomycin, azythromycin and now Levaquin.
Surely they must have missed something.
Last edited by rpenmanparker; 12-18-17 at 02:21 PM.