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Old 01-23-23, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I wouldn’t think it would be good for the giraffes or lions.
Or humans.
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It's not right that, beneath hundreds of miles of rocks, the earth's inner core is thousands of degrees (allegedly). Meanwhile, here the surface, with direct exposure to what used to be the sun, we're all nearly freezing to death.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Or humans.
or mice.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It's not right that, beneath hundreds of miles of rocks, the earth's inner core is thousands of degrees (allegedly). Meanwhile, here the surface, with direct exposure to what used to be the sun, we're all nearly freezing to death.


You don’t remember physics.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
zoo in flagstaff?


I wouldn’t think it would be good for the giraffes or lions. Can’t imagine they see much snow in their natural habitat.

Maybe somebody should ask the Tiger King.




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They're are in Camp Verde, about 3200' elevation there so they don't get much snow there. Some neighborhoods down here even got a dusting!

Tigers seemed like the least thrilled animals today:

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Got home from work, and my MIL left. She’s been staying with us since Simon was born, she had to go back to work herself, plus she needs to take care of her own house.


***** just got real, in the bam house hold.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
They're are in Camp Verde, about 3200' elevation there so they rarely get much snow. Some neighborhoods down here even got a dusting!

Tigers seemed like the least thrilled animals today:


I was in Tulsa last night, and this morning my airplane was a sheet of ice. Which was weird becuase it didn’t snow or rain.

Ive had icecles hanging off my plane before, but that was after an ice storm.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It's not right that, beneath hundreds of miles of rocks, the earth's inner core is thousands of degrees (allegedly). Meanwhile, here the surface, with direct exposure to what used to be the sun, we're all nearly freezing to death.

Y'all don't have any hot springs over that way? geothermal FTW!
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Daylight saving time countdown report:


DST is dumb.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Y'all don't have any hot springs over that way? geothermal FTW!

So I spend a lot of time on google earth looking at random places. Recently came across a hidden gem called slab city in California. Never heard of it before, looks like paradise. Anyways it’s east of san diego, south of palm springs.

As I am exploring the fine sites of slab city, I notice a “tourist” attraction. The slab city springs. So I go to street view, and it’s like a sewage run off. As I am maneuvering around it, the picture refreshes and people are swimming in this sewage “slab city springs”. I think I threw up in my mouth.
Is that RJ?


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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Or humans.
Snowshoeing conditions were merely acceptable today.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Y'all don't have any hot springs over that way? geothermal FTW!
Nope.
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Some days it seems you only come here to troll.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
So I spend a lot of time on google earth looking at random places. Recently came across a hidden gem called slab city in California. Never heard of it before, looks like paradise. Anyways it’s east of san diego, south of palm springs.

As I am exploring the fine sites of slab city, I notice a “tourist” attraction. The slab city springs. So I go to street view, and it’s like a sewage run off. As I am maneuvering around it, the picture refreshes and people are swimming in this sewage “slab city springs”. I think I threw up in my mouth.
Is that RJ?


Hopefully it's not actually sewage, but there's a lotta freaky people in Slab City so I'd probably pass on that hot spring.

I rode up to Sheep Bridge hot spring once and it was pretty awesome. Kind of a pain in the ass to get to, so no one was there. When I got in I decided that in a perfect world, every bike ride would end at hot springs...

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Got home from work, and my MIL left. She’s been staying with us since Simon was born, she had to go back to work herself, plus she needs to take care of her own house.


***** just got real, in the bam house hold.
You think it’s real now, just wait two more weeks.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
DST is dumb.
Changing time twice a year is dumb. I'm looking forward to being on California time again, it seems easier than being 2 hours off of eastcoast time.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
So I spend a lot of time on google earth looking at random places. Recently came across a hidden gem called slab city in California. Never heard of it before, looks like paradise. Anyways it’s east of san diego, south of palm springs.

As I am exploring the fine sites of slab city, I notice a “tourist” attraction. The slab city springs. So I go to street view, and it’s like a sewage run off. As I am maneuvering around it, the picture refreshes and people are swimming in this sewage “slab city springs”. I think I threw up in my mouth.
Is that RJ?


One of the reviews -

Just love this place, Nothing like a nice long soak in the dead skin waters of a homeless encampment. It will remind you, on a packed day what a piping hot bowl of human soup would be like. Nothing like a good case of Cholera for the memory books.

https://slab-city-springs.business.site/#summary

Will be in San Diego in April. May have to treat the wife to a spa day.
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One of the reviews -

Just love this place, Nothing like a nice long soak in the dead skin waters of a homeless encampment. It will remind you, on a packed day what a piping hot bowl of human soup would be like. Nothing like a good case of Cholera for the memory books.

https://slab-city-springs.business.site/#summary

Will be in San Diego in April. May have to treat the wife to a spa day.
Something tells me she'd be locking the doors if y'all got close to slab city!
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I was in Tulsa last night, and this morning my airplane was a sheet of ice. Which was weird becuase it didn’t snow or rain.

Ive had icecles hanging off my plane before, but that was after an ice storm.
Where I lived in the mountains there was a deep canyon leading down to the Central Valley and Bakersfield where they have "tule fog". The fog would creep up that canyon and get the roads wet and then it would freeze. Icy roads without a cloud in the sky.
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Where I lived in the mountains there was a deep canyon leading down to the Central Valley and Bakersfield where they have "tule fog". The fog would creep up that canyon and get the roads wet and then it would freeze. Icy roads without a cloud in the sky.
Met a woman who lived in Pebble Beach on 17 Mile Drive while vacationing out there. She also had a summer home in Carmel to get away from the fog.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Something tells me she'd be locking the doors if y'all got close to slab city!
You are likely right.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
You are likely right.
Although locking the doors doesn't really happen in this day and age, what with the cars automatically locking the doors for you.

The 20-year-old minivans lock the doors the instant you put 'em in drive. I noticed the 2015 Nissan Versa is on a delay. I'll have to fool around and see what kind of delay. It might give you 10 seconds after you put it in D. Or maybe they just lock once the car figures you're going too fast to safely jump out

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Got home from work, and my MIL left. She’s been staying with us since Simon was born, she had to go back to work herself, plus she needs to take care of her own house.


***** just got real, in the bam house hold.
So your 250+ mile weeks are in jeopardy??
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