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March 04 - weeks 3 & 4
March 31, 2004, 05:13:42 AM »
By now (literally) many of you are finding the forum. Membership is way up, posting and images have gone wild and the content here has grown way beyond what I offer in my Beekeeping Course. In other words, my hope that making the LOGBOOK interlaced with the Forum is working well - giving visitors an extremely easy way to post questions NOT only to me but to the moderators and membership througout the entire forum.
Don't miss all the topics this forum has to offer. Staying on this one page does injustice to your Beekeeping searching while at my site - see that honeybee image on the upper left corner of the page, click on that and you MAGICALLY get transported to the forum Home Page
where DOZENS of other categories are awaiting.
The best feature there for anyone to use is the SEARCH FEATURE
which scans this entire forum and finds the exact term, terms or combinations of subjects you are looking for - more infor on how to use ALL THE FEATURES of this forum in the FAQ section on the homepage or in the
section that I provide.
March 20th, 2004
I honestly think the snow is finally behind us. We have had a few days of extrodinary Spring Linke Weather and (although it is not going to last) it is a taste of things to come. MAny of the Spring plants are popping out of the ground and some even flowering - but we are weeks away from the main pollen source to my hives, what I like to call main street trees.
The bees are being shipped the first week in April, I hope that isn't too early, but I have a ton of honey stores - so they should be able to cluster well until the warmer days set in. I just want them here for that first pollen frenzy so that generation 2 (the larva from the packaged queen) is able to feast and develope quickly into a productive foraging force within the first month.
March 22, 2004
I guess you have noticed that there are very little photos so far this season in this forum loggbook - please don't judge what is coming by what is here now. You can see TONS of images in the general beekeepingsection of the forum, Beth's Journal and soon here as I get the hives fully ready for the soon to be shipped bees.
2004 is going to be spectactular - mainly because we (currently have 54 members) many active contributing content daily and giving me a ton of reference to include here through links in this logbook of mine.
No other medium that I know of in the world of beekeeping offers such a range of feedback and content for the visitor or member to reference from. I'm writing this page in a catchup manor, tryting to get to the ACTUAL DATE that I'm writing it which is 3-31-04 - but I've been really busy setting up forums for the Moderators to keep their own online beekeeping logs and SOON a similar feature may be available to EACH MEMBER of Beemaster's Beekeeping Forum.
Imagine your own online log, whether you keep the information private or if it is kept open forum for all to read! Just the shear fact that you have an outlet of storing beeyard relative data on a secure server which can be accessed anywhere in the world is a really handly thing to have.
That feature (for members) is likely coming in the early part of April, I'm working on the best method to achieve a format that best fits everyones needs and is still beneficial to the forum membership as a whole.
March 23, 2004
In relative real time, you will be seeing new forum categories that have popped up here at the Beemaster's Beekeeping Forum. There are several that are "member based" which are 100% non-beekeeping related, yet they are a part of our membership and I am proud to host.
We have a recipe section
filled with great tested meals that are heart healthy, low carb, diabetic friendly and some down right fatty and delicious. All are donated by members and it will be a ever growing part of the forum.
We also have Beth's Christian Fellowship forum
, which I'm proud to host - her love and kindness toward sickly and adoptive animals, and her shear devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ has made this forum a pleasure to host.
Then we have Al's perennial gardening Forum
- a topic so instilled in the theme of beekeeping that it has solid roots here and a wonderfully prolific amount of content that will make any gardener's mouth water. His forum gives great tips on reusing old tools for garden decorative pieces, amazing details on seasonal plantings that attract honeybees, hummingbirds and on and on.
This forum folks is a growing to be a village of information for the members to share and interact with each other. A place that they can feel at home and more importantly, a place they enjoy returning to again and again.
March 27, 2004
Again, I have been catching up and finally I am almost there - bees are on order, hives are ready for them, tools are cleaned and burlap is rolled and ready for inserting into the smoker for the big installation day.
I made the Beekeeping forums for my wonderful Moderators and Beth's Journal
has already created a back-log showing great installation images for everyone to see. Al is awaiting the birth of his grandchild, so he is on Spring Break (lol) from the forum for a fw days, but DON'T MISS his Gardening Forum for incredible content and the recipe section that Al also has contributed greatly to.
My third moderator Jasthomas has the Basic Tool and Hive Construction Forum
and the content there has also blossomed into some great posts and interesting threads. Jas (as we call him) is working with his first two hives Blue hive and Yellow hive and you can follow their adventures as he gets his Beekeeping Journal going.
You see, this year there are many more stories to follow than Beemasters! I surely enjoy writing you and shairing my rather average ife - most regular visitors to the site look forward to everything I enter into the logbook and NOW they can go BEYOND READING and actually particiapate - that is a major step in improving the vast abilities of my Beemaster website.
March 31, 2004
Finally, it is today - I'm all caught up with the logbook for March. PLEASE COME BACK and look at it again, even as APRIL's LOG begins, because I have written the March weeks 1&2 and weeks 3&4 section in a matter of hours, using material I have cut from earlier HTML based log entries I made earlier in the month.
Now I will be adding links to take you to PARTICULAR SECTIONS in both the Beekeeping Course
but NOW also links to areas in the forum to issues that YOU SHOULD READ concerning beekeeping issues that other member discuss in great detail. This site now goes WAY BEYOND me and what I do as John Clayton or as Beemaster (some see me as tossing on the Beemaster Suit like Clark Kent - trust me, I'm always Clark Kent - lol) but now you have multiple journals and logbooks to read, countless questions possed and answered by members with real life experiences in matters that would never come up in my life and my humble beeyard.
We have members from Malaysia, Nornway, Alaska, France, The UK, and all throughout the United States - these wonderful members make this the most exciting platform for sharing unique beekeeping information possible. Do NOT miss out on this opertunity to share in this powerful media.
I end this month by saying, you are always welcomed as a guest, but I hope you register and beome a member of the forum - it is Free and the benefits to the backyard beekeeper are staggering.
I welcome April, it will be a banner time for the website, the forum, it's members and jump on it and be a part of this experience.
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I'm not sure what these posts are about - but I'm sure they have NOTHING to do with BEEKEEPING - thus, after an response from the authors, I (the owner/administrator of the forum) will be deleting any posts NOT relative to beekeeping, I don't need a Moderator to do so.
If you have complaints, sent private messages to me, otherwise, I really don't know what you are even talking about.
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A search on google for this message got me over 2300 hits, all from phpBB sites. Unfortunately we would have to expect a lot more of this in the future now as the spammer's tools are there.
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False Claims by McIntyre and McKitrick regarding the Mann et al. (1998) reconstruction
A number of spurious criticisms regarding the Mann et al (1998) proxy-based temperature reconstruction have been made by two individuals McIntyre and McKitrick ( McIntyre works in the mining industry, while McKitrick is an economist). These criticisms are contained in two manuscripts (McIntyre and McKitrick 2003 and 2004–the latter manuscript was rejected by Nature; both are collectively henceforth referred to as "MM"). MM claim that the main features of the Mann et al (1998–henceforth MBH98) reconstruction, including the "hockey stick" shape of the reconstruction, are artifacts of a) the centering convention used by MBH98 in their Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of the North American International Tree Ring Data Bank ('ITRDB') data, b) the use of 4 infilled missing annual values (AD 1400-1403) in one tree-ring series (the 'St. Anne' Northern Treeline series), and c) the infilling of missing values in some proxy data between 1972 and 1980. Each of these claims are demonstrated to be false below.
[McIntyre and McKitrick have additionally been discredited in a recent peer-reviewed article by Rutherford et al (2004)].
[Added 1/6/05: See also "On Yet Another False Claim by McIntyre and McKitrick" which discredits the claimed "Monte Carlo" experiment results from the rejected McIntyre and McKitrick comment to Nature]
Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is a traditional tool for representing a large spatiotemporal dataset in terms of a smaller number of leading patterns of variation in the data. The choice of how the data are 'centered' in PCA (i.e., what time interval is used to define the 'zero' baseline for the data series) in general simply changes the relative ordering of the leading patterns of variance (or linear combinations thereof), the means of the associated Principal Components (PC) time series, and the number of statistically significant patterns in the data. The centering convention does not influence important properties of PCA such as the orthornormality of the Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOFS) or the completeness of the eigenvector basis set.
The MBH98 reconstruction is indeed almost completely insensitive to whether the centering convention of MBH98 (data centered over 1902-1980 calibration interval) or MM (data centered over the 1400-1971 interval) is used. Claims by MM to the contrary are based on their failure to apply standard 'selection rules' used to determine how many Principal Component (PC) series should be retained in the analysis. Application of the standard selection rule (Preisendorfer's "Rule N'") used by MBH98, selects 2 PC series using the MBH98 centering convention, but a larger number (5 PC series) using the MM centering convention. Curiously undisclosed by MM in their criticism is the fact that precisely the same 'hockey stick' pattern that appears using the MBH98 convention (as PC series #1) also appears using the MM convention, albeit slightly lower down in rank (PC series #4) (Figure 1). If MM had applied standard selection procedures, they would have retained the first 5 PC series, which includes the important 'hockey stick' pattern. The claim by MM that this pattern arises as an artifact of the centering convention used by MBH98 is clearly false.
FIGURE 1. Comparison of PC #1 of the North American ITRDB tree-ring data from MBH98 (red) and PC #4 resulting from a PCA of the same dataset using the MM centering convention (blue–for visual comparison the blue curve has been adjusted to have the mean and amplitude of the red curve, as only the relative pattern of variation in the predictors matters in the MBH98 methodology).
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Re: Transiting to the Chesapeake
Good write up Tom,
Manesquan is an easy inlet due to the lack of shoals unlike most of the NJ inlets. We have taken our sailboat in there a number of times. You are right about the first RR bridge being a doozy with current. We got fuel once at Hoomans right before it and soon as we cast off it almost slammed us into hat bridge .
You would love the ride up the East Rive we take too Long Soind every year. It's quite n eye opener in a slow sailboat. We also have stayed a few nights at Liberty Landing. Lass marina with a killer view. Nice restaurant too. The high speed ferry from there to Mahattan leaves you off a short walk to where the Twin towers used to be.
Re: Transiting to the Chesapeake
Thanks for the compliment!
I'd read about the current issues. It was one of the reasons I wanted to hit it at slackwater, and we came pretty close to exactly that time.
You've got me -- I am sometimes guilty of sloppy terminology and this is one of those times. I am far from knowledgeable about NYC and the surrounding area, and I tend to refer to the whole thing as NYC. I tend to do the same thing here by refering to N. VA, Maryland, and D.C. as the DC Metro area.
Point noted about the Pizza. It may not be the best, but it was certainly tasty, and was "good enough."
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Nice Write up and Photo's Tom! I will only take issue on one point... Your Pizza was NJ pizza....though, I don't think Stellas is representative of the " Best" we have to offer. I'm glad you enjoyed..our New Jersey Pizza.. ;-)
240 gallons of fuel usage ( approx $1200 ? ) Reminds me of at least one reason to own a sailboat.. I'd be tied to the slip, if I had to lay that out on a regular basis.
That RR bridge in Brielle can be scary...especially when the current is running.
Pictures from the Transit (Pic Heavy)
These photos were taken on 22 and 23 September 2012 while my best friend Rich and I moved his boat from Kingston, N.Y. to Toms River, N.J. Rich has little experience on the open ocean and asked me to come along, just in case.
A team of two makes the whole thing self-contained. On Friday we drove to the boat. We drove two cars, dropping mine off at the Marina in Toms River on the way up, consolidated into one car, then drove the other to Kingston, NY. That took care of transportation logistics. Friday involved about 6 hours of driving.
These photos are from Rich's camera since I left mine sitting by where I keep my car keys (doh!). I tried getting a few using my mobile phone but it's a dumb phone with a low resolution, crappy camera and they aren't worth keeping. I like my dumb phone otherwise. I can go a week without charging it. That's a nice thing when you are cruising and won't tie to 110V A/C for several days.
We got underway Saturday about 0730, roughly a half hour after sunrise. We travelled south on the Hudson at about 17 kts, except in the no wake zones. It is amazing how much faster a transit goes when you can do that! We covered more than twice as many miles as I do with a day of motoring. we actually stayed slightly ahead of our PIM points since I had assumed a 15 kt SOA.
The countryside is truly beautiful in the Hudson Highlands. Every time I turned around, there was another big, old mansion or a beautiful building nestled in the woods on the bluffs. There was a fair amount of boating activity. I saw some sculling teams out practicing on Saturday near Poughkeepsie NY. I don't know if they were from Vassar or from Marist College. It was clearly practice, not a race. They were not wearing team a jersey, and in one case there was a coach in a fishing skiff shouting instructions as they were moving slowly and practicing technique.
We saw a number of sailboats on the way too. With a 15 kt true wind I was surprised that so few of them actually had sails up (but please don't debate that old saw again).
We arrived at NYC in the early afternoon. The sun was shining, the sky was incredibly blue, and the place was bustling. You could feel the energy all around you on the water. Here's the Manhattan skyline as we approached.
We stayed overnight in Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, NJ, opposite Manhattan. This landing, home to a number of businesses, is the closest one to the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. I highly recommend this upscale marina. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, numerous, and energetic. We topped off the tanks (and I gasped at having used 110 gallons of fuel for that leg) then moved into our slip. The dock hands do an interesting thing when they tie you up: they braid the bitter end of the dock lines to keep them out of the way just like my men used to do in the Navy with electrical extension cords when storing them. They claim it protects the lines better than the flaking down the flemish coil techniques do. I call BS, but it's pretty. I think I'll stick with the flemmish coil.
The marina fairways are narrow and it was a bit of a squeeze getting into position, but once there, the floating docks are very nice. They have super facilities and a nice store. Being a coffee hound from my Navy days and even before from long nights in college, I bought yet another coffee mug as a useful keepsake.
This is the new World Trade Center, still under construction, as seen from our slip in Liberty Landing Marina. The brilliant autumn afternoon sun made it a bright and beautiful picture, don't you think?
And, of course, I couldn't resist the offer put my ugly puss in a shot with the Manhattan skyline in the background. So here's me, being the rube tourist. No, I'm not sunburned. The flushing is a side effect of a medication.
We had planned to take the water taxi into Manhattan and eat at the Winter Gardens, but neither of us felt like doing much when we got there. So we did what most power boaters do: ordered a pizza! Stella's Pizza delivered right to the slip after we called the marina security and asked them to let the driver in. I called from my mobile phone, but mistakenly left my home land line number as I usually do when ordering a pizza. My wife was very confused when she got the delivery call. Happily, she's a smart woman and put it together so she gave them my cell phone number. I still haven't figured out what I did to deserve her or how she has put up with me for 32 years, but I'm grateful nonetheless. How is it pizza in NYC always tastes better than any other place in the whole wide world? Rich claims it's the water. I think they all NYC pizza makers are part of a conspiracy. They use a secret, highly addictive ingredient to keep us coming back again and again.
We got underway a little before 0730 on Sunday. Leaving the landing, we turned south, moving past Liberty State Park and into the Upper Bay. Of course, you can't pass Liberty Island without taking a pick of France's most famous give to the USA! We got ours about 0750. The sun being low in the sky made for some unusual lighting conditions. I read the history of Liberty Island and its famous statue in Wikipedia.
Just south of Liberty Island is the equally famous Ellis Island.
My family did not make the usual choice to stay in New York City, opting instead to go immediately to Lebanon, MO because they knew someone there. Many of the Donnelly side of my family still live in somewhere in MO.
As we moved farther south through the upper bay, we approached the Verrazano Narrows Bridge that separates the upper bay from the lower bay. The picture below was taken from the Upper Bay as we approached from the north.
This double-decker suspension bridge carries I-278 traffic over 6 lanes each way between Brooklyn and Staten Island. The Narrows is a choke point and is normally pretty crowded with both commercial traffic and pleasure boats, but we went through a little after 8 AM on Sunday, and the area was practically deserted. I was pleased as I wasn't looking forward to dealing with all the traffic.
We left at the beginning of a flood tide and wind from the NNW at 20 kts, so there was some wave action in the bays. As we moved from the Lower Bay into Raritan bay, we kept to the auxiliary channel next to the Ambrose channel. We moved into the Ambrose channel itself as we approached the Romer Shoal (take a look at the charts in Active Captain if you don't know the area), and for good reason! There were breakers over the shoal areas but not in the channel.
Once we got out well past Sandy Hook, we turned South. Normally I like to stay at least a couple of miles out to sea. Distance == safety in my mind. The water is deeper so the waves have a longer period and we can heave to without worrying about being blown ashore if something happens, giving us plenty of time to fix whatever went wrong (or just to eat lunch). We didn't do that this time, though. With rollers coming in from a storm at sea a few days before and that kind of wind blowing against them, the seas were lumpy and the ride was rough for a 34 footer. We found smoother water about a half mile of shore where there wasn't much fetch and so got back up to 18 kts to keep our assumed 15 Kt SOA.
It only took a couple of hours to make our way down to Manasaquan Inet. We had looked up local knowledge on Active Captain and didn't have any problems with running the Inlet. We continued our course until we were perfectly lined up with the inlet and then made the run in. Easy Peasy!
Once into Manasaquan River itself, we slowed to 7 kts, and again down to 5 kts in no wake zones. The only bridge I was worried about was the first one we encountered: a railroad bridge. It is a bascule type bridge with only 3 feet of clearance. It is normally open unless there's a train coming, so it would be rotten luck to have to wait, eh? Well, we almost did. No sooner were we though it than the sirens went off, the bridge came down, and we could hear a train in the distance. My Irish luck almost failed me. I'm gonna have words with that Leprechaun! A tricky little devil, that one!
We followed the channel around and took the Point Pleasant Canal south. It is part of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, which intself is part of the East Coast ICW. We stayed strictly in the channel of the NJICW until we reached Barnegat Bay. During the time in the ICW, Rich, who did all the driving (it is his boat, after all), did visual piloting and I did navigation using my hand-held GPS. I was able to tell him water depths, upcoming turns, courses to steer, and the distance to the nearest shoal. Sure it was largely redundant, but the two different methods confirmed each other and gave him some good information when the day shapes were far apart or even missing. He was also running Navionics on his iPad, which he mounts to the left of his helm, but he would only glance at it on occasion. It uses bluetooth to hook up to one of those hockey puck GPS receivers. It works pretty well -- there is a 12V outlet on his helm within reach of the iPad power cord.
Finally we turned up Toms River and navigated our way to Shore Point Marina where he'll keep his boat for the next month. Again we stopped at the gas dock where he put in a breathtaking 130 gallons. No wonder he only wanted to come this far and then overwinter on the hard. The gas bills turn him into a pauper!
We moved into his slip stern in, and it was easy. These fixed wooden docks are just the right height for a boat his size. I really like the staff at Shore Point. It feels like a family run business -- friendly and relaxed.
Monday was a driving day. We went back to Kingston so Rich could get his car, then we headed south again to our separate homes in Northern VA. That was 9 hours of driving, all told.
Well, that's the story so far. We'll get the rest of the way to the Chesapeake next Spring. I'll report on that transit then.
Re: Transiting to the Chesapeake
Pictures, eh? Very well. I posted some to Facebook earlier but I'm too tired to tackle it tonight. I'll see about getting them into SN in the next day or two.
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Sometimes. We keep it kind of loose and create an itinerary as well as a " furthest point" that we may get to. We don't lock in to l the ports as weather and our feelings is may change once we are underway. We have a couple of places we usually want o o r a couple of des so it's a real vacation.
We have found that not everyone s like us ( anyone) and to try and fit and have all do he same is too difficult, like heading cats, and can cause hurt feelings. For example Donna and I are AM people and like to weigh anchor and gt to our next destination/ anchorage early so we can settle in and explore/ reconointering the town. Not everyone likes to do this. One of our friends likes o putter sound, drink offer and leave 11. So we eave it casual and meet up with them later. When doing the Delaware of Jersey Coast of ourse you have a distance o accomplish and make so we kind of ang together with 5 miles or so of each other.
We also know its important for other couples to have time alonenor want to go to different places so so times on the Sound we break apart...stay in touch and meet up again a few days later. Main thing is to be flexible. We usually meet some of the SN from the LI Sound group when we are up there too.
This has worked out for us in the past and we love sailing ith others this way and hanging out. Main thing is to be honest with each others and not have agendas, but be willing to go off on your own too.
Re: Transiting to the Chesapeake
I'd love to sail in company with you next year, assuming circumstances permit. Do you sail in company with other boats already?
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Would love to have you and Mary come with us for all or part of the trip. Your new boat will be perfect. We will actually start planning in December as Donna is a nurse and must bid for weeks off in the summer. We usually look to do this around rthe middle of August and wrap around labor Day. Still great sailing and good daylight late and the crowds in the areas are far less as people are heading to geth their kids back to school.
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I may take you up on that even if Tom doesn't.
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reminds me of being robbed in the Best Buy parking lot on Black Friday.
funny cute bouncy
Dis happed to be once.
"Nobody nose the trouble I've seen" said the snowman.
There's no top hat...so the bunny must have come from there?
Yay! This one was my second favorite this derby. The ones I vote for almost never print.
Did you know that rabbits don't actually eat carrots in the wild? If they eat them on a regular basis, they get sick. So this little bunny is just being a jackwagon...
Oh my god, the expressions in this design are priceless! Bravo Spiritgreen!
Here's the theme song for the shirt
Wow! A very unlady like laugh/guffaw/snort sound just came out of my face after looking at this shirt!
I really like this shirt It's very cute.
Very cute design. I just wish it wasn't on this powder blue shirt... I look terrible in that color.
I will most likely still buy it though. Just use it as a sleep shirt :p
thumperchick wrote:Did you know that rabbits don't actually eat carrots in the wild? If they eat them on a regular basis, they get sick. So this little bunny is just being a jackwagon...
How Dare you!!1! Loony Toons can't be wrong!
Well, I reckon the robbed snowman can take some solace in the knowledge that that seasonally mis-colored bunny is likely to meet an untimely demise.
blanked wrote:How Dare you!!1! Loony Toons can't be wrong!
It's DUCK season!
thumperchick wrote:It's DUCK season!
For real y'all, Karen is so gonna cry. That rabbit is a jerk-face.
I love the use of colors in designs like this.
The use of white and blues may dominate the design, but that single use of browns and orange makes the whole thing come alive in an awesome and vibrant way.
Congrats on the print!
So glad this printed. There's something very 70's underground comic about the style, too, in spite of its cute appeal.
That rascally wabbit!
So the bunny just jumped through the snowman's face?
Sneaky little rascal! Look at his devilish expression... He's so fat he probably wasn't even hungry, he just wanted to make the snowman freak out.
Shades of jamescho84 !!!
just like the Derby#4 shirt !!!!!
Ha! Love it. Ordered one.
We raise lop ear bunnies so this is a must have for the winter season.
Whoever made that snowman stuck the nose in backwards. I can't support this.
Got this for my 3 year old...there is a song he sings a lot that goes with this T-shirt:
A chubby little snowman had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny and what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch
Ate that snowman's carrot nose, Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!
Yippee! I'm sooooo happy this printed! Awesomely cute and devilish at the same time!
Do you nose if it is possible to wear a shirt on your nose? If you could, I would. Nose Thief on my nose! Win!
i'm gonna spend the next 3 weeks sitting in front of my mail box, frantically wagging my tail
That has to be the cutest thief ever :3
But poor snowman
Ho boy! What a surprise! Thanks SO much to everyone who supported this design and made it a shirt. May your noses never be eaten. ^_^
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I love that the rabbit is so FAT! Makes me wanna cuddle and squeeze it. Oh, my pretty little pet, I love you. So, I stroke it, and I pet it, and I massage it. Hehe, I love it, I love my little naughty pet, you're naughty! And then I take my naughty pet and I go chhhhhhhh, chhhhhhhhh, OOOOHHHHHHH. I KILLED IT!
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If that doesn't make your teeth cold, I don't know what will.
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Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Judge Dred, Sep 30, 2012.
Europe have just come back from 10-6 down to retain the Ryder Cup
that was really exciting, esp poulter's overall performance. when his birdies fall, he looks like he is going to cut a bitch.
That was big, really big, by the Europeans.
It seemed all very exciting according to facebook comments! Rude Euros
I so seriously need to give up being a golf fan.
It's just not worth it, being this big a fan of anything.
That was awesome! What an incredible comeback by Europe!!!
I think golf is one of the most boring sports to watch so naturally I wasn't awake to watch it, but at the result.
Were the U.S. fans still chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A" at the end?
That was quite exciting!
Good - Euros gracious win, Kaymer's redemption, Phil's sportsmanship.
Not so good - Tiger's attitude and record, USA on 17 and 18 (holes they OWNED on Friday and Saturday), USA fans still trying to drown out the Euros at the awards ceremony
it's better than what they were chanting on saturday which sounded like "**** seve"
I didn't get to see any of it -- they weren't broadcasting on the beach in Punta Cana.
Huge comeback by Euro and so great for Olazabal, one of my all time faves.
Tiger should just come up with an injury and decline. This is ridiculous.
But when I went to the Ryder Cup in 2008, the Euros clapped and cheered their Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole song quite frequently when USA missed a putt - they just characterized it as cheering because the Euro pair "won a hole." Then they would complain bitterly if the US fans cheered under the same circumstances. And one of the European commentators went around the crowd asking US fans to name a European soccer team and thought it was so funny to ridicule people who didn't know any. And then got pissed when a US commentator asked him to name an American Nascar driver and he couldn't. So both sets of fans are equally Rude US and Rude Euro!
I think invoking the name of a dead golfer gives the U.S. fans last weekend the edge.
Now that this unkultured 'merikun has recovered from the devestating loss, I can collect my thoughts. SHARPIE even gloated on my FB status.
Poulter is a beast. His passion and pure clutch is so hot. He's going to be a Ryder Cup legend. His interaction with the crowd was great...yelling back, and teeing off when everyone was still cheering on the first tee.
Tiger actually played quite well. All over the internet, everyone is ragging on him for his 0-3-1 record but in actuality he was quite solid. The reason why he was winless was due to going up against a red-hot Colsarets and the fact he was paired with Stricker, who was absolutely terrible all week. I believe Tiger actually had the most birdies of any golfer Friday and Saturday.
Stricker and Furyk were quite terrible. Bad captains picks. I can't stand DL3 anyways and these picks were clearly not the ones to make.
The fans. Ehhh, I don't think the disgusting Seve taunts were very widespread. As for the USA chants, the Ole chant is just as prevalent overseas. I'm happy to see the intense nationalistic feeling back in the Ryder Cup. It felt like the 90s all over again, when for me, the Ryder Cup was at the most passionate and fun to watch. This seemed to change a but after 9/11. I can't wait to attend in four years when the matches take place in my backyard, at Hazeltine.
Even though I was rooting for a USA win, the Euro comeback was really compelling to watch and I'm happy Olazabal was able to win this, especially for Seve.
I agree Tiger played well in all the matches I saw, the three 4 balls and the singles. He would have made that easy putt to win his singles 1 up had the Cup been on the line. He played well in the 4 ball, Stricker did not, and they were up against tough opposition, so they lost. I agree Stricker and Furyk were terrible picks, especialy Stricker. I would have picked Mahan as one of my choices instead.


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While working on a recent poster design for a collaboration between Iron & Air and Dime City Cycles, I noticed my design unintentionally starting to take on a form and feel reminiscent of legendary designer/typographer, Saul Bass. For those of you that don't know the name, you surely know the work. Bass created countless movie posters, title sequences, logos and more from the early 50's to the late 80's. Though the similarity was unintended, I must have drawn it up from my inner psyche and there it was staring me dead in the face. Because I knew I didn't bite it on purpose, and it wasn't copied from anything that actually existed, I decided to keep rolling with it. I mean, Bass was the fucking man.
Prior to this, the early stages of the poster had me struggling. What I was stoked on, others were not – my wife included (she's brutally honest). So I pressed on – through frustration and exhaustion – to come up with a design I felt strong about, which was the design I mentioned above (you'll get to see it soon). After some tweaking with Brett and getting the verbiage locked in, we both had that "hell, yeah" moment and that was it.
Struggling with design pisses me off. It's frustrating because I often feel like I should be able to do it faster, more creatively, with less process and more product. I blame the internet for jamming massive amounts of design and art into our brains and eyeballs everyday. Often it's more harmful to the process than helpful. Seeing work that guys like Bass did back in the day, made me wonder what they went through to create and design the work they did. I came across a great article on The Fox is Black (I guess the internet isn't all bad) that featured Bass' poster design process for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. It is incredible to see the work that lead up to the final poster design. It is easy to look at how utterly simple it is and curse over Saul Bass' grave at how good he was. As it turns out, director Stanley Kubrick made Bass go through nearly 300 variations of the design before finalizing the poster below (in yellow).
My point is, without seeing the process and inherent frustrations and struggles that go into the things that surround us, it is easy to let them overwhelm you and force you to give in to the pressure. I go through it with every issue of the magazine that we put out.
Every. Damn. Issue.
When this happens, it's imperative that you stop, walk away, stay off the internet and look for inspiration elsewhere. Go for a walk or a ride on your bike. Call your mother. Read a few chapters of an old book you enjoy. Do some push ups. Talk to an elderly neighbor. Clean out your fridge. Pray. Oil your boots. Fix that door that isn't closing right. Tell someone you love them.
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I would like to fence my three acres of wooded, and hilly terrain. I have gotten a quote for invisible fence, but am just not sure about it. Makes me nervous. Obviously other dogs, coyotes , people, can enter and my dogs could get out if they were so inclined. I also like to have friends over with their dogs, and obviously invisible fence would not contain them. (Yes, my dogs like to play with others!)
Chain link and wrought iron are out of the budget, and probably would not work for this type of terrain. I found a company that sells deer fence/netting that says you can install yourself. You attach to trees and it blends in with the landscape due to the color (black.) It is marketed as resiliant and safe for dogs...I would be surpervising them when out in the area. And, one feature I really like is its seven feet tall!
Anyone use this product or one like it? I have included the link if anyone cares to look. Thanks guys!
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|You might want to fence a small area and see if your dogs climb. I built a kennel for my girl and she just climbs right over the 4 foot fence. She's like a cat. I'm going to add another panel and if that won't keep her in I'll add a hot wire to it. I'd hate to see you spend a lot of money to fence your place to have you dog climb out. And yes, definitely use a cheaper wire and lay it down attached to the bottom of your fencing with hog rings. It will discourage digging.
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While I wouldn't trust it with my entire fenced in area, I wouldn't have a problem using it on small areas that required partial fencing, but then again, all my dogs are very respectful of their boundaries no matter what the fencing is.
Try www.wayfair.com they sell EVERYTHING, alot of times they have cheap prices, sometimes not. Not that I would use it for dog fencing, but as an example, I bought 150 ' x 48" 1/2 hardwaremesh wiring for my chicken run,,paid 180.00 shipping included..THAT is a 'steal'.. Now I looked at the same thing a few months later, just curious if the price was the same, it went WAY up..then checked it out again, and it was back down to the low price..
I think first time customers get 10% off as well, and alot of times they offer free shipping.
Just something to consider.
So far we're pleased with dog fencing!
We fenced in our heavily shrubbed backyard 5 or 6 summers ago, to contain our three energetic husky mixes and their occasional visiting friends. We used the Best Friend Dog Fencing we bought from Brenner's Gardens. We were only dealing with a space approx. 60' x 100' x 75', and not 3 acres, so bear that in mind. So far we're pleased and plan on buying more. We bought the heavy duty 5' fencing and wish we'd bought the 7.5' instead. We have one area where the land takes a dip and our biggest male has discovered he can leap over it at that point. There is also one section where our youngest managed to open a hole trying to dig her way to some frozen fish on the other side, but it was on a gate that was easy to repair with a board. There is one other spot where my big male kept jumping up with his front feet and tore a section, but I just added a fencing patch over it. I would definitely go with the heavier weight dog fence option and not the deer fencing.
I'm relieved that they have never dug their way out, but this was from following the instruction to let several inches of the bottom of fence lay flat on the ground facing inward, and then peg it down. The part of the instructions we didn't follow - but should have - was stringing a tight cord above the top of the fence and then using hog rings to attach the top of the fencing to it. We live in NW Alaska and receive heavy snow drifting (for months) in our back yard. I've noticed the weight of the snow stretches the top of the fence down, but it resumes its shape once the snow load is removed with the spring melt. The drifting also prevents us from letting the dogs loose in the backyard once the drifts reach a point where the dogs can jump over the fence. To remedy this, we are going to raise our posts this summer, and add another level of overlapping fencing - and hang it properly from a tight top line with the hog rings.
For the first few summers I was nervous to leave the house when we had dogs loose in the backyard, but I've been doing it for several summers now and they've never gotten unexpectedly loose. (Knock on wood!)
Our climate can produce a few intensely long and warm summer days - although not nearly often enough! - so I can't attest to the fecning's durability in a hot and sunny climate. But we're pleased enough with the fencing to be buying more. For us shipping costs are also an issue, and the relatively light weight of the material is a bonus.
Feel free to ask me any other questions about the fence. I'd be willing to send you photos as well. Sounds to me like you have some very lucky dogs!
|I use deer fence to keep deer off the shrubs in my front yard, it tears easily when they get hungry enough. If I were to use it as a fence for my dogs I would run a hot wire inside the fence to keep the dogs away.
|I've used this kind of fencing for a twenty-odd foot section of our property. (There's chain link on either side, but we've had to tear it down as some neighbors keep backing into it and destroying the fence.) The mesh stuff holds the dogs fine, but critters do chew it. I have to do a little repair every now and then where a bunny has decided he needs in our yard.
We use something similar to that deer fencing for the space around our chicken run. It's really good and quite resilient even though it feels like it should be flimsy.
Around our acre of land we have sheep fencing, which isn't the strongest kind of fencing around, but it does the job. It keeps the dogs and kids in and the riff raff out. In places where we need a bit more deterrent, we have put the deer fencing over the sheep fencing and it's done the trick.
Fencing is expensive, isn't it? Especially when you've got a lot of land to cover!
|I don't know about the diamond mesh. I do have some redbrand horse fence that seems to go up and down about a 15% hill pretty well as an internal fence in my backyard.
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My question would be durability and resistance to being torn. I would think a dog could bite right through it. No climb horse fence is cheaper than chain link. But if you do that don't get the cheap welded at home depot. Go for the stuff at tractor supply.
Maybe I have unrational dislike of invisible fencing..its just that I have found lots of dogs running thru our property wearing fence collars! (and no tags)
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Marist baseball team split a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) doubleheader with Rider on Saturday. The Red Foxes won the first game 11-5, but fell 4-0 in the second game.
As a result, Marist clinched the #2 seed in next week's MAAC championships. Rider clinched the regular-season championship, while Canisius and Siena will be the third and fourth seeds, respectively.
Senior first baseman Mike Orefice (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), junior third baseman Nick McQuail (Wantagh, N.Y.) and junior catcher Zachary Passerelle (Sparta, N.J.) each had three hits on the day for Marist. Passerelle was 3-for-6 in both games, while Orefice and McQuail for 3-for-8.
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Game One – Marist 11, Rider 5
The Red Foxes pounded out 16 hits, with seven players having at least two. Orefice led the way by going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI. Passerelle, sophomore left fielder Steve Laurino (Carle Place, N.Y.) and junior right fielder Jake Berry (South Hamilton, Mass.) all had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored. Freshman second baseman Joey Aiola (Suffern, N.Y.) had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI.
Marist got on the scoreboard first with three runs in the second, thanks to four consecutive two-out hits and a wild pitch. After Rider scored once in the third, Marist answered with four in the home half of the frame. Passerelle belted a two-run double in an inning which saw the first five Red Foxes reach base safely.
Rider climbed back into the game with a single run in the fourth, and three more in the sixth to make the score 7-5. With the bases loaded and two outs, Marist junior right-hander Kevin McCarthy (Malverne, N.Y.) came in to retire Rider designated hitter Jerry Mulderig on a first-pitch fielder's choice to end the inning and maintain the two-run lead. The Red Foxes then re-claimed their five-run lead on RBI singles by Orefice, McQuail and Berry in the bottom of the inning. Marist scored the final run of the game in the eighth on a two-out double by Laurino, which brought in Orefice.
Senior right-hander Chris Bielak (Sayreville, N.J.) went the first five innings to record his seventh win of the season. McCarthy, who held Rider scoreless and struck out four in the final 3.1 innings, earned his seventh save.
For Rider, starter Tyler Smith (6-5) took the loss. Smith went two-plus innings. Center fielder James Locklear went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Game Two – Rider 4, Marist 0
After a scoreless first three innings, Rider plated three in the fourth. Third baseman Adam Wayman and Mulderig had back-to-back one-out singles, and right fielder Nick Crescenzo followed with a ground-ball double just inside the line to score both. Second baseman Greg Fazio then singled up the middle with two outs to bring home Crescenzo.
In the top of the seventh, first baseman Justin Thomas homered to left field on the first pitch of the inning for the game's final run. Marist never got a run as far as third base in the game.
Kurt Sowa (11-1) allowed one hit over the first four innings to record the win. Mike Murphy pitched the final three for his first save. For Marist, senior right-hander Brett Houseal (Landisville, Pa.) took the loss to fall to 7-6. Houseal went 6.1 innings, allowed seven hits and no walks, and struck out two. Junior right-hander Chris Thorsen (Lititz, Pa.) recorded the final two outs of the seventh.
Rider outhit Marist, 8-5. Freshman center fielder Graham McIntire (Concord, N.H.) went 2-for-3.
Marist and Rider will wrap up the regular season with a single game Sunday at noon. Prior to the game, Marist will honor the five members of its senior class – Bielak, Houseal, Orefice, shortstop Zach Shank (Lititz, Pa.) and left fielder Eric Helmrich (Yonkers, N.Y.). The Red Foxes will open the MAAC Championships against Canisius on Thursday at 3 p.m. at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton, N.J.
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Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance presents its final mainstage production of the 2012-13 academic year, The School for Husbands by Moliere, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave.
Directed by Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance Steven Reynolds, The School for Husbands premiered in 1661 in Paris and was the first of Moliere's full-length plays. The plot centers around the suitors of two sisters, Léonor and Isabella. Controlling and overbearing Sganarelle fails miserably, so much so that he is used by Isabella in her pursuit of another, Valère. Ariste, however, treats Léonor more as an equal and finds success in his courtship.
Performers include Carl Burgason, class of 2016 from Hilliard, Ohio, as Sganarelle; Ian Chadd, class of 2013 from Xenia, Ohio, as Ariste; Krissy Hartman, class of 2013 from Strongsville, Ohio, as Isabella; Melanie Ellis, class of 2015 from Fremont, Ohio, as Léonor; Sarah Van Deusen, class of 2016 from Chattanooga, Tenn., as Lisette; Eric Werner, class of 2013 from Cincinnati, Ohio, as Valère; Aaron Glen, class of 2014 from Chicago, Ill., as Ergaste; Corey Ragan, class of 2015 from Columbus, Ohio, as a magistrate; and Bobby Kirwin, class of 2015 from Strongsville, Ohio, as a notary. The ensemble includes Chelsea Jenkins, class of 2013 from Springfield, Ohio; Katie Paolacci, class of 2016 from Granville, Ohio; Jocelyn O'Dell, class of 2016 from Severna Park, Md.; Robby Thrall, class of 2014 from Strongsville, Ohio; and Martin Lukk, class of 2014 from Talinn, Estonia.
Reynolds joined the Wittenberg faculty in 1981 and retired in 2012. His honors include the Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award, the Omicron Delta Kappa Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Matthies Research Award. Reynolds also received a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Award from Region III for "extraordinary contributions to the teaching and producing of theatre and to the development of KCACTF." He holds a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
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i had to take out my distributor to change my pick up coil. I have never done this before . I forgot to mark my number 1 plug an timing mark on my homonic balancer. So their for i have no marks to go by to set my timing back to normal. by my book it say's i have to set my piston at 10 degree's BTDC ( BEFORE TOP DEAD CENTER ) IM NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE TIMING MARK SET RIGHT. I made sure that i heard a air sound for the compression on the number 1 piston . i set the tdc mark as my timing . being off 10 degree's will it effect the way the truck is running. I put the rotor cap at my number one plug . started the truck ran sluggish , no power, hit the gas died on me. sounds like the way your truck is doing. How do i fix this. Before we go through this when i took the dis . out the guy that was helping me bent the metal piece that run's through my pick up coil . That gives the distibutor spark . Metal piece wables .
The 13* advance probably means you are getting some mechanical advance @ idle. As stated, I get mechanical advance @ idle so I time it for all in +/- 36* @ 25-2600 rpm and ignore the initial timing.
Don't worry about how much initial you have. If it takes 36* to make it idle properly, then you need 36*. Actual timing at idle is of minimal importance. You have to take into account several things that happen after idle, but its not a big deal.
Mine for instance is locked at 36* No curve except from the vac advance. Of course, my example is a BBC with 8.6:1 compression. BBCs need a good bit of lead and my low compression needs even more. I could have gotten away with as little as 22* and still idle, but 36 still let me crank it to start and gave me another 2 inches of vacuum and a smoother idle.
I suggest finding how much initial your combo will take. Advance it a couple degrees and try to start it. Keep going until it kicks the starter back. Come back down a couple degrees and that setting is where it will let you start and idle. Make sure you do all that hot so it won't cause trouble later. You can guess that your combo will probably like about 36-38 total, so you can make a curve between what you discovered at idle and the total advance. Lets say for instance you start kicking back at 28* initial. You want 38* total. You then just use a combo of bushings that gives you a total of 5* in the dizzy or 10 on the crank. Then pick your springs to set where it comes in.
Then you can use ported vacuum to bring more timing in under part load. That you can set with an adjustable can and just loading it down under various conditions and backing off the canister to keep detonation away.
There are certain situations with heftier cams, larger chambers, or certain combos where the kickback at startup doesn't occur until well after 38*. Its rare since it often occurs with very low cranking pressures like might be had with a mismatch of low compression and too much cam, but I don't think that will be the case here.
I assume you have an auto tranny. If so, the task is pretty easy. If you have a manual, chances are you'll have to broaden your total curve. If you just set it (like the example above) to your optimal 28-38* curve, 28 might be too much when you floor in third at 1500 rpms. If that's the case, you'll have to back it down (for example) to maybe 24* initial and then broaden your curve to 14* of sweep. You'll have to open up the throttle just a touch to compensate, or drill some holes in the butterflies to keep the ported vacuum hole covered at idle.
In short, the answer to your original question: Best initial timing setting is as much as you need, so long as it doesn't make too much at part throttle or cause annoying starter kickback. In theory, the more initial the better on a non-smog car. The more initial you have, the less throttle opening you need which improves vacuum and throttle response while providing a smoother idle. On a smog car it might make NOx above acceptable for idle tests.
Idle timing settings are only important as a means of setting a benchmark for the rest of the curve. When Chevy made a 1978 350, they had a curve that was set for X degrees of advance. The way to set it was simply by putting it at 12 BTDC, but that number has very little to do with what it needs at idle, its just a reference. Setting it to 12 BTDC simply means that it will provide the engine with 36 total by 3200 rpms. Since you're building your own curve, initial timing is not a benchmark for you. You can find your own optimum idle setting and build your curve from that.
turn the idle way down to 3-400rpm to verify your not pulling some centrifugal advance and reading it as base,
light springs and heavy weights will do that, start the curve at 5-600rpm
(and vacuum advance discoonected and plugged)
it might run at 16 if your reclaibrated the carb and idle speeds.
See your playing with a finely tuned and calibrated set of circuits. Affecting one affect's them all. Getting them all correct means a lot of trial and error with a degree of systematic logic problem solving. You cannot change just one thing and always expect better result's.
IT'S ALL IN THE COMBINATION!!!!!. is never more true
You have to verify timing marks are correct. Otherwise, your chasing your tail and your gonna catch up it eventually. OUCH!!
Anyways maybe your point about initial timing doesn't matter is right. I'm thinking that maybe the distributor I'm using has weak springs in it also, because all timing does come in before 3000rpms (probably about 2600 like yours). Plus my initial being 22* and my total being 35* means that there's only about 13* of advance in the springs. The only reason why I'm weirded out by it is because I would think that it should run fine with initial set back to say 16* but it just doesn't.
First thing to do is verify TDC using a piston stop. See if the numbers on the dampner are correct.
I also have that cam in my 383. With my modified advance curve, I set mechanical timing at 36*, all in by 2600 rpm because I know I am getting some centrifugal advance at idle with the soft springs. I never set or pay attention to initial timing, only use total mechanical timing.
BTW, I use an adjustable vacuum can that gives me 14* @ 12". This gives me 50* at cruise rpm. I have the can hooked up to the manifold vacuum port, not the ported vacuum.
|It should idle faster with more initial timing when in neutral or park. For this circumstance I would try adding as much as 6 degrees, 2 or so at a time and when it does start to ping back it down by 2 for safe measure. It's not the most scientific approach, but usually the easiest and most understandable.
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Ok so long story short, im a little skeptical about how accurate my timing marks are on my SBC 350. I was almost sure that everything was set right when I built the engine but it has some strange attributes (by the way it has a comp XE274 cam). When setting initial timing, it will not run very good under about 20* initial. It will run if I set it back from there, but not great, the idle rpms drop down a lot and it has a bad studder and very laggy/sudden throttle response... definitely does not feel right. So I can set it to around 20 or 22* initial and it runs great, the idle speed picks up a lot, good throttle response, etc. That brings the total timing to about 35* which is good also.
BUT if timing mark is not accurate and say what I think is 22* is really 16* then my total timing is really 29* not 35* which means I have a lot left in it. I have tried playing with the timing back and forth and I have not noticed any pinging when setting it up with more initial so I'm starting to get skeptical.
SO, my main unofficial half-whitted question is, how does the best initial timing typically affect idle speed? For example, is it usually at the point where the idle speed is at it's highest when playing with the timing only, or is it back a little bit from the highest idle speed, or is it a little farther back the fastest idle speed? I don't know if I'm making my question clear? Maybe it would even help to go on a scale of say 1 to 10 with 1 being barely running retarded a lot, 5 being the highest idle and 10 being tons of initial after the peak in idle speed.
p.s. I know I will need to use a more scientific and accurate method to check this but for now I'm pondering it as food for thought. Any insight is appreciated.
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Thanks for the info. I didn't mean to come off as cocky in any way, I just wanted to make the point that I've been in the sport for many years and have always really wanted to take an avy class and try it out. I've researched it a fair amount and understand it is a very dangerous venture. My grandpa was ski patrol at Baker for 13 years and has told me all of his horror stories (of course that was back in the day before beacons). I am really looking forward to taking this course and learning as much as I can about back country riding.
I'll be sure to check out that book. Thanks for all the help
Being an expert rider means absolutely nothing in the backcountry. It does not tell you if a slope is dangerous or not. Keep that in mind. As far as a backcountry traveler goes you are a n00b.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to discourage you, just letting you know where your head needs to be. One of the most common reasons people are buried and killed is that they have a high skill level riding wise, but have no idea on how to read the terrain they are riding. Avalanches are indiscriminate, they will kill and expert rider or the novice. Just ask Craig Kelly, Jamil Kahn, and the many other pros who have been killed by them over the years.
If REI doesn't have them, look around at the Mountaineering stores. Unfortunately I don't know who is out there in Seattle, but I guarantee there are a fair amount of them. You are of course looking for operations that carry a backcountry ski line up. Shouldn't be hard to find.
Good luck, I like that you are thinking about the dangers out there. Definitely take the course and learn all you can. Reading Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper is a great prep read for your Level I or basic avy awareness course. Just take it slow, experience is what you are looking to obtain and right now you don't have much. Even after the course, you'll know fundamentals but still lack the experience part. It takes a few seasons to get there, but before you know it, you'll be a competent backcountry traveler. Trust me on that one...
I intend to take an avalanche awareness/ cert course and would like to rent a beacon for my first time out.
I am fully aware of the equipment that I need to be prepared (I'm an experienced hiker, who grew up in rural Alaska...so I'm pretty brushed up on wilderness survival and risks associated with out of bounds travel).
Avalanche beacons, on the low end are $200. I would be in need of two (one for my husband or my brother, who ever was traveling/taking the course with me). So, considering I just bought all new gear this year, I'm trying to save a little money this year so I can buy quality beacons for next season.
I've checked with REI here in town and they don't have them... unless the customer service person I spoke with didn't know what she was talking about, since I know they teach an avalanche cert courses there through local ski groups.
I'm asking about rentals, looking to be prepared for when I am ready to go out.... which with any luck, will be later this season.
p.s. I'm a newb to this board, but not to snowboarding. I've been riding since I was 15... but haven't had the opportunity to get to many mountains with decent back country options until recently.
Keep in mind for Avy awareness and cert classes, you need to have a beacon, shovel, probe, so this can very well be a legitimate question. Let's tone down on the discouraging talk, at least until we know more.
REI often rents beacons. Also look for mountaineering shops, they often rent beacons too.
I am sure there are a few shops. I know here REI rents gear out.
In order to learn you gotta use one right? First time I went out I rented gear, but kept it to lower angle stuff in the trees.
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Looking for a decent price. They are for use at Baker, but the best deal I've found so far is $35/day.
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Looking for a decent price. They are for use at Baker, but the best deal I've found so far is $35/day.
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In fact, a wet frame of comb I put in there after having extracted the honey two weeks ago actually seemed to have decreased, broken up and taken away by the bees.
Ok, so I've come to despise the queen excluder. Seems that's the common factor when the colony slows building comb in the supers.
I might have also discovered another problem the excluder causes. When I pulled the supers off, there were clumps of dead bees lying on top the grid.
What do you do with incomplete frames of honey when you pull the supers for winter?
If you decide to take some that you feel is questionable, keep it seperate when extracting.