First Snow of the Season

It's a veritable winter wonderland outside! The porch rail you see is also a surprisingly good gauge as to how much snow has fallen, sometimes we can see piles up to more than a foot high, and in New Mexico, of all places!

I was planning on driving into the city today to return a book that's due back soon (college coursebook rental, due back this Saturday) but I'm a little unsure about that now. This state has terrible drivers; and put snow on the roads, its rollovers left and right.

Hmm... what to do... what to do...


This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Dec 16 2010, 09:40 PM

What a gorgeous view !!

It was thick snow for a while here, still freezing but it's down to patches of ice now. Still haven't had the rubbish collected for three weeks though and even with the flat cold it stinks.

Still if anyone's interested in snow photos here are some I took of a park which is about 50 yards from my front door while the snow was there, I haven't got round to retouching the light in any of them yet so they're 'as is'.
http://imgur.com/a/FH1k2
Thats the best ten (of many).

My favourite is probably (note the quality has suffered in the comression, clicky for the full image (large):



This post has been edited by Olen: Dec 17 2010, 01:10 AM

Bobo go mALX car.

Bobo look inside.

Chocolate!

Bobo hungry.

Bobo grab.

SOFT chocolate!

Bobo like!

Bobo eat.

Bobo get strange smell.

Bobo stop eat.

Bobo feel strange.

Bobo feel sick.

Bobo return chocolate back from stomach.

Bobo feel sad.

Dog comes.

Dog eat Bobo return.

Bobo feel mad.

Bobo scold dog.

Bobo tell dog not steal.

Dog look Bobo.

Dog return stolen food!

Bobo happy.




Have I grossed you out yet, my dear???

GAAAAH!!! EW !!! [GAAAAAK] - er...yes? ROFL !!!

mALX- here is what you need to record the next "event."

Just the Thing for mALX

ROFL !!! EW!!! Can you imagine what goes through your mind just touching the paper with your ... HANDS ??????? GAAAAH !!!! My puppy provided me reams worth in just the back seat alone !!!

Imagine giving something from that site as a gift to someone and not telling them about it. I can imagine it now.

Person who recieved the gift: "Little Alex just loves to chew on that photo album you bought for us, we can barely keep it out of his mouth."

You: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Whispers The reason I know about it is because my daughter and her husband went to San Francisco for Thanksgiving and brought me a small blank notebook.

I haven't taken off the shrink wrap.

ROFL !!! Both of you choked me half to death !!!

I recieved a (sheep) poo birthday card last year and it was only after I had read it that my friend decided to reveal the origin of material...I was not impressed.

Yeah its disgusting, why anyone would want to buy anything from a company that is proud to make their products out of recycled animal crap is beyond me.

If they waited till you handled it to tell you it was sheep poo then they are Funny Friends. Funny friends have certain tendencies you should be aware of. Warnings below :

DON'T LET THESE PEOPLE COOK A MEAL FOR YOU - Funny friends have a tendency to "experiment" and watch closely how you react when eating - then laugh and tell all your other friends in detail every embarassing moment.

DON'T LET THESE PEOPLE PACK YOUR PARACHUTE FOR YOU - Skydiving with Funny friends is not a good idea - they may pack one of those "Surprise" balloons in your parachute pack - Which brings us to :

NEVER SKYDIVE WITH FUNNY FRIENDS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, ETC.


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This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 18 2010, 02:30 PM

Dog Poo Update:

12 Noon - Showdown!

1. Loaded car with equipment:

(Make-shift kitty litter scoop/sponges/scrub brushes/plastic grocery bags/tub half filled with steaming water/"Simple Green" cleaner/17 pound box of Fresh Step)

2. Drove to "Do-It-Yourself" car wash.

3. With the aid of a simulated kitty litter scoop, I removed the (amazingly shrunk since created) lumps into a plastic "Food City" grocery bag.

4. Deposited 4 quarters into vacuum cleaner slot. Sucked 34 pounds of Fresh Step cat litter off back seat. - SMELL RETURNED !!

5. Poured gallon jug of "Simply Green" all over back seat. Amazingly, even before scrubbing the "debris" began to dissipate.

6. Scrubbed my [censored] [censored] off.

- Result: All footprints removed, odd stain and major dropping site still stained and odorific.

7. Poured 17 pounds of Fresh Step cat litter on back seat. Must wait 3 days to restock cleaning supplies or ... call Stanley Steamer. (My choice).

8. Went inside and soaked in bathtub full of antibacterial soap, scrubbed myself raw and...like Lady MacBeth was still sure I could smell dog poo somewhere. ("Out damned spot!")

If anyone hasn't done it, CLICK on the image and view the larger picture - well worth it! Great photography, Olen !!!! I love the sky just like it is, you really captured a mood in this !!

I do not see the big deal. It is not actually made from feces, but from plant fibers found in the feces. It would be more interesting if it really was made from fecal matter itself. Sort of like Buffalo Chip legos.

Until the Industrial Revolution and the invention of inorganic fertilizers, all the food people ate absorbed feces to grow. Welcome to the world of fertilizer. Whether it is a loaf of bread or a steak, somewhere down the line there was feces in everyone's dinner. In Mother Nature, even waste never goes to waste.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Dec 18 2010, 07:21 PM

GAAAAAH !!!! There goes my dinner...

Well, I'm glad that mALX was able to ameliorate her puppy problem.

My computer has been limping for some time now. This morning it died. My computer shop is building me a new one and planning on porting everything over to the new one, including my modded and patched installation of Oblivion and of course all my draft story work.

I hope that all works, but I may be scarce for a few days until we get everything sorted out. In the meantime, Mrs Acadian is kind enough to let me borrow her tiny laptop that befumbles my old fingers so that I may at least say hi.

Bummer.

Hope you get it sorted in due haste, Acadian. Computer loss is never fun.

My sympathies, Acadian. Having lost my own gaming rig not that long ago, I definitely feel your pain. The more so because my current system is not "Oblivionable" (integrated graphics). Some time in the distant future, I may be able to upgrade graphics and RAM- by which time TES V will be out, and it won't be able to support that, either.

However, I am glad your files are safe- I used a backup program (O&O), plus keeping my story files remotely on a USB flash drive.