02-17-2011, 01:27
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All of our snow has almost melted, I've got a whole mess of knives that are just about ready for heat treat, there is homemade chocolate cake and fresh bread in the kitchen, and our skunks are out waddling around in the yard.
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02-17-2011, 01:48
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Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky
All of our snow has almost melted, I've got a whole mess of knives that are just about ready for heat treat, there is homemade chocolate cake and fresh bread in the kitchen, and our skunks are out waddling around in the yard.
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Warm, to the point...and aromatic. Very nice.
 ....jd
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02-17-2011, 14:12
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I see what you did there.
Sometimes, I realize that it's the little things that are the best.
It's funny. I might have a rough day, and after the dust has cleared, I'll be out on the deck having a smoke and a drink and trying to figure out what my malfunction was... And then the skunks will come waddling out of the darkness, and suddenly I find myself realizing just how good I have it.
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Warm, to the point...and aromatic. Very nice.
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02-18-2011, 17:15
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All of our snow has almost melted,
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Here as well. But no chocolate cake.  I do, however, have a pomegranate and blueberry sherbet.
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02-27-2011, 18:37
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The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
KTLA's Sam Rubin and Jessica Holmes are demonstrating the power of nice while making full use of the home field advantage on the red carpet at the KodakTheater.
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03-01-2011, 14:37
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Beautifully sunny and cloudless day - I heard the sound of radial engines and went outside to watch a B-25 fly by at around 300' AGL followed about a minute later by a Spitfire. One of the joys of living near the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
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03-01-2011, 20:01
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Shortened day due to AIMS testing. Students busily working... actually working. Half way through the week (Tuesday night is my "Hump Day"!) and... 10 1/2 weeks to retirement.
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03-01-2011, 21:09
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After running on fumes for the past three years things are starting to look up. We established a contract with a new grass roots business and I just might be seeing some 40 hour work weeks again. 
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03-01-2011, 21:41
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Shortened day due to AIMS testing. Students busily working... actually working. Half way through the week (Tuesday night is my "Hump Day"!) and... 10 1/2 weeks to retirement. |
Good for you!
The finish line is near.
Ya know...there's only one scuba instructor doing business up here...
and there's some other guy who got approval from the airport to do a skydiving business.
Another QP from this site mulled over the skydiving business thing a few years ago.
Page might not be a bad place for semi-retirement if the individual has the right skill sets.
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Forgot to add that the gun range (pistol and rifle) is 10 minutes away from the furthest point in town, 5 minutes from the nearest.
Private range, membership is ~$35 year for the whole family, usage is light, and hours are wide open (generally unmanned).
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03-02-2011, 16:36
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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
Good for you!
The finish line is near.
Ya know...there's only one scuba instructor doing business up here...
and there's some other guy who got approval from the airport to do a skydiving business.
Another QP from this site mulled over the skydiving business thing a few years ago.
Page might not be a bad place for semi-retirement if the individual has the right skill sets.
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Forgot to add that the gun range (pistol and rifle) is 10 minutes away from the furthest point in town, 5 minutes from the nearest.
Private range, membership is ~$35 year for the whole family, usage is light, and hours are wide open (generally unmanned).
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The thought has crossed my mind. However, the wisdom imparted to me by the first dive shop owner for whom I worked keeps running around in my mind:
"Do you know how you make a small fortune in the dive business? First, start with a large fortune..."
He also said this pearl of wisdom, as we drove back to the DTC section of Denver from a particularly trying open water certification at Woodmore Lake in Colorado Springs:
"Why would ANYone want to own a dive shop in Denver, Colorado?" Within two weeks, his share was sold, and he was in Florida!
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03-02-2011, 18:58
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The only gun shop in a 25 mile radius just relocated his business less than a mile from the house...
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03-11-2011, 22:06
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I just received notice that I have been selected as a winner of a national young investigator's award for my fellowship research project. 
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03-11-2011, 23:21
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After running on fumes for the past three years things are starting to look up. We established a contract with a new grass roots business and I just might be seeing some 40 hour work weeks again. |
Good deal.
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03-12-2011, 12:41
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Spending several hours yesterday 'touring' the New Belgium Brewery in Ft Collins with my younger daughter and her hubby from San Diego, as well as my older daughter and my year old grandson (you can't start 'em TOO young).
I've toured some breweries in my day, but this one was exceptional! To quote my hero, Homer, "Mmmmmmm, beer."
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03-12-2011, 14:12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
I've toured some breweries in my day, but this one was exceptional! To quote my hero, Homer, "Mmmmmmm, beer."
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Sounds like a day well spent. The best brewery I ever visited was the Hasseroder brewery in Wernigerode Saxon-Anhalt Germany. Good beer too.
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