2007-09-03 11:08:02 · 19 answers · asked by tyler durden 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Panda lets do cyber yoga
2007-09-03 11:21:03 · update #1
Loose change, that is a tight and nice story and knowing you you'll do it not to soon again.
2007-09-03 21:36:00 · update #2
Glad you asked.
We got a late start Friday night leaving town, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge around 10:00 p.m., made it to Ukiah by midnight, hung a right turn and headed east towards Lake Pillsbury, three hang gliders on the truck. By around 1:00 a.m. we hit the washboard dirt road that we had to wind around on for about 12 miles. I put it in 4WD High and the truck, although it sounded like the road was going to rattle it down to its constituent nuts and bolts, held the fire road pretty well at 20 mph. Finally we get to the dirt airstrip at Lake Pillsbury and pulled into Sunset Campground around 2:00 a.m. The summer Milky Way was cutting a great swath across the sky and it was beautiful. We found our friend's campsite and parked there, set up the tent, and hit the sack.
Next morning me and two other pilots (my wife and Rick) and a friend of his who volunteered to be the driver drove up the 50 minute 4WD nasty climb to Timberline Launch, at 5,800 feet. We set up our gliders as the winds picked up, with really large gusts (which we know to be strong thermals) moving through pretty regularly. Marie opted not to fly, the conditions were a little too strong for her. Rick launched, a few pilots that were there launched, and then I Iaunched into really strong lift. I rocket up and in five minutes I was flying over the launch site a thousand feet higher. I could barely make out Marie helping other pilots off launch and my parked truck. It was incredible. Usually I have to turn to stay in lift, but the whole spine of Hull Mountain was working on Saturday and I could fly up the ridge in constant lift. I got stinking high, practially specked out and totally stoked on adrenaline. Some of the thermals were punchy and I felt my side wires go slack a few times before they twanged tight as I shot upwards in a 1300 feet-per-minute-up boomer. When I'd had enough I went on the 5 mile glide towards Lake Pillsbury, where I would land in the LZ at the lake's northern end. As I got over the LZ I still had 3,000 feet of altitude to play with, so I just made lazy buzzard circles and boated around in the air until I lost enough altitude (about a half hour later) where I could see the wind sock in the LZ so I could set up my landing pattern. A few slipping turns later and I was on final approach into a nice 10 mph headwind. I flared right and pulled off a no-step landing (which is easy to do with a headwind and the resultant slower ground speed). Time for a beer waiting for the retrieve crew to get back from launch. Time for another beer. Started taking down my glider about the time Rick also landed (he got to 9,200 feet). Back to the campground. I cooked dinner, pasta and marinara with zuccini, mushrooms, and a bottle of cabernet. After it got dark other pilots from the next campsite came over and we told "there I was, thought I was gonna die" stories. Hit the sack and did the same thing again the next day. The air was even more turbulent but I still squeaked out an hour's flight, but my arms were pretty tired from fighting the forces and there was a lot of "going over the falls" that day, which not too many pilots enjoy. What happens is you get spit out of a column of rising air, the glider stalls, and the nose points straight for the ground as you pick up a lot of airspeed really fast. Of course, you're thousands of feet above the treetops so there's no danger of becoming a lawn dart. The glider picks up sufficient airspeed to start climbing again and points its nose skyward after losing a few hundred feet of altitude, but it's quite a sensation. Like a roller coaster. Another decent landing, back to the campground for steak and corn dinner, Rick being the chef while the rest of us threw back a few more brews. Got home late Sunday night and vegged out most of Monday. That stuff makes you tired and the hot weather doesn't help either. I'm so glad I live near the coast where the air conditioning is free. From100 degree weather back to a nice cool 55 degrees. Ahhhhhhh.
2007-09-03 18:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
when my baby was coming, i woke up at six am with sharp pains "down there" then i thought well, now that im up, i might was well stay up (not normal for me, i love sleeping in) then i thought i had to poop. and i laugh at it now but back then, i swore i was constipated and thats why i was having pains and feeling crampy. i did find it odd that i never got constipated throughout the pregnancy, or really ever in my life, and now i am. for about an hour of running around and wondering what the heck is up. i started timing my sharp pains. sure enough it was every three minutes and within the hour i was at the doctors and had ellie before 6 pm if ur just having contractions, you can prolly take a shower. but yes, deffinetly call ur doctor first. b.c. i had my thirty nine week app a few hours later and i said ill just come in then, and i didnt make it that long, it was so painful. but if ur water breaks, you need to go to the hospital asap so that ur baby does not catch an infection
2016-05-20 06:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda cruddy.
Our minivan has been having a gas line leak for a while now. My father in law has been helping me fix it, but the rubber high pressure hose is rotten, and keeps springing new leaks. He told me last weekend that he borrowed the right tools to drop the tank and replace the entire line the next time it happens.
Saturday it happened again, and left my wife broke down in a construction zone on the highway. He said that we would try to get it pushed or pulled to his house when he got off work. But my mother in law called up right after he left, and demanded that we get it towed before he got there, and that we arrange to get it fixed ourselves, and not bother him with it. I was waiting by the van for the tow truck to get there, when he showed up. He had no idea that she had said anything, and was rather upset about it. Now we are in the middle of their fight about working on cars.
You just have to love the in law battles.
2007-09-03 11:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by SpaceMonkey67 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sucks i drank too much on sat night so i was butt sick suday and i have a crap load of sh** to clean tomorrow and i have to find some time and energy to work out...........
ohhh and because today is a holiday no monday night yoga
LOL cyber yoga! I think i would be slightly afraid to do any downward dog in front of u.........(its funny if u know what the position is)
2007-09-03 11:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by pandasex 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nerve racking
I had an interview on Monday last week. I was supposed to hear something b4 the end of the week. They are not there this weekend and it is a LONG weekend. Ug...
2007-09-03 11:45:50 · answer #5 · answered by Aimee B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
taking a break form studying 7 chapters for a paramedic course test on wensday
2007-09-03 11:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by Code 3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good...I went to the beach 2-day♥
2007-09-03 11:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by Melly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better than expected. Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge, Know what I mean?
2007-09-03 11:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Bacse 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do they have Labour Holidays in Germany?
2007-09-03 16:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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was he a monk and just decided to break his silence? holy crap!
It turned out nice...great cookout last night...thanks for the email *hugs*
2007-09-03 22:27:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋