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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 2, 2024 22:40:35 GMT
It's that bad up in the Sierra Nevada. Paused a bit on Saturday but will renew fury later Saturday night and Sunday. Even had snow thunder and lightening around Yosemite. Snow is measuring in the feet.
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andydp
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Post by andydp on Mar 10, 2024 4:12:12 GMT
This memory from a couple of years ago popped in my feed:
As you know, finding an appropriate life philosophy to follow is important. As a younger man I would adhere to the old family motto: Festina ad Silva - "Make Haste to the Woods" an extremely important philosophy when you're in the Army and getting shot at.
At this late(r) stage of my life I have stumbled upon one that sums it up completely:
"Quaequae excusatio potatione pro". (I'll leave you the challenge to figure out what it means)
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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 11, 2024 16:50:20 GMT
" Quaequae excusatio potatione pro". (I'll leave you the challenge to figure out what it means) I recognized the "excuse" part of the phrase and think quaequae means something like when or that. why is quae repeated? So I cheated and asked Google translate which tells me "Any excuse for drinking." So all I got was the excuse part right.
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AnBr
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Post by AnBr on Mar 11, 2024 20:26:25 GMT
And what excuse for the potation?
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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 12, 2024 1:23:36 GMT
And what excuse for the potation? Any excuse!
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andydp
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Post by andydp on Mar 12, 2024 22:47:18 GMT
" Quaequae excusatio potatione pro". (I'll leave you the challenge to figure out what it means) I recognized the "excuse" part of the phrase and think quaequae means something like when or that. why is quae repeated? So I cheated and asked Google translate which tells me "Any excuse for drinking." So all I got was the excuse part right. Modern Italian still evokes the "quae" repetition. "Qualunque": whatever, whichever.
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 2, 2024 19:47:06 GMT
You know how they say California will fall into the Pacific Ocean? Well...
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Post by andydp on Apr 3, 2024 20:03:55 GMT
Went to the "big town" of Waterville ME for lunch with friends. Lunch was great. The club sandwich was so big I saved half for dinner. Coming back was when the fun started.
I took my eyes off the road for a second and almost had a lot of body damage. I know that was my doing. Recovered and got back on track. About a mile down the road, here comes a pickup on my side of the road (passing a semi on a double yellow). Not the nicest of feelings when seeing an imminent head on collision. Pulled onto the shoulder and stopped. I really have to get the dashcam working.
Enjoyed watching the Seton Hall/Georgia game to determine who is playing in the NIT championship game. Seton Hall won and is playing the championship game Thursday at 1900 on ESPN against Indiana State. Because of the importance of the game, I had a can of "Pantless Thunder Goose Double IPA". I'll have one Thursday during the game. GO PIRATES
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Post by jackd on Apr 3, 2024 22:13:34 GMT
Be careful out there.
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 4, 2024 1:56:34 GMT
And get that dash cam working. My daughter had one in her Honda Civic when some guy in a Cadillac blew through a red light turning left into her lane, actually ended up flipping her car to the roof. He of course said she had the red light. Dash cam made it very clear what actually happened.
And airbags and seatbelts are wonderful things.
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Post by andydp on Apr 28, 2024 9:48:48 GMT
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 29, 2024 15:49:30 GMT
I always appreciate George Takei on Twit X. He goes right to the heart of the hypocrisy in a pithy way.
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Post by goldenvalley on May 5, 2024 19:46:03 GMT
In the unusual weather category... this was not a surprise storm, as the Highway Patrol put it, don't show up here in your shorts and flip flops with no chains for your tires!
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