November Holidays, etc.

October 28th, 2004, 11:23 PM

November is......International Drum Month, Peanut Butter Lover's Month, and Slaughter Month.

Skyhawk,
Not very many this month but If you want only one, go ahead and choose. Just so you choose Peanut Butter Lover's Month.

Nov. 1 is..... Plan Your Epitaph Day

Nov. 2 is..... National Deviled Egg Day

Nov. 3 is..... Sandwich Day and Housewife's Day

Nov. 4 is..... Waiting for the Barbarians Day

Nov. 5 is..... Gunpowder Day

Nov. 6 is..... Saxophone Day and Marooned Without a Compass Day

Nov 7 is..... National Bittersweet Chocolate Wigh Almonds Day

Nov. 8 is..... Dunce Day

Nov. 9 is..... Chaos Nevr Dies Day

Nov. 10 is..... Forget-Me-Not Day

Nov. 11 is..... Air Day (Be sure to breathe some)

Nov. 12 is..... National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day

Nov. 13 is..... National Indian Pudding Day

Nov. 15 is..... National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

Nov. 16 is..... Button Day and WARRIOR'S BIRTHDAY!

Nov. 17 is..... Take a Hike Day

Nov. 18 is..... Occult Day

Nov. 19 is..... Have A Bad Day Day

Nov. 20 is..... Absurdity Day

Nov. 21 is..... World Hello Day and False Confessions Day

Nov. 22 is..... Start Your Own Country Day

Nov. 24 is..... Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day

Nov. 25 is..... National Parfait Day

Nov. 26 is..... Shopping Reminder Day

Nov. 27 is..... Pins and Needles Day

Nov. 28 is..... Make Your Own Head Day (?)

Nov. 29 is..... Square Dance Day

Nov. 30 is..... Stay At Home Because You're Well Day.

skyhawk223 · October 29th, 2004, 05:40 AM

Slaughter Month? I don't even want to go there.

Drum month could be interesting. Let me go find my drum.

Monday's going to be busy.

November 5th, 2004, 09:18 AM

I waited for the barbarians all day yesterday. They never did show up. Do any of you know what happened to them or where they are?

Darrell Lawrence · November 7th, 2004, 05:54 PM

Sorry this Warrior didn't come over, mom

....uhhh One holiday is missing!!! Figure out which one it is.

Darrell Lawrence · November 9th, 2004, 12:17 AM

I see one of the dates got edited

....hmmm Today- Nov. 9 is Chaos Never Dies Day

Riiiight... my life is definatly one of Chaos! Where's Maxwell Smart when you need him?

skyhawk223 · November 9th, 2004, 06:42 AM

Well you "Missed him by that much"
Check that mailbox over there. I saw 99 hanging around.

November 9th, 2004, 08:08 AM

With 99 around, Max can't be far away. I would think the phone booth would be a better place to look. Watch your step!!

Darrell Lawrence · November 9th, 2004, 03:49 PM

That wasn't 99... it was 66 over there standing on her head.

General Phoenix · November 11th, 2004, 09:41 PM

Breathed a bit of air today, but not as much as I would have liked. Caught a cold this week, so I'm not feeling too great. I just hope I get over it before my Thanksgiving vacation.

Darrell Lawrence · November 11th, 2004, 10:38 PM

Well... I talked to a few people full of hot air today...

And it looks like everyone forgot yesterday! *L*

skyhawk223 · November 12th, 2004, 06:14 AM

Pizza anyone?

November 12th, 2004, 09:24 AM

Are you buying?

Today should be Air Day in our valley. It is so fresh and clear after a few days of rain. I will breathe twice as much of it today to make up for missing yesterday.

November 12th, 2004, 09:26 AM

General Phoenix,
Sorry you are not feeling well. Maybe you could order a pizza with extra vitamin C and with some Nyquil spread over all. Just stay away from the anchovies.

Darrell Lawrence · November 12th, 2004, 03:13 PM

I wonder if I should combine today and tomorrow and have a pudding pizza on both days...

November 16th, 2004, 10:34 AM

Nov. 16

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WARRIOR!! Have some

and

and a GREAT DAY!
(This is not a celebration, just another reminder)

:thumbup: :laugh:

..........Mom

Darrell Lawrence · November 17th, 2004, 01:42 AM

Thanks.

skyhawk223 · November 17th, 2004, 05:40 AM

A Birthday? Yeeee haaawww!!!
And just what did the birthday boy receive on his special day?

November 17th, 2004, 12:42 PM

He got milk and cookies, smiles, sunshine,winks, etc. Didn't you see that? Oh, and he also got a bad time from his mom. The nerve of him turning 40. Now I can't say I'm 39 anymore.

November 17th, 2004, 12:53 PM

Nov. 17th

I managed to take a short hike today to take some pictures, trying out my new digital camera. I wanted to get some pics of the radio observatory which is a few miles from Big Pine. I hiked all over the hillside looking for the best view of the complex and ended up right back at my car where it turned out the view was best. This observatory is one of the SETI links.

skyhawk223 · November 18th, 2004, 05:59 AM

Are you going to post them?

November 18th, 2004, 12:01 PM

I hadn't intended to, but if you don't mind pictures by an inept photographer, here they are. Actually, they turned out quite well considering who took them. Amazing camera.

The first two are of the Sierra Nevada mts. west of Big Pine. The second one has Big Pine's very own volcano. It is the dark cone shaped hill in the center of the pic.

The other two are of the CalTech Radio Observatory to the north-east of Big Pine. This area is now restricted so I couldn't get any closer. It used to be you could walk right in amoung the dishes and the tracks they run on. There were two other of the large dishes which must have been at the western edge of the tracks as I couldn't get a good shot of them. In the background of the last pic you can see the foothills of the White mts. which are east of Big Pine.

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Darrell Lawrence · November 18th, 2004, 12:10 PM

Oooh! Purty!

Reminds me of where I live!

...errr Wait a sec... That *IS* where I live!

General Phoenix · November 18th, 2004, 10:05 PM

A volcano? Cool - ever sacrifice a virgin to it?

Darrell Lawrence · November 19th, 2004, 02:55 AM

...now why would my mom sacrifrice a virgin at the Volcano?

As you can see from the other pics, there were to many observers around!

skyhawk223 · November 19th, 2004, 06:08 AM

Wow, your very own volcano. Ever go up and toast marshmallows around the rim?
Looks like some good snow up in them thar hills.

Darrell Lawrence · November 19th, 2004, 09:27 AM

I've never really paid attention to knowledge of the volcano lately, but I seem t orecall when I was growing up some information that even though it is inactive, the lava tubes still have a bit of warmth that come from them, and snakes... namely the rattle variety, nest in them.

I *do* know you have to have some thick, tough soled footwear to hike up to it though. The lava rocked ground will tear up tires and footwear rather easily.

November 19th, 2004, 09:33 AM

General Phoenix-----Couldn't find any over the age of 18. That is the minimum age for this kind of thing you know.

Skyhawk----This volcano has been dormant or maybe even extinct for at least a jillion years. Maybe if someone could find a virgin to sacrifice it would come back to life. But that seems a little extreme just to toast some marshmallows, don't you think?

Extra Note----There are lava tubes up there that have been explored to some extent by the locals. Never been there myself but maybe Warrior knows more about that if you want to ask him.

November 19th, 2004, 10:12 AM

Nov 19th HAVE A BAD DAY DAY

Yes, this IS a bad day for me.

And don't ask! I'm trying to be calm and not think about it too much. Any discussion is likely to bring on buckets of tears, bad language, foot stomping tantrums, or maybe even salt shaker throwing. Hope your day is better.

skyhawk223 · November 19th, 2004, 02:10 PM

My day has been just peachy so far. Going out to dinner now. See you later. Hopefully things will improve. At least the weekend is coming up.

Darrell Lawrence · November 20th, 2004, 01:24 AM

Just think... we live in an area where we have earthquakes, a volcano, and when it rains heavily, flooding. Sometimes when winds get real high, we have problems there too... we have mini tornadoes, AKA dust devils.

How many places could you find to live that has all of natures disasters- Earth (earthquakes), Wind (howling winds), Water (flooding) and Fire (volcano)?