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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (156827)	1/4/2008 1:46:31 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Something I've just finally come to the realization of is that I must stay out of the grocery store far more than I've been doing. If it's on sale and something I often use, I buy it. Consequently, I have four shelves in my basement that look like the grocery store. I buy it faster than I use it. But, that's all gonna change this year. I have a 5+ cubic foot freezer that is FULL of steak, roasts, hamburger and at least a dozen ears of fresh corn from last fall. I need to eat most of that so I can defrost the freezer... then start over.

To: Neeka who wrote (156827)	1/5/2008 2:28:57 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 225578

Man! We got nailed yesterday. I left the office to go to my rental to let the glass guys in to repair party damage. Then up to the DHL drop box. By that time - 10:00 am or so, power was out for a good part of the town. When I got back to the office, had to park at the library parking lot because access to my office was for the most part blocked by trees (big ones) across the streets. We shut down the office, as did most businesses in town. A 70' silver maple in front of my rental went down across the street and barely missed the neighbor's house. One of my neighbors ended up with a silver maple taking out a dormer and falling on the roof. Not sure if it punctured it. A new Caddy STS down the street took a direct hit from a couple tons of large sycamore branches and is totaled. Whole town looks like a hurricane hit. I don't have power, and not sure when I get it back. Luckily, we have gas hot water, a gas fireplace in family room and a gas cooktop. Also have an extra wired telephone so we have phone service to the house in addition to cell service. This is a tree that fell across my street just on the other side of the intersection from us. It belongs to the house that is cattycorner from ours. Story here: tri-cityherald.com I'll post some of my own pics when I get a chance.