My daughter said she's going to let other people drive on it before she goes to work that way.Agreed on CR road. Super impressed.
My daughter said she's going to let other people drive on it before she goes to work that way.Agreed on CR road. Super impressed.
Consulted said notebook and can confirm...July 5th 2017.the last time I actually rode it was behind you on our team trip in 2017? 16? One of the two...might need to check my notebook...
is that some weird Monty Python referenceAlso of note, that whole, "When 1 door closes another opens," adage doesn't fly if you're in Guantanamo.
While impressive, I couldn’t help notice that it is probably the result of someone’s bad decision on how to fill the excavation necessary to lay those gigantic pipes. Are we ever going to stop f&$k up everything? Have a great weekend!Then we took the dog for a walk at East County. If you guys think the erosion is bad at CR you should see what happened here. This thing is about 20 feet down.
While obviously true, seems pretty randomly thrown in there?!?!?
The Guantanamo quote seemed out of the blue, hence my comment.What exactly are you referring to?
On the erosion pics I posted - I have read that old material is often used like this. The drainage pipes are 5 feet tall, and the stream that feeds this is about as strong as 4-5 dogs pissing at once. So it's hard to imagine it ever getting flooded. But then, it did. I don't see any justification to put in 10 foot drainage pipes for a minor stream as a standard. While the current state of the park obviously shows they may have miscalculated, was anyone really ready for this thing?
This is unfair, when you are talking about 100 to 500 year storms, pretty much all bets are off. Also, when you consider natural areas with hills that dump out to improved areas, the shit coming down the hill had to stop somewhere.While impressive, I couldn’t help notice that it is probably the result of someone’s bad decision on how to fill the excavation necessary to lay those gigantic pipes. Are we ever going to stop f&$k up everything? Have a great weekend!
I don’t know, maybe. Nevertheless the only area that collapsed (from the pictures) was the man-made one. To me this goes to confirm that while obviously technologically advanced we still know much less than we think we know about nature. And sometimes we decide to ignore thinks we knew. I come from a country where there are buildings that are still standing after literally a couple of thousand years and have survived several earthquakes that leveled every single modern building in their surroundings, so allow me to be a little jaded.This is unfair, when you are talking about 100 to 500 year storms, pretty much all beats are off. Also, when you consider natural areas with hills that dump out to improved areas, the shit coming down the hill had to stop somewhere.
I don’t know, maybe. Nevertheless the only area that collapsed (from the pictures) was the man-made one. To me this goes to confirm that while obviously technologically advanced we still know much less than we think we know about nature. And sometimes we decide to ignore thinks we knew. I come from a country where there are buildings that are still standing after literally a couple of thousand years and have survived several earthquakes that leveled every single modern building in their surroundings, so allow me to be a little jaded.
Not at all. It always strikes me how the choice is supposed to be between building houses basically out of toothpicks or not building them at all. Remember the story of the three little piggies? The house where my father was born was built at the end of the 1800s and survived several earthquakes, it’s still there even though in disrepair, nothing some stucco and a plumber wouldn’t fix though. Many houses around it had to be taken down and rebuilt. I assure you it wasn’t the coliseum and it was built by hand using then common knowledge and locally sourced materials (stones) and mortar.Using this logic we shouldn’t build houses because nature will eventually reclaim them.
Maybe use all this displaced earth to build houses? Seems like a win win.Not at all. It always strikes me how the choice is supposed to be between building houses basically out of toothpicks or not building them at all. Remember the story of the three little piggies? The house where my father was born was built at the end of the 1800s and survived several earthquakes, it’s still there even though in disrepair, nothing some stucco and a plumber wouldn’t fix though. Many houses around it had to be taken down and rebuilt. I assure you it wasn’t the coliseum and it was built by hand using then common knowledge and locally sourced materials (stones) and mortar.
But again I guess that catastrophic precipitation have never happen before in the US so who could have thought of it…
It’s been done…doubt it would make code.Maybe use all this displaced earth to build houses? Seems like a win win.
I second this.Big wet nose.
And fantastic FIL news!
So last night I read your post, and was like "Whew, for a second there I thought the Iron Gate race got cancelled since he mentioned Vic. But who cares about Iron Furnace, that's not even on my radar."Today
...Vic called me and told me about the Iron Furnace race and we talked it through a bit. This is not my story to tell but the guys at Marty's didn't do anything wrong. In the end, shit just didn't work out and that's a shame. Maybe something happens next year, we'll see. I know they really want to have a race there.
We did a lunch road ride today. The temps are creeping up again, which is the final summer hurrah before it gives up the ghost. That said, while it wasn't bad to start, my body is already getting used to the cooler temps and at the end I was sluggish. I do not love winter here but I am good with some cooler temps for a bit.
FIL update this morning - the therapist says there is a good chance he makes a full recovery.
Went to see Zac's soccer game and they won 3-0. I have pics of him & Simon both but I am too lazy to download them right now.
Earlier in the day I loaded up the truck with a metric shit ton of things to give away for the 4H rummage sale they are having. The 2-day basement cleanup project resulted in me spending a chunk of time loading the car up this morning. After the soccer game I drove over and unloaded it. There is definitely a cathartic feeling in doing this. We all have stuff we never use, but there is this feeling that someone, somewhere, could make use of it. By doing it this way, I feel like someone else may now have use of several hundred small dinosaurs in their house, among other things.
D was at her book club tonight so I made a quick salad for dinner then took the goofball for a walk to the soccer fields. There is a soccer donation box there and I carried a pair of cleats over and dropped them in. It gave me a goal to the walk. It was steamy out.