……..see I would defend myself here but my father used to joke I was “[age] going on forty” when I was in elementary school, so it was pretty much inevitable I’d be 80 at heart by the time I was 25.
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Have you seen the Foster’s (Home for Imaginary Friends) Christmas Carol, where one of the characters actually tries to be The Ghost Of Bob Marley, with reggae theme tune and all?
I have not seen any screen adaptation of A Christmas Carol (no, not even the muppet one), just read and listened to it many (many many*) times. I’m not surprised someone made this joke though, it seems ripe for the taking.
*Back in the 90s my father worked part time for the local public radio station and they did a live radioplay of it every christmas eve, so I got to stay up and hear him act it out on the radio once a year during my entire childhood (and baby mica would not have been interested in any inferior adaptation- i.e. one not starring my father). He doesn’t work there anymore, but my parents now have an adorable yearly party where they invite a bunch of people to do a live round-robin style reading of the story, and have traditional british xmas food.
I MAY have a fictional creation/destruction goddess of hot springs and odd eyeless salamanders who would LOVE further meta on the algae hot tub party that needs to be going on in fanfiction
you get me
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I highly recommend carhartt pants; they have a permanent spot on my wishlist because one can never have /too/ many pairs of carhartts. the only thing better than carhartt pants are carhartt overalls (what better way to look like a handycraft-capable lesbian new englander?)
oh man, goals. (but for reals, I’ve been coveting carhartt pants for ages, I should probably just visit the carhartt store downtown and try them on)
If you buy a leatherman, be sure to get a belt holster for extra practicality points
okay so I was ORIGINALLY on the site to look at tool belts because at the exhibit install the other week I kept shoving scissors and the level in my pants pockets and that left no pocket for the tape and it was a Problem so… a holster is not unlikely….
i work on software for the air force hurricane hunters. they aren’t allowed to download it off our website… so they just get it on a personal computer and flash drive it around. SECURITY.
that’s inspirational, honestly.
@calicovirus – I’m entirely unsurprised. long live bureaucracy, I guess. 😐
@bandana12 – yeah, and that is a totally reasonable security precaution for the Department of Defense. I, however, am just working as a contractor for the NPS, and if hackers got into the documents I wish to transfer all they’d find is a bunch of historical photos of a company of turn-of-the-century soldiers in alaska, some very attractive labels about said photos, and a pie chart that took me three hours.
@mothwick asked: You asked for questions about outdoors-y stuff, and so… I’ve just organized a kayak building workshop (with Kiliii – took me seven years to get here!) but it’s in January. I’ve never paddled in cold temps and I don’t anticipate waiting ‘til the weather warms to paddle my kayak. So! what are your recommendations for cold weather paddling gear? I’ve been doing research and I am still very confused. Farmer John + something + drytop? + something underneath the wetsuit???
Hey congrats! Kiliii is fantastic, you’ll love him (and your new kayak!)!!! I’m not sure how much useful cold-weather paddling advice I have, since in my household the paddling season historically ends when September does, but I have kayaked in cold water, at least, and certainly done other winter sports. Exactly what you wear is going to depend a lot on the expected water and air temps, though, and expected conditions/location of the paddle.
I always wear neoprene booties under my Tevas in cold water, and I think they can be combined with wool socks for extra warmth- one of the things about a skin-on-frame kayak is that there is very little material between your body and the water, so even if your spray skirt is working fine you’re going to really feel the water temp anywhere your body touches the sides. I’d add a fleece between the farmer john and the drytop (ideally one that zips down the front so if you get too warm you can de-layer easily), and neoprene or fleece gloves as well. Wool hat or, better, one of those neoprene hoods divers wear.
Honestly your best bet for cold-weather paddling advice is going to be Kiliii himself though- you’ll have access to a real expert and should take advantage of him! I hope that was at least a little helpful, though (and I asked my father, who has been kayaking far longer than I’ve been alive, and he pretty much confirmed my recommendations).
You can’t just make a post like this and then NOT GIVE US THAT INFORMATION (unless it was just dream-you that knew but I fully believe real-you knows it too).
oh, you’re right, I forgot to put that in the tags, sorry! The Tulip Tree is properly Liriodendron tulipifera and is native to eastern north america, but been on my mind since the city of Seattle for some reason decided to use them in several parks and roadside plantings in the last few decades, so we’ve got quite a few young ones around the city.
they’re in the magnolia family, but not very closely related to any other north american magnolias, and they have very distinctively shaped leaves, and really bizarre flowers:
Thoughts on Biggles? Parts of it haven’t aged too well, but other parts (cough Biggles x Ginger cough) are still really sweet.
I have not read (watched?? listened to??) Biggles, despite having been encouraged to do so! The closest I’ve come is- unsurprisingly- a Jeeves and Wooster crossover fic.
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 