October 2003

Updated Thursday, December 11, 2003                 

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October 19, 2003

Check the baby page for a new arrival!

I went to church with Dad, Betty and Jennifer this morning, then to the Dali Museum this afternoon. I parked all the way at the end of the parking lot next to Brooker Creek. I was a few minutes early so looked over at the creek and saw this 8 foot fellow!

I forgot to include last month the pictures of the manatees in our marina!

October 18, 2003

Amusing Proverbs

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

To avoid duplication, make three copies.

It’s called “take home” pay because you can’t afford to go anywhere else with it.

Success is relative—the greater the success, the more relatives.

Anyone can be a winner—unless, of course, there’s a second entry.

The slower you work, the fewer mistakes you make.

If Murphy’s Law can go wrong, it will.

If at first you succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

You must have learned from others’ mistakes. You haven’t had time to think all those up yourself.

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

People like criticism—just keep it positive and flattering.

It’s OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound.

Worry kills more people than work because more people worry than work.

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

When you’re getting kicked from behind, that means you’re in front.

Misers aren’t much fun to live with, but they make great ancestors.

The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

The real reason you can’t take it with you is that it goes before you do.

Junk is something you throw away three weeks before you need it.

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.

The world is full of willing people—some willing to work and some willing to let them.

Some people are like blisters. They don’t show up until the work is done.

A babysitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Most people deserve each other.

All the good ones, no matter what it is, are taken.

The one who snores will fall asleep first.

The length of a marriage is inversely proportional to the amount of money spent on the wedding.

The gifts you buy your spouse are never as good and apropos as the gifts your neighbor buys their spouse.

Never get overly excited about a man/woman by just the way they look from behind.

If you help a relative in need they will remember you the next time they are in need.

The probability of meeting someone you know increases greatly when you are out with someone you do not want to be seen with.

October 15, 2003

Had a wonderful time at Amy’s. Sarah’s third birthday was great!

Slideshow

October 5, 2003

This park today (Myakka State Forrest) was not so great. Just a fence and three trails which were all wet due to the recent rains.

The area on the right of the first picture is wet!

October 4, 2003 PMI had a great time up in Crystal River today! Here are a couple of pictures of the island from shore and the shore from the island.Had fun! A manatee came up under me and almost swamped me! I got really wet, it felt like the water rose a few inches and then dropped a foot! I looked around, not believing my senses and saw the swirl where the manatee had escaped. Quite an event first time out in my kayak!

 at the south end of the island (note the hitchhiker on my bow!)

one big grasshopper

 looking from the island toward the mainland

the north end of the island from shore

the walkway on the mainland

My new Kayak got me there! AND BACK! (the red thing behind the seat is my life preserver)


Flowers

My car and kayak

Grass flats with island in distance

A leaf

Self portrait, walking stick out of cypress in one hand, jawbone of hog in the other

I took 206 pictures there!

October 4, 2003 AM

Note from Al:

John, All the Herricks that you mention on your weather page have a spouse. Do you think that the spouse of a Herrick has different weather?  Al

And so, below see the changes! 

Hey Sue and Al, it looks like freezing weather up that way! AJ says he has most of his wood in for the winter. We will still be running the AC for another month or so.

I have a new toy!

I stopped and got myself a kayak tonight on the way to fiddlers. Tomorrow I will be going to Crystal River and try it out by trying to go out to an island where we hope to be chosen to do some work for the state! Wish me luck!

The nice couple who sold it to me.

October 2, 2003

Note from Amy (I am going up there next week!!):

Hey!!!  There is so much to do here…I am very afraid that you might see the start of the infamous seattle winter weather.   We have had PERFECT weather here for weeks now…sunny, can see all the mountains, highs around 71/72…however the long term forecast says rain is coming. 

Anyway, check these sites out (especially the city pass!!)

CityPass http://citypass.net/cgi-bin/citypass/city_fly?mv_arg=seattle&rand=9959

Pike Place Market  http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/

Remlinger Farms http://www.remlingerfarms.com/  We haven’t been here, but I’ve heard it would be fun for Sarah…

There’s a whole lot of stuff on http://www.cityofseattle.net/html/visitor/tourism.htm, including a virtual city tour http://www.cityofseattle.net/tour/intro.htm

Mountains and glaciers are kind of far away, but we can head out that way if the weather is nice…but Whidby Island/Deception Pass is really pretty. http://www.visitwhidbey.com/camp-grounds/Deception-Pass-State-Park.html

Well, Sarah is wanting a turn to type…I can’t wait….Darren will only have the weekend with us, and Sarah keeps talking about your coming!!  Don’t worry about presents for her…your visit is present enough, and there’s nothing she needs : )

I love you..yay!I really am excited…

Amy and sarah (Sarah typed her own name!!

: )

I should have checked, that photo I shared of the blackout was a fake!! The real one is not so dramatic, it went further  west and not as far south as the fake. I think this is the third fake I have been caught with! Time to check  everything I post!

http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s2015.htm


Subject: Qantas humor – You’ll LOL!


After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which
  conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during
  the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and
  correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of
  the form what remedial action was taken, and the pilot reviews the
  gripe sheets before the next flight.
  Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of
  humor. Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems
  as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solution recorded by maintenance
  engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never
  had an accident.

  (P = The problem logged by the pilot.)
  (S = The solution and action taken by the engineers.)

  P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
  S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

  P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
  S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

  P: Something loose in cockpit.
  S: Something tightened in cockpit.

  P: Dead bugs on windshield.
  S: Live bugs on back-order.

  P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute
  descent.
  S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

  P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
  S: Evidence removed.

  P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
  S: DME volume set to more believable level.

  P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
  S: That’s what they’re there for.

  P: IFF inoperative.
  S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

  P: Suspected crack in windshield.
  S: Suspect you’re right.

  P: Number 3 engine missing.
  S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

  P: Aircraft handles funny.
  S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.

  P: Target radar hums.
  S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

  P: Mouse in cockpit.
  S: Cat installed.

  P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget
  pounding on something with a hammer.
  S: Took hammer away from midget.

John and Darrell and marilyn’s weather:

Amy and Darren’s weather:

Dad and Betty’s weather:

Susan and Al’s weather:

David’ and jeans weather:

Donald and jeanne’s weather:

Daniel and candy’s weather:

Heather and michael’s weather:

Rod’ and jills weather:

2004Donald 
2005David and Jean’s Housewarming party,
       Pocomoonshine Lake, Princeton, Maine
 
2006Darrell & Marilyn 
2007Dan 
2008Sue and Al 
2009John 
2010Donald