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Apr 23, 2007, 07:35 AM
 
I built this for some close friends.
I'll deliver it in a coupla weeks up in Bowling Green, Kentucky.



Almost done...



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Rhonda planted peppers and tomatoes.
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Apr 23, 2007, 07:46 AM
 
I put down some mulch in some of my flower beds, but it had nothing to do with it being "Earth Day."

What kind of wood is that?
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Apr 23, 2007, 07:54 AM
 
Morning. Oh you mean what the owl box is made of.

Cedar.
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Apr 23, 2007, 07:59 AM
 
A 300Z, huh?
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:01 AM
 
I raked my back yard and planted grass seed, Like Railhead it had nothing to do with earthday. It was really the first nice weekend in boston and I wasn't going to let it go to waste.
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:04 AM
 
I went to a kiddie concert in Central Park.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:06 AM
 
It was a beautiful weekend here also.
I've since purchased more wood to construct 4 more.
They're going to a charity auction for a nature center.
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:41 AM
 
I hugged my lawn.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 09:33 AM
 
I did a tree.

actually, I avoided the internet, tv, modern modes of transportation - and spent the day in the park with my girl.

By 6pm I caved, and had to check my email.
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:01 AM
 
we went to earth day, got to see a cool animal show, the kid got to play a band with recycled instruments, and then we went home and planted flowers. I also futilely planted some grass seed. We'll see if it actually takes this year.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:04 AM
 
I just flopped around hungover, and made split pea soup. The soup was green at least.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:19 AM
 
Spent the day at the beach.. enjoying the Caribbean Sea.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:23 AM
 
Originally Posted by Atheist View Post
Spent the day at the beach.. enjoying the Caribbean Sea.
Jerk.




There's nothing I love more than spending several hours at a beach. Why are you in the Caribbean? You don't live there, do you?
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:37 AM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
Jerk.
Thanks

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
There's nothing I love more than spending several hours at a beach. Why are you in the Caribbean? You don't live there, do you?
Yes... I live in the Caribbean (although I'm a U.S. citizen) ... Trinidad & Tobago. Live in Trinidad but spend as much time as possible in Tobago. Here for a few weeks to enjoy the beaches. Plus the Plymouth Jazz Festival (the name is a misnomer as it really has nothing to do with jazz) is this weekend. Gonna be a great concert.

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Apr 23, 2007, 11:41 AM
 
I'll be venting CO2 into the atmosphere so the plants will have something to breathe...
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:43 AM
 
Originally Posted by Atheist View Post
Yes... I live in the Caribbean (although I'm a U.S. citizen) ... Trinidad & Tobago. Live in Trinidad but spend as much time as possible in Tobago. Here for a few weeks to enjoy the beaches. Plus the Plymouth Jazz Festival (the name is a misnomer as it really has nothing to do with jazz) is this weekend. Gonna be a great concert.
I am more jealous than I could possibly express...

Go snorkeling much?
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:43 AM
 
"I'll be venting CO2 into the atmosphere so the plants will have something to breathe..."

boo I say, BOO

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Apr 23, 2007, 12:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Sky Captain View Post
Morning. Oh you mean what the owl box is made of.

Cedar.
Took me a couple seconds but I got it.

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
A 300Z, huh?
My first thought as well. We need more pictures of that.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:08 PM
 
I suspect I was purposefully ignored.

I can't blame anyone for that.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:32 PM
 
Although it's a 300ZX, right?
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:34 PM
 
My X key doesn't work.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
My X key doesn't work.
BUT....THEN HOW'D YOU...UH!...

Forget it.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:47 PM
 
Boy, you sure muscled my joke to death.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 12:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by Sky Captain View Post
Morning. Oh you mean what the owl box is made of.

Cedar.
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
My X key doesn't work.
Smooth.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 01:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post
Took me a couple seconds but I got it.



My first thought as well. We need more pictures of that.


Eh, it's just an old ZX. My weekend toy.
I have a pic of it with my airplane somewhere...

I said wood...
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Apr 23, 2007, 01:31 PM
 
It's still remains one my favorite models from the early 90s.

Of course, I find the ass end has a tendency to slide out on turn after you upgrade it to about 800 hp in Gran Tursimo.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 03:04 PM
 
I cut down about ten wrist sized trees, about a hundred finger sized trees and three mature ones.

How'd I do?
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Apr 23, 2007, 03:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by smacintush View Post
I cut down about ten wrist sized trees, about a hundred finger sized trees and three mature ones.

How'd I do?
You could have done better if you just poured gas on them and lit them on fire
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Apr 23, 2007, 04:55 PM
 
Killing Pine Trees

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Apr 23, 2007, 04:57 PM
 
For Earth day, I did not run my AC at all. And it was 82, sunny and humid outside.

Go me.
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I actually haven't run my room light today. Then again, I do have my computer rig going full force
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 05:04 PM
 
It was my dog's birthday as well. So I celebrated with him.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 05:07 PM
 
so it was your dogs birthday on sunday and not yours? to bad you can't edit thread titles
here.
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Apr 23, 2007, 06:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post

My first thought as well. We need more pictures of that.
Here it is.

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Apr 23, 2007, 06:54 PM
 
I got up early on Saturday to help clean up the kinnickinnic river here in Milwaukee. I went last year, and pulled out trash/garbage/junk for most of the day, and in total, everybody pulled out over 12 tons of garbage.

This year, there was a bigger turnout. It's amazing how quickly a few hundred people can really improve things in such a short time. I worked from about 10-2pm, and the river went from horrible looking to pretty freaking awesome.

Here's a vid:

Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers

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Apr 23, 2007, 07:30 PM
 
I drove my gas sipping Kia today, TWICE!

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Apr 23, 2007, 07:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Godfather View Post
I drove my gas sipping Kia today, TWICE!
I got you beat, I drove my gas chugging truck sunday. I drove it back and forth to the transfer station as I got rid my old mulch in the town dump .
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:05 PM
 
that's cool Rob. I had some friends do that for the Charles River here in MA this year. I fricking hate people who dump tires and shopping carts in rivers--my friend said she found like a hundred metal lunch trays. WTF?
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:23 PM
 
It's usually homeless people that do that. The river would have been significantly cleaner had there not been a bunch of bums living nearby it.
     
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Apr 23, 2007, 08:29 PM
 
When was earth day? Last week I started walking to work every day. That should count for something, shouldn't it?

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