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I recently purchased a(nother) waterfall book: After I placed the order, the author emailed me to mention that a few of the falls made it into the book because he'd heard about them through me! After looking through the book, all of the falls that might (ahem) fall into that category were ones I'd visited by bike. Out of the total of 50 falls listed in the book, I've visited 16 of them and again all of those by bike too. As a surprise to me there was one within a few miles of me on a creek I hadn't yet fully explored, a travesty that will soon be addressed. I bought the book because roadside falls are ideal destinations for a waterfall nut on a bicycle. I'm going to start planning some self-supported rides so that come spring I can make some loops to take in several on the same ride.

To help me not lose my mind, I have created a place where people can file their complaints. I will prioritize them and make corrections as needed. Please post all complaints here. Thanks!

Here's my view of Lake Michigan on my way home from work. It sucks to not be able to see corn stalks, or steel mills, or shopping malls, or urban blight.

If that's true, then we should all be extra nice to him and let him know how much we appreciate his providing the forum.

Someone sent me a text asking me to do them a favor on Sunday. I said that the time requested was not ok because I would still be in meeting. They said why do I have a meeting on Sunday. I said it was church. They said, "Oh you are a Shaker." I said, "No I am a Quaker" They said, "No, I've read about it, you are a Shaker." Don't you think I would know? Same thing happened once when a woman said I was walking a poodle. I said no. She said she knew her dogs and got all indignant with me.

I suspect he may not realize that we have great respect for him and his abilities; perhaps even a higher respect for him than he has for himself.

No. The poodle is a mover. Chihuahua's are shakers.

Maybe the poodle is a Shaker?

When I was a kid, my Dad would pop popcorn and give us V-8 juice to drink with it. To this day, I still love popcorn and V-8.

Next time someone says this to you, throw your hands in the air and say "You sure figured me out! As a matter of fact, I grew up near the ocean so in reality I'm actually a Salt Shaker!"

Quick phone pic from my walk after work, it was getting dark.

sad you have to deal with this. ? happy you have a place to go to vent it out. ? glad to be here. i know you said no response needed but I never did follow direction well.

If you'd like to display Snow and Lights you can use the Theme Snow and Lights. If it doesn't work, sorry. It is theoretically enabled on mobiles. It may not work. It may cause errors. If this happens, change theme. I may change the snow effects at will. If you don't like the new effect, change theme. I will not install it on other themes. If you don't like the theme I selected, sorry.

Oops, I just made another rash, poorly planned change. There is 1 theme without snow / lights called, No Snow, No Lights. All the other themes have snow and lights. I'll go back on my meds now.

Anyone who can tackle Mt. Washington and installs a micro chainring for it is pretty badass.

I have a know it all sister and after I bought my VW Tiguan we had the following discussion. Oh nice car, what is it? VW Tiguan. Uh, no it's called a Toureg That's the other model, this is a Tiguan. UH NO! It's called a Toureg UH No, Tiguan They don't make a car called that, it's called Toureg Look, I f'ing know what car I bought, come here (to back of car) what does that say? Tiguan... hmmm I could've sworn they were called Touregs... Me thinking: Just shoot me, wait f that I'll freaking shoot you...

Apply away, to any job that might remotely relate to your experience. I say this because over the course of my life I've had to make several career side-steps because the jobs that were available didn't match well to my experience. People wanted 3 years experience - I had 6 months (barely). People wanted 5 years of consulting experience - I had no 'formal' consulting experience, but I'd run a fair number of projects where I'd created the designs and written the specs myself. It was enough to get me an interview, and during the interview I emphasized the processes/programs I'd taught myself to show how I could come up to speed very quickly. One thing that I believe helped push my resume to the top was that I had a PE license. I don't imagine a PE license would help much in your particular field, but perhaps there is some training you can take based on what you see people now want. Sure, it's not pure experience, but it will both occupy your time until you land the job and will give you a measure up on the people who don't have that. They don't have to be college courses. Perhaps short 'continuing education' type courses where you earn credits for learning-hours would match your budget and your ability to commit time. Not only will the courses help, but people will see you're willing to learn on your own, see your self-initiative, and that may be enough to push your resume higher in the stack or perhaps even to where it makes the cut for an interview. I would also suggest you take a hard look at your expectations to see if they are truly realistic. People who work hard, who are conscientious, and who are good at what they do, do not like to be out of work for long. In your field the typical time between jobs may be 10 months or 15 months. It is grating to get those rejection letters when you know you can do the job, but a realistic expectation may be to get a positive reaction from only 1 in 50 applications. It's not that you 'failed' 49 times, it's that you succeeded once! Your rejection rate will be high, and that's hard to accept, but matching expectations to reality may make the rejections easier to take. A last suggestion may be to consider your letters may most often go to HR people who are half your age. Check your resume for words, phrases, or style that may cause an iPhone-in-the-face HR millennial with the attention span of a Twitter post to lose interest and set it aside. You should go after every advantage you can, so tuning up your resume to make it sound more appealing to the reader could buy you the few seconds' attention you need to make that cut. Best of luck, Indy! Have faith that your abilities and your talents will bring the job you want to you!

I was locked in a room full of dragons and wasn't allowed out until I slayed a budget deficit

The amount we were spending on eating out has been slashed. $21 last month. We ate out once. Coffee out of the house = $ <celebration>

Another resident commented on my weight loss It is little comments like that.. That keeps you Going! Work out tonight.

You could do the same job Jsharr does which is apparently nothing.

One still in the machine

Martha makes me horny.

Yay!!!! At least now you're on the right meds.

This wasn't during your month long challenge was it?

Screw you, RG!

Wilbur does not fly prop driven planes. This is Wilbur's adventure rig.

20 night miles on paved paths w/ 2 peeps.

Could we turn the snow back on and the complainers off?

Well I enjoyed it. I don't get all Christmasy, but I was glad to see it again. I am honestly disappointed in the complaining..... I could go on, but I'll leave my disappointment regarding the complaining at that.

If you think that is bad start listening to people about the Mennonites and Amish.

The author has a website http://www.nnywaterfalls.com/ where people can submit pictures, descriptions, and directions for waterfalls. A couple of times, but the attempts didn't go well. My plans were all neatly laid out in feet and inches, and they went to hell in a hand basket when I drifted over to the Canadian side where they measure everything centi-things and whatsa-meters.

Best post ever!!!!!!!!

Update on Bentley the rescue. Bentley has gotten a clean bill of health and his foster dad is starting to consider him ready for a special forever home. He likes men a lot but is good with women too, he just gravitates to men. He needs exercise to build muscle but can't do long distances or strenuous routes. 20 minutes of flat waking is good. He is untested on cats and other dogs at this point. What he loves best of all is love--- he loves hugging and putting his head on people. He doesn't like his ears pet or his front legs off the ground but he likes to be close, close to people. He is a very sweet loving dog. He was good with teenagers but probably not young children. His foster dad says he is an absolute pleasure to have in his house. His foster dad says he is oh so sweet and kind and loving. Approved homes only.

Much like the Batu Caves next door in Malaysia. Be very careful about letting them know you have food. Womaxx lost a bottle of coke to a monkey who carried it up to the top of a pole, opened it and sat there drinking it.

When I try to click on the Cafe on my mobile the Santas get in my way. And I love it!

You're a great house guest. Come out here, I have a trail rake with your name on it.

Some shots from today. A Wolfeel A White Anemone surrounded by Feather Stars A Moon Jelly A Frosted Nudibranch A Sea lion (not a good shot, but a cool position he was holding as he went by) I don't claim to be a photographer, just a random dude who takes pictures now and then. The good news it it looks like my repair job on the camera housing worked

I'm not complaining about them now. A recruiter just got me a 14% raise working just across the street from where I work now. My soon-to-be former boss is going to be pizzed tomorrow.

Can you hear your mattress squeaking all the way at work?

That is uncalled for. Neanderthals beat their women. Random Guy beats himself. Sometimes for 30 consecutive days.

I am sick of seeing his posts and thinking they are good looking Bob's posts. This crap needs to end now!

Perhaps there's a novel somewhere in there about Cheese being your long lost evil twin...

Sorry to hear that LJ, praying for some good for you and the missus.

I liked it, it was at the top of the page where it was out of the way. I don’t see how that bothered anyone. If it went down across all the posts that would be annoying.

That's cool. Someone needs to tell the US Navy about these guys.

Ye. They have an enclave in Shaker Heights, OH. Just ask RG. Damn good furniture!