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Wuz up this weekend?

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Tinster said:
What's everyone doing this weekend?
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I worked this morning, flew until noon then started in on a ham radio teletype contest at 1pm. I'm on one of my 1-hour breaks (need 2), the contest goes until 1am.

Tomorrow I sleep.
 
Cool! Another ham! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif Let's see, the fiancee was at a seminar today, so today involved getting dinner started (putting the ingredients in the crock pot), cleaning the fish tanks, and keeping the cats happy. Did some reading about PHP and HTML, and took advantage of CompUSA's sale on 4GB flash drives for $60. Planning to install PCLinuxOS on my laptop, but since I need windoze around for a while yet, I'll try it out on the jump drive. Went out and made sure the Midget's battery was happy, but still a bit nasty out to take it for a spin.
 
Piled the kids in the car and joined about 30 other Mini's for an an absolutely beautiful day of driving - Here. Then got home a started tearing down the newly acquired, second, project Bugeye.
 
Hmmm lesse if I can hit all the topics here.
I was out in the garage this afternoon for as long as I could trying to get the new carb adapted over to the Jeep so I'd be ready if we get any of this storm. It's running, but I need to get some new plugs, fix a seeping leak, rig up the PCV sustem and fabricate the throttle linkage (minor detail hehe), then I'll be about done.
I'll go with the previous statememt. If it's the waters edge it's the shore, If I can swim there it's a beach generally associated with sand, but there aint no sand on the shores and beaches of the fingerlakes Tons of excellent skipping stones, and fossils, but not much sand.
For instance, Seneca lake. It's mostly just shore, but there is a "public beach" in Clute Park at the south end, where there is a lifeguard on duty in the summer.
 
Jus' go find Pat Dailey.

all else is semantics.
 
Banjo said:
Hmmm lesse if I can hit all the topics here.
I was out in the garage this afternoon for as long as I could trying to get the new carb adapted over to the Jeep so I'd be ready if we get any of this storm. It's running, but I need to get some new plugs, fix a seeping leak, rig up the PCV sustem and fabricate the throttle linkage (minor detail hehe), then I'll be about done.
I'll go with the previous statememt. If it's the waters edge it's the shore, If I can swim there it's a beach generally associated with sand, but there aint no sand on the shores and beaches of the fingerlakes Tons of excellent skipping stones, and fossils, but not much sand.
For instance, Seneca lake. It's mostly just shore, but there is a "public beach" in Clute Park at the south end, where there is a lifeguard on duty in the summer.
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I've been there Banjo (you do mean just beyond the "airport" landing strip,right?), and I would call that a beach (on a lake!). Beaches can have pebbles and rocks, they are not ALL sand, and heck, like you said, its even got a life-guard!!! Does it convert to an ice-rink this time of year? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
Lake Erie don't. That'd be th' one I grew up on.
 
Spent the day in the garage. It rained all day so.....picked up and installed a new radiator, torqued the head again, connected up all the parts, soooo close to trying to turn it over. I love weekends in the garage!
 
Beach vs Shore. It's probably like "Tom-A-Toe....Tom-AH-Toe".

Sorta like "west-coasters are from Venus and east coasters are from Mars", I guess...LOL /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

Here in New Jersey, when we want to go to the Atlantic Ocean, we go "Down the shore" (a local colloquialism).

I live on a 75 acre lake and , during the Summer, I often walk to the beach (at the lake). My favorite area to go to is ~Rose's Beach~. Right now, guys are ice fishing at Rose's Beach (I kid you not).

My Irish-born parents refer to *everything* (lake or ocean) as "the seaside".

I'm driving to the southern tip of Lake Erie (and back) on Wedneday. I'll be very near the lakeside area of "Chaska Beach" when I'm there. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
bugimike said:
I've been there Banjo (you do mean just beyond the "airport" landing strip,right?), and I would call that a beach (on a lake!). Beaches can have pebbles and rocks, they are not ALL sand, and heck, like you said, its even got a life-guard!!! Does it convert to an ice-rink this time of year? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
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Hmmm I'm not sure of any air strip there.. mebbe a grass one, but no "airport" It's right at the south end of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen. right across from the Wal-Mart (what else)
It does often freeze over out about 1000 ft or so, but last I saw this year it was not frozen at all. Several other area "beaches" at smaller lakes and Reservoirs have designated "rinks" where they keep the ice clear. It's nice.
 
Yeah, I am referring to the grass strip!! That's why I "quoted" "airport", hehehe. We used to fly into there for the races in a little Piper many, many years ago, I wasn't sure it was even still there! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
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