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[veedubtek]

I'll tell ya. This lakehouse life is rough. I don't know how some of you lucky bastards have done it for so long...

 

[justason]

I'll tell ya. This lakehouse life is rough. I don't know how some of you lucky bastards have done it for so long...

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What lake did u end up on?

 

[veedubtek]

What lake did u end up on?

High Rock, in Lexington. The only thing close enough (that we could afford) where Karie could commute from (she works alot of weekends).

 

[swatski]

Where did I go wrong...?




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[zipper]

Playing with the panorama setting, trying not to put wrinkles on a lake of glass yesterday.

Great weather and a flat lake made for a good long cruise, to the New York side, later.

 

[MattFX4]

Made it to an Atlanta Braves game in the new stadium Friday. I loved Turner Field but SunTrust Park is NICE!

However, whoever runs the scoreboard at the end of the game needs to brush up on their teams. It was the Marlins vs Braves, not the Miami Dodgers.


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I was there opening night and it was crazy! The stadium is across the street from my office so I have walked over to a few games after work. It's much nicer than Turner Field with all the bars and restaurants on site.

 

[Scuba_ref]

Where did I go wrong...?

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It looks to me like you are doing it right!

 

[2nazt]

My brother-in-law and I after he presented my certificate of completion from the Fire Academy! Next step is Paramedic school and working on getting hired, what a tough last 12 weeks to finish this program! Now I can enjoy the boat and S. Florida for the next week and a half!!!

 

[Speedling]

My brother-in-law and I after he presented my certificate of completion from the Fire Academy! Next step is Paramedic school and working on getting hired, what a tough last 12 weeks to finish this program! Now I can enjoy the boat and S. Florida for the next week and a half!!!


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congrats! I tested awesome, got through interviews, and never got hired as they had staffing cuts at the place I wanted to serve at! Good luck man! I know it's a lot of hard work and I hadn't even started Paramedic so enjoy it while you can!
My brother went to Academy in Florida and had no problem getting a job up here by Chicago. The starting salary is... well.... a lot better up here than down there!

 

[Julian]

 

[KXCam22]

A bit of fire smoke on the lake. Cam.

 

[Scuba_ref]

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It is hard to tell where the lake ends and the smoke begins!

 

[Julian]

 

[GTBRMC]

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All you need is upgraded glasses and you'll look just like Harry!

 

[ToddW850]

I was there opening night and it was crazy! The stadium is across the street from my office so I have walked over to a few games after work. It's much nicer than Turner Field with all the bars and restaurants on site.

Lucky Dog! Wish my office was across the street! But then I'd be broke.

 

[MattFX4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7_B1KOpLw&sns=em

Wonder why this never caught on??

 

[Julian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7_B1KOpLw&sns=em

Wonder why this never caught on??

Probably for the same reason that flying tubes were pulled from the market...impact with water at speeds greater than 20mph from a height are bad for the health! (I modified your post to embed the video-just click on the film strip in the header to do this in the future)

 

[ToddW850]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7_B1KOpLw&sns=em

Wonder why this never caught on??

Holy Smokes! Looks fun! Good question why it never caught on. But what's up with the guy in the slacks and coat in the Giroboat? Haha! No swim suit or life jacket?

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[MattFX4]

Probably for the same reason that flying tubes were pulled from the market...impact with water at speeds greater than 20mph from a height are bad for the health! (I modified your post to embed the video-just click on the film strip in the header to do this in the future)

Ok cool thanks. Yeah that things looks like a decapitation waiting to happen.

 

[biglar155]

Just back from vacation at the In-Law's place.

No boating, but managed to do a lot of shooting out back with the boys. I have to confess I've had my SR1911 for a little over a year now and before this week it was still "New In Box." 500 rounds later it's all broken in now...

Here's my personal baseline after 20 years of no regular shooting - and my first time REALLY shooting something bigger than a 9mm (31 rds at 50 ft):

Also had the Mark II along for some budget-minded fun:

Both pistols performed well over 5 days of shooting. The Mark II was flawless over 1000+ rounds of both brand-new Winchester Super-X and the some 20-year-old Federal bulk stuff. This actually surprised me as I seem to recall it being more finicky.

The SR1911 had two failures to go into battery early on. Both were around round number 80 and 90. I attribute this to break in. I cleaned her that afternoon and she ran another 400 rounds w/o so much as a hiccup.

I also introduced both boys (and later my nephew) to .22 pistol shooting. They were both crazy about it and rapidly ate up all that old ammo I had brought with me. In the end I had to assign a box of 100 to each of them and tell them they could use it any way they wanted over the last two days but once it's gone, it's gone.

I let John try his hand at the 1911. He liked it, but much preferred the low recoil of the Mark II.

At the end of the last day I did a little clean-up and wound up with this:

It wasn't all shooting though. There was a lot of swimming in the In-Law's pool, some go-carting,

(I HIGHLY recommend JD Indoor Karting in Novi MI for both kids and adults)

and a trip to The Parlour in Jackson MI for a "Junior" sized banana split the size of my head:

John and I shared this dietary fiasco. 6 Lactaid pills (for me) later we managed to finish it - something we couldn't do last year. Next year we'll see if we can tackle the full-size version.


So we're home now. The guns are all clean, the ammo shelf is empty, laundry is being done, and we are all recovering from a busy week visiting.

Back to work on Monday I guess.... Sigh.