I'm near Hancock, at about 2,200 feet up, overlooking Cannonsville Reservoir and Rte 10.
On Rte 17 it is exit 87A. It is between Roscoe and Binghampton.
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On Rte 17 it is exit 87A. It is between Roscoe and Binghampton.
I had a big manual office typewriter for years. It had to weight 40 lbs or more. It was in excellent shape. Nobody would buy it and I just couldn't bear to throw it away. Ultimately I donated it to a theatre group who used it as a prop in plays.I learned to type on an old school mechanical typewriter, back when I was a kid. The kind that punches an inked tape onto the paper. The force you have to use and the actual distance you have to press each key sure make for some good practice.
My mother found a way older typewriter than the one I learned on, at a thrift store or something, that she has at her place, for decoration... I love it, especially the brand name! (although I don't know if it actually was the same company as the gun manufacturer.)
I took less than a few days of typing as they had messed my schedule up really bad, then once I couldn't catch up, because I started a week late, they finally got me into my actual classes. Two weeks of screwing around to get me into the right courses, half the time folks don't believe me when I tell them this stuff as it's not supposed to happen that way, not sure why I seem to be in that club. I also never got a certificate for 2yrs at the tech school because they changed the sheet metal fab course to heating and cooling so I didn't qualify for either. One of the things that upset me most at the time that went sideways, was when they changed the age you could buy alcohol from 18 to 21 the yr before I turned 18. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all
.So, back to the typing... I still type 100 words a minute even though I didn't finish but one complete week of the class, the only problem is that it take me 20 minutes to fix all the mistakes
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I did some research. Seems the cold may not kill them (entirely), but it can slow them down and give the trees a fighting chance.
-20° F can kill 79% of them, and -30° F can kill 98% of them.
Trouble is, the ones near the ground will rarely get that cold, but at least I know the cold temps up there does slow them down!
This helps to explain why my Ash trees up there are still alive when the ones down here (of any size) are all dead.
-20° F can kill 79% of them, and -30° F can kill 98% of them.
Trouble is, the ones near the ground will rarely get that cold, but at least I know the cold temps up there does slow them down!
This helps to explain why my Ash trees up there are still alive when the ones down here (of any size) are all dead.
I have no doubts about any of this! When the colleges with which I was associated changed requirements you were allowed to finish the program as it was in the catalog when you started. If not for that a lot of students would have had one or more additional semesters added to their program. Public schools... they don't give two craps about things like that. They wouldn't let one of my life long friends graduate over something stupid... He got the last laugh. He attended an open enrollment community college and then went to a 4 year school and grad school. Now he's retired and living in his 10,000 sq ft house with a huge financial cushion.I took less than a few days of typing as they had messed my schedule up really bad, then once I couldn't catch up, because I started a week late, they finally got me into my actual classes. Two weeks of screwing around to get me into the right courses, half the time folks don't believe me when I tell them this stuff as it's not supposed to happen that way, not sure why I seem to be in that club. I also never got a certificate for 2yrs at the tech school because they changed the sheet metal fab course to heating and cooling so I didn't qualify for either. One of the things that upset me most at the time that went sideways, was when they changed the age you could buy alcohol from 18 to 21 the yr before I turned 18. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all
So, back to the typing... I still type 100 words a minute even though I didn't finish but one complete week of the class, the only problem is that it take me 20 minutes to fix all the mistakes
I still have my Kaypro 10 with the 6" green phosphors screen!
I used to break it out for the kid's party's when they were younger. It was like have a Model T - Computer. They loved playing aliens and pong on it.
It has been stored under the stairwell for a long time now.
I used to break it out for the kid's party's when they were younger. It was like have a Model T - Computer. They loved playing aliens and pong on it.
It has been stored under the stairwell for a long time now.
I've still got a TI-99... a TV served as the monitor.
My Mom used to do 85 WPM w/o errors, which was considered pretty good at the time.I took less than a few days of typing as they had messed my schedule up really bad, then once I couldn't catch up, because I started a week late, they finally got me into my actual classes. Two weeks of screwing around to get me into the right courses, half the time folks don't believe me when I tell them this stuff as it's not supposed to happen that way, not sure why I seem to be in that club. I also never got a certificate for 2yrs at the tech school because they changed the sheet metal fab course to heating and cooling so I didn't qualify for either. One of the things that upset me most at the time that went sideways, was when they changed the age you could buy alcohol from 18 to 21 the yr before I turned 18. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all
So, back to the typing... I still type 100 words a minute even though I didn't finish but one complete week of the class, the only problem is that it take me 20 minutes to fix all the mistakes
Sierra_rider
Piss revver
I intentionally took typing... After playing with Fortran and APL in the IBM Explorer Post while in HS I figured I'd probably spend a lot of time behind a keyboard during my life. Looking back, it still astounds me how many high paid programmers, analysts, managers and executives I worked with that were 2 to 4 finger typists. For me typing is faster than printing or writing and I don't like things that slow down my thinking!
The ol' "hunt and peck" style of typing.
There's an older guy I work with that utilizes this style of typing...what makes it worse is that he's far-sighted and is always adjusting his readers. He'll be trying to type a report or an email, I'll just go into our office and push him aside...I just tell him to dictate whatever he wants me to type or give me the details of the report. He thanks me for being so helpful, I remind him that I'm not doing it because I'm helpful, but rather because I need to use the computer too.
Yeah it kinda sucked, but I've managed to get by, still don't have that 10k square ft home, but I think I'll be alright lol.
My wife had no problem with that either, she used to laugh at my hunt and peck, but I'm actually pretty quick at it and have worn the keypads out on a few laptops, that's with using covers on them. Funny how quick you can see who "knows" how to type when the a bunch of the keys are worn out
.These ones aren't too bad.
Then under the cover, been thru many of the covers, I like the husky orange, not sure if they offer them in stihl orange lol.
Sierra_rider
Piss revver
I'm feeling much better now. I started getting the chills on friday night, on saturday I felt absolutely miserable. My fever peaked by saturday night, started to taper off Sunday morning and was gone by noon yesterday. Today I feel like a new man, I still feel some crap in my throat, so I'm not going to do anything too active...but I'm surprised how quickly it went away considering how bad the symptoms were at peak.
I've actually got a over-active immune system, it causes other issues that I have had to deal with, but a side benefit is that I don't get very sick often or for very long.
And here I thought you were overlooking the Hudson River when I saw those pics. Now I understand why it takes 2.5 hours to get up there.
I didn't know dodge made a 396
By road little over an hour . But as the crow flies not far . I’m at just under 1300 ft
My Kubota will scrape much better than the Boss plow because the tractor has downward pressure where as the Boss blade only has the blades weight I use the kubota to bust up ice on the driveway
Most of the NYC reservoirs were created by damning up streams, so many of them look a lot like rivers in places (see attached).
They are also often named after the towns they buried, which caused a lot of resentment from folks whose families had lived in those towns for generations.
You can compensate people to move, but you can't give them their town back.
Bordens condensed milk used to be in Brewster NY, but the NYC reservoirs closed so many dairy farms they moved their operation.
The reservoirs also have many restrictions ... no motor or sail boats, and no swimming. Row boats are only allowed by permit, and either have to remain at the reservoir and get steam cleaned before they re-enter.
I used to fish from shore at some of the local reservoirs, but you can't do it anymore. The lawn fertilizers, etc make it impossible to retrieve any line you throw out (too much vegetation). Very disappointing, I've taken my grandsons a few times and had to return home w/o ever getting a line wet.
My property is to the West of Rte 268, in that section where you can see the reservoir to the North, East and West. The nearest town is Apex. Actually, NYC DEP property blocks my Northern view, but I can see the reservoir both East and West.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...9b097ec3800f7f!8m2!3d42.0941433!4d-75.3208107
We just had our driveway sealed in the Fall. I'd hate to be destroying it already with my bucket. If it does it does. My truck is mostly used for plowing our road nextdoor and my woodlot road. The tractor is normally used for our uphill driveway now except when it is really cold out.
That is a good thing.
I do the same if I am on my own land. Others property I look for horizontal lines with 4 legs.When I’m in the woods deer hunting I look at all the hazard trees, all the trees that might yield interesting boards, and all the firewood opportunities. It’s a pleasant treat when critters happen by.…
23* here and it almost feels like Spring. It was so warm that I went out and installed my new hydraulic toplink on my tractor. I should have bought this back in 2016.
