Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition

my money is on Marleys car :)

and follow the white rabbit down his hole :)

Wouldn't it just be easier to follow Marley's car and see where he parks?

I do that anyway. Why would the hunt change anything?

Wouldn't it just be easier to follow Marley's car and see where he parks?

No, it'd be easier to follow the unmarked PP car that drops the Medallion off at it's hiding spot ;)

I always end up parking right next to Marley anyhow-he is like a 'chick magnet' or something ;)

I think it's his rake that turns me on...

or his girlfriend ;)

JOE!

Is that a new header up on top of the threads now?
The PF.com picture?

Either way, I still rule and you don't, so a big na na na na na to you!

Lololol! you guys crack me up! Don't know what I'd do without this lifeline to normal insanity!

Is that a compliment or a cut down? :) and NO long johns!!!

Is that a new header up on top of the threads now?

Never mind. They must have been toying with new ideas last night. It's back to the original pix now. (not that anyone cared anyway but I didn't want to seem like an idiot - at least More of an idiot anyway)

I just thought you were drunk

I'm sure I was. I forgit. The new icon was a larger version of what's there now but it was outlined in dark green and didn't have any white background. Plus it showed the ladder on the bottom left that you can't see in the current icon. It kinda reminds me of the NASA machine in the movie Contact
Contact Pod

Sure it did. ;)

Don't worry CM, I saw it too :)

and who works at a liquor store?
thats it, they were both drunk

I also saw it

Thanks LL & ESD.

Just remember the next time we decide on a little late night party we need to stay away from the computer.

LOL

a drinkin party? Can me and Shaggs come?

I saw it too...and I wasn't drunk....at least I don't think so.

Just back in from seeing Loudon Wainwright III at the Cedar Cultural Center. Great concert, and a very wonderful and intimate hall. Worth every penny of the $17 ticket. And I even enjoyed the $3 handling fee, because it wasn't for Ticketmaster.

Just remember the next time we decide on a little late night party we need to stay away from the computer.

Oh, ok, Just keep me away from the vodka :)

On Halloween night, for those of you who are brave enough, I'll be hosting a bonfire at my place in Cottage Grove. This is likely to be the last party I host here.

Part of the evening is going to include a hanunted scavenger hunt. There will be maybe 20 or so items to find and all of them will be located somewhere in the woods. The dark, scary woods! Mwah ha ha ha. It will be everyone for themselves, though it might be safer to bring a friend. Or maybe it will make for a better strategy to try hiding and scaring your competitors out of the woods. There will be a prize for the winner.

This will be on Halloween itself, Friday October 31st. There will be a bonfire which I will light at 7pm for anyone that wants to watch the initial blaze. The food will be potluck and it will be bring your own beverage (the downfall of being out of work). People are encouraged to wear costumes though it's not required. My singles club will be there too, but I think the more, the merrier.

Well I got my I-Mac today and it took me all day to set it up.

Haunted Scavenger Hunt/Bonfire

That sounds like so much fun! Damn it AW! It can't be the last party! We haven't got to experience the train yet! We unfortunately have to be here to direct the chaos I mean work, I mean party, I mean chaos...oh hell I mean partyof our first (hopefully annual) Haunted Hills Halloween.

Have fun with your new toy ESD!

That sounds like a blast AW! I am going to try to set up a sitter but we have to take andy trick-or-treating first, he's dressing up as gene simmons from KISS and I am going as peter chris :) plus we promised him we would take him trick-or-treating on the golf cart this year. I may have to hang out here till around 8:00 cuz if the liquor store get's busy I will have to go in and help out, but we will definately try to make it.

Haunted Scavenger Hunt/Bonfire

I hope we can get there - but it would be later as we already have somewhere to be that evening.

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 22) - Fred Berry, the bulb-shaped, squeaky-voiced actor famous for playing red-beret-wearing Rerunon the 1970s TV sitcom "What's Happening!", has died at age 52, police said Wednesday.

Berry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles apparently of natural causes, police Officer Jason Lee said. The county coroner was investigating, but friends said Berry had been ill because of a recent stroke.

These parties have been known to go until 3am, so if you come later, you'll just miss the lighting of the bonfire is all.

trick or treating here too-
ahhhh, I wanna golf cart :(
had one this weekend when we went golfing up north

I thought you all should all know that Miranda and I have broken up. I think its for the better. I'm doing fine with it.

Oh Kids. I'm sorry that happened. Even if you know it's for the best, it's not an easy thing to go through.

Sorry to hear that man.

Wow, that was rather unexpected. But those long distance things can be hard (not sure if that was even really a factor or not, but it can at the very least complicate or mask other problems).

Well, I know a singles club you can join ;-)

Sorry to hear that TMK:(

Wow, sorry to hear that kids, she's loosing out on a great guy :(

:(

I agree with LL Kids. Her loss. Sorry to hear that though.

Hey-I e-mailed a great 'observation' skills photo test to some of you- if you got it can you pleae pass in on to other treasure hunters-I didn't have everyone's e-mail address-I should get that list from AREEEZ! ;)

or if one of you can post it here in the forum that would be cool-
thanks

It doesn't involve looking at a picture of a kind of old house and you're looking out the window onto the yard, does it?

no :) but that sounds cool
This one you have to locate 9 faces in the picture
the more you locate the better 'slueth' you are

I thought maybe it was the one where you stare at the picture for a while, sometimes supposedly to see what's wrong with it or sometimes supposedly to see a ghost, and then after a minute it flashes this scary face at you and makes a screaming sound.

The e-mail in my preferences is valid...

  MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WARNING

WARNING ISSUED: 17:30 UTC, 24 OCTOBER 2003

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

VALID BEGINNING AT: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 25 OCTOBER

HIGH RISK PERIOD: 24-25 OCTOBER (UTC DAYS)
MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 24 - 26 OCTOBER

PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 50, 40, 40, 20 (24 OCTOBER - 27 OCTOBER)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE TO HIGH

POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY: MAIN BELT = 12 TO 18 HOURS
                                    MINOR BELT = 18 TO 24 HOURS

ESTIMATED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR LOCAL MIDNIGHT

EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: NONE

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD

AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

OREGON TO SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHERN UTAH TO SOUTHERN WYOMING AND
   POSSIBLY NORTHERN COLORADO TO NEBRASKA TO SOUTHERN IOWA TO ILLINOIS TO
   INDIANA AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO WEST VIRGINIA TO NORTHERN
   VIRGINIA TO MARYLAND. WHETHER THESE CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED WILL DEPEND
   STRONGLY ON THE STATE OF THE SPACE WEATHER DISTURBANCE BY THE TIME NORTH
   AMERICA REACHES DARKNESS. THE DISTURBANCE MAY WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BY THEN.

ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

NORTHERN FRANCE TO BELGIUM TO CENTRAL GERMANY TO NORTHERN POLAND
   TO LITHUANIA TO LATVIA TO NORTH-CENTRAL RUSSIA. EUROPEAN REGIONS ARE MUCH
   BETTER LOCATED TO OBSERVE PERIODS OF STRONG ACTIVITY WITH THIS
   DISTURBANCE.

NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHERN (PARTICULARLY SOUTHEASTERN) REGIONS OF
   AUSTRALIA MAY ALSO OBSERVE PERIODS OF ACTIVITY.

SYNOPSIS...

The impact of an anticipated coronal mass ejection has elevated levels
of auroral activity to storm sporadic levels. Periods of minor to major
auroral storming should result in visible periods of auroral activity over
widespread middle latitude regions. The best locations to observe activity
will be northern Russia and Europe. Although conditions are not yet favorable
for intense storming, this disturbance may have the potential to produce
periods of respectable auroral activity.

There is a fair chance North American observers will catch the tail-end
of the disturbance after darkness falls. It is still too early to be able to
establish firm predictions on the duration or intensity of activity,
particularly as far as 12 hours into the future. We recommend observers pay
attention to space weather conditions by visity sites such as:
www.sec.noaa.gov or www.spacew.com for updated information.

This warning will remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on
25 October. It will then be updated, downgraded to a watch or allowed to
expire altogether. It is probable it will be downgraded to a watch. There are
other disturbances enroute to the Earth that could prolong storm-level
activity for the next 48 to 72 hours. For updated information, visit:
http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html. For real-time plots of current
activity, visit: http://www.spacew.com/plots.html

PLEASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO:
                 http://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html

Heard about that on the news tonight too Terry. Hope you see some! I have an obstructed view of the north and am too lazy to go somewhere else.

Hey OT!

So far we haven't seen anything but a gazillion stars and a glow in the north. At least we're not alone. The sightings in Europe were numerous earlier when they were under dark skies. There hasn't been a reported sighting in the States yet.

And can I tell ya?!? It's not exactly warm outside!

Actually I'm fairly sure most of the US missed the storm. Earlier I was seing people posting images from the netherlands alot, and that was about the time I saw peak activity over their region (was still dark there when I was checking).

Went out for a walk tonight, luck shoulda been on my side, as I was without batteries for my digital camera. But unfortunately, nothing. I saw some coulds out reflecting the city lights, and I looked at em hard enough I tried to convince myself they were the northern lights. Got back home and checked NOAA's SEC site (which of course was busy today) and of course, no activity over any of the US. Well at least the southern states won't be posting images tonight and lording it over me :)

We might have another chance in a day or two, keep your eyes out and cameras at the ready.

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/(in case you want to keep an eye on the active regions)

Cooler site KC0GRN

MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

WARNING DOWNGRADED TO A WATCH: 07:30 UTC, 25 OCTOBER 2003

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

VALID BEGINNING AT: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 27 OCTOBER

HIGH RISK PERIOD: 26 OCTOBER (UTC DAYS)
MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 25 - 26 OCTOBER

PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 25, 40, 20, 20 (25 OCTOBER - 28 OCTOBER)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE

POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY: MAIN BELT = 12 TO 18 HOURS
                                    MINOR BELT = 18 TO 24 HOURS

ESTIMATED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR LOCAL MIDNIGHT

EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: NONE

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD

AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

OREGON TO SOUTHERN IDAHO TO WYOMING TO NORTHERN NEBRASKA TO IOWA TO
   NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO NORTHERN INDIANA TO OHIO TO PENNSYLVANIA TO NEW
   JERSEY.

ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

EXTREME NORTHERN FRANCE TO BELGIUM TO CENTRAL GERMANY TO NORTHERN POLAND
   TO LITHUANIA TO LATVIA TO NORTH-CENTRAL RUSSIA.

NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHERN (PARTICULARLY SOUTHEASTERN) REGIONS OF
   AUSTRALIA MAY ALSO OBSERVE PERIODS OF ACTIVITY.

SYNOPSIS...

Auroral activity on 24 October was disappointingly dismal for many
observers. The Earth passed through a region of the coronal mass ejection
that contained almost exclusively northward-directed interplanetary magnetic
fields (IMF Bz values were almost always positive in value). Northward
directed fields close off the "valves" and prevent solar wind energy from
entering the Earth's magnetosphere. As a result, auroral activity became
exceptionally quiet despite a raging disturbance outside of the domain of the
Earth's magnetic field. This is not uncommon for solar disturbances, but is
generally not as common to such a dominating degree. There are usually some
periods of southward-directed (negative Bz) IMF fields that help introduce
new substorm activity. But such was not the case with this widely and
INCORRECTLY publicized event. The news media hyped this disturbance up far
greater than it deserved. Most media outlets also made outrageously incorrect
claims, mixing up facts concerning a historic event in 1859 with current
far weaker activity.

The next possible interval of disturbed conditions is expected within
the next 24 hours when effects of coronal mass ejection activity from sunspot
Region 486 should impact the Earth. The predicted time of arrival of this
next disturbance is during the latter half of 25 October or the earlier part
of 26 October (UTC time). This translates to the afternoon or evening hours
of Saturday, 25 October for North America. Preferred time of impact is
estimated (very roughly) near 02:00 UTC on 26 October, which is 10 pm EDT on
Saturday, 25 October for North American observers.

Although this next disturbance is not expected to be particularly
intense, it certainly has the potential to be more geoeffective than the 24
October event (which was strongly NON-geoeffective). The timing also favors
observers in North America and Europe. This anticipated disturbance will be
an obliquely impacting (glancing blow) disturbance and will therefore be far
less intense than had the disturbance been firmly directed at the Earth.

This watch will remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on
27 October. It will then be updated or allowed to expire. For updated
information, visit: http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html. For real-time
plots of current activity, visit: http://www.spacew.com/plots.html

PLEASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO:
                 http://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html

it's the end of the World I tell yah ;P

thanks Terry- I took a drive to Stillwater last night and ran into GREEN :P - Green is looking great! - We got to meet Larry Millett -What a treat if your into St Paul history! WoW! but alas he is married...um, oh yeah...(Green had to remind me) -so am I! I bought 2 of his books.