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Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

  • mookie will keep dreaming about (insert poster here) and fluffy pillows.

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • mookie will be dreaming about A-girls and more fluffy pillows

    Votes: 10 45.5%

  • mookie will be dreaming about golf courses and non-fluffy greens

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • mookie will be dreaming about putt-putting with the A-girls and Siamese cats

    Votes: 9 40.9%

  • Giada's melons are all that's worth dreaming about

    Votes: 11 50.0%

  • Freddy Meyer will hack mookies dreams and they won't be pretty

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • I had a dream that one day we would all have bacon!

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • All of the Lodge will be dreaming about St. Clown starting no more poll threads

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • something, something for the ladies, fill in blank here ( )

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • Twitch will have b-day dreams about hot dogs and hallways.

    Votes: 8 36.4%
  • Total voters
    22
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

hockeyplayer1015 said:
Hah. That would have been really neat.

The lower half of the BigRiver, depending on how high the water is, has lots of sand bars, and a lot of tree lined banks. Outside of the "cities" it runs through (Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez and then Baton Rouge-New Orleans), there really isn't much other than docks occasionally, fleets of barges wired together along the banks, towboats pushing barges...

That absolutely isn't to say that taking the trip from the mouth to say, New Orleans, wouldn't be extremely special. Every summer there are people who kayak/canoe/boat/even raft down the entire thing. Maybe it's because I grew up on arguably one of the most scenic rivers in the US (St. Lawrence), and also spent a summer on a coal ship on the Great Lakes, but I was a little underwhelmed about "The Mighty Mississipi".
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I'm not as schooled on rivers as I'd like to be, but I can speak for lakes, somewhat (given my state). Every time I visit Lake Minnetonka or Lake Superior (yes, very different classes of lakes), I still find some new view, or new angle, or something that blows me away. Whether it's due to location, or weather circumstance or something...it's amazing, just due to the size of these lakes relative to their classes. I'd GUESS (and this is a guess) that it goes the same for rivers....
 
Brenthoven said:
I'm not as schooled on rivers as I'd like to be, but I can speak for lakes, somewhat (given my state). Every time I visit Lake Minnetonka or Lake Superior (yes, very different classes of lakes), I still find some new view, or new angle, or something that blows me away. Whether it's due to location, or weather circumstance or something...it's amazing, just due to the size of these lakes relative to their classes. I'd GUESS (and this is a guess) that it goes the same for rivers....
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That's mostly been my experience on the rivers I've been on with work. It helps on a river that meanders back and forth (Mississippi is a great example, being mainly N-S flowing in the big picture, but it is really a series of small E-W stretches.) Obviously gives you a vast variety of perspectives.

/spoiled
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

hockeyplayer1015 said:
That's mostly been my experience on the rivers I've been on with work. It helps on a river that meanders back and forth (Mississippi is a great example, being mainly N-S flowing in the big picture, but it is really a series of small E-W stretches.) Obviously gives you a vast variety of perspectives.

/spoiled
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That's a good summary of the Mississippi. As for LS, just today I drove from Eagle River MI to Two Harbors MN before heading home to Minneapolis. The different views, coupled with the memories of Copper Harbor and beyond in that direction...basically I just need some of the rest of the Canadian portion to finish my "tour" of the Lake.
 
Brenthoven said:
That's a good summary of the Mississippi. As for LS, just today I drove from Eagle River MI to Two Harbors MN before heading home to Minneapolis. The different views, coupled with the memories of Copper Harbor and beyond in that direction...basically I just need some of the rest of the Canadian portion to finish my "tour" of the Lake.
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Ya, that is a very good stretch of it for sure.

Crossed the big lake close to a dozen times during the summer I spent up that way, from the Soo to Duluth/Superior. It's definitely almost like being on an ocean coastline, since it is so large. Miss it up there during the summer.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

hockeyplayer1015 said:
Ya, that is a very good stretch of it for sure.

Crossed the big lake close to a dozen times during the summer I spent up that way, from the Soo to Duluth/Superior. It's definitely almost like being on an ocean coastline, since it is so large. Miss it up there during the summer.
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Love seeing the ships pass by. Just something about it. You, sir, are indeed lucky. Have a couple "ship nerds" in our group. Correctly ID'd the ship last night. Want to say it was the Navigator, but don't recall offhand. They check ship schedules and everything.
 
Brenthoven said:
Love seeing the ships pass by. Just something about it. You, sir, are indeed lucky. Have a couple "ship nerds" in our group. Correctly ID'd the ship last night. Want to say it was the Navigator, but don't recall offhand. They check ship schedules and everything.
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I'd guess the Algoma Navigator, based on that (kinda a lakes ship nerd myself ;). Old habits die hard.)

It's fascinating, no doubt about it. Something most people would never realize is the massive amount of raw materials and commerce that the Lakes and the inland rivers (Mississippi/Ohio/etc) are responsible for. Coal/agricultural cargoes, especially.

Growing up, there was a lock about 10 minutes from where I lived. Summer time, I'd call virtually every morning to get a recording of the ETA of ships passing through. They had a visitor overlook where you could watch them. My parents dragged me out there more times than I can count. The seed got planted very young for me, still to this day, I shake my head at how I'm pretty much living my childhood dream.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

Good Morning Lodge.

mookie1995 said:
No cell service out in the hicks?
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Had cell service but prefer wifi when posting on USCHO. This outlet is not in the hicks, unless you think everything west of Pittsburgh is the hicks. It's a new mall in Eagan, just south of the river and MSP.
 
S'upp y'all

goldy_331 said:
Good Morning Lodge.


Had cell service but prefer wifi when posting on USCHO. This outlet is not in the hicks, unless you think everything west of Pittsburgh is the hicks. It's a new mall in Eagan, just south of the river and MSP.
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Pittsburgh IS in the hicks :p

Mookie has grandfathered unlimited data on att- regularly hit around 4-5GB each month. Laugh at those new adds offering 10GB/yr :)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

mookie1995 said:
S'upp y'all



Pittsburgh IS in the hicks :p

Mookie has grandfathered unlimited data on att- regularly hit around 4-5GB each month. Laugh at those new adds offering 10GB/yr :)
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I only get 2 G/month and I share that with Jr. I use wifi whenever I can.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

My wife and I share 15gb a month for about $60-70 per person. Never run out so far.
 
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I have used about 7 gigs so far this month, and only half done. Of course, 90% of that was live streaming the final round of The Open on my phone at work. We used to get 7gb to share, per month, got offered a free upgrade to 11 gb per month, so took that, and now get 11 for the same price we were paying for 7. Pay about the same as jf mentioned previously.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

T-Mobile here.

5 GB per month, a "stash" that you can draw from in case you go over which starts loaded with 10 GB, any unused data rolls over to the stash for up to 12 months. If I go over after all THAT, I just get throttled to 3G. $70/month (plus phone subsidy if you go that route.) And no contract as well.

I use about 3 GB per month.
 
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Heh. Grandfathered VZW unlimited. Average probably 20GB/Mo, depending how much of that month is spent at work. Currently just shy of 13 GB, but this cycle will have only included 2.5 weeks at work.)

I've been as high as 60-70 GB. Streaming the winter Olympics last go around added up.

Got a buddy who has been well above 300 GB (pictures confirmed.)
 
hockeyplayer1015 said:
Heh. Grandfathered VZW unlimited. Average probably 20GB/Mo, depending how much of that month is spent at work. Currently just shy of 13 GB, but this cycle will have only included 2.5 weeks at work.)

I've been as high as 60-70 GB. Streaming the winter Olympics last go around added up.

Got a buddy who has been well above 300 GB (pictures confirmed.)
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Quite a few years ago I had unlimited data with a local cell company. Verizon bought them out and I lost unlimited data. Class action lawsuit and I was given back my unlimited data plus a check for $750. Early last year Verizon called me and stated that as long as I kept my phone (iPhone 4) I could keep unlimited data but as soon as I swiched phones I would lose it. I said "f u" and moved along. Very next day my vowels quit working on my iPhone keyboard. Couldn't be fixed so I bought a iPhone 5. Coincidence? S o b's.
 
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