Rep Retirement Lodge 88: What's in your stash?

[gmann]

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Good morning Lodge.

 

[goldy_331]

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Morning Lodge.

Sooo *ing busy today. Supposed to go to an interview in Owatona today. Hope I can miss it so I can get some work done on projects we already have.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Skol! Hope everyone had as good a weekend as I did.

The Uptown Bar closed?

One of they few bars I actually like going to down here...

I know, I am a little peeved. It technically isn't really Uptown, but Lyle's is about all that is left.

Uptown, the neighborhood, is more overrated than Edina.

 

[crazytechfan]

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I'm really upset that Yooper Bar isn't an option here.

And yes, that really does exist.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Morning lodge.

Got up early for no apparent reason and wasn't even tired. This is a nice way to start a Monday. Since I got to work 45 minutes early, hopefully I can get out of here a little early too.

Why the hell does a combine need a GPS? Is the cornfield located in the middle of the Amazon?

Start at edge of cornfield. Go straight. When you hit the end, turn around and continue down the line. Continue until there is no more cornfield.

I'm just throwing out the edge of a field as an example of an area that would have a low yield, there can be lots of different little areas out on the field that can have higher or lower yeilds, and when you plot that all out on a map, then the farmer will know what parts of this field will need more care, like having more fertilizer put there later on.

mrg is basically right. The combine is able to determine yield and moisture in real time as you drive across the field, as this is determined, it fills in a map of the field on a screen in the cab with a color scale, showing the yield. By looking at this we are able to tell where our low yields are and therefore where to focus our attention.

The GPS is also in the planting tractor and sprayer, so we create maps for each operation, at the end of the season we have a layer for everything we did to the field that season. In the sprayer and planting tractor we also have auto-steer to go with the GPS, so the tractor will essentially drive itself, eliminating overlaps and giving us perfectly straight rows. GPS tells the planter and sprayer exactly where we've been before, so we don't plan any extra and we don't waste any spray. It shuts off rows and sprayer nozzle 1 at a time as they get to an area already covered. Since chemicals and seed cost us over $100k a season, eliminating waste there is very beneficial.

Farming has come a long way in the last 10 years.

.....and the three on-board computers?

1 for engine controls
1 for harvesting controls (actual settings in the internal mechanisms)
1 for GPS/yield monitoring system

We really only interact with the second 2, engine controls does everything itself unless there is a problem

 

[Patman]

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If it wasn't, it should be!

They never changed the clock in the hotel room. I can't figure out how to change it. I guess I'll need to call down for a wake up call.

ok adjust the wake up time up an hour

edit: I should be off to the other convention center at Mt. Vernon Square... all the federal statistical dorks are converging upon one location but I have a meeting at 11 so I'm at work.

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Morning Lodge.

Did not get very many trick-or-treaters, so now I have too much candy.

The boy and I went to Hell, MI and back for Halloween. It was fun.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Good morning, Lodge. Cold and rainy here in 231-ville.

Getting my 26.2 tattoo done this afternoon.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Good morning, Lodge. Cold and rainy here in 231-ville.

Getting my 26.2 tattoo done this afternoon.

Apparently all your good weather is hiding in Minnesota.


Morning, Lodge. Not much happening around the house today except battening down for winter.

 

[Hammer]

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Back at work, but strangely I feel better at the office than I did 24 hours ago at home. I had a headache that caused me to sleep most of the day, and then be up until 2:30 this morning running my computer through Spybot.

 

[Sloe Gin]

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That baby does travel a lot.

I'm planning on writing a book called 99 ways to not get your azz kicked in an airport. One of them involves bringing your baby. Seriously, if you have a baby, just drive. It'll be more pleasant for everyone.

Farming has come a long way in the last 10 years.

if that's true, then why the hell does corn get more expensive every year.

Morning lodge. I like you all.

 

[bostonewe]

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I'm planning on writing a book called 99 ways to not get your azz kicked in an airport. One of them involves bringing your baby. Seriously, if you have a baby, just drive. It'll be more pleasant for everyone.

this.

It was definitely the low-light of the vacation (flying to and from Orlando)...my mother made a passing comment about how that doesn't bode well for grandchildren!

Back at the office and had 3 cups of coffee already - I'm flying high today!

 

[NMUKat82]

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Mornin Lodge. Crazy couple days coming up (explanation on facebook). Thoughts going out to those needing them and fingers still crossed for SFIS.

I'm really upset that Yooper Bar isn't an option here.

And yes, that really does exist.

Thought about it (since I recently recieved a delivery from Sayklly's and there's a stack of Yooper Bars right over there<--- ) but figured very few people would understand.

 

[DisplacedCornellian]

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Why is there no bacon option in this pole? Chocolate covered bacon FTW!

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Mornin Lodge. Crazy couple days coming up (explanation on facebook). Thoughts going out to those needing them and fingers still crossed for SFIS.


Thought about it (since I recently recieved a delivery from Sayklly's and there's a stack of Yooper Bars right over there<--- ) but figured very few people would understand.

Why is there no bacon option in this pole? Chocolate covered bacon FTW!

There should be a Dark Chocolate and Bacon Yooper Bar. It would be delicious.

Also, Sayklly's should take an option on Brenthoven's Schmacon Bar - marshmallow or nougat, graham cracker bits, and bacon bits in a chocolate shell.

 

[DisplacedCornellian]

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Tomorrow is election day, yay! An end to mindless political ads (however temporary it may be)!

 

[crazytechfan]

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Mornin Lodge. Crazy couple days coming up (explanation on facebook). Thoughts going out to those needing them and fingers still crossed for SFIS.


Thought about it (since I recently recieved a delivery from Sayklly's and there's a stack of Yooper Bars right over there<--- ) but figured very few people would understand.

Nicely done.

 

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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Is a Yooper Bar filled with termites and has a milky brown poop coating?

'Cause that's what would make sense to me.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Is a Yooper Bar filled with termites and has a milky brown poop coating?

'Cause that's what would make sense to me.

No, it's solid chocolate and shaped like the UP. Nice try though, the termites are getting sluggish this time of year and it's easier to collect them.

 

[Scarlet]

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You went to BU, and you can't put one infant with an ear infection on Ignore? That's like the 3rd best reason to go there: After that campus, you should be able to sleep through anything. I remember dozing off many nights to the peaceful sounds of the Kenmore Square bus terminal under my window . . .

A) I lived at home the first three years.
B) My complaint had nothing to do with the crying keeping me awake. It was more of an annoyance and noticing that there seems to be crying babies on EVERY flight I take.

Or you could simply compensate for the hour when you set your alarm time.

So, I was here in my room when housekeeping came by to clean the room. I asked the woman about setting the clock and if she knew how as the time was incorrect blah blah blah and she smiles, nods and says "Sheets?" Didn't understand a word I said to her.

I'm planning on writing a book called 99 ways to not get your azz kicked in an airport. One of them involves bringing your baby. Seriously, if you have a baby, just drive. It'll be more pleasant for everyone.

I would pay a little extra money for a kid-free flight. Or maybe they should pay a little more.