I wanna meet another DU'er

Anyone?

Mmmm mmm good! :9

Yeah, in the flesh.

I hear all these fun stories from other DU'ers and meanwhile I am sitting here behind the computer.

:(

it's a long ways, but I ain't got nothing better to do.

how's that going for ya?

and that's pretty much it :D

:(

We can go get something to eat and scout locations for the spring Sacto meetup. :D

:hi:

I was there last week to (not) eat turkey with my cousins.

Are you free during the week, or only on weekends?

the big issue is when I can get somebody to watch LeftyKid. Thursdays and Fridays are best, since his Dad's off work and can take him.

Edit: Also Mother India's vegan buffet is on thursdays. :D

Weekends are cool. :)

:hi:

What part of Sac do you live in?

And how many feet of water will you get if the levees fail?

(been reading too much sacbee :P )

Levee wise, I'm not in one of the areas of certain fuckage like Natomas, my concern is how I'd get out of town if I needed to during a bad flood. I guess if nothing else I could head south to my Dad's. The creek he's on floods father south and he's not in an area that would be effected by a levee break.

You ever go to the fox and goose?

:blush:

:evilfrown:

which is pretty darn cool too!

I worked for OI on and off for almost 20 years

where would it be?

:shrug:

sorry :shrug:

but OI is still family owned and they have a nice back room and serve a nice lunch on weekdays. it's very quiet durning the afternoon hours until the bands start up

but if it were me, I always loved the river spots. there's a whole group of them on the river but maybe not so much in the winter time

I might be able to make it. :shrug:

I won't really start planning until I get back from vacation in January.

My last trip to the doctor in Sacto about did me in, but by spring I should be a lot better. (I hope.) :D

I'm thinking March, since the weather should be decent for traveling by then.

Is your bone fusion taking well?

I have been in much less pain lately. I'm going to finish my two music classes, probably with A's in both. :)

:woohoo:

:hi:

all about the birds there!

:hug:

I need to take a trip down south sometime soon for Channel Island Scrub Jay, but I could meander...

:D

Not much further south from the Channel Islands!

Meandering is good!

:woohoo:

but then I lost my list.... :(

So I need to go back there! :D

Heerman's gulls and Western gulls and Brandt's cormorants and black-footed albatrosses and common loons! I need a better local bird educations. :)

:P

One evening I took a stroll at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey and found some black-capped night herons. I was so psyched I called my mother and made her look them up in my bird book. I knew they were some kind of heron and I was guessing they were a "night heron," as well. Not too many bird species are truly nocturnal.

They were all over the place at the wharf. Unfortunately, one had met an untimely end in the water. I bet a sea lion played with him until he died or something. :( :shrug:

On edit: black-crowned night herons, not black-capped...I'm thinking of black-capped lories or something. :crazy:

I have a night-heron skull....

oops...did I say that out loud? :D

I wonder what killed it? :shrug:

But I'm fearless!

Fearless of germs and the Department of Fish and Game alike!

:D

I need someone to go out with me and make fun of young repubs.

but it's too cold for this little gull in the winter. :scared:

California is too warm for this polar bear. But, from what I've heard, it's a hell of a lot of fun.

anyone lived out this way. I'm in Fairfax County. I generally only go into DC on weekends, though. It's a madhouse during the week.

But HWY 49 is a bitch. }(

but then I moved to Redding after I lost my jobby job.

We should still totally get together sometime though.

I'm less worried about driving from Redding to where you are than I am about driving that one section of 49. :P

to where you were? :)

:P

Fundies, tweekers, white supremacists.... but Redding's a bigger town, so there are also more liberals too!

We had Amy Goodman here and the place sat about 1000 and it was standing room only!

and Ellay. Maybe a little closer to Ellay.

Just sayin'...

:shrug:

Where the earthquakes live. And not much else.

and I've never been to pinnacles.

You bird?

But the Pinnacles, o' course, is a haven for raptors.

not a bad time of year for ducks and shorebirds, either...

He's the publisher of the weekly newspaper here, an anthro-environmentalist (I just made that up) and a helluva cool guy.

If you want, I'll PM you with his e-mail address.

That should be enough. :P

Or even better, buy me gas for $3.74 a liter or whatever the hell it is there?

Cool....

wow....

One allowed sex thread will take care of that. :evilgrin:

What are you on about?

Maybe you and HEyHEY should arrange something...

:P

You can't step into the same Lounge twice.

But I found the cat thread alarming. :P

And, of course, a target list.

I was there back in January!

I still need Rusty Blackbird, Tamaulipas Crow, Dickcissel, Masked Duck, Muscovy Duck, Aplomado Falcon, Magnificent Frigatebird, Purple Gallinule, Hudsonian Godwit, Lucifer Hummingbird, Jacana, Hook-Billed Kite, Chestnut Collared Longspur, Smith's Longspur, Tropical Parula, Red-Billed Pigeon, Sprague's Pipit, Wilson's Plover, all Prairie Chickens, Yellow Rail, Buff-Breasted Sandpiper, White-Collared Seedeater, Baird's Sparrow, Henslow's Sparrow, Sandwich Tern, Black-Capped Vireo, Golden Cheeked Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, Fulvous Whistling Duck, American Woodcock, and Sedge Wren.

You need any California birds?

and I've been on DU for over 2 years now.

It could happen.

I'll be more than happy to make your acquaintance.

:hi:

How do you like it there?

(it's a very pretty state!)

with the exception of military service (1976-81) and university work in Germany and Poland (1994-96).

I have thought about leaving, but I am rather close to my family and I do have a good career as a school teacher so I never have. I feel that it is important to bring as much of the outside world to my students as possible; and I do enjoy my work with young people.

My hometown, Columbia, is not exactly what many may think. We have a large university here which brings in many people from around the country and the world. One reason we have so many students from the northeast is that our out of state tuition is cheaper than their in state tuition. Therefore, we do have many progressive people. Also, in contradiction to our national reputation of being republican, the local government in my area is about 80% Democrat.

My second home is my family's house at Litchfield Beach which lies about midway between Charleston (beautiful with an amazing culture) and Myrtle Beach (ugly and "tourism on the cheap"). My grandparents built the house in the 1950s and we have had it ever since. It took a beating in 1989 during hurricane Hugo, but remained intact. This is where I spend my summers and "down time" from teaching.

In which part of California do you reside? Your state is so big it is almost like a whole country by itself. I responded to your thread about east coast DUers and our impressions of CA. But I only passed through LAX, Camp Pendleton (one week) and the San Diego airport.

:hi:

which is WAY up north and inland. It's not near much of anything other than mountains (Shasta and Lassen, among others).

I'm sure South Carolina is far more liberal and educated than Redding. :P

Or did you move there from somewhere else?

Would love to meet you, XemaSab... but you knew that. Chance I may head to California (LA) in February, but that seems a long time off.

I'll be there next week. :hi:

Perhaps some other time? :)

I'd love to meet ya. :pals:

In fact, skygazer and I just discovered we live really close to one another and we're meeting up for lunch next Tuesday! I'm so excited!

:hi:
Shine

LeftyMom, CrazyG, Oetipus, You.... down to Peggy and Woof, up via LadyHawk....

Good times, good times....

WOW!

I've got several DU'ers who will attest to the glorious reality that is ME!

you live very far away from me. :D

My real name is Laura. I am married with two kids, and make my living as a real estate appraiser. I was born in Wisconsin...but moved here, sadly, to Michigan some time ago. My hobbies are basically reading and sleeping and watching football. I also enjoy getting out there and doing stuff with my kids. :hi:

It's nice to meet you.