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2nd-ROUND UPDATE, POSTED @ 10:45am.,Thurs.,FEB 5th, 2009 !
5 DOWN, 5 TO GO All songs are in the 'main 20 albums' ================================================== ======== - THE ...THAT'S IN A LIGHTFOOT SONG ? - LIST ============== Q336 .... wild waves .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q337 .... dig - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q338 ... shadows lick .... - X mandoann gets it with 'Rosanna' Q339 Batterred .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q340 .... man child - X formerlyLavender gets it with 'Mama Said' Q341 .... desperately - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q342 Hidden .... - X Ron gets it with 'Knotty Pine' Q343 Passion .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q344 .... alibi .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Anything for Love' Q345 .... insane .... - X oTJ gets it with 'Stay Loose' ================================================== ======== All songs written by: Gordon Lightfoot . 5 TO GO ! HAVE FUN ! :headbang: :clap: :cool: |
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Q336 .... wild waves ....
In the sunset the wild waves are calling, my shadow is following you Go My Way Q339 Batterred Battered and bruised I have pulled myself through Welcome to try Q343 Passion .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Passion burning bright Right at the end of Only Love Would Know Q341 .... desperately The dead leaves of autumn that cling so desperately Peaceful Waters I've been listening to a lot of GL lately! |
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============================== DETOUR TO NEXT POST Yes, just blindly looking say in Lightfoot.ca would be a very large undertaking.. . But the method you speak of -the 4 or so guesses as candidates, then validating one of the 4 in lightfoot.ca - very smart. Even at that, I say there's a reason the regular and sporadic player's list in total is a short one. I think when all this started out - I was giving 4 -6 increasingly shorter clues - but they were 6 words , 5 words, etc., on down to the ultimate ...lol hard clue -two words or so ! Or one, if definative..... and more people played. But when, as explained in the next paragraph, the player count went down, what in fact preceeded that er...factoid by timing alone w/o yet inferring any corrolation, was that clue length grew shorter, and the player's roster grew..shorter. It might have been only a spurious corrolation, or, as I postulate below (sounds like something a man doesn't want to have done at the doctor...lol) - there could have been a few reasons I think interesting myself to overthink and overanalyze.....but who cares ? lol.... its only cyber-space - in theory, infinite. In practice, while memory and disk are now cheap in relative terms, but remain the only limitation to ..infinite. (?). Even I would object to post lengths that long ;~) . And.... just because I logistically can cheaply (relative term only) do long threads til 'late, or turn in early and start very early, either way, my point is while I can write long thinking-out-loud posts, doesn't make them polite to do too much. As long as I can get my point out, I still need to work on more on shorter, more concise posts. Hence below a "4th option" in keeping with that concept ;) lol.. I'd guess for 4 reasons the player count decreased over time. When the game was new, players in comparitive droves came in and gave 'er a try with a polite word and either liked it and stayed, or came back later when the page was not a maze of head-ache-inducing colours (actually Char they have allways been white, you are suffering flashbacks; from the late 60's lol...) or were a peek in, and saw it was not their cuppa, and said or inferred politely a 'no-thanks' because - big theorist here lol NOT: 1st -to simply check it out -the thread- with a polite try shot at it, and then a polite 'sorry no thanks', or ...we just never saw them again..lol.. 2nd: the game got increasingly harder, due to: as the play started going so fast in keeping with those who were excelling in it, or -enjoying it- more, it was very hard for me to keep up with, and stay ahead of the curve, and so it seemed warranted by virtue of player's speed to cut down clue length, & the clues shortened to 1-2words, and that further either cut down on those who were able to play that fast, or just enjoyed it still and would answer when one or two struck their fancy, or no longer enjoyed it at that rate maybe ? - I dunno 3rd. perhaps was the initial novelty alone of a new thread of the type with an intrinsically high 'check it out' nature - not from any of my doings - the quiz formats, while different over time had a long history, and people remembered older ones, and naturally poked in I guess, and after checking it out, the majority, in fact, IMO simply chose that that type of game was not of interest, however well-adapted to it they may have been, by virtue of how the valleys and hills in their grey matter was arranged, not how much brain power they posessed. Rather, what 'type' of leisure thinking did they prefer I guess. OK.... their may have been a couple of people "not up to the task" early-on, to be kind, but danged if I know who !..lol....j/k, its been my experience that Lightfoot fans inherantly tend to be ..well, smart ! So, what I'm saying is, nowadays, you and other regulars plus the shortlist of faces we have periodically pop in and out ( & much welcomed I might add), are the only people that (can and want to, or can but do not enjoy) mentally process(ing) info in this fashion for entertainment purposes - they do complex things at work - and want to come home, relax, and watch Benny Hill and Red Green ! ...lol., in so far as those who have tried -I think you guys are some of the the most adaptive minded, or posessed of thinking patterns that happen to be suited to this, and want to, cause there are plenty just as sharp minded that have played, and politely peeled out, never to be seen again in this thread. I'm surely not saying other corfidites are not as smart; not at all. Rather, I am talking about regardless of intellect level, its I think a particular mode of thought that some posess and or simply enjoy, while other people posess other strengths and varying modes of thought. Not better or worse - just.different. If the game matches the favoured or strongest thought patterns in the non-player-the shoe may fit, but they don't care for the style. I think thats the brilliant metaphor, I was searching for. Hah-says the little Machiavellian cynic on my shoulder. They probably just thought the game sucked ! lol Thanks for the input Ron- I was only curious. Veddy schhmart, Hogan. PS - a 4th possible reason: who knows; who cares; lets play....lol I figure that'd be your likely choice, oh man of few but well-reasoned words ! |
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You're known 'round these here parts as being the fastest 4-song gun in the West lately, but you just aced a grand total in this list including the above - 5 songs in one list ! I'd say you've been listening to a lot of Lightfoot lately ! To avoid the following largely meaningless crap, simply go directly down to:OK BACK TO BIZ The rest is making fun of my mother-in-law , some of you may enjoy reading out of sheer principal.....lol.. 'cause, you see, I ain't been feeling quite right - had the shootin' pains - since Reagan took office and was puttin' that shoe polish in his hair ! Well if I die tomorrow, and I am not feelin' quite well you know....sniff. I'll die happy - knowing that I just might have contributed to some corfidites listening to more of what they love - Lightfoot..... . When maybe...just maybe.. other-wise they might notta listened quite as much ! Yes ma'am I'll die a happy man - see'in's how I do have the shootin pains....and that catch in my side I been worryin' about... I just know its somethin' deadly....my days are numbered - and I'm PROUD to have know you all... my priv- OH SHUT UP STEVE AND JUST PLAY, WILL YA ? - YEA WELL YOUR MOTHER WEARS.. oh ok sorry 'bout that... the peanut gallery - I let 'em get to me cause of the Roomatiz and the Lumbardo, or Lumbago, whatever it is thats takin me for sure... - Special announcement - the preceeding histrionic over-acting and psychogenic-origin medical complaints are actually based on geo steve's mother-in law, who has been swearing she's been dying for 25 years now - mind you the doctor has not said so, nor has he said openly he's concerned about anything, but she is 98% Pure Prime Grade AAA Hypochondriac, lately renamed psychogenic-based illness to fool patients and not let 'em know the doctor's on to 'em, but they can 'validate treating them' for nothing now that the new name for Hypochindriasis has been issued, and also cleverly been assigned a diagnosis code, which means - thats right folks - they can 'treat' psycho-genesis and bill for it, but the patients don't like the way the diagnosis sounds, so they either lie like hell to family, or they suddenly 'get better' - and don't need that damn Doctor, anyway ! Didn't know diddly ! Every 25 years I get my Mother-in-Law a sympathy card, she just loves 'em ! But even so maintains I'm a stupid a88 ! OK BACK TO BIZ The following songs and respective clue numbers Jenny has gotten correctly and the intended songs as well ! : Q336 Go My Way Q339 Welcome to try Q341 Peaceful Waters Q343 Only Love Would Know I have not done this in awhile, and I think today it is well warranted : CONGRATULATIONS!, Jenney ! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :headbang: :cool: :biggrin: |
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3rd-ROUND UPDATE, POSTED @ 9:40am.,Fri.,FEB 6th, 2009 !
Jenney Lights Up The Saturn 5 Rocket -Thats '5' for Her Nailing 5 of the 10 in this list ! A New Record ! WOW ! :clap: - How 'Bout A Big Congrats to Jenney ! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Just...One....To....GO ! All songs are in the 'main 20 albums' ================================================== ======== - THE ...THAT'S IN A LIGHTFOOT SONG ? - LIST ============== Q336 .... wild waves .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Go My Way' Q337 .... dig - X Jenney gets it with 'HnagDog Hotel Room' Q338 ... shadows lick .... - X mandoann gets it with 'Rosanna' Q339 Batterred .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Welcome to Try' Q340 .... man child - X formerlyLavender gets it with 'Mama Said' Q341 .... desperately - X Jenney gets it with 'Peaceful Waters' Q342 Hidden .... - X Ron gets it with 'Knotty Pine' Q343 Passion .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Only Love Would Know' Q344 .... alibi .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Anything for Love' Q345 .... insane .... - X oTJ gets it with 'Stay Loose' ================================================== ======== All songs written by: Gordon Lightfoot . 9 DOWN AND ONLY ONE TO GO ! ! HAVE FUN ! :headbang: :clap: :cool: |
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Q337 .... dig
The kind of gig I can really dig hANGDOG hOTEL rOOM |
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Jenney,
Stop It !!!! You just solved 60% of the latest 10 quizzers. No wonder geosteve is expressing concern over diminishing participation....... Just kidding. I'm impressed. I'll bet you don't even need to use 'Post It' note pads. |
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she might get most of the answers but she doesnt know how to turn off her caps lock key in that last post! :)
as for "dig", i was trying to think of a digging theme, as in witha shovel! |
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she told me at the beginning of the week she had a million things to do AND work...methinks she's been sitting and listening to Lightfoot tunes 24/7...
;) and I've been busy getting the Lightfoot covers et al organized so haven't been able to play... can ya dig it? |
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That last one got me for awhile, I was trying to think of all the songs about mining, etc. Then I just decided since it was at the end of a verse, I'd think of what rhymed with dig. Big, dig, fig, gig! And that's my secret! I've been listening all week to SSOL, so Go My Way was easy. And Joveski is right, the caps key confounded me!
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Holy Cow Jenney !- an un-precedented SIX SONGS in one list ? There must be some Congressional Medal for that ! Unbelievable ! - Maybe I'll have to go to half-word clues ! lol Well done. I'll post it ! |
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4th and Finishing round ! POSTED @ 8:30pm.,Sat.,FEB 7th, 2009 !
Jenney wins the final round with an un-precedented 6 wins in one set ! I have to do this to celebrate - I'm pulling out one of the ...er. very colorful celebratory banners ! Jenney - and everyone else - you all got some of these hard ones ! We are done with this set, and ready for a new set of 10 ! CONGRATULATIONS! Jenney! - and everyone else that played ! All songs are in the 'main 20 albums' ================================================== ======== - THE ...THAT'S IN A LIGHTFOOT SONG ? - LIST ============== Q336 .... wild waves .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Go My Way' Q337 .... dig - X Jenney gets it with 'Hangdog Hotel Room' Q338 ... shadows lick .... - X mandoann gets it with 'Rosanna' Q339 Batterred .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Welcome to Try' Q340 .... man child - X formerlyLavender gets it with 'Mama Said' Q341 .... desperately - X Jenney gets it with 'Peaceful Waters' Q342 Hidden .... - X Ron gets it with 'Knotty Pine' Q343 Passion .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Only Love Would Know' Q344 .... alibi .... - X Jenney gets it with 'Anything for Love' Q345 .... insane .... - X oTJ gets it with 'Stay Loose' ================================================== ======== All songs written by: Gordon Lightfoot . This set is done, and we are ready for a new set of 10 ! ! HAVE FUN ! :headbang: :clap: :cool: |
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I'll post a new 10 ASAP !
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OK HERE ARE TEN NEW CLUES, POSTED @ 3:45am.,Sun.,FEB 5th, 2009 !
FAST GAME-PLAY BLAH-BLAH SKIPPER; READ THE NEXT SENTENCE, AND THEN SKIP TO "SKIP BLAH BLAH" IN YELLOW. NEXT SENTENCE: All the songs are AMONG his most famous, in relative terms safest objective measure is commercial $ and airplay, and ALL songs clues are in .....word,word.... format - clue word, comma, clue word, all mid-verse.Now skip blah blah if you wish. The blah blah is however about the songs. You'll only have to pick from at MOST 15 songs in your head for all these, given the time period. If you want the time period and other helpful hints - READ THE BLAH-BLAH ....lol... HAVE FUN ! CLIFF-NOTES VERSION: (HALFWAY BETWEEN SKIP BLAH-BLAH AND READING ALL THE BLAH BLAH).......LOL - DO THIS: READ AT LEAST THE BOLD WHITE WORDS, AND PREFERABLY THE ITALICIZED' 2ND, AND MORE SIGNIFICANT NARROWING OF SONGS TO CONSIDER, AND UNIFORM CLUE FORMAT The frst, was in the last set - as an after-thought, I found some of the most surprising words from verse in his songs, and called it 'The "THESE ARE WORDS IN HIS SONGS ?" -LIST. 2ND LIST NOW - you only have to pick from a dozen or so songs ! But here's the catch - the clues are more vague, not intentionally, but what was intentional was pre-determining the clue format, and then finding the best clues I could for you. THEY ARE ALL OUT OF HIS 12 OR SO MOST ...SUCCESSFUL SONGS (NOT 'BEST'), BIGGEST COMMERCIALLY -AND DAMN GOOD SONGS FOR THAT MATTER. They could be called by K-Tel (Gord Fordbid) "The 1 CD WITH JUST 10 HITS ? CAUSE WE'RE CHEAP, AND ARE GOING TO ISSUE A "Ten of his Greatest hits - Volume II" CD.....lol Because there will be some mis-communiication in this first (2nd, really) attempt at a theme of a different sort; be it my poor wording, or a mis-heard or mis-understood individual reading of my words, lets not focus on that in the end, if you focus on one thing focus on this: They are ten OF his biggest songs. Not THE ten, and you'll be fine.Note to all: This list of ten is the second in a short series thus far of very mild twists on regular lists. I hesitate to call them 'Theme' lists, because they are not like: one list is sailing or boat songs, the next maybe love ballads,etc. This is much simpler, but easy to convey w/o ambiguity. All clues this time are in ....word,word .... format, and note the comma is in every clue. They all appear that way in lightfoot.ca, so for the die-hard 'listen in your head' only purists, you may wish to add the resource of looking in Wayne's world lyrics. HERE IS A MAJOR, RE-ASSURING MAIN CLUE TRUE OF ALL. Every single song is one of his most famous songs, on either Cashbox/Billboard terms, or the couple songs from UA period, which I do not know the airplay time they got, but we would 'likely' all agree they are major, major Lightfoot songs. I'll further help you by saying that every single song was recorded on album sessions from '69 - '83. 3 of the songs came from the UA period, and were re-recorded IN GG1 UA re-dux sessions, to make the statement still true, of re-recorded dates range. In fact, 8 of the 10 songs are in GG1. Of those 8, 5 are 'as-is' (2nd LP for us turntable oldsters), and the other 3 from GG1 were LP disc1 re-recordings of major UA period songs. So, with 8 in GG1, of the remaining two, 1 is one his most famousof all time songs, the other got significant airplay but was not a $/smash hit maybe 4 years later 'or so'. I am not representing my selection as being 'The quintessential ten songs of Gordon Lightfoot' at all. But its damn close in commercial terms - airplay on the radio terms. A couple of his BIG songs from UA time either didn't fit in "10" clue, or the ....word,word.... did not work for that song. Simply the 'facts' I stated about them are true in objective terms. Its safe to say they were all major songs for him, I would maintain safely. Not all of his 'major' songs or career-defining quintessential songs would either fit in a list of 10, nor do all the songs we would likely narrow down to his 10 most 'famous' or 'big' songs lend themselves to this clue format. In fact, it was hard among his "Quintessential, fans want to hear them songs every setlist" songs to find cases of this clue format. I do guarantee, per Lightfoot.ca, all song clues are correctly in word,word format, and will be found that way. It actually maybe the easiest, or the hardest list we've done. My money is on easiest. Just remember "hmmm his HUGE songs" But lets face it, no song after '76 was a huge song, at least in the U.S. . I know he gets more airplay for each album out in Canada, from what I've seen. But only ONE song is after '76, anyway. Not a big concern. If you guys like this when done. Please feel free to say - 'Hey a, lets do a set of ten clues that are 'so on and so forth' , like mayne next ten we do either same old format, OR... we try - every song in the next ten pertained CLEARLY to failed love or relationship in the end. We can't get to subjective by definition. Objective differentiation of the songs could be really fun. Also, like: next set should be :Every song has geographic place names, or features, i.e. rivers in the lyrics. Or every song in the next list will have booze prominent in some way". It does have to be objective enough for differring subjective opinions to be able to hang there hat on something OBJECTIVE up front. This could be fun. OR.... you may throw the baby, and the bathwater out, and ME..lol... all 3, to catch the baby !- 3rd millenia political correctness on that old saw. The most important hint, is this....yes.....yes...gather around close....lol... HAVE FUN ! Rather than worrying or scratching at how well what I said fits the clues/songs at the end, just remember they are (in relative terms - key concept.....eg airplay) BIG SONGS. Enjoy ! SKIP BLAH BLAH All songs are in the 'main 20 albums' ================================================ ==============="SPECIAL SERIES CLUES" ================ THE "TEN OF GORD'S TOP HITS" LIST Q346 .... again,either .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q347 .... away,slip .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q348 .... tight,how .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q349 .... lonely,all .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q350 .... living,a .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q351 .... heat,that .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q352 .... roar,see .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q353 .... again,where .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q354 .... feet,you .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED Q355 .... go,it .... - REMAINS UNANSWERED ================================================== ======== All songs written by: Gordon Lightfoot . HAVE FUN ! :headbang: :clap: :cool: |
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Q348 - ...tight,how..
Song - Beautiful And when you hold me tight, how could life be anything but beautiful.. My 'lighthead' status was at risk if I didn't get it eh Sparky? ;) |
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Q347 .... away,slip ....
Carefree Highway. Let me slip away, slip away on you I told Char I was going to revoke her Lighthead status if she didn't get Q348! |
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Q352......roar,see
Song: Early Morning Rain Lyric : Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high (take THAT Jenney...) |
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Q350 .... living,a ....
Someone to believe in (living a life of ease |
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Q350: Canadian Railroad Trilogy "A drink to the living, a toast to the dead". I'm pleased to see Joveski survived Australia's worst ever bushfire day last Saturday. The death toll in our state Victoria is 108 & expected to be much higher. Many people died at Kinglake, just 30 miles from Melbourne. The fires have destroyed several towns (including Marysville, Narbethong & Flowerdale), 750 homes, 350000 hectares of land, etc. More towns are under threat now, including Beechworth & Stanley in north-eastern Victoria. It appears several of the fires were deliberately lit & the authorities are hell-bent on finding & charging the culprits. Victoria was more vulnerable to bushfires than ever before, after 10 years of drought, the last month without rain & last week several days in the mid-40s degC (around 110degF). Late summer & plenty of tinder-dry fuel for bushfires. On Saturday, Melbourne had its highest temperature on record (46.4degC/116degF) & north winds up to 100Km/h (60mph). The flames were up to 10 storeys high & crossed paddocks etc in seconds. Ironically, parts of Queensland in north-eastern Australia are currently suffering from major floods after record rainfall!
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Q354 .... feet,you ....
If You Could Read My Mind "with chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me" Q355 .... go,it .... Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald "as the big freighters go, it was bigger than most" |
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Q349 ......lonely,all
Song : Rainy Day People Lyric : If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love |
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Q346 .....again,either.....
Song : Baby Step Back Lyric : Last of all let me say it again, either step up or step on |
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But of course you got it ! Do you like the format though, or have any thougts of maybe another type of list we could do ? Its easy to jump in to themes, but those play out quick I think, ideas, that is. One thing to 'vote' for is of course keep the format lie its allways been. I just got an itch to experiment completely at your guys' expense.... lol. j/k Seriously, maybe next set we could call 'from EOM to Harmony' well, congrats Char :clap: and I'll post your win :biggrin: |
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I'll post an 'x' for you and Dave, er..somehow lol ! Speaking of Dave, and the fire around your area Mende - I gotta get something off of my chest on wildland fire. its just real important to me. The more knowledge I spread about it, the better I feel I am doing what all the training the gov sent me too for ! Bear with me hear - Mende - yes, I am sure glad you're OK, definately. You and Dave - I saw that 114 F heat you were having on my windows widget in Melbourne - thought of you, and then bamm - there's the fire. Man, wildfire amd I are old enemies. I worked for a branch of state Gov 20 years so far, and 3 in Federal. Point is, I worked in wildland/urban interface GIS layers/programs in all 3. Each of the 4 agencies I worked for did a start-up project of Wildland Fire Mitigation. Up at the Boulder office I mapped for 10 years and 4 fires. No point naming them; but The first we contained in 6 acres, 2nd 12 acres, 3rd 114. No 2 factor in fire spread is slope - upwards - hear rises, and all those trees not properly thinned out burst in a first-through flash-braze that charcoals the outside of the tree, leaving the core intact/alive. Its nature's way of thinning slash from forests - very controversial - when they let Yellowstone run naturally that way. Now its lusher than its ever been, with more wildlife populations, nitrogen and potash added to the soil - miraculous, but at what cost ?. We'd tell people we'd help them thin out and clear slash - ladder fuel up to 6 ft high. Few ever took us up on it with the State Regional Forester's help. The Rule of thumb on thinning was take the tree diameter in inches, say 8inches, use that number, and add 10 to it, 18, andthats the optimum minimum spacing there - 18 feet. Too many people wanted trees around their deck - my Dad included. I begged him to do even the 'donut' thin around their deck - keep 10 -20 ft aesthetic circumference around the house (he had a wrap around deck & view at 10,000 ft) and then do a 'whitewall' outside that 10 - 20 ft ring against the deck, clear an area outside the ring around the deck equal to the height of the taller trees in the area - his elevation made that number less than 30 feet - subalpine firs, engelman spruce, lodgpole pine. He finally did it, and I got the regional state forester to help him. Then I worked on him to get a jell pack, a foam/jell sprayer to wear like a backpack (looks like scuba gear with no tubes to the face, but it did have a mask to keep blow-back from the face; mildly caustic substance when wet. When heat hits it in the roof, and preferable siding sprayed, too - since he had 12" cedar lap siding, it emits haldon gas to snuff the oxygen out, and is a fire barrier when dry. He at least got the cedar shake roof - a no-no in fire country on a big-a88 slope he was at the TOP of from 1200 feet elev down to the highway. Forester told him that wa the smartest $240 he ever spent. Sure enough, big fire came thru in the high mountainous canyon to the south, he was in the North ST Vrain Canyon top; and the fire was in the Middle St. Vrain Canyon. It could easily have gone up and over. I've seen fire shoot what looks eerily like a live being thinking - shoot cannonballs of fire in a big arc between canyonwalls, with a thick rope of fire behind the 'ball'. It is weird. Fortunately all the fires I worked, no ever got seriously injured, including the one that made me the maddest. Down....at an office to the south.... where I worked 8 years, I'd worked on gov sharing a software called 'fire' easy enough. The Marines at Camp St Le Jeune in South Carolina sent me their 'unworkable' software for wildland mitigation. Of the over 10,000 fires/year in Colorado - 95% are caused by lightning, and of those, over 98% are self extinguishing. But all it takes is one in the wrong area, like urban/slope interface, and woosh - upslope. That happened in Colorado's biggest fire in history ....down south.... The Heyman fire. In our jurisdiction, where the program I rewrote could have helped. I was just sick over it. I'd re-written the software before it, too port it to our plaltform, and to change the grid growth model to something called 'Huygen Wave Propagation' I borrowed from my physics days at csu - and it would show a real-world pattern of growth down-wind and up-slope, with live 6 ft and 20 ft fire 'antenna's' in 12 location around that county. The little towers fed live wind speed at those 2 heights - critical for fire spread, along with humidity, wind direction, temp, and the forester took weekly fuel compaction and moisture content readings at those twelve location. But wind is the biggy we wanted. When done - you could 'light a fire' in the program - feed it real-time wind data, and it would show an elliptical growth pattern. It has in other states proven to save millions in home damage, and more importantly - lives of the landowners, and the hearty soles that fight the fire. Then I mapped the fire probability from running the program about 20 times in the..area.. I was in, and identified the hottest problem was a terraced, tiered custom home development that with only ONE road in and out (same) - mtn subdivision went right up the toe of slope wall, hairpin turns in the road matching the terracing. Its like someone said 'lets see how we could build a sub that would burn in a heartbeat' - I just don't get it. Naivete I know over money and profits, but at what expense. The area EOM Director I worked with on the project had the authority to command fire dep't, sherrifs, and all County agencies until feds took over, and he said " one road only, in and out same road huh ?" - he said then "I'll build them a road allright, if a fire comes through, I'll take 3 D9'er dozers and bulldoze a road out at the other end. Dumb-a88es". Then, after I was forced to take long-term medical leave/disability, the fire came. I won't name it cause I don't want bad blood with the agency. But then again its a public agency - out taxes support them. Problem is they did not implement the program live. The EOM director quit over it. They thought it needed another set of eyes needed to comb the program because I was fighting doing it with a head injury and more I'll not bore you with. Then the big fire came, turned into over 120,000 acres (44,560 sq ft/acre- here, Dave). And I was fighting mad, helpless. Well - two offices over time have been putting me through wildland fire mitigation-analyst training from the state, and I am one weekend seminar away from certification via a 2 x 8/hr test - 8 hours fed, + 8 hours state. I'm going to see that program run yet,. It'll be the only Huygen wave pattern program in the US we know of.Camp Le Jeune wants a copy of that version back ! You bet - its gov't sharing the way it ought to be. We'll bollox the next big one if I can help it. Hearing about that fire Dave got me 'all fired up' over the memories. Fire is the most uncanny, living/breathing thing I have ever seen . It makes roaring noises, sucking sounds, it almost has a carrier sound under the din - its like a slow growl- scary, and weird.... phew - thanks for letting me get that off my chest ! Real glad you OK. I hope the casualties stay.. don't grow - sorry to hear of it... |
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Yea Dave - above in Mende's submission - I mentioned the 114 F I saw in Windows weather widgets I have for 12 cities. I've never seen temp that high in Melbourne - since I've been watching. We use acres over here for no-metric ( I know I know lol ) - I did a quick conversion on 1 hectare = 2.471 acres in imperial units,and came up with (I'm tired right now, but) -I got 864850 acres, divided by 640 acres/sq mile (not including longitudinal convergance..or spherical excess - only about 1arc second /75 sq mles - so that factor is 18" spheroidal excess, not worth the calc further for fire area, it would make the area smaller,,, but the convergance is -a bout 52 feet per across the top of a 6 mile x 6 mile USPLSS Township (theoretical - they never measure out that way)36 acre township at my latitude) comes to 1,351 sq miles not incl convergance. That's big big big. I am really sorry to hear that. And that total area in sq miles converts to (by sq rt) c 36.8 miles square (on edge, eg 36 miles x 36 miles)- not square miles. Thats the size of many "average" counties in forested Colorado. That is BIG .... wow....and all those lives. And people's homes. We have a pretty agressive wildland fire mitigation program up and down the front r ange hear and down in the Rampart rangfe where I am....but both counties I have worked in are in Colorado's "red zone for top fire probability" - lots of lightning, lots of forest on high slopes - and as you said - canyions wals to arc/jump across - once you see that - no movie effect impresses you very much, huh ? Well - you got the trophy kill on CRT - the BIG song I was lookin for - but Mende's got a lot on his mind - as I said in his - lets split the win between you and Mende what say ? I'll post it. Thanks Dave - and for the info - I like to crunch the numbers lol.. |
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I'll pick up on yours, Ron & Lynn et al after I get some sleep..... last night was a wreck with difficulties I won't trouble you with... :) . I sure appreciate all you guys turnin' in responses so quick. Looks so far like my gues of maybe too easy was right - but if its fun - what the hay ? I'll be back on line later and finish up your good input Thanks Guys
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so following the punctuation designation doesn't count? one answer has the required comma, one doesn't.. the comma makes the difference.. imho.. |
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I agree with charlene and jj that the "comma rule" must be enforced. I think it was thoughtful of geosteve to consider granting joveski a 'break' due to the catastrophic events unfolding in his country. but hey.....I had a flat tire this morning (messed up the whole day) and I'm not expecting any special treatment.
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whew - i was worried (not really) that i'd be thought to be a commie pinko or some such thing..
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I won't go on like the above two tomes of mine - it just home hard I think largely because I have that working predictive model of where a fire will go in progress. The fire we had some years back where I live right now close to- in the rampart range foothiils near the toe, I think the memory of that , and the tolls (wildland, inmmense, wildlife habitat gone) but fortunately to my knowledge there was only one death - from one of the 'Hot-shot' elite SmokeJumpers in the fire. They flew in from all over the country, and to date - there still is not a working fire predictive model program IN USE. ... but they lay waiting. Little consolation to that solitary smokejumper's family- it didn't take him til later, when heat and smoke-scorched lung-tissue caused pnemonia - and they lost him. That fire double-backed as it can, but the predictive model with live winds and weather info could have warned them. Last told, the Forest Service only has a quadrangle-by-quad model, that scarcely tells them anything, only when a fire (with no live data) starts, it roughly takes a shot at 'which quarangle it might go in next" - little help to fire-fighters here. And today' MSN home page Highlight news is: 'Don't 'Hassel' the Hoff ?' - where are our heads at in the Journalism world ? And one way or another - I am ashamed I missed the news of the whole thing til your 2 posts. Sounds like slope was not a catalyst in brushlands, but ole number one in wildland fire - wind - was a HUGE factor there. I am so sorry to hear of all your personal losses if any, and for all of your states' losses . We tend not to have threm spread into developed lands here - our real wildland-fires fought w/o human loss most times is in great part from the fact that we have a huge lightning rod on our 2nd highest peak here, Devil's head... That mtn. and the highest - Thunder Butte - got named for a reason, but most lightning -lit fires are self regulating. They mostly occur - a great propensity - up in the foothills proper, where few people live, except for Roxborough. MOST of the time. But no chances are taken around the ill-advised slope-terraced interface developments, where immense efforts were the only factor that saved the admonished owners - who had to be ordered to vacate. We've been lucky in that regard, and I say lastly how sorry for all the lives and homes lost. Well l there I shot my nouth off again....lol... I do hope the smoke settles w/o further loss. BACK TO BIZ NEXT POST WHERE I LEFT-OFF IN THE GAME.... |
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OOh boy - I sure read the lyrics wrong when I spoke of a shared win, and Mende's being first and all. You guys are all correct - I misread this:
Q350 GOES TO DAVE - PLEASE READ WHY You know living a life of ease in 'Someone to believe in' I flat misread it - I thought it had a comma when I read it, sorry to cause any hard feelings for MY mistake Mende - Dave gets it for sure. I'll post it. I think the reason I did not post the 'X' yet this morning was that I knew something was wrong, I was too tired to tell. It was itchin at me... you're all correct. Big 'X' to Dave on Q350, false hoped dashed Mende, I am indeed sorry. Mende is a easy-going guy. I don't figure him for sending my PC a virus ..lol ! Sorry again. It wasn't a 'go easy on Mende guys - that'd open up some awful hard cans of worms for who is having a bad day/week. Sorry again, no 'overlooking' the rules was in my head - only what iI thought to be a genuine tie - both with commas - da88 eyes - time to have em taken' out again and rotated..lol. |
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No bad intentions whatsoever, and no unfair GOOD intentions either,lol All fixed and explained = I misread with a comma. No gimme's that break the rules here. I 'think' - that was my 7th egregious error since we started. Take it easy on me guys ! (arms guarding face and head...lol) |
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Naw Ron - The only 'break' I had in mind was a gimme to both, based on beng unaware til now of my mis-reading. Rules are rules. I do appreciate all of you bringing it to my attention, I do thank you, I thought I had two valid responses, with Dave being the 'BIG' song submission importantly, and Joveski erroneously was considered by me to have a valid (with comma) submission, ahead of Dave's. EVEN so, the fact that it was not a BIG song for Gord - is the ONLY part I thought I was going easy on. didn't realize the missing comma in Mende's. ! Thanks again guys ! I don't want to over look any post - but---- Hope I didn't miss anyone's posts that appear all in agreement - no argument, only misread, I did. I'll let this post be the last one, I figure you guys will understand me with clear-conscious, raised perhaps, but no rule breaking intended. Now, so's I can git' on with the game ! No special favours, rules are rules, all agreed, I read a comma where there was not one ! My mistake - BUT - so as to not let it go on unsympathized with as to your trevails, my people told me about your flat, Ron. You see, I'm company. Dinner company is all..lol ! I am indeed sorry you had a messed up day Ron, no breaks for you though man, we all abides by the CODE OF THE WEST in here. So, I think I get a neck-stretchin', after I post a flat -tire Avatar by your name . Ron..lol :biggrin: Truly now, back to the game - I hope this and other posts in the last fifteen minutes answer all your questions ! Simple mis-read. No hurt feelings intended, or favour given. I did wait on the big X, as my finger was a-itchin for something wrong, it was guiet, too quiet.... But as an honest American, standing side-by side with Canadians and Aussie's. Right has been done ! OK...phew....now back to the game... Dang if I make an eighth error in closin on 400 clues, I fear what's next for me, your faithful game host, (as I watch a rope hanging in a tree over there..)lol.. Final ruling -Dave gets it solely, by vrtue of my earlier misread, no wrong in mind at any time, and I do thank you all for being on the ball....where i DROPPED it... SO LETS PLAY BALL ! THE GAME IS BACK ON ! Error ded and buried, I hope....lol.. |
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(MY BEST WILLIAM SHATNER) lol.. OK game play again if the lynch mob is done with me... a broken man...on my last legs left, one swig of water in the canteen, and a pure heart that would never knowingly break the rules..... I crawl... someone please understand.....I'm a GOOD MAN....I AM !...HONEST !.....I stand before you shatterred Lynn, Ron had a flat tire, and got no special favours, and Mende had the submission w/o comma I missed, and I wanted therefor to split the win with DAVE who got the BIG SONG right - with comma. I think those words will a' haunt me for days and months to come, when my own game brothers and sisters, knowing I NEVER knowingly break a rule. holding me TO LYNCH , just as I figured it out - Mende's submit had no comma, can all...PLEASE...FORGIVE ME AHAAAAAAAAAGH (think this is Oscar material Lynn ?) -sniff-..... OK GAME ON ! Lynn's submit:Q354 .... feet,you .... = IYCRMM Yes ! - If You Could Read My Mind ? = Lynn is a winner here fair and square, now....she has another ! Absolutely unequivocably the intended song to win 354 ! And your next submission: Q355 .... go,it .... = Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Yes ! "as the big freighters go, it was bigger than most... Absolutely correct - 2 wins one handful of money folks. gather all around ! er.. make that one handful of one submission, two wins, no bribes here ! Thanks for playing Lynn, and for not being part of the lynching lol ! j/k Civil unrest was a brewin'. And thats my job. I wear a badge. It reads - dunce who did not see a comma ! 'Round these here parts we hold court and give a man a chance to speak his peace before giving him a necktie party ! lol....... ony j/k guys ! Back to no joking around - Lynn takes both Q354 and Q355 ! I'll post 'em ! |
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It sure does, commas all rorect and all, minor addition no harm no foul of the dots that in this setlist form would follow the ......word,word(....). ! Ron nails it for sure - I'll post it ! Thanks for being one of the mob... who took kindly upon me, even though they were not my intentions, you were admiring for a moment the humanity in what I didn't do ! lol... j/k Ron |
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