XMAS tree disposal
 

This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up. A friend
was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While she was doing
that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine needles on the
floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it another thought and went
out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of laughter, I
told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.

"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up. A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine
needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:29:01 -0800, "JG" wrote:

This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up. A friend
was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While she was doing
that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine needles on the
floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it another thought and went
out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of laughter, I
told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

Here in Kansas the Parks And Recreation Department picks the old xmas
trees up and dumps them into the lakes for fish cover.
Mark E. Williams

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:48:11 -0500, "gonefishiing" wrote
this crap:

must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.


I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Not this year, I didn't...has been too crazy around here what with my
granddaughter's accident and all...she still wasn't negotiating steps at the
time so we decided to have Christmas at their house instead, since there is
no way into my house without having to climb steps inside or out...only
problem was that their Rotty, Mas, kept picking all the ornaments off the
tree and stashing them in secret hiding places...by the time Christmas Day
came along, only the ornaments on top were left...he's one strange
dog...terrifying to look at but would lick you to death...I put a piece of
tinsel on my poinsettia...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

OK, that's a good reason. How's she doing now?

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Not this year, I didn't...has been too crazy around here what with
my
granddaughter's accident and all...she still wasn't negotiating
steps at the
time so we decided to have Christmas at their house instead, since
there is
no way into my house without having to climb steps inside or
out...only
problem was that their Rotty, Mas, kept picking all the ornaments
off the
tree and stashing them in secret hiding places...by the time
Christmas Day
came along, only the ornaments on top were left...he's one strange
dog...terrifying to look at but would lick you to death...I put a
piece of
tinsel on my poinsettia...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December,
I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no
pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

She's just off crutches but us still in the daily rehab program...she has to
have her right ear reconstructed inside, possibly in February...there's some
neuo damage but we won;t know about that until the end of January...all in
all, we're thankful she's here...she's much quieter than she used to be (not
that she was a noisy kid to begin with...)
Thanks for asking.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
OK, that's a good reason. How's she doing now?

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Not this year, I didn't...has been too crazy around here what with
my
granddaughter's accident and all...she still wasn't negotiating
steps at the
time so we decided to have Christmas at their house instead, since
there is
no way into my house without having to climb steps inside or
out...only
problem was that their Rotty, Mas, kept picking all the ornaments
off the
tree and stashing them in secret hiding places...by the time
Christmas Day
came along, only the ornaments on top were left...he's one strange
dog...terrifying to look at but would lick you to death...I put a
piece of
tinsel on my poinsettia...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December,
I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no
pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

gonefishiing wrote:
must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes
along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose
the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the
landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of
his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.


Here they bring them to the beach, stake them down in rows, and 6 mo.
later you have a new row of sanddunes to be whiped out in hurricane
season. Works great.

Joe












"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up.
A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While
she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine

needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it
another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the
garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally
denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of
laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who
stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel? We just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet from it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not worth the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh creosote
content...

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

gonefishiing wrote:
must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes
along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose
the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the
landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of
his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.


Here they bring them to the beach, stake them down in rows, and 6 mo.
later you have a new row of sanddunes to be whiped out in hurricane
season. Works great.

Joe












"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up.
A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While
she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine

needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it
another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the
garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally
denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of
laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who
stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

They usually get well covered by sand in a few mo.

If they are flying like shrapnel, they are nothing compared to all the
beach house roofs flying about.

Joe

Creosote is a liquid made from coal tar.
It is good for soaking fence posts prior
to setting them so the termites don't eat
them.

Christmas trees don't contain creosote.

I think you might be referring to the sticky
pine sap.

I hope this helps.

CN


"katysails" wrote in message ...
But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel? We just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet from it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not worth the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh creosote
content...

Burning the logs makes creosote in the chimney and then we'd have to tie you
up and stuff you down to clean it out....I figure you're a little enough guy
that you'd fit...Hope this helps...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
Creosote is a liquid made from coal tar.
It is good for soaking fence posts prior
to setting them so the termites don't eat
them.

Christmas trees don't contain creosote.

I think you might be referring to the sticky
pine sap.

I hope this helps.

CN


"katysails" wrote in message
...
But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel? We
just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet from
it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not worth
the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh
creosote
content...

I drag mine into the woods, throw it on a branch pile. The critters
love it, it's like a playground for them.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

"katysails" wrote in message
...
But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel?
We just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet
from it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not
worth the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh
creosote
content...

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

gonefishiing wrote:
must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone
comes
along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and
hose
the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the
landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off
of
his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people
employeed.

gf.


Here they bring them to the beach, stake them down in rows, and 6
mo.
later you have a new row of sanddunes to be whiped out in
hurricane
season. Works great.

Joe












"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick
up.
A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments.
While
she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion
pine

needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it
another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed
around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the
garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally
denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of
laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who
stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the
tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Here in Nome, we 'plant' them on the frozen ocean..... Nome National
Forest!!!!







On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:29:01 -0800, "JG" wrote:

This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up. A friend
was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While she was doing
that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine needles on the
floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it another thought and went
out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of laughter, I
told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

Mooron?

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mooron?

No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
roups.com...
Mooron?

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
...
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
groups.com...
Mooron?

I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
.. .
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
egroups.com...
Mooron?

Was just wondering...we've lived in Michigan all our lives (except for a few
years in the middle) and I get SAD here...Mr Sails doesn't, but then he's a
Yooper, so I figure he has some genetic immunity built in! We also have the
distinction of having far less sunshine than almost anywhere else in the
states because of the cloud cover from the great lakes...Mr Sails noticed
some teaching jobs open in Alaska and I quickly ixnayed the idea....would be
like climbing into a cofin for 2 months...and I don't really drink and at my
advanced age, don't really want to start...


"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
...
I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
. ..
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
legroups.com...
Mooron?

Hey, Mo'lissa, aren't you supposed to be sailing in Cabo by
now?

The time you spend posting here is wasted time. Don't become
another Katysails. Instead, get out and enjoy your life. One
shut-in up in Michigan is enough for this sailing group - actually
too much for this group would be putting it more accurately.

CN



"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message ...
I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
. ..
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
legroups.com...
Mooron?

Better to sail all spring summer and fall and be shut in in the wintertime
than to be a permanent shut-in in the bowels of a Crapanado 27 rusted to
its' mooring ball in Islandamundo...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
Hey, Mo'lissa, aren't you supposed to be sailing in Cabo by
now?
The time you spend posting here is wasted time. Don't become
another Katysails. Instead, get out and enjoy your life. One
shut-in up in Michigan is enough for this sailing group - actually
too much for this group would be putting it more accurately.

CN



"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
...
I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
...
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
glegroups.com...
Mooron?

Oh, never fear! Winter is the time for this kinda stuff....

Cabo on the 11th!!!!

Yaaay!!!!!

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:53:27 -0500, Capt. Neal®
wrote:

Hey, Mo'lissa, aren't you supposed to be sailing in Cabo by
now?

The time you spend posting here is wasted time. Don't become
another Katysails. Instead, get out and enjoy your life. One
shut-in up in Michigan is enough for this sailing group - actually
too much for this group would be putting it more accurately.

CN



"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message ...
I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
...
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
glegroups.com...
Mooron?

Enjoy the sun and fun. Behave! Check in when you get back and
tell us about your adventures.

CN

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message ...
Oh, never fear! Winter is the time for this kinda stuff....

Cabo on the 11th!!!!

Yaaay!!!!!

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:53:27 -0500, Capt. Neal®
wrote:

Hey, Mo'lissa, aren't you supposed to be sailing in Cabo by
now?

The time you spend posting here is wasted time. Don't become
another Katysails. Instead, get out and enjoy your life. One
shut-in up in Michigan is enough for this sailing group - actually
too much for this group would be putting it more accurately.

CN



"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message ...
I came up in the Summer my first time up. It's pretty amazing,
because with the sun shining all the time, you just flat out don't
need as much sleep. We put foil on the windows to block the light, or
pin up thick blankets.

My first wintering out was pretty crazy, my idea of roughing it was a
balcony off the hotel room.... I was, shall we say, totally
unprepared!!! Being off the road system, you get the SAD and the
claustraphobic/trapped feeling of not being able to escape the town.

I drank ALOT, I cried ALOT and was a pretty whacked out individual!
Had a damned good partner to hold my hand thru it or I would have
bailed out.

Ten years later, and I have learned to contol my emotions and to hold
my liquor a little better. Once you recognize it as the dark/cold
blues, you can nod your head to the 'blahs' and find a task to tend
to.....you buy really bright linens and curtains, dress in bright
colors, force bulbs and grow lots of houseplants to fake yourself out!

Winter comes, winter goes. Everything is slower..... as long as you
can remember the summer mania is coming, it's alllllriiiiiight!

Travel helps, but it took me a few years to be in the position to be
able to come & go. A very hot sauna, good friends, good books and
good interests make it cakewalk!

Some people use the lights or the tanning beds, and I've gone in to
tan when it gets really bad. It actually does help, but I always
worry about catching some kind of kumuks (bugs) from using the local
bed.

I love it here. Barrow has it much worse, the sun goes down and they
have almost 3 months of total nighttime.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:08:18 GMT, "katysails"
wrote:

How long did it take to adjust to the summer/winter sun/no sun thing? Do
you stare in a luightbulb when it gets really bad or just leave for a
southern latitude for a bit?

"Miss Mo'Lissa" wrote in message
m...
No, REALLY... we order them from Council or White Mountain or if yer
one of the 'rich folks' from the Women's group....

Then when we're done, we plant them in the Bering Sea, which is frozen
over....Then when the town is packed full of the Iditaroders, we set
up a golf course and play our annual Ice Classic!

Kinda kool, but the Eskimo's who hunt the walrus & seals don't always
appreciate it when breakup comes and they spend two days stalking the
trees... I guess they don't taste quite as good as seal!

WE HAD SUNSHINE TODAY!


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:51:13 GMT, "Overproof"
wrote:

Joe.. you ever see a Xmas tree in Nome..... it's like to a furry
toothpick.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
oglegroups.com...
Mooron?