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Originally Posted by F87M2.

Michael Vick

That's hilarious, our old Jack Russell Terrier, Bosco had the exact same doll. I can't find the pic now but he chewed the head right off of it.

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[Lady Jane]

Size matters.

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Fountains Abbey

This place must have been amazing to see in its heyday.


Fountains Abbey by Mark Johnson, on Flickr


Fountains Abbey by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

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Denzel Washington as honorary police chief during a Boys Club trip to a NY police station (1960s)

[Llarry]

An aerial view of the volcanos of the Cascade Mountains in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is largely immune to the weather disasters of many other parts of the country, but we have two pending catastrophes, one of which is pictured here: A volcanic eruption. In particular an eruption of Mount Ranier would create havoc in the Seattle area.

The other (invisible) danger is earthquake and tsunami caused by the Cascadia subduction zone off the PNW coast. The last was in 1700 (reconstructed from records in Japan) and we are overdue for the next. Coastal communities are likely to be devastated by the tsunami; this will be a disaster of the first order. Fortunately (?) we are talking geologic time lines here -- disaster could strike tomorrow or in a hundred years.

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Originally Posted by Dpc2u

The V8 Hotel in Stuttgart Germany.

https://www.v8hotel.de/

https://g.co/kgs/QSLMPn

We stayed in the BMW room when we were there a few years ago and my friends were in the room that overlooked the dealership in the last picture - it was an old English mechanics workshop themed room.

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Originally Posted by Llarry

An aerial view of the volcanos of the Cascade Mountains in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is largely immune to the weather disasters of many other parts of the country, but we have two pending catastrophes, one of which is pictured here: A volcanic eruption. In particular an eruption of Mount Shasta would create havoc in the Seattle area.

Awesome photo. Mt Jefferson in the foreground. Then Mt Hood. Small correction….The big lump in the middle far distance is Mt Rainier - the mountain that would devastate Seattle, not Mt Shasta, which is over 500 miles to the south in California.

To the far right is Mt Adams and the far left is Mt St Helen’s, which terrorized us 43 years ago when it blew 1400 feet off its top and covered a lot of the area in ash.

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Originally Posted by Dino GT

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Originally Posted by snowbimmer

Awesome photo. Mt Jefferson in the foreground. Then Mt Hood. Small correction….The big lump in the middle far distance is Mt Rainier - the mountain that would devastate Seattle, not Mt Shasta, which is over 500 miles to the south in California.

To the far right is Mt Adams and the far left is Mt St Helen’s, which terrorized us 43 years ago when it blew 1400 feet off its top and covered a lot of the area in ash.

I have a 93 mile backpack trip that circles Mt Rainier. When I finally do it, it should take me roughly 10 days.

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Originally Posted by ///d

I have a 93 mile backpack trip that circles Mt Rainier. When I finally do it, it should take me roughly 10 days.

That's awesome. Love Mt Ranier. Mt Hood has the 41 mile Timberline Trail. My cousin and I did it when we turned 40. We ran into a lot of people that were just doing day portions from the many access points. When they asked us how long we were taking we said, "Oh, just today." Managed it in 15.5 hours.

There used to be a sanctioned run back in the day. We thought we were humping along pretty good on our loop. The winners would routinely go under 7 hours. Fastest known time was 6:24. There's also 10,000 feet of elevation gain. How I want that body back.

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Originally Posted by ///d

I have a 93 mile backpack trip that circles Mt Rainier. When I finally do it, it should take me roughly 10 days.

Did it in ‘94 as a 17 year old heading into my senior year with a cousin. Incredible. Like walking around the edge of a pie crust with 3000 foot elevation swings 1-2 times a day and those days you had to time crossing the rivers early enough in the day lest they get washed out by the daily rising snow melt.

Walked right up to the ranger station and pulled our camp permits 48 hours before the start without giving it a second thought. Today you have to reserve a year ahead!

Have done the Loowit around Helens a few times but never got around to the Timberline Trail (hood) or the one around Adams that requires a Yakima nation permit and 10 miles of trail blazing.

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Gone too soon.

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Guess who's 90 today?

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