Libertad's Journal

05/08/2009 18:16 #48629

The problem with Florida

Increasingly, Florida is having major problems with sink holes. These are mainly caused because so much water is being taken out of the water tables. They say it is kind of like winning the lottery, particularly in current markets, because the insurance companies pay out so much money for them.

This just recently happened a few miles north of my mother in Spring Hill Florida.

tiburon1724 - 05/11/09 00:21
Man, my parents need a sinkhole to swallow their house! They're stuck in it since the real estate market there has completely collapsed

libertad - 05/10/09 21:31
I did not take those. I should have mentioned so. Here is the link that I got it from. My mom sent it to me.

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tinypliny - 05/10/09 01:15
Did you take these photos yourself? Dramatic! and scary.

05/02/2009 21:50 #48576

Bike trip to Lackawana

On Monday I took a half day at work and went straight from Roswell to South Buffalo and Lackawana. I felt so free and wonderful to get out of work on such a beautiful day and just go wherever I wanted. I think I'll skip most of the commentary but I stopped at Erie County Botanical Gardens, the Basilica, Tift Nature Preserve, Times Beach Nature Preserve and unfortunately the US Coast Guard. That is when I realized I no longer could get to downtown and had to back track to Ohio street at which time I was able to get a friend to pick me up at the General Mills factory. I'm not sure how many miles I went that day but I definitely covered a lot of ground and saw quite a lot of Buffalo. You see so much more when you are on a bike compared to being in a car. There were times actually that the wildlife was just a bit too close. A couple of times I went running from the deer and the geese. If wild animals start to approach me I always get freaked out. Maybe they just wanted some food or maybe they wanted to hoove or peck me to death...you never know.

Does anyone know what this building is? It is near the Water Authority.

tinypliny - 05/10/09 01:17
Beautiful pictures! Thanks, (e:libertad). I am inspired to take my bike out for a spin this summmer. :)

dcoffee - 05/09/09 13:18
what a great way to spend an afternoon! Looks like you did a lot of exploring. Wandering by bike is one of my favorite activities.

They are planning on linking the bikepath to downtown, down by the coastguard. There will be a bridge connecting to area to the Erie Basin Marina, I can't wait. It's a pain that there is no way out once you get down toward the coastguard. In the next couple years there will be a link, and the lighthouse will be open to the public. I can't wait. it'll give me a scenic bike route to downtown! nice way to get to concerts and festivals.

The building you asked about is the Bethlehem Steel Administration building, and... as of about 2 weeks ago it's slated for demolition :::link::: I think it's an awesome building, tons of detail, not something you want to throw away.

jenks - 05/03/09 17:02
Awesome pix, thanks! and yet ANOTHER reminder that I have to go down there someday!!!

metalpeter - 05/03/09 12:03
Thanks for posting those pictures there are a bunch that I really like a lot, they are all really good

paul - 05/03/09 11:58
Nice pics. Ya there really should be someway back from there without having to go around. Times beach is so weird. I imagine before it became outrageiously polluted it must have been a really cool area.

heidi - 05/03/09 11:35
Ooooh! Great photos, (e:libertad)! Thanks for the tour.

04/30/2009 13:11 #48543

Use protection e:hodown

jason - 04/30/09 16:27
A+ crack, Jim. Got a HAW HAW out of me here at the office.

libertad - 04/30/09 13:56
They are face masks! You can find them on ebay. I think you should use it on the train.

hodown - 04/30/09 13:52
Jim- you read my mind. It may be wrong, but that's exactly what it looks like.

libertad - 04/30/09 13:27
That is so wrong jim!

jim - 04/30/09 13:15
Is that a face mask or his daughter's underwear?

04/25/2009 23:16 #48508

Bea Arthur

I am really sad about Bea Arthur passing. It is so strange because as viewers we look at the Golden Girls as always being in their golden years. Rue McClanahan was in a series recently but I didn't know anything about Bea so I didn't even know she was sick.

When I was younger I wasn't allowed to watch the Golden Girls. I did anyways. I remember watching them once in the reflection of something so that my parents wouldn't see me watching the TV.

photo by Alan Light

james - 04/30/09 13:28
Oh Angela!

museumchick - 04/29/09 21:39
I already miss her too!

04/23/2009 14:03 #48483

My speakers are possessed.

For weeks I have been hearing the faint sound of a radio playing and it was starting to drive me crazy. Now I realize that the sound is coming from my computer speakers. I hear ads and sometimes music and turning the volume off doesn't make it stop.

What is wrong with them are they possessed?

metalpeter - 04/24/09 18:43
It has happened to mine before. I don't know how to fix the problem but maybe listen to tunes on them and you won't hear the other stuff. A weird thing is that if you use the shreder it interfers with them also.

fing - 04/23/09 20:42
I had this happen one time to somone at work. Try moving them away from the monitor or around the desk they are on. Sorry to tell you but you are not going nuts.

theli - 04/23/09 15:20
I have the same exact problem. Incredibly annoying.

tinypliny - 04/23/09 14:55
I hated my former speakers because of radio interference. I couldn't take it anymore and gave them away. Now I am speakerless (I listen to stuff via headphones and it keeps me sane.) I think you can get rid of the interference:
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Wish I had known all this before giving them away.