tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post4602521855161381253..comments2024-03-28T07:25:01.806-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-44420220354232806962018-12-02T09:27:11.520-08:002018-12-02T09:27:11.520-08:00Here’s a follow-up to “dead body” experience from ...Here’s a follow-up to “dead body” experience from the Sacramento River. I was a fisheries biologist who worked for the US Forest Service research branch in Boise, Idaho. Snorkeling is a common method of quantifying fish populations. It’s particularly effective in the winter when the water is low and clear. You can spot the fish and count them well. And, of course, you need a very good, well insulated wet suit.<br /><br />Here’s a related story you might enjoy. My colleague at the USFS in Boise, Craig, did his Master’s thesis at Idaho State U and his research was up in Island Park, ID, near Yellowstone. Craig’s research was to assess winter kill of trout during extremely cold temperatures. Like the researcher you observed, Craig would dawn a wetsuit and swim the mountain streams in the dead of winter, but Craig’s major professor required his students to do their snorkeling and fish counts at night and with flashlights. <br /><br />One particularly cold night in the remote Idaho mountains, Craig finished his fish counts about 3:00 a.m. It was 10 degrees outside with a chill factor below zero. Craig was walking back to his car about ¼ mile upstream, going across a snow-covered meadow. It was so brutally cold he kept his wetsuit, mask, and swim fins on just to stay as warm as he could. The nearby highway was deserted until a lone trucker drove by and slowed way down. Craig waved at the trucker, who immediately hit the gas pedal for all it was worth and gunned his truck out of there. No doubt the trucker thought he saw Bigfoot! Craig fears he scared the wits out of the poor guy. :-)<br /><br />So clearly, fisheries biologists who do snorkeling are the source of all kinds of confusion!<br />Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237570308640107542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-14056008401452137162018-12-02T06:11:48.186-08:002018-12-02T06:11:48.186-08:00Happy to hear it was only an electronics problem. ...Happy to hear it was only an electronics problem. Yours is one of my first interweb sites I visit daily. Regards.bart simpsonsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840436089787700707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-57908606249916242952018-12-01T17:19:31.000-08:002018-12-01T17:19:31.000-08:00So glad to have you back!
I hope you've lear...So glad to have you back! <br /><br />I hope you've learned your lesson, and keep a backup of your passwords- I use RoboForm, it remembers all my passwords & anything else I want to make a note of, and it automatically fills in forms that require name & password. All encrypted of course! Hope the new computer works out for you too. Eskymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947922645001422523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-5836720043129052252018-12-01T17:13:14.695-08:002018-12-01T17:13:14.695-08:00What kind of world do we now live in when youu can...What kind of world do we now live in when youu can't even trust a dead body to be truly dead. WTH!Hawken Cougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942920606041153535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-17593964401482720612018-12-01T14:44:54.522-08:002018-12-01T14:44:54.522-08:00I may take you up on that generous offer. The LT ...I may take you up on that generous offer. The LT is in your part of the world right now, and Mrs. CW and I anticipate a trip to visit next Fall. Email me your contact info and we'll see about getting together then.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-34587945117690253192018-12-01T13:35:26.181-08:002018-12-01T13:35:26.181-08:00So Glad you are back!! We check your site everyda...So Glad you are back!! We check your site everyday..for many many years now.<br />We are in Charleston SC and have shared your site with a lot of our friends.<br />If you are ever out on the East Coast we are taking you out to dinner..you can't refuse wouldn't be prudent!!GeorgiaGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390116205818567481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-50821601709361337902018-12-01T12:35:47.611-08:002018-12-01T12:35:47.611-08:00Glad you are back on the "tubes". Until...Glad you are back on the "tubes". Until Mrs. C.W. posted I was worried that something had happened to you. Gave a few prayers that all was well.BillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-29137084089563734102018-12-01T12:31:51.902-08:002018-12-01T12:31:51.902-08:00Glad to hear you are doing well. I was getting wor...Glad to hear you are doing well. I was getting worried. <br />LOL, bet I'm related by marriage to that snorkeling DFW guy...Brighttps://brighidsplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-37775450545975176542018-12-01T08:49:07.417-08:002018-12-01T08:49:07.417-08:00Welcome back!Welcome back!Don in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-24880690037592412752018-12-01T08:11:04.517-08:002018-12-01T08:11:04.517-08:00So happy to see you're back and ok. Didn't...So happy to see you're back and ok. Didn't know what to think...good thing Mrs. CW added a note.BarbaCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620177194149542393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-72254890055126417512018-12-01T07:39:46.678-08:002018-12-01T07:39:46.678-08:00Get Last Pass as a password manager. It's a ve...Get Last Pass as a password manager. It's a very secure and convenient tool. I am only a satisfied user and have no connection to the company.SmileyFtWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765087710266673347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-59445924182036153542018-12-01T06:56:41.262-08:002018-12-01T06:56:41.262-08:00Good to have you back. I was going through serious...Good to have you back. I was going through serious withdrawal. BWBandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435259893321037788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-75462950730313680952018-12-01T06:01:31.067-08:002018-12-01T06:01:31.067-08:00Glad to see you back!! Without the Daily Timewaste...Glad to see you back!! Without the Daily Timewaster, my morning coffee time hasn't been quite up to snuff all week. <br />Thanks for all you do, and best of success with your new job! (and with the computer issues.)<br /> Dave.Davecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620327918910148724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-51844676991751633182018-12-01T05:21:39.133-08:002018-12-01T05:21:39.133-08:00Welcome back from your adoring fans of testosteron...Welcome back from your adoring fans of testosterone fueled junkies!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794860116362356965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-28310443346891504722018-12-01T05:19:00.785-08:002018-12-01T05:19:00.785-08:00I'll bet that guy's name was Bob.I'll bet that guy's name was Bob.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-396987900570531562018-12-01T05:07:45.862-08:002018-12-01T05:07:45.862-08:00Good to have you back in action, CW!Good to have you back in action, CW!bogsidebunnyhttps://doomsayersite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-81943968436020597102018-12-01T04:10:17.435-08:002018-12-01T04:10:17.435-08:00Pardon me when I say, "when it rains it pours...Pardon me when I say, "when it rains it pours."Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-64269185649332079892018-12-01T03:40:35.755-08:002018-12-01T03:40:35.755-08:00It's good to know that all is well. My Mac des...It's good to know that all is well. My Mac desktop lost a graphics board when I was moving homes and I've been on notebooks since then. I think that I'll just pull the drive on the old machine and get a new one once my life is settled. (still 'homeless' waiting for the completion of the new place, so I hopped a jet to Hawaii)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com