Party for Rebecca!!

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 09:50 PM

So we had a lot of food, a lot of fun, and a lot of beer!!

Special thanks to Rick, MA and Showercomic for staying until the end and the last empty beer bottle was collected!

I think she likes the cake MA made!

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 09:52 PM

some of the gang... and a dirty frog statue

kayaking!

we pretty much stayed on the dock!

The Central Scrutinizer · 23rd August 2009, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by kittynh

So we had a lot of food, a lot of fun, and a lot of beer!!

I think she likes the cake MA made!

Damn it!

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 09:54 PM

girls in bathing suits and beer!

still I think the dog Dingo had the best time...

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 09:56 PM

gang on the deck...

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 09:57 PM

OK we're wet, we're tired, we've had too much beer... but we got cake

And Jeff is trying to get internet (really we weren't making him sit in the corner because he had been bad... at least this time)

kittynh · 23rd August 2009, 10:05 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ib4bLzf3g

the flying spaghetti monster also came... he got fresh with the girls in the water though.

Kevin 251 · 24th August 2009, 03:34 AM

Thanks for everything, Kitty!
I'll have some photos up soon...

SkepticScott · 24th August 2009, 10:23 AM

Thanks for hosting Kitty! It was good to see everyone again.

ricklesgibson · 24th August 2009, 11:22 AM

It was a blast! Thanks Kitty!

Wowbagger · 24th August 2009, 12:55 PM

Wow! That did look like a fabulous weekend! Well, I'll try to make the next party, then. See ya!

Flops · 24th August 2009, 06:10 PM

I lived up to my name by flopping right out of my kayak and into the water, fully clothed!

Thanks again, Kitty. We had lots of fun.

Felicity

Mattfn · 24th August 2009, 06:45 PM

I did NOT get to paddle a kayak or swim today! I am very upset, as I was getting used to the routine.

There were no Mike's Hard Lemonades to finish with breakfast, or to drink when overheated in the afternoon. No random cheeses to snack on. Not even any smores fixings to not be able to get to because it was raining by the time for them (that part was the same).

In short, today was absolutely nothing like the last two days at the cabin...and that is what was bad about it! (Well, okay, I didn't get anymore mosquito bites at work!)

Thanks for the use of the cabin! ShowerComic's task tomorrow is to get the pictures assembled. Will post tomorrow night.

BrianEngler · 24th August 2009, 09:33 PM

Gee . . . and I was actually up in Boston this past weekend. I could have brought some beer--plus my daughter who I was moving into an apartment to start grad school at Northeastern. Oh well, she'll be there the next 3 years so I expect I'll be back from time to time. Glad you all had fun.

kittynh · 24th August 2009, 10:16 PM

I was just so glad everyone seemed to be having a good time! It's only a one room hut, but it's the unofficial skeptic club house - all skeptics welcome! When I got it I decided it wasn't really so much for myself and my family, it really belongs to all our friends (that just happen to also be skeptics...though it comes with all that homeopathic medicine right off the dock!!)

mumchup · 25th August 2009, 07:09 AM

Awww.... looks like everyone had a blast.

I guess I'll remind myself that I couldn't have gone swimming anyway with all this road rash. Additionally, my sister and I had to fly down to Florida on Sunday night because my Dad's ailing.
I still need to get up there one day.

Congrats Rebecca!!!

Kevin 251 · 25th August 2009, 05:08 PM

Just posted some photos on my blog:

http://kevin251.livejournal.com/75123.html

ShowerComic · 26th August 2009, 03:41 PM

Several more pictures on my flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2325530...57622028345925

PM me, if I sc***d up the security again, and you can't see these.

Desktop Icon · 26th August 2009, 08:02 PM

I thought Rebecca wasn't allowed on this forum!

supercorgi · 27th August 2009, 05:35 PM

Looks like a good time. Sorry that the SuperCorgi and I had to miss it. Well there's always a next time.

seismic_cowgirl · 27th August 2009, 08:08 PM

I did my best down here on Cape Cod to keep Bill (hurricane) at bay for you guys to enjoy.

mumchup · 27th August 2009, 08:11 PM

That was you Cowgirl? Thanks!
So, what're you going to do about Danny?

Kevin 251 · 28th August 2009, 03:06 PM

More photos here...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin25...7622144615994/

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos · 29th August 2009, 06:23 PM

Looks like a great time! We were experiencing Bill at the beach and so could not make it.

~~ Paul

seismic_cowgirl · 29th August 2009, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by mumchup

That was you Cowgirl? Thanks!
So, what're you going to do about Danny?

Well, as the Coast Guard has decided to call it a Port Condition Whiskey... I suggest we all open our bottles of whiskey and sing to "Danny Boy".

Hamradioguy · 30th August 2009, 07:53 PM

Battle of the Kayaks. Jeff wisely flees the madness.

Hamradioguy · 30th August 2009, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by mumchup

Awww.... looks like everyone had a blast.

For those who weren't kayaking there was some way cool music

kittynh · 31st August 2009, 08:54 AM

look the Harbour patrol is sure to find that one still missing kayaker soon....

SkepticScott · 31st August 2009, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by kittynh

look the Harbour patrol is sure to find that one still missing kayaker soon....

The alligator claims another victim!

kittynh · 31st August 2009, 11:53 AM

The Lake Franklin Pierce alligator... really... I took this photograph from the dock

kittynh · 31st August 2009, 11:55 AM

please note also, we bought the "camp" with the knotty pine walls. knotty pine is a favorite with people that live by lakes....I think it's some virus thing they pick up from the water....

mumchup · 31st August 2009, 03:56 PM

What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator?

Hamradioguy · 31st August 2009, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by mumchup

What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator?

Pareidolia. (I thought the giant floating "island" of refuse was in the Pacific Ocean.)

mumchup · 31st August 2009, 07:06 PM

The Greater Lake Franklin Pierce Garbage Patch! Is it full of Nikes and Walmart bags like its big Pacific cousin?

SkepticScott · 1st September 2009, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by mumchup

What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator?

There were skeptics around so it must be beer suds.

mumchup · 1st September 2009, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by SkepticScott

There were skeptics around so it must be beer suds.

Oh, okay. I that case I whole-heartedly approve.

TJ · 2nd September 2009, 03:38 PM

haha how fun! I was hanging with Sid, Mojo, Brodski, and BillC in London a couple of weeks ago. I have some photos on Facebook, I'll have to get them into Flickr too and post the link.

kittynh · 2nd September 2009, 08:10 PM

the Alligator is a giant floating thing of pollen. Yick. there is a hydro plant near the cabin. When it is making electricity, somehow through filtering and such... foam comes out. The foam is a lot of air and pollen.

23rd August 2009, 09:50 PM	#1
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	Party for Rebecca!! So we had a lot of food, a lot of fun, and a lot of beer!! Special thanks to Rick, MA and Showercomic for staying until the end and the last empty beer bottle was collected! I think she likes the cake MA made!
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23rd August 2009, 09:52 PM	#2
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	some of the gang... and a dirty frog statue kayaking! we pretty much stayed on the dock!
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

23rd August 2009, 09:54 PM	#3
The Central Scrutinizer Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The White Zone Posts: 21,723	Originally Posted by kittynh So we had a lot of food, a lot of fun, and a lot of beer!! I think she likes the cake MA made! Damn it!
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23rd August 2009, 09:54 PM	#4
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	girls in bathing suits and beer! still I think the dog Dingo had the best time...
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

23rd August 2009, 09:56 PM	#5
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	gang on the deck...
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

23rd August 2009, 09:57 PM	#6
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	OK we're wet, we're tired, we've had too much beer... but we got cake And Jeff is trying to get internet (really we weren't making him sit in the corner because he had been bad... at least this time)
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

23rd August 2009, 10:05 PM	#7
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ib4bLzf3g the flying spaghetti monster also came... he got fresh with the girls in the water though.
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

24th August 2009, 03:34 AM	#8
Kevin 251 Scholar Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 54	Thanks for everything, Kitty! I'll have some photos up soon...

24th August 2009, 10:23 AM	#9
SkepticScott TAM Volunteer Guy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 2,002	Thanks for hosting Kitty! It was good to see everyone again.
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24th August 2009, 11:22 AM	#10
ricklesgibson Student Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 34	It was a blast! Thanks Kitty!
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24th August 2009, 12:55 PM	#11
Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westchester County, NY (when not in space) Posts: 7,725	Wow! That did look like a fabulous weekend! Well, I'll try to make the next party, then. See ya!
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24th August 2009, 06:10 PM	#12
Flops New Blood Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16	I lived up to my name by flopping right out of my kayak and into the water, fully clothed! Thanks again, Kitty. We had lots of fun. Felicity

24th August 2009, 06:45 PM	#13
Mattfn Amuised Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: N.E. Massachusetts Posts: 812	I did NOT get to paddle a kayak or swim today! I am very upset, as I was getting used to the routine. There were no Mike's Hard Lemonades to finish with breakfast, or to drink when overheated in the afternoon. No random cheeses to snack on. Not even any smores fixings to not be able to get to because it was raining by the time for them (that part was the same). In short, today was absolutely nothing like the last two days at the cabin...and that is what was bad about it! (Well, okay, I didn't get anymore mosquito bites at work!) Thanks for the use of the cabin! ShowerComic's task tomorrow is to get the pictures assembled. Will post tomorrow night.
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24th August 2009, 09:33 PM	#14
BrianEngler Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Burke, VA Posts: 55	Gee . . . and I was actually up in Boston this past weekend. I could have brought some beer--plus my daughter who I was moving into an apartment to start grad school at Northeastern. Oh well, she'll be there the next 3 years so I expect I'll be back from time to time. Glad you all had fun.

24th August 2009, 10:16 PM	#15
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	I was just so glad everyone seemed to be having a good time! It's only a one room hut, but it's the unofficial skeptic club house - all skeptics welcome! When I got it I decided it wasn't really so much for myself and my family, it really belongs to all our friends (that just happen to also be skeptics...though it comes with all that homeopathic medicine right off the dock!!)
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

25th August 2009, 07:09 AM	#16
mumchup Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Dictyoptera Posts: 1,176	Awww.... looks like everyone had a blast. I guess I'll remind myself that I couldn't have gone swimming anyway with all this road rash. Additionally, my sister and I had to fly down to Florida on Sunday night because my Dad's ailing. I still need to get up there one day. Congrats Rebecca!!!

25th August 2009, 05:08 PM	#17
Kevin 251 Scholar Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 54	Just posted some photos on my blog: http://kevin251.livejournal.com/75123.html

26th August 2009, 03:41 PM	#18
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26th August 2009, 08:02 PM	#19
Desktop Icon Ramtha's Hairdresser Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grumpy in Seattle Posts: 1,552	I thought Rebecca wasn't allowed on this forum!
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27th August 2009, 05:35 PM	#20
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27th August 2009, 08:08 PM	#21
seismic_cowgirl Critical Thinker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 298	I did my best down here on Cape Cod to keep Bill (hurricane) at bay for you guys to enjoy.
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27th August 2009, 08:11 PM	#22
mumchup Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Dictyoptera Posts: 1,176	That was you Cowgirl? Thanks! So, what're you going to do about Danny?

28th August 2009, 03:06 PM	#23
Kevin 251 Scholar Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 54	More photos here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin25...7622144615994/

29th August 2009, 06:23 PM	#24
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29th August 2009, 08:37 PM	#25
seismic_cowgirl Critical Thinker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 298	Originally Posted by mumchup That was you Cowgirl? Thanks! So, what're you going to do about Danny? Well, as the Coast Guard has decided to call it a Port Condition Whiskey... I suggest we all open our bottles of whiskey and sing to "Danny Boy".
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31st August 2009, 08:54 AM	#28
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	look the Harbour patrol is sure to find that one still missing kayaker soon....
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31st August 2009, 09:17 AM	#29
SkepticScott TAM Volunteer Guy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 2,002	Originally Posted by kittynh look the Harbour patrol is sure to find that one still missing kayaker soon.... The alligator claims another victim!
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31st August 2009, 11:53 AM	#30
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	The Lake Franklin Pierce alligator... really... I took this photograph from the dock
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

31st August 2009, 11:55 AM	#31
kittynh The Hupsu Detective auctioneer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: If I told the aliens could find me, and you know they read this forum Posts: 20,645	please note also, we bought the "camp" with the knotty pine walls. knotty pine is a favorite with people that live by lakes....I think it's some virus thing they pick up from the water....
	__________________ "The Bible is like a person, if you torture it long enough you can get it to say anything" (some minister on National Geographic! I don't know his name but he rocks in my book) WWW.BADALIEN.ORG - not all the buttons work yet, and the science content is coming...but it's ALIVE!

31st August 2009, 03:56 PM	#32
mumchup Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Dictyoptera Posts: 1,176	What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator?

31st August 2009, 06:37 PM	#33
Hamradioguy Pyrrhonist Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Vermont Posts: 2,052	Originally Posted by mumchup What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator? Pareidolia. (I thought the giant floating "island" of refuse was in the Pacific Ocean.)

31st August 2009, 07:06 PM	#34
mumchup Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Dictyoptera Posts: 1,176	The Greater Lake Franklin Pierce Garbage Patch! Is it full of Nikes and Walmart bags like its big Pacific cousin?

1st September 2009, 08:53 AM	#35
SkepticScott TAM Volunteer Guy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 2,002	Originally Posted by mumchup What is that thing floating in the water? An iceberg? A giant merengue alligator? There were skeptics around so it must be beer suds.
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1st September 2009, 10:17 AM	#36
mumchup Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Dictyoptera Posts: 1,176	Originally Posted by SkepticScott There were skeptics around so it must be beer suds. Oh, okay. I that case I whole-heartedly approve.

2nd September 2009, 03:38 PM	#37
TJ Amateur Rhythmatist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Spokane, Wa or Denver, Co Posts: 2,325	haha how fun! I was hanging with Sid, Mojo, Brodski, and BillC in London a couple of weeks ago. I have some photos on Facebook, I'll have to get them into Flickr too and post the link.
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