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  Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-16 20:44 -0800
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-16 23:49 -0500
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-17 18:36 +1300
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-16 21:50 -0800
          Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-12-16 22:13 -0800
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-16 21:41 -0800
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-12-17 16:15 +1100
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-16 21:42 -0800
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-12-17 08:22 +0000
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Aldo Raine <aldo@mil.net> - 2014-12-17 08:52 -0500
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 06:17 -0800
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-17 08:21 -0600
          Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 06:55 -0800
            Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-17 15:29 +0000
              Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-12-17 10:50 -0800
                Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-17 19:59 +0000
                  Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-12-18 16:39 -0800
                Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2014-12-17 20:09 +0000
            Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-18 09:28 +1300
              Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-17 20:59 +0000
                Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 13:16 -0800
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-12-17 21:11 +0000
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 13:20 -0800
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-12-18 01:01 +0000
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-12-17 09:07 -0700
    Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 17:00 -0800
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-18 14:30 +1300
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 17:33 -0800
          Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-18 16:05 +1300
            Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-17 19:46 -0800
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-12-18 16:06 +1100
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2014-12-18 23:40 -0600
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-18 09:05 +0000
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2014-12-18 11:26 +0000
      Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-18 14:46 +0000
        Re: Today's Hardware Catastrophe Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-12-18 07:04 -0800

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#67656 — Today's Hardware Catastrophe

This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell 
into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in 
their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San 
Luis Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.

The crime scene shot of the deceased.
<https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67657

On 14-12-16 23:44, Savageduck wrote:
> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell 
> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.

The actual LCD and all the logic behind it was intact ? Only front glass
broken ? Pretty lucky guy (in your badluck !)

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#67659

In article <54910b6d$0$32999$b1db1813$79461190@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 14-12-16 23:44, Savageduck wrote:
> > 
> > This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell 
> > into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
> 
> The actual LCD and all the logic behind it was intact ? Only front glass
> broken ? Pretty lucky guy (in your badluck !)

The hard drive could be damaged as well, plus various little plugs
inside may have come loose or disconnected.

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#67662

On 2014-12-17 05:36:25 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:

> In article <54910b6d$0$32999$b1db1813$79461190@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> On 14-12-16 23:44, Savageduck wrote:
>>> 
>>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>> 
>> The actual LCD and all the logic behind it was intact ? Only front glass
>> broken ? Pretty lucky guy (in your badluck !)
> 
> The hard drive could be damaged as well, plus various little plugs
> inside may have come loose or disconnected.

That was a concern, so I have been running it all day, and all seems to 
be functioning as it should. It hadn't even lost the Wi-Fi network 
connection as it lay on the floor. needless to say I had to take a few 
deep breaths and immediately got online to iFixit, while peering 
through shattered glass. Not an experience I care to repeat.
I then removed the broken glass, and have had no detectable issues. I 
expect that by this time tomorrow the fresh glass will be in place.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67664

On 12/16/14   PDT, 9:50 PM, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 05:36:25 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
>
>> In article <54910b6d$0$32999$b1db1813$79461190@news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>> On 14-12-16 23:44, Savageduck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>>>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>>>
>>> The actual LCD and all the logic behind it was intact ? Only front glass
>>> broken ? Pretty lucky guy (in your badluck !)
>>
>> The hard drive could be damaged as well, plus various little plugs
>> inside may have come loose or disconnected.
>
> That was a concern, so I have been running it all day, and all seems to
> be functioning as it should. It hadn't even lost the Wi-Fi network
> connection as it lay on the floor. needless to say I had to take a few
> deep breaths and immediately got online to iFixit, while peering through
> shattered glass. Not an experience I care to repeat.
> I then removed the broken glass, and have had no detectable issues. I
> expect that by this time tomorrow the fresh glass will be in place.
>

¡Vaya con Dios!
You are leading a charmed life! May it continue.

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#67660

On 2014-12-17 04:49:48 +0000, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> said:

> On 14-12-16 23:44, Savageduck wrote:
>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
> 
> The actual LCD and all the logic behind it was intact ? Only front glass
> broken ? Pretty lucky guy (in your badluck !)

I was most fortunate in all other respects.

The optimistic survivor with a quick iPhone snapshot. The smudge in the 
upper right is a dangling iPhone finger.
<https://db.tt/sm4glghT>

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67658

In article <2014121620440068002-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell 
> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
> That was the bad news. 

Commiserations.

-- 
dorayme

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#67661

On 2014-12-17 05:15:03 +0000, dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> said:

> In article <2014121620440068002-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>  Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> 
>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>> That was the bad news.
> 
> Commiserations.

I thank you and my iMac thanks you.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67668

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> was all, like:
> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell 
> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
> That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in 
> their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San 
> Luis Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
> The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.

> The crime scene shot of the deceased.
> <https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>

All things considered, $200 or so is a damn good outcome.

Still, I'd be horrified.

-- 
I'm not old, I'm chronologically challenged.

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#67669

On 12/16/14, 11:44 PM, Savageduck wrote:
> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
> That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in
> their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San Luis
> Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
> The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.
>
> The crime scene shot of the deceased.
> <https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>
>

I'm shopping iPhone 4S replacement batteries and checked the Reseller 
Ratings for iFixit. A lot of their negative reviews seem to have a 
common theme-- describing a  sometimes careless and unresponsive 
company...and not very customer-minded. I decided against buying from them.

Report back on how your purchase goes!

-- 
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad 
girls live.

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#67670

On 2014-12-17 13:52:38 +0000, Aldo Raine <aldo@mil.net> said:

> On 12/16/14, 11:44 PM, Savageduck wrote:
>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>> That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in
>> their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San Luis
>> Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
>> The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.
>> 
>> The crime scene shot of the deceased.
>> <https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>
>> 
> 
> I'm shopping iPhone 4S replacement batteries and checked the Reseller 
> Ratings for iFixit. A lot of their negative reviews seem to have a 
> common theme-- describing a  sometimes careless and unresponsive 
> company...and not very customer-minded. I decided against buying from 
> them.
> 
> Report back on how your purchase goes!

I have never had an issue with iFixit. My first dealing with them was 
in 2009 when they found a new logic board for my father's G4 PowerBook 
Pro 15" when no other vendor could help.

So far this transaction has been very smooth. I placed the order online 
yesterday at about 3:50 AM and received an immediate confirmation email.
At 16:14 I got a shipping confirmation email with UPS tracking number. 
I checked with UPS and delivery is on track and scheduled for after 
noon today.

Since for me iFixit is pretty much local, about 40 miles South in San 
Luis Obispo, I figured that if they had the screen in inventory, they 
should be able to get it to me within a day.  I live about 13 miles 
west of Paso Robles and I just didn't feel like taking that drive. I 
had other stuff to do.
.
-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67671

On 17 Dec 2014 06:17, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 13:52:38 +0000, Aldo Raine <aldo@mil.net> said:
>
>> On 12/16/14, 11:44 PM, Savageduck wrote:
>>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>>> That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in
>>> their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San Luis
>>> Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
>>> The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.
>>>
>>> The crime scene shot of the deceased.
>>> <https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>
>>>
>>
>> I'm shopping iPhone 4S replacement batteries and checked the Reseller
>> Ratings for iFixit. A lot of their negative reviews seem to have a
>> common theme-- describing a  sometimes careless and unresponsive
>> company...and not very customer-minded. I decided against buying from
>> them.
>>
>> Report back on how your purchase goes!
>
> I have never had an issue with iFixit. My first dealing with them was
> in 2009 when they found a new logic board for my father's G4 PowerBook
> Pro 15" when no other vendor could help.
>
> So far this transaction has been very smooth. I placed the order online
> yesterday at about 3:50 AM and received an immediate confirmation email.
> At 16:14 I got a shipping confirmation email with UPS tracking number.
> I checked with UPS and delivery is on track and scheduled for after
> noon today.
>
> Since for me iFixit is pretty much local, about 40 miles South in San
> Luis Obispo, I figured that if they had the screen in inventory, they
> should be able to get it to me within a day.  I live about 13 miles
> west of Paso Robles and I just didn't feel like taking that drive. I
> had other stuff to do.
> .
Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they were
that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic tour
and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)


-- 
Lloyd

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#67672

On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:

> On 17 Dec 2014 06:17, Savageduck wrote:
>> On 2014-12-17 13:52:38 +0000, Aldo Raine <aldo@mil.net> said:
>> 
>>> On 12/16/14, 11:44 PM, Savageduck wrote:
>>>> This morning my work table was upended when I snagged a foot and fell
>>>> into it. My iMac went off the back and the glass screen shattered.
>>>> That was the bad news. The good news is, iFixit had a replacement in
>>>> their inventory, and since they are located 40 miles from me in San Luis
>>>> Obispo it should reach me some time Wednesday.
>>>> The cost $149.99 + tax + shipping.
>>>> 
>>>> The crime scene shot of the deceased.
>>>> <https://db.tt/BWfQCF5e>
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm shopping iPhone 4S replacement batteries and checked the Reseller
>>> Ratings for iFixit. A lot of their negative reviews seem to have a
>>> common theme-- describing a  sometimes careless and unresponsive
>>> company...and not very customer-minded. I decided against buying from
>>> them.
>>> 
>>> Report back on how your purchase goes!
>> 
>> I have never had an issue with iFixit. My first dealing with them was
>> in 2009 when they found a new logic board for my father's G4 PowerBook
>> Pro 15" when no other vendor could help.
>> 
>> So far this transaction has been very smooth. I placed the order online
>> yesterday at about 3:50 AM and received an immediate confirmation email.
>> At 16:14 I got a shipping confirmation email with UPS tracking number.
>> I checked with UPS and delivery is on track and scheduled for after
>> noon today.
>> 
>> Since for me iFixit is pretty much local, about 40 miles South in San
>> Luis Obispo, I figured that if they had the screen in inventory, they
>> should be able to get it to me within a day.  I live about 13 miles
>> west of Paso Robles and I just didn't feel like taking that drive. I
>> had other stuff to do.
>> .
> Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they were
> that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic tour
> and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)

With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade 
causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have been 
that pleasant.
<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#67673

In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:

> > Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they were
> > that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic tour
> > and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)
> 
> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade 
> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have been 
> that pleasant.

> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>

Hmm, everything west of the Central Valley is made of mud, isn't it?
The hills look solid enough, until it rains a lot or there's an
earthquake. As I found out during Loma Prieta.

-- 
"A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then 
 quietly strangled." - Sir Barnett Cocks (1907-1989)

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#67675

On 12/17/14   PDT, 7:29 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:
>
>> > Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they were
>> > that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic tour
>> > and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)
>>
>> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade
>> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have
>> been that pleasant.
>
>> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>
>
> Hmm, everything west of the Central Valley is made of mud, isn't it?
> The hills look solid enough, until it rains a lot or there's an
> earthquake. As I found out during Loma Prieta.

No, that's a wild exaggeration, though there's more unstable soil here 
than anywhere else in the US; our mountains are millions of years 
younger than those on the East Coast.

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#67678

In article <m6sj99$252$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
<jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 12/17/14   PDT, 7:29 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
> > In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:
> >
> >> > Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they were
> >> > that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic tour
> >> > and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)
> >>
> >> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade
> >> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have
> >> been that pleasant.
> >
> >> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>
> >
> > Hmm, everything west of the Central Valley is made of mud, isn't it?
> > The hills look solid enough, until it rains a lot or there's an
> > earthquake. As I found out during Loma Prieta.
> 
> No, that's a wild exaggeration, though there's more unstable soil here 
> than anywhere else in the US; our mountains are millions of years 
> younger than those on the East Coast.

When I lived in the Bay Area there were always mud slides in the winter.

-- 
"People don't buy Microsoft for quality, they buy it for compatibility
with what Bob in accounting bought last year. Trace it back - they buy
Microsoft because the IBM Selectric didn't suck much" - P Seebach, afc

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#67723

On 12/17/14   PDT, 11:59 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <m6sj99$252$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
> <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/14   PDT, 7:29 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
>> > In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:
>> >
>> >> > Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they
>> were
>> >> > that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a scenic
>> tour
>> >> > and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)
>> >>
>> >> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade
>> >> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have
>> >> been that pleasant.
>> >
>> >> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>
>> >
>> > Hmm, everything west of the Central Valley is made of mud, isn't it?
>> > The hills look solid enough, until it rains a lot or there's an
>> > earthquake. As I found out during Loma Prieta.
>>
>> No, that's a wild exaggeration, though there's more unstable soil here
>> than anywhere else in the US; our mountains are millions of years
>> younger than those on the East Coast.
>
> When I lived in the Bay Area there were always mud slides in the winter.
>
There still are. Doesn't mean what you said above. Not even close.

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#67679

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:50:37 -0800, John McWilliams wrote:

> On 12/17/14   PDT, 7:29 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-12-17 14:21:36 +0000, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> said:
>>
>>> > Glad to see you've gotten taken care of.  If it were me and they
>>> > were that close, I would have been seriously tempted to take a
>>> > scenic tour and just happen to stop at their shop!  :)
>>>
>>> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade
>>> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have
>>> been that pleasant.
>>
>>> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>
>>
>> Hmm, everything west of the Central Valley is made of mud, isn't it?
>> The hills look solid enough, until it rains a lot or there's an
>> earthquake. As I found out during Loma Prieta.
> 
> No, that's a wild exaggeration, though there's more unstable soil here
> than anywhere else in the US; our mountains are millions of years
> younger than those on the East Coast.

According to the US Geologic survey, the oldest mountains are the 
Arbuckle Mts. in Southern Oklahoma.  They estimate that at one time, they 
were the size of the Himalayas in Asia!

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#67680

In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> 
> With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade 
> causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have been 
> that pleasant.
> <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>

Geez, what a clumsy ass ... first you knock over the table and your
iMac, then you start a rock slide.  ;-)

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#67681

In article <181220140928216007%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <2014121706554374157-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> > 
> > With yesterday's stormy weather, and a rock slide on the Cuesta Grade 
> > causing a 5 hour delay on Hwy 101, that scenic tour would not have been 
> > that pleasant.
> > <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/22Kok.AuSt.76.jpg>
> 
> Geez, what a clumsy ass ... first you knock over the table and your
> iMac, then you start a rock slide.  ;-)

Oy, he's a duck not a donkey.

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