The Thirtieth Random Discussion for (TPB)M (and may they R.I.P.)

Deb, Mari is only 18 weeks or so I think.

Balloon Parts:

Becky, nice balloon rant. Did you go up in one too?

ooh Nice set Becky

I've been amusing myself with making a GIF from Sunny's shots.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8839846
Wow, 20 years. My "ancestral home" is in Ben Lomond, which is pretty close to the epicenter. When it hit, and I heard how hard, it took me a few days to get ahold of Dad to see how things were. I'm not a patient person in situations like that. I was about to jump into the car and take off down there when I finally got through. They were fine. Some structural damage, the most severe being the loss of the large chimney and jangled nerves.

We were living in Los Gatos, which is also very close to the epicenter. Lois and I were on our way home and had stopped at the Radio Shack not far from the house. Lois' mom was at our office, getting ready to head home herself. Immediately after the quake, we dashed home, and were there probably 5 minutes or less after the tremor. We saw that while things were a mess, there was no additional immediate danger there. All the phones and electricity were gone, including cellular, so we couldn't reach the office to see what (if anything) had happened there. We jumped back in the car and drove the 5 or so miles to the office, and actually got there fairly fast---maybe 15 minutes. Mom had left and was headed to the house. We turned around and headed back home ourselves, and that trip took over two hours. Traffic was complete gridlocked. It took some real ingenuity to find a route, but we eventually all met up there.

There were a lot of chimneys damaged. It was deemed prudent to have it inspected before using it, even if it showed no outward signs of damage. We had to repair/replace a few, although not on our own house.

Permagrin wrote in post #8839988
YOU've been amusing JONATHAN with making a GIF from Sunny's shots.

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edited for accuracy

CONGRATS TO THE BOBERT FAMILY!

Becky N wrote in post #8839906
Balloon Parts:

Nice balloon part rant. My one and only balloon launch experience this years also failed to launch. Hope your this evening goes better.

HAHAHa Lisa thats fun

misspix wrote in post #8839851
I love it here. *group hug*

I am always up for one of those, but only if Jim is suitably clad

LOL!! Glad he liked it


and Congrats Bobert. I don't know how I missed that post. I think Lonnie is invisible.

Becky nice shots , I love detail shots

Hi Harleys dad

neil_r wrote in post #8840006
I am always up for one of those, but only if Jim is suitably clad

so when do you get to go home and see your newly adopted fur kid?

Permagrin wrote in post #8839988
ooh Nice set Becky

I've been amusing myself with making a GIF from Sunny's shots.

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That is so good. I really love that Springer body shape. There is a bit of a trend back to the heavy body big head look but, for me, this lighter higher look that Kona has is great.

You have a very beautiful looking dog there, all be it one with a tongue borrowed from a dog 3 times his size

Neil that is Sunny (Kona's full blood sister). They do look almost identical. He's just taller and slightly broader than she is. He didn't stand still long enough to GIF him.