Summer vacation 2010
First posted
Monday May 24, 2010 07:18
Updated
Friday
August 26, 2011 20:22
The Daily Reckoning.
"Studies of consumption and happiness show that people are
happier when they spend money on experiences rather than material objects,"
says the Times.
TSA emails.
The liberal arts educated are responsive to bad PR we've found from our
Whitman College liberal arts experiences. Continued
pressure is required, of course. "Let's pretend it doesn't exist and it
will go away", "Ignore it and it will go away", "If no one is looking, we will
do what we want", "Let's vote on it", "We'll conduct a poll", "We'll
demonstrate", "We'll use our liberal arts controlled media to bury the
problem", "We don't care about the facts, we aren't going to do it" are all
liberal arts principles of dealing with problems.
Our job is to force the liberal arts educated using Internet to act on
facts and give them bad publicity, including poor education and
stupidity, if they do not act properly on the facts.
Summer vacation phone message from representative Heinrichs and
mail from Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union caused this page.
Salmon plus rolling duffle bag weighed 43 on Ilwaco fish derby
scales.
US Air reported it weighed exactly 50 pounds. US Air would love to
charge additional $50.
Sturgeon fishermmen, Columbia river, heading east from Ilwaco
to Longview, WA.
$12 plastic bag of cleaned
Dungeness crab bought at Linda Brand Crab in Chinook, WA which is several miles east
of Ilwaco along the Columbia river.
Nice lady sales person gave us a
large container of cocktail sauce, one cold pack, then two additional cold
packs to keep salmon cool. Near 90o F in Portland, OR.
Picnic
at
Lake Sacajawea park in Longview, WA.
Rolling duffle bag bought a
Longview WalMart after lunch to hold clothes.
Salmon space had
priority.
Back to Portland airport to turn in Budget rental Toyota
Corolla.
About $100/lb salmon survived trip fine. No more room in
freezer.
Upper triangular nonsingular binary matrix problem solved
between Portland and Phoenix.
These essential non-BTU-wasting vacations may not be possible in
the future for a variety of reasons.
Free 4 bar WiFi in Phoenix. Summer vacation 2010.
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Legal, insurance, and EPRI actions resuming on Monday.
Steveston hotel conversation Friday July 16, 2010 with
credit card number information segment deleted.
Two guys speaking
Arabic with backpacks sat next to us at McD's on Douglas St in Victoria.
Thursday July 22, 2010 Ilwaco, WA.
Two king salmon.
Biggest about 15 pounds.
Above photo taken by John
Sobolewski.
Above photo taken by Bill
Payne.
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Victoria-Vancouver Ferry Sunday July 18, 2010
Northwest of
Tsawassen is coal storage pile
seen to left of red ship. About
8,600 BTU/pound.
1 kWh = 3412.14163 BTU. We getting ready for EPRI
too.
Mel Davidson reports that there is at least one coal train per day
going through Bellingham, WA.
Anita Langley at the Buck and Ear in
Steveston, BC.
Rule of not meeting with person met
on Internet broken.
Boarding Vancouver - Victoria ferry Tuesday July 21,
2010 at level 2 of 6 levels.
Those ferries are huge.
Sit
down dining with ceramic plates, silverware, and bussed removal.
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Looking toward Port Angeles, WA on way to Victoria.
Old car and truck show in Victoria,
BS
Literally thousands of people in
attendance.
Scouted to make it from the hotel to Crystal Garden to
Swartz Bay.
Less than half hour walk to bus stop from
Hotel.
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Puget Sound Navy Museum Friday July 16,
2010.
Carriers awaiting scrap except perhaps the Ranger.
In !964 bill, working for the Navy
Personnel Activity, flew from North Island in San Diego on a S2F and landed on
the Ranger.
Study of Command and Control use of radar was the
purpose.
Ranger radar broken so planes take off and land watched for
several days.
Foggy one day. Plane headed directly for carrier. We could
see pilot's head searching from side-to-side looking for carrier.
Pilot
finally saw carrier and veered off.
Note Vincennes at upper left.
The aircraft, an Airbus A300B2 operated by Iran Air as
IR655, was flying from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Dubai, UAE, when it was destroyed
by the U.S. Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, killing all 290
passengers and crew aboard, including 66 children,[1] ranking it seventh among
the deadliest airliner fatalities.[2] It was the highest death toll of any
aviation incident in the Indian Ocean and the highest death toll of any
incident involving an Airbus A300 anywhere in the world. Vincennes was
traversing the Straits of Hormuz, inside Iranian territorial waters, and at the
time of the attack IR655 was within Iranian airspace.[3]
...
In
1996, the United States and Iran reached "an agreement in full and final
settlement of all disputes, differences, claims, counterclaims" relating to the
incident at the International Court of Justice.[6]
As
part of the settlement, the United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million in
compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. However, the United
States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran.[7] |
The US needs to get these unfortunate
matters settled too before they get FAR worse. Like WW III?
NAVAL UNDERSEA
MUSEUM Friday July 16, 2010.
Torpedo hit.
http://home.comcast.net/~bpayne37/whitman59/gfsr/summer2010.htm |
Twassan-Swartz Bay ferry schedule
schedule.
Victoria
Express schedule.
Port Angeles - Port Townsend map.
30-40 scenic miles between Port Angeles and Porst
Townsend?
Swartz Bay Victoria map.
Route 70 - SWARTZ BAY / DOWNTOWN EXPRESS.
Schedule.
One hour length, service each half
hour?
Motels Port Townsend.
From: Anita Langley [mailto:anilla@shaw.ca]
Sent:
Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:15 PM
To: bill payne Subject:
Re: hotel in
vancouver
Hi Bill,
I called the Steveston, I was told sent you
a reply and they do have a room available. If you still haven't received the
email, I suggest calling directly at 604 277-9511. I asked if there is a
shuttle to the ferry, I was told no, you would have to take a taxi. Depending
on the hours and availability of transport, I may be able to take you to the
ferry. One of our vehicles is out of commission, we're working on resolving
that.
Anita |
Surfsand Cannon Beach
OR.
Salmon
fishing Ilwaco, WA.
Thursday July 15, 2010 about 7:45. Low tide
09:55.
Low tide at Haystack rock, Cannon
Beach, OR Wednesday July 14, 2010.
Puffins nest on rock.
Close
to high tide at about 14:00.
About 10 foot difference
today!
Park ranger reports close to 16 foot tides during
winter.
Sand disappears during winter, only rocks left, ranger
said.
SurfSand fire Tuesday July 13, 2010.
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San Mateo to the left on landing in San Francisco July 13, 2010. We
lived in South San Mateo beginning in 1947/48.
Terrible to see the environmental destruction.
1 btu = 1 055.05585 joules.
Natural gas is billed in giga Joules in Vancouver, BC, Anita Langley
reported.
Man may be the only species reliant on heat to survive?
3412.14163 BTU = 1 kWh may be one of the most important number in the
history of the human race?
We have to focus on getting our stolen $22,036 back. But there are so
many other interesting things happening.
Like meeting
Anita Langley for lunch at perhaps the
Buck and Ear in
Vancouver, BC on Monday July 19, 2010.
Forget about privacy. We listened to Mel Gibson's phone
conversations on TV tonight.
We, of course, have nothing to hide. And are only interested in
peaceful settlement of these unfortunate matters.
To: bpayne37@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010
7:40:44 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: hotel in vancouver
The Steveston IS very British. The area is quite charming, city malls
are absent, but typical coffee shops can be found. A nice wharf and small shops
to visit. I have a couple of Aussie friends, coordinating phone/skype calls can
be a bit difficult :)
I enjoyed a very nice lunch at the Steveston
about a month ago, the only time I've been there. It sounds like a good choice.
Anita
From: bpayne37@comcast.net
To: "Anita Langley"
Cc:
"Melvin Davidson" , "John Sobolewski"
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:06:37
PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: hotel in vancouver
Hello Anita,
The Steveston has not replied yet.
We
appreciate your offer of a ride.
In that case, perhaps we could have
lunch at the Steveston?
The Steveston looks very British.
Many
years ago we went to Victoria. It looked to be part of England.
Last
time we visited Victoria it had the same mall stores as in the US. Yuk.
Mel Davidson WAS a Canadian.
John Sobolewski IS an Aussie. I
will tell you the story, John told me, about why he is STILL an Aussie.
bill
From: "Anita Langley"
To: bpayne37@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:09:27 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: hotel in vancouver
Good choice! Steveston is very
nice. I don't know if there is a shuttle from the Ferry, but I would be happy
to give you a ride if you like.
~Anita |
Washington State University colleague
Keith Wollen.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Keith Wollen"
To:
"bill payne" bpayne37@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 3:46:59 PM GMT
-07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: RE: WSU keith wollen?
Hi Bill,
Great! We'd love to have you visit. You can stay in our guest
room.
Fran is doing well. You probably wouldn't notice any difference
other than the aging we all experience. My paper on Alzheimer's is past peer
review and will be published in September. I cut the tip off my little finger
so typing is difficult!
Let us know your plans and give Patty our best.
Keith
From: bill payne [mailto:bpayne37@comcast.net]
Sent:
Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:28 AM
To: kfw@olypen.com
Subject: WSU keith
wollen?
Hello Keith,
Patty and I are thinking of vacationing on the coast of wa and
or this year.
We were thinking of stopping at port angeles.
How is fran?
Our computer science work at wsu has made us fwell-known.
http://home.comcast.net/~bpayne37/whitman59/gfsr/gfsr.htm
bill |
WSU computer science work.
Chuck and Jaque in Silverdale, WA. Jaque and Patty are
friends. They lived next to us in Pullman from 1966 to 1972.
Meet with Mel and Barbara.
Downtown Victoria to Tsawwassen.
Vancouver - Victoria (Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay)
Lunch in Vancouver, BC with
Anita Langley.
Anita was affiliated with
Black Op Radio.
http://www.victoriaexpress.com/Schedules/victoria-port-angeles.html
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