RiverViewer

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Wow - I somehow missed this amidst the holiday chaos (I'm still catching up on December threads on some boards...)...wow...that stuff just looks astonishing! You utterly rock...

I think it's great that it persists through all the pages, so that you can keep it up there while surfing UO...

Well, they've got a 2 week full refund policy, so I bought it today, and will make a final decision shortly...I mean, it's no Rebel or D80 or anything, but I really need shake reduction, which this has, and I really really didn't want to spend any more money than this...

Grasscat actually posted some views upthread a ways...they did one of those crane-camera things, I guess: http://www.theoverlookatedenpark.com/views.htm Here's the 13th floor: ...yes, pardon me while I drool...

I missed posting photos from when they did the east wall, but that's been pulled down and restacked now as well. Plus they did a big rehab job on the bridge itself - here's a shot from tonight:

I'm testing a Pentax K100D, picked it up tonight, and ran around before sunset playing with it...thought I'd post the initial results! I haven't screwed with any settings yet, so this is just point-and-click. First off, here's a shot where I just cropped most of the image out, and what's left here is at full resolution, just to show it at its extreme: Then here are some assorted shots around Mt. Adams and Eden Park: ...the river is pretty high - 46.44 feet in these shots:

Here's a shot from tonight, a little before sunset:

Yeah, 100% on both...actually, the woman who sits next to me at work just took her citizenship test last Friday, and passed! Yay! Another Russian-American! But we spent some time going through the questions in her booklet, and these questions are taken directly from that test. There are maybe 70 or 80 possible questions I think? And there may be a few a little more difficult (name the current Chief Justice, say, or a few history things), but they're generally like this. Oh, but the actual test she took wasn't multiple choice - a proctor sat across the desk and asked her questions, and she had to supply the answer...at least that's my understanding...which definitely takes it up a level...

The latest peak prediction is 47.8 feet Friday evening:

^Talking to yourself again? ...yeah, that's definitely impressive...need more threads!

20,000 pieces of flair...are we talking a TGI Friday's Server Convention?

everyone has to wear 20,000 pieces of something You sure know how to make a sausage fest into a real par-tay!

Nothing is certain at this point, except that the Ohio is pretty high and getting higher...Saturday's Daily River and Lake Summary report predicted the Ohio would crest in Cincinnati at 54.3' Thursday morning, then yesterday's predicted a crest at 50.4' Friday morning...always cool to see the river rising, as long as it stays in its banks... I'll update this when the report is updated this afternoon...and for those who are interested, here's the report information from Saturday and Sunday: Saturday Sunday

For those who feel they need a little *ahem* motivation to run, why not partake in your local chapter of the Hash House Harriers? (not for those without a sense of humor!) I love the slogan, "drinkers with a running problem..." MrsAWeeks - how do you handle waiting for the light to cross the street? Just jogging in place? Or jaywalking when there's an opening? So far I've avoided crossing main streets where I can, and otherwise just run alongside them so I can pick an opening to cut across...but that's probably unwise... BTW, running across the bridges - that's definitely on tap for us - I couldn't imagine anything cooler!

You have judged my nephew by the tattoo on his head. Maybe it was the wrong choice to put that on his head, but he is not an animal, he is not a monster. No, actually, he is an animal and a monster. ...and hey, great news on the Collins steps!

RiverViewer, are you sure the weight gain is not muscle? Muscle weighs more than fat. I'm not implying your fat or out of weight. Just something to think about so you don't become discouraged. I'm sure it's muscle - you don't move 240 pounds of RiverViewer up and down hills for 3+ miles without building muscle! And I do feel a tad looser in the pants sometimes...and I really am not all that concerned with how I look - nonetheless, it does get a little depressing, having spent five months in regular exercise for the first time in my life, trying to eat better, and only seeing the scale go higher! Thomas - God love you for defending the borders of the One True Clifton! Of course, I'm still with David on the colloquial use of Greater Clifton in regular conversation, so I guess I'm an offender as well! Oh, and Pope (or some other mod/admin), if you'd like to change the title of the thread to make it a generic running/jogging thread, that'd rock - I'm sorry I made the thread so parochial - I'd love to see suggestions for routes for when I'm in other parts of the state!

^You're talking about Gilbert, not Madison, right? Or am I misunderstanding it? You can cross Columbia Parkway at Kemper - there's a light there - and go down the Kemper Lane Extension to Eastern (now Riverside Drive) - I probably wouldn't want to do all that downhill running - I definitely have not mastered the art of the downhill yet - but that's a great idea for a route - start by walking to Eastern, then running back up Gilbert and through the park to get home. That'd be a very tough route! I'm definitely not ready for it yet...but yeah, all that riverfront stuff would be fantastic! Since my wife and I are doing this together, we can plant a car and don't have to worry about looping...

I hunted every way I could think of and didn't find a thread like this yet...if one exists, please feel free to shut me down and merge me! So my wife and I started jogging last September, using the CoolRunning.com Couch-to-5K plan. It's supposed to be nine weeks to take you from never having run before to running 3.1 miles...well, we slowed that down, ended up taking 18 weeks, but we ran our first full 3.1 miles January 4th. Of course, neither of us have lost a goddamn pound - I've even put a little weight on - but we both feel a lot better, and are really digging running. So our course was always Mirror Lake, in the morning before work, just running loops. That was great when our longest sustained run was 3 or 5 minutes, but by the time you're talking about running miles, that repetition really starts to suck. So we just started road running last Saturday, and I've been tracking our routes using the gmap-pedometer, and I thought I'd open up a thread for folks to post their favorite running routes. So here's our current short loop: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=629062 ...it avoids major road crossings - any busy street gets crossed along a stretch that lets you pick your spot, so you never have to wait at a light. Just 2.6 miles, but we can extend it with a loop or two as needed. And here's this morning's run - we planted a car in Hyde Park Square, then came back, walked to the Twin Lakes, then ran this: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=636891 So, what are your favorite routes? I'd love to hork people's ideas and suggestions to keep things fresh and new!

Yeah, crimes will happen, no matter what neighborhood - but the reaction from all parties in this case is the real news story - if only that had been the news story...

Moonloop - I think half the argument here is that "closing the steps" will do NOTHING to make folks more safe. If it's just hanging a "Steps Closed" sign from handrail to handrail, that insures the steps will be a lure for illicit activity. It's not a question of tolerating residents being robbed at gunpoint just to keep steps open - it's a question of doing something that sounds active, that will actually do nothing to make people safe, meanwhile closing the steps off to law-abiding folks. Michael - I agree, it's not fair to argue this as though the closure is already permanent. Now, arguing that a temporary closure will become a permanent closure is one thing - I think that's a perfectly legitimate argument, I think we're going to see it come true regarding the Collins steps, and I would worry about that happening here as well. But I agree with you that then arguing as though a permanent closure is your plan is also unfair, and you're quite right to point that out. Again, I'd say that if the closure doesn't involve making the steps impassable for a scofflaw teenager, then any closure will only serve as a magnet for crime. no matter what methods are proposed to eliminate a problem can and will be rebutted by someone. That may be true - but it's certainly not true in this argument. You've got a list of proposals as long as your arm, and I think everyone on here has cheered every one of them - except the closure of public right-of-ways. I don't think that's obstructionism - it's just people thinking hanging a closed sign won't be a very effective crime-fighting tool. And furthermore, I think there's a fear that certain interests want to turn their little corner of the city into a gated suburban community. Like Keys Crescent getting the Collins Steps closed - that's the most absurd nonsense I've heard in a long time. That went through over the objections of just about everyone except a couple residents. Didn't matter how many people who actually use those steps spoke up, or how many community groups, or how utterly absurd the argument for closing them down was, or the fact that it's a public goddamn right-of-way - nope, hell with you folks, we're closing them down. This is a different situation - there's actual crimes here, for one thing - but you've gotta understand the sensitivity to closing down public right-of-ways in general; and then the absurdity of thinking that closing them down in the way every other step closure is handled (a sign that they're closed) would do anything at all for safety...

You can browse the full list here: http://www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp ...but no Hall and Oates. You're not a rich girl, you haven't gone too far, 'cause you know it don't matter anyway...but they can rely on the old man's money...

Between Genesis, Yes and Beethoven, pretty much everyone knew I was a dork...I'm with you!

Why be more up in arms about a set of steps being temporarly closed then the victimization of residence? I am not ready to say that these stairs are more important than the safety of our residents Michael, that is completely unfair. The argument others are making is that putting a "closed" sign up will do nothing to make residents more safe, it will only be a feel-good measure that does nothing except make residents less safe. Asserting that those who disagree with you don't care for the safety of residents is neither true nor helpful. Now, putting a fence up that does block off the steps? And that can't be walked around? And that actually makes the route un-walkable? Well, that's a different discussion. I would probably wind up disagreeing with that as the best way to fight crime, but I'd defer to your judgement. But if your argument is that those who disagree must be more concerned about their convenience than the lives of your neighbors, I'm certainly not going to buy it. Everyone here loves you and all you do - I would just ask that you fight fair!

Sorry, that was intended as a joke...though I've proven myself to be enough of a square that your doubt is appropriate!