Yes, fans, your moderator will be on vacation for two weeks beginning Thursday, Sept 14.
He thinks he needs it. He may be wrong. But he's taking his laptop and will make some feeble attempt to check in on you crazies once or twice (or not). He might get some writing done, especially if it's raining.
But rain or shine, he WILL look down into the Grand Canyon (something he has never done yet) and he WILL drive along the Extraterrestial Highway and stop in at Rachel, Nevada. He will accept orders for silly overpriced trinkets or other souveniers, likely manufactured in China. But what the hey, this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. (If not, it should be.)
He will not make an attempt to see Area 51. He is of the understanding that the Google Earth image of it is clearer than what you can see through a 50X spotting scope on the only public road where you can glimpse the place. Besides, once you have seen an airfield, you have pretty much seen them all.
I expect folks like ChunkyC, Medevialist, Macalister, Birol, rtlryarms, etc, will stop in here and fan the flames of interesting discussions in my absense. Will I miss you all? Honestly, no. Not very much. Not for just two weeks. What I will miss is the realtime chats in the AW chatroom. Maybe Chaostitan or Shweta can host a rousing forum chat and post the log in here.
I got my camera batteries charged, my laptop batteries charged, and five yellow pads. I'm all set. See you all in October.
He thinks he needs it. He may be wrong. But he's taking his laptop and will make some feeble attempt to check in on you crazies once or twice (or not). He might get some writing done, especially if it's raining.
But rain or shine, he WILL look down into the Grand Canyon (something he has never done yet) and he WILL drive along the Extraterrestial Highway and stop in at Rachel, Nevada. He will accept orders for silly overpriced trinkets or other souveniers, likely manufactured in China. But what the hey, this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. (If not, it should be.)
He will not make an attempt to see Area 51. He is of the understanding that the Google Earth image of it is clearer than what you can see through a 50X spotting scope on the only public road where you can glimpse the place. Besides, once you have seen an airfield, you have pretty much seen them all.
I expect folks like ChunkyC, Medevialist, Macalister, Birol, rtlryarms, etc, will stop in here and fan the flames of interesting discussions in my absense. Will I miss you all? Honestly, no. Not very much. Not for just two weeks. What I will miss is the realtime chats in the AW chatroom. Maybe Chaostitan or Shweta can host a rousing forum chat and post the log in here.
I got my camera batteries charged, my laptop batteries charged, and five yellow pads. I'm all set. See you all in October.
