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VuNic wrote: The second snap in the slide looks a bit like you?
OMG. There definitely is a resemblance. However, that's where it stops - I am not a Tea Party member. 
Marc
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Some incredible pictures, thanks for sharing!
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... with google Hangout! 
I know there's similar capabilities by other services as well, so it's not so much about Hangout as the service concept itself. I was very impressed. Great audio and video quality, the way the video feed switches to the person that's talking is, while an obvious and easy thing to do, is really an amazing and cool thing to experience. For the life of me, I cannot understand why companies insist on meeting in conference rooms for just "talk" meetings, or for that matter, having to work on site 100% of the time. To think the company I worked for in 1991 was a leader in compressed B&W video sent over 14.4Kbps modems, and the frame rates we were getting was maybe 1 image update per second at a resolution of 320x200 or so.
Marc
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Going to help clear and hike a stretch of the Florida Trail[^] along the Suwanee River this coming week. Really looking forward to the primitive camping and great weather we are having. I belong to a group that is responsible for maintaining about 120 miles of the trail in N.E. Florida, they are a great bunch of people and love hiking with them.
modified 7 Dec '12 - 10:07.
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Mike Hankey wrote: the primitive camping
I am not one for camping - my concept of a good camping trip is staying in a hotel, on a soft bed and with a toilet and shower. However, it does look very beautiful. So, to be educated, what is actually involved in "clearing" a hiking trail? I always figured hiking trails were pretty low maintenance except for the occasional tree that might fall across a path and need to be removed.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: what is actually involved in "clearing" a hiking trail?
We mow and lop them the trail, which means we carry a pair of loppers[^] and trim the brush and tree limbs back so the path is accessible.
Also Palmetto[^] bushes grow everywhere down here and they can be a real pain.
Some sections that I've helped clear haven't been done in a couple of years and apparently not heavily traveled so nature took it back and we really had to work to get a trail cut through it again.
The Florida Trail is not as heavily traveled as the Appalachian Trail but can be traveled in the fall to spring months. The summer is to hot and we generally do Kayaking in the summer.
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Mike Hankey wrote: lso Palmetto[^] bushes grow everywhere down here and they can be a real pain.
They look spiky too!
Well, sounds like quite a bit of good exercise!
Marc
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When I retired I found I was gaining weight and really getting out of shape so I decided it was time to get off my ever widening butt and do the things I never had much time to do while I was working and raising a family. I've always liked the outdoors so this is a natural thing for me.
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My idea of roughing it is a Premier Inn.
I prefer the more upmarket hotels, and if I were rich enough I would stay in only the very best hotels.
(I do have a regular suite at The Savoy, but it is a rare treat for us to stay there).
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Your link goes to florida_ not florida_trail.
On many parts of the trail you may encounter wildlife that may pose a danger to life and health, including unrestrained or feral dogs, bears, snakes, wild boar, and alligators.
And you're sleeping out there? I'd bring a firearm. The worst we have in my neighborhood is coyotes[^] and cougars[^].
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