{"id":438,"date":"2010-02-05T00:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/02\/05\/thursday-night-parking-lot\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T04:44:00","slug":"thursday-night-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/02\/05\/thursday-night-parking-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night &#8211; parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pBlogBody_528308996\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t    I&#8217;m writing frm the relative comfort of a parking lot in beautiful poughkeepsie NY. I&#8217;m down here for a 25th work anniversary party for my good friend bruce . It&#8217;s amazing that I know folks (like me) who&#8217;ve had the same job for a quarter century or more.. I couldn&#8217;t <i>not<\/i> come.. <\/p>\n<p>GIven that I spent most of the day in the car coming down..a nd on th e phone.. not much new to report here. I have a few pictures from the last couple of days.. lemme see what they are.. <\/p>\n<p>Ahh. heres a cool Hawk I saw on my way to work yesterday.. .. I actually turned the car around and went back to watch this guy.. so regal.. so cool.. and so tiny in my crappy camera.. <br \/><center><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/bird.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Hmm.. what else.. ah..\u00a0\u00a0 I spied this cool hadline that made me feel noble.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410019.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Then last night we were up at Bolton for Gabe&#8217;s night riders competition.. he had a great night.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/gabe.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410058.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Oh waut, here&#8217;s a good story.. I got home last night after Gabes competition and found a box from Sparkfun. my favorite electronics company . Those who read this blog might remember my description of\u00a0 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vYmxvZ3MubXlzcGFjZS5jb20vaW5kZXguY2ZtP2Z1c2VhY3Rpb249YmxvZy52aWV3JmZyaWVuZElkPTEwNTEyMDE4MSZibG9nSWQ9NTI1MDk4MDQ3\">Free Day<\/a>&#8216;..\u00a0 where the copmany gave away 100,000 dollars of parts to their customers \u00a0 .. 100 bucks to each !\u00a0 to thank them for a good couple of years. The deal was first come, first serve.. I tried to get my order in from the oepneing bell.. but due to the huge number of folks also trying to order, my order never got through. I was dissapointed that my order didnt get through.. ut I wrote them a nice letter anyway tellign them how cool i thought they were for giving stuff away lke that.. <\/p>\n<p>Well.. my ever loving mother saaw the post.. and being the sweet person she is, didn&#8217;t want to see me dissapointed.. so .. she called Sparkfun the next day and poitned them at my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vYmxvZ3MubXlzcGFjZS5jb20vaW5kZXguY2ZtP2Z1c2VhY3Rpb249YmxvZy52aWV3JmZyaWVuZElkPTEwNTEyMDE4MSZibG9nSWQ9NTI1MDk4MDQ3\">blog post<\/a>. And they figured out form there what i was trying to order (parts for a talking blood alchohol meter I want to build.. don&#8217;t ask)\u00a0 .. then Mom ordered the parts for me.. isn&#8217;t that awesome.. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks Mom .. I love you !\u00a0 You are amazing.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410061.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410062.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Today.. was pretty ok.. crammed work meetings in morning .. then beutiful sunny drive dwon in the afternoon.. also crammed with phone meetings.. On my way out I drove by Markowskis and saw the Time cycle lookign regal and cold.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410064.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Then treated myself to a trip on the new makeshift feerry near the site of the old Crown Point bridge.. You could still see the chunks of the now demolished brudge<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410065.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410074.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">It was a quicl 10 minute boat ride.. they&#8217;v e amnaged to keep the ice clear fro the salvage, so the ferrys run 24 hours a day.. how cool to be on a boat on a bluebird day like this.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410071.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">They actually have 2 ferrys .. one going each direction.. it looks like it&#8217;s been there for years.. but I think it&#8217;s been there only a month. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410082.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/feb0410\/feb0410076.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">OK.. 7PM.. time to go inside. and see bruce.. More tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>Nite all. nite Sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing frm the relative comfort of a parking lot in beautiful poughkeepsie NY. I&#8217;m down here for a 25th work anniversary party for my good friend bruce . It&#8217;s amazing that I know folks (like me) who&#8217;ve had the same job for a quarter century or more.. I couldn&#8217;t not come.. 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