My Iowa Commute - Page 6

HungLikeJesus · 06-14-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

... Have I misssed something, though, whereabouts are you with all that countryside around you?

We are about 30 miles west of Denver Colorado, at an altitude of 7,800 feet. Denver, which is around 5,000 feet, is quite a bit warmer and dryer than we are.

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

... I caught that bit about the nuthatches. We regularly have blue tits...

I was going to make some connection between snow shoveling and blue tits, but I decided that would be too rude.

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

... We do get a lot of woodpeckers arond here - usually the green variety - they can be seen in the summer when the ants are hatching from their nests in the soil as they spend a lot of time on the lawn feasting on the eggs and newly hatched ants swarming around below the lawn's surface.

We have two kinds of woodpeckers that we regularly see. The Flickers are the trouble makers, but they've mostly left us alone this year.

Cyclefrance · 06-14-2007, 03:43 PM

Dog (Oscar) is exhuasted - he has his 'running-barking' game he plays with a labrador called Buzz. The house is pictured below - it's on the way home

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LabRat · 06-13-2007, 01:48 PM

What he said. That's how I do it, (Cellar host's) which is why I have to use multiple posts to get more than 2 pics in.

Beautiful snow pics! Great on a stink-o hot day like today...

glatt · 06-13-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

Beautiful snow pics!

Yeah. I should have commented on them too. That's a long driveway, and you appear to get snow often. Was the snowblower broken? Was the truck with the plow in the shop? You don't shovel every time it snows, do you?

HungLikeJesus · 06-13-2007, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah. I should have commented on them too. That's a long driveway, and you appear to get snow often. Was the snowblower broken? Was the truck with the plow in the shop? You don't shovel every time it snows, do you?

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Originally Posted by HLJ

The snow makes for some good exercise. Shoveling is my wife's job.

The driveway is 200 or 300 feet long; the top picture shows the narrower end toward the street. The part nearer the house is twice as wide.

The biggest problem we have, after a few days of snow, is finding a place to put it. Up by the garage there is a hill on one side, the house on the other and the garage in front. Here's a picture I took this morning. All the snow has melted.

Sundae · 06-13-2007, 02:45 PM

Wow - I've only seen snow like that on skiing holidays [envy].
You live in a wooden house! That's well foreign to me!

I can't wait for your commute. Please can I also have pictures of your kitchen, your bathroom, your weekly food shop etc

HungLikeJesus · 06-13-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Wow - I've only seen snow like that on skiing holidays [envy].
You live in a wooden house! That's well foreign to me!

I can't wait for your commute. Please can I also have pictures of your kitchen, your bathroom, your weekly food shop etc

The cedar siding is nice, but it has drawbacks, primarily because the woodpeckers and the pigmy nuthatches think it's a big dead tree. They drill holes in the walls to make nests, some of them 4 inches in diameter, and pull out the insulation.

The other problem is that we live in an area with occasional large fires (10,000 to 120,000 acres) and this house would burn fast.

I can see by that picture that it's time to stain the front door.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2007, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

The cedar siding is nice, but it has drawbacks, primarily because the woodpeckers and the pigmy nuthatches think it's a big dead tree. They drill holes in the walls to make nests, some of them 4 inches in diameter, and pull out the insulation.

My folks had the woodpecker problem. After many years of replacing wood and cursing the little peckers, they stoped staining and painted the house. That did it.

HungLikeJesus · 06-14-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

My folks had the woodpecker problem. After many years of replacing wood and cursing the little peckers, they stoped staining and painted the house. That did it.

This year I finally bought an air rifle. I shot two of the pygmy nuthatches but they just fell to the ground, got up and flew away. They've since come back and are living inside the walls.

Cyclefrance · 06-14-2007, 02:05 PM

Dog wants his walk - to be continued in an hour or so....

Cyclefrance · 06-14-2007, 04:00 PM

In case you can't see, it says 'Leatherhead Sewage Treatment Works'!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2007, 06:27 PM

So the Chelsea FC entrance is wide open but the sewage plant has a gate. Hmmm, strange these Brits.

HungLikeJesus · 06-14-2007, 06:28 PM

That's because terrorists might poison the sewage.

Clodfobble · 06-14-2007, 06:42 PM

Turns out I got unexpectedly called into work today, so I humbly submit this commute for general perusal.

First, we start in the neighborhood, with the local water tower. We're not on the main city water system, unfortunately. Within just a mile or so we enter the highway. The trip is almost all highway--fast, but not pretty.

Clodfobble · 06-14-2007, 06:44 PM

A lot of construction in this area. The highway I'm on will be a tollroad when it's finished, but is free until then.

This overpass is insanely high, the picture really doesn't do it justice.

06-14-2007, 03:43 PM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Dog (Oscar) is exhuasted - he has his 'running-barking' game he plays with a labrador called Buzz. The house is pictured below - it's on the way home . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-13-2007, 01:48 PM	#3
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	What he said. That's how I do it, (Cellar host's) which is why I have to use multiple posts to get more than 2 pics in. Beautiful snow pics! Great on a stink-o hot day like today... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

06-13-2007, 02:45 PM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Wow - I've only seen snow like that on skiing holidays [envy]. You live in a wooden house! That's well foreign to me! I can't wait for your commute. Please can I also have pictures of your kitchen, your bathroom, your weekly food shop etc __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-14-2007, 02:05 PM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Dog wants his walk - to be continued in an hour or so.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-14-2007, 04:00 PM	#11
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	In case you can't see, it says 'Leatherhead Sewage Treatment Works'! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-14-2007, 06:27 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So the Chelsea FC entrance is wide open but the sewage plant has a gate. Hmmm, strange these Brits. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-14-2007, 06:28 PM	#13
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That's because terrorists might poison the sewage. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-14-2007, 06:42 PM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Turns out I got unexpectedly called into work today, so I humbly submit this commute for general perusal. First, we start in the neighborhood, with the local water tower. We're not on the main city water system, unfortunately. Within just a mile or so we enter the highway. The trip is almost all highway--fast, but not pretty. Attached Images

06-14-2007, 06:44 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A lot of construction in this area. The highway I'm on will be a tollroad when it's finished, but is free until then. This overpass is insanely high, the picture really doesn't do it justice. Attached Images

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