Yo DayHiker!

“The Tuscaloosa storm is due in the Jefferson County area shortly...

Double Springs / Arley is getting hit hard right now.....

and Last but not least, check the forecast for Norfolk.....(If you can reschedule ya might think about it...ya might get in but then ya might NOT get back out).”

“Thanks for the tips. If I fly into Norfolk I'd be driving and flying out of Roanoke. Yep, 5 hrs from one another.

I'm about to head to the grocery store and getting home before it gets here.

Are you making this trip?”

“PS, 8 deaths in Enterprise, AL today from a tornado strike on a high school.”

“been planning on it, but I've been home sick for the last three days.....

just hoping it breaks in time...prolly be Saturday before I get there ...IF I get there....

I feel so much better knowing StoveStomper will be there to come save my sorry lost ass.


LostBoy”

“LMAO!
So true.”

“???”

“I've been out of town all week. I may have to go to Poughkeepsie instead of Ithaca. I'll know in a few hours.”

“Dayhiker, what about a trip on the Pinhoti for early to mid spring?”

“I'm not dayhiker, but I might be interested in hiking that again. Maybe even 'Mr. Shoes' (DeoreDX) might be.
last edited: 11/20/07 11:37:37 AM”

“Could be. There is some good stuff up there. It's point to point unless you're around Cheaha, then you can get some loops. I lack Neels to Dick's Creek on the AT in GA and wondered about doing that in the spring. A TT Pinhoti trip might be nice though.”

“Nomad has opened a gear store in B'ham.

Dude has been at Trail Days the last few years spreading good will.

Thought you might be interested.

http://www.myspace.com/nomadsupplyshop”

“Thanks, I'll check it out.”

“Interesting...thanks!”

“Do I need to tell you and Stew what a cool trip you missed? LOL! It was great even though it pissed and poured on us half the time...
TR to follow tonight w. pics tomorrow night.”

“It was great even though it pissed and poured on us half the time...

Sorry about that. I'll walk further from camp to piss next time. Promise.”

“I've been pissed on so many times, one more couldn't possibly hurt.”

“Hell yes, you do need to tell us mg, we've been waiting on that TR for-ev-uh.”

“chili - is that place a gear store? The description makes it sound like they mainly sell hemp and nose rings.”

“LMAO! Why am I not surprised?”

“My understanding was it is a gear store.”

“Next time I'm in southside I'll try to take a peek.”

“how was 'cuse?”

“It was the first time I've ever seen a foot of snow before. The weather was great. Pretty day, about 32deg, and plowed roads. I wish I'd had more time on the ground. My flight out of Atlanta was delayed so I only had about 2 hrs on the ground. It was a long day, got up at 3:30am and got home at 9:00 pm.

I should have one more visit later in the winter. That one will be a single overnight as a minimum.”

“ya you got lucky with the weather? come back sometime before march and you'll see more than a foot!

drive less than an hour north east of cuse and you hit the tughill plateau which gets craploads of snow. last year we set the record for snow accum in 1 weeks time - 12 feet in some places!”

“If the next trip is a single overnight I'll likely have to hangout with the client. If it's 2 nights then maybe I'll get to finally meet up. We're cutting roof columns out of a building so I'll need to go back before they actually torch them out.”

“okey dokey. just lemme know”

“Sure thing.”

“Hey, did you use your BA bag on that RRG trip recently?”

“I had to bail on the trip.

I'm still trying to decide about that bag too. I'd love to get to do the Linville trip in Jan which would probably be a good chance to try it out.”

“How's that Sipsey trip plan shaping up?”

“Takin a first timer on Sat to the Big Tree. We were supposed to go Friday and I was taking my son to Cheaha for an overnighter on Sat. The weather messed that up. I'm likely taking most of Friday off to goof off at home and then dayhike on Sat. That said, I haven't tried to figure out the big exploration date. I should know my office retreat date in a few days which will let me figure out a big Sipsey trip date and then backwards to our possible exploration dates. As I've tried to figure out how to schedule everything I've started to get concerned that I might not be able to pull off the late Feb/early March Sipsey trip at all.”

“I left off the Cub Scouts polar bear campout and I'm keeping the kids one Sat soon so my wife can shop by herself or with friends.....dang, I've got to get all this stuff on a calendar.
last edited: 12/27/07 5:47:34 AM”

“Hey John, do you still check your Gmail account?


If not I was wondering if you could send me your spreadsheet of data from your planned 03 thru hike of the smokies you sent Ductape and milemonster on.”

“Do you know anything about Autodesk's Revit program? In particular I'm trying to figure out how much a license costs. Autodesk lists the software as $5,995. Is that per license or is there a reduced price for multiple licenses?”

“please report to the first time lightweight tent buyer thread”

“You have gmail!...thanks!”

“Do you know where I can find a table with light gauge steel stud sizes? I'm trying to do some wall details and I can't seem to find the actually sizes available. Thanks”

“Somebody took my cataloge, theiving engineers...let me see what I can find.”

“I may have found something. Do these sizes sound right?
3 1/2 x 1 5/8
6 x 1 5/8
8 x 1 5/8
10 x 1 5/8”

“Yes, but that's the old nomenclature. I still use that alot because when I use the new method I get a call from Bubba or Jorge asking what in the hell is a 362S162-43

http://www.clarkwestern.com/documents/CW_StructuralSteelCatalog.pdf


The first number you listed is the depth, the second is the flange width.”

“Thanks. It's been almost 7 years since I've done anything with light gauge steel construction.”

“There should be load tables. If you're doing exterior studs at 90 mph you probably want to check the 20 psf tables. If you're clad with brick be sure to pick out a stud that meets L/600 deflection.”