Dog Days

“The recent descent into irrascible hostility and madness on TT is a sure sign we are in the midst of the dog days of summer.”

“woof woof, grrrrr”

“pant, pant, pant...”

“sarabelle.. it your time girl! live it up!”

“grrrrrrrrrr”

“It`s to hot outside, life is a bummer
drat it all, it`s the dog days of summer
it`s to hot to hike, camp, or even fish
it`s just to hot to do the things I wish
so, I`ll just stay in the house, or take a dip out in the pool
it looks like I`m trapped here until the weather turns cool”

“tehe.. good one big foot....it is a good day for a nice dip in a pool or a lake or a river... or for some...lime jello.. not me though.. i think it would be miserable if it were all melted!lol”

“Hi there sweet one....
It`s been a long time since we`ve talked, I hope all is well and you`re as happy as the last time we talked.
You two need to keep in touch better...lol I mean with the rest of the world...lol”

“I wondered where that expression came from. Thanks steve hiker, I learned something on TT today. And I'm not being sarcastic.”

“So thaatt's what it is...”

“Arf”

“steve hiker; that's what you get for living way down there...wait, it's too hot here too. Oh well, see ya in the fall.”

“this is nekkid-hikin' weather!”

“yeah Rad, I told the ticks about ya and they said they love a good piece of ass!”

“ARGH!!!

fire ants are munchin' my doogan!!!”

“LOL! Those bastards will munch more than that, I guarantee.”

“after that, they will be too full to munch any more.”

“ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!”

“LOL!”

“I'm dickless and Rad is Ron Jeremy.

Where is the justice.”

“It`s to hot outside, life is a bummer



Hot?!?! Bummer?!?! "Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death." -Auntie Mame”

“ The Dog Days of Summer

Everyone knows that the ?dog days of summer? occur during the hottest and muggiest
part of the season. Webster defines ?dog days? as...

1 : the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of
summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere

2 : a period of stagnation or inactivity

But where does the term come from? Why do we call the hot, sultry days of summer
?dog days??

In ancient times, when the night sky was unobscured by artificial lights and smog,
different groups of peoples in different parts of the world drew images in the sky by
?connecting the dots? of stars. The images drawn were dependent upon the culture: The
Chinese saw different images than the Native Americans, who saw different pictures than
the Europeans. These star pictures are now called constellations, and the constellations
that are now mapped out in the sky come from our European ancestors.

They saw images of bears, (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor), twins, (Gemini), a bull,
(Taurus), and others, including dogs, (Canis Major and Canis Minor).

The brightest of the stars in Canis Major (the big dog) is Sirius, which also happens to be
the brightest star in the night sky. In fact, it is so bright that the ancient Romans thought
that the earth received heat from it. Look for it in the southern sky (viewed from northern latitudes) during January.

In the summer, however, Sirius, the ?dog star,? rises and sets with the sun. During
late July Sirius is in conjunction with the sun, and the ancients believed that its heat added to the heat of the sun, creating a stretch
of hot and sultry weather. They named this period of time, from 20 days before the
conjunction to 20 days after, ?dog days? after the dog star.

The conjunction of Sirius with the sun varies somewhat with latitude. And the
?precession of the equinoxes? (a gradual drifting of the constellations over time) means
that the constellations today are not in exactly the same place in the sky as they were in ancient Rome. Today, dog days occur during the period between July 3 and August 11. Although it is certainly the warmest period of the summer, the heat is not due to the added radiation from a far-away star, regardless of its brightness. No, the heat of summer is a direct result of the earth's tilt.

Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Jerry Wilson ”

“Its that damn Dog Star!

Wow Violin you must watch a lot of Star Trek or something.”

“I'd rather be dickless than Ron Jeremy! That man is downright yucky.”

“beware the hedgehog!”

“John Denver coined the term "Far Out!"”

“Yucky man Ron Jeremy coined the term "Far in."”

“Anyone seen my fire hydrant?”

“Anyone seen my mailman, or my tail?”

“Violin; I've noticed you're posting alot of pics of late. I'm not the TT narc or anything but I will mention that Matt The Webmaster has asked us not to post pics because they consume a big chunk of his available memory.

Just my $.02, make of it what you will.”

“Kleetn started it! Kleetn should be banned from TT!!!”

“Some others share the blame, not just Violin. I have on occasion asked for cartoons and he is nice enough to put them here. Matt can delete the threads that have a lot of pics if there is a problem.”

“LyndyS; Nice SEP(Somebody Else's Problem) POV.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk but I want to keep my favorite web-site flowing smooth.

OK, I'm done with my non-backpacking entries for the quarter...or at least I'll try.”

“Lyndy, Pass the word to Violin: Icksnay on the imgsrcay.”

“Actually, I am only posting URL's of images posted elsewhere. I'm no expert, but I believe it doesn't effect thebackpacker.com a bit. Matt has clarified that he doesn't mind the pics, he just doesn't want poorly written code to keep the rest of the page from opening. I'm somewhat careful and don't think I've jammed things up yet. If matt, the webmaster minded, I'm sure he would let me know.


The target site may not like it but I'm an outlaw, a loner, a REBEL!

”

“Violin; If I knew what all that means I guess I'd feel silly for opening my big mouth. Opps.

If it weren't for this site I wouldn't have hiked with alot cool people I've meet here. I guess I'm a tad selfish/defensive when it comes to my link to the ECTers.

For the longest time I never saw any graphics in this forum and in my ignorance I didn't know the differrence. Luckily I'm used to looking dumb.”

“Oh. I can explain all that walkincrow. In the movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pee-Wee said "You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner Dottie, a REBEL." I just changed it up a little.

Hope this clears things up.

;)

I wouldn't want to lose this site either.”

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Next Time You Are Feeling Dumb About Your Computer Think About This

Check out the following excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article by Jim Carlton (these are allegedly true reports from computer techs).

1. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the "Any" key is.

2. AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in.

3. Another Compaq technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files from his old 5.25" floppies. After troubleshooting for magnets and heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer had labeled the diskettes then rolled them into the typewriter to type the labels.

4. Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived from the customer along with Xeroxed copies of the floppies.

5. A Dell technician advised her customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold, and was heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.

6. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of troubleshooting, the tech discovered the man was attempting to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of his monitor screen and hitting the "send" key.

7. Another Dell customer needed help setting up a new program, so a Dell tech suggested he go to the local Egghead. "yeah, I got me a couple of friends," the customer replied. When told Egghead was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant for me to find a couple of geeks."

8. Yet another Dell customer called to complain that his keyboard no longer worked. He had cleaned it by filling up his tub and soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing all the keys and washing them individually.

9. A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid." The tech explained that the computer's "bad command" and "invalid" responses should not be taken personally.

10. An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't get her new computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she pushed the power button. Her response: "I pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happens." The foot pedal turned out to be the computer's mouse.

11.Another customer called Compaq tech support to say his brand new computer wouldn't work. He said he unpacked the unit, plugged it in, and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when he pressed the power switch, he asked, "what power switch?"

12. True story from a Novell NetWire SysOp:

Caller: "Hello, is this tech support?"

Tech: "Yes, it is, how may I help you?"

Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?"

Tech: "I'm sorry, but did you say cup holder?"

Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer."

Tech: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?"

Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a promotional. It just has '4X' on the front of it."

At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he couldn't stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of his CD ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the drive.”