Glenn's Underground Cabin Update

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StinkerBell


Sassy

Thanks, Stinkerbell  ;D  When Glenn asked if I wanted to try it today, he didn't know whether I'd really do it or not.  I watched him ride it one more time & then away I went  c*  It was a lot of fun! 
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cabingal3

sassy-that looks like alot of fun.good for u.
there is always hope

carroll

 ;D   :)

WAY TO GO, SASSY!  I love the way the zip-line "deposits" you a ways back from the stop -- pretty smooth sailing, Glenn -- congratulations!

[cool]

carroll

PS  I'm looking at buying an unfinished straw bale house in the Tres Orejas off-grid community near Taos -- unfortunately, only scrub brush, no trees (or water, for that matter).  The latter bit (having to truck all your water in) is the scariest part, to me . . . .  I'm going to visit it next week -- I've got to say that this forum has inspired me tremendously!
:)

glenn kangiser

She had her adrenaline running on that ride, cabingirl. :)

Thanks, Carroll.  Getting sent back 40 feet is a great added feature of having the zipline tight to keep my bum from hitting the ground and the heavy bungees required to bring it to a stop.  [scared]

That worked out great as I was going to have a pretty big problem getting a platform built near the end.  The more I tightened it, the faster it went and the more bungees I needed...and the farther back we went. 

Sounds like a water collection system could be in your future.  Only 12 inches of rain per year but a bit every month it looks like.

Looking forward to hearing much more of your project, Carroll.  Glad the forum is useful to you. 
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When my kids were in school I supported them because the school system many times gets out of hand.  They even had a fat Kerman City Cop stand by with his hand on his gun at Kerman, California Middle School during my parent teacher conference.  I was called in from long-hauling between California, Washington and Texas under threat of going to jail. 

My son's crime.... he had asthma and missed too much school.  They tried to force me to sign a contract that he would not miss another day, as the officer still stood there with his hand on his gun.  I told them to sign it themselves and walked out.  The officer could have shot me in the back.... I didn't care.

Now the Kansas Governor has spied on students comments about their visit to the capitol and he requested the Principal bully Emma Sullivan for making a less than flattering comment about him and give her a bad time.  I don't like school bullies - especially abusive authority figures.

I am offering my support for Emma and freedom of speech.  If interested, check it out at this link.  Email is an effective tool against bullies like these.

 

Emma Sullivan



https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=200819266663703&id=143932555713090&notif_t=like
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The bear returned and dumped over the grain barrel last night.  The dogs were barking but I didn't see anything so I just told them to shut up.... [ouch]

Bears only get one chance then they are free game.  If they continue to return and tear things up, something has to be done about them.  The USDA trapper said that rehabilitation techniques they have tried in the past just did not work.  Once a bear has learned to break into feed storage, barns, houses etc. they just plain have to be put down.  :(

Yesterday I made another 3 water retention areas with the Bobcat as I went down to the gully above the spring to make an access path to get a few large dead live oaks for fire wood.  I made a small dam near the top of the gully by the dead trees while I was there.  It will probably retain about 3000 gallons at this point plus put more water into the underground as it retains rain that would otherwise just leave right away.

The idea is to eventually make this into more of a wet area on the mountain with better vegetation and pasture for the cows as well as possibly producing more water for the spring and getting my fish in there some day.  :)
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An added note - when doing water control projects, with problem water runoff areas, start your water control projects at the top of the hill.

Water that reaches the bottom in massive amounts may already be so far out of control that it will take out your improvements, small dams etc.

A story by a man in China said, "Control the water at the top of the hill and you won't have a problem with it at the bottom."  paraphrased... wish I could find that story again.
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Going to see if we can get a few good pix in the mountains today before the pass is closed with snow.  Will try to get a few of them up here later. :)
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Rob_O

Quote from: glenn kangiser on November 27, 2011, 11:37:49 AM

I am offering my support for Emma and freedom of speech.  If interested, check it out at this link.  Email is an effective tool against bullies like these.

 

Emma Sullivan



https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=200819266663703&id=143932555713090&notif_t=like

I added a link to your facebook post, the guber apparently posted an apology
"Hey Y'all, watch this..."

glenn kangiser

Thanks Rob.  I saw that there but didn't realize it was you.  :)

I read his apology and he blamed it on his staff and apologized for them but I wonder if he meant he was sorry or not?  It looks like he meant he was sorry he got caught.  rofl

At any rate he did have to back off and made a total ass of himself thanks to public opinion. [ouch]

Hopefully the principal had his email box filled today too.

I have worked on issues like this before getting others to mass mail too.  Totally plugged up a state of California email - they had to stop using it for a while at least.

Looks like the bullies are getting what they deserve.  [rofl2]
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waggin

#3186
On that  ::) subject, and way too many to list that show up in the off-topic section, I figure your thread is as good as any to post this song/video.  I find it to be incredibly powerful...coming soon to a country near you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uihjXLIBO4






Edited to change link to long link that would embed the video here-  glenn
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glenn kangiser

Waggin, great video.  That is not off topic in this thread... world friends are promoted here at the underground complex as well as the struggle against those who abuse their authority.   I know those people... soon it will be much more with us too, but I check on friends in many situations like those pictured and have cautioned my international student friends to be careful even here about what they post on FB to stay out of trouble when they get back.  Many of the students we know will drop into these same situations when they go home.  Yemen, Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Botswana, and on and on...

Is it asking too much that we try to control our leaders when they get out of hand.  Bullies... They are PUBLIC SERVANTS for crimoney sakes - they are supposed to serve us... we don't need to apologize when we critique the job they are doing, nor do our young adults.   We are not yet censored from voicing an opinion about bad leaders...and reading up on it, Emma did know what she was complaining about.  There was a legitimate reason.  We are not in the camps yet... lets try to keep it that way a bit longer and support even our young ones... our future, when they need it. [frus]

I got the neighbor to feed the cows and keep and eye on the place and we took a last chance run over the Tioga pass to get some pictures and see the sights before it gets closed by snow again. 

It is about 2 1/2 hours over the pass but if you have to go around then it is about 8 hours or more depending on which way you have to go.

The sky was overcast for most of the day so the first pix were not spectacular but there were lots of cool trees and rocks.



We tried to go to Bodie but were too late to get into the park today so will go in the morning.  We made a side trip to the old Travertine Hot Springs we used to go to years ago.  Dress policy has not changed.  :)

Found a nice German couple who were enjoying the hot water au-naturel and they allowed us to get a pix of them and the spring.  [scared]









Sassy of course couldn't be outdone by them.  [noidea'





She decided she wanted a picture of her being adventurous in the Hot Spring, but....





She was a bit shy... in front of friends and all.......


So... I had to loan her..


The Mankini....minus it's super powers of course.....




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Just made it back from our trip over Tioga Pass.  Yesterday's weather was overcast and crappy so the pix are not as good as I hoped but it will still give you a good look at the area.

Mono Craters is one of my favorite sights.  Actually the whole east side of the Sierras is a really different world if you like that sort of thing.







There are lots of old buildings there that have stood for years and years.  I always enjoy seeing how they were built and looking for new-old ideas.


Here is a barn - possibly old milk house near Bridgeport ...possibly part of the Bridgeport Ranch.  It has always been one of my favorite places over there.









I put a bunch of pix on FB so here is a link to the album.  It is public so I don't think anyone will have a problem viewing it.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2762529584668.2155713.1300689880&type=1
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Ernest T. Bass

Boy, my photographer brothers would love to get a shot at some of those views... You do a good job of capturing them. I can imagine the breath-takingness of actually being there is hard to frame.. Quite awe-inspiring.

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Thanks, Andrew.  I wish I lived closer to the views and could get there more often to have a choice of getting the great shots with ideal lighting conditions, but for generic run of the mill pictures they are pretty decent.  :)

As you say, the pictures don't do the subject justice.  [noidea'
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I got a bunch of our Bodie trip pictures put up with an emphasis on pictures of a lot of the small houses.  Maybe some good ideas like shingling them with tin cans.  [idea]




Amazing that some of these have been there since the late 1800s





The Methodist Church has been there since 1882 but thieves have vandalized it and they even stole the Ten Commandments that were posted there.

First set of pix - 200

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2767105139054.2155784.1300689880&type=1


I also have a second album for the pix that would not fit in the first album.  Lots of machinery pix and things of interest ( to me at least) there.  [ouch]






Wow - nice blacksmith shop, eh?.... [waiting]






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Quote from: glenn kangiser on November 30, 2011, 04:41:43 PM
they even stole the Ten Commandments that were posted there.

Got a chuckle out of that... ::) Cool buildings. I love looking at the old cabins around here that still have their original clay and early 1900's newsprint chinking..

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glenn kangiser

I really like the old buildings, Andrew.

We noticed that some of them had layers of cloth glued or fastened over the walls inside  and/or outside.  I guess it was anything to stop the wind - or maybe it is all that is left of a cloth backing for a wall paper??? Not sure.

The many tin can covered buildings were cool though.  They were put on with thought given to how the major storm wind, rain and snow would hit, with the laps facing the right direction even on the walls.   :)
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While in Bodie, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Arnold and his girlfriend from Thailand.  He was taking pix of the old truck and they asked if I would take a couple of them posing by it. 

No problem, I do it all of the time for my international student friends.  We talked a little and went our separate ways through the town. 

A few hours later we met again, as I was trying to find out about the town of Masonic from the ranger.  Once again I took a few pix for them with his camera.  He noticed I was drinking an El Mexicano Coco-con-pulpa.  I told him it was imported from Thailand where they were from. 

A few minutes later Sassy and I were having lunch and they were getting ready to leave.  I took him a card and he gave me one, then I took him a spare Coco-con-pulpa (Coconut water with pulp), and said goodbye to him, his mom and girlfriend.

After I got home I checked out his website and I have to say his work is fascinating.  If you have a few minutes check his site out for pix and videos.  Cool stuff.

http://archive.rogerarnold.net/gallery-list

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About Roger Arnold

I am a freelance photographer and cameraman based in Bangkok. My work has appeared in print, TV and internet outlets including:  The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, ABC, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, Stern, Financial Times, Cicero, Marie Claire, Elle, Fortune, Days Japan, Janes Intelligence Review, Penthouse, GQ, Maxim, Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross, The United Nations and many others.

Before moving to Asia I worked for Riley Arnold Productions as an assistant and producer on still and video productions.  A partial list of clients included Anheuser Busch, Sea World Parks, Moffitt Cancer Center, Rutenberg Homes and Road House Grill.

Closing A Deadly Gateway is my latest project: www.cdg.wildlife1.org



This was extremely interesting to me as we hosted Myo last year and Thang this year, both from Burma (Myanmar) and we stay in contact with them.  :)

Two great short vids.  Be sure to check out his pix and stories too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewfU71DPvhc



I also have many friends from Laos and he did a documentary there.  Here is a link to his documentary - short but  very interesting.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mi68GYu64k



So cool  to meet interesting people.  I think Roger Arnold is one of our type of people. 

It was a real honor to meet you, Roger and family.  Please be safe in your work.  Thanks for the card.  :)



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I just watched Still A Secret War again....

Outstanding work and care for the people, Roger. 

I have only learned how real these people and others in the world are since we started taking International Students and Scholars to the park...... Since I started seeing them as individuals rather than a bunch of foreigners. 

Many times Americans think of them as lower than animals per common old military training....thinking........ of the way our foreign policies tear through the lives of these people and yet when we grow tired of finishing things we promoted, we just drop it never to look back and see where our responsibility was forsaken... yet they continue to live with it......

Nice to see one who goes so far into danger to promote peace and help people.  So sad, yet so great that some like you go there to bring us news we would never know of otherwise.  Thanks.
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mgramann

Not to change the tone too much Glenn, but I found a picture of my wife, Rachel, on our zipline.

glenn kangiser

mgramann, thank you for that wonderful addition to the underground cabin topic and it is a wonderful on topic post - not off topic at all.  :)
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Quote from: glenn kangiser on December 02, 2011, 02:11:25 PM
mgramann, thank you for that wonderful addition to the underground cabin topic and it is a wonderful on topic post - not off topic at all.  :)

I'm glad you like it.  We have since changed from the rope to a hospital bed triangle trapeze we picked up at a flea market for $1.  We are still working to perfect the pulley/shuttle system.

glenn kangiser

Amazon carries good stuff for that.

Here is the one I bought - not real cheap but fast....

http://www.amazon.com/Petzl-Tandem-Speed-Transport-Pulley/dp/B0013G2K30/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1322868851&sr=1-1

It took me quite a bit of tuning to get the tension and support right as the trees I used were a bit on the small side and a little give goes a long way.  I'm not worried about their shear strength but the yielding tends to cause you to hit the ground..... [ouch]
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