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Scrooge Famous Grouse
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs | Pics Location: wishful thinking |
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Scrooge
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:18 pm
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Is the calendar photo contest still open?
And where do I sign up for this year's Potluck Social?
Or is the answer to all these, "There isn't one".
Has Chief Joseph got it right?
. So then I guess that life as we know it has come to an end.
Why? We're still hiking. The pandemic hasn't stopped us from taking pictures. Tom doesn't have to hand out the Calendars at a Social in order for us to have either one.
Tom, you don't have to be a physical middleman on the Calendars. Set it up with Mixbook, so we all order our calendars separately. Or if Mixbook requires a bulk order, get Josh Lewis to handle it.
As for the Social, we can have that in January. We've done that some years when we could all get together. ..... So we have plenty of time to have a photo contest and get a Calendar made.
Slugman suggested doing a drive-in Social, but Seawallrunner's idea is better. She said,
. I have a Zoom account that we can use.
With Zoom we can all see each other; we can even eat together. Sure we can. I'll make my spaghetti. Ski will make pies. We just can't share quite the way we usually do. ...... Hey! We don't even have to have our masks on.
Tom, it's been 20 years (!) since I held things together when MtnGoat's site was wiped out, while you and Caver built this one. ..... Please don't let Corona-19 add NWHikers to it's list of victems.
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17853 | TRs | Pics
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Tom
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:47 pm
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Hopefully we will have a calendar for 2022. Just don't think it's going to happen for 2021 due to covid and other distractions.
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17853 | TRs | Pics
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Tom
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:27 pm
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One thing we could do is have a photo of the month contest to honor calendar worthy photos taken in 2020. For example, in December we could have members submit and vote for the January photo, in January we could vote for the February photo, and so on. Might be a good cabin fever distraction and I think we would get better participation than trying to put together a last minute calendar.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7709 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Scrooge wrote: | Has Chief Joseph got it right?
. So then I guess that life as we know it has come to an end. |
I hope not, but on the bright side I am usually wrong, at least that's the feedback I typically get..
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:55 pm
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Tom wrote: | One thing we could do is have a photo of the month contest to honor calendar worthy photos taken in 2020. |
This is a great idea. ~z
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17853 | TRs | Pics
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Tom
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:25 pm
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I forgot about cover as well. I guess we could kick that off in November with photo of the year.
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Nancyann Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2013 Posts: 2319 | TRs | Pics Location: Sultan Basin |
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Nancyann
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:06 am
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I like this idea, thanks Tom!
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BarbE Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1153 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:12 am
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Scrooge Famous Grouse
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs | Pics Location: wishful thinking |
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Scrooge
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:16 pm
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BarbE wrote: | Excellent idea Tom! |
NO. It isn't, Barb. It's an acceptance of Chief Joseph's observation. A couple of years ago, you would have said, "I don't know about the Calendar, but I can get together with Seawallrunner to plan a virtual Potluck".
Tom would have started the Photo Contest today, to run two weeks. It would take him about an hour. And he would have asked an understudy to contact Mixbook to find out what we had to do to handle a Calendar under current conditions.
And asked for a volunteer to actually handle the details of Calendar creation and distribution.
. But it isn't going to happen.
I really thought NWHikers would outlast us, because our interest in exploration seemed to be unique. ..... Oh well. I'm 79. It will outlast me.
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:51 pm
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I will miss the calendar contest and social, but can live without it. The Bulgers party is skipping this year too. There's always next year!
nwhikers continues to be my go-to place for hiking information and conversation every day. I'm so glad it has remained a site for people willing to share high quality outdoor information and not devolve into a "look where I am" showcase. Thanks to Tom and all the moderators for keeping the lights on.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7739 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Cyclopath
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:43 pm
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This will have to be the year we celebrate each other's calendars.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7709 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Cyclopath wrote: | This will have to be the year we celebrate each other's calendars. |
I will just be "Celebrating" another year of living.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Kim Brown Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 6899 | TRs | Pics
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I like Tom's idea! Go for it!
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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Riverside Laker Member
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geyer Member
Joined: 23 May 2017 Posts: 463 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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geyer
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Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:13 am
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