Comments for Noopy.ORG

Comment on To Serve and Detect -or- I’ll Cut You! by hfb

hfb — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:56:56 +0000

15 years later and we’re still using metal tape, too. So much yet nothing has really changed.

Comment on Rice, Rice Baby by Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:54:58 +0000

I seem to recall that you like to experiment in the kitchen and that you love cooking. I am also a fan of rice pilaf, so perhaps sometime I should try out this recipe. Thanks for posting it!

Comment on Of Bees and Dogs by hfb

hfb — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:38:48 +0000

LOL….Otava is in that springtime ‘bee’ mode as well. I doubt they make a bee costume his size though. Good luck with that urine sample….maybe wear rubber boots, too.

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by larryc

larryc — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:42:43 +0000

Walk your dog on your lawn all spring and summer right into fall. Don’t pick anything up, let it soak up that november rain. They will regret landing at your house.

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by DBezona

DBezona — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:58:27 +0000

Nothing a few strategically placed sharp stakes can’t fix – heh.

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by Mike Stok

Mike Stok — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:43:16 +0000

You should talk to the local balloonists, most clubs want to maintain congenial relationships with local farmers and property owners. In my experience (admittedly in the 1980s in the UK) the local balloon club had a newsletter which told pilots to avoid landing in particular places, or fly high over certain areas, and the pilots took this seriously. Find out what the local club’s attitude is – if there are “rogue” commercial operations giving the sports fliers a bad name then you and the majority of the balloonists may be on the same side.

There is a certain unpredictability to hot air ballooning, if you are the only sizeable clearing in an area studded with power lines and trees then your property could look very attractive to a pilot running low on fuel. The balloon is at the mercy of the weather, and sometimes the winds do drop unexpectedly.

As for the danger of a landing, the worst that usually happens is some furrows in the ground and some tyre tracks. It is in the pilot’s interest not to get the envelope wrapped around your house, or tangled on a fence, so thye are usually fairly conservative about how they land. If anything more spectacular happens then the pilot should have insurance too.

(I may have some bias, my best job ever was working at the factory of Cameron Balloons in Bristol for several summers.)

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by jjohn

jjohn — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:36:00 +0000

I say, finders keepers. Your property, your balloon. Damn kids with their crazy flying machines of danger…*grumblecakes*

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by Freetus

Freetus — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:46:27 +0000

You should buy 100 strings of white Xmas lights at CVS and string up a lighted sign on your roof that reads something like: “Dear Balloonists: Please Stop Landing On My Lawn, But If You Must, I’d Like a Nice Single-Malt Scotch.”

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by pudge

pudge — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:07:23 +0000

If they land, they must pay you a grand!

Comment on Balloonacy Revisited by kl

kl — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:34:32 +0000

At least the police actually *picked up* when you called this time.

Baby steps to justice….