Comments on: Silicon Valley http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/ A love letter Mon, 21 May 2012 18:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Corrigan http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Chris Corrigan Wed, 22 Dec 2004 01:45:48 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-935 The west coast beckons...I can't complain. California, though... The west coast beckons…I can’t complain.

California, though…

]]> By: dervala http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-934 dervala Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:03:21 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-934 You saw the swansong, fp. Ranger Tim, over and out. You saw the swansong, fp. Ranger Tim, over and out.

]]> By: fp http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-933 fp Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:26:34 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-933 What I find depressing is the possibility that our east coast correspondent may follow the intrepid ranger west. With that, a window on Brooklyn would be shuttered. What I find depressing is the possibility that our east coast correspondent may follow the intrepid ranger west. With that, a window on Brooklyn would be shuttered.

]]> By: Chris Corrigan http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Chris Corrigan Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:02:26 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-932 Yay for Ranger Tim! Many years spent I on the frozen and nearly frozen shores of Lake Simcoe fishing for perch and whitefish or skating if the ice was clear. I've seen many a pickup, fishing shed and gear fall into the water as the good old boys try to eke out one more weekend in March. Lakes are one thing, rivers quite another, even if the are wide and calm. The current things freaks me out. Yay for Ranger Tim!

Many years spent I on the frozen and nearly frozen shores of Lake Simcoe fishing for perch and whitefish or skating if the ice was clear. I’ve seen many a pickup, fishing shed and gear fall into the water as the good old boys try to eke out one more weekend in March.

Lakes are one thing, rivers quite another, even if the are wide and calm. The current things freaks me out.

]]> By: dervala http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-931 dervala Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:30:56 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-931 He did! The first attempt failed. The lip of the sled kept catching snow and snagging. So he persuaded a friend's father to lend him a pickup, which sounded even more terrifying to me. I didn't grow up with ice in my drinks, let alone driving a stove in a pickup across it. But the Jotul is now installed, and that drafty cabin is finally warm. He did!

The first attempt failed. The lip of the sled kept catching snow and snagging. So he persuaded a friend’s father to lend him a pickup, which sounded even more terrifying to me. I didn’t grow up with ice in my drinks, let alone driving a stove in a pickup across it. But the Jotul is now installed, and that drafty cabin is finally warm.

]]> By: Chris Corrigan http://dervala.net/2004/12/19/silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Chris Corrigan Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:58:07 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=642#comment-930 Dearbh...I've been dying to know if he got that stove across the ice. The punishment for an error in judgement was so - um - quantum. Nothing like a 350 pound stove at the bottom of the Ottawa River to chill the nerves. Dearbh…I’ve been dying to know if he got that stove across the ice. The punishment for an error in judgement was so – um – quantum. Nothing like a 350 pound stove at the bottom of the Ottawa River to chill the nerves.

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