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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:01 -0600, Muggles
wrote: Not sure why, but the story text is greyed out for me. I can't read it. Which browser are you using? In IE, you can set default colors for web pages, that you prefer. It overrides the HTML colors embedded in web pages. YMMV |
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On 11/30/2015 12:43 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:01 -0600, Muggles wrote: Not sure why, but the story text is greyed out for me. I can't read it. Which browser are you using? In IE, you can set default colors for web pages, that you prefer. It overrides the HTML colors embedded in web pages. YMMV Firefox is my default. I try to mouse over the text to see if the that was the problem and it just showed -------- --- ---- ---- in place of letters. I'm guessing it's a subscription story, maybe? -- Maggie |
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motorscooter starts but will not run
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:01 -0600, Muggles
wrote: On 11/29/2015 9:39 PM, rbowman wrote: On 11/29/2015 12:58 PM, Muggles wrote: I kept covering my eyes and mumbling "WE'RE gona DIE!!!" The friends who took me on the ride thought I was pretty funny, but at the time I didn't think it was funny at all. Blue Mountain is a popular recreation area on the south side of town. There's a road to the top where the U has a little observatory and the FS has a fire tower. It really isn't that bad a road compared to a lot others around here, but someone manages to kill themselves every couple of years. http://missoulian.com/news/local/kil...d03340582.html http://tinyurl.com/ot3owf6 Not sure why, but the story text is greyed out for me. I can't read it. Works for me, latest version of FF. Yesterday I was hiking on one of my favorite loops and I decided to take a little detour to look for a roadside attraction. Either I was on the wrong slope or they finally extracted it but there has been a Subaru Forester about 50' down from the road on a slope that required scrambling to get up. The car was perfectly vertical, standing on its nose propped up against the big ponderosa pine that stopped it from going any further. There was still some junk in it including a baby carrier. I don't recall reading about a fatality but it must have been one hell of a ride when they missed the corner. I've got to admit that on the bike there are places where I hug the uphill side of the road, turn on my tunnel vision, and try not to think what's on the other side of the narrow, rocky road. Bouncing over big rocks on a dirt bike, you don't always go quite where you intended and I prefer to be as far from the edge as possible. Here are 2 pics of the trip up the mountain: This one is at the bottom looking up at the destination. You can see the plateau dune up a ways. The road veers off and hits some narrow stretches on the edge of the mountain before we can actually reach the plateau. http://i67.tinypic.com/vfyw7p.jpg This is a shot looking down from the dune. We can see the dry lake bed Is the lake always dry or is this because of hte drought. Where is this anyhow? and the chemical plant there that processes the underground water for the minerals there. http://i68.tinypic.com/kbbwvq.jpg Very nice. |
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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:49:43 -0600, Muggles
wrote: On 11/30/2015 12:43 PM, Oren wrote: On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:01 -0600, Muggles wrote: Not sure why, but the story text is greyed out for me. I can't read it. Which browser are you using? In IE, you can set default colors for web pages, that you prefer. It overrides the HTML colors embedded in web pages. YMMV Firefox is my default. I try to mouse over the text to see if the that was the problem and it just showed -------- --- ---- ---- in place of letters. I'm guessing it's a subscription story, maybe? I certainly don't subscribe to the Missoulian. I don't even know where Missouli is. Worked again, this time I went through the tinypic. |
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On 11/30/2015 1:29 PM, Micky wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:01 -0600, Muggles Here are 2 pics of the trip up the mountain: This one is at the bottom looking up at the destination. You can see the plateau dune up a ways. The road veers off and hits some narrow stretches on the edge of the mountain before we can actually reach the plateau. http://i67.tinypic.com/vfyw7p.jpg This is a shot looking down from the dune. We can see the dry lake bed Is the lake always dry or is this because of hte drought. Where is this anyhow? It's on the outskirts of Trona, Ca. As far as I know, when I visited there the locals told me the lake was like that all the time. It still has water in it under the surface area that's dry. and the chemical plant there that processes the underground water for the minerals there. http://i68.tinypic.com/kbbwvq.jpg Very nice. Up til I visited there, I'd never seen anything even close to that kind of a view before. -- Maggie |
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On 11/30/2015 11:49 AM, Muggles wrote:
Firefox is my default. I try to mouse over the text to see if the that was the problem and it just showed -------- --- ---- ---- in place of letters. I'm guessing it's a subscription story, maybe? No, the Missoulian hasn't figured out how to do a paywall yet. Try http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/misso...ident/33499984 |
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On 11/30/2015 12:33 PM, Micky wrote:
I certainly don't subscribe to the Missoulian. I don't even know where Missouli is. And we like to keep it that way Particularly we hope nobody in DC can even find Montana on a map. Unless they want to come to Yellowstone and feed the grizzlies, that is. |
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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:08:51 -0700, rbowman
wrote: On 11/30/2015 12:33 PM, Micky wrote: I certainly don't subscribe to the Missoulian. I don't even know where Missouli is. And we like to keep it that way Particularly we hope nobody in DC can even find Montana on a map. Unless they want to come to Yellowstone and feed the grizzlies, that is. Well, I know where Missoula Montana is. I just don't know where Missouli is. |
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On 11/30/2015 9:06 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 11/30/2015 11:49 AM, Muggles wrote: Firefox is my default. I try to mouse over the text to see if the that was the problem and it just showed -------- --- ---- ---- in place of letters. I'm guessing it's a subscription story, maybe? No, the Missoulian hasn't figured out how to do a paywall yet. Try http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/misso...ident/33499984 aww ... I could read the story just fine from this link. Weird... Thanks! -- Maggie |
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On 11/30/2015 09:39 PM, Micky wrote:
Well, I know where Missoula Montana is. I just don't know where Missouli is. That makes two of us, but I sure know where Zootown is. |
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