…Because there is a Wind Advisory in Effect!
High Wind Watch In Effect From Thur Morning Through Late Thursday Night.
The Natl Weather Service In Sterling Va Has Issued A High Wind Watch.Which Is In Effect From Thur Morning Through Late Thur Night For Counties Along & West Of The Blue Ridge.
A Strong Low Pressure System Will Move Inland From The Carolina Coast As High Pressure Remains Over New England. The Mid Atlantic Will Be Located In A Tight Pressure Gradient Between The Two Systems.
Which Will Result In Sustained Easterly Upslope Winds Of 40 Mph With Brief Gusts To 60 Mph.Mainly Across The Higher Elevations Thur Morning Through Thur Afternoon.
A High Wind Watch Means There Is The Potential For A Hazardous High Wind Event. Sustained Winds Of At Least 40 Mph.Or Gusts Of
58 Mph Or Stronger May Occur. Continue To Monitor The Latest Forecasts From The Natl Weather Svc.
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So … is CVillain replacing weather.com?
Its so windy that it blew all the text into italics.
Speaking of kites, when I lived at the New Jersey Shore I got into traction kiting, kite buggying, snow kiting, etc. Now that I’m here I hardly get to do any of that anymore. I need big, clear areas, preferrably with mowed grass (or hard packed sand, but that isn’t likely). I heard about a field used by RC plane flyers but wouldn’t want to get I their way.
Any ideas? I’ll let you fly my kites
[what’s that supposed to mean?]
I have a kite in the trunk of my car. If you know who am I and want to make this happen, let me know. beers on roof of the parking deck?
possible members for Rushmore Kite Flying Society…. margaret yang?
on roof of the parking deck
Kite: La la la!
Crane: Om nom nom!
mc: boo hoo hoo.
good grief.
@5
Take dictation, please. Possible candidates for kite flying society:
David Connors
Murray Marshall
Greg Holloway
Duncan Wright
Margaret Yang
Woody Jackson
Shoeshine Pickens
@6 - the official band of Belmontonia: The Kite Hungry Cranes.
@3
That’s awesome! I thought I was one of the only people that had a traction kite in town. The RC field that people are talking about may be darden towe park up in pantops. For some reason i never get great wind up there though. I tend to the field outside STAB lower school. It’s kinda small and not flat at all but I fly mainly for jumps and that field tends to produce some really good lift. I would love to try buggying though, never done it!
9: it is so written.
Darden Towe park is almost big enough…. usually full of soccer games though… I think this is the one I’ve been hearing about: http://tinyurl.com/533yp4 and http://www.rivannarc.com/
#3, #10 mentions Darden Towe park on Pantops. Decent wind, good sized field. I fly sport kites.
Pleasant Grove Park in Fluvanna on Rt. 53 is even better and gets GREAT wind. and the fields are bigger and have some rolling hillsides that could be fun in a buggy or on a board.
I miss Kite Day on Brown’s Mountain before Monticello bought it… they should so bring that back, maybe even as a findraiser for whateverthehell they plan to do with Brown’s Mountain.
@14, ditto. it sucks to not even be able to go up there, but totally sucks not having kite day.
@14. I miss Feb Club on Brown’s Mountain. My liver disagrees with me, however.
to not even be able to go up there
Yeah. If only there were some adjoining mountain with an easily traversable fence. And apples. Definitely apples.
/guys: trespassing is against the law; seriously.
WINDY KITE NIGHT! anyone? anyone?
@17, obviously if the road is blocked by a gate, I’m stumped. you should see me try to get around wal-mart.
@18, is there booze involved?
20: oh, most certainly. I can only be amused by nylon on a string for so long.
obviously if the road is blocked by a gate, I’m stumped.
Well, I guess I can’t help you then.
/think apple orchard
//on a mountain
///named the same thing as the president who preceded Reagan
////and then don’t go hopping any fences ’cause that’s illegal
before @17, I was stumped. I’m easily deterrable. and now I’m just in need of cider.
nevermind. looks like it’s gonna rain all night. seeing as we’ve already discovered electricity and shit, I don’t think I’ll be kite flying. oh well.
I knew it. You were just stringing me along the whole time. I mckitequit.
sorry baby, just looking out for your best interest. it’s not you, it’s me. don’t wanna get burned. we’ll go flying soon. oh man, we’ll go soaring.
@23 - and donuts, oh sweet jeesuz, the donuts…
oh and btdubs, you can fly a kite in a light rain on the parking deck with a friend and a few beers, but you’re gonna get kicked off by a very kind police officer after about 20 minutes. so drink that beer fast or it’ll be poured down the drain.
ooh, mc, i see you’re up late
yes, i am up as late as I always am. But seriously… that cop was super nice. he was like, “i watched you guys fly the kite for a while before I came over…” it was worth it, even counting the lost 1/2 beers.
ya know, I grew up in this town. I was friends with the daughters of both a city cop and a state trooper. The police we encounter are seriously good people and I totally respect and honor them. I don’t doubt that the police officer you dealt with was very empathetic. They really are good folks, here.
agreed. I’ve been stopped several times for silly behavior, but they’ve never been dicks about it and I’m always polite right back. I even bust out the “sir.” even steven.
they bust you for silly behavior? CRAP.
if kite flying with a beer counts as silly and not dangerous… also, playfighting with a boy on a sidewalk late at night (”everything okay here miss?”) and watching to pavilion concert crowds from the roof of the city hall parking deck (”you can’t lean over the side… the officers on the ground were worried.”)
that’s all been in the past two weeks. I’m on their radar now, I guess, but they’ve still not busted me for walking between bars with an open container so take that law enforcement!! I’m a rebel!
ah, speaking of open containers, anyone know the albemarle/charlottesville law? as far as driving goes, state law allows them long as the driver’s not the one chugging, but that can be overruled by city laws. is it the same with walking?
@35 SERIOUSLY? how about if the driver’s the only one in the car but is just transporting their drink to drink somewhere else?
long as you have ZERO alcohol in your system. but if a portion of the drink is gone, they smell it on you, then you’re not following the rules. meaning you can’t just leave a party and take your beer.
unless you have the beer out of arm’s reach, like the trunk. but who has a cupholder in the trunk? and what beer is that good?
and even if you are pulled and you’re sober and your passengers are drinking, they could still nail the passengers with drunk in public if they wanted. or automatically get to search the car.
oh. i never have zero alchocol in my system so nevermind.
I keep a bottle of Jack in my glovebox.
i like mc’s approach to law enforcement: be the smallest, most charismatic and charming problem they’ve had all night. and be holding a beer while you do it, they appreciate the bravado.
parls, you still up?
/glad I’m not the only one still up watching csi
mc’s approach rawks. I myself try the same approach whilst chugging that beer and disposing of the container beforehand works as well. It’s the kindest way to prevent creating a conflict betwixt the law and the law enforcer. No way to treat people who are willing to put themselves out there trying to maintain the peace.
hey, guess who made her way all the way home with a vodka tonic from zocalo? cop free walk, only my companion looking askance at my criminal ways. sorry if I didn’t post last night. hmmm. friday was nice. I think I’m still drunk. saturday is already looking good.
mc, do you have a collection of glassware from these jaunts?
@43: WEAK. I once managed to sneak out of Guad with one of those gigantor Margarita bowl-glass things. I didn’t get caught walking home drinking a margarita the size of my head. You may bow down now.
I remember that. under the cover of darkness you walked 3 blocks with that crazy thing. they deserved it.
Hey Pinky, didn’t oy owe you something for that?!
I can answer that. that was a different fishbowl margarita glass at guad and it was filled with chunky soup, not sweet sweet liquor. it was super gross. and oh man, I hope that’s not code breaking, but I think the panther’s outta the bag already.
pop quiz, hot shots. When Oy says “I bet you $10 you can’t drink that gallon of nasty leftover goop that recently contained your shrimp cocktail”. Do you say:
A) Hahaha, fuck you Oy
B) Ok (chug, gulp, hurl)
take your time, it’s very important that you get this right.
@48: Shutyerface!
@49: See above