Chine bLog » 9. Random stuff http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s a blustery weekend… http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/its-a-blustery-weekend/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/its-a-blustery-weekend/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:42:45 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=937 She’s comin’ in hard, boys, she’s comin’ in hard here in the northeast of the old US of A today. I felt obliged to tie in a second reef to get across the back yard. Be safe out there!

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A fascinating post from Jeff Masters at Weather Underground And another… [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/04/another-humdinger-noreaster/feed/ 0 Welcome any new Hungarian friends http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/welcome-any-new-hungarian-friends/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/welcome-any-new-hungarian-friends/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:14:56 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/110-guid.html So it seems some VERY eclectic and soemwhat off-color blog in Hungary picked up my site, specifically the post on my sister’s postcard from Vietnam. I can’t quite figure out why or what was said about it – my Magyar is little rusty. ;^) Anyway, if the relatively many of you who [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/welcome-any-new-hungarian-friends/feed/ 0 New weather feature: the “Thingamabobbercane” http://www.chineblog.com/2006/11/new-weather-feature-the-thingamabobbercane/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/11/new-weather-feature-the-thingamabobbercane/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:51:14 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/96-guid.html This is only semi-relevant to usual matter of this blog, but there is an unusual storm off the coat of Oregon right now. Jeff Masters with Weather Underground has a blog post about it with the hilarious title: “Thingamabobbercane forms off the coast of Oregon”. By the way, if you like or [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/11/new-weather-feature-the-thingamabobbercane/feed/ 0 Been too long again… http://www.chineblog.com/2006/09/been-too-long-again/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/09/been-too-long-again/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:56:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/69-guid.html Been a busy Summer with a nice, long vacation. Lots to talk about, stay tuned…

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