Category Archives: Interesting Tidbits

A Sense of Adventure.

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geocachinglogoOn Monday, Bill, Jean, Tom and I went out to Mitchell’s Bay for lunch at Bob and Bouys. We tried their perch on a boat and it was very tasty. On our route home I introduced Jean and Bill to the hobby of Geocaching. We traveled to the villages of Grande Point, Dover Centre, Ounga and Countryview Golf Course on a quest to find hidden treasures. We were successful! With the help of my GPS we found 4 very different caches. Bill even registered his finds on geocaching.com and chose the name gobigblue. Good luck finding further caches in and around Kentucky. Pictures after the jump. Continue reading →

Geocaching Weekend

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geocachinglogoOn Saturday I went to my first geocache function. Some of the local hobbyists organized a CITO event at a nearby Crown Land woodlot on Pinehearst Line. Geocachers from Essex, Lampton, and Kent counties attended and they got over 2 pickup loads of trash carried out and registered 12 new caches for others to find. Later in the evening they held a meet & greet dinner at Glitters Restaurant in Chatham. Door prizes galore and a nice bunch of people to share a meal with. Continue reading →

Welcome to Geocaching

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international symbol for geocachingFor Mother’s Day, my family surprised me with a hand held GPS device that could be used for playing an outdoors GPS “treasure hunting” game called Geocaching. People hide small, waterproof containers, called “Caches,” in various spots all over the world (currently over 800,000 locations). The basic idea is to locate these hidden containers and then log and share your experiences on-line. Continue reading →

Crusin’ On Lake St Clair

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boatingOn Sunday Tom and I went boating with our good friends Tony and Bonnie Srnicek. We arrived at the Lighthouse Marina shortly after 1pm and before we knew it, we were casting off and skimming across Lake St Clair. It was a perfect day with clear blue skies and a warm 28 degrees. The water was very calm and the wake was mesmerizing as it sparkled in the sun. We headed out across the lake to a popular swimming hole called the Sandbar. Continue reading →

Enhancing Airport Security?

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lockAt the airport where this guy works works, security has gotten a lot more attention since 9/11. All the security doors that connect the concourses to office spaces and alleyways for service personnel needed an immediate upgrade. It seems that the use of a security badge was no longer adequate protection.

So over the course of about a month, more than 50 doors were upgraded to require three-way protection. To open the door, a user needed to present a security badge (something you possess), a numeric code (something you know) and a biometric thumb scan (something you are). “Present all three, and the door beeps and lets you in.” Continue reading →

Exciting Police Chase Out Front Today

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ckcops.gifI was backing my pickup out of the driveway after lunch today when Ed Gillier pulls up and stops on the gravel road to chat about the upcoming harvest plans. A few minutes later I notice a red chev pickup coming from the west like a bat out of hell. I pulled Ed by his arm onto the front lawn because I was confident this guy was going to loose control on the gravel trying to get between Ed’s pickup and my mailbox. He was going at least 180kph and swept by us in a red flash. The only thing I saw was a CSI logo on the door and some kind of web url decal on the tailgate. He attempted to slow for the stop sign but started weaving for the ditch so he just blew through the sign continuing east bound towards the Kentbridge Rd.
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646-Pound Catfish Netted in Thailand

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Fishermen in northern Thailand have netted a fish as big as a grizzly bear, a 646-pound Mekong giant catfish, the heaviest recorded since Thai officials started keeping records in 1981. The behemoth was caught in the Mekong River and may be the largest freshwater fish ever found.

The fishermen had hoped to sell the fish to environmental groups, which planned to release it to spawn upriver, but it died before it could be handed over so it was chopped up and sold in pieces (popup picture) to villagers as food. The fish was caught near a remote village in Thailand along the Mekong River, home to more species of giant fish than any other river.
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