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Eight years ago on the Pasty Cam: 01/10/99^{Printed on Recycled Internet}

Out the Pasty Cam's front window eight years ago.

It seems like winter may make a return to the U.P. with blowing snow yesterday. Driving from Hancock to Calumet, those white-outs just seemed right.

Happy Hump Day! Wow, the snow!

Snowy, blowy and blustery is the name for that picture this morning! Good Morning.

I got up early and Deb still beat me well good morning all hope you get a lot of snow.

morning

Sorry, Mikie! Only by 4 minutes though.

David H., Been meaning to tell you that I love the picture in your profile. Is it taken in Tennessee? The background is great?

Thanx, yes it is Cumberland Cap area in the Smoky's.More of you out there should put a photo up,hey my gosh look at me nothing broke eh?

I agree with David. I like to go to the Profile section and see what ya'all look like and what ya'all do for a living and such. If you don't know how, Mary can help you with that. Ours was taken on good old Brockway on an extremely breezy day up there in October of last year.

The Great Smoky Mountains are a beautiful place to visit. I love driving around Cade's Cove. I saw a bear there once (back in '77 I think).

My wife's Mother was a Oliver and born in the John Oliver cabin when Crawford Oliver was the last to own it before the Park came in 1932.It only takes us about an hour to drive to Cades Cove.I posted a picture of the cabin afew years ago on here,maybe you can find it.I can't remember how to do that anymoe or i'd put one up now taken just afew weeks ago.I asked Mary to put my e-mail ad.to show up so you all can tell me when i'am being a bad boy.I have things to do,will check back later on.....

Hi Deb S. and Mr. Deb, and David Hiltunen - nice to meet you!
Looks like you've got your own personal rain cloud, David.

X'cept four Joanie, you're the only ones who've done that I've found by now.

If there existed a good picture of me, I would post it, but there is no such thing. With my winter hibernation fat on, it is not a good time for a picture.

I agree, I would really like to see what everyone looks like too!
Danbury, always meant to ask you; what are you standing next to? It looks like a luge run.
David Hiltunen, you're not a bad boy, consider yourself entertaining!
By the way, if you can't post your picture don't you think you should at least post your email address for personal contacting?

Come'on Cindy, no way can you be fat with all that Latino dancing. Ariba!!!!

Hey, don't forget Barb has a picture posted. Quite a cute couple!

Morning from GB. No snow yet. Guess the CC will have enough for MTU's statues.

I have not been doing enough latin dancing to stay slim and trim. I might have to move to the Carribean so I can dance every day. Wouldn't that be the life....

Well, I'm so fat that when I wear a yellow rain coat people yell; "Taxi"!

My picture of the sunset out my window looks better than any picture of me! Would it be cheating to put my senior picture up? And, no, I don't mean senior citizen!

Top 'o the mornin'all.This is getting interesting now with the profiles and pics. Really like it. Good thing I can't send pics even if I had one to show. Where has this new year gone already...the 10th!? I'm wasting away my winter at home, not getting any art done yet. so busy meeting all the new pasty pics and folks. How interesting we are, aren't we. And from such a varity of places.

Ha! Taxi, you're too funny. When I get on my scale, it says "Get off, get off!!"

Amazing that we are all drawn to the copper country yet are in different areas. I stayed with my grandparents summers and wish I were there all the time now.

When I get on the scale it says, "one at a time please"!

For any of you that can check MTU's webcam of the bridge right now, is that big cloud in the distance 'lake effect' snow coming?

Oh, what fun to see pictures! I never even explored profiles before.

And speaking of Cades Cove -- one of my favorite places in the world! So calm and peaceful. I remember seeing deer there up close and being so impressed. Now they are in my own yard, up close, and eating all sorts of prize shrubs and bushes in our neighborhood. :(

Deb, I am sure that my husband and I were up on Brockway the same day. We spent a week in Eagle Harbor and went up there just about everyday.

There is no way I am putting a picture of myself on this website for all to see. I hate pictures of me- they don't look anything like the one in the mirror!(or that skinny person I know is hiding inside the fat suit).
We still don't have any snow here. (Northeastern part of Illinois). What's up with that?

Boy, this is becoming a "heavy discussion"!

Hey, I've been put on here without my knowledge. Nobody told the fat kid he was going public! Oh well, too late now. Have a good day all!
Mr. Deb

Don't worry Ron they are looking at Deb and not you. Don't forget your saying that round is a shape too.

Is sharpei a shape? Woof woof!! Last time a tried on a swimsuit, I looked in the mirror and it looked like there were sharpei puppies hanging off my back.

Someone very close to me felt the same way about pictures because of weight.On 9/26/06 that person had weight loss surgery and today has 89 lbs.less to carry around!
Nice to see all of you that are not hiding behind the monitor.

Cindy, Why are we all so critical of ourselves, tonight I am going to my reunion, we meet monthly, and am amazed that there are so many people that I know who are absolutly nothing like they were in High School. This is both in personalities and shapes. Grey hair, loose fitting clothes and probably some false teeth all make up the alumni. As you know there will be one person who hasn't changed at all. I think the rest of us should ban him from coming.

I'm so fat when my beeper goes off people think I'm backing up!

It's easier to be critical than to exersize!
Mr. Deb

Danbury (Danbury) says:
"Looks like you've got your own personal rain cloud, David."

If so, I hope that "personal rain cloud" doesn't work for David Hiltunen like the "personal rain cloud" did for Joe Btfsplk (from Al Capp's Li'l Abner!

What a good reminder-----unlucky Joe Btfsklk.
Perhaps Mary will have to inform us how to send a picture of ourselves or such to put on our email site.

Here you go Tom...
To upload a picture to be displayed on your Pasty Cam profile, you first need to access your "Profile Editor". You can do so on the Pasty Cam page (the one with the entire week of smaller pictures), in the white box above the most recent picture, you'll find the words, "Click here" to register or maintain your profile. Click on the underlined "Click here". Then login with your Pasty Cam registration info.

At the top of this next page, you'll see, "Profile Editor Options". Click on "Picture", that will take you to that section where you'll see the instructions on what to do next.

The most important thing is to make sure the resolution (size) of your picture is not too big, otherwise it won't upload. Ideally it should be around 660 pixels wide, which is the width of our daily Pasty Cam photos.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to email me at: mdrew@pasty.com

Hope this helps you to add your picture for all to see!
Mary Drew

Mikie -- That's cool that you get together with your classmates once a month. You must all be very good friends. I have been out of school for 30 years. I can't believe I've done ANYTHING for 30 years. It's good to keep old friends. Yes, we are always the most critical of ourselves. Would you speak to your friends the way you speak to yourself? I doubt it. We are pretty tough on ourselves.

I used to be obsessed with my weight, as I got older I realized that I was too concerned with what people thought of me. Well you know what? I finally realized they were in the same boat as me, they didn't care about me, they cared about themselves. So, now I am comfortable with myself, happy with myself and don't worry about what people think anymore. I walk, (the dog makes me), at least 2 miles a day and feel just terrific!

Oh, by the way, in my profile picture, I'm the one in the blue sweatshirt!

Joe Btfsplk - ne'er heard of that. Sure wasn't thinking of anything like that.

Perhaps I should ask first what a luge run is ... you didn't just insult my boat, did you?

I'm standing next to a little push lorry at a portage in northestern Germany. The blue and grey thing on the wagon is a boat, a Klepper Aerius. That's a collapsible kayak. It has been in my family longer than I am.

Oh my gosh Danbury, I should have known it was a portage, it was the kayak that didn't look familiar, so sorry! A luge run is the bobsled course, did I spell it wrong? Didn't mean to insult your family heirloom.
By the way, isn't Danbury a chocolate company?

A luge run is a chute for a luge sled--like in the olympics. That's my sport--women's luge.

Thank you Margaret and wow, very proud of you!

Should perhaps added an indication that I was just kidding on the insult part.
Klepper boats aren't very common in the US, but they do sell, or maybe did, and there's a similar design built stateside (PakBoat or soms such?). Kleppers have successfully been used on expeditions, in places like Alaska, around Cap Horn and similar.
We just cruised on rivers and lakes, and now ere I could use it again, I'd have to get a new skin.

I don't know about chocolate - I derived my tag from something else.

Mister Deb, you look fine, but that is one sorry sweatshirt you are wearing. Some teams just don't deserve fans.

--Nevertheless, a Tiger fan

Yeah, Mr. Deb you need to dress up your wardrobe. Now take me, I get all my clothes custom made at Shaw's Tent And Awning.

Well, seeing as how we were in Michigan at the time, and it was almost football season............ Being from Minnesota, there was one shirt(besides the Vikings) that I couldn't wear. You guessed it, the Cowboys!!!!

Mr. Deb

Looks like a lot of fun Danbury! Good cardio exercise!

Oh yuk, not the Cowboys!

Danbury, I wonder if you know of a town in Germany called Pfaltz, my great grandfather was the count of that town and I am trying to check way back to my heritage. My last name was Pfaltzgraff, I would appreciate any help!

Hey- Deb- I think you mean Cadbury chocolate. As a true chocoholic, I know all the names. But you know what? Plain old cheap Hershey's works just fine.

Oooooo, but have you tried the Hershey's chocolate truffles yet? It's
dark chocolate. Mmmmmmmm.

How come it is that when weight is the subject the talk somehow moves to candy? LOL
Mr. Deb

k j, I like Hershey chocolate the best but I love Caramello's and I think they're made by Cadbury!!! Anything chocolate and caramel is okay by me.

Sure is, Janie, of the nice and quiet variety. Just doesn't happen too often. :(

Joanie: "Pfalz", not Pfaltz, is palatinate - an area ruled by a count palatinate, and bigger than just a town. Despite there being some regions named xyz palatinate, or similar, it is not a specific name in itself, and I do not know a place in Germany called Pfaltz. Anyhow, it sure may be that there's a count palatinate somewhere in your ancestry, but for more specific information, I'd suggest research on genealogical sites.

Speaking of Genealogy, we finally created the "Ancestors 2007" page and "New Arrivals 2007" here in the discussion forum. You will now see the links at the top of each "What'sUP" page.

I must say about today's blast from the past picture, it is a favorite of mine - taken out our front window in Eagle River eight years ago, as the Pasty Cam was nearing completion of its first full year. What a different sight this morning, with no snow at all. We could literally mow the grass here today!

Re: "'Pfalz', not Pfaltz, is palatinate - an area ruled by a count palatinate":
See Wikipedia:Pfalz an entry that is quickly re-directed to Palatinate.

Thanks Danbury! Thanks FRNash!

Guess where I doublechecked ...

Where?

I must admit when I joined pasty.com last week, I was afraid to post my profile, even more so my e-mail address and picture. Being a small woman in a large city makes a girl a little paranoid at times. But when I saw that so many others had their profiles, I felt encouraged and added some info about myself. I will add my e-mail address to it later tonight. I'm not sure about the picture though. I am not very photogenic. The photographer always gets mad at me because I break the camera. I do like everyone else's pictures. I would have to say David's cloud is very cool.