I don't know if this is true or not but it is kinda funny:
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I started a response, but deleted it as it got too long.
Short version, no, would not be interested in taking a barometer. I have spent a lot of time out doors, most of it on farm equipment, but a good share just being outside in the open. I don't need assistance in knowing what the weather is going to do in the next few hours and a very good idea what the marrow will bring.  Now, if it would let me know exactly what the weather is going to be in two days, different story.
Not sure i would bring along a Sherpa either, too may people, but a portage monkey sure would be handy in getting my bear bag rope unsnagged!

bigpike wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 9:45pm:

I think we tried that.  It was decided to let the moderators keep their original attitudes.

Smartassing flavors character.  Just like that weather you're talking about.

-YB

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bigpike wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 12:42pm:

Thanks to you.  I was also unsure.

I tend to get existential about the weather when I'm out there.  There's nothing you can do about it.  May as well enjoy what you can.  Two or three times I've cut a trip short because the weather was so miserable.  It must be very miserable, I've stuck it out through hurricanes & tornadoes & snow & half the trip wind-bound. 


Midwinter bickering is best left for Back To Civ forum.  Every day the sun creeps closer and closer to the equator.

Good points Lynda. Yikes, what did I start with my friendly bantering; I thought pikes were thicker skinned.

bigpike wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 9:45pm:


Well, if "peace out" means you are not going to read any more posts, you may not see this, but I guess I want to put in my two cents also.

You were NOT trying to contribute when you called members of this site (not sight, but site) smartasses!  Or said that they did not know what a sherpa is.  We do know what a sherpa is, we just didn't happen to know that there is an electronic instrument that is also called by that name.  Your question didn't explain what you were talking about, and we assumed the common usage and definition of the term, a usage and definition, I might point out, that has been around for centuries.

When I first read your question, after my initial desire to try to correct your usage of there/their in the subject line (which I resisted because I didn't want to be a smartass English-teacher type, by the way  ), I wanted to post a reply saying "huh?"

But I figured someone on this site would know what you were talking about, so I waited to see what responses would come.  And, lo and behold, the first few responses were just what I thought--people thought you were talking about a sherpa to carry your packs!  Go figure!

And how do you respond to their ignorance?  By calling names! 

Thank you for posting the link to the gadget and educating us.  It looks like a fine piece of equipment.  Since my husband and I don't even take a GPS, we probably won't rush out and buy one, but I do like electronic gadgets, so it was interesting to read about it.

This isn't a "professional" type of site.  It is a group of friends and acquaintances who post online to share information about canoeing and the canoe country.

You aren't the only one who is insulted by the "attitude" of someone in this thread.  And I don't just lurk here.  When people insult my friends, sometimes I post, too.

Thanks, pajeff, but I think I own this one... for better or for worse.

For what it's worth, I agree; I thought things were going just fine after the initial confusion, too.

Like ST says, I hope - sincerely - that bigpike rereads the sequence of notes carefully & reconsiders.  I expect he DOES wish to be constructive & contribute... & I promise to tread lightly if & when he does so!

Jimbo   

Yikes, it seemed to be going well after the initial confusion.
Sorry if it was something I said.

Well said Jimbo as always.

When I first read the subject line, I thought it was going to be about the "need" for Sherpa types to haul gear across portages, not some electronic gadget.

Who would know that the name Sherpa was being used in that way?
I hope bigpike reconsiders his hasty decision.

If this discussion upset him, he better avoid the Back to Civilization threads, there not for the faint of heart.