tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.comments2022-08-06T02:50:18.092-07:00Musings of a wandering physicist.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14790009799982413890noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-78440754628723395402013-02-17T09:03:44.787-08:002013-02-17T09:03:44.787-08:00home exchange /deal with other members for comfort...<a href="http://www.ivhe.com/" rel="nofollow">home exchange</a> /deal with other members for comfortable vacations worldwide with the assurance of knowing that your guests are like minded property owners. Mark Andrewshttp://www.ivhe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-35264651218772390332012-12-26T23:41:22.868-08:002012-12-26T23:41:22.868-08:00This sounds a real great experience to travel to s...This sounds a real great experience to travel to such an great travel destination in one of the Caribbean's most sought after Islands the USVI. <a href="http://www.caribbeanbluebook.com/" rel="nofollow">caribbean tourism</a>Alice @ caribbean tourismhttp://www.caribbeanbluebook.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-60455828869854444362012-12-08T19:43:26.144-08:002012-12-08T19:43:26.144-08:00Gorgeous, I've always wanted a nice beach trip...Gorgeous, I've always wanted a nice beach trip, but never gotten around to taking one. The bugs do sound rather undesirable.. Seth forgot to mention them to me when trying to sell me on this as a vacation spot. I suppose plenty of off from the start could do the trick. Poopers AKA 2Plyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997989989326905449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-8432009712753781842012-12-08T19:02:43.393-08:002012-12-08T19:02:43.393-08:00Sounds like a fun trip, except thinking about all ...Sounds like a fun trip, except thinking about all those bugs makes me itchy! <br />The pics of the ruins and beach are lovely. Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-70628155571435559292012-10-01T08:17:35.943-07:002012-10-01T08:17:35.943-07:00Sounds like a fun trip - and a fun bet, too. I wo...Sounds like a fun trip - and a fun bet, too. I wonder who will win...<br />I would comment on Anita's blog directly, but she doesn't enable comments. <br />I enjoyed the photos of your adventures.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-23716843566739934832011-12-28T13:15:29.159-08:002011-12-28T13:15:29.159-08:00Great photos of the subway. And very interesting ...Great photos of the subway. And very interesting shot with the sun touching the peak over the grand canyon. <br />Such a shame that you lost your $2 wad! <br />Now that you're an old, seasoned husband, surely you're no longer making mistakes...:)Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-48678058783773767562011-12-28T10:31:15.915-08:002011-12-28T10:31:15.915-08:00That caterpillar is really cool looking! I agree, ...That caterpillar is really cool looking! I agree, I could see that picture that Anita took of the Subway in National Geographic. Definitely sounds like a great honeymoon!Poopers AKA 2Plyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997989989326905449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-1179069738529305162011-12-18T20:30:02.128-08:002011-12-18T20:30:02.128-08:00Hey buddy great Post. Perfect way of writing.Good ...Hey buddy great Post. Perfect way of writing.Good Information. I am sharing this link <a href="http://www.antihacksystem.com" rel="nofollow">web filter firewall</a> .Hope it will help youveventoangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835464456767058695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-41290548975656366752011-12-09T20:34:40.695-08:002011-12-09T20:34:40.695-08:00Its my great pleasure to visit your blog and to en...Its my great pleasure to visit your blog and to enjoy your awesome posts here. I like that a lot. Thanks. - <a href="http://www.coorgexpress.com/Madikeri/club_mahindra_holidays" rel="nofollow">Club mahindra Coorg</a>CoorgExpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05254600005381721357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-41970168880835501002011-12-05T13:31:11.208-08:002011-12-05T13:31:11.208-08:00Definitely a unique honeymoon choice. You won'...Definitely a unique honeymoon choice. You won't run into many couples who tackled the Grand Canyon in their first weeks of marriage! <br />Great idea to tell your life story by years according to the switchbacks.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-67532474125729797372011-11-23T00:52:08.903-08:002011-11-23T00:52:08.903-08:00Yep, it's an old Russian trick, and it's a...Yep, it's an old Russian trick, and it's all about blockin' that urine flow to make the horse uncomfortable and edgy for the race. Watch a toddler doin the pee-pee dance and then runnin off to the potty. ... then consider the brute force of that animal with all that negative energy and motivation. ...and when it's all over and the string is cut, well ... the river flows. Hence ... "...like a Russian racehorse".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-24855534642817099792011-04-08T13:57:47.841-07:002011-04-08T13:57:47.841-07:00The Canadian border patrol must have your name per...The Canadian border patrol must have your name permanently emblazoned in their files... <br />The pics are beautiful. Looks like a nice place. Getting out in the mountains is definitely a good way to clear the cobwebs out of one's brain. Glad the Vancouver girls weren't too smelly!Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-4282482936161867972011-03-17T20:13:41.027-07:002011-03-17T20:13:41.027-07:00Cool Cervantes illustrationCool Cervantes illustrationJuegos de Ben 10http://www.ben10juegos.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-89459515017682279712010-10-22T20:28:02.681-07:002010-10-22T20:28:02.681-07:00now u know that "hiding" food in perfect...now u know that "hiding" food in perfectly good backpacks and bags only leads to holes.<br />hanging usually works but a pie tin with a hole for the cord created some amusement to george steck in the grand canyon once watching them climb down the cord and slide off the tin pan when trying to climb over the edge. <br />somehow on our GC trips our camp sites must have been too remote to have trained the mice.<br /><br />steveuncle stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977824383434915170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-46258158773307059702010-10-21T08:23:39.037-07:002010-10-21T08:23:39.037-07:00No, it was the cheap camera. Yes, I'm in the ...No, it was the cheap camera. Yes, I'm in the market for a new one now..Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790009799982413890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-27761098435820110672010-10-21T08:15:32.401-07:002010-10-21T08:15:32.401-07:00I like the way you wrote this up, with funny parts...I like the way you wrote this up, with funny parts. I think I'm going to start saying "the dogs are barking" that's a good one. <br /><br />I was wondering too if it was your slr. Mama's camera is really a nice one, not crazy expensive you should ask her about it if you're in the market now for a new one.Poopers AKA 2Plyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997989989326905449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-76968079964260879342010-10-21T07:01:58.871-07:002010-10-21T07:01:58.871-07:00Your description gives me chills, Eric. This was ...Your description gives me chills, Eric. This was fun??! It was interesting reading, but scary.<br />The mountain's name is appropriate - you should have paid attention to it, maybe.<br />Too bad about the camera. Not your SLR, I hope? The mice surely appreciated you and your trail mix stopping by.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-27813771348535767402010-09-04T19:34:04.254-07:002010-09-04T19:34:04.254-07:00Robert -- The sun puts a bulge in the earth too. ...Robert -- The sun puts a bulge in the earth too. So when the sun and moon are stretching the oceans in different directions, you get two high tides (at different heights) and two low tides (different low marks). These are semi-diurnal, right? I see you're a hydrologist, so probably know this stuff like the back of your hand.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790009799982413890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-27516415041311685692010-09-04T19:11:02.401-07:002010-09-04T19:11:02.401-07:00I've always wondered that too. Here in Florid...I've always wondered that too. Here in Florida a 4 foot change from high to low is our biggest difference. On the gulf we get high high and low high tides which really complicates the math.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989947946488835186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-25331248325369089322010-09-02T13:09:41.102-07:002010-09-02T13:09:41.102-07:00eric,
c my e mail but i think i cracked the code.
...eric,<br />c my e mail but i think i cracked the code.<br />those little vector arrows on the far side of earth from sun are due to ocean inertia and to solar gravity. <br />in fact the effect from the moon actually tends to cancel these vectors and reduces far side tides which would in fact be higher if moon gravity on the far side were zero.<br />what do i miss?<br />steveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-42593203631186691362010-09-02T08:39:43.815-07:002010-09-02T08:39:43.815-07:00as the air is forced higher over mountain ridges g...as the air is forced higher over mountain ridges gravity is reduced and as the air expands the energy in the air is diluted and must be cooler as a result. but the water to air molecule ratio remains the same, so as the air cools clouds must form. <br />could it be the air is actually just on a free ride and not actually doing "work". <br />perhaps the air traveling up a mountain ridge is being "crowded" by the air behind which is where the work is coming from.<br />steveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-17928710160602625212010-09-01T21:13:15.263-07:002010-09-01T21:13:15.263-07:00Hmmm. Well, gravity waves are something more unus...Hmmm. Well, gravity waves are something more unusual than your run of the mill clouds on the sides of mountains. Run of the mill mountain clouds are caused by orographic lifting (the same *cause* as gravity wave clouds, but a little different scenario).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790009799982413890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-32137837307061697552010-09-01T21:10:04.515-07:002010-09-01T21:10:04.515-07:00Nice description of our trip, even including the n...Nice description of our trip, even including the near disasters! I used some of the same pics in my blog. We had lots of good ones! Great to see you and spend those days with you.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-69393623823177498202010-09-01T21:05:51.627-07:002010-09-01T21:05:51.627-07:00Interesting. When we see clouds on the sides of m...Interesting. When we see clouds on the sides of mountains, I guess these are crests of gravity waves?Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556229342998375224.post-35135709449758191742010-09-01T21:02:26.174-07:002010-09-01T21:02:26.174-07:00This is a good explanation, and I even think I sor...This is a good explanation, and I even think I sort of understand it! Interesting that proximity of the rings kept moons from forming around Saturn.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.com