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Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 3:17 pm: |     |
D/RMWM with 2 children. Fifteen years younger than an old person. Willing to take the extra step when needed, and able to write letters to Government and Businesses when I see something than can be improved upon and just as often, when I find something to be perfect.
Willing to ask the question, willing to state my opinion, willing to listen to others, and willing to change my view of things based on things I learn.
I have a business and engineering background. I experiment and dabble in things I want to learn more about.
I've spent a lot of time at sea on Nuclear Submarines. I've programmed flight paths, repaired computers and Nuclear re-entry bodies on ICBM's while at sea.
I have raised honey bees, re-modeled houses and grow vegetables and flowers for hobbies.
I found MOL at the start of the Reval and have too much idle time on my hands at work.
I hope to be a founding patron of the 'Pickled Egg.' I drink  not  .
I am George (jg) |
Notehead
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 3:25 pm: | |
"Willing to ask the question, willing to state my opinion, willing to listen to others, and willing to change my view of things based on things I learn."
I've seen that to be true, George. It's good to have you on this board.
"I hope to be a founding patron of the 'Pickled Egg.' I drink [real beer] not [the nasty thin stuff most people call beer]."
That's a recurring sentiment around here... I feel the same way. Here's to hoping the new pub is everything we hope for. |
Dave
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 3:27 pm: | |
Welcome to the secret world of hidden profiles, JG. Good to know we have someone with ICBM knowledge on board. Got to tackle the deer problem somehow. Mem's only got so many hours in the day. |
Amandacat
| | Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2001 - 7:01 pm: | |
Hi, JG. Just curious, what does "D/RMWM" stand for? It's probably terribly obvious, I'm sure, but whatever the reason the more I keep looking at it the less sense it's making.
ICBMS and honeybees make for an interesting combination, I think. |
Curmudgeon
| | Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2001 - 8:22 pm: | |
My guess is Divorced/Re-Married White Male |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 8:29 am: | |
Divorced/Re-Married White Male is the correct answer.
That lesson of life caused me so much pain, and yet taught me so much about life, I've never dropped the concept.
The bees were a lot of fun. At one time I had about 65,000 in my Santa Monica back yard, yet few neighbors knew about it.
I wonder if I could do that here in Maplewood and get away with it? |
Dave
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 8:31 am: | |
Ordinance 44:522:19.3 says you can't I bet , at least not without filing form BEEKEEP-44-J-9 in triplicate three years in advance. ;-) |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 8:34 am: | |
And what would be the per bee tax on that? |
Dave
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 9:16 am: | |
Based on flight patterns and honey production. Then there's the drone levy and the worker tax. And if the hives had a view. |
Joancrystal
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 9:29 am: | |
JG:
Years ago the Maplewood Memorial Library installed a bee hive outside one of the windows in the children's library and got an experienced beekeeper to volunteer to look after the operation. The bees all died within a year, I think. Maybe you would have better luck. The kids in town would love having a bee hiive at the library again -- just a thought if you are interested. It's one way to get around the ordinance Dave mentioned.
I've also enjoyed your posts. |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 9:45 am: | |
Humm, or should I say Buzz,
That's a thought. While Santa Monica was not a winter over problem, I do know that honey bees can winter over quite well if fed. I had a friend that kept hives in the high mountain areas well above the snow line.
Bees have ways to generate heat and even air condition hives in the summer to keep the humidity and temperatures within ranges.
Was the first hive installed so that the inside was viewable via a glass port? or was the hive located stand alone, outside a window and the kids watched the comings and goings of the bees at work? |
Kmk
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 3:29 pm: | |
My kids still talk about the "hive" at Liberty Science Center. It's a single panel viewed on both sides through plexiglass and it connects to the building's exterior via a clear plastic tube - a sort of fly way for the wild and crazy bees that live in the meadowlands! |
Joancrystal
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 5:10 pm: | |
JG:
If I remember correctly, the hive was installed so that the inside was viewable through one of the library's windows. Wintering over was the problem. The bees were unable to survive our cold winter. |
Nursie
| | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 6:43 pm: | |
JG,
I assume you were in the Navy. Did you ever get to Subic Bay? I was a Navy nurse and was stationed there in the 60s, rotating b/t Nam and Subic. Had lunch on a couple of nucular subs. Sounds like you have many interests. You could probably raise bees here, why not? How did you learn to raise bees anyway? |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001 - 10:34 am: | |
Yes I was in Subic Bay once in 1971. I was based on Guam for 2.5 years, and served as a floater for submarines in the area. If someone with my job duties became sick or had to miss a patrol at the last minute, I was one of a team that was assigned as a temporary fill in often on less than 24 hours notice. I was filling in on a boat that had a failure, needing a part that we did not carry as a spare. We pulled into Subic to pick it up. We were in port for all of 6 hours and thus I was not able to get off and look around.
I did spend leisure time on Truk, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and Yap, other islands in the Marianas or Micronesia islands.
How were your lunches? Food on the boats was known to be a notch above. I assume you got a tour?
Since you were on a nuclear boat, can you remember that unique odor? That was a byproduct of the amine oxide air systems that removed carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the air and inserted oxygen. Just thinking of it, I can smell it.
Bees. I was raised in the farm areas for Fresno, CA, and worked in the fields growing up. Bees are a business in that area and were always around where I lived and worked. Much later, while living in Santa Monica, a swarm of bees built a natural hive in a tree in my back yard one Spring. I called around to have someone come and get them, but found that my only option was to have an exterminator come and kill them. That prompted me to look into it. I ended up reading a lot at the UCLA agriculture extension, then ordered my bee hives and supplies from the Sears and Roebuck catalogue.
I made a few mistakes that were painful, and after a while found some bee keepers that were willing to teach me the more practical approaches to hive management. Then it just developed. I did end up getting a license to handle and keep bees in the city, and would often get calls from the Police to pickup and remove natural swarms that landed in folks yards.
As my kids lost interest, grew older, and more of my time was spent in scouting programs and the endless drive to a soccer games and the like, I just gave it up and hauled all the hives to an olive farmer in Santa Barbara. (Ever buy Santa Barbara Farms brand of olives?)
Bees would do quite well here in this climate. No doubt you have tasted Clover or Orange blossom honey often blended and processed to deliver that consistent color and flavor. Have you ever had natural honey? You may have seen it in health food stores, likely darker in color and labeled as 'Raw' or 'Capped honey'? It has a stronger flavor. I wonder what flavor the honey from Maplewood has? Maple honey? Azalea honey?
Perhaps if I see a natural hive, I'll pull some out and give it a try. |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001 - 3:35 pm: | |
Where I spent a lot of time.
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Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001 - 3:43 pm: | |
Submarine next to Mother ship during the day.
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Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001 - 3:46 pm: | |
Trying to make it fly.
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Nursie
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 - 5:12 pm: | |
jg,
I loved the photos. That looks like a tender, if it is the "mother ship" I guess it is.
Yes, the lunch was great on the sub. I had lunch on the Enteprise and also a cruiser, (I think the Annapolis) as well as several others. The "boat" lunch was outstanding!
Yes, I remember the odor and they expained to us what it was. We had a great tour. The Ward room was so tiny, as was the rest of the sub,(compared to the convetional ships) that I am surprised you sub guys didn't go nuts with claustrophobia. Guess that is why the submariners are so closely screend before accepted for sub duty. I'll bet you have been following the news on the Russian sub that went down a year or so ago right?
"Painful bee mistakes"...figuratively and/or literally? |
Jgberkeley
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 2:33 pm: | |
Yes I am aware of the actions involved with the Kursk. As of yesterday, the last of the holes needed to raise the hull were cut by divers. The next step is to saw off the bow then lifting barges will try to attach to her.
Submariners are an odd lot. The them vs. us stuff stops as soon as trouble develops. Then we are all just one against a deep and unforgiving sea.
Here is a picture of the Kursk, in honor of her crew.
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