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millipo48 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:28:51 -0000

When you are counting objects, you go "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D...".

When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.

When your wife says "If you don't turn off that darn machine and come to bed,then I am going to divorce you!", and you chastise her for for omitting the else clause.

When you are reading a book and look for the space bar to get to the next page.

When you look for your car keys using: "grep keys /dev/pockets"

When after fooling around all day with routers etc, you pick up the phone and start dialing an IP number.

When you get in the elevator and double-press the button for the floor you want.

When not only do you check your email more often than your paper mail, but you remember your {network address} faster than your postal one.

When you go to balance your checkbook and discover that you're doing the math in octal.

When you dream in 256 pallettes of 256 colors.

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Frank Polenose — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:26:31 -0000

WOW! Frank @ Debt Advice

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seo company — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:58:06 -0000

i would love to read more from you on this

Thanks
umper klis
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jbstansel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:01:13 -0000

HA me too!

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jbstansel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:12:38 -0000

Thanks for the prayers...I ran into a few of my Counseling/Psych professors today on campus and they were looking around at options for office and classroom space on campus. Those guys lost a lot!

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Christina — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:58:13 -0000

Evan and Ashley Warden posted this on my facebook, I attended Toccoa with them. I went to Toccoa a while ago but that building meant a lot to all of us, so many of us had some special memories there. Thanks for your awesome blog work, we are praying for Toccoa Falls College and the students and faculty there.

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jbstansel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:45:40 -0000

haha it was two when i googled it! its rediculous, isn't it? check out ricky spaulding's pictures man...they are INSANE

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sam Bazemore — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:36:57 -0000

hey jason, I just googled "gate cottage burns" and you were the third result, that's quite impressive coverage responsibility you have been given... haha, thanks for posting the video's, I couldn't really find any good ones

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jbstansel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:28:43 -0000

They think it was started in the kitchen, I think...but I don't know how. I'll add you...but I rarely ever use it!

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jbstansel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:27:41 -0000

I know! It was unbelievable. Thanks for your prayers!

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jbstansel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:36:27 -0000

Yeah...I'm sure the professors had a lot of personal things in their offices and you can tell the whole building was destroyed.

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Sarah — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:31:43 -0000

I graduated in 1996. Thanks for getting all this video. It's so sad to see it but at least in some way I feel closer to the event. We were married by the Falls. I feel terrible for everyone there, esp those who lost so much in that building, be it papers or jobs.

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kristamast — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:31 -0000

this is crazy, i can't believe it...my prayers with yall

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Jason Stansel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:11:15 -0000

Yeah I totally understand, but I even talked with a firefighter for a couple seconds and there were several civilians walking around where I was so I don't guess they saw a threat but thanks for the concern.

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bd — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:25:17 -0000

wow dude. crazy stuff. i walked by there at about 11pm last night. all was quiet. what started it?
way to jump out there with a camera man, you are such a true blogger. posted comments on the actual vimeos of these vids. add me as a contact; i had no idea you were on there.

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VincentSchill — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:37:15 -0000

Good job Jason. Glad to help with the uploads!

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Vincent Schill — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:33:17 -0000

What was done is done, even if it was wrong or not. You know you would have done the exact same thing if you had the resources to do it!

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Keith Wilson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:55:50 -0000

Jason, My Name is Keith Wilson. I graduated with a degree in Pastoral Ministry in 2007 from TFC. That is some good video of the fire. However, I do have a few comments. I am now a Class A Interior Fire Fighter for Speculator Fire Department. I must say that had my company been the responding company in command of the Gate Cottage fire you would have never been allowed that close to the fire. Just a suggestion, but if you are not wearing PPE (the yellow bunker gear the fire fighters were wearing) you could easily be seriously injured at even a routine fire such as Gate Cottage. Far too often spectators are hurt or killed by unexpected sudden changes in the unstable conditions of a fire. Propane tanks blow-up, backdrafts create negative inner pressure which spark flash-overs, and buildings collapse unexpectedly. I respectfully understand your curiosity, and appreciate the video. Nonetheless, as a fellow fire fighter, I would encourage you to honor the firefighters requests (who are risking their own injury for the safety of others) even if you do not see the inherant risk involved.
Thanks, Keith Wilson