Comments on: Oktoberfest Pictures http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: AUNT MARSHA http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3386 AUNT MARSHA Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:34:21 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3386 HEY! WAS THAT PAM GRIER IN THE PHOTO WITH ABOUT 8 LAUGHING ARIANS? SHE WAS IN THE ONE THAT CAME AFTER THE OLD MAN EATING SOMETHING THAT LOOKED STALE AND THE ONE OF THE OLD LADY GOING DOWN WHAT I SUPPOSE WAS SOME TYPE OF BEER ROLLER COASTER...? WAS QUINTIN TARRANTINO THERE? DID YOU HEAR YODELING? I WISH I COULD YODEL. HEY! WAS THAT PAM GRIER IN THE PHOTO WITH ABOUT 8 LAUGHING ARIANS? SHE WAS IN THE ONE THAT CAME AFTER THE OLD MAN EATING SOMETHING THAT LOOKED STALE AND THE ONE OF THE OLD LADY GOING DOWN WHAT I SUPPOSE WAS SOME TYPE OF BEER ROLLER COASTER…? WAS QUINTIN TARRANTINO THERE? DID YOU HEAR YODELING? I WISH I COULD YODEL.

]]> By: AUNT MARSHA http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3385 AUNT MARSHA Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:23:25 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3385 JAMAL IS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR OCT/FEST PICUTES WHILE I WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND. WE WERE IN OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA AND WALKIKNG ACROSS SOME STREET WHERE THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF STREET FESTIVAL. ALL THAT WAS LEFT WERE SOME FAT GUYS IN TYROLEAN SOCKS AND THE STENCH OF OLD BEER. I NEVER GOT IT, THIS WHOLE OCTOBERFEST (OKTOBERFEST?) THING. DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DRUIDS? SEEMS LIKE LAST WEEK I EITHER DREAMED I KNEW OR THAT I SOMEHOW DID KNOW SOMETHING OF THE DRUIDS.AND BEER. SAME DIFFERENCE MORE OR LESS, DON'T YOU FIND? THE KNOWING, I MEAN. ONCE I DREAMED THAT JENNIFER ANNISTON AND BRAD PITT WERE CLOSE, PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE AND THAT WE HAD DECIDED TO REHAB AN OLD, QUAINT HOUSE. BRAD SHOWED ME SOME PRETTY SNAZZY BRUSHWORK IN THE DREAM, AND I'LL BE DARNED IF, THE NEXT DAY, I DIDN'T HAVE THE SKILL, ALL TUCKED AWAY FIRM AND REAL IN MY PAINTING REPETOIRE. OF COURSE, I LATER DREAMED THAT IT WAS I....AUNT MARSHA, WHO WAS THE TRUE CAUSE OF THEIR BREAKUP...NOW, SEE, THAT DREAM ELICITED NO USEFUL , LET ALONE, KEPT AND CATALOGUED INFORMATION FOR ANY KIND OF EXISTING REPETOIRE THAT I AM IN POSSESSION OF. BUT ABOUT THESE DRUIDS...I THINK I MIGHT REALLY KNOW SOMETHING ABOU THEM... JAMAL IS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR OCT/FEST PICUTES WHILE I WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND. WE WERE IN OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA AND WALKIKNG ACROSS SOME STREET WHERE THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF STREET FESTIVAL. ALL THAT WAS LEFT WERE SOME FAT GUYS IN TYROLEAN SOCKS AND THE STENCH OF OLD BEER. I NEVER GOT IT, THIS WHOLE OCTOBERFEST (OKTOBERFEST?) THING. DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DRUIDS?
SEEMS LIKE LAST WEEK I EITHER DREAMED I KNEW OR THAT I SOMEHOW DID KNOW SOMETHING OF THE DRUIDS.AND BEER. SAME DIFFERENCE MORE OR LESS, DON’T YOU FIND? THE KNOWING, I MEAN. ONCE I DREAMED THAT JENNIFER ANNISTON AND BRAD PITT WERE CLOSE, PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE AND THAT WE HAD DECIDED TO REHAB AN OLD, QUAINT HOUSE. BRAD SHOWED ME SOME PRETTY SNAZZY BRUSHWORK IN THE DREAM, AND I’LL BE DARNED IF, THE NEXT DAY, I DIDN’T HAVE THE SKILL, ALL TUCKED AWAY FIRM AND REAL IN MY PAINTING REPETOIRE. OF COURSE, I LATER DREAMED THAT IT WAS I….AUNT MARSHA, WHO WAS THE TRUE CAUSE OF THEIR BREAKUP…NOW, SEE, THAT DREAM ELICITED NO USEFUL , LET ALONE, KEPT AND CATALOGUED INFORMATION FOR ANY KIND OF EXISTING REPETOIRE THAT I AM IN POSSESSION OF. BUT ABOUT THESE DRUIDS…I THINK I MIGHT REALLY KNOW SOMETHING ABOU THEM…

]]> By: Scott http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3153 Scott Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:12:02 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3153 Oh hell yes!! Back home again... Oh hell yes!! Back home again…

]]> By: Dave Fourputt http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3152 Dave Fourputt Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:47:43 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3152 I wonder what happened at TextDrive. The site I help a buddy maintain is having database issues and is offline now. We'll see how fast their support helps us out. :-( I wonder what happened at TextDrive.

The site I help a buddy maintain is having database issues and is offline now.

We’ll see how fast their support helps us out.
:-(

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3147 Doug Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:05:18 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3147 Hey guys, Textdrive support rocks. Daniel over there had fixed the problem by the time I got back from a long walk around Paris today. It's not clear exactly what caused it -- maybe I really *am* a spammer -- but at least it works now. He loosened up things a bit, so I'm not sure what the downside is. But I'd rather be too risky than too safe, that's always been my motto anyway. OK, time to post some Paris photos. Oh Scott, you'll love this -- a block from my hotel is a place called the Indiana Ale House. I think I need to take a trip over there for a drink this week and get you some pictures of the Hoosier hangout of the Montpar district. Hey guys, Textdrive support rocks. Daniel over there had fixed the problem by the time I got back from a long walk around Paris today. It’s not clear exactly what caused it — maybe I really *am* a spammer — but at least it works now. He loosened up things a bit, so I’m not sure what the downside is. But I’d rather be too risky than too safe, that’s always been my motto anyway.

OK, time to post some Paris photos. Oh Scott, you’ll love this — a block from my hotel is a place called the Indiana Ale House. I think I need to take a trip over there for a drink this week and get you some pictures of the Hoosier hangout of the Montpar district.

]]> By: Dave Fourputt http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3146 Dave Fourputt Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:58:02 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3146 The pics look great Doug! Hope you continue to have a great time. The pics look great Doug!

Hope you continue to have a great time.

]]> By: Scott http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3145 Scott Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:55:24 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3145 Man, what an experience!! A bit out of scale with the German-American Fest in Lincoln Square, eh? sp Man, what an experience!! A bit out of scale with the German-American Fest in Lincoln Square, eh?

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]]> By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3144 Tom Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:13:45 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3144 So basically, you can use an anonymizer (like spammers do) to avoid being pegged as a spammer? That's fantastic. BTW, I'm posting this from your blog site - we'll see if it's fixed when I submit! So basically, you can use an anonymizer (like spammers do) to avoid being pegged as a spammer? That’s fantastic. BTW, I’m posting this from your blog site - we’ll see if it’s fixed when I submit!

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3139 Doug Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:20:21 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3139 <i>UPDATED: I've edited this comment to add the solution from Wordpress, so that if the same thing happens to any of my friends on Wordpress blogs down the road you'll know exactly what to do.</i> The problem: people were getting 412 errors ("precondition failed") and couldn't post to the blog. This error also appeared on various admin pages. The explanation: a rule in mod_security to block comment and referer spam was being triggered. Not sure why in this case -- perhaps those Cialis ads I allowed through on Tad's guest post just to tease him. Lesson learned. The short-term workaround: you could still post comments or handle admin chores through an anonymizer such as anonymouse.org. That's how I had posted the comments from me and Megan above. The permanent fix: TextDrive tech support entered the following in the .htaccess file: SecFilterEngine On SecFilterSelective "HTTP_REFERER" "-pictures" "allow,nolog" UPDATED: I’ve edited this comment to add the solution from Wordpress, so that if the same thing happens to any of my friends on Wordpress blogs down the road you’ll know exactly what to do.

The problem: people were getting 412 errors (”precondition failed”) and couldn’t post to the blog. This error also appeared on various admin pages.

The explanation: a rule in mod_security to block comment and referer spam was being triggered. Not sure why in this case — perhaps those Cialis ads I allowed through on Tad’s guest post just to tease him. Lesson learned.

The short-term workaround: you could still post comments or handle admin chores through an anonymizer such as anonymouse.org. That’s how I had posted the comments from me and Megan above.

The permanent fix: TextDrive tech support entered the following in the .htaccess file:
SecFilterEngine On
SecFilterSelective “HTTP_REFERER” “-pictures” “allow,nolog”

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3138 Doug Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:07:28 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/09/30/oktoberfest-pictures/#comment-3138 Ah, the urine. There were <a href="http://www.mahugh.com/images/blog/2006/09/29/tired.jpg" rel="nofollow">huge lines for the restrooms</a>, but I found a trick later in the evening. There are dozens of big trucks and trailers parked behind the whole layout (since they haul in everything each year), and there was no security to stop people from slipping out there in the darkness. I saw some guys coming back from there and checked it out, and it's an easy place to slip out and take a piss without waiting forever in a line. There's not much privacy once you're out there, and it reeked of urine (interspersed with a whiff of cannabis in my one visit), but it gets the job done. For men. It would take a bold or desperate woman to use that option I guess. Ah, the urine. There were huge lines for the restrooms, but I found a trick later in the evening. There are dozens of big trucks and trailers parked behind the whole layout (since they haul in everything each year), and there was no security to stop people from slipping out there in the darkness. I saw some guys coming back from there and checked it out, and it’s an easy place to slip out and take a piss without waiting forever in a line.

There’s not much privacy once you’re out there, and it reeked of urine (interspersed with a whiff of cannabis in my one visit), but it gets the job done. For men. It would take a bold or desperate woman to use that option I guess.

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