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Update: This will be the worst opening day EVER in over 30 years! :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1817563" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>I can sympathize with you on some level about the 'last one' of something you have enjoyed, been a major player in, and it ends up that either you can't participate or the event is a bust. My instance involves a nationwide government (NRCS) related monitoring program that each state participates in. There are permanent monitoring plots scattered across the states that a subsample is chosen at random to have an on-site visit each year. For years, Ohio had minimal monitoring on these plots because no-one would put forth the effort. Then I got involved. For the past two years, Ohio has done a record (for them) amount of data collection on these points. Not every point targeted ends up being a success in terms of collecting data though, and it takes a lot of effort to set these up. You know I'm moving to SC. Well, the last point I had set up/scheduled for the year which would have created a new record for the year in terms of the number of points monitored ended up being a bust when we got to the point on the ground. It needed to be grassland/pastureland and ended up being about 60-120 feet inside a tree line which put brush and trees about 30 feet tall covering the entire plot (some brush is ok, but this was basically a short forest which made it ineligible. I loved setting up for and doing the monitoring with the monitoring team and my efforts are/were greatly appreciated. I reflect back on the success I brought to the program. It's a bit hard to take though when you cap off your very successful effort with 'a failure' even though you know they happen. You have to reflect back and look at all the good you did with it, which really far outweighs the occasional expected failure which unfortunately the entire effort gets capped with. In your case though, it sounds like the last program that is being put on is going to be more successful than any of the previous ones, thanks to your efforts, despite the fact that you can't be there. Reflect on that. It doesn't remove your frustration, but it helps considerably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1817563, member: 43196"] I can sympathize with you on some level about the 'last one' of something you have enjoyed, been a major player in, and it ends up that either you can't participate or the event is a bust. My instance involves a nationwide government (NRCS) related monitoring program that each state participates in. There are permanent monitoring plots scattered across the states that a subsample is chosen at random to have an on-site visit each year. For years, Ohio had minimal monitoring on these plots because no-one would put forth the effort. Then I got involved. For the past two years, Ohio has done a record (for them) amount of data collection on these points. Not every point targeted ends up being a success in terms of collecting data though, and it takes a lot of effort to set these up. You know I'm moving to SC. Well, the last point I had set up/scheduled for the year which would have created a new record for the year in terms of the number of points monitored ended up being a bust when we got to the point on the ground. It needed to be grassland/pastureland and ended up being about 60-120 feet inside a tree line which put brush and trees about 30 feet tall covering the entire plot (some brush is ok, but this was basically a short forest which made it ineligible. I loved setting up for and doing the monitoring with the monitoring team and my efforts are/were greatly appreciated. I reflect back on the success I brought to the program. It's a bit hard to take though when you cap off your very successful effort with 'a failure' even though you know they happen. You have to reflect back and look at all the good you did with it, which really far outweighs the occasional expected failure which unfortunately the entire effort gets capped with. In your case though, it sounds like the last program that is being put on is going to be more successful than any of the previous ones, thanks to your efforts, despite the fact that you can't be there. Reflect on that. It doesn't remove your frustration, but it helps considerably. [/QUOTE]
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