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So this scientist from up here at the university believes that there is only so much cold air in the atmosphere. So when the lower 48 gets that polar vortex, we see warmer temps, I have no idea if its true, but it is what happens.
Steph E wrote: "New here! Went to a Hans Zimmer concert last night in Nashville. Off home to Florida today:)"Nice! when I read this entry I had just been listening to his "Vide Cor Meum"
Getting ready for two months in Japan. And on a side note, one third of my book sales are now audiobooks.
Video of a walk from the train station to our apt. Does this look local or what? https://youtu.be/-Cj2qSlt4t4
I'm so ready for winter to be over. I need some sun!
Stan wrote: "Video of a walk from the train station to our apt. Does this look local or what? https://youtu.be/-Cj2qSlt4t4"Fascinating how the neighborhood looks, cramped and lots of alleys to walk, low apartment buildings on each side of the walk.
Its a great video to show the walk. I love it.
Lupe wrote: "I'm so ready for winter to be over. I need some sun!"Same!
So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night
Stan wrote: "So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night"Nice, what are the day highs?
Stan wrote: "So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night"That's nice! I would love those temps.
Stan wrote: "So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night"Our winter has been very warm as well.
Erin wrote: "Stan wrote: "So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night"Nice, what are the day highs?"
80's for the most part. High 70's occasionally. Hawaii is a good spot to study global warming, because it is so small relative to the oceans. Small changes are magnified.
Stan wrote: "Erin wrote: "Stan wrote: "So far this is about the warmest winter I remember. It has rarely dropped into the 50s at night"Nice, what are the day highs?"
80's for the most part. High 70's occasio..."
I could really go for those temps right now, temp right now is 15 degrees.
I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy holding a deer upside-down by the ankles. Then I got a better look and realized he was loading a mangled deer into a pickup truck almost completely full of other mangled dead deer. Suddenly I had a new sense of how easy my job is in some ways...
Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy holding a deer upside-down by the ank..."This is when I say 'thank you for doing the thankless jobs' to those folks. *shudders* yea I that couldn't be me
Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy holding a deer upside-down by the ank..."I have seen the town maintenance men/women clearing dead deer and I say thank goodness someone else has the steel to do that. I too could not do it.
Lawrence wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy holding a deer upsid..."Do you have road kill laws ? In Alaska when a moose is sadly killed by car, there is a list of people that can be called to come get it. They have to meet requirements. People will fill their freezer and not have to buy meat at the store. Its about not wasting the animal and putting it in the landfill.
https://dps.alaska.gov/AWT/Roadkill
it's been a slow morning at home. had cigs, worked a bit, reading camus now
Lupe wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy holding a deer upsid..."Me either
Jennifer wrote: "Lawrence wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy hol..."They can do that in Virginia. If you hit with your car or see on the side of the road a dead deer, elk, turkey or bear you can claim it and take it. I think you have to call animal control first and if they decide it was hit by a car you can take it. I can see if you hit it or saw it get hit by another car taking it immediately after but finding a random dead animal on the side of the road seems a little iffy. Who knows how long it was there especially in the heat of summer.
Jennifer wrote: "Lawrence wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I was feeling pretty irritated by small stuff going on at work, but as I was driving to a client's house in that frame of mind I noticed what looked like a guy hol..."I honestly don't know if we have road kill laws, here in my town or in the state. I'd have to investigate.
We had a refrigerator emergency today. We discovered that non compression nuts and fittings were used when connecting the water line to the fridge. So we had a water leak.
Nancy wrote: "We had a refrigerator emergency today. We discovered that non compression nuts and fittings were used when connecting the water line to the fridge. So we had a water leak."Is it an easy fix?
Erin wrote: "Nancy wrote: "We had a refrigerator emergency today. We discovered that non compression nuts and fittings were used when connecting the water line to the fridge. So we had a water leak."Is it an ..."
Yes, he had to run to the hardware store and buy proper compression nut and compression fitting. Luckily there wasn’t any dry rot from the water. A tiny spot of hardwood was damaged but you can’t see it.
We are at the stage where during the day the snow is beginning to melt, its slushy and messy, overnight it freezes so, the road is really rough due to the frozen slush mess. Once I get out of our neighborhood its better. Also, I have decided that it's easier to drive is is fog at minus 45, than it is driving directly into the sun this time of year. Its brutal. Yes, I have transitions, the visor is not helpful because I am short. But we are all struggling. I can feel it.
So there has been ongoing construction in our neighborhood, putting in some new lines for something, not sure what exactly, and man are our road TORN TO SHREDS from these machines! They were already not great but they are definitely worse and I have to wonder if they are going to resurface them or not. Ugh.
As we melt there are some impressive potholes and places of road erosion to dodge. People have popped tires. Next come road construction season.
Lupe wrote: "So there has been ongoing construction in our neighborhood, putting in some new lines for something, not sure what exactly, and man are our road TORN TO SHREDS from these machines! They were alread..."Same! A couple of the streets, I live off of, have been doing long term construction and the roads are horrific. I'd say it's 50/50 on whether they will even repave the road, my town is a joke when it comes to road repaving.
Just had the worst ending to my weekend ever with my favorite basketball team out of the NCAA tournament *insert all the crying emoji's here* We went from being unranked to a 2 seed in the tournament so there was a LOT of hope...and we just failed to finish. So I am here at work...sad. Haha. Darn sports. My one bright spot in this crazy world.
I thought I was getting an AMBER alert on my phone yesterday, but when I looked it was a warning about a storm headed my way with 80-mph winds. All day the weather app had been saying rain was possible today but now it was GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS OR YOU'LL GET A TREE UP YOUR NOSE. Suddenly the sky went dark, and the very tops of the trees started waving, just a little.The air-raid siren kept going off every few minutes in a way I've never heard, even during a tornado warning.
It rained for half an hour, fairly hard. The wind was nothing to write home about. A couple of weak lightning flashes; no thunder. Then it stopped and we had a gorgeous sunset.
We had snow today and will get more through Thursday.
Mother nature doesn't seem to know what to do with herself....40's - 50's here with gloomy, rainy weather. Typical of New England to have zero spring and jump right into summer.
It's basically been raining since I woke up this morning. Hasn't really stopped. Hoping my basement doesn't flood.
All of a sudden I stopped getting notifications about group posts.... Anyway, we also have horrible potholes, and they are getting ready to do a major construction project at the end of my street *sigh*. We had 7 inches of snow last Saturday, rain Sunday and it melted by Monday, tonight we are getting more snow tonight and it will be 60 tomorrow afternoon.
Notifications have been an on going issue with GR.
Erin wrote: "Notifications have been an on going issue with GR."Thanks, glad I'm not the only one, just so weird I've never had that issue before.
I wonder if they just shut the notifications off . who knows. We are having a terrible break up this year and our bad roads are even worse. Also we have terrible standing water in the road from the snow melt. Massive puddles and potential for flooding of homes. We have issues and the state has no money to fix it . I expect it to get worse.
This has been a day of small benefits. For instance, when I went to deposit my federal refund check, it was twice as high as I was told to expect, a whopping $204. On the way to the bank I got my mail and the only item was another refund check -- something I sent for was sold out. If I had gone to the ATM earlier I would have had to make 2 trips. While at the post office, I shipped out a box of books for a friend's little free library. The box was one I'd received the day before in the mail, which happened to neatly fit the items I shipped today. It's always a good day when you don't have to scout for, and rehabilitate, cardboard boxes. It also just so happened that my shipping label fit exactly over the one that was on the box I received yesterday, so no tedious ritual of covering barcodes and la de da. The whole day went like that, just one small lucky break after another.
Rebecca wrote: "Erin wrote: "Notifications have been an on going issue with GR."Thanks, glad I'm not the only one, just so weird I've never had that issue before."
Seems to be happening more often lately. Like Jennifer suggested, they may have switched them off.
Today is National No Housework Day! I know, I should have posted that earlier but now you have the rest of the day to avoid housework!
In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!
Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!"I like the sound of Saturday!
Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!"Uh...Everyday s National hug your dog day in my house. My dog insists...
Papaphilly wrote: "Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!"Uh...Everyday s National hug your do..."
This is the truth !
Papaphilly wrote: "Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!"Uh...Everyday s National hug your do..."
Same
Papaphilly wrote: "Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "In case I don't get to mention it on the right day, Thursday is National Hug Your Dog Day, and Saturday is National Grilled Cheese Day!"Uh...Everyday s National hug your do..."
What kind of dog do you have? I have an 11 lb Terrier mix.
I am glad I don’t live in the Midwest anymore!