The Weather

[Michael]

I just saw a weather forecast predicting 9C/48F on Saturday! :banana:

That's freakin' weird given that we've been sub-zero for over a week, with some nasty windchills well into double-digits.

[Margot]

I just saw a weather forecast predicting 9C/48F on Saturday! :banana:

That's freakin' weird given that we've been sub-zero for over a week, with some nasty windchills well into double-digits.

Hahaha! That's about how cold it's predicted to be tonight. And we're having a pleasantly cool winter, too!

I've never experienced sub-zero temperatures. Well, OK, I have, but it was in the giant freezer at work, and I didn't have a coat, and I didn't mind too much because it meant I didn't have to be serving greasy pizzas to overweight douche-holes at that exact moment.

[Donkey]

Today was above freezing here as well.

[Zarquon]

Frankly, I'd hoped that Florida would be warmer than this, but its still way better than the blizzard in Buffalo.

[Michael]

Frankly, I'd hoped that Florida would be warmer than this, but its still way better than the blizzard in Buffalo.

Yes, Florida is warmer than Buffalo, but December is not normally a 'hot' month in Florida! People go to Florida to escape winter - not to get suntans. Nice golf weather, not suntanning weather.

If you want a suntan and beaches, best to go to Mexico or one of the Carribean islands.

[Michael]

It is 6C/44F here right now. Green grass and dry pavement. Snow from last week is long gone.

Tomorrow supposed to be 10C! That's freakin' weird for January. :erm:

[Americano]

Yes, Florida is warmer than Buffalo, but December is not normally a 'hot' month in Florida! People go to Florida to escape winter - not to get suntans. Nice golf weather, not suntanning weather.

If you want a suntan and beaches, best to go to Mexico or one of the Carribean islands.

I've always viewed winter in Florida as the somewhat bug-free season.

[The Drunk Girl]

Feels like a spring day here

[Donkey]

Here as well. Enjoying it while it lasts.

[Americano]

21° this morning, high of 41°. clear blue skies, no wind, snow tonight. Not what I think of as spring weather.

[Michael]

Its about 45F and a wall of fog right now with light rain. Rather ugly day and perfect for staying indoors and playing computer games and feasting! :)

[Zarquon]

Pleasant 72 *F

[Americano]

43°, beautiful clear blue skies, no wind, some snow still on the ground (nights are mid-high 20s), no precipitation forecast for the next week with highs in the middle 50s. Strange winter.

[Donkey]

Went and got chilly again here. We were enjoying the balminess.

[Michael]

Woke up, looked out window - couldn't see nothing but white.

Seems we are having a bit of a blizzard. :eek:

[Greendruid]

It's been snowing off and on for about a week but yesterday and today required that I use the snowblower today. I don't usually have to because the snowfalls are small enough to shovel through the effectively. However, the temperature was actually above freezing but those giant flakes just kept falling out of the sky. The boy thought it was the most amazing thing he's ever seen I think. He couldn't tell us that but judging by his quasi-language and emotional reactions, I think he'll be spending winters outdoors like I did growing up.

[The Drunk Guy]

It's been snowing off and on for about a week but yesterday and today required that I use the snowblower today. I don't usually have to because the snowfalls are small enough to shovel through the effectively. However, the temperature was actually above freezing but those giant flakes just kept falling out of the sky. The boy thought it was the most amazing thing he's ever seen I think. He couldn't tell us that but judging by his quasi-language and emotional reactions, I think he'll be spending winters outdoors like I did growing up.
Sounds like he'll be the one wielding the snow-blower next year. :lol:

BTW, just enough snow to keep things annoying. Salt takes too long to work and scraping only makes it slick. Grr.

[Michael]

Sounds like he'll be the one wielding the snow-blower next year. :lol:

BTW, just enough snow to keep things annoying. Salt takes too long to work and scraping only makes it slick. Grr.

Apparently, salt is very specialized and only works well at particular temperatures. Applied correctly, it is the best stuff to drive on in winter, but it rots the hell out of vehicles and destroys road surfaces. All our major highways have to be resurfaced pretty much every year because of it.

Sand on the other hand is nowhere near as effective as salt, but it does work. Unfortunately, it tends to make everything really ugly (snow turns into brown muddy snow) and tends to get tracked inside everywhere.

[Donkey]

I'd rather have everything ugly and dirty than have my car routinely torn up every year.

[evanescence]

Lots of snow here. The roads are mostly several inches of ice with a slayer of packed down snow on them. I'm staying home next to the fire.

[evanescence]

Apparently, salt is very specialized and only works well at particular temperatures. Applied correctly, it is the best stuff to drive on in winter, but it rots the hell out of vehicles and destroys road surfaces. All our major highways have to be resurfaced pretty much every year because of it.

Sand on the other hand is nowhere near as effective as salt, but it does work. Unfortunately, it tends to make everything really ugly (snow turns into brown muddy snow) and tends to get tracked inside everywhere.

I've noticed the roads are getting horrible around here. ..although it could just be the infrastructure collapsing. :lol:

[Americano]

60° here. In Oregon in January! Rain, but I like periodic, moderate rain.

[Americano]

The rain is no longer periodic. Two days and nights of it at coastal to mountain altitudes (melts snow) with another 24 hours ahead has created flood conditions.

I moved some outdoor furniture up two levels (4') from where they were (trees in the river) which is now under fast flowing water. Still well below the previous high water mark from 1978.

Exciting! I like changing weather conditions.

[Michael]

The rain is no longer periodic. Two days and nights of it at coastal to mountain altitudes (melts snow) with another 24 hours ahead has created flood conditions.

I moved some outdoor furniture up two levels (4') from where they were (trees in the river) which is now under fast flowing water. Still well below the previous high water mark from 1978.

Exciting! I like changing weather conditions.

Looks a little damp in your neighborhood. ;)

Normal January weather here. Its cold.

[Michael]

Any updates on the flooding in Oregon?

Did I mention that it was featured on the 6 o'clock news here several times? It was looking like Australia!

Anyway, its freakin' winter here right now. It is cold (sub-zero) and due to get colder on the weekend. Overnight lows with windchill temperatures are in the kill-zone. :erm:

[Donkey]

It is cold as sin here right now. And snowy to boot. I think the snow is winding down for the day though, so the roads should be improving.

[Americano]

Any updates on the flooding in Oregon?

Did I mention that it was featured on the 6 o'clock news here several times? It was looking like Australia!

All quiet now. Got pretty exciting watching it roar into the yard, and I do mean roar. Great, powerful sound.

Anyway, its freakin' winter here right now. It is cold (sub-zero) and due to get colder on the weekend. Overnight lows with windchill temperatures are in the kill-zone. :erm:

[Americano]

It is cold as sin here right now. And snowy to boot. I think the snow is winding down for the day though, so the roads should be improving.

I don't miss living in severe winters.

Low thirties nights, mid-50s days. Clear skies, no wind. A very mild winter here, so far. I'd like to see some snow on the ground for a few days.

[Michael]

I don't miss living in severe winters.
Speaking of which...

It is colder than the proverbial 'witch's tit' out there today! :lol:

Yesterday it snowed almost all day (very lovely it was). This morning, we had a bit of a mystery here. Apparently, we have evidence of what appears to be 'snowball-like marks' on the balcony (in addition to a fine layer of new fallen snow).

Seems mysterious given our local altitude here (about 230' off the ground) and the paucity of other high-rise buildings nearby from which one could actually throw a snowball from.

And of course, I called the 'evidence' snowball-like, but it isn't precisely snowball-like evidence to conclude it specifically was a snowball (no marks on the walls for a 'hit', rather the snowballs appear to have landed on the 'floor' of the balcony (on top of the new fallen snow, leaving a track). And the 'snowballs' are rather small and 'chunky' looking, not like actual snowballs. It could have been something else (who the heck knows?).

Anyway, just some amusing to speculate upon! ;)

[The Drunk Girl]

It was 3 degrees when I went into work yesterday morning. By the time I left in the afternoon it was 13. I'm not digging this kind of cold.

[Zarquon]

Very fucking cold-8 *F is maximum, -1 *F is minimum, and yesterday was worse.
So, I just had to get drunk at some party last night.

[Donkey]

The sun is out today! Not enough for any significant thawing, but it is out and I appreciate the effort.

[Margot]

I got a sunburn today. It's really stupid looking because it's in the pattern of my Medieval Faire costume. AWWWWW YEAH.

[Greendruid]

I miss going to Mediaeval Faires. The closest we came recently was a themed dinner that friends of ours put on. He's a Red Seal Chef living on our tiny island and the theme was Narnia. Naturally, Mrs. Greendruid and I dressed the part. Sadly, none of the other sticks in the mud did. But they were all very impressed with Mrs. Greendruid's seamstress work. I was oddly mistaken for Jesus.

[Margot]

I miss going to Mediaeval Faires. The closest we came recently was a themed dinner that friends of ours put on. He's a Red Seal Chef living on our tiny island and the theme was Narnia. Naturally, Mrs. Greendruid and I dressed the part. Sadly, none of the other sticks in the mud did. But they were all very impressed with Mrs. Greendruid's seamstress work. I was oddly mistaken for Jesus.

Heh heh. Well, I can honestly say it's probably not that odd to expect Jesus in Narnia.

I really want to do the St. George's Day Feast here (http://www.camlann.org/) for my birthday. I'm too weird to function, I know.

And speaking of Medieval things (in the weather thread, I know), but did you know that chickens were once used to cure the plague? You'd take a chicken, put it's anus on a bubo and pumped its beak until it died (which totally meant it had done its job sucking out the badness in the bubo). Have I already told that story? It's a fave!

[Michael]

Heh heh. Well, I can honestly say it's probably not that odd to expect Jesus in Narnia.

I really want to do the St. George's Day Feast here (http://www.camlann.org/) for my birthday. I'm too weird to function, I know.

And speaking of Medieval things (in the weather thread, I know), but did you know that chickens were once used to cure the plague? You'd take a chicken, put it's anus on a bubo and pumped its beak until it died (which totally meant it had done its job sucking out the badness in the bubo). Have I already told that story? It's a fave!

Interesting little tourist trap there. :D

Btw, for us hard-core history buffs, the 14th century has more in common with the birth of modernism than it does as a symbol of medieval era.

Indeed, most serious medieval historians suggest the medieval era ended in the 13th century. Pretty everything that is modern begins in the 14th century (including bankers going bankrupt). Clothing fashion styles also appear to originate in the 14th century (in northern Italy, stripes and counter-colored stripes became particularly fashionable at that time - in northern Europe 'elf-shoes' were all the rage). This trend for 'fashion' pretty much begins in the 14th century - very strong symbol of modernism that is.

The 14th century also saw the rise of a money-economy to replace the tradtional cash-less feudal economy, feudalism was dead (Edward's campaign in Wales was entirely fought with paid-soldiers). And a rapid population rise from massive crop surpluses in the 14th century is extremely uncharacteristic of medieval period where populations were mostly stable.

And the mounted armored horseman (aka knights) that are one of the defining characteristics of medieval era were soundly defeated in several major battles at the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century, heralding the end of that military era and the beginning of a new era in warfare - a very modern development that foretold the rise of regular armies (just another of the seemingly endless historical shifts of advantage between the principles of infantry and cavalry).

I won't even mention the inflation or the fast rising wages for peasants that are also characteristic of the 14th century after the plague (which was also very un-medieval-like given that the plague traveled on long-distance trade ships).

But, most people don't know all this stuff. :D

[Michael]

Okay... you know winter has gone on long enough when the day it is 0/32 degrees outside, you say, "wow, is it ever warm out today!" :lol:

[Donkey]

Okay... you know winter has gone on long enough when the day it is 0/32 degrees outside, you say, "wow, is it ever warm out today!" :lol:

Apparently Toronto and Cleveland are weather-twins (would make some sense). We are definitely in the dog days of winter... not too freezing cold, warm enough for everything to be mushy and gross. Grey.

Makes me just want to pack up my girlfriend, laptop, and cat and head for clear skies and warmer climes.

[Americano]

Dropping to 30° tonight, mid-50s tomorrow with clear skies.

[Americano]

Apparently Toronto and Cleveland are weather-twins (would make some sense). We are definitely in the dog days of winter... not too freezing cold, warm enough for everything to be mushy and gross. Grey.

Makes me just want to pack up my girlfriend, laptop, and cat and head for clear skies and warmer climes.

What's holding you back?

[Americano]

Okay... you know winter has gone on long enough when the day it is 0/32 degrees outside, you say, "wow, is it ever warm out today!" :lol:

Have you picked a resort destination to escape from lovely Toronto's winter?

[Americano]

"Red sky at night, sailor's delight"

[Donkey]

What's holding you back?

We'll move when she's done her school program. Unclear where.

[Americano]

We'll move when she's done her school program. Unclear where.

Is Hungary in the cards?

[Donkey]

Is Hungary in the cards?

Absolutely.

[Margot]

Apparently Toronto and Cleveland are weather-twins (would make some sense). We are definitely in the dog days of winter... not too freezing cold, warm enough for everything to be mushy and gross. Grey.

Makes me just want to pack up my girlfriend, laptop, and cat and head for clear skies and warmer climes.

75 and sunny! COME ON DOWN TO THE HELLMOUTH!

[The Drunk Girl]

Awaiting another snow "storm" ...

[Donkey]

75 and sunny! COME ON DOWN TO THE HELLMOUTH!

I'd rather emasculate myself with nail clippers.

[Michael]

Have you picked a resort destination to escape from lovely Toronto's winter?

Not really. But I have booked next week off. Last-minute club delivers great deals. We're flying out on Saturday morning.

Likely to Barbados or St.Lucia as that is our preference.

[Michael]

Big snowstorm due to hit the Great Lakes and US northeast later today and on through tomorrow. :erm:

[Americano]

Big snowstorm due to hit the Great Lakes and US northeast later today and on through tomorrow. :erm:

Hopefully wphelan is dug in as Chicago is expecting record snowfall.

[Donkey]

Storm came in last night. Pretty clear right now, lots of snow on the ground. Dunno if it's done, or if that was just the vanguard of the snowletariat.

[Michael]

Storm came in last night. Pretty clear right now, lots of snow on the ground. Dunno if it's done, or if that was just the vanguard of the snowletariat.

It is supposed to be two waves, with the second wave being the more substantial. That first wave is due to hit here this evening, with the second wave hitting tomorrow (Wednesday) - which means you might be getting that second wave tonight.

(thankfully I'm off from work this week!)

[Zarquon]

didn't have any class tomorrow except leadership training anyway, still classes are cancelled! Yay!

[Americano]

US weather seems mild when compared to what part of Australia is facing. A Category 5 cyclone/hurricane with 185mph winds.

Source (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/dont-let-eye-of-storm-foster-false-sense-of-security-warns-slater-20110202-1acxv.html)

[Michael]

US weather seems mild when compared to what part of Australia is facing. A Category 5 cyclone/hurricane with 185mph winds.

Source (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/dont-let-eye-of-storm-foster-false-sense-of-security-warns-slater-20110202-1acxv.html)

:eek: That looks really serious!

[Michael]

Well the first 'wave' of the big storm turned out to be pretty small here. We got maybe one or two inches of snow overnight. Not unusual - Toronto always seems to be the least affected in our region. :shrug:

[Margot]

It's 81 with a breeze right now.

u jelly?

[Donkey]

It's 81 with a breeze right now.

u jelly?

Ask me after I hack the ice off my car.

[Michael]

It's 81 with a breeze right now.

u jelly?

:spank:

Seems like the second wave is hitting now - lots of blowing snow right now - just in time for afternoon rush hour! (which is a weird name for something that moves slower than usual - and way worse on days like this!)

At least I've been off work this week. By the look of the streets out my window, it seems like quite a few people stayed home today - at 5pm downtown streets are normally heavy traffic, yet the streets are half-empty right now - like a Sunday.

And snowstorms always remind me of why I love living in a high-rise building with an underground parking lot. I hate cutting grass and I hate shovelling snow. I did too much of that as a kid. :)

[Michael]

Ask me after I hack the ice off my car.

Yes, I saw that ice was predicted for the whole south-west edge of the snow-storm - southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

Nasty stuff that can be - often knocks down telephone and electricity wires in rural areas (not to mention trees). :erm:

[The Drunk Girl]

Since the storm stayed to the north of us, we have been hit with 30 mph winds and some cold ass temps. Had some flurries today.

Yesterday was close to 50 and rainy. Don't know how many jackasses I saw in shorts.

[Americano]

Since the storm stayed to the north of us, we have been hit with 30 mph winds and some cold ass temps. Had some flurries today.

Yesterday was close to 50 and rainy. Don't know how many jackasses I saw in shorts.

Yep. Wearing t-shirts.

[Donkey]

Yes, I saw that ice was predicted for the whole south-west edge of the snow-storm - southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

Nasty stuff that can be - often knocks down telephone and electricity wires in rural areas (not to mention trees). :erm:

My windshield wipers are under literally inches of snow. No hope for them until it thaws.

[Americano]

My windshield wipers are under literally inches of snow. No hope for them until it thaws.

Never tried it living in a city on a public street, but here's a thought for the next one:

If parking outdoors in winter weather with severe snow/ice on the way I suggest securing one of those disposable blue tarps over the windshield/wipers. Run the defroster until it does its job and go from there. Worked well in Idaho Panhandle serious winters.

[Americano]

Australia (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/idUS380823123420110202)

[Americano]

Air 51°, water 39°.

[Michael]

My windshield wipers are under literally inches of snow. No hope for them until it thaws.

Around here, when winter storms are expected and cars are parked outside, one often sees windshield wipers put into the 'up' position. After the storm, one sees all kinds of white blobs with windshield wipers sticking out like antennas!

This prevents the wipers from becoming 'one' with the windshield, caked in ice.

It is a 'new' phenomena around here. If you see one car in a parking lot doing it, next time, there will be dozens in that same parking lot. The next time after that, pretty much all of the cars in that lot will do it.

Now one sees it on side-street parking too. Definitely one of those 'crowd-sourced' solutions. :)

[Margot]

This is what today is like. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4A9G1gu2g)

(Audio, not the visual [which I did not watch])

[Americano]

64° here today. I enjoyed sitting on the deck next to the river reading until the temperature dropped and drove me indoors. Very mild weather for Oregon in February and expected through the next week.

[Americano]

Rain, sunny skies, changing sometimes every hour, typical early Oregon spring. High 50s low 60s days, high 30s nights.

[Michael]

Spring is sprunging here. :)

Temperatures in the 50's with lots of sunshine!

Which reminds me that March is the ugliest month of all. With the snowbanks all melted away, they leave an ugly mess behind. And all the trees are still naked and so everything just looks grey, dirty and dead. :erm:

[Donkey]

Spring is sprunging here. :)

Temperatures in the 50's with lots of sunshine!

Which reminds me that March is the ugliest month of all. With the snowbanks all melted away, they leave an ugly mess behind. And all the trees are still naked and so everything just looks grey, dirty and dead. :erm:

HERE TOO.

Praise fucking Jesus.

[Margot]

It was about 87 today. BOOOOOO.

[The Drunk Girl]

Got to 72 with a nice breeze.

[timn8ter]

Heading into the dry season with April typically the driest and hottest month. Temp today a lovely 26C/79F. :)

[evanescence]

In the high 70s, cool breeze, and sunny. Perfection.

[Zarquon]

It just snowed again! Yesterday, that is.
Still, some spring this is, with 30-odd degrees Fahrenheit average temperatures

[The Drunk Guy]

It just snowed again! Yesterday, that is.
Still, some spring this is, with 30-odd degrees Fahrenheit average temperatures
:lol: That's just the way it goes. Some of our worst winter storms come in early March. I've seen snow in April here in Kentucky.

It'll get warm. Then it'll be so goddamn hot you can't stand it.

[Americano]

:lol: That's just the way it goes. Some of our worst winter storms come in early March. I've seen snow in April here in Kentucky.

It'll get warm. Then it'll be so goddamn hot you can't stand it.

Have you ever seriously considered relocation to a milder climate?

(whenever I ask people who live in extreme climates that question the almost standard response is a look of disbelief with the statement 'this is home')

[The Drunk Girl]

Have you ever seriously considered relocation to a milder climate?

(whenever I ask people who live in extreme climates that question the almost standard response is a look of disbelief with the statement 'this is home')

I used to love Kentucky's weather. Living here at one point in time you could experience all four seasons. Now it's either summer or winter. Two days ago it was almost 80 and today we have had flurries.

KY is my home and where my family is. If Aubrey and Chad were older I might not have as big a deal about moving far away. Later down the road I wouldn't mind to.

[Donkey]

Of course not everybody can just pick up and peace out to the California beaches.

[The Drunk Girl]

Of course not everybody can just pick up and peace out to the California beaches.

I just got a mental picture of Matthew McConaughey

RANDOM RANDOMNESS haha

[Americano]

Of course not everybody can just pick up and peace out to the California beaches.

Times and people change. The money in CA used to be almost as attractive as NYC levels with a different lifestyle but other than N. CA's Silicon Valley that's no longer the case. If I was beginning a career or considering a career move in this economic climate I'd have to determine where the opportunities are and then look at climate.

I was raised in high humidity summers with vicious winters, spent a few career years in it and eventually decided that wasn't the way I wanted to live my life. Five years in Hawaii was rewarding and fun but I discovered my preference was three or four distinct, mild seasons with at one time blue water sailing and downhill skiing within easy access.

[evanescence]

Cold, cloudy, and depressing. Also, Cali's weather sucks in some places. I lived in Monterrey for a year and the weather was mostly awful. Cold, windy, and rainy. There were sunny days, but in the morning-always cold and rainy. Foggy and windy.

[Americano]

Cold, cloudy, and depressing. Also, Cali's weather sucks in some places. I lived in Monterrey for a year and the weather was mostly awful. Cold, windy, and rainy. There were sunny days, but in the morning-always cold and rainy. Foggy and windy.

Certainly not always, but enough to make playing golf on world class courses interesting challenges among some of California's most beautiful coastal scenery. Living in Oregon I obviously prefer that kind of weather.

If pleasant, year around weather is one's criterion for residence, Hawaii's the only geographical part of the US offering it. Weather aside, Hawaii's not for everyone due to Hawaii's ethnic diversity and associated cultures.

[The Drunk Girl]

Cold and rainy yesterday, freeing rain tonight. Some spring

[Michael]

Its been quite cold here this last few days (just below freezing) - though it has been very sunny with bright blue skies.

[evanescence]

Certainly not always, but enough to make playing golf on world class courses interesting challenges among some of California's most beautiful coastal scenery. Living in Oregon I obviously prefer that kind of weather.

If pleasant, year around weather is one's criterion for residence, Hawaii's the only geographical part of the US offering it. Weather aside, Hawaii's not for everyone due to Hawaii's ethnic diversity and associated cultures.

Not always, but it seemed like it. My mood is closely connected to the weather. I can't stand cloudy weather day in and day out.

[Donkey]

Its been quite cold here this last few days (just below freezing) - though it has been very sunny with bright blue skies.
It seems all I ever do in this thread is confirm that Cleveland and Toronto have practically the same weather patterns. :shrug:

I suspect Toronto is on average a few degrees colder, but aside from that we seem to be tied at the hip.

I for one, am just tired of being cold when I walk outside.

[Americano]

Not always, but it seemed like it. My mood is closely connected to the weather. I can't stand cloudy weather day in and day out.

You're bipolar?

[The Drunk Guy]

You're bipolar?
That's ridiculous. Weather isn't just good or bad. It can also be annoying and full of self-pity.

[evanescence]

You're bipolar?

No, I have borderline personality disorder.

That's ridiculous. Weather isn't just good or bad. It can also be annoying and full of self-pity.

:lol: well if you want to call me annoying just say so.

[Americano]

No, I have borderline personality disorder.

I asked as I've known a few MDs who couldn't handle gloomy weather without their meds.

[evanescence]

I asked as I've known a few MDs who couldn't handle gloomy weather without their meds.

I see. I was on Lithium and it helps. It's a mood stabilizer as well as treating depression. It really doesn't take much to depress me.

[Americano]

I see. I was on Lithium and it helps. It's a mood stabilizer as well as treating depression. It really doesn't take much to depress me.

That's an effective and common bipolar/manic depressive disorder medication.

[evanescence]

That's an effective and common bipolar/manic depressive disorder medication.

Even Lithium couldn't always help me. I guess I'm really crazy. :erm:

[Margot]

I see. I was on Lithium and it helps. It's a mood stabilizer as well as treating depression. It really doesn't take much to depress me.

Would you like to buy a house in Florida? Very rarely gloomy.

[The Drunk Guy]

Would you like to buy a house in Florida? Very rarely gloomy.
With all those freedom-hatin socialists gettin fat off their Medicare and Social Security? :rolleyes:

[Americano]

Even Lithium couldn't always help me. I guess I'm really crazy. :erm:

From what I was told by a shrink I knew for a few years on a personal basis, it's not an uncommon affliction. Many people have it to lesser degrees without even being aware of their imbalance until faced with societal pressures. A competent mental health professional closely following your emotional life on a regular basis is your best option.

[evanescence]

Would you like to buy a house in Florida? Very rarely gloomy.

I would love that. :cool:

With all those freedom-hatin socialists gettin fat off their Medicare and Social Security? :rolleyes:

:ummm: ok.

From what I was told by a shrink I knew for a few years on a personal basis, it's not an uncommon affliction. Many people have it to lesser degrees without even being aware of their imbalance until faced with societal pressures. A competent mental health professional closely following your emotional life on a regular basis is your best option.

I actually do see a psychiatrist. She's very helpful, but she's still not my friend. All of my friends live several states away. I guess that's what I get for moving so much.

[The Drunk Girl]

:ummm: ok.

Don't question my man! Jesus! ;):lol:


I actually do see a psychiatrist. She's very helpful, but she's still not my friend. All of my friends live several states away. I guess that's what I get for moving so much.

You like to question them during a session? Or do you try to think ahead...like what are they thinking? Total mind fuck on both ends?

[Americano]

I would love that. :cool:



:ummm: ok.



I actually do see a psychiatrist. She's very helpful, but she's still not my friend. All of my friends live several states away. I guess that's what I get for moving so much.

She's supposed to be your doctor, not your friend. Friendships are social actions, not medical care.

[Americano]

Don't question my man! Jesus! ;):lol:



You like to question them during a session? Or do you try to think ahead...like what are they thinking? Total mind fuck on both ends?

Not much value for either party in that type of session.

[The Drunk Girl]

Not much value for either party in that type of session.

I'm always thinking in a session. They go to school and evaluate body language and pick apart what is said. That's their job and I don't mind that. Sometimes though they can read too much into stuff, which leads to my questioning either verbally or mentally.

[Americano]

I'm always thinking in a session. They go to school and evaluate body language and pick apart what is said. That's their job and I don't mind that. Sometimes though they can read too much into stuff, which leads to my questioning either verbally or mentally.

Stimulating your thought processes to better understand yourself and broaden a therapist's knowledge of those particular processes is an important facet of psychotherapy.

[evanescence]

Don't question my man! Jesus! ;):lol:



You like to question them during a session? Or do you try to think ahead...like what are they thinking? Total mind fuck on both ends?

I do both. I'm always asking philosophical and ethical questions. I can't get that crap out of my mind.

She's supposed to be your doctor, not your friend. Friendships are social actions, not medical care.

She's intelligent, and she's also the kind of person I would like to have as a friend. There's not many people I actually like.

[Americano]

I do both. I'm always asking philosophical and ethical questions. I can't get that crap out of my mind.



She's intelligent, and she's also the kind of person I would like to have as a friend. There's not many people I actually like.

There is a fine line between liking people and tolerating them in a manner that facilitates social and commercial interaction. I was with the shrink for four years and never once did she include a patient, and she did have some very interesting patients, in our social circle.

[evanescence]

There is a fine line between liking people and tolerating them in a manner that facilitates social and commercial interaction. I was with the shrink for four years and never once did she include a patient, and she did have some very interesting patients, in our social circle.

I know there needs to be that professional line drawn. I'm just in need of a good friend that lives in the same state. :(

[Donkey]

Buds on trees, hyacinths coming up from the beds around the capitol building... great day for a protest.

Of course, Columbus is about a week or so ahead of Cleveland weather-wise.

[The Drunk Guy]

Buds on trees, hyacinths coming up from the beds around the capitol building... great day for a protest.

Of course, Columbus is about a week or so ahead of Cleveland weather-wise.
Every day is a good day to protest.

Likewise, everyday is a good day to die.

[Donkey]

Every day is a good day to protest.

Likewise, everyday is a good day to die.
Hopefully none of my days will involve both. :eek:

[Michael]

Yesterday it was very warm and sunny - an absolutely beautiful spring day.

Today it is rather grey, foggy and wet, with thunderbolts & lightning rumbling in the background. :erm:

(very very frightning!) :lol:

[The Drunk Guy]

Hopefully none of my days will involve both. :eek:
:offtopic:, but your remark put this in my head....


Tool - Eulogy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s57FtD2HKLw)
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
We'll miss him.


Well, so long.
We wish you well.
You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
Well then, so long.



Don't cry.
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity.
But at least you tried.


Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud.
We'll miss him.
Ranting and pointing his finger
At everything but his heart.
We'll miss him.


No way to recall
What it was that you had said to me,
Like I care at all.


So loud.
You sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
And so loud.


Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice so strong and loud and I
Swallowed his facade cause I'm so
Eager to identify with
Someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, with
Someone who would die for me.


Hey, you! Breathing?
Would you die for me?
Don't you fuckin lie.
Don't you step out of line.
Don't you fuckin lie.


You've claimed all this time that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised to hear your own eulogy?


You had alot to say.
You had alot of nothing to say.
Come down.



Get off your fuckin cross.
We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.


To ascend you must die.
You must be crucified
For your sins and your lies. [sic]
Goodbye...

[The Drunk Guy]

Yesterday it was very warm and sunny - an absolutely beautiful spring day.

Today it is rather grey, foggy and wet, with thunderbolts & lightning rumbling in the background. :erm:

(very very frightning!) :lol:
It stormed a very furious storm yesterday for about 20 minutes and its been nice ever since. Its a little cloudy today, but pretty warm temp-wise.

[Donkey]

Lovely warm, sunny day here.

[Margot]

Every day is a good day to protest.

Likewise, everyday is a good day to die.

I don't want to die whilst menstruating. I'd be bloated and pissy and messy. That would be a bad day to die.

[The Drunk Girl]

I don't want to die whilst menstruating. I'd be bloated and pissy and messy. That would be a bad day to die.

Agreed!

We went from high-70s/low-80s the past four days to cold, rainy and 45 today. Good ol Kentucky weather for ya

[Donkey]

Agreed!

We went from high-70s/low-80s the past four days to cold, rainy and 45 today. Good ol Kentucky weather for ya

Yep. Kinda chilly here. Hopefully warm by the weekend.

[Michael]

Yep. Kinda chilly here. Hopefully warm by the weekend.

We're supposed to have 18-22 degrees all week - until the weekend when it will turn cooler and rainy.

[evanescence]

cold and rainy..again. I don't mind the rain, but the cold sucks.

[Donkey]

We're supposed to have 18-22 degrees all week - until the weekend when it will turn cooler and rainy.
I'm sick of this back and forth bullshit.

[The Drunk Girl]

I'm sick of this back and forth bullshit.
No. Fucking. Shit

[Americano]

62°, sunny, low 40s nights. Perfect weather for me. Last week was 22°, snow flurries two days. More rain coming, typical Oregon early spring weather.

Friends in N. Carolina and Texas are already bitching about 80°+, 60% humidity and we laughingly remind them that it'll only get worse. I'll pass on hot, humid climates.

[evanescence]

I'm sick of this back and forth bullshit.

me too..it literally goes from being in the 90s to back in the low 60s in less than a day. I guess it's just the low pressure systems that usually follow thunderstorms.

[Donkey]

I would be fine with the low sixties. We're back down in the low 40s. Though today is a sun-shiney day.

[evanescence]

to go from 94 degrees all the way to the low 60s is too much of a sudden drop for me. but today it's sunny and warm again. this kind of odd weather is common in April tho..

[Donkey]

New month. Same bullshit rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.

[Zarquon]

rainy

[Michael]

rainy

Your weather reports are quite likely to be redundant with Donkey and I posting. We all get the same 'lower-Great Lakes region' weather pattern.

[The Drunk Girl]

Low 40s all day and rain

[Greendruid]

Low 40s all day and rain

Same here, but we get that coastal mist-rain stuff that just annoys the hell out of me trying to look through my glasses. It can 'rain' here all day and all we get is 2mm!

[The Drunk Guy]

Same here, but we get that coastal mist-rain stuff that just annoys the hell out of me trying to look through my glasses. It can 'rain' here all day and all we get is 2mm!
It rains so much that 2mm would flood all the ditches. I haven't seen this much rain since....well, last year, I suppose.

Still amazes me how clearly global warming is making a difference in our weather patterns, but so many are still denying. We get more snow and ice than ever before and stupid fucking rednecks will say, "Guess Al Gore fucked up, huh?" Fucking sheep.

[The Drunk Girl]

Glasses are a pain in the ass to wear while it is raining. Since I do not currently have contacts I have to suck it up. I want wipers for them! Haha.

Contacts suck when it's hot out...sweat drips in your eyes, then you start rubbing, get more swear in your eyes from your fingers...cuss and swear.

Bad eyesight sucks big hairy ballsacks!!

[Michael]

After seven days of endless rain, it is now spring and sunny outside! :banana:

[Donkey]

After seven days of endless rain, it is now spring and sunny outside! :banana:
YES. I am sitting on the balcony slurping a beer pretending that it is also warm out.

The sun helps in my charade, for sure.

[The Drunk Girl]

YES. I am sitting on the balcony slurping a beer pretending that it is also warm out.

The sun helps in my charade, for sure.

52 out. Windows up, Georgia sitting in the window sill, beer, music ("Take Me Out is on right now :) ), and cleaning before we leave in the morning

[Michael]

Absolutely beautiful outside today. Bright blue skies and 16C/62F outside.

Definitely warm enough for a beer on the balcony... :cheers:

[The Drunk Girl]

Almost to Valdosta... Seems pretty nice out

[Greendruid]

We had a local high of 21C/70F today! I say local because the hill that our farm is on has some of the highest temperatures of this season due to its particular geography I assume. The nearest weather station is near water and thus records a lower temperature for the warmer seasons. A gorgeous day!

[Donkey]

It was lovely and sunny here today and yesterday, but apparently it fucking frosted last night.

[The Drunk Girl]

It was lovely and sunny here today and yesterday, but apparently it fucking frosted last night.

It got down in the 30s last night at home

[TheStripey1]

Sunny and warm (mid70s) here today on the left coast. It was in the high 80s yesterday.

:D

[Michael]

Speaking of weather (in another thread), it is absolutely beautiful, WARM and sunny right now - just like it was yesterday and forecast for the next few days.

We're talking 20-23 degrees (70ish). :banana:

Which of course reminds me of the one thing us 'northerners' do well - we appreciate the summer-like conditions whenever we get them - there are people out there in shorts, bicycles, rollerblades, tossing frisbees, kids outside everywhere and I can see all kinds of people on their balconies of the downtown apartment buildings (or sitting on little backyard patios down below me). :lol:

[Donkey]

Got heartily burnt at commencement yesterday. :D

[Michael]

Got heartily burnt at commencement yesterday. :D

My small percentage of Blackfoot blood definitely seems to have some advantages. :D

I can't grow a beard if my life depended on it (I didn't shave until I was 25) but it seems like I'm almost immune to sunburns. :)

[Donkey]

My small percentage of Blackfoot blood definitely seems to have some advantages. :D

I can't grow a beard if my life depended on it (I didn't shave until I was 25) but it seems like I'm almost immune to sunburns. :)

I get a slight scorch at first then it fades into a nice brown.

[JHC]

95F today. Same as yesterday. 1F hotter than the previous four or five days. No rain. No friends. :sad:

[Michael]

It's just a big warm, wet, wall of fog out there today. Living 250' up in the air, its like living in a cloud when it is like this. :D

Fog normally disappears by noon, but not today. :shrug:

[The Drunk Guy]

Rainy today, but its cool and comfortable at 70f. Sun is peaking out now. Pretty sweet. That means it'll be hotter than seven hells next week. Such is life in Kentucky.:shrug:

[Donkey]

Was super humid earlier. Now it's been raining pretty heavily.

[JHC]

I have seldom been happier to see rain. The last week was a record breaker for SW Florida. It still gets super hot and the rain adds humidity but we drop from the upper 90's to the upper 80's in the space of an hour and usually just at the critical time of day.

It rained hard last night - some sizable tree limbs down. Much cooler today than yesterday with a little cloud cover.

[NickKIELCEPoland]

Rain is beautiful when it's hot :) I love running in green areas, and when it rains, and is hot... awesom :)

[Donkey]

It's gotten cold and rainy. I've never seen such heavy fog driving into the downtown either.

[NickKIELCEPoland]

I didn't know heavy fog could drive.

[Donkey]

I didn't know heavy fog could drive.

Depends on if it has its license.

[NickKIELCEPoland]

Maybe it would not be so heavy if it walked more.

[The Drunk Guy]

Maybe it would not be so heavy if it walked more.
Thin fog can still ruin an otherwise fine day.

[pramjockey]

I just want summer, dammit. We had a year without a real summer 3 years ago. I'm not ready for another one of those.

[The Drunk Girl]

A chilly 48 degrees. Cloudy and rain

[Michael]

A chilly 48 degrees. Cloudy and rain

Pretty much the same here today. :erm:

[Donkey]

Pretty much the same here today. :erm:

Here too. Columbus too (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/protesters-jpmorgan_n_863106.html). Brrr.

[Miranda]

Here too. Columbus too (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/protesters-jpmorgan_n_863106.html). Brrr.


Finally it is back to sunny, warm and beautiful. It's been cold and gray most of the week.

[The Drunk Guy]

Finally it is back to sunny, warm and beautiful. It's been cold and gray most of the week.

We have some warmth, but the sun is still elusive.

[Donkey]

Sunny here. Great day to go downtown and yell at the Governor when he visits. :)

[pramjockey]

Wow rain. I suppose I shouldn't complain, 'cause we can always use the water, but I'm ready for some sunshine.

[Donkey]

Today was gorgeous and sunny, but unless it can bake off some of the inches of standing water in lawns everywhere, we're looking for some ugly mosquito season.

[Americano]

80° and sunny here today, high humidity at 26% but that'll soon drop down to the low 20s.

[Michael]

We are well into the mid-70's right now, with a surprising surge in humidity and lots of lovely sunshine. Summer is well on its way here.

Btw, Environment Canada predicts a 'long, hot & dry' summer in Southern Ontario. They are surprisingly good at these long-range predictions.

[pramjockey]

More rain. And thunder.

Strangely, my lawn still looks like shit.

[Americano]

More rain. And thunder.

Strangely, my lawn still looks like shit.

Has it been fertilized?

[Michael]

More rain. And thunder.

Strangely, my lawn still looks like shit.

We've had a very wet spring and now sunshine. All the lawns around here are very lush and green while gardens are sprouting like crazy. Tis the season for it.

Come July and August, all the lawns that are not shaded (or watered daily) are mostly dead. :shrug:

[pramjockey]

Has it been fertilized?

I used a liquid fertilizer on it about 6 weeks ago, when we had our first teaser of spring. It's the first lawn I've had in a very, very long time, so I'm definitely out of practice. Once the weather settles a bit, I'll do another run, this time with a pellet-based.

We've had a very wet spring and now sunshine. All the lawns around here are very lush and green while gardens are sprouting like crazy. Tis the season for it.

Come July and August, all the lawns that are not shaded (or watered daily) are mostly dead. :shrug:

Yeah, that's what I'd be expecting - it was a really dry winter for us (wet in the mountains) but has made up for it this spring, so I'd expect some good green - like the neighbor across the street. He may have a different species, though, that's more attuned to cooler weather. It's our first year in the house, and we moved in last November, so I'm just now learning the yard.

Of course, given a choice, I'd get rid of the grass...

[The Drunk Girl]

Rain, rain, clouds, some sun, more clouds, more rain.

Fuck! This weather is literally giving me headaches

[Zarquon]

Rain, rain, clouds, some sun, more clouds, more rain.

Fuck! This weather is literally giving me headaches
True instruction is this: —to learn to wish that each thing should come to pass as it does. And how does it come to pass? As the Disposer has disposed it. Now He has disposed that there should be summer and winter, and plenty and dearth, and vice and virtue, and all such opposites, for the harmony of the whole. Epictetus

[Donkey]

Of course, given a choice, I'd get rid of the grass...
Build an epic garden!

[pramjockey]

Build an epic garden!

Oh, I wish. But, we're in a covenant controlled community, so I don't have the power to do anything that I want. I'm going to try to take up some of the lawn in the back yard and cut down the aspens (God, why do people plant aspens down here?) to put in veggies, but we're waiting for approval still.

[The Drunk Guy]

Oh, I wish. But, we're in a covenant controlled community, so I don't have the power to do anything that I want. I'm going to try to take up some of the lawn in the back yard and cut down the aspens (God, why do people plant aspens down here?) to put in veggies, but we're waiting for approval still.

:ummm:

http://http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/halo-wars-hc-s2-covenant-troops.jpg

[Donkey]

http://www.memedepot.com/uploads/0/124_fight_the_power.jpg

[pramjockey]

Can't fight the power - we chose to live here, knowing what we were getting ourselves into. It has its upsides, too.

[The Drunk Girl]

Beautiful right now but awaiting some bad storms. The northern and western part of the state are under tornado warnings. I'm crossing my fingers the bad weather holds off until I'm off the clock. I'm not looking forward to dragging all the residents out of their rooms or beds to get in the hallway on C wing.

"Bill! We need to get in the hallway."
"Huh?"
"The weather is bad. We need to get in the hallway."
"What? There's a frog in the hallway? Why the he'll are you telling me that?"
"No...There. Is. A. Storm. Get. In. The. Hallway."
"Jesus Christ, I'm coming."

(ten minutes later he will arrive)

This is a typical conversation with some of them. :facepalm:

[The Drunk Guy]

:ummm:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Covenant_Group.jpg[IMG]http://http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/halo-wars-hc-s2-covenant-troops.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Covenant_Group.jpg
This is how that post should look.

[Americano]

Oh, I wish. But, we're in a covenant controlled community, so I don't have the power to do anything that I want. I'm going to try to take up some of the lawn in the back yard and cut down the aspens (God, why do people plant aspens down here?) to put in veggies, but we're waiting for approval still.

If aspens have been shedding you're going to need some serious soil amending. Raised beds?

[Americano]

Beautiful right now but awaiting some bad storms. The northern and western part of the state are under tornado warnings. I'm crossing my fingers the bad weather holds off until I'm off the clock. I'm not looking forward to dragging all the residents out of their rooms or beds to get in the hallway on C wing.

"Bill! We need to get in the hallway."
"Huh?"
"The weather is bad. We need to get in the hallway."
"What? There's a frog in the hallway? Why the he'll are you telling me that?"
"No...There. Is. A. Storm. Get. In. The. Hallway."
"Jesus Christ, I'm coming."

(ten minutes later he will arrive)

This is a typical conversation with some of them. :facepalm:

Insurance requirements as the hallway on C wing is considered the safest place during a storm?

[The Drunk Girl]

Insurance requirements as the hallway on C wing is considered the safest place during a storm?

Yes it is the safest wing.

Funny enough the building was hit by a tornado while being built. C wing was the one that got hit.

Still clear and the sun is setting in the horizon.

[Michael]

Beautiful right now but awaiting some bad storms. The northern and western part of the state are under tornado warnings. I'm crossing my fingers the bad weather holds off until I'm off the clock. I'm not looking forward to dragging all the residents out of their rooms or beds to get in the hallway on C wing.

"Bill! We need to get in the hallway."
"Huh?"
"The weather is bad. We need to get in the hallway."
"What? There's a frog in the hallway? Why the he'll are you telling me that?"
"No...There. Is. A. Storm. Get. In. The. Hallway."
"Jesus Christ, I'm coming."

(ten minutes later he will arrive)

This is a typical conversation with some of them. :facepalm:

That must be a nightmare! :eek:

The logistics of an actual evacuation must be crazy!

[Americano]

That must be a nightmare! :eek:

The logistics of an actual evacuation must be crazy!

After reading about Joplin MO (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/joplin-mo-hospital-evacuated-sustaining-extensive-tornado-damage/story?id=13666314) tornado evacuation is after the fact.

[The Drunk Girl]

That must be a nightmare! :eek:

The logistics of an actual evacuation must be crazy!

I was here one afternoon when we had to take everyone to C wing. Some were roaming around on their scooters being nosey, some wouldn't sit with the rest of the group because they feel they're too good for the "bad" and "sickly" ones...of course there are some Alzheimer's patients. It is kinda like a room full of kids calming and chasing them down. "Bill" likes to bitch, moan, and complain about things so that is always fun too.

[The Drunk Girl]

By the way I am HIGHLY efficient while at work. I don't fuck around so if an actual tornado came through I wouldn't argue I would just pick them up and go. I'm pretty damn strong and add the adrenaline in a situation like that there wouldn't be much room for delay

[Donkey]

We had some pretty rowdy storms last night. Lesser ones today. No touchdowns, but apparently some funnel clouds sited east of us. Ton's of hail and 50 mph winds.

[pramjockey]

If aspens have been shedding you're going to need some serious soil amending. Raised beds?

Yeah, that's the goal. Once I cut those tall leafy weeds down (they're sick, so they've got to go either way) I plan on digging out the grass and doing about an 6" raised bed with fresh topsoil that I'll break into the clay beneath slowly over the next couple of years. A couple of new trees - thinking peach ATM - will help to break some of it up, too.

It's going to be a huge amount of work either way, but CO soil is ridiculously bad clay anyway, so no matter what I was going to do it would be work. I'd managed to get the soil in my last garden going pretty well, so I figure in 10 years, I'll have this one going, too.

[Michael]

Lovely day today - but I just saw the forecast for Sunday/Monday/Tuesday and they are calling for 29/85 with high humidity for three days in a row.

[Americano]

The first day of the three-day holiday here brought mid-50s temps, 25mph winds, rain, thunder, lightening and periodic marble sized hail. mid-low 30s tonight. Great weather to be inside looking out at it but.....

This area is noted for its outdoors activity including boating, camping, fishing, hiking and river rafting, attracting turn-away crowds at local, state and federal parks. Supposed to be a chance of cloudy sunshine on Monday.

I wish those crowded into tents, travel trailers, RVs and such, many with adrenalin charged children, the very best as I turn the thermostat up a few degrees while I get an ice cold beer.

[Donkey]

Got a relatively sharp burn this afternoon. Now it's raining. No consistency.

[Michael]

Yesterday was just a big fog all day long, with intermittent rain.

Forecast for the next five days is "hot, hazy and humid". :shrug:

[The Drunk Girl]

Supposed to hit 90 today...

We will be out on the lake today. My goal: to get burnt:lol:

[The Drunk Girl]

Supposed to hit 90 today...

We will be out on the lake today. My goal: to get burnt:lol:

Mission accomplished! I'm horribly burned. I look like a steak cooked medium

[Michael]

Mission accomplished! I'm horribly burned. I look like a steak cooked medium

Ouch! That sounds nasty.

Anyway, today is sunny, hot and humid - same forecast for the rest of the week. :)

[Donkey]

Holy BALLS it's hot out.

[Michael]

Holy BALLS it's hot out.

You can't be serious! It is beautiful outside. It is a wonderful temperature!

[The Drunk Guy]

You can't be serious! It is beautiful outside. It is a wonderful temperature!
90's and humid as a fuckin' sauna today. Not the best weather for two people who look like overcooked meat from being on the lake too long.

[Zarquon]

It touched 28 *C today and there are no fans in my dorm, so opening the window is about as much cooling I can get.
I will need to buy one of those portable fans, any body know a good brand?

[Donkey]

You can't be serious! It is beautiful outside. It is a wonderful temperature!

It hit the upper nineties with a high humidity index and blazing sun. Being outside was actually uncomfortable until the evening.


PLUS I drove home 2.75 hours from Chautauqua and my car doesn't really have AC right now.


(I did get 40 miles to the gallon in my 16 year old car, though, so who gives a fuck about the AC.)

[The Drunk Girl]

Just stepped outside and sweat started pouring off of me. It's still 90 out and humid as hell

[The Drunk Guy]

Just stepped outside and sweat started pouring off of me. It's still 90 out and humid as hell

Not too bad now. I'm on the backporch with a Leghumper and cigarette.

[Americano]

Just stepped outside and sweat started pouring off of me. It's still 90 out and humid as hell

58° here today, scattered showers mixed with sunshine, 45° tonight. We still have a light down comforter on the bed. Summer is still three weeks away.

[Donkey]

Just stepped outside and sweat started pouring off of me. It's still 90 out and humid as hell
Yeah... Fortunately it gets cool at night: open the window, crank up the box fan, and we're good to go.
Not too bad now. I'm on the backporch with a Leghumper and cigarette.
Mmmmm leghumper.

[Michael]

Mmmmm leghumper.

Leghumper? That sounds like a randy male dog. :shrug:

[The Drunk Guy]

Leghumper? That sounds like a randy male dog. :shrug:

Robust porter (according to the label), actually.

[Donkey]

Leghumper? That sounds like a randy male dog. :shrug:

Randy male beer. :)

[Greendruid]

Thunderbolts and Lightening! This is a relative rarity here in the North Atlantic. I do miss the lightening storms from S. Ontario and was quite entertained by a doozie tonight!

[pramjockey]

Thunderbolts and Lightening!

Very very frightening!


Warm weather finally hit here - took forever to burn through the clouds to get to 80 yesterday. Should hit 80 today, which without humidity isn't nearly as warm as it sounds. Beautiful.

[Donkey]

Oh Mama Mia, Mama Mia!

[Michael]

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me... :shrug:

But at least it is summer-like out there. It's been July-like weather since Monday. :)

[The Drunk Girl]

So you think you can stomp me and spit in my eye?

I have been sick. No voice and a headache from hell the past two days. Haven't been outside today just been lounging on the couch in my panties letting the ladies dangle where they may:lol:

I need to go get a shower...my forehead has started peeling and I look like I have a nasty skin disorder

[Americano]

So you think you can stomp me and spit in my eye?

I have been sick. No voice and a headache from hell the past two days. Haven't been outside today just been lounging on the couch in my panties letting the ladies dangle where they may:lol:

I need to go get a shower...my forehead has started peeling and I look like I have a nasty skin disorder

When I was living in Hawaii it was common for people seeking instant suntans to end up in the hospital. The lucky ones stayed in their hotel rooms, burned to a crisp and miserable until their flights left for wherever home was.

[Michael]

When I was living in Hawaii it was common for people seeking instant suntans to end up in the hospital. The lucky ones stayed in their hotel rooms, burned to a crisp and miserable until their flights left for wherever home was.

I've seen a few of those in Florida, Carribean and Mexico on my travels down there. They look like lobsters! :lol:

Speaking of which, the weather here continues to be summer-like and beautiful. :)

[Donkey]

I've seen a few of those in Florida, Carribean and Mexico on my travels down there. They look like lobsters! :lol:

Speaking of which, the weather here continues to be summer-like and beautiful. :)
Yep. Here too. Makes it hard to enjoy going to work.

[pramjockey]

Summer has finally arrived here, too. Temps in the mid 80s, partly cloudy, and mildly breezy.

Unfortunately, the wife decided to take a bike ride after Memorial Day and took a header over the handlebars. She'll be having surgery on Tuesday to put her collarbone back together. So, my outside time is limited to yard work - I'm focused on taking care of her.

[Donkey]

Summer has finally arrived here, too. Temps in the mid 80s, partly cloudy, and mildly breezy.

Unfortunately, the wife decided to take a bike ride after Memorial Day and took a header over the handlebars. She'll be having surgery on Tuesday to put her collarbone back together. So, my outside time is limited to yard work - I'm focused on taking care of her.

Holy shit!

[pramjockey]

I know! That exercise crap will kill you!

[Donkey]

I know! That exercise crap will kill you!

That's why I duct-tape myself to the elliptical.

[The Drunk Girl]

And I thought going between whispers and a Barry White sounding voice was bad

[Americano]

75°, a light breeze, sunny skies with a few clouds, 26% humidity, 43° tonight and a week of the same in the forecast. After the wettest spring in history, summer may well be arriving.

[Michael]

75°, a light breeze, sunny skies with a few clouds, 26% humidity, 43° tonight and a week of the same in the forecast. After the wettest spring in history, summer may well be arriving.

We've been cruising along in the high 70's, nice warm breezes, clear blue skies and about 50% humidity for several days now (High pressure area). That usually means we are about to be hit with a wave of humidity coming up from the south...

[Donkey]

Thunderstorms this morning, then hot hot heat all day. Looks like another hot week ahead.

[Greendruid]

Constant frickin' rain here! The days I don't have rain, I'm at a scheduled work meeting or selling at the Farmers' Market or it's too wet to plant. This does not bode well for the growing season. Thank goodness the greenhouse is finally up and abiding this so-called summer weather.

[Donkey]

Constant frickin' rain here! The days I don't have rain, I'm at a scheduled work meeting or selling at the Farmers' Market or it's too wet to plant. This does not bode well for the growing season. Thank goodness the greenhouse is finally up and abiding this so-called summer weather.
That's how it was here until last week. They are saying a lot of damage has been done crop-wise.

[Greendruid]

That's how it was here until last week. They are saying a lot of damage has been done crop-wise.

Our only damage so far is that we haven't planted what should have been planted. Intermittent frost delayed things until the constant rain took over. We'll see what comes of it.

[Donkey]

Our only damage so far is that we haven't planted what should have been planted. Intermittent frost delayed things until the constant rain took over. We'll see what comes of it.

We are just now getting our garden in. (Was working on it this evening.) It's more a result of laziness, but it's certainly been vindicated: anything that we would have put in would have been destroyed by the chaotic storms that have bulldozed through the area.

[The Drunk Guy]

Last week it was humid and temps hovered around 90 all week. I spent the week cutting back a fence row for a friend. This week its beautiful and cool with no excuse to be outside.

[Michael]

Last week it was humid and temps hovered around 90 all week. I spent the week cutting back a fence row for a friend. This week its beautiful and cool with no excuse to be outside.

You should have waited until this week! :D

[Americano]

Beautiful here. 80°, 5-10mph breeze, low humidity and clear skies. Pleasure rafting and kayaking traffic on the river is increasing and now that school's out the topless rafting crowd should be arriving. My 10x50 Nikon Binoculars are right next to the monitor.

[The Drunk Guy]

You should have waited until this week! :D

Quothe the scarecrow, "If I only had a brain..."

[Donkey]

Almost chilly here. It's actually really lovely, just a bit colder than it has been.

[Margot]

It's 97.9 degrees here with a heat index of 111.

[The Drunk Girl]

70 degrees. Nice and stormy this morning and afternoon. Hard to get out of the bed with Georgia curled up beside me.

Still drizzling and cloudy out

[Michael]

Another absolutely beautiful summer-like day here - 80 degrees, blue skies and sunshine. Its been like this for most of the last week. :)

[Donkey]

Mostly lovely here, though we just had a quick rain storm pass through that woke me up out of my hangover stupor.

[JHC]

I have a bag of ice in my cleavage and one in the waistband of my shorts. I am in my living room (west side of the house), at 16:30.

We have had no significant rain in months.

I'm melting. :sad: That's not a tear.

[Margot]

I have a bag of ice in my cleavage and one in the waistband of my shorts. I am in my living room (west side of the house), at 16:30.

We have had no significant rain in months.

I'm melting. :sad: That's not a tear.

Let's go see a movie or something.

[The Drunk Guy]

I have a bag of ice in my cleavage and one in the waistband of my shorts. I am in my living room (west side of the house), at 16:30.

We have had no significant rain in months.

I'm melting. :sad: That's not a tear.

I bet your nipples could cut glass. Mmm. :D

[JHC]

I bet your nipples could cut glass. Mmm. :D

It's so hot...

How hot is it?

My nipples couldn't cut soft butter. :ummm::angel:

And now, at 19:45, it is a beautiful, breezy 80F with scattered clouds. Ahhhh. This will last for about 45 minutes if it's anything like the last two days.

[The Drunk Girl]

It's so hot...

How hot is it?

My nipples couldn't cut soft butter. :ummm::angel:

And now, at 19:45, it is a beautiful, breezy 80F with scattered clouds. Ahhhh. This will last for about 45 minutes if it's anything like the last two days.

What's up with you and the military time? Showoff ;)

Hotterthan two rats fucking in a wool sock?

[JHC]

What's up with you and the military time? Showoff ;)

Hotterthan two rats fucking in a wool sock?

I've been using 24 hour clock since I worked for the airlines and then married to someone who was always overseas. It suits my personality. It is effective, specific, and shorter to write (efficient).
Although, I had Margot pick me up from the airport a full day early once. LOL. And that was before the brain surgery!

[pramjockey]

Rainy since last night, with periods of really heavy rain.

I'm sure my lawn will still look like shit, though.

[The Drunk Guy]

Massive thunderstorm this morning at waaaytoogoddamnearly o'clock. An hour or more of rain an hail with a good 30-45 minutes of non-stop lightening and thunder. Been a long time since I'd seen so much lightening in a storm and it was all very close.

Growing up, my dad told me that you could count a mile for each second after the lightening flash to determine where the strike was from your location. If that has any truth to it, all the lightening this morning struck within city limits.

[JHC]

I wish we'd been as lucky. Another 99F with three chances for rain and none coming to fruition.

[Michael]

Today's weather thread forecast: Partly sunny, but with a high chance of thread lock.

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