Subj : weather was: food option To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Oct 05 2019 08:44:00 Hi Nancy! -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Sep-2019 09:12 <=- NB>>> Still posting from the Pond, 9 Sept, at about 8:40pm... BM>> "By the shores of Lake Whatchamacallit...." NB>> Actually, it's called Boyd Pond... but it is indeed a small NB>> spring-fed lake, about 1 1/2 miles long and 1/4 mile across, NB>> kidney-shaped... there's camps/dwellings along the shore for NB>> maybe 2/3 of the shoreline, the rest is woods right to the NB>> edge... some of the camps are nestled in trees.... :) BM> :) NB> It is a peaceful place... :) I'll be back up there next week, NB> for my Fall Board meeting, no doubt with a passel of packets to NB> answer... ;) Just somethings to keep you from being bored! LIS some time before, people are surprised as nerdy as I am with all the computers I don't have a laptop and tablet and cell phone and whatever other portable devices there are with me at all times. Time and place. I don't need to be constantly connected. BM>>>> Rear window defogger/defroster is another. NB>>>> In NYS, that last has been required for decades... It may be still NB>>>> classified as an option, but the vehicle can't be sold here without NB>>>> it... considered a safety item... BM>>> Easier to see that car behind and one lane over so can change lanes! NB>>> Certainly helps a lot.... :) BM>> To keep those insurance rates down! NB>> Yup, fewer accidents that way.... :) BM> ...Attempting to look up if Iowa requires a rear window defogger / BM> defroster / device. According to one site the rear and side windows BM> can be any shade of tint as long as dual side mirrors. Bet the police BM> love that when they can't see inside! ... A windshield is required but BM> side and rear windows are not. .....Well, interesting little side-trip BM> but I didn't see where a rear window defogger/defroster was required - BM> by State law; required by me for my car! NB> Interesting... ;) New York now requires a much lighter tint than NB> used to be allowed for side and rear windows of passenger NB> vehicles... guess the police weighed in on that here... ;) NB> Commercial vehicles still can be tinted darker, I think, and many NB> don't have windows at all side and/or rear, so would have to have NB> the dual side mirrors... Yes, I was surprised when I read the 'any tint': seems like the police would like to see inside for their protection. I think I told you a few cars ago I did have one with darker-tinted windows; the joke was I'd be pulled over for them but never was - for anything. BM>>>> ...Then we have a plant we're not sure if BM>>>> it is a rebirth of a purchased plant which was dinner for a critter or BM>>>> a halfway nice looking weed growing where the plant was. Hasn't BM>>>> attempted to flower, but of the other for-sure plants it's supposed be BM>>>> one flowers constantly and the other has a flower once in a while. BM>>>> Leaves are similar but different on all three. NB>>>> As long as it has promise, might as well keep it... are the other two NB>>>> annuals or perennials...? If the latter, a new season might answer NB>>>> the question.... especially if it ends up flowering like the other NB>>>> two... or doesn't return at all... ;) BM>>> I think perennials: this year whatever was planted in the ground was BM>>> supposed to be a permanent flower; annuals go in the flower pots BM>>> (where'd perennials would have their roots frozen). NB>>> So you might well find out next year whether this unknown plant was NB>>> another version of the other two or not.... :) BM>> Possibly. Hopefully makes through the winter (as hopefully the others BM>> do). No indication of wanting to bud, so just be patient. Might be BM>> thinking of itself as a brand new plant and some don't bloom the first BM>> year. NB>> Possible. :) BM> And Fall starts tomorrow morning a little after 2 a.m. IIRC. Earlier BM> this week we did start to trim down some of the flowers, partially BM> because being overwhelmed with deadheads, partially because eventually BM> will have a frost and kill off the leaves and flowers anyway, leaving BM> a gross-gooey slimey stem behind. NB> Yup, we are thoroughly in fall now... :) And indeed time to NB> start preparing the garden for winter... :) Do you have any NB> fall-bloomers to brighten the garden this time of year...? Not really. :( Looking rather bland out there as we have been trimming down the plants to get ready for winter. Do before it freezes and it all turns to a slimy mess. And sort of along those lines has cooler lately but I haven't noticed the Burning Bush changing colours yet. Still early. BM>>> ...And the weather is doing the Fall/Summer Swing currently: BM>>> 80-something degrees yesterday, this morning 56ø but humid: offically BM>>> 93% and I think they reported a five-mile visibility. Today and the BM>>> rest of the week only supposed to get into the low-to-mid 70's; Sunday BM>>> ansiweather showing 62ø as the predicted high (!!); don't recall it BM>>> that low on the TV but they extended a few days further and was in the BM>>> 80's again. NB>>> Well, we did have that low high temp on Sunday.... and today was sunny NB>>> but not much warmer... But I did see that it's supposed to be warming NB>>> later this week starting into the 70s, both here in the North Country NB>>> and back home.... :) BM>> 70's is the overnight low lately! NB>> The North Country does seem to be cooler than most places... ;) NB>> Today and tomorrow are ging to be in the 80s here, then drop NB>> later in the week... probably rise again after that... ;) BM> LIS it's going to be relatively cool here all day with on-and-off BM> rain. Have more than enough indoor projects! NB> And then I was down in Wake Forest NC, where the highs were in NB> the 90s everyday, and the lows barely into the 70s... apparently NB> they are still having that sort of temps, at least thru today... NB> and we are barely into the 50s for highs today... And when I NB> go north, it will be similar... definitely will need a different NB> set of clothes for the next trip... As I alluded to above, it has been cooler here this week. 51ø currently and only supposed to get to the upper 60's this afternoon. Pretty much the same for next week. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... If you are complete pessimist, does this mean you are positively negative? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .