Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Nov 06 2019 08:52:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Some places, a/c is more of a requirement than other places... :) BM>> Yes, plus how the person responds to the heat. Some are fine, some BM>> like me sweat like crazy! NB>> Or, worse, don't sweat easily and then overheat badly.... But NB>> others are cold even when most people are dying of the heat.... ;0 BM> Yes, sort of like seeing people driving around in the middle of winter BM> with their windows open. Not that their window is stuck down or the BM> like fresh air, probably more they work outside and driving in a cozy- BM> warm vehicle makes getting out and working in that bone-chilling cold BM> even worse. Everything's relative. NB> And how people react to the weather is also relative.... "React" as in whining because it's raining or too hot or too cold or... or physiological reaction like sinusitis base on atmospheric pressure changes? I'll admit to being disappointed ("lite whine"? ) I couldn't do something because rained/too hot/too cold, etc., but can't do too much about what Mother Nature decides and do something else. BM>> And a slight update to a previous message in this packet: there are a BM>> few small patches of reddish leaves but at this point insufficent to BM>> verify is actually the Burning Bush or just the Fall transition. NB>> Progress.... by now maybe things have progressed enough to tell...? BM> The other day did see some reddish leaves, so possible. Glanced BM> yesterday but didn't notice any change; with this morning's snow might BM> force the transition. NB> And has it....? And/or made it more obvious....? Last I looked it appears the Burning Bush is there as the leaves are redder but not RED like they have been in past years. OTOH I mentioned in previous posts the tree leaves are a relatively dull/constant brownish-orange, so the Burning Bush also having a mediocre colour makes sense. (Now if it turned yellow ochre! ) NB>> Suddenly, things are changing here at home, and I'd say we are NB>> getting to peak... again, not as brilliant colors as some years, but NB>> reds and yellows most everywhere now... and lots of leaves on cars NB>> and roads and yards and all... :) When we went up to the Pond to NB>> close up, most of the trees had dropped their leaves there, but up NB>> in Canada, things were more at peak, maybe just a little past... BM> Yes: neighbour's front yard had a layer of leaves yesterday -- all BM> gone with the snow! Nothing much here - yet. No trees left on the BM> property (died of natural causes) but will get the various BM> neighbours'. The pine trees along the back fence have been dropping BM> needles and pine cones like mad -- cleaned those up over the weekend. BM> As far as the foliage, looking out from my window mainly a darker BM> orange -- no splashes of red nor orange. The green looks like it has BM> faded from the other day, so those trees will be turning soon. NB> And some years, trees don't turn all that well, due to strange NB> variations in the weather.... Like around here this year. (Should I react by whining per a few paragraphs above?!) BM>>> Definitely darker earlier! Used to be bright outside when I'd go down BM>>> for TV Time, now I'm shutting the blinds up here an hour or so after BM>>> dinner. NB>>> And doesn't get light as early in the morning, either... that at NB>>> least will be helped a little when we go back to Real Time... but NB>>> still not all that much... :) BM>> Yes, and then even with Real Time will be dark at 5 p.m.! NB>> Waiting so long to get back to Real Time, the earlier dark is more NB>> pronounced.... BM> Yes. And last week I was reading one of the posts here on that. The BM> little detail of the Sun being sychronized with the clock made sense BM> for going with Standard Time rather than Daylight: the Sun being BM> overhead at noon seems more logical; with DST the Sun and the time are BM> off an hour. NB> That's my major objection to Daylight Stealing time... that it is NB> skewed... and that affects more people than they are willing to NB> admit... Right now the only advantage I can see to the preference to staying on DST (year round) would be it would stay light later into the evening -- those on 9-5 jobs, in school, etc., would have a little more daylight after work/school. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Not with a full deck: Cursor's flashing but there's no response. --- 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) .