Subj : Re: weather was: food option To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Nov 08 2019 18:27:14 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Nov-2019 10:07 <=- BM>>> Too bad wasn't November: then could be 11 11 @ 11! NB>>> True... And wasn't that the exact time of the Armistace being signed, NB>>> as well...? but October [my reply] was... ;) BM>> Well it was November (11th month) 11, 1918. ...The "11 a.m." did come BM>> into play with the time it went into effect Paris time. NB>> That's what I thought I remembered... :) BM> I barely remember being taughht about the 11 a.m. detail. After all, it well before our time.... Before either of my parents was born, too.... :) BM>> ...Now if we used Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine maybe could have BM>> changed that to October 11, 1912 and 1 p.m.: 10 11 12 13! ..."Say BM>> good night, Gracie." NB>> Of course, that's before the war even started.... so one could NB>> have avoided the whole unpleasantness...... BM> That probably would have been nice, though I tend to believe things BM> happen (or don't happen) for a reason. And wouldn't be changeable.... and of course, even though not a momentous occasion, Oct 11, 1912 at 1pm did occur... ;) BM>> We finally took the air conditioners out yesterday afternoon. Has BM>> been cool enough to not need them for some time but usually warms up BM>> for that period of Indian Summer; either none this year or snuck by BM>> being tepid rather than warm. And then it drizzled - so 'good timing'. NB>> Or maybe it is still yet to come... after the early snow melts... ;) NB>> We don't have any air conditioners to take out, the screens are still NB>> in the windows in case we want to open windows later in the season NB>> still... BM> Well it is supposed to get to 40ø this afternoon, so after the 24ø BM> earlier this morning just might feel like 'Open Those Windows!' BM> weather!! OTOH they're also predicting rin this afternoon, later BM> possibly some flurries. Ah, just stay bundled up inside! Screens BM> here are the self-store type. I wouldn't call it Indian Summer unless it was getting into the 70ø range... but we've had a real frost now, so I'm thinking we should be due for a proper Indian Summer now... ;) Maybe for Thanksgiving...? ;) BM>> As I said in an interim message, the trees are turning orange. Too BM>> early to see if changed much from yesterday: sometimes the day after a BM>> rain the leaves will do a sudden change. NB>> I've not seen any sudden changes this year, but things are proceding NB>> apace.... BM> Sudden change here was that whiteness! The big concern before the BM> Halloween Day Snowstorm was with the trees still having most of their BM> leaves if the snow weight would cause branches to break. Seemed we BM> had more problems last Monday with the wind and snow flurries than the BM> snowstorm yesterday. (And 'we' being the local area, not us BM> personally.) Good that the snow didn't cause tree damage... :) We have snow on the ground and elsewhere now... but not a lot of it... just more than I was really ready for... BM>> Looking out this morning the leaves that did turn orange look to have BM>> a brownish tinge, though that could be due to it being overcast out, so BM>> no sun to spotlight. As we've been saying, this year just hasn't been as brilliant as some years.... BM>> As for the trip to drop your son off, sad to send him off but at least BM>> a good view. Did he get his Jeep (?) fixed? NB>> He got his Jeep fixed sufficiently for him to get around up at the NB>> North Country, and near the end of the stay, he was feeling NB>> comfortable enough with it to have considered a trip down to NB>> Rochester, but at that point didn't have the time to spare for the NB>> trip.... It now is covered with a tarp, parked for the winter (and NB>> however much longer to when he actually gets back)... Hopefully, NB>> there will be fewer issues next time than he had this trip... :) BM> Hopefully! BTW, did you get the roof to the shed/garage fixed? Else BM> you and Richard should get the tarps back in place and secured before BM> it gets to cold/windy/snowy/other seasonal nastiness. (But First!) The tarps on the garage have been there all summer.... the wind storms we got before and on Halloween did take them down some, and he's been back up on the roof fastening them down again after each of those... maybe the snow we got will help hold things down now... Not sure why he didn't try to do the proper fix this year, but it's too late for that now... NB>>> Valid reasons... and then, one does find some other reasons of NB>>> convenience.... but still it's for one's own convenience, not for NB>>> the world to connect to one... ;) BM>> Right: I can see both sides. We're home most of the time so keeping BM>> the landline makes sense. OTOH when away from home and somebody wants BM>> to contact one of us/us they get to talk to the answering machine. BM>> 99.9% of the stuff can wait until we get back. OTOH for others it BM>> makes more sense to be able to have constant contact. As you said, all BM>> boils down to convenience and personal preferences. NB>> Yup... the landline remains our main connection... but we don't have NB>> an answering machine, so important calls can be put through to my cell NB>> phone, which does have voice mail if needed.... Limited connection NB>> where necessary.... :) BM> We've found the answering machine to be handy so keep it. Neither one BM> uses the cell phone as an alternative -- still on the 'emergency use' BM> concept. Suppose should change that idea over - some day! If/when it becomes a useful option for you... :) BM>> There's a chance of snow flurries next Tuesday (October 29) and rather BM>> cold on Halloween. NB>> Today, Halloween, it's been fairly warm (high was in the mid-60s), NB>> but most of the day it's been rainy... and now, since about 8 this NB>> evening, the wind has been picking up.... Supposed to be lows in the NB>> upper 40s tonight and then about that for highs tomorrow, with more NB>> wind (and probably rain) until about 1 in the afternoon... BM> Wonder if that was the beginning of the system I had here that brought BM> the 3" of snow Halloween morning? You mean the leading edge of the storm that had already passed by you earlier and by then was dropping snow on you...? Possibly... especially as now we got some snow (under an inch for us, though, I think).... NB>> ... Halloween, a pagan holiday perpetuated by the American Dental NB>> Assoc. BM> And some barbers, hair stylists, hair shops: panicky calls from BM> clients who can't get the purple and green dye out of their hair -- BM> fine for Trick-or-Treat, not so fine when there's a meeting the next BM> afternoon with an important client! They should have read the fine print better... There are some dyes that are very temporary and will easily wash out... and then there are the more permanent ones.... ttyl neb .... Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .