Subj : weather was: food option To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Nov 09 2019 17:22:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> After all, it well before our time.... Before either of my NB> parents was born, too.... :) Mine too! Thought not to be forgotten just because didn't occur directly in the family. (And the day is coming up next Monday as I type this.) 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. NB> And wouldn't be changeable.... and of course, even though not a NB> momentous occasion, Oct 11, 1912 at 1pm did occur... ;) According to a quick browsing of a few On This Date In History type sites nothing all that exciting on that specific date. Quite sure for some people something eventful happened: birth, wedding, got engaged.... 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. NB> I wouldn't call it Indian Summer unless it was getting into the NB> 70ø range... but we've had a real frost now, so I'm thinking we NB> should be due for a proper Indian Summer now... ;) Maybe for NB> Thanksgiving...? ;) My easy-to-access on-line stuff doesn't go out that far. Tomorrow, Monday and Wednesday snow is predicted! Definitely not going to be anywhere near close to 70's! 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.) NB> Good that the snow didn't cause tree damage... :) We have snow NB> on the ground and elsewhere now... but not a lot of it... just NB> more than I was really ready for... Yes, glad for no tree damage. Might have gotten colder than anticipated: snow was drier and so didn't stick or at least not have as much weight. 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. NB> As we've been saying, this year just hasn't been as brilliant as NB> some years.... Looking out this afternoon the leaves are even more of a brown-orange with maybe half fallen. Still lots of leaves to go. 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!) NB> The tarps on the garage have been there all summer.... the wind NB> storms we got before and on Halloween did take them down some, NB> and he's been back up on the roof fastening them down again after NB> each of those... maybe the snow we got will help hold things down NB> now... Not sure why he didn't try to do the proper fix this year, NB> but it's too late for that now... The Wizard procrastinated like I did with some projects?! Or maybe the major repair coming up so just make-do for now. Neighbour had a tarp over a small part of their roof for the longest time; had the shingles replaced eventually. 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! NB> If/when it becomes a useful option for you... :) Odd timing: there was some discussion this morning about what would happen if got rid of the landline. 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? NB> You mean the leading edge of the storm that had already passed by NB> you earlier and by then was dropping snow on you...? Possibly... NB> especially as now we got some snow (under an inch for us, though, NB> I think).... Right: you may have been getting the beginning of the system and I was getting the tail end. Weather systems aren't the simple west-to-east flow. Sometimes. 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! NB> They should have read the fine print better... There are NB> some dyes that are very temporary and will easily wash out... and NB> then there are the more permanent ones.... As well as other colourings. Just before Halloweeen on one of the local stations the anchors and weatherman were doing the chit-chat thing on Halloween costumes they had worn in previous years. 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