Subj : Re: Stormy To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Nov 11 2019 03:04:50 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Nov-2019 08:52 <=- 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.... BM> "React" as in whining because it's raining or too hot or too cold BM> or... or physiological reaction like sinusitis based on atmospheric BM> pressure changes? I was thinking about both sorts, actually... but particularly the physiological reactions, including if it's felt as too hot or too cold... or just right.... But I do have the sinuses fill up whenever the barometric pressure changes fast and substantially, for instance.... BM> I'll admit to being disappointed ("lite whine"? ) I couldn't do BM> something because rained/too hot/too cold, etc., but can't do too much BM> about what Mother Nature decides and do something else. When the weather is adverse to what one was planning to do, it's natural to feel some disappointment... what matters is what one does after that... ;) 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....? BM> Last I looked it appears the Burning Bush is there as the leaves are BM> redder but not RED like they have been in past years. OTOH I BM> mentioned in previous posts the tree leaves are a relatively BM> dull/constant brownish-orange, so the Burning Bush also having a BM> mediocre colour makes sense. (Now if it turned yellow ochre! ) Guess you'll need to wait until next year to be sure, especially if the overall fall coloring is better then.... :) Our pricker bushes usually have bright red leaves in the fall, mixed with some bright yellow ones... this year I'm only seeing yellow ones pretty much, no red to speak of... just the red berries we usually see... :) Just not a good year for color.... 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.... BM> Like around here this year. (Should I react by whining per a few BM> paragraphs above?!) Nah... no point in it.... can't change the weather by complaining, so why waste one's energy at it... :) 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... BM> Right now the only advantage I can see to the preference to staying on BM> DST (year round) would be it would stay light later into the evening BM> -- those on 9-5 jobs, in school, etc., would have a little more BM> daylight after work/school. Not really.... by the time we get to this part of the year, it's dark by about 5 anyway... And there's all that really un-useful light in the summertime.... so that kids have to stay up way past bedtime just to see fireworks nicely.... ttyl neb .... The "Any" key? See the one in the back marked "Power"? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .