Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Nov 11 2019 09:54:00 Hi Nancy! 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? NB> I was thinking about both sorts, actually... but particularly the NB> physiological reactions, including if it's felt as too hot or too NB> cold... or just right.... But I do have the sinuses fill up NB> whenever the barometric pressure changes fast and substantially, NB> for instance.... "Storm's comin'!" When too cool I'll usually just throw on a sweater or maybe one of the electric heaters for a bit -- not going to increase the temperature downstais as would be too warm down there. (Yes, there is a note to check out zoned heating/cooling again -- in the past not quite workable financially.) 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. NB> When the weather is adverse to what one was planning to do, it's NB> natural to feel some disappointment... what matters is what one NB> does after that... ;) Right, and I'm thinking more the reaction after. Raining - can't go on the planned picnic. Sit around and whine all day over it or "awww :(" and find something else to do. 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! ) NB> Guess you'll need to wait until next year to be sure, especially NB> if the overall fall coloring is better then.... :) Our pricker NB> bushes usually have bright red leaves in the fall, mixed with NB> some bright yellow ones... this year I'm only seeing yellow ones NB> pretty much, no red to speak of... just the red berries we NB> usually see... :) Just not a good year for color.... No, noit a good year for colour. Looking out now the leaves look rather bland-brownish. Some orangish areas, but being overcast with the snow not a whole lot of colour out there. Burning Bush here, or whatever it is, will be left. In the Spring will be shaped a bit: there's a 'cow lick' on top which when the portion that died was alive blended in; now there's a big bush with an odd-looking branch sticking out the top. 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?!) NB> Nah... no point in it.... can't change the weather by NB> complaining, so why waste one's energy at it... :) Right. And no, I didn't plan a picnic so don't have to whine about that either! 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. NB> Not really.... by the time we get to this part of the year, it's NB> dark by about 5 anyway... And there's all that really un-useful NB> light in the summertime.... so that kids have to stay up way past NB> bedtime just to see fireworks nicely.... I need to pay a bit better attention to detail answer that one. Know it's almost dark when eating dinner now; if I'm up here before dinner almost time to close the blinds, by the time get back up here definitely time to close. NB> ... The "Any" key? See the one in the back marked "Power"? I see one with a funny sort of a C with a line in the open portion.... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Whatsamatter? Too much blood in your caffine system? --- 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) .