Subj : weather was: food option To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Dec 06 2019 09:45:00 Hi Nancy! NB> True... :) The last few days we've had near-steady temps in the NB> 30s, both for lows and highs, with some light snow... temps NB> especially lows will be dropping, but then Sunday, we'll be back NB> to about 40, and then next week they're saying mid-to-high 40s NB> with rain.... I'd almost rather the snow... I don't want the ice NB> the rain could produce.... No, ice is only fun for skating, and that's the purposeful skating with ice skates, not the accidental skating with anything else. NB>>> We were just driving down the main avenues around here, and noticing NB>>> how many trees still have a lot of their leaves yet... and no real NB>>> color there anymore, either... just brown and sere... maybe some dull NB>>> orange... BM>> I was looking out while typing the previous portion and combined with BM>> the overcast skies does look rather 'meh' out there. Neighbour's tree BM>> still looks pretty green but definitely thin as lots of his leaves BM>> have fallen. Further out patches of brown-orange and can see lots of BM>> branches. And a black squirrel sitting on a branch at the junction BM>> with the trunk just surveying his world. NB>> Yup, the squirrels are still active around here, too... BM> Not seeing any critter activity out there currently; leaves have BM> mostly fallen off though the neighbour's tree still has clumps of BM> cold-weather- green leaves on it ==> not summer-green. NB> We are getting into winter for real... ;) Yup -- doing those last-minute preparations outside before too cold, too snowy, etc. Still a semi-dense amount of leaves on the trees -- can't do much about those. Windy today -- Sun's just starting to come up so I can see the movement but other than that still dark. NB>>> He's replaced the back and one side with a metal roof already (a NB>>> couple of years ago)... so the job is partly done... the front will NB>>> need to have some underlayment work redone now... and that will NB>>> definitely have to wait for better weather... dunno what shape the NB>>> other side is in.... BM>> Ah! Metal roofs are supposed to last forever, or at least until the BM>> current and next owner dies! Has been the occasional chat of one BM>> here. As a roof probably fine, just I shudder a bit at the idea because BM>> of the television antennae in the Storage Area: pretty sure they'd have BM>> to be moved, and I don't think they could remain in the Storage Area. BM>> Outside wouldn't be too bad except someone has a problem with the BM>> looks. NB>> Richard wouldn't want one for the house... that one does fine NB>> with the shingles... But the garage was a different story.... :) BM> As far as metal shingles I'm thinking part of it is the cost. NB> He's not even considered metal shingles, what we have on the NB> house are regular asphalt shingles, and no plans for anything NB> different... We'll probably stick with the asphalt shingles also; the roof is going to be redone within another few years. I don't have a real compelling reason to switch to metal; more of a reaosn not to with the antennae in the Storage Area. BM> Looks seems to have been taken care of: ads say they look like regular BM> shingles but would check that out. Back to cost, half-paying BM> attention to the TV commercials they say about the same cost .... OK, BM> Curious Kitty found out a metal roof is about $2,000 more than asphalt, BM> but the picture the summary comparison showed was of a BM> this-is-definately-a-plain-metal-roof. And also remember half-hearing BM> the warranty is as long as _you_ own the roof (my emphasis), so move BM> and no transferrable warranty to the new homeowner. To me would be a BM> selling point. NB> The metal roof for the garage made sense, and is something that NB> he can do himself, bit by bit.... no warranty other than the NB> materials themselves, I'd guess.... :) There are two or three roof surfaces an amateur roofer might want to do at this house because not too much of an angle, the rest are steep and/or too far from the ground. BM>>> As well as other colourings. Just before Halloweeen on one of the BM>>> local stations the anchors and weatherman were doing the chit-chat BM>>> thing on Halloween costumes they had worn in previous years. One BM>>> anchor said he had found out it was not a good idea to use Sharpies to BM>>> colour in the temporary tattoos he had as part of his costume ==> he BM>>> didn't say how long they lasted but days if not a week. (Some BM>>> ballpoint pen inks stay for a while.) NB>>> Guess he learned.... BM>> Seems so! OTOH on-air he always wears a suit jacket so covered up by BM>> the long sleeves. NB>> Gives him a little leeway to perhaps be less wise with such things.. ;) BM> At least he didn't give himself a face tattoo or decoration! NB> Fortunately he was wise enough there... He probbaly would either have been wearing a lot of makeup to cover or told to take a few weeks off! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Bad kids books: The boy who died from eating all his vegetables. --- 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) .