Subj : Re: weather was: food option To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Feb 11 2020 02:00:46 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Feb-2020 08:19 <=- BM>>> Which probably are my Wednesday-Thursday-Friday systems. NB>>> Probably was.... :) BM>> So now you can be ready for that "weather event" we're having Tuesday BM>> (probably to you by Friday). Maybe I won't write about it so it will BM>> be a surprise for you too! NB>> We do have some rather nasty sounding weather on the way starting NB>> tomorrow, or maybe tonight.... I'm rather glad I've nothing planned NB>> that needs going out for for the next couple days... the grocery NB>> shopping can wait a day if need be... :) BM> We had a quarter- to half-inch overnight. Will go out later to brush BM> off the cars and probably scrape the driveway and sidewalks as out BM> there anyway. This morning's forecast also indicated some snow for BM> Friday night; I didn't follow orders to stay tuned so don't know. We had a decent day Thursday, but the snow started that night... there'd been estimates of up to a foot of snow all told, along with wintry mix from time to time... By mid-day Friday, the snow was still coming down, and when Richard went out, he ended up aborting his mission, the roads were just too bad... and he's not easily dissuaded.... Things settled down by the end of the day, and we ended up with probably just short of a foot... We did our usual Friday groceries mid-day Saturday... figured we should get back home before the temps took their dive into possibly single digits.... ;) He'd cleared off the car for his attempt on Friday... after he got home, his car stayed somewhat clear, but the "wintry mix" left ice on all his glass surfaces.... And we got more snow later that day.... Now our highs are back into the high 30s... Slush... NB>>>> Back to Wizard-speak... I don't need to really know anything other NB>>>> than that the Wizard does know what he's talking about and doing... ;) BM>>> At least you are taking an interest to learn some of the vocabulary BM>>> and definitions. NB>>> Or at least absorbing some of it.... BM>> Which is good. At least you have a Black Box idea of what the Wizard BM>> is talking about. NB>> That's probably an accurate way to describe it... ;) BM> Probably like the rescan stuff I was rambling about inthe BM> previous message. You probably got out of it "first one went well, BM> after it was delayed because of weather issues; an experiment for the BM> second scan didn't go as planned, screwed up things a little, he fixed BM> it, now can watch reruns." That's all I needed to get out of it, after all... BM> (Darn: just thought of a better subtle joke: watch some old black-and- BM> white programme. Resolution probably around 220; now broadcast TV is BM> 720 and 1080. ...Too subtle, too technical!) That was going to be a joke....? ;) BM>>> True. I don't know if it's something I learned from Dad or experience BM>>> (or both) but I'm a little obsessed with clearing the glass on the BM>>> car. Mainly want to see, so that takes care of most of it, but then BM>>> there's a little point at the front of the side windows which if isn't BM>>> cleared blocks the view of the side mirrors. NB>>> Probably some of both... I may not always clear all the snow off the NB>>> top of the car, but I do clear all the "lights"... lights, windows, NB>>> mirrors.... BM>> I do clear the glass and mirrors (understand the 'lights' term, just BM>> not something I use) because I want to see. Do try to remove the snow BM>> from the rest of the car (so painted surfaces) but sometimes can't BM>> because stuck on. Don't want to have a slab of snow-ice fly off the BM>> car but if I can't get it off..... NB>> If the pile on the hood/trunk is too high, so I can't see over it, NB>> it definitely gets at least somewhat cleared off.... And if it's not NB>> too cold, and I have enough time, I might be more thorough... BM> My problem when I cheated and didn't clear the hood was the wind from BM> Mother Nature plus the car moving eventually started blowing that snow BM> on to my windshield. The windshield was warm and the some of the snow BM> melted on contact, so now a wet blurry windshield. Run the wipers and BM> the water on the windshield temporarily turned to ice. Generally my wipers would just clear the windshield ok, no icing.... front defroster is pretty capable.... More of a problem might be if the snow from the top of the car drifted/was blown onto the rear window.... but generally the rear defroster would handle that, too.... BM>>>> To me a nice-looking house (and roof) with a blah yard is better BM>>>> than the other way around. Though it's the people inside that count BM>>>> the most! NB>>>> Indeed. :) BM>>> So I suppose now I need to visit the people in the 'pumpkin house' to BM>>> see what they're like! NB>>> Now that's a good thought.... ;) You could also find yourself NB>>> becoming accustomed to the strange color, over time.... ;) Or NB>>> someone else might paint their house an even stranger color, putting NB>>> this one into a sort of perspective... BM>> Hmm: 'light lavender' comes to mind! Could be one of those sneaky BM>> colours which appears bluish in bright sunlight but dawn or dusk or BM>> overcast days shows the real colour. ...Don't think we'll try with BM>> this house! NB>> Light lavender might not be all that bad, especially with a trim NB>> color and an accent color that give it some definition... :) I was NB>> thinking more of a Bright Purple... ;) BM> to the Bright Purple! That would be a nice colour, just not BM> on a house. Or at least in my opinion. And Bright Purple might look BM> fine in some places -- no, not amusement parks! I'm thinking some BM> European communities have some bright and colourful houses/buildings BM> that fit over there but would get the owner a mental status check over BM> here. Actually, we have one of those in our neighborhood, only a few blocks from our house.... Isn't all that bad, really... :) But perhaps Middle America is more conservative than East Coast..... ;) ttyl neb .... Canapes: A sandwich that's cut into 24 pieces. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .