Subj : weather was: food option To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Feb 11 2020 08:39:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> We had a decent day Thursday, but the snow started that night... NB> there'd been estimates of up to a foot of snow all told, along NB> with wintry mix from time to time... By mid-day Friday, the snow NB> was still coming down, and when Richard went out, he ended up NB> aborting his mission, the roads were just too bad... and he's not NB> easily dissuaded.... Things settled down by the end of the day, NB> and we ended up with probably just short of a foot... We did our NB> usual Friday groceries mid-day Saturday... figured we should get NB> back home before the temps took their dive into possibly single NB> digits.... ;) He'd cleared off the car for his attempt on NB> Friday... after he got home, his car stayed somewhat clear, but NB> the "wintry mix" left ice on all his glass surfaces.... And we NB> got more snow later that day.... Now our highs are back into the NB> high 30s... Slush... If Richard is like us it takes a bit before the "this is stupid: turn around!" kicks in. I remember trying to go to work: probably cold out also but the wind was blowing the snow so hard could barely see. Ended up turning around about a mile from the house. (Found out later they did close the store about an hour after opening.) 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." NB> That's all I needed to get out of it, after all... Someone has to give the editors at Reader's Digest something to do! 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!) NB> That was going to be a joke....? ;) Only to television engineers! 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. NB> Generally my wipers would just clear the windshield ok, no NB> icing.... front defroster is pretty capable.... More of a problem NB> might be if the snow from the top of the car drifted/was blown NB> onto the rear window.... but generally the rear defroster would NB> handle that, too.... Normally mine works properly too: every so often the conditions are right with a hot interior/windshield and cold but sticky snow which melts and freezes. 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. NB> Actually, we have one of those in our neighborhood, only a few NB> blocks from our house.... Isn't all that bad, really... :) But NB> perhaps Middle America is more conservative than East Coast..... NB> ;) Just a little! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "The best thing abt the future is it comes one day at a time." - Lincoln --- 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) .