Subj : Re: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri May 15 2020 18:08:52 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-May-2020 09:32 <=- BM>> Definitely! And sort of a tangent: I remember a couple of the BM>> construction guys walking down the ladder from the still-open second BM>> floor (being built) to the ground -- upright, no hands, like walking BM>> down a hill. I think to me was approaching amazing because my BM>> stability isn't that great, plus the ladder was bouncing a bit. NB>> It's what they are used to... almost like gymnasts.... ;) I've seen NB>> such going up or down a ladder with their hands full of something like NB>> roofing shingles... ;) More power to them.... I can't even go up a NB>> ladder without panicking and shaking.... ;0 BM> Yes: all in the practice/accustomization. I'm semi-fine on a ladder, BM> as long as I have something to hold on to and I feel secure. The BM> wiggling of the ladder at the wrong time is not well-received! And the BM> muscle/nerve damage to the leg as a teen-ager doesn't help. No, that wouldn't help... I can go maybe a few rungs up on a wooden ladder, or use a kitchen stepstool, but an aluminum ladder is unsteady enough that it magnifies my shaking, which helps not at all.... BM>>> (Was before having a cane and the one person we knew with a cane we BM>>> couldn't get a hold of until the next day.) NB>>> Canes and walking sticks are pretty close to being the same thing, NB>>> though... A quad cane is a little more stable than either, though... BM>> This walking stick was the kind without the handle: essentially just a BM>> thick dowel. Think it was made out of plastic as was light; borrowed BM>> from a friend we were going out to dinner with. NB>> So a little on the flimsy side for leaning on... but a possibility of NB>> helping one's balance, anyway.... BM> Yes, definitely not the right support but better than nothing. Moral support if nothing else... ;) And an extra touch point... BM>> ...I like your consideration better! When I was working people were BM>> 'always' getting Iowa and Ohio mixed up when we were calling in for a BM>> repair, etc. I got in the habit of saying "Iowa - I A" which gave BM>> them correct two-letter state abbreviation to enter in their on-screen BM>> form, plus sort of a subtle trigger if they're thinking 'Ohio' the BM>> 'IA' abbreviation doesn't make sense. NB>> Funny how the brain switches up things.... ;) BM> Yes. :) The Iowa-Ohio (and maybe Idaho) seemed to be a common BM> mix-up. I'm in the habit of saying "Iowa - IA" from my retail days so BM> don't know how common is now. And then there are the various states' abbreviations starting with 'M' that everyone mixes up... or with 'A'.... MS Mississippi, MO Missouri, MI Michigan, AK Alaska, AZ Arizona, AL Alabama, AR Arkansas... etc... BM>> Anyway, here it also appears we're done with snow for this season. BM>> Supposed to get into the mid-70's today. Next week and possibly into BM>> the following week they indicated the overnight lows could be in the BM>> upper 20's. The TV meteorologist commented about even being a really BM>> nice day to plant flowers don't do it until after Mother's Day. NB>> So, this past Sunday was very warm, high in the high 70s, and then NB>> all THIS week it's been chilly, and with the frost warnings almost NB>> every night.... and even the chance for snow Fri/Sat... ;( Just NB>> wasn't last week.... ;) I don't expect it to stick around, given the NB>> way the forecast is also calling for rain... At least Mother's Day is NB>> supposed to be sunny, if still rather cool... shouldn't be getting a NB>> repeat of that Mother's Day snow we got all those years ago.... ;) BM> LIS in an earlier message we're supposed to get a freeze the Saturday BM> before Mother's Day (which as I write this is tomorrow) and no BM> precipitation, so no snow, rain, sleet. We did have the freeze and the precip... rain and snow (but only in the air).... And the freeze warnings continued into the middle of this week... And, now, the temperature is 77ø and muggy... there's a thunderstorm about to arrive, I think, as it suddenly got really gray... NB>> And local conventional wisdom is to not plant anything before NB>> Decoration (Memorial) Day.... This seems to be a year that bears NB>> that one out.... ;) BM> Interestingly that one is two weeks after the local Mother's Day BM> marker: your weather seems to be warmer than here. Other way around, our weather is cooler than yours... so we have to wait longer to be sure that we'll be ok with those tender plantings... You've been getting warmer weather sooner and more reliably (and warmer) than we've been getting... The abnormally cool stuff, we've both been getting... yours might go a little lower, though... I think I've mentioned before that your weather seems to have more extremes than ours, by and large.... NB>> ... Try this. I haven't tested it, but I think it will work. BM> So my turn to be the guinea pig?! Yeah... why not....? ttyl neb .... When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .