Subj : weather To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun May 31 2020 07:40:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB>> No, that wouldn't help... I can go maybe a few rungs up on a wooden NB>> ladder, or use a kitchen stepstool, but an aluminum ladder is unsteady NB>> enough that it magnifies my shaking, which helps not at all.... BM> Not at all!! I can go up and down, though admit it's somewhat of a BM> hanging on for dear life! NB> I let others do the climbing as much as possible... ;) Yes, for me now anything beyond a step ladder generally isn't worth the risk. BM>>> When I was working people were 'always' getting Iowa and Ohio mixed up NB>> And then there are the various states' abbreviations starting with 'M' NB>> that everyone mixes up... or with 'A'.... MS Mississippi, MO Missouri, NB>> MI Michigan, AK Alaska, AZ Arizona, AL Alabama, AR Arkansas... etc... BM> The "M's" cited seem to be self-confusing: "MI" for Mississippi BM> initially makes more sense than "MS", but then "MI" for Missouri, and BM> why not the next letter, so "MS"? And those two-letter abbreviations BM> can't overlap with the others used in the rest of the world. NB> I lived as a child for 4 years in MS.... had a particular need to NB> get those all straight... :) Of course, one can still mix up NB> CA Canada or CA California.... ;) Yes, not sure how that one slipped by, or maybe there's a positioning rule of some sort. At least the ZIP code format is different! NB>> We did have the freeze and the precip... rain and snow (but only in NB>> the air).... And the freeze warnings continued into the middle of NB>> this week... And, now, the temperature is 77ø and muggy... there's a NB>> thunderstorm about to arrive, I think, as it suddenly got really gray. BM> Here was sort of 'egh' yesterday: rained in the early morning, so the BM> rest of the day was muggy-ish -- not quite warm enough to make it BM> feel uncomfortable but almost. Wasn't too bad in the afternoon as the BM> humidity decreased but everything wet from the rain. Right now this BM> morning nice and sunny but supposed to start raining around noon. BM> Autumn will be over later. NB> An indoor day for her, I guess... :) Probably was, or ended up being. 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. NB>> Other way around, our weather is cooler than yours... so we have to NB>> wait longer to be sure that we'll be ok with those tender plantings... NB>> You've been getting warmer weather sooner and more reliably (and NB>> warmer) than we've been getting... The abnormally cool stuff, we've NB>> both been getting... yours might go a little lower, though... I think NB>> I've mentioned before that your weather seems to have more extremes NB>> than ours, by and large.... BM> Yes, we do seem to have much more of a temperature swing. To me just BM> normal. Did hear some overview: path of the Jet Stream, tilt of the BM> Earth, in conjuction with our location. NB> And then, this month, we went from wintry to ok to Summery! and NB> back to early spring, all within a few weeks... 92ø Monday broke NB> the record, and then was 90ø on Tuesday... in the 80s the next 3 NB> days, and today it's back to mid 60s, and will be barely that NB> tomorrow... I'm taking advantage of the colder temps to cool off NB> the house, though... and much happier with 60s than 90s NB> anyway.... I've had the window up here open during the last several days because nice and cool, though yesterday got into the upper 70's. Supposed to get into the mid-80's starting Tuesday, which might be 'good timing' as they're supposed to be here Wednesday to reroof due to the hail damage. NB>>> ... Try this. I haven't tested it, but I think it will work. BM>> So my turn to be the guinea pig?! NB>> Yeah... why not....? BM> Right now with the barber shop having been closed I might be mistaken BM> for one if I curl up on the floor! I think they're allowed to re-open BM> in a limited manner today. ...OK, snooped on the Web: my site isn't BM> re-opening until Sunday. "Ewk! Ewk! Ewk! Ewk!" -- I think that's BM> soft barking sound a Guinea Pig makes! NB> You make a rather large Guinea Pig, though, I'd imagine.... ;) Plus I tend to walk upright! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "You Got to be Kidding!" by Shirley U. Jest --- 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) .