Subj : Re: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Jun 06 2020 18:47:42 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-May-2020 07:40 <=- With this message, I appear to be all caught up.... I've not had any replies from you since May 31st... I have noticed that you've been conversing with Ky in the echo, so you seem to be around... It's ok to start replying now... just not all at once... 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... ;) BM> Yes, for me now anything beyond a step ladder generally isn't worth BM> the risk. Exactly... :) 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 get NB>> those all straight... :) Of course, one can still mix up CA Canada NB>> or CA California.... ;) BM> Yes, not sure how that one slipped by, or maybe there's a positioning BM> rule of some sort. At least the ZIP code format is different! Different countries... Of course, generally one uses a three-letter abbreviation for a country, so CAN instead of CA, but the end of an internet address for Canada will be .ca and I think the other country codes are also only two letters as well.... 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 back NB>> to early spring, all within a few weeks... 92ø Monday broke the NB>> record, and then was 90ø on Tuesday... in the 80s the next 3 days, and NB>> today it's back to mid 60s, and will be barely that tomorrow... I'm NB>> taking advantage of the colder temps to cool off the house, though... NB>> and much happier with 60s than 90s anyway.... BM> I've had the window up here open during the last several days because BM> nice and cool, though yesterday got into the upper 70's. Today I have the window open... last few days were up in the 80s again, but today and tomorrow are mid 70s and high 60s respectively... time to cool things off again... ;) BM> Supposed to get into the mid-80's starting Tuesday, which might be BM> 'good timing' as they're supposed to be here Wednesday to reroof due BM> to the hail damage. I thought that roofers prefered cooler weather to work in... Dry is always best, of course... ;) 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.... ;) BM> Plus I tend to walk upright! That should help some, I'd think... ttyl neb .... There used to be a real me. But, I had it surgically removed.P.SellersSEEN-BY: 1/1 452 .