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Skriven 2010-01-16 20:40:34 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33537 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: lake effect  was: newspap
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> the same, as  NB>> far as I'm concerned...  (G)  I guess my snow
 NB> tolerance is lowering  NB.> with the years...  ;)

 RH> We've not heard too much from his siblings about the snow amounts this
 RH> winter. Steve does have Hulberton listed as one of his "regular
 RH> checks" on Weather Underground so we see, from time to time, how
 RH> cold/warm it is there. Our tolerance for snow and cold has gone down
 RH> quite a bit, especially since we've lived in warmer climates for so
 RH> long.

 NB> When my son was living in Phoenix, I used to watch what their temps
 NB> and weather were in the newspaper listings... But it didn't really
 NB> give me
 NB> much of an idea what it was really like.

And did you water your cactus when the paper reported rain?  I know,
reading what the temperature is is, isn't the same as experiencing it.
You don't know the humidity for instance.  No way of knowing if it's
good weather for grilling, putting on a soup pot or just having a big
dish of ice cream. (G)


My cold/heat tolerance is
 NB> variable... if I'm somewhere for a little while, or if the weather
 NB> settles in for a while, I can usually adjust to some extent, although
 NB> I usually do do better in adjusting to cold...

We're in our 4th winter since returning from HI.  Last year in Savannah
wasn't too bad, overall, but the first year was really cold (in our
minds).  We've moved 300 miles north and more inland so are having to
adjust again.  By the time we leave NC, we will be somewhat more
adjusted to the cold.  Then, too, it was an unusually cold December and
first couple of weeks of January here, according to the weather gurus so
we're not the only ones shivering.  Just means I have to make sure we
have enough stuff on hand to make hot, filling meals.  In a few months,
it will be cooler but filling meals.

 RH> We probably should carry something year round.  I could cut up some of
 RH> our old jeans and make some sort of a sturdy quilt/throw  (hmm, just
 RH> had an idea--back a jeans/denim top with a fleece throw, no filler
 RH> needed). A couple of those in some sort of stuff sack..........

 NB> That sounds like a good plan... :)

Got to get the ambition factor kicked in, and finish my class work for
the J-term.


 RH> Steve has given more "formal" reports; I'm adding tidbits of
 RH> information here & there to various messages.  One thing that is so
 RH> surprising about the country is all the crops they can grow, thanks to
 RH> modern irrigation methods.  We'd see lush fields of green but not even
 RH> 1/10 of a mile away there would be prickly pear (the most common type
 RH> of cactus we saw) in an uncultivated field.  The land is overall desert
 RH> but the desert has been made to bloom--and grow a wide variety of
 RH> fruits and vegetables.

 NB> Quite amazing...  and the contrast between uncultivated and cultivated
 NB> points it up all the more.  :)

Very much so.  And the drive down from the northern part of the country
to the southern was quite something--from a lot of green to much more
brown/grey.

 NB>  RH>> ... I don't have the time for a hobby.  I have a computer.
 NB>  NB>> That, of course, is a hobby in and of itself...  ;)

 RH> Unfortunatly, pulling me away from my sewing until I get caught up.
 RH> I'm pretty well caught up with Fido now but trying to maintain a daily
 RH> mail check so I don't get too far behind as I catch up on other things.
 RH> Sigh!

 NB> Sometimes (usually, actually) one just has to choose which important
 NB> thing takes precedence at this moment...  A balancing act, to be sure.
 NB> :)

And I need a day that's twice as long.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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