HI Nancy,
On Sun 2011-Dec-25 18:57, Nancy Backus (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:
RW>> That same cousin and I put a tobogan through the ice on a creek
RW>> one fine Saturday afternoon when we were both teenagers .
RW> Thing is I thought all was copacetic, I used to ride a trail up
RW> through there on a motorcycle, but should have known there was a
RW> good reason why my buddy who lived on the property didn't recommend
RW> that hill for sledding, but instead chose the other hill that was
RW> just as long, but a much more gradual slope.
NB> So one would stop short of the creek instead of shooting in... ;)
Yep, and you have a bit better control of the trail bike
i.e. small motorcycle properly outfitted, and could make the turn at the
bottom. I never even thought about that little
stream, as sometimes it would be devoid of any water when
we'd ride trails down through there, which we didn't do
often unless we were leaving the property and going
somewhere on motorcycles we shouldn't be going because we'd
be on public roads sans proper credentials, verboten by our
parents of course . Most times we'd take that way I'd be riding behind him
on his larger motorcycle
NB>> Pumping gas always does seem to make the weather seem worse...
NB>> breezes feel like gales, and always seems to feel at least 10
NB>> degrees colder than it felt when one went out to the car...
RW> Yep especially this place, exposed to east and wes when at
RW> the pumps. Our usual gas spot out this waysets up so that
RW> vehicles and the building block that cold wind a little bit.
NB> The place I usually go to is exposed north and south, but it still
NB> doesn't seem to block much. Part of the problem is that things are
NB> pretty open there, so the wind has a chance to pick up...
Yep, same here. Our usual spot out here, pump islands to
east and west, building in between, and we usually try to
hit an outside of the pumps spot because there's less chance we'll bump
antenna(s) against the canopy. I'm sorta picky
about the capacitive hats on my mobile antennas.
RW> Their clerk even recognizes counterfeit money. Yeah I know, somebody
RW> passed one that made its way to us, and I not even paying attention
RW> went to use it to pay for some gas there one day about a eyar ago.
NB> More and more places/clerks are being trained to spot it... But a
NB> lot of the spotting is visual, so I can see where you might not have
NB> caught it, if they'd used the linen paper...
Yeah, she was surprised I didn't spot this one though, she
piotned out the paper, and when I got a good feel of it I
said "that ain't right." Kathy had handed it to me right
before i went in to pay then pump when they turned me on,
that's the other reason old blind man likes that place, old
school pumps, no touch screen funkiness, insert nozzle, flip up rest for said
nozzle, squeeze handle .
RW> Yep, strange weather, which lends quite a bit of weight to the
RW> warnings the scientists are giving us on climate imho. We may
RW> not like some of the political voices who've lent their to the
RW> efforts, but these folks make some serious sense.
NB> Maybe... On the other hand, there are also weather cycles that
NB> usually get forgotten in the rhetoric. Just takes a couple of odd
NB> ones to show up at the same time to make for very strange weather...
There's that, but what convinces me a great deal more is
just the shape of the Greenland glaciers, Antarctica, and
ice and peat bog cores they've done, as well as analysis of
growth rings on trees. Like it or not, as we interact with
our environment we are bound to change it, and imho the
jury's still out on longterm ramifications of our great
technological leaps in a very short period of time
comparatively. It's all, as my military friends say,
"above my pay grade" They don't ask the guy planting the
microphones and running the cables at the press conference
what his opinion is . Heck if its for television they
don't care if he gets it sounding good even .
RW> We've settled into normal wx pattern for time of year, at least so
RW> far, lots of run, of course, but as I said, rather get it this way
RW> then deluges with tornadoes in the spring as happened last year.
NB> I'd just as soon have the precipitation spread out somewhat, too...
Yep, just works better.
NB> Your birthday is close to Christmas, too..? I was supposed to
NB> arrive a little before Christmas, and ended up coming a week
NB> later... My son was due on Christmas, but waited till the 4th... :)
YEp, my dad's i 12/31.
RW> Sent the same thing to my grandson, guess he used his to help
RW> do a couple of things for somebody else who in turn kicked in
RW> equivalent $$$ to help him put new rubber under his car, which
RW> makes em feel better since he's driving about 100 miles every
RW> other weekend to go visit his mom.
NB> It all works out... ;)
YEp, that it does.
RW> I don't mind this stuff though, other than the occasional wet head
RW> going to and fro I'll take it, my antennas stay up, the tree limbs
RW> stay *on* the trees and the ground gets the moisture it needs.
NB> Light dry snow doesn't wreak much havoc either... Especially if
NB> it stays mostly in the air... ;)
Yep, doesn't hurt, it's that wet heavy stuff, and ice that
are the killers, and the icing is the biggest bugaboo around here for winter
wx.
RW> It can even do the freeze Christmas day if it's really got to, I'm
RW> not going anywhere, I'll do all my pre-Christmas errands today
RW> anyway and call it even.
NB> We got just a dusting of snow overnight for Christmas Eve, some of
NB> which (in the shade mostly) was still around this morning... but
NB> otherwise it isn't even all that cold today, or wet... When we woke
NB> up, things were rather overcast and gray, but the sun came out, so I
NB> guess it was a green Christmas... :)
Yep, was here, green, with sunshine. Kathy watched dvd
stuff and I worked on a couple long writing projects, called family and
friends.
Regards,
Richard
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