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BL - good that B4 has found better help. It sounds like the psychologist needs a holiday (and a lesson in therapeutic boundaries) and the doctor some re-training.

A noisy night due to wind and rain. People further south have been evacuated and people in low-lying areas of Christchurch were advise to go to evacuation centres if they were worried. So far today there has been 8.6mm of rainfall out of an expected 18.8. To give an idea our average yearly rainfall is 648mm, so this storm could have quite an impact. My own concern, as always with heavier than usual rainfall,is the river down the end of the street. It's tidal, and a higher than usual tide is expected after 2 pm today.

On the other hand I am enjoying my stack of library books and will defrost chicken soup for lunch.

Huia

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Yesterday brought another experience of chaos.
At midday I broke a jumbo egg into a small pot and began to whip it with milk to scramble it.
In the next couple of hours I had a phone call from a friend, another from my son, and a third from Hutt hospital to say that they got over-booked and my eyelid job is postponed for three weeks (she was so apologetic I found myself reassuring her but I hope I'll be unavailable by then), a Skype call from my beloved Canadian mokopunas who I'd have liked to chat with for longer, and eventually my Friday meal on wheels person arrived – we've become good friends and always enjoy a good yarn. (I keep my dinner till evening)
At 2 pm I scrambled the egg and my lunch was finished by 3 pm.

My hair is cut at home by the wife of a former colleague. Years ago they asked if they could come and get some ideas from us about church fundraising (both Presbyterian) but when they arrived it was with a carton of Amway ("American Way"?) products. Torn between liking for the perpetrators and disgust at the sneaky dodge I bought two products and have continued to do so, and because she is a hairdresser working part time in a salon I started going to her home for my trim; now she comes here.

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When we lived in Newfoundland a friend recommended a hairdresser who not only came to your house, but was also very cheap.

Unfortunately, she was also a bit rubbish ... [Disappointed]

A good hairdresser is worth his/her weight in gold. Or CHOCOLATE. [Big Grin]

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Huia, hoping you're OK. Just reading about state of emergency in Cch. [Votive]

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Thanks Rexory, I just turned the news on to hear that people living alongside "my" river are being evacuated, so I went to the council website and my street wasn't amongst those listed. I walked down the drive and water is in the gutters, but not over the crown of the road, so I think I'm Ok.

This street doesn't have a history of flooding, but the quakes lifted the riverbed, so no one quite knows what the new normal is. (earthquakes - the gift that keeps giving). [Frown]

My landline isn't working, but I've charged up my cell phone and will hope for the best. I have a council emergency number and good neighbours.

Georgie-Porgy is yowling to go outside, but I've shut her in the back porch with her litter tray (which she hates).

Next high tide is about 2-3am. Prayers appreciated.

Huia

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Thinking of you this evening. Perhaps a night for gum boots and not slippers?

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Stay safe, Huia (and enclosed cat), that sounds a stressful night.

Yes, Piglet, there is nothing worse than coming out of a hair styling salon and wishing you could put on a cloak of invisibility while you hurry back home and resolve to stay indoors until it has Grown Out.

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I saw some pictures of your river Huia. I hope all is well with you and your neighbours. It seems widespread. Not just the river but the storm.

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quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
quote:
Originally posted by MaryLouise:
Zappa, I have a teetotal friend who took a Cordon Bleu cooking course and decided that cooking with wine and liqueurs was 'sophisticated'. She plonks at least half a bottle of sweet sherry into desserts and makes an orange sauce that has enough unvolatilised Cointreau to knock out a grown man. She doesn't eat these dishes herself but serves them up to guests with the idea that 'some more of what you fancy can't go wrong'.

A while ago, a shippie told about a woman who never drank but somehow had a bottle of Jack Daniels. She came across a recipe using sweet potatoes and Jack Daniels and decided to make it to take to a potluck. Since she had had the Jack Daniels for years, she assumed that it had deteriorated. She put in several times the amount that the recipe called for. The dish was very well received, but afterwards people wondered why they felt woozy.

Moo

Checking some of previous page & had a thought that hadn't occurred to me earlier.
I don't know whether my teetotal Mum ever cooked with an alcoholic ingredient (where would she have got it?) but she did point out that cooking would remove the actual alcohol anyway.

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Not if you cook with alcohol in a slow cooker - the alcohol doesn't evaporate off unless you take the lid off. I cooked a very boozy coq au vin to discover that.

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CK, I never thought of that! (It's always better to learn form someone else's experience).
[Big Grin]

I've just been filling bottles with water because I heard it was still OK to drink - with the implication that it soon might not be. Also filled the hand basin. I've had the heat pump off all day as it hasn't been that cold inside, but now I've turned it on to warm the house a bit more in case there is a power cut later, in which case the residual heat will be enough to keep us warm - along with extra blankets.

The rain has eased off and the water in the street is only in the gutters now. I think that as long as the high tide doesn't breach the riverbanks I will be OK.

There will be a massive cleaning up job to do throughout the eastern coast of the South Island.

Huia

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About to try GeeD's suggestion of mushrooms and onions with my duck. Mushrooms are excellent at this time of year and we can even get locally grown black truffles at farmers' markets.

GG, Huia, Moo, Ck: alcohol volatilises at high temperatures. That is why some teetotal people and recovering alcoholics feel they can eat cooked dishes with small quantities of alcohol rendered harmless. It isn't always that simple though, because the lingering taste or smell of alcohol may trigger cravings, so many people in recovery avoid any dishes that have had alcohol added. And a large quantity of alcohol in a dish simmered on a low heat will remain strongly boozy.

Huia and Georgy-Porgy [Votive]

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I'm always mindful of who will be eating anything I cook with alcohol. One year I made a Christmas cake for the AA group that uses the church as they were meeting on Christmas Day. Although I know from previous experience that all the alcohol in the cake evaporates, I used the teetotal version, that doesn't even have rum flavouring in it.

The rain has stopped and the water is slowly draining away. It will take several days as the river is tidal. It helped that this morning's high tide was a bit lower than the king tide yesterday. Georgie-Porgy is so happy to go outside again - she was going stir crazy.

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Glad to hear your weather's easing off a bit, Huia. Hope you and Georgie-Porgy are both OK.

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quote:
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CK, I never thought of that! (It's always better to learn form someone else's experience).
[Big Grin]

I've just been filling bottles with water because I heard it was still OK to drink - with the implication that it soon might not be. Also filled the hand basin. I've had the heat pump off all day as it hasn't been that cold inside, but now I've turned it on to warm the house a bit more in case there is a power cut later, in which case the residual heat will be enough to keep us warm - along with extra blankets.

The rain has eased off and the water in the street is only in the gutters now. I think that as long as the high tide doesn't breach the riverbanks I will be OK.

There will be a massive cleaning up job to do throughout the eastern coast of the South Island.

Huia

I came here to check on Christchurch. ABC site has not been updated yet for overnight events. I am glad to hear of things your way, Huia, being better than when I went to bed.

A gtood ide to fill the water bottles, always handy. Do you keep a spare script of any mediacationmade up and available in case of evacuation? Hope Geiorgy Porgy can get outside for qa few minut3es.

Cold here today. 1 degree in innerwest Sydney so colder in many places.

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quote:
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I'm always mindful of who will be eating anything I cook with alcohol. One year I made a Christmas cake for the AA group that uses the church as they were meeting on Christmas Day. Although I know from previous experience that all the alcohol in the cake evaporates, I used the teetotal version, that doesn't even have rum flavouring in it.

The rain has stopped and the water is slowly draining away. It will take several days as the river is tidal. It helped that this morning's high tide was a bit lower than the king tide yesterday. Georgie-Porgy is so happy to go outside again - she was going stir crazy.

Huia

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Just saw this. Good for the cat!

I have friends who use juice instead of alcohol in fruit cake. I know which flavour I prefer.
[Eek!]

However, I do understand reluctance to use it for others.

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quote:
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GG, Huia, Moo, Ck: alcohol volatilises at high temperatures.

The shippie who told that story did not specify at what point in the cooking process the Jack Daniels was added. If it was right at the end, there would have been alcohol remaining that did not volatilize. At any rate, the story was that some people got tipsy.

Moo

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Huia, I see from the Thanksgiving thread that the rain has stopped - I assume from that that you've come through OK youself????

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Wish we had some of that rain over here, Huia. It has been such a dry winter. Predictions are that rainfall in our area will decrease by up to 30% over the next ten years. TP is not a happy gardener.

Yesterday he spent all day chipping away at frozen soil to transplant some camellias. He was exhausted by the end of the afternoon.

I had to smile as I drove past the latest CanTurf sign this week. It said "Putin the seed and it will come up Trumps."

Still needs water, though...

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Banner Lady, we would have plenty to spare. Average rainfall here for July is 64mm and we had 140mm in two days, further inland it was even higher [Eek!]

GeeD, I an fine. There isn't even any water ponding anywhere on my section, although I'm not walking on the lawns to check their sogginess. About 100 metres upstream and 100 metres downstream there was significant flooding as the river breached it's banks. The upstream flooding has happened as before, but I think the downstream was partly due to the quakes lifting the riverbed. It was that lifting that made me more wary about flooding here. Also last night's high tide was significantly lower than expected.

The only on-going problem I have is that my landline phone is not functioning. The network here seems particularly sensitive to adverse events and last time I lost the best part of a month's use before it was sorted. I have topped up my cell phone in anticipation of the usual sterling service [Roll Eyes]

Huia

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quote:
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Stay safe, Huia (and enclosed cat), that sounds a stressful night.

Yes, Piglet, there is nothing worse than coming out of a hair styling salon and wishing you could put on a cloak of invisibility while you hurry back home and resolve to stay indoors until it has Grown Out.

A couple of weeks before our younger daughters wedding, her then 4 y.o. niece reckoned she had mastered how to use scissors. No longer content with cutting paper , she took to own head of long brown hair. . And pleased with her work on that, she did the same for her 2 y.o. sister.

A professional had to be hired the day before the wedding to give them both very short but tidy pixie-cuts before they appeared as bridesmaids. .

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Thanks for the good news about your position Huia. What a mess for the others though.

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... enclosed cat ...

That made me imagine getting him by mail-order: "Please find the enclosed cat ..."

[Killing me]

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Piglet, that brings back such memories of cat carriers and trying to bribe, cajole and press-gang my little grey cat Axel {of beloved memory) into his carrier cage thingy for a trip to the vet. One enclosed cat for the vet who always glared at me as if I had not made the enclosure appealing enough for a cat.

GeeD, the duck with mushroom (fresh porcini) sauce was a success. I was the only one who slightly missed the tart/sweet taste of orange/cranberry but the duck didn't taste too fatty or rich.

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Fresh porcini! We've not seen them on sale here at all. Truffles, yes, and from time to time we may get some given by a friend who cultivates them (is that the right word?) in the Blue Mountains. Glad you liked it.

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I had one "enclosed cat" in a carry box, in a van I was driving break out, stand with his back paws on my knees and his front paws on the steering wheel, throw his head back and let out the longest and loudest meeeeoooow I've ever heard. Luckily we were on a country road that wasn't very busy so I was able to put him back in the box and tie the handles together.

After that I bought a cage next time I was in a city.

RIP Mr Mid [Tear]

Huia

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We may need cat wrangling tips soon....in six weeks time we will be house sitting quite a menagerie. This includes several chickens; just as many ducks with an extremely vicious drake; a male turkey that thinks it is a chicken and roosts at night with all the chickens tucked underneath his wings; an adolescent as yet undesexed Scottish terrier that has just discovered it can kill chickens; a rescue cat that is extremely anti-social (spits, hisses and has worked out how to open the pantry door) and a tank full of delicate tropical fish that live on a table near the cat's bed. I have decided the owners are insane to expect them all to cohabit well. Sadly we are related to the owners.

I am not much of an animal person, so will be leaving TP to try to keep everything alive.

The plus side is homegrown eggs. Duck egg quiche is now in the oven and the smell of baked mushroom, leek, spinach, zucchini etc is wafting through the house. Just right for a wintry night.

Rain forecast for tomorrow - will believe it when we see it.

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Banner Lady and TP - [Eek!] [Eek!] [Eek!] That is all.

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BL, just do what you can. The menagerie is already in place and apparently functioning.

On another note altogether, my dad would have been 100 today. Dementia robbed him of some years, a cruel disease indeed.

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Sympathy, Lothlorien. A distant cousin just popped up and 'discovered' me on Facebook. She didn't know my parents had died some years ago and just telling her brought up the sadness as if it happened yesterday. And Alzheimer's is cruel.

BL, that scenario would give me sleepless nights. Good luck to both of you.

Carried away with my mushroom sauce success, I made a mushroom risotto last night with the last of the fresh porcini and homemade stock from dried porcini with vegetables, good Parmesan added at the end. We sat down and ate it while watching a cookery competition on TV, My Kitchen Rules (Australia), in which two feisty young women ruined a risotto by dumping in rosemary, chillies and olives and cooking it far too early so it went dry and claggy. They sprinkled tiny mauve flowers all over the top. The same two women also made disastrous gnocchi for a starter, something I have never made well. It is notoriously difficult unless you have a certain knack for light dough and pastry.

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Thank you MaryLouise.

I find that the best risotto is the simplest. Yours sounds good. Porcini, wonderful. Only dried here although lots of other varieties of mushrooms are available.. One of the brands is something like 'fruits of the forest floor." I love the aroma when I have added some to a casserole.

MKR is not a programme I watch. I did see it some years ago but it degenerated into a scripted clash of personalities and the emphasis went from the foo.

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Gnocchi are a sca, food in our opinions. Difficult to make, fiddly to cook well, and not all that pleasant to eat. There's a place we go to from time to time that may well have pumpkin gnocchi on the menu, usually in winter, and they're the only ones that really seem worth it.

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Never saw the attraction in gnocchi.
Potato and flour can be made into so many other more delicious things than that, far more simply - IMHO.

Not that I bother with much cooking these days - TP rules the kitchen and for this I am thankful.

A smattering of rain overnight and a mild sunny morning. For this we are also thankful!

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quote:
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Not that I bother with much cooking these days - TP rules the kitchen and for this I am thankful.


Do you hire him out by any chance? I am so bored with my own cooking. I could trade some rain for his skills as tomorrow heavy rain is forecast yet again, [Roll Eyes] with snow to 300 metres.

Huia - expecting to develop webbed feet any day now.

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Oh yes, what I'd give to be able to rent a chef. I have a limited repertoire, only do four or five dishes well and get bored with my own cooking. I like to experiment at times but these dishes tend to be one-off experiments.

Lothlorien, MKR isn't a great favourite because of the scripted conflict and silliness. It reminds me of those old Survivor series where you'd have 'contestants' pouting and sulking when forced to eat live flying ants in the middle of the Karoo as a test for going it alone in the desert. Immaculate make-up and hair, no sunburn, no dehydration, and it was obvious that just out of sight were all the air-conditioned vans, stylists, dieticians with bottled water, on-site medics with anti-nausea meds and sunbloc, script coaches and tabloid journalists along for the ride. Utterly unconvincing.

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The rain is gradually clearing and Metservice have two little suns in their graphics for the weekend weather [Yipee] . If they are wrong I'm going to sue them for breach of promise.

I have bacon hock soup in the slow cooker. Not quite my favourite, but it is the most comforting as Mum used to make vast quantities years ago. I'll share it with the friend who took the shelves out of the cylinder cupboard and put some back after the new and bigger cylinder was fitted.

Money is not the only currency. [Biased]

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Double posting - but this is such good news. The City Council have announced they are going to dredge part of the river near me making flooding less likely. The original river meanders and in the 1980s the Council decided to put in a cut to cope with the flooding. This has never been dredged since, but has silted up so the river doesn't flow as well as it used to. The effect of the earthquakes has made this even worse.

Apart from the flooding aspect, my hope is that it may encourage the native black scaup (the wee black diving ducks) to return to the area. I have missed then since the quakes.

Fingers and toes tightly crossed.

Huia

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Lessening the effects of floods would be wonderful and I hope your little birds return too.

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The winter mopes hit me today....nothing definite, just wish I could either hibernate through the next two months or hit the fast forward button. TP tried to cheer me up with the fact that there is 25 more minutes daylight than there was four weeks ago. Glad the forecast is for a sunny and mild weekend. I suspect I may just need a good dose of Vitamin D.

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S A D is a real thing, BL. Be kind to yourself!

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Totally agree Rexory.

Today I caught the bus up to the shops and decided to walk home by the scenic route. What a drongo - it's called a wetlands area for a very good reason [Roll Eyes]

Huia -Not the brightest pebble in the beach.

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quote:
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
The winter mopes hit me today....nothing definite, just wish I could either hibernate through the next two months or hit the fast forward button. TP tried to cheer me up with the fact that there is 25 more minutes daylight than there was four weeks ago. Glad the forecast is for a sunny and mild weekend. I suspect I may just need a good dose of Vitamin D.

BL. Flagging floppily about.

Empathies, BL

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Yes, from me, too.

20 years ago I voluntarily abandoned the long summer days for a maximum winter night just 11 hours long - nary a regret!

[Votive] for all affected by S A D.

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Sympathy, BL, and to all affected by S A D. My sister who grew up here and now lives in Vancouver says she will never get used to dark Pacific Northwest winters and believes she has thinner blood than anyone born in a northern hemisphere.

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I suffered from mild SAD when I lived in New Hampshire. Someone advised me to be outdoors when the sun was at its highest even when it was overcast. I used to walk the dog for about forty-five minutes, and it made things much better.

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My friend with advancing dementia lives in a 1930's small brick house which was built with the bottom half of the windows made of that opaque glass which used to be used in bathrooms here. He stays inside almost all the time with blinds down. He has finally decided to go outside for a time each day. He has various vitamin deficiencies, including Vitamin D.

He decided he would get some sun and occasionally sits on enclosed front verandah with a blind up. He did not believe me when I told him it was direct sun on his skin which stimulated Vitamin D production, but doctor also told him that. He now sort of believes it, but getting action is not as easy.

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Are light-boxes of any use for those of you with SAD?

Having grown up at 59°N, the short winter days never really bothered me; it seemed to me that they were more than made up for by the long days of summer.

I was home in Orkney in June this year - the first time in nearly 30 years I'd been there at mid-summer - and I'd forgotten how much darkness there wasn't. [Smile]

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Lamb Chopped
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I use one, though it's hard to remember to turn it on when I'm at work and there are fluorescents everywhere. It seems to help. I still need meds, though.

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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Are light-boxes of any use for those of you with SAD?

Having grown up at 59°N, the short winter days never really bothered me; it seemed to me that they were more than made up for by the long days of summer.

I was home in Orkney in June this year - the first time in nearly 30 years I'd been there at mid-summer - and I'd forgotten how much darkness there wasn't. [Smile]

At just next to 40° (about six kms away hence my tagline) I feel sheepish about even claiming SAD ... when I came back to NZ the first time and went to the Sides of the North from the outback (Wankydilla) I was worried about my propensity for seasonal depression (which is why I so get it, BL), and I remember Huia suggesting a lamp/sun box. It was just a touch milder up north and I was just okay. Here it's different again ... 0°C this morning, but beautiful sun through the day (about 14°C), and that helps me cope.

Which suggests if ever I do have to move* to the south or west side of these shaky isles the lamp solution will be a wise one.


*and that will be inevitable if I am ever to be a stipended priest again, as it will not, sadly, ever be possible to work with the man who errantly fired me.

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Lamb Chopped
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I'm at 38.6 and SAD is definitely possible and disabling. My father had it at 34. Some people are just more sensitive. I turned down a job in New York just because of the latitude.

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