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Graven Image
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Sorry to hear the news Bess Higgs. May you have many good memories to treasure.
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It's the anniversary of Loma Prieta. I was at Candlestick Park. A night I'll never forget!
I'd bet! Every little tremor makes me stop and wonder whether it is going to get stronger.
It's good to see you here again. I hope things are going well, Basso. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
And sorry for your loss, Bess. My kitty is getting to be an oldie and I treasure my time with him.
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I hope you don't mind me intruding for a moment to ask a favour...
A couple of years ago, some US Shippies were kind enough to help me out with an American character in a translation I was working on. I'm now doing another set largely in the US and I'm sure I'm using lots of British words.
Once again I'd be hugely grateful to anyone with the time and patience to read through it as I go and help me weed out anything that doesn't fit. A lot is set in Texas, but there are characters from all over the place.
It's rather a long book, a political thriller, so if that's your kind of thing and you have the time for reading, please PM me! Thanks.
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jedijudy
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We are having a Bee-YOO-teeful day! It's about time! One gets very tired of 92 degree days and 98% humidity for months on end. It is now only 81 out! Not a cloud in the sky!
Of course, we will be back to normal Tuesday. So, we will enjoy it all the more today. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Graven Image
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Spent the day with Grandchildren. We had a great time doing all kinds of things. Kids left and grandmother sat in the chair and had not one but two glasses of wine. I love them all but I can understand why women don't have children in their 60s.
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Lyda*Rose
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Rollercoaster day: - Weeded the yard
- Went with friend to a beautiful rendition of the German Requiem
![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) - Split a delicious spicy chicken Alfredo pizza with same friend
- Left credit card at the restaurant- thirty miles from home
![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif) - Drove back towards restaurant only to hit a road divider almost invisible in the dark. And flattened a tire
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) - Called same friend to stay with me in the dark until road service came
![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) - Road service came, but whoever sent him out forgot to give him the key to the truck's toolbox. So he had to use my crappy jack and his own general wrench set
![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif) - Drove home thirty miles going fifty miles per hour to spare the donut spare
![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) - Now
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Moo
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Originally posted by Graven Image:
Spent the day with Grandchildren. We had a great time doing all kinds of things. Kids left and grandmother sat in the chair and had not one but two glasses of wine. I love them all but I can understand why women don't have children in their 60s.
There was a wonderful commercial on TV back in the '90s. An older black woman told about how much she enjoyed her grandchildren's visits and about all the things they did together.
The commercial ends with her saying, "And after they've given me all that joy--they go home again!" "...they go home again" is spoken with tremendous pleasure.
When our children were small, my husband and I used to say that the problem with kids is that they don't have an on/off switch. Having grandkids is like having kids with an on/off switch.
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Mamacita
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Had a splendid, peaceful afternoon yesterday at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, as they celebrated their Skinner Op. 327 organ's 90th birthday (on St Luke's feast day). Each of the organists from the ten churches in our deanery performed a piece of his/her choosing followed by a hymn. So not only a superb concert but many of my favorite hymns to sing (in a very large gathering of musically-inclined people, so we had some good singing going on!). Most of the pieces were classical/liturgical, but one organist performed something called "The Rolling Avocado Rag" which made that magnificent organ sound like a calliope and made everyone giggle.
eta: Here it is, for your musical enjoyment. I wonder if Mr. Skinner was turning in his grave, or maybe giggling in heaven?
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it's a whopping THREE degrees this morning.
I love alaska. I love alaska. I love alaska....
grr.
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Lady A
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Mamacita, that was so much fun! Had a run in with a student yesterday, I ended up getting slammed into a door (student pushed me hard) and got a good bump on my head and a tiny bruise under my eye. Much kudos to my coworkers who ran the student down, brought me an ice pack and made sure I was all right. That has never happened in my 15 years of working in the schools! Student had some huge issues (I didn't know about at the time) and I was just looking for some respect from her (I was a 'F**** B***!'), took her into the office of one of our admins where she exploded and I happened to be between her and the door. There were at least about 6 times in our interaction where if she'd backed down a bit and said she was sorry, it wouldn't have happened. *sigh* She got arrested and I got a ton of paperwork to fill out and a visit to the doctor for documentation. Today though was boring in comparision, I liked it!
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Lady A, may you lead an uninteresting life. I know at school I sometimes wish my life was half as interesting.
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Mamacita
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for teachers, librarians, teachers' aides, and all who help our children and youth learn -- especially the troubled ones
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Amen to that
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Panda attack! I was dawdling about sharing it here and then ended up using it in Hell, so for those of you smartly avoiding the nether regions, here's yours truly in the giant panda suit.
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Nicolemr
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You look so warm and cozy!
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Mamacita
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Not to mention adorable.
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Welease Woderwick
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Oh you sexy beast!
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I want one of those panda suits so very very badly.
Woke up this morning to a cold, windy, rainy day. That was expected. However, I did not expect to discover a new leak in the roof. There is a cold drip of rain water falling in my bathroom. Right where it hits my left shoulder as I sit on the john. Now that will wake you up in a hurry if your are not expecting it. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Moo
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I'm watching the weather forecast with interest. Hurricane Sandy and a cold front are supposed to collide somewhere northeast of here. The results should be interesting.
The worst problem here will probably be the wind. It's quite windy here all the time because we are on the eastern watershed divide. When you add storm winds to that, quite a few limbs and whole trees will probably fall.
One thing that makes it not quite so bad is that the leaves are just about ready to fall. I expect the trees to get stripped. That's not so bad as having the limbs break because the leaves wouldn't let go.
I understand that further east where the leaves are still holding on tight, the damage will be very extensive.
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jedijudy
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Comet! Cute, cute, cute!!
We are really far away from H Sandy. Even so, the winds have been pretty brisk today. Brisk like in if you don't weigh 100 pounds, you will be knocked over.
Many prayers for those in the path of Frankenstorm. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Here in the Tidewater VA area we are expecting unpleasant amounts of wind and rain, and are hoping the power doesn't go out. Across the river in Norfolk they are sending the Atlantic Fleet out to sea, which not only costs vast amounts of (taxpayers') money, but means that all the personnel serving in those ships will not be there to help their families during the storm.
The further north Sandy makes landfall the better it will be for us here, but probably worse overall. It is harder to deal with power outages when the temperature is below freezing, which we don't have to worry about. So here's hoping and praying that Sandy fizzles and causes minimal damage no matter where she lands.
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Originally posted by comet:
Panda attack! I was dawdling about sharing it here and then ended up using it in Hell, so for those of you smartly avoiding the nether regions, here's yours truly in the giant panda suit.
If all pandas looked like that, they wouldn't have so much trouble breeding.
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why, Mr. Obscure, if I didn't know better I'd suspect you of a marsupial fetish. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I want so badly to make jokes about my cute little tail but they all sound so... trashy.
I am a classy panda, dammit.
so all your Easterners - batten down the hatches, willya? looks like a doozy. no thrill seeking or other risky behavior because I have enough to worry about!
seriously, hang tough, We're all hoping for the best possible outcome.
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Moo, I hope it is not too cold where you are. They were saying Sandy could bring large amounts of snow in parts of Virginia.
It looks like we should not have too much damage here. God help the folks in NYC. Let's hope the tides come at times that minimize storm surge.
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Moo
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According to the forecast it will get much colder, but it's been very warm lately. The first predicted below-freezing temperature of the season isn't supposed to happen until Wednesday morning.
Right now they are calling for only an inch of snow in the New River Valley. I live at an elevation of 2100 feet.
I think what will be bad is the wind. I plan to park my car in a place where it is least likely to get hit by a falling tree limb.
Moo
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Nicolemr
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Getting a bit nervous here in NYC over Sandy. made sure we had food and candles. But the big worry is that, being in a basement apartment as I am, the drain outside the front door may clog and we'll flood. My daughter thinks we should get a sandbag for the door.
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Kelly Alves
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Jeez, it's going as far inland as Charleston?
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Shit, my Nana's in Rhode Island.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
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for all you guys who might be affected! take care of yourselves and no risk taking, right?
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Originally posted by Dormouse:
for all you guys who might be affected! take care of yourselves and no risk taking, right?
Thank you!
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Moo
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Jeez, it's going as far inland as Charleston?
There are two storms which will meet up. In addition to the hurricane there is a cold front approaching from the west. The collision of warm and cold air is what will make this a Frankenstorm.
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I told Marmot last night, "Jeez, our continent is like a frat boy after a kegger tonight-- distress at both ends. "
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
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Nicole, please be careful. I don't know what the flood risk is where you live, but believe me, when things start to flood, they flood fast. If you are told to evacuate from low-lying places, please take it seriously. Usually during bad storms (at least hereabouts) they have shelters set up in churches, schools, etc. for folks who are in danger.
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Nicolemr
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We aren't in an evacuation zone, thankfully, we're fairly well inland as NYC goes. It's the rain that'll be the worry. We'll have to see how it goes.
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Moo
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Here is a satellite photo that shows the hurricane in the center and the approaching cold front on the left.
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that's ginormous.
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Lyda*Rose
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Hang tight!
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Thinking of all of you who might be affected. Stay safe.
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Moo
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The wind is supposed to rise this afternoon. I think there were a few snowflakes when I went out to get the paper this morning; it was dark, so I'm not sure.
They are predicting heavy snow for elevations above 3000 feet. Fortunately, I'm at 2100.
I am preparing for power loss by putting cheese and fruit in a box on my porch. That won't be quite as cold as my fridge, but it should do. The food in my fridge should keep at least two days if I don't open the door.
saysay, I understand that it will make landfall in Delaware. I hope you get along okay.
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Ms Miffy's currently in NYC, emailed this morning to assure us she's in a low-risk area and not to worry. Unfortunately, she's omitted to say exactly where. Still, she's with friends and I'm sure we can trust them to be as mindful of their safety as is possible.
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I saw a map yesterday that showed the "possible" power outages as far in as me here in Nashville. It has been revised slightly, but still encompasses Chicago.
Map here
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Welease Woderwick
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That looks a massive problem!
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Wow! According to the barometer app on my phone, and backed up by the quite accurate ship's barometer in the house, the pressure here in this room has dropped, fairly quickly, to 990 millibars (29.23 inches), which according to my seafaring husband, is Pretty Damn Low. No trees down so far, but they are leaning enough to be brushing against the house, which sounds pretty scary but isn't really a big deal.
The problem with this storm that it's not only a frankenstorm, it's also a zombie: The Thing That Wouldn't Die. I wish Sandy would just take her fat butt offshore and Go Away!
Moo, I hope you don't get snow.
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Nicolemr
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My work is closed today and tomorrow, so since I took Wednesday through Friday off anyway, coincidentally I have a weeks vacation now. Now as long as the apartment doesn't flood I'll be doing OK.
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Will be thinking of you all. Please do check in when you can and let us know how things are going.
Nicolemr - sorry you don't have better weather for your week off!
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Praying for those in the path of Sandy.
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Wow! According to the barometer app on my phone, and backed up by the quite accurate ship's barometer in the house, the pressure here in this room has dropped, fairly quickly, to 990 millibars (29.23 inches), which according to my seafaring husband, is Pretty Damn Low.
yes. Seafaring Husband is right. holy crap!
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quote:
Originally posted by snowgoose:
Wow! According to the barometer app on my phone, and backed up by the quite accurate ship's barometer in the house, the pressure here in this room has dropped, fairly quickly, to 990 millibars (29.23 inches), which according to my seafaring husband, is Pretty Damn Low.
yes. Seafaring Husband is right. holy crap!
According to CNN, the pressure is now 940 mb and still falling.
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Originally posted by Josephine:
According to CNN, the pressure is now 940 mb and still falling.
But we are almost 200 miles away from the center of the storm, and it is now 984 mb here. It is mind-boggling how immense and how strong this storm is.
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