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PataLeBon
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To add to the OMG the WORLD IS ENDING!!
Houston got maybe a 1/4 of an inch of ice. The city shut it self down....
(To be fair (HA!) we do live in a city of bridges and overpasses and the temp wasn't going to be over freezing until the PM)
It's been so warm the last few days nothing stuck to the surface roads, they are fine. It's just the normal idiots who can't drive in the rain. And HELL people, you live on the Gulf Coast, if you can't drive in the rain move to the desert!
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Kelly Alves
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I saw a great cartoon about that this morning. It showed a single snowflake hitting the street in downtown Houston and the people around it pretty much re- enacting The Rape of the Sabine Women.
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comet
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today, as I was having my second cuppa, I looked up at the mountains and a GIANT BALL OF FIRE rose above them into the sky! all us pale squinty creatures shrieked and ran outdoors and generally behaved like a dog who's found a dead salmon on the riverbank.
all is right with the world! I love you all!
(stay tuned. I'm sure the attitude will readjust to normal parameters, soon.)
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Uncle Pete
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I would appreciate a little rain to break the monotony of all this 35C sunshine. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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I hope your motor scooter overheats.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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That was just round the block to get milk and the paper, and it's a complete change of the lower half, jacket over the radiator, and umbrella pretty much a write off. And the electric light on at 11am.
That is me INDOORS until such time as I see certifiable sunshine.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
And the electric light on at 11am.
Erm . . . in lieu of the gas lamp? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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orfeo
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In lieu of the Sun, I would think.
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Ariel
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Sun, what is this sun? This afternoon we suddenly had a thunderstorm with torrential rain sending waves of water across the car park. Trees came down across railway lines, lightning struck in various places, and a flooding alert was issued. A second instalment is due tomorrow, apparently.
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Nicolemr
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More snow today, enough to make everything slippery and dangerous. Feh.
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Adeodatus
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
Sun, what is this sun? This afternoon we suddenly had a thunderstorm with torrential rain sending waves of water across the car park. Trees came down across railway lines, lightning struck in various places, and a flooding alert was issued. A second instalment is due tomorrow, apparently.
I have read of the Sun in the legends of my people. How of old many went in search for it, and came at last to the land of Costadelsol wherein lies the fortress of the great king Ben Idorm. There the Sun blessed them, in token of which they returned to these shores, their faces stricken a shade of orange never afore seen, nor since.
'Tis said that the Sun but sleeps and one day will return, when England lies in direst need before the Deficiency of Vitamin D.
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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You can either move to a sensible latitude, or you can ensure the future of Neighbours and/or Home and Away for a couple more decades. Your choice.
EDIT: I mean, even Hobart would get you almost 10 degrees closer to the equator than London is. HOBART!
[ 26. January 2014, 02:56: Message edited by: orfeo ]
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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What's wrong with Hobart?
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Ariel
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Who is Hobart and how quickly will he arrive?
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quote:
Originally posted by Sober Preacher's Kid:
What's wrong with Hobart?
Nothing, particularly. It's just the southernmost city in this particular Southern Hemisphere country. And it's still closer to the equator than half of Europe.
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Welease Woderwick
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These are those who would say that the almost endless succession of bright, sunny days with nary a cloud in the sky is boring - I, however, am not one of them...
...though I think we would all welcome a little rain.
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Looking for light
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It's rather windy here today, however the sun is still shining. Can't complain, after all it's been a nice mild winter, I don't think that the temperature has been much below 10 deg C, and mostly more like the mid-teens. There hasn't been much rain which is nice for us although I daresay the farmers here would welcome a bit more.
All in all a pretty decent winter. I just thought I'd post here to keep Wodders company, in case he was feeling lonely... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Ariel
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I currently have a surplus of rain to offer which would be of great benefit to those without, or anyone looking to quickly fill lakes, transform their local deserts, start a rice paddy in their back garden, etc. Also on offer this week is quite a lot of grey mist which could be very handy for concealing unattractive buildings, landscapes, people etc that you don't want to see.
We may be able to do a deal if you have something different to offer in exchange.
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Lucia
Looking for light
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We can normally spare a little sunshine in return.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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We could do with the rain as long as you can ensure delivery. However we don't need the mist. In exchange we can offer some warm weather (we have been breaking records here though since this is the middle of winter that means highs about 20C/70F). Half Moon Bay might also throw in some waves though they normally like keeping them (Mavericks competition was last Friday, 40 foot waves sure to impress the neighbors).
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Proceed to see sea
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The weather here is just plain stupid.
Yesterday is went to a bloody hell death stundo +3°C and today we started at -27°C. And it did this last week as well, with a high of +4° and then plummeted to -33. Which is 1/2 of -66 which is Satan.
Ice covered by snow. God likes broken hips and FOOSH injuries*.
(*fall on outstretched hands, a real™ medical term ©)
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Effin' hell!?! For only the second time in my fifteen years here, Winona State University has cancelled classes due to weather. The first time was in 2000, and that was to allow students to help fill sand bags across the river in Fountain City, WI due to Mississippi River flooding.
We have snow covered roads, drifts, -10F temp and a wind chill of -40F. It was 29F above zero yesterday.
What have I learned from this winter? That an 86lb golden retriever can poop in under a minute if he has the incentive of blowing snow and wind chill.
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Nicolemr
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It was actually above freezing for most of the day today! But that was just a teaser and tomorrow the cold comes back.
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Kelly Alves
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Good news, LADWP! A storm is coming tomorrow! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Uncle Pete
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Another bright sunny day. Nary a cloud in the sky.
Life here is so difficult. Just this morning we were complaining that the call to prayer happened before the temple chants started up, and confused our internal clocks no end!
And so cold that when we had a warming bowl of porridge, each, on the verandah, we kept our shirts on ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
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MORE blue sky, MORE bright sunshine, MORE gentle zephyr of a breeze!
Will it never end?
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RuthW
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Good news, LADWP! A storm is coming tomorrow!
They keep saying on the radio here that "there is talk of rain on Friday." What this means is that there will be at most enough water to make people think they need to wash their cars, which will use more water than we actually get in the storm.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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(grump) AccuWeather is telling me "Some showers" for Thursday. "Some showers." Kiss my ass, AccuWeather.
The Ghost of KenWritez has spoken to me, Ruth, and he says,"It's up to you California gals. You have to go out tomorrow at dawn and do a nekkid interpretative liturgical rain dance, or all is lost."
[ 28. January 2014, 03:46: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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Welease Woderwick
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PLEASE do not put the video on Youtube™!
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Kelly Alves
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I listen to Ken, not you, buster.
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Okay then DO put the video on Youtube™!
![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
eta: your Personal Penguin one was pretty darned good.
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
MORE blue sky, MORE bright sunshine, MORE gentle zephyr of a breeze!
Will it never end?
Not until the Rainy Season, no.
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Barefoot Friar
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I can tell you from personal experience that the very best way to break a drought is to peel a roof off, particularly if there is underlying damage that will have to be repaired before the new roof can go on.
70% of the time, it works all the time. Much better than liturgical nude rain dances.
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Lyda*Rose
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But less entertaining.
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
70% of the time, it works all the time. Much better than liturgical nude rain dances.
I wanna see some data on that one. Where's the goddamn data?
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
I wanna see some data on that one. Where's the goddamn data?
Give a bunny a little college education and she's got an attitude all of a sudden.
(More of an attitude, I mean.)
[the code! the code!]
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Barefoot Friar
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
70% of the time, it works all the time. Much better than liturgical nude rain dances.
I wanna see some data on that one. Where's the goddamn data?
If you can't find it, I'm certainly not going to spoon feed it to you.
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Kelly Alves
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![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) omigod, you just did a mousethief imitation. That's gotta earn you a Webby or something.
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lilBuddha
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quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
Much better than liturgical nude rain dances.
I am going to call you on this as well. Regardless of the percentage of success, peeling clothes will nearly always beat peeling a roof.
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Barefoot Friar
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
omigod, you just did a mousethief imitation. That's gotta earn you a Webby or something.
Meh. Accidental, I'm sure.
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Barefoot Friar
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quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
Much better than liturgical nude rain dances.
I am going to call you on this as well. Regardless of the percentage of success, peeling clothes will nearly always beat peeling a roof.
Certainly more entertaining, and often more educational.
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Kelly Alves
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Either you took your roof off or Ruth did some nekkid dancing on her own, because the rain came earlier than expected.
Not much, but every little bit helps! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
They keep saying on the radio here that "there is talk of rain on Friday." What this means is that there will be at most enough water to make people think they need to wash their cars, which will use more water than we actually get in the storm.
OTOH, washing your car is considered to be a sure-fire rain bringer. Perhaps we could get all Californian car owners to wash their cars on the same day? (Using low-water methods.)
Not that I would interfere with anyone called to perform a rain dance in their birthday suit--unless it caused a traffic jam.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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...
is that a lot...?
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
Perhaps we could get all Californian car owners to wash their cars on the same day? (Using low-water methods.)
Like 35 cans of Wet Ones?
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Kelly Alves
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Comet, what I think Ruth is trying to convey, via sarcasm, is that God thumbed His nose at us with one hand and shook his dick dry over us with the other. In other words-- a pissing little trickle.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
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This is Hell and y'all are pretty tolerant, but I think I will refrain from completing the slightly offensive, most probably blasphemous, jokes which skittered about the edges of my brain.
Thank you anyway, Kelly.
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Kelly Alves
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Wasn't that a lovely image? I am so proud of myself.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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I spent Friday after work with some work friends in a bar/restaurant area of the city, in a leafy courtyard, as the summer sun lingered behind the building so that we were both warm and well shaded, sipping a fine Verdelho.
Just so you know.
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