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Piglet
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... Actually, it looks like it's going toward Scotland ...
Not before it gives Newfoundland a kicking. ![[Frown]](frown.gif) At the moment, they don't seem to have quite decided whether it's going to hit us or veer south and do its worst over the sea. They're forecasting 30-40mm of rain on Saturday, so it looks like they're hedging their bets ...
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for the people of Bermuda and St. Maarten who've already been battered.
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Just thought you all would like to see how our church handled an Ice Bucket Challenge. We have a parishioner who has just been diagnosed with ALS. (She is in the video as the first person to get the bucket sitting in a chair).
Watch and enjoy!
Ice Bucket Challenge
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This morning I had six strong young men come to my house to work. It was part of the 'Greeks Giving Back', which is a community outreach project done by the Virginia Tech fraternities and sororities.
They dug up a dogwood stump and planted grass seed where it had been. They dug up an area about 10 feet square and planted grass seed. They washed my windows. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I can do yard work for only about an hour a day, and I work much more slowly than I used to. I just don't have the energy to do all the work they did today, and I'm very grateful to them.
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jedijudy
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I was in front of my church, handing out free water and barbequed zombie brains (the best bbq beans EVER!) to the zombies that descended upon my fair city tonight. It was a lot of fun, and interesting, too.
99% of the people were friendly and loved finding a church with a sense of humor. Some folks really had a hard time understanding that it was free. (That's like grace, folks!)
We were giving out glow-in-the-dark bracelets with a cut out cross in it. One zombie refused it, and in fact backed away from it when she saw the cross. She asked me what it was and I told her it was a cross. She actually looked scared. And that was sad. I've been thinking about her all evening.
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Beware the cross cooties! People are weird.
Sounds like a good time, Judy.
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jedijudy
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I had a blast, comet! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
And, bonus for being a presence this year, far fewer ***things*** left on church premises, although there was a good handful of little number 6 half-inch bolts on the parking lot. Now if some mischief-maker wanted to damage tires, screws would have been the way to go, but I'm not offering them that info!
As I was driving to my regular parking space, I saw the bolts shining in the sunlight. Thinking they were glass shards, I drove in a squirrelly manner to try to avoid them. D-U was watching, wondering what in the world was up with her Mama.
There was also a three-foot branch nearby, but that was about it! Oh, one of those free water bottles was 3/4 empty and left on a bench.
So, if your church has had zombie damage, my recommendation is to join them and preach the Gospel, not necessarily with words (to paraphrase a favorite saint!)
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Piglet
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... handing out free water and barbequed zombie brains ...
Makes a change from wine and communion wafers, I suppose ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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jedijudy
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That also made the congo laugh yesterday when the pastor told them about their sweet, quiet organist (quit snickering!) was asking everyone if they would like some free zombie brains.
If we would have had any leftovers, communion could have been very interesting! ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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So we now know the only reason we eat the flesh and blood of our Lord and not his brains is because there were no bbq beans in first century Palestine!
Jengie
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jedijudy
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And not having Ed's fantastic beans was truly their loss, Jengie jon!
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BessLane
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jj, that is AWESOME!!! now I want branis...errr...beans for supper
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jedijudy
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Bess, I could eat a quart of them right about now! Ed and his family make bbq for church fund raisers on occasion. I can't eat the pulled pork, but will fill up on those beans!
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I'm presuming that despite the minor distractions of some US brand of football the fair town of Chicago is coming to a standstill ahead of the onslaught from the visiting All Blacks?
Oh? You hadn't heard?
(fortunately the NZ media, unlike its OZ equivalent, are self-aware enough to be faintly self-deprecatory at the idea Chicago or the US knows we exist!)
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jedijudy
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Yesterday would have been the day to be in Chicago, as I understand they were warmer in the morning than we were. Today, not so much! ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Jury duty again tomorrow...grrrrrr
Can this quarter be over already...I'm tired of shuffling my days around to do this stuff...they're not going to put me on another jury since I helped find the first dirt bag Not Guilty...it's just a waste of my time an taxpayers' dollars...
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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
The Balloon Fiesta Opening was spectacular! Our grandchildren were OOHING and AAHING all morning at the balloons. Thousands of people are enjoying the morning.
Next year, I think I''m going to get a trailer and camp out closer to the field, (I recommend this, as I have done it by park and ride and driving in and parking)
The special shape balloons are the hot tip. Check out Darth Vader, Spider pig, bumblebees, Wells Fargo wagon, dinosaur hatching, stork delivery, etc. ENJOY!
Balloon Fiesta Special Shape Photos
Finally, my pictures.
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Piglet
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Those are lovely, JB - what wonderful vibrant colours.
Obviously, I particularly liked the flying pig ... ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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happy birthday JB and congratulations. I hope it is a day full of fun, and that the year ahead is a good one for you and all your family.
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Moo
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Yesterday I heard a presentation by someone from the St. Francis Service Dogs. It was fascinating.
The dogs are trained to assist people in wheelchairs or who have trouble walking. All the dogs are trained to sit symmetrically, rather than lopsidedly, so that a handicapped person can push down on the dog's back in order to stand up.
Almost all of the dogs are retrievers, since that is what they do most frequently. They are also trained to phone for help !! I assume the phone has one large button which the dog pushes and the call goes to a center to identify the place where help is needed. Of course, the dog would have to be trained to recognize situations where help is needed. They also learn to turn doorknobs.
No dog develops perfect proficiency at every skill, and when the dog is matched with a handicapped person, the particular strengths of the dog are matched to the needs of the person. The people who receive the dogs are taught to train the dogs for any specific tasks desired. One woman in a wheelchair could make her bed except that she could not lift the mattress to tuck in the sheets. She trained the dog to lift the mattress with his muzzle.
One thing that particularly interested me was that when the puppies first leave their mothers, they are trained in a prison. It seems to be an excellent program for the dogs and the prisoners.
It was a very interesting and enjoyable presentation.
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Wonderful pictures as always, JB! And a belated happy birthday!
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Originally posted by Moo:
One thing that particularly interested me was that when the puppies first leave their mothers, they are trained in a prison. It seems to be an excellent program for the dogs and the prisoners.
For those of us who still cling to the ideas of redemption and restorative justice, that is good news.
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Spoke to my mother tonight and she'd just had a call from a family member in Baltimore after the funeral of her favourite cousin. The funeral was held at a fairly high Episcopal church which they attended as children. They laughed together about the mother-in-law possibly turning in her grave if she knew as she was a staunch Baptist and disapproved of my family's Episcopal allegiance.
The church was completely packed as he was held in very high esteem- made me wish I could have been there with all my cousins.
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Nicolemr
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Hope everyone had a very happy Halloween!
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Happy Halloween! I'm being the Trick or Treat Taxi this evening. Cruisin' the neighborhoods, dressed as a dino, as the boys shake people own for loot.
Good turn-outs out there? Lot of Elsas?
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Nicolemr
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I personally did not have a great turnout, about 30 or so. But I'm in a basement apartment on a sidestreet, so got bypassed a lot. A friend of mine elsewhere in the city had hundreds.
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jedijudy
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Mini Ship Meet announcement!
I just got home from a lovely lunch with Gill H and Hugal. To listen to us, you'd think we have known each other for decades! They are an absolutely wonderful couple, and I'm so glad that they reserved a few precious hours of their vacation time to spend with me.
It was a glorious day for a car ride! The leaves are turning in central Florida (about a month and a half earlier than usual!) which made for an enchanting journey. Some of the trees are starting to show color down here near the Everglades, but you have to know where to look.
I remember when I lived in Kissimmee, at Christmas we would drive to my parents' home, who at that time, lived about a mile from my present home. That was when we would see the lovely stands of maples and other trees in their brilliant colors. So, it was quite the treat to see the display today!
All in all, it was a Very Good Day.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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I just love Gil and Hugal! They were so good to me on the Motherboard tour of England years ago.
I wish they would come to the US and visit somewhere other than Florida, though. Let's face it, it is a great state, but there are others. ;-) I could just see them in Louisiana during Mardi Gras, seeing the Grand Canyon, Balloon Fiesta, or some Native American dances here.
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jedijudy
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Motherboard, Mickey calls loudly to them! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Hey. I hear it's getting cold up north! This is the time to think about a visit to My Fair State!
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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I just love Gil and Hugal! They were so good to me on the Motherboard tour of England years ago.
I wish they would come to the US and visit somewhere other than Florida, though. Let's face it, it is a great state, but there are others. ;-) I could just see them in Louisiana during Mardi Gras, seeing the Grand Canyon, Balloon Fiesta, or some Native American dances here.
Would love to do all that too! NYC has a little piece of our hearts also, though.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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JediJudy, it is a bit cold here, (We do remember Pennsylvanian winters, don't we, Jedi? <smirk>
Won't be back your way until probably Spring.
Gil and Hugal, Come West, young people, Come west!
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jedijudy
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Ah, those winters in PA. Snow so deep the snow plows couldn't get through.
I have a picture of my mom standing on a snow drift and me and my sibs standing at the bottom of it. (I was a teen.) her feet were higher than our heads.
I do not miss snow!!!!! And definitely don't miss the cold! 50 in the dead of winter is cold enough for me, thankyouverymuch.
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JB
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
50 in the dead of winter is cold enough for me
20 here this morning.
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About time for the US to change to Celsius so they can talk to the rest of the world.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... 50 in the dead of winter ...
JJ dear, in some places 50 is late spring.
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Stercus Tauri
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Originally posted by Caissa:
About time for the US to change to Celsius so they can talk to the rest of the world.
They passed a metrication bill in 1866, but strangely, omitted a temperature scale.
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MrsBeaky
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I find my self talking about summer temperatures in Fahrenheit and winter temperatures in Celsius.
I think it possibly reflects my dual nationality or perhaps just shows I have a weird way of looking at these things.....
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I noticed two Matt Wiliams bobbleheads in the living room: I wonder if they're worth anything now that he is Manager of the Year...
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Piglet
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Originally posted by MrsBeaky:
... summer temperatures in Fahrenheit and winter temperatures in Celsius ...
I can understand that; as a Brit I grew up mostly in Fahrenheit (with Celsius in brackets), but summer temperatures always seem hotter in Fahrenheit, and winter ones colder in Celsius.
It's all relative: Bill Bryson relates in one of his books his amusement at this headline in a British tabloid:
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Britain Sizzles in the Seventies!
I'm sure someone on this thread has spoken of "cooling down to the mid-70s" ...
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RuthW
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Originally posted by Caissa:
About time for the US to change to Celsius so they can talk to the rest of the world.
On this thread we're not talking to the rest of the world. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Would love to see Gill H and Hugal in New York again.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... 50 in the dead of winter ...
JJ dear, in some places 50 is late spring.
... Or, you know, mid summer.
Grrr.
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Originally posted by comet:
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... 50 in the dead of winter ...
JJ dear, in some places 50 is late spring.
... Or, you know, mid summer.
Grrr.
Scotland and Alaska. Climate twins.
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Firenze:
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Originally posted by comet:
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... 50 in the dead of winter ...
JJ dear, in some places 50 is late spring.
... Or, you know, mid summer.
Grrr.
Scotland and Alaska. Climate twins.
And this is why I live here!
Love it, love it! Except in August. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
I do not miss snow!!!!! And definitely don't miss the cold! 50 in the dead of winter is cold enough for me, thankyouverymuch.
In the SW corner of North Dakota, where my son2 & family live, it was
7F this afternoon. I was out there in August, and it was lovely. But always windy.
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jedijudy
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What. Is. This!!!
It was 70 when I got up. Three hours later it's 59!!!!!
We were warned. It's only supposed to get colder during the day. Guess I'll have to dig out a sweater or something.
[tangent] I remember St. Erin and I griping about the cold when the temps were under 60! Good times, good times.[/tangent]
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Color me jealous. It's 30 F here, and that's much warmer than last week!
What did I ever do to get sentenced to St. Louis...
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Moo
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Here, at 6:23 PM, it is 19°. If we're lucky we will remain in double digits tonight.
I am glad I brought my warm clothes with me when I moved here from New Hampshire.
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It was 23 here this morning (-5 elsewhere) for about the fourth day in a row. We usually get such cold snaps during the winter, but we've had a late Autumn and this was the first time I've had to scrape frost off the car windows. It's a problem for the plants - many of them hadn't lost their leaves yet, and weren't fully dormant as they should have been. Normally our first frost is in early October.
Days have been sunny and in the low 40s (+6C), but I see the clouds coming in this afternoon so we should shortly be back to our standard rainy winter weather with temperatures just above freezing.
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Piglet
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If it's any consolation (possibly not) we're getting moderately silly weather here at the moment too.
Yesterday it was hovering around the freezing mark; today it got up to 16°C (61°F) and tomorrow it's forecast to be about 2°C (36°F).
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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It's 49 here, now! That's usually a January experience!
One of the advantages of being a woman of "a certain age" is that I don't have to wear a jacket outside in this weather. I suppose if I had to be out for a longer bit of time, I might get chilly, but not so far today.
I did have my daddy's old chambray shirt that I use instead of a sweater, but just ended up carrying it all day.
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Snowball in Hell
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I hosted morning news this morning, in the same studio I first went on the air in, some 15 years ago. Gosh it's great to be back on the radio. I'm only doing it sporadically for now (as per pub radio funding, of course) but I hope it will become more regular. It was just SO NICE to be back.
This makes job number 3- with the hotel in the summer and coaching Aug-Mar. Between the three I might be able to patch together a living.
It's also (sadly!) our FIRST SNOW! And it's finally getting prettier out there. Whew!
The trifecta of comet-news this morning... I think I might be getting married.
I'm a little terrified.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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