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comet
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Thanks, everyone!
First real work day today and my head is full. Nothing I haven't managed before in different settings. Just a much bigger organization with a fairly massive mission. Whew!
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Congrats comet!
I saw my first true sign of spring today...you can keep your flowers, and your robins...I saw a farmer in a spray rig...
Slow moving farm equipment means it's gonna get warmer sooner rather than later ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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daisydaisy
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Can someone here tell me what is going on with soda and cream/milk ? It sounds awful, but has been mentioned in the 2 most recent books that I have read (by different authors) as if everyone drinks this.
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neandergirl
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Only time I've ever heard of it was on the old sit com Laverne and Shirley. I'd assumed it was either a quirk of Laverne's or a regional thing, but ....
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Are you referring to the egg cream?
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daisydaisy
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Interesting, but no. The characters took a soda (sometimes diet Pepsi) and either a slosh of milk or cream cartons.
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RuthW
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I can think of two things that both seem similar but not really the same thing.
It sounds a little like an Italian cream soda -- carbonated water, some kind of flavored syrup (I like strawberry or raspberry), and cream.
It also sounds a little like an ice cream float -- you take the soft drink of your choice (Coke, root beer, 7Up) and add vanilla ice cream.
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Kelly Alves
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Yeah, sounds like a regional variation of the above. If it was really heavy whipping cream, I can see it coming out like a poor man's egg cream.
Damn, was the storm that was beating the hell out of us yesterday beating the hell out of the rest of the Left Coast?
I dozed off in my car after work and awoke to a BAM!. The BAM! was the sound of wind hitting my car and shaking it back and forth. I was actually worried it would be strong enough to flip it. It took me about a half hour to gather the nerve to drive home.
Totally gone today, but it packed a lot of concentrated oomph.
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Kelly Alves
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That does look strangely tempting. Mmmm, what about Cherry Coke?
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comet
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There's a sub-group up here that swears by Dr Pepper and chocolate milk, 50/50. It's strangely delicious. I'm afraid if I made a habit of it my pancreas would be asking for asylum in another body.
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As for storms, Kelly, we've been getting our asses handed to us the last few days also. One gust clocked at 128, for effs sake. And the system goes all the way up as far as Anchorage, so I think it's one hellacious big'un.
No damage here but it's colder than hell and all ferries and planes cancelled.
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Kelly Alves
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Dr. Pepper sounds good, too. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
And I could totally believe 128 about yesterday. I saw a couple desperate little sparrows trying to find shelter in a tree that was being tossed all over hell and gone, and they were being tossed all over the sky, as well The tree branches they managed to cling to weren't much better than the sky as far as protection.
The chickens in our school are kept in a cage that is set into a cement foundation, but otherwise only has the cyclone fencing, one Plexiglas half-wall, and a fiberglass roof to protect them. when I went home in the early afternoon, I saw they were huddled under their lowest perch and bawking pitifully to each other. Poor things. I'm sure the closing people fortified the hutch somehow, though.
And then you think, there are people living on Golden Gate Avenue who were looking for a stairwell to hide in during all that...
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While I don't see any other birds out, the ravens keep playing in the winds.
I figure you won't find that surprising at all, Kelly. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Kelly Alves
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The ravens around here are still MIA, so far. Namby-pamby Bay Area softies. Too used to moderate weather I guess.
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Kelly, we have ravens flying here. The other day in Los Alamos, I watched 2 dipping and diving like they were having a ballet in he wind. Husband said it was a couple mating. It was just lovely.
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Kelly Alves
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Tis the season. They have been chasing each other around here, too.
My recent trips to the zoo has given me the opportunity to witness some scandalous behavior, among all species. Otters are absolute little sex fiends, did you know that? Can't keep their horny little paws off each other. Groom, groom, groom.
Last spring, my favorite mating observation was watching a female seagull ( mooching at the hot dog stand) declining the overtures of a very insistent male seagull. He kept cooing at her and climbing on, and she would basically turn her tail feathers into a slide and walk out from under him. Wasn't aggressive about it or anything, she just kept giving him butt-slide.
He finally gave up and just stared mopily after her as she waddled away, then suddenly he looked over at me staring at them. (well by this time I was laughing at him, specifically.) I swear to God he gave me the most ferocious stink eye.
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I'm reminded of watching a peacock in the Isle of Man putting on an absolutely spectacular display, which was cordially ignored by the peahen he was trying to woo. We assured him that we were impressed, even if she wasn't ...
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The sad tale of Studley Dudley:
Years ago while in Fairbanks, i picked up a friend at the airport early in the AM- something like 5. I lived way out of town down a one-mile "pioneer road" (AK poli speak for dirt road with ruts and no maintenance) we were about 2/3rd of the way down when I had to stop for a strutting ruffed grouse. He was dancing up a strom in the middle of the road. On the side were 5 hens. While Dudley danced, they all watched him very closely. When he'd stop and look at them, all five would quickly look away and pretend they didn't know he was there. Then he'd resume his boogie, and they'd all turn to watch, he'd look, they'd quickly glance away and look disinterested.
This continued for 15 minutes before he moved far enough to the side to where we could get by. By then my friend and I were cheering him on and booing the ladies for being so heartless.
I have no idea if he ever won one (or all) of their hearts, but he sure worked for it!
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Kelly Alves
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That's what's nice about the otters-- they are forever on the same page. Which is "yes."
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Welease Woderwick
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I think that's true for a lot of mammals, humans included.
...humans especially?
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jedijudy
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I had the occasion to watch a frisky pair of zebras recently. He was trying to mount her and she was kicking him in the face. Then she went over and nipped his flank. The little hussy!
We have hawk mating dances in the air here. They are beautiful to watch, but the screeches are pretty unmusical.
Is Spring in the air?
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Kelly Alves
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The zebras at the SF Zoo were penned in the Naughty Corner a couple weeks ago. (we have a mini veldt for the Giraffes and zebras and ostriches.) When the zebras go into heat they discharge their frustration by harassing the ostriches.
Last week the two youngest giraffes though ostrich- chasing was fun, too. A mightily pissed- off ostrich is quite a sight to see.
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Kelly Alves
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And the crows came back yesterday!
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Lamb Chopped
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My son just sidled in and said one of those terrifying sentences: "Don't go in the kitchen, Mom, there's been a tomato accident."
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Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!
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Welease Woderwick
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
I like that boy's style!
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Kelly Alves
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(sigh) I suppose it's too late to beg for pics,huh?
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Anyone coming over to the uk any time soon? A us website has some nappies I'd like, but won't post internationally and I wondered if I ordered them there might be space for a nappy and wetbag in luggage!
Figured it was worth a shot!
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Sadly not travelling that way any time soon but potentially up for "forward posting".
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We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Forward posting would be awesome, but I'm not sure how expensive it would be! Still, for the wetbags I want it will be pretty cheap so I shall message you
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
(sigh) I suppose it's too late to beg for pics,huh?
Yep, sorry. He was on a roll that night--I was practicing one of my bellydance exercises (glute squeezes) and he stood just behind me, shook his head, and said, "That's really disturbing."
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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
... He was on a roll that night ...
Was it a cheese and tomato roll?
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"Don't knock it till you've tried it, kid."
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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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2-3 inches of sleet and freeznig rain followed by 2-3 inches of snow over it. My little backroad is twisty and hilly, and my driveway entrance is in the middle of a hill. Slid by that sucker twice this afternoon trying to get into my drive ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Yikes! Be careful out there, Bess! I have a friend who was in a multi-car pileup on the interstate in Michigan yesterday (no injury TBTG, but car is totaled). These are not unheard of in MI and IN, where they get the lake-effect snows on the eastern edge of Lake Michigan. But yesterday there was also a 40-car pileup on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago during heavy snow-squall and icy conditions.
Can't imagine what the folks in Boston are going through - 7 feet of snow so far and 11 inches away from an all-time record.
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Hey, Comet!
Quote from you:
"a one-mile "pioneer road" (AK poli speak for dirt road with ruts and no maintenance) "
The above quote is my road there, sister! I don't want to the county to fix it because our taxes will go up, so when we do get rain, I take the tractor to try to fill in the ruts. It's a losing battle, though. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
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Those of you still in Shrove Tuesday may like to observe the day correct;y, bu following these rituals, courtesy of Anglicans Online:
Shrove Tuesday
We were shriven yesterday and are now in Lent.
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We are in the middle of a record cold wave. Our predicted high temperature today is 5°F, and our predicted low is -8°F. The average high for this date is 46°F, and the low is 24°F. We also have about eight inches of snow on the ground.
It got much colder when I lived in New Hampshire, but everyone was prepared for it and knew how to handle it. The schools here are closed for the third day in a row, and all the Senior Center activities are cancelled. The Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at our church was cancelled, and the early Ash Wednesday service was cancelled also. I didn't make it to church yesterday; at that point the young men who were supposed to shovel my driveway hadn't arrived.
It's not supposed to reach normal temperatures anytime soon. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Originally posted by Moo:
It's not supposed to reach normal temperatures anytime soon.
We're not having normal temperatures here in the Phoenix area either -- we're quite a bit higher than normal and expect to hit 82F today.
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
We're not having normal temperatures here in the Phoenix area either -- we're quite a bit higher than normal and expect to hit 82F today.
Yup. I haven't had my furnace on in weeks, and have been keeping the windows open by day. I'm not sleeping with them open quite yet, though, and I still have the blanket on the bed. Haven't put the screen door in either, but I expect I'll do so in March. Ain't life grand in the Great Southwest? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) [We need an emoticon for gloat.]
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I heard on NPR today of a seminary, in New Hampshire, which is postponing Lent because of the cold. Ash Wednesday is now going to be -next- Wednesday. I have no idea how this is going to affect Easter. The person in charge was quoted as saying that they were just following the will of God, and God's will clearly was (given the ambient air temperatures) to bail on Lent.
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It was 45 at my house this morning, and tomorrow will likely be about 32.
All my orchids are in the laundry room (there's a window for light) and enjoying the warmer temps there.
I hope it doesn't freeze. We haven't had one for several years, giving my black sapote a chance to recover and actually give me a few fruits. It's a soft-wood tree and reacts very badly to freezing temps. There will be a lot of leaves and branches on the ground to clean up, I'm afraid.
Sunday will be in the 80's however! Then we'll complain about the heat. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Crikey, JJ - 32 today and in the 80s on Sunday! No happy medium, eh? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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That's pretty typical, Piglet! Cold snaps don't usually last very long. Thank goodness!
Yesterday the temps stayed in the upper 50's. I think it's supposed to get to the 60's today. So, I think that's our gradual warming process!
I don't think it got down to 32 this morning, but there was some frost.
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Crikey, JJ - 32 today and in the 80s on Sunday! No happy medium, eh?
25 at 0600, 65 at 1600 - actually typical High Desert day. The afternoons are fine and morning is comfortable if there is no wind. The local expression is "It's a dry cold".
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I understand from people who live in Labrador, where the temperatures are routinely in big minus numbers (it was -45°C and feeling like -55 with the wind-chill a couple of weeks ago) that it's easier to cope with because it's a dry cold.
Being stuck out in the ocean, the cold we get here is much damper, and seems to get into your bones, so it's probably just as well that it doesn't go much below -10°C all that often.
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