SiG Lady

I'm creeping up dangerously close to 11,000 posts, and wonder if confetti will fall from the sky at that moment . . .

The oven arrived!!! 104 degrees!!! We're dyin' up here!!!!

Well, they say WE will be "in the oven" for the next five days. I am NOT amused. NOT EVEN. :angry2:

Wow, talk about dredging up ancient history!!! But, FYI, I did go in there with Snow Crash, and the rest is history, book-wise. I read several more by Stephenson after that, not to mention Allan Steele. In fact one of our regular book donors to the Jail just donated (among others) Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. What an incredible book THAT was! Flex's suggestion of the Brownell's catalog was, well, original. Anyway, that was my FIRST hip replacement. Now I'm trying to recall which book I brought for the SECOND hip replacement a few years later. Yes, wouldn't that be weird if all this was some kind of a dream since 2002 . . . ? :ph34r:

Well, like a lot of borderline issues, the "dead animal" images were showing signs of getting a little out-of-hand at one point, and so it was decided to voluntarily avoid posting them.

(snicker, giggle, etc.)

Be careful what you wish for . . .

A poker face works as well in competition shooting as it does in cards.

That's why I live in a fairly small community. We have moments of gridlock in isolated places, but never in places where I need to be or at times I need to be there. I'd hate to be obliged to travel frequently by air anymore. Whatta hassle.

(smirk, chuckle, chortle . . .)

Entertaining liners from movies and TV: “. . . meaner’n an acre of snakes.” --James Arness as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall “He has the attention span of a ferret on crystal meth.” --from the movie Domino “Savannah (GA) is like ‘Gone With the Wind’ on mescaline!” --John Cusack, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil “That’ll burn the beak off a buzzard.” --Doc Adams, Gunsmoke, referring to someone's homemade corn whisky

Yes, I know. But it's a matter of perspective. The Pacific Northwest has changed in climate so much in the last, say, ten years, that we've become something we never used to be. We no longer have the reputation as being the "Pacific Northwet" but are now considered seriously "in drought" and it's affecting agriculture like you wouldn't believe. Some farmers have simply stopped farming. Water conservation is now normal. Water rationing is following close behind The extended periods of higher heat at odd times of the year (or more often during the year) is killing us in more ways than one. All this was unheard of just a handful of years ago . . . when we began to notice ourselves being several (to more than several) inches of rain behind the norm each successive year. I was worried about this long ago. It's more like California here now. And that's not good. It's just plain hotter here now. For us to live through a nearly month-long heat-wave in June, of all months, is outrageous--and scary. Temps in the high 90s or triple digits used to be rare. And I don't have to tell you how dangerous these conditions are with regard to wildfires. Jeez. So, for US, a temperature of 100 (or 100+) degrees is both unusual AND unhealthy for many of us. Our future here in the Pacific Northwest is now in question, and local scientists are scrambling for answers to questions about water supply, agriculture, human health, and commerce. We're in trouble "up here."

We're pretty much back to normal here. Been mainly overcast (with only bits of sun) and in the mid-70s. Could hardly ask for more. What wonderful relief! They predict it will remain this way for the usual week-ahead prognostication.

Perhaps it's more a matter of the QUALITY of your posts than the number. Not to mention those of us who've posted excessively in the Humor Forum and not had our posts counted in that location.

Aw, you're just getting started, Ranger! Keep up the good work.

We're cooling down! We're cooling down! Blessed relief.

What Hi-Power Jack said. :D

Good grief, how lucky you are. Out here, for Jet Stream reasons, we're toast.

I take The Flag seriously and the fly-over at the Super Bowl brings tears to my eyes. That's how I feel about it. Totally grateful.

Early technology 'sanitary napkins' made excellent thick pressure bandages. My mom used to carry two or three in the car's first aid box of tricks. I'm not sure if they manufacture the old-fashioned kind any longer--the new ones are made of thin something-or-other and may not function in the same way and don't have the end ties that the old ones had. I never used those bulky things anyway (I was a tampon kind of gal), so didn't keep up with the evolution of the absorbency technology.

OK, so yesterday's official high temp was 101 degrees. And it really felt like it, believe me.

100 degrees, 14% humidity. It's getting worse by the day . . .

Ugh, it's 98-99 degrees here. Unheard of for this time of year (for the most part). However, the humidity is only 17% which is as low as I've ever seen here. We've become a desert.

Yes, it does look like a ninja turtle . . .

Arrgghhh!!