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10-06-20, 06:52 AM
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The question was a pointed reminder of the good old days, at the prior witch doctor's office, where even the receptionist knew I was a cyclist. I stopped by there a few times on my bike to drop stuff off. I think they thought I was kind of crazy.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
10-06-20, 06:55 AM
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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents
Still raining, from Gamma, and now we've got this one coming through. We are on the southern edge of the cone, on the western half of the peninsula. 7+ inches currently in the rain guage. Today was to be the last. Looks like at least one more.
Many glass half full options:
1) We are not in the city, a place with no storm sewers. It would be a large lake by now, with water in the houses and businesses as well. No motor traffic on the streets unless you have very high clearance.
2) We have a half hectare of our own and open land on all sides. But a lake is still forming out back.
3) The house is a half meter up from grade
4) The house is well stocked
5) The patch on my portion of the roof has worked wonderfully. If we can find an hour without rain, there is another spot that needs it.
6) There is no place either of us needs to go.
7) We are in pancake land. No valleys to fill with run-off. The south of the state, where there are hills and valleys, is likely suffering massively. And to top it off, they are in the midst of the citrus harvest. Let's hope they don't lose it.
I wish we could send a couple days worth to California.
#WhenItRainsItPours
Still raining, from Gamma, and now we've got this one coming through. We are on the southern edge of the cone, on the western half of the peninsula. 7+ inches currently in the rain guage. Today was to be the last. Looks like at least one more.
Many glass half full options:
1) We are not in the city, a place with no storm sewers. It would be a large lake by now, with water in the houses and businesses as well. No motor traffic on the streets unless you have very high clearance.
2) We have a half hectare of our own and open land on all sides. But a lake is still forming out back.
3) The house is a half meter up from grade
4) The house is well stocked
5) The patch on my portion of the roof has worked wonderfully. If we can find an hour without rain, there is another spot that needs it.
6) There is no place either of us needs to go.
7) We are in pancake land. No valleys to fill with run-off. The south of the state, where there are hills and valleys, is likely suffering massively. And to top it off, they are in the midst of the citrus harvest. Let's hope they don't lose it.
I wish we could send a couple days worth to California.
#WhenItRainsItPours
10-06-20, 07:04 AM
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Here, we went yellow this week, and everyone is taking their masks off.
10-06-20, 07:08 AM
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Oh-Oh... abshipp better find his mask and be on his good behavior.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/loc...-this-weekend/
https://www.mystateline.com/news/loc...-this-weekend/
Masked / unmasked ratio was, at the time I was in there yesterday evening, 3/8
10-06-20, 07:09 AM
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We did not sleep so well last night either. With the colder weather, we had a mouse in the house. Jackie went crazy chasing it but seemed to want to play with it rather than kill it. She chased around all night long and kept me up most of the night. Somehow she finally got the mouse as it was left next to the bed in the morning. Poor little mousie, I feel a little bad for him, I didn't really want him dead but just to stay out of the house.
10-06-20, 07:11 AM
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Ended up with 1800 miles and about 30 hours in the car.
Worth it:
Worth it:
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10-06-20, 07:15 AM
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Dismantled the woodpile yesterday and found at least four mice, who tried to stare me down before running away. They're cute outdoors. In the house, I want them dead.
10-06-20, 08:11 AM
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In some parts, they aren't even putting them on. Sad!
10-06-20, 08:28 AM
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We have a rat in the attic. I've got three traps set up, and he just makes fun of me by eating the bait and not setting them off. There's even one Hard plastic trap that he's chewed the edges that were once rectangular and now round. I'm hoping that he's not done that to important structures or cables.
10-06-20, 08:29 AM
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10-06-20, 08:49 AM
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Our last place we had the computer desk at the front door and the cat would bring his treasures back to the door mat after he caught them. One day Mrs John was sitting at the desk eating and kitty brought a large gopher there and started dismantling it in front of her. She wasn't able to finish eating with that going on 3 feet away.
10-06-20, 09:10 AM
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We have a rat in the attic. I've got three traps set up, and he just makes fun of me by eating the bait and not setting them off. There's even one Hard plastic trap that he's chewed the edges that were once rectangular and now round. I'm hoping that he's not done that to important structures or cables.
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We have a rat in the attic. I've got three traps set up, and he just makes fun of me by eating the bait and not setting them off. There's even one Hard plastic trap that he's chewed the edges that were once rectangular and now round. I'm hoping that he's not done that to important structures or cables.
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10-06-20, 09:28 AM
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10-06-20, 09:42 AM
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That's the spirit.
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10-06-20, 09:45 AM
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10-06-20, 09:46 AM
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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents
Still raining, from Gamma, and now we've got this one coming through. We are on the southern edge of the cone, on the western half of the peninsula. 7+ inches currently in the rain guage. Today was to be the last. Looks like at least one more.
Many glass half full options:
1) We are not in the city, a place with no storm sewers. It would be a large lake by now, with water in the houses and businesses as well. No motor traffic on the streets unless you have very high clearance.
2) We have a half hectare of our own and open land on all sides. But a lake is still forming out back.
3) The house is a half meter up from grade
4) The house is well stocked
5) The patch on my portion of the roof has worked wonderfully. If we can find an hour without rain, there is another spot that needs it.
6) There is no place either of us needs to go.
7) We are in pancake land. No valleys to fill with run-off. The south of the state, where there are hills and valleys, is likely suffering massively. And to top it off, they are in the midst of the citrus harvest. Let's hope they don't lose it.
I wish we could send a couple days worth to California.
#WhenItRainsItPours
Still raining, from Gamma, and now we've got this one coming through. We are on the southern edge of the cone, on the western half of the peninsula. 7+ inches currently in the rain guage. Today was to be the last. Looks like at least one more.
Many glass half full options:
1) We are not in the city, a place with no storm sewers. It would be a large lake by now, with water in the houses and businesses as well. No motor traffic on the streets unless you have very high clearance.
2) We have a half hectare of our own and open land on all sides. But a lake is still forming out back.
3) The house is a half meter up from grade
4) The house is well stocked
5) The patch on my portion of the roof has worked wonderfully. If we can find an hour without rain, there is another spot that needs it.
6) There is no place either of us needs to go.
7) We are in pancake land. No valleys to fill with run-off. The south of the state, where there are hills and valleys, is likely suffering massively. And to top it off, they are in the midst of the citrus harvest. Let's hope they don't lose it.
I wish we could send a couple days worth to California.
#WhenItRainsItPours
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10-06-20, 09:49 AM
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10-06-20, 10:03 AM
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10-06-20, 10:05 AM
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I'm currently eating lunch outside without a mask. Unless you count my smile that hides the deep wounds suffered by reading most of @Velo Vol's posts.
10-06-20, 10:13 AM
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Did you see any cyclists on the roads?
10-06-20, 10:42 AM
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The hawk is out.
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We did not sleep so well last night either. With the colder weather, we had a mouse in the house. Jackie went crazy chasing it but seemed to want to play with it rather than kill it. She chased around all night long and kept me up most of the night. Somehow she finally got the mouse as it was left next to the bed in the morning. Poor little mousie, I feel a little bad for him, I didn't really want him dead but just to stay out of the house.
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I'm currently eating lunch outside without a mask. Unless you count my smile that hides the deep wounds suffered by reading most of @Velo Vol's posts.
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10-06-20, 10:52 AM
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You missed out. Even DougRNS makes it a point to see the Squirrel.
Did you see any cyclists on the roads?
Did you see any cyclists on the roads?
One who I imagined would be shortly freezing his ass off descending the Blue Ridge Parkway in 45° temps.
Two groups of two on a little back road near Mt. Mitchell.
One on a back road near Greenville SC.