| Author | Message | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1243 Registered: 11-2003 |
I didn't know anything about the earthquake until today. It sounds like everyone is OK. That's good news. What I have been watching is the flooding in England. If any of our English members are living in any of the flooded areas I hope all is well with you. It sounds pretty bad. Sam | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1094 Registered: 10-2003 |
I second that. What little I've caught on the news about the flooding looks pretty bad. John | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 909 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yes, the flooding here in England has been dramatic to say the least with a number of people losing their lives as a result. I'm fortunate not to live in the flood hit area's but have been hit by many of the heavy rain storms. Needless to say it has eventually found it's way into one of the upstairs bedrooms but not in a massive way and it will soon get fixed. Jazzyvee | ||
| georgie_boy
Advanced Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 271 Registered: 8-2005 |
Try living in Scotland. The weather is crap ALL the time. We had some decent weather in April, but has rained and been windy every day since-------I'm NOT joking. Seems we are now entering Autumn (Fall) without any summer ever appearing. What have we done to the planet?? | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 334 Registered: 2-2003 |
Some years New England sounds a lot like Scotland. Apparently the new worlders' misnamed it. I've been saying for years now that the reason we live in New England is for those two weeks in June when the weather is perfect! Glad to hear everyone's OK. JP | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 912 Registered: 6-2002 |
Well I guess if we do get flooded out, the SC is about the right shape to paddle my boat to safety.... :-) hahaha Jazzyvee | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 823 Registered: 2-2005 |
I think Joey talks about Alembic boat oars in his setup post. LOL Keith | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1565 Registered: 6-2002 |
So that's what those U shaped thingies on the straplocks are for! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1279 Registered: 10-2002 |
Don't listen to George, we had at least an hour without rain today;-) Graeme | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1244 Registered: 11-2003 |
Was that 60 minutes all in a row or collectively? | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1217 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'll take the rain: They're calling for the next three days in Nashville to be 100 to 105 degrees. I'll be away from the phone, cooking dinner on the sidewalk. Leave a message. J o e y | ||
| georgie_boy
Advanced Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 276 Registered: 8-2005 |
You must have been asleep Graeme! G | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2170 Registered: 9-2003 |
Flash flooding here this AM in the NYC Metro area to go along with the 100% humidity and three-digit (or near) temps. EWR Airport was under water when I got here this AM. Apparently, this is contagious. Mother Nature is trying to tell us something...look-out Al Gore! LOL! | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1245 Registered: 11-2003 |
What's EWR? Is that Newark? Nicely laid out airport. I was at JFK a couple of weeks ago. I think their AC must have been out. It was miserable then and just in the 80s. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2172 Registered: 9-2003 |
Correct. All three major NYC Metro airports plus Teterboro are Port Authority Of NY/NJ facilites (amongst others like the Holland/Lincoln Tunnels, Geo. Washington/Bayonne/Goethals/Outerbridge bridges, PATH railroad etc.) of which I am a 15yr. career-long veteran employee. The weather here, especially underlined due to my recent trip out west, has been absolutely miserable...near 100F and 90%-plus humidity every day. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2173 Registered: 9-2003 |
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we just bought Stewart Airport (nee' Air Force Base) in upstate NY as well. | ||
| georgie_boy
Advanced Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 277 Registered: 8-2005 |
Glad you guys are getting as much crap as the rest of us!! Yet it was actually sunny this morning!!! | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1507 Registered: 2-2006 |
We've gone from one extreme to the other and then back again. We were under drought restrictions for about a year, then we had 2 months of solid rain and flooding, now we're back in the 90's and 100's and dry as a bone. That's Texas for ya' though! YEE-Haw! Olie | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 828 Registered: 2-2005 |
Yep, I'm sitting here at 99 F (37 C) expecting to go up to 103 F (39 C) today. A so called cold front is expected Friday. They say our temperature should drop to 92 F (33 C). Oh boy! :-O Keith | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 336 Registered: 2-2003 |
Kevin, You're with the Port Authority? A few weeks ago I had a run in with a few of your compatriots on the other side of town, the TBTA. They told me then that you Port Authority types aren't as nice as they are. Myself, I found it hard to believe. Can it be true? I can vouch for the weather there. it was hot and miserable, just like all the NYC drivers all around me.... JP | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2571 Registered: 7-2004 |
I grew up in New York and moved to California right out of high school. Discussions like the above confirm my long held belief that New York is a great place to be from ... with "from" being the operative word. Thank the powers that be for earthquakes or we'd be inundated out here even more than we are! Bill, tgo | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 307 Registered: 8-2002 |
I'm so glad that I live in Northern California on the "Central Coast" | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2175 Registered: 9-2003 |
JP: Being from a Public Agency, we are supposed to conduct ourselves in the public interest as professionals and act accordingly in order to minimize negative political impact on the agency and on the public-at-large in the most political of cities. Having said that, we're all individuals and, as such, some of us are more political than others. I try to remember that everyone is human and we all have our foibles. I treat others as I want to be treated, sometimes returning the favor when I'm presented with less than respectful treatment, LOL! Having just returned from CA and NV, I can tell you that the drivers aren't much better out there than they are here. Driving to/fro San Francisco was an exercise in patience. Bill, TGO: Yup, everyone wants to be out there, myself included. It appears the NYC Metro area has a similar problem...not a great place to live, but good if you wanna work and get paid. Personally, I'd love to be out there, but the PANYNJ doesn't have a branch out there and I'm 10yrs away from my pension and lifetime health benefits. Bummer! Cheers, Kevin | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1246 Registered: 11-2003 |
I did the online questionaire at the AARP website that's supposed to tell me the ideal place for me to live. (I know, I have too much time on my hands) The end result was San Francisco. I think there were 10 results total and all were California. Santa Rosa was ranked #3 based on my answers. Sam (Message edited by bracheen on August 09, 2007) | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2176 Registered: 9-2003 |
One can only wish. I felt great when I was on the Monterey Peninsula and in the SF Bay area. The climate is cool, breezy, lacks significant humidity (a la Joisey, that is) and is relatively constant year-round. My migraineur was minimal and my joints felt great. Plus the NorCal "central coast" offers some of the most spectacular riding around. I'm very jealous! One day, one day. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1281 Registered: 10-2002 |
Yesterday was sunny, today it's back to dreich. Graeme. * Dreich - a useful scottish word used when it's grey, damp and miserable. (standard scottish weather). | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1249 Registered: 11-2003 |
George sent me a photo of a lane near his home with overhanging tree limbs all covered in snow. I have it on my desktop at work thinking it might help. Nope, it didn't. I have gotten a lot of comments on it though. Folks here like your photography, George. | ||
| georgie_boy
Advanced Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 279 Registered: 8-2005 |
Plenty more where that came from Sam. Just let me know. Just remember that every photo I send (unless otherwise stated) is within 1/2 a mile of my front door. The picture you refer to is taken 50 yds. from my front door. Try and post it on the forum so that others with hot weather can gaze at it and dream. G | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1252 Registered: 11-2003 |
Not the same photo but very similar. I had to resize it to post and it got a little blurry.  | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 339 Registered: 2-2003 |
I hope that wasn't taken in the past week! There's a scene all too familiar in the hills of central MA. My back is starting to ache just looking at it. At least I don't have to shovel the rain..... JP | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5413 Registered: 5-2002 |
That's absolutely beautiful!!!! | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2178 Registered: 9-2003 |
It's only beautiful if you don't have to drive in it! LOL! |
