Congratulations on the new house, Gud!
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Jun 10, 2013 4:33:59 pm PDT #25509 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
beth b - Jun 10, 2013 4:46:50 pm PDT #25510 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
yay for new house,
yay for 100 years,
dinner I should do that .
I'm sure there is more I should say - just so I don't sound like an echo , but that doesn't seem to be possible.
I have just enough different things going on at work that I lost track of time, and somehow left early when I thought I was leaving late. My brain is in crooked I think
sarameg - Jun 10, 2013 5:09:40 pm PDT #25511 of 30001
The shopvac is being put to use tonight.
I haven't needed it for water purposes in a couple years. That much storm.
sarameg - Jun 10, 2013 5:32:52 pm PDT #25512 of 30001
Always make sure there isn't a box of packing peanuts precariously balanced near where you are vacuuming up water. Cause then you have to touch the gross water to fish them out before dumping.
Cass - Jun 10, 2013 5:36:45 pm PDT #25513 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That much storm.
Hope the shop vac sucks up all of the water and you can sleep knowing you aren't flooding soon.
It's weird. I lived in Portland for seven years and there was a lot of rain, some flooding. Since moving back to the desert, I have to stop and *think* about how there is that much water still in places. The entire world didn't dry up just because mine mostly did.
Always make sure there isn't a box of packing peanuts precariously balanced near where you are vacuuming up water. Cause then you have to touch the gross water to fish them out before dumping.
I feel like I will always fail this test.
sarameg - Jun 10, 2013 5:41:17 pm PDT #25514 of 30001
Well, I certainly did!
It's not much water. Honestly, I could leave it alone, everything that needs to be is off the floor. We're talking trickles and puddles a lot of towels could handle. Well, and where the depression for cleanout fills. That's maybe a couple cups worth and it kindly is lowest, so refills.
I do think I need to replace the filter on the shopvac. My eyes are a little burny. But that could also be the tequila.
Cass - Jun 10, 2013 7:05:06 pm PDT #25515 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My eyes are a little burny. But that could also be the tequila.
Mine are too. But it's totally the wildfire. And not, yet, the cocktail I made.
Cool air seems to trump air quality so I have my windows open. It might smell nice (but too much) if I hadn't driven past the fire yesterday. Over 1,600 acres and probably won't be contained for at least a week. So it smells more sad.
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2013 7:12:51 pm PDT #25516 of 30001
brillig
The entire world didn't dry up just because mine mostly did.
I was legitimately boggled at all the unassisted green everywhere when I went back to Pennsylvania. I honestly was thinking "Man, they spend a lot of time watering those fields--oh wait. They have rain here."
Vortex - Jun 10, 2013 7:17:58 pm PDT #25517 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ms. Belle and ita (and others) GINGHAM!
Cass - Jun 10, 2013 7:33:15 pm PDT #25518 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I was legitimately boggled at all the unassisted green everywhere when I went back to Pennsylvania. I honestly was thinking "Man, they spend a lot of time watering those fields--oh wait. They have rain here."
Moving to San Diego was weird after various deserts, but it was still basically a desert with good irrigation. Moving to Portland was a total revelation. It wasn't just that things could actually grow there, moss grew if you didn't move things around.
That, I actually miss. The sunsets and skies are spectacular here but I miss water just existing.