I've been blessed again by a well shaded house. It's 75 here, but my house is still cool. I am already running A/C though. I switched my unit to A/C & Heat about a week ago. I also turned it completely off for a couple of days and had the back door open in the afternoon. Last night it was up to 78 in here before I realized and turned it back on.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - May 29, 2020 3:25:10 am PDT #21773 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Toddson - May 29, 2020 4:02:22 am PDT #21774 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
It was so humid I turned the AC on Wednesday evening ... couldn't stand the damp.
Theodosia - May 29, 2020 4:11:42 am PDT #21775 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I put my bedroom AC on for a little bit last night to see if it worked, snd also to blow out the dust that's accumulated. Mostly the big box fan in the window was adequate, though.
-t - May 29, 2020 4:57:24 am PDT #21776 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Finally cooled off overnight, here.
Jessica - May 29, 2020 5:41:37 am PDT #21777 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The thingy was saying that next year is the target year, but this is the early birds, so next year will be the big year, I guess?
This year is Brook IX (on time) + some of Brood X (1 year early), so in places where their territories overlap, there will be cicadas everywhere. (That's what happened in 1986 and it SUCKED.)
(Or maybe it was 1987 and it was Brood X + latecomers from Brood IX? Either way you couldn't walk outside without 6 or 7 of them landing on you and it was very very gross all the time.)
Katerina Bee - May 29, 2020 6:17:58 am PDT #21778 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
I used to live in the cicada zone. What an awful noise they made. When I was little I thought it was coming from the power lines.
Now I live in a place where it gets so hot the cats turn into limp ribbons lying,on the floor near the fan.
Toddson - May 29, 2020 6:57:01 am PDT #21779 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I live in what's basically a reclaimed swamp, so the humidity is horrible. A writer for the Boston Globe, posted in DC, wrote a book called "It Came From The Swamp". Her comment on the air quality in the summer was, "it's like trying to breathe clam broth" (which I quote a lot when it reaches that point).
Steph L. - May 29, 2020 7:05:54 am PDT #21780 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm about to unfriend a bunch of people on Facebook because they're clutching their pearls over the audacity of people rioting because they've been systematically dehumanized and murdered by the people in power. That riots are just an excuse to loot. That it's hypocrisy to try to "rank" whether murder or a riot is worse.
Jesus Franklin Lloyd Wright Christ. What the fuck is wrong with people?
-t - May 29, 2020 7:14:01 am PDT #21781 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, Tep. Even if I were inclined to entertain the "oh no looting" mindset (which I am not and I am grateful I haven't had it dumped on me yet today) it's pretty obvious that murder is worse!
Laura - May 29, 2020 7:22:31 am PDT #21782 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I don't endorse looting, but property can be replaced, lives can't.