It is weird hearing about smoke and bad air and not being in it. Masks and respirators help, if you have access to any - those masks with the valve that we aren't supposed to use for COVID are pretty sweet for smoke. It's one of those obvious things that I forget I can do so I am reminding those of you who are in it that it might be something to remember.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
-t - Jun 07, 2023 9:08:14 am PDT #22585 of 29995
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2023 9:33:00 am PDT #22586 of 29995
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
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Yesterday was a surprise retirement dinner for my best friend at a Brazillian steakhouse. I got followed and accosted by a very aggressive panhandler on my way in, which I can't imagine working to solicit handouts. Maybe people who are scared of him throw money (rather than the punches I was tempted to)? Fortunately, good company and eating enough beef to satisfy a mountain lion salvaged the evening.
meara - Jun 07, 2023 9:35:52 am PDT #22587 of 29995
It is weird hearing about smoke and bad air and not being in it
Agree!!
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2023 9:40:43 am PDT #22588 of 29995
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Steph L. - Jun 07, 2023 9:41:44 am PDT #22589 of 29995
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Current photo of Manhattan
Holy EPA, Batman!
Jessica - Jun 07, 2023 9:55:58 am PDT #22590 of 29995
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Current photo of Manhattan
Apparently NYC has the 2nd worst air quality in the world right now. (I have to assume Quebec is winning/losing that race, since it is literally on fire??)
P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2023 10:13:44 am PDT #22591 of 29995
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My sympathies. We've had at least a few weeks of that every damn summer since 2017. I would say you get used to it, but you really don't.
(Still decent air and blue skies here, though we're so much closer to some of the worst of the Canadian fires. The wind that's saving us is apparently screwing you.)
(ETA: Ah, you're getting the Quebec smoke, not the Northeast BC smoke. Gotta disambiguate the smoke. In my defense, Denver was getting the BC smoke recently.)
amyparker - Jun 07, 2023 10:24:58 am PDT #22592 of 29995
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
If the budget will stretch to such and you or someone you know has a membership, Costco has the BlueAir 121 purifier on sale until the 11th; I have one and it got us through last year's round of "We're number one! In sucky air quality!" If it doesn't, Corsi-Rosenthal boxes to the rescue!
P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2023 10:28:02 am PDT #22593 of 29995
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If the budget will stretch to such and you or someone you know has a membership, Costco has the BlueAir 121 purifier on sale until the 11th; I have one and it got us through last year's round of "We're number one! In sucky air quality!"
The September Sneak Attack! I thought we were finally going to make it a summer without the hellsmoke. Nope. Nope.
Also, I guess we should get one of those.
amyparker - Jun 07, 2023 10:34:12 am PDT #22594 of 29995
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
Yes you should, and if the filters are on sale, grab one of those as well.