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Things that frustrate us all
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Doing my best! The inhalers have been my salvation.
Did you clear your cookies? I believe that will also do it.
Probably not a ghost, but definitely sinister!
That typo is sadly more accurate than one would wish.
One of the trails where we walk our dogs goes under a highway, and right off to the side of it there was a big patch of burned grass and bushes where we think someone must have thrown cigarette out of their window and started it on fire. Everything out here has been bone dry since we haven't had significant rain in months so fires are really easy to start.
The weather has been driving me crazy today. The first thing we do in the morning is walk the dogs, and when I checked radar on the Weather Channel app, and it showed a big huge green blob of rain over our area about an hour later, so we decided to take them on a shorter than usual walk. It never rained at any time around our walk, so I checked again when we got finished to see if it would rain when I wanted to go out on my bike ride. It showed a bunch of rain all disipating as it came towards us so I went, and while I was out I got hit by a few random drops. When I took my break about half way through my ride, I checked the weather again, and it showed another another big green blob coming over us, so I when it started raining more, and a tiny bit steadier, I decided to just head home. It never did more than a light drizzle and stopped before I made it home. Once I got home I kept checking to see outside if was raining, to see if it might be safe to go back out on my bike. Ever time I went to the backdoor it was just barely starting to rain, so I'd decide to stay home, but then it would look like it stopped, so I'd take a closer look, and it would just barely start again. It did this about three or four time before I gave up.
Earlier this afternoon I checked the weather app, because I was thinking about going out now that the rain was supposed stop, and it showed a yellow blob of heavy rain going over us a couple hours later, so decided to stay home. It's now a couple hours later and there hasn't been a drop of rain and when I checked the weather app again, the radar showed no rain anywhere near us.
@Avro Arrow : Quite a few people in eastern Washington don’t think about burn bans.
Sorry I could not resist the typo you did..
brought a huge grin to my face. I mean that's a huuuuuuuge garden
It just struck me as really odd. Even if we weren't in the middle of the disaster we're currently in, if I had to do some weeding, my first thought would definitely not have been "kill it with fire".
That sounds like a Beavis solution to the weed problem.
Strangely, the guy's last name was Gamgree*Sorry I could not resist the typo you did..
*not really.
My thought as well, but I know people from different walks of life in that part of the state and… well… some do not consider things before they act.It just struck me as really odd. Even if we weren't in the middle of the disaster we're currently in, if I had to do some weeding, my first thought would definitely not have been "kill it with fire".
Burning out weeds is a time honored tradition in the Pacific Northwest. I've read a lot of fun, and humorous articles, by local riders who enjoy such stories.
Is it stupid? Yes. Do people do it anyway? Yes.
I am well aware. And, to be fair, during the school year, a neighbor across the street from the preschool torched his weeds. He’s lucky he didn’t torch his house.
It's not just Costco. Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, Spirit Halloween shops are setting up.
Back to School isn't even done yet...ugh.
I know, right? I was thinking, “let’s get out of summer first!!”
Seems way too early. The leaves haven’t even changed colors yet.
Halloween is the best season of all (I say this as this is my favorite holiday), but even I am taken aback by how far ahead Halloween stuff has been brought out. Early August? August?! Really, people?
What's next, we'll see Easter stuff in stores starting in November?
What's next, we'll see Easter stuff in stores starting in November?
That’s like what was in It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown. Christmas stuff at Easter…
Don't be ridiculous.
It's going to be in January.
My dad used to hate how early he'd have to do Halloween candy when he worked retail.
Seems like the holidays are getting 'prepared' further and further back. Very easy to burn out on holidays this way.
(Hell, it's easy to go through holiday burnout already.)