I think Ida broke me. I get overly worried about rain like this.
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I think Ida broke me. I get overly worried about rain like this.
It's the smell. Any time I get a whiff of mildew, it's like I'm teleported back to trying to open my door after the storm but had to kick it open because it was so swollen from the rain.
And I absolutely hate that.
My sister live in La. According to her, mold is the state flower. :)
It finally stopped raining, although we still can't flush our toilets.
That must present some problems. Especially the fact you have a family. Does the city provide any type of temp solution???Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I find it amazing the strength of, what I call, "the ties that bind". People that live in areas that are prone to hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, they just stay and rebuild. Family, friends, where they grew up, it has a hold on them. I understand, I can't see myself moving away from my family, no matter what happened.
No, but I have a few places that we can go to, erm, do our business.
Of course, for my son and me it's fairly easy to go #1. Just go out back to a part that's not visible to the road. Just a bit more difficult for the ladies.
Flushable toilets are back.
Glad to hear it. Somethings are best done at home. :)
Was this just your house or a neighborhood problem???
Probably a combination.
The home I lease had the same exact problem when it'd rain hard, but I switched it from a cesspool to a sewage treatment system and the problem stopped.
The parish doesn't offer sewage treatment in my area, so unless you do like what I did in the house I'm leasing, I imagine you're probably running into the same issue.
Definitely don't have that problem here. There's a good chance we wont see rain again until October or later. Occasionally we might get a little rain passing through but usually it will evaporate before it hits the ground and we just get a humid day.
Hot and dry, that's what I'm use to. I went to Houston to visit my sister, never knew 90degree weather could be so miserable, 90 here during the summer seems very pleasant. But I guess if you live there, it's just normal and not a problem.
I have finally had a day without rain. It's been a while. Still turtles, though. Mostly painted turtles, but I encountered a pair of snapping turtles on the path yesterday (not together).
Unlike the little kid at the fair, I do not care for turtles too much.
There was one time that I went fishing and this same turtle took my bait like 10 times; and trying to unhook a turtle is very unpleasant.
No to mention that a snapping turtle scared the ever-living crap out of me one time.
I just looked it up and found that there's actually two types of snapping turtles: common and alligator.
Probably my ignorance, but I just thought that alligator snapping turtles were older common snapping turtles.
How about an update? Where abouts are you?? Or are you in the witness protection program?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I'm not sure which one of you to blame for repeating the same mistake 10 times. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by dday9
c'est vrai
Nothing exciting going on???
Me either, most exciting thing was a crown came off my tooth. Luckily got into the dentist pretty quickly. Even more lucky was they just had to recement it and not replace it. A new one is @ $2k. That always hurts.
Nope. Right now, I'm playing the "it's works fine in staging but is as slow as a snail in production" game which is never fun.
Coincidentally, my kids have a dentist appointment this morning. They literally just left the house.
Turtles don't learn. I caught a soft shelled turtle (perhaps the meanest turtle in the world). Rather than getting near that mouth, I just cut the line. I then tied on a new hook...and promptly caught the exact same turtle. So, now I left him with two piercings. A very punk turtle, by that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I'm in Columbus Ohio. I broke my camera the other day and have to get a new one. Using my phone just sucks. The phone is my navigation device and too hard to repurpose just for a picture.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
If you're curious about my adventure, you can track it on CycleBlaze. Just take the slow road.
Yeah, they can put the bite on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Thanks, I have been curious.Quote:
If you're curious about my adventure, you can track it on CycleBlaze. Just take the slow road.
I checked out a few of your entries. Your very prolific. That journal will probably be longer than War and Peace by the end of your trip. :)
Well, yeah. Every day is a day, and there will be a lot of them.