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.
I'm far to lazy for that complete of a description of the journey. My journal would end up being the size of a pamphlet. :)
I can't write very well.
I tend to write too many words.
Although, I do know how to use: they're going over there for their stuff.
And I know that in order to include palindromes that the letters need to be the same read forward as they are backwards, e.g. racecar. Radar is a palindrome too.
Madam, I am Adam.
I do tend to write a lot. I'm a quick typist, so typing words is easier than any other type of writing for me.
I also know that there are a class of sentence that can be spoken, but which cannot be correctly written. I try to avoid using those.
Writing is different today. When I was in college I had to use a typewriter, a dictionary and white out. Some mistakes were so bad you just had to retype the whole page. Being a slow two finger typer, just made it a long task. Which I never enjoyed. What's nice about a forum like this is I don't care much if my sentencing is correct.
When I was in high school I took a typing class and got to be a fairly quick touch typist and I enjoyed it. But things change.
Supposed to be @ 86 here today.
I don't have the hair for that.
Dear lord.....
as much as i love the 80-ies (i grew up in the 80-ies after all), some things should have been forbidden....
The guy that's second from the right looks like Gene Simmons without his makeup.
But you have the outfit???Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
That's KISS mid 80s
from left to right
Bruce Kulick, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr
Ah! They all look so young, and I'm not used to that, so I wasn't 100% sure.
Cycling outfits tend to be colorful.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
You should see the every-day fashion of "Skydivers" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I know an austrian skydiver, who makes his own "colorful" jump-suits
Every time i meet him, i think of Tony Stark's quote in the first Avenger-Movie:
"Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?"
:bigyello:
I’m visiting Arkansas for the week and the weather is so tranquil.
If I get hot under the sun, resting under shade cools me off.
It’s crazy how well the shade cools you down too.
Suppose to be 102 here today and 104 tomorrow. Feel bad for my son he's going to be camping in this heat for the next three days.
Glad we don't have much humidity here.
Oof, that's got to be miserable.
I used to really enjoy camping when I was younger. Now I'd prefer staying in my camper and call it camping.
I'm hiding from heat and humidity today. A front is coming. Tomorrow will start some nice weather.
Yeah, he is tent camping. But they're at a lake so he should be able to cool off if he wants. Sleeping might be a problem. As long as my AC doesn't quit the heat wont bother me at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I read most of your journal from yesterday. Sounded like a miserable ride. Humidity is the worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I'm back home, but my legs are completely tore up.
I guess they call them "no-see-ums", but my legs are riddled with bite marks and it's tough not to itch them.
I hope not human human bite marks. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Well, it looks like the western part of the state is going to get hit by a topical depression with them taking the brunt of the wind and the eastern part taking the brunt of the rain.
It's been raining so much here, it does have me a bit concerned.