|
|
Post by outside cat @wino on May 28, 2013 5:05:54 GMT 2
It will be kultcheralll for them no doubt
|
|
|
|
Post by Scrubb on May 28, 2013 5:18:55 GMT 2
I picture the Environment Canada office as having a massive roulette wheel and "meteorologists" with maniacal laughs and bottomless coffee cups. Ha ha! My husband actually works in the same building as the local EC Weather Office and is friends with one of the meteorologists and one of their computer people. About 5 years ago (or maybe even more), all forecasting for Saskatchewan was moved out of the province. our forecasting is now done in either Edmonton or Winnipeg, can't remember which. So I don't know why they still have a full time meteorologist around, but they do. HE just doens't get to do any meteorology. The local people keep track of how many days the forecast is accurate. And, as one would expect, it plummeted after the forecasting was moved away. But they aren't allowed to go public with that, of course. |
|
|
|
Post by shrjeff on May 28, 2013 5:51:14 GMT 2
i thought that the only thing winnipeg could predict was that there would be mosquitoes  |
|
|
|
Post by sophie on May 28, 2013 6:00:05 GMT 2
We had an election in our area recently which went totally opposite what the pollsters predicted. Afterwards, one of the witty comments I heard was that pollsters were invented to make meteorologists look good.
|
|
|
|
Post by tlefty on May 28, 2013 10:28:33 GMT 2
OK, it was a pork steak marinated in soy (1/4 cup), honey (2 tbs), ginger (1 tsp), garlic (1 tsp) and cooked with onions. I have leftovers tonight - yum! Plus I had beer - I am not sure if I like smoked porters but it would be AWESOME to cook with.
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on May 28, 2013 12:32:55 GMT 2
We had an election in our area recently which went totally opposite what the pollsters predicted. Afterwards, one of the witty comments I heard was that pollsters were invented to make meteorologists look good. That's funny! Dinner, only 12 more hours away. |
|
|
|
Post by tlefty on May 28, 2013 13:11:10 GMT 2
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on May 30, 2013 1:09:56 GMT 2
Is anybody home?
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on May 30, 2013 1:37:06 GMT 2
nope!
|
|
|
|
Post by slowcoach on May 30, 2013 1:44:30 GMT 2
I'm not here.
|
|
|
|
Post by mapletree3 on May 30, 2013 2:36:45 GMT 2
I was here but I'm gone now.
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on May 30, 2013 3:08:45 GMT 2
I see.
|
|
|
|
Post by shrjeff on May 30, 2013 4:17:10 GMT 2
zoooooom... there goes my shadow...............
|
|
|
|
Post by mapletree3 on May 30, 2013 5:18:12 GMT 2
Here I am....alone now in this place of dust and shadows.
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on May 30, 2013 12:54:54 GMT 2
And now it is my turn.
Another 33C day is on tap, bringing July into May yet again.
F@rk I just spilled most of my tea on the (old beatup) sofa. I blame DC's subway system as I was reading about its latest travails when this happened.
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on May 30, 2013 13:55:34 GMT 2
it is warm-ish and sunny today. yey! finally!
|
|
|
|
Post by itsasmallworld1 on May 30, 2013 14:42:51 GMT 2
Hello all, lovely day here.
Pero, maybe the subway's vibrations made you spill the tea?
|
|
|
|
Post by mapletree3 on May 30, 2013 16:23:48 GMT 2
Good morning nerds and dust bunnies.
Hooray for sunshine! Well not here, it's raining again here, but to those of you lucky enough to have sunshine...hooray!
I hope it was a tea coloured sofa, pero!
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on May 30, 2013 16:31:01 GMT 2
Hi all.
It's the vibrations emanating from critics-on-Twitter. And I have to ride it tonight. I'm not too thrilled at this point.
The sofa is a medium-plaid color. I don't think it's going to show up. Anyway, its days are numbered. Now the rug, on the other hand didn't sustain too much damage.
|
|
|
|
Post by Scrubb on May 30, 2013 17:14:18 GMT 2
It was sunny when I got up but there's some cloud now. Still nice, though. This morning I am going out to:
- pick up my tomato plants from my friend's house
- buy chicken from the food coop
- buy stakes for the tomato plants
- buy mint and parsley bedding plants (I planted mint seeds nearly 2 weeks ago and don't see much sign of success)
Then I have to plant everything, and water my garden plot that I share with my Mom.
But right now I'm sitting on the couch drinking coffee (and being careful not to spill it when the city bus goes past and shakes the house, thanks to pero's story) and surfing here.
|
|
|
|
Post by Scrubb on May 30, 2013 22:30:44 GMT 2
Well, 12 tomato plants in the ground, in 2 separate gardens. And parsley in a pot. And 2 gardens watered. And groceries bought.
And the lawn mowed.
Now I'm running an 8 km route to the gym, followed by a short workout, after which we'll go visit my MIL.
I'm feeling quite virtuous!
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on May 30, 2013 22:39:59 GMT 2
and so you should, scrubb! well done!
|
|
|
|
Post by itsasmallworld1 on May 30, 2013 23:42:38 GMT 2
*thinks she has worked out just by reading Scrubb's post
|
|
|
|
Post by Scrubb on May 31, 2013 2:18:26 GMT 2
Well, I cut the run short - just didn't have energy. Only went 5.5 kms.
I think I finished my whole to-do list today!
Now for the best part of the day - supper!
|
|
|
|
Post by tlefty on May 31, 2013 10:37:35 GMT 2
Evening.
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on May 31, 2013 11:55:27 GMT 2
morning!
lovely neighbours moving out today. I hope the next lot will be nice too! (not THE very loverly neighbour, though, phew. my eyes can still feast on him.)
|
|
|
|
Post by mapletree3 on Jun 1, 2013 0:06:00 GMT 2
I hope your new neighbours are truly lovely...and also nice to look at!
I saw a Great Horned Owl while we were driving on the highway last night at dusk. It was silhouetted high on the branch of a dead Poplar tree. So impressive! So big!
This weather has turned me into a slug...I think I may even be leaving a trail of slime behind me when I walk. Blah!
|
|
|
|
Post by Peromyscus on Jun 1, 2013 12:23:54 GMT 2
Great Horned Owl, woo. I need to get out and go birding this morning.
Annie, I hope your new neighbors are as nice as the departed ones.
Mapes, is it that hot outside?
|
|
|
|
Post by mapletree3 on Jun 1, 2013 16:38:37 GMT 2
No, not hot at all...cold and raining, dark and dreary. I'm a cold weather slug. Need sunshine....
|
|
|
|
Post by tinier_dragon on Jun 1, 2013 16:56:22 GMT 2
sunshine? come on over....
|
|
