Subj : weather  was: food option
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Wed Sep 04 2019 09:12:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>> Even though I never had to commute for a long distance for work one of
 BM>> the requirements for a car I was purchasing was air conditioning:
 BM>> don't want to begin the work dayy all sweaty and perspiration-soaked
 BM>> clothes! As for your heat wave, glad was short and you had a breeze.
 NB>> So were we... ;)  My first car (and maybe my second) didn't have a/c,
 NB>> but after renting a car that did have it, and finding that my
 NB>> allergies were triggered less, we made sure to have it in our cars,
 NB>> too... :) It's become pretty standard nowadays, anyway... ;)
 BM> Yes, along with power steering, power brakes, electric windows.... I
 BM> do have a checklist of sorts to remind of the personal requirements.
 BM> Rear window defogger/defroster is another.
 NB> In NYS, that last has been required for decades... It may be
 NB> still classified as an option, but the vehicle can't be sold here
 NB> without it... considered a safety item...

Easier to see that car behind and one lane over so can change lanes!



 BM>>>> Will do some weeding later today when things dry out a little ==>
 BM>>>> have previously weeded but the little nuisances like to grow!  Will
 BM>>>> wait until the moisture on the weeds dries out so my fingers don't get
 BM>>>> get soogy - gloves just don't allow me to get a good grip, etc.
 NB>>>> Those pesky weeds do have their tricks to keep you from pulling
 NB>>>> them.... ;)
 BM>>> Some have a sticky white sap, others are very tenacious.  As the
 BM>>> 'rule' says, if it comes out easy it's a flower!
 NB>>> More'n likely.... ;)
 BM>> I've learned (sort of!) if I'm weeding in an area where it could be a
 BM>> flower or desired plant to leave it and ask.  And then sometimes I'll
 BM>> leave a weed on purpose because it looks nice and is in a position
 BM>> where doesn't look out of place.
 NB>> If it has a nice flower, and/or is a nice looking plant, I don't
 NB>> consider it a weed anymore...
 BM> Me too, though that doesn't mean someone else around here won't
 BM> deposit it in the yard bag!  ...Then we have a plant we're not sure if
 BM> it is a rebirth of a purchased plant which was dinner for a critter or
 BM> a halfway nice looking weed growing where the plant was.  Hasn't
 BM> attempted to flower, but of the other for-sure plants it's supposed be
 BM> one flowers constantly and the other has a flower once in a while.
 BM> Leaves are similar but different on all three.
 NB> As long as it has promise, might as well keep it... are the other
 NB> two annuals or perennials...?  If the latter, an new season might
 NB> answer the question.... especially if it ends up flowering like
 NB> the other two... or doesn't return at all... ;)

I think perennials: this year whatever was planted in the ground was
supposed to be a permanent flower; annuals go in the flower pots
(where'd perennials would have their roots frozen).  ...And the weather
is doing the Fall/Summer Swing currently: 80-something degrees
yesterday, this morning 56ø but humid: offically 93% and I think they
reported a five-mile visibility.  Today and the rest of the week only 
supposed to get into the low-to-mid 70's; Sunday ansiweather showing 62ø
as the predicted high (!!); don't recall it that low on the TV but they 
extended a few days further and was in the 80's again.


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