Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Town Sledding Hill, in Autumn


Casey's Knob, aka Mount Maim 




8 comments:

  1. Howard's gotta be first this rainy autumn afternoon!

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  2. It's pretty amazing; We broke records here today for high temp for October 14th. The old record dated back to 1930!!

    That's too warm!!

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    1. I umberstam: I turned on my A/C this morning at six. I was down to my last quilt, and not ready to let go of that, but it was H O T!!!

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  3. My Dad turned 2 years old on 14 OCT 1930.
    He would have been 86 today, but he died 10 years ago last month.

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  4. Deadline is past. I worked until 3 a.m. last night, up at 9 a.m. and put in about 3 hours before 2 p.m. Turned it in to my client, who submitted it an hour later. DONE!

    A couple of hours' nap, then parade committee meeting. Plan on early bed tonight.

    Tomorrow I catch up on a whole bunch of stuff. Explain to everybody interested in Traincon how the reservation system is going to work. Fill out the form to try to get on panels at Arisia (and make Boston train reservations). Make over due appointments with my retinal specialist and for a colonoscopy. Probably a half-dozen other things that need to be taken care of.

    Then back to work on Thursday. I'd hoped for some time off, but no such luck.

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    1. Some day I'll start remembering to sign my name.

      Bill

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    2. Bill, you're having way too much fun! I'd tell you not to overdo, but I'd be a fine one to talk. Monday and Tuesday have been slow because of the couriers who bring us work having taken Monday off, but we anticipate that the remaining days of the week will be horrendous because of our current severe staffing shortages. I had better get to bed early tonight.

      --Alan

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  5. Record hot September and so far October both hereabouts, I believe they are saying. There was a story in the newspaper the other day about a study done of the probable effects on California of a 72-year drought of the current intensity, and the researchers figured it wouldn't be disastrous. There would be even better utilization of existing water resources (historically our water use is about five times as efficient as back east), xeriscaping would become the rule rather than the exception in cities, and farmers would change from low-value irrigated crops such as cotton and alfalfa to higher-value ones like fruits and nuts; there would also be a return to non-irrigated crops such as winter wheat. The economy would continue to expand.

    --Alan

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