I remember visiting Vegas when it was 100F and it didn't feel nearly as hellish as Virginia when it's 90 with 90% humidity. I actually got cold in the hotel swimming pool; I wasn't used to the lack of humidity and there was a breeze that day.
I've lived in the mid-atlantic region my whole life and I've never gotten used to the humidity. I can't even imagine living farther south with that humidity. Blech
GGT- I think you're looking for either Los Angeles or some place at altitude in New Mexico. One has smog and the other has meth, but the temps aren't bad. Though New Mexico has occasional bouts of extreme weather.
15 - 20°, that would be to cold for me. I prefer around 25. If you want the eternal spring, you may move to the canaries:Originally Posted by GGT
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Those must be 24 hour averages, no way that it's just 17 degrees during the day in february on Fuerteventura.15 - 20°, that would be to cold for me. I prefer around 25. If you want the eternal spring, you may move to the canaries:
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Average temperatures is 24h, in the old system it is: (T(7:00) + T(14:00) + 2*T(21:00)) / 4
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Yeah, that whole "tolerable dry heat" is a myth. 110 degrees in dry desert shade is still hot as hell.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Hadn't caught the news this morning. 77 dead, that's quite a wreck.
I've always been impressed by the Spanish rail system - clean, cheap, efficient and modern. My father has just toured Spain by rail.
It seems that it was a driver's error. Not quite sure why there aren't safety precautions against it.
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There are such precautions on modernized lines; I believe this section of track was still on an older computer system. See the discussion re: ECTS vs. AFSA on the track here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23449246
We've lost 2 dogs this month. 1 from cancer and 1 just now from complications with eye surgery
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I'm so sorry to hear that OG.We've lost 2 dogs this month. 1 from cancer and 1 just now from complications with eye surgery
Chemical fire on the far end of downtown. I'm under a Stay-In-Place shelter warning.
that's what I get for thinking spenni had the highest chance of dying today.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Just finished my son's bedroom last week. All furniture sorted out, we painted a dinosaur mural on one wall, Sharon made dinosaur curtains from scratch.
This afternoon 3 year old Lily was upstairs reading alone, when she found a permanent marker on a shelf
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
The curtains appear to be untouched, that would have been the hardest to handle. They make sprays and gels for the other stuff.
She at least explain if thats a person or a cat she put under the windowsill?
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
It's a guinea pig. There's also a picture of me and the wife on the other wall.
It's kinda cute, but on the other hand, horribly frustrating. We managed to get a lot of the ink off the windows and walls with surgical spirit, problem is it took the paint off too, and the paint underneath is bright purple! Radiator, door and window sill is gonna need re-glossing. Walls will need repainting. Very disappointed, but she's normally such a good girl
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
She wouldn't know such things were bad, I suppose.
Uh oh, kids do the darndest things. Good thing she didn't use that permanent marker to draw all over herself as "eye makeup" or tattoes.
btw, nice curtains
That's the difficult thing, she thinks what she did was good. She sees it as a present for us. How do you deal with that? This is why being a parent is so shitty sometimes.
We had a nice chat before she went to sleep though, I'd just read her a story and sang her some songs, and then she said 'Sorry for drawing on the walls, Daddy'. I gave her a big hug and said I forgive her, just don't do it again and she promised not to. Then she told me I scared her when I shouted, so I apologised for that too.
So all in all, it's a bit shitty that the room is in that mess, but luckily the dinosaur mural cleaned up okay without ruining it, The walls and the radiator and doors will need to be repainted, but it's not permanent, and I think we all learnt a lesson yesterday. So there you go.
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
When I was five I discovered my father's hand-drill.
Great fun for a kid, and don't all those holes in the walls around the house look great!
Dad didn't think so.
Kids learn.
~
Besides, my dad never sung ME songs. Lucky Lily.
Sigh; I have a case of a client who wants to live in a third country while keeping his benefit. That's against the law if he'd actually reside in that country. However I can allow it if he doesn't change his formal residence away from The Netherlands. I went through his case with his lawyer and told him - confidentially - that the case will be rejected if he wants to reside in that third country. The lawyer understands the situation and actually has advised his client to accept the deal. However, the client is hostile it, even though it's clearly giving him materially what he wants, though maybe not formally.
His lawyer also told me that if the outcome of this case will be negative, he won't be the one representing this particular client in court.
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Nationalist bum?
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No, somebody whose IQ is only slightly higher than his lacking impulse control.
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Old news, but I was away - holidays. I had a minor crash with a fortunately rather old car. Accelerated to early while entering a motorway on a wet road. The back broke away and I hit a concrete wall. No one hurt, but the car is gone for good. Now I wait for the fine
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
RWD car eh? Surprising the traction control didnt save you. Unless the car predates such devices as TC. What car was it you were driving?
Yeah RWD and that was the main problem, it wasn't my car, it was the car we use at work to get stuff around. It was an old Opel Omega estate. My car is FWD and has much a smother gear control. That's why I didn't expected it, even though I knew it was a RWD.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Labour laws designed to protect me are screwing meBy law, if you work somewhere for 3+ years without getting a 'permanent' contract (i.e. you can't be fired as easy, have more rights when you get sick, etc.) your employer is obligated to offer you one (or let you go). Which is fnie for 'real' jobs, but for my job on the side (~12 hours per week) I don't want, or need a permanent contract. Result: I will not work for three months, after that I can start working again. So that's more than €2000 in lost income for me - though, granted, it will improve my sleep cycle
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Work under a female pseudonym? :P
Hope is the denial of reality
Don't want to get political, Flixy, but this is precisely why inflexible labor markets due to well-intentioned over-regulation result in overall inferior outcomes, especially re: employment at the lower end of the wage spectrum.
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