I seem to be hooked on a tv show from Canada - DaVinci's Inquest. I think the episodes I'm watching are from 2004.
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I seem to be hooked on a tv show from Canada - DaVinci's Inquest. I think the episodes I'm watching are from 2004.
Yeah, that would be ideal!Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Good choice! We watch that one, and are also hooked on House.
Yeah, let's just keep it simple (for those of us---like me at the moment, if not even beyond the moment---who have reached their organizational quotas ALREADY for this month. The fact that it's only August 2...well, but I digress, don't I?). When you finish the book, you can either PM someone or post a message saying, I'm done--who's next? Etc. When we run out of interested TD parties, the holder gets to give it to a friend or relative. When we're all done, I'll post the email I got from the author too.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Hey Dachshund - I had solar panels on my previous house - they were great - and the guy that put them in is out in your area - PM me if you'd like me to dig up his contact info - there's nothing like standing out there on a sunny day and watching your meter spin backwards!Quote:
Originally Posted by dachshund
Hey Snap-did you know that davinci's inquest is based on Vancouver's coroner? (something like that)
I've been out of the country for son long that i've never actually seen it...Would love to though...(perhaps this is another item my dad could bring down .....)
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My brother installed solar, it's a great thing to do.
But I own a condo, I'd need permission to install anything on the roof, even on the storage shed.
Since a girl can always ask I'm asking the HOA, we'll see how they respond. Stay tuned as MWBR.
People here have huuuuge TV antennae, satelite dish, helipcopter landing pads .... :mad: and here I go doing the whole being nice thing, asking permission first.
Meanwhile there's compact flourescents, getting estimates on dual pane glass (really need to do that) and of course, I bike to work at least one day a week.
I saw on a film about indigenous people that all we'd have to do is just inflate our car tires to the proper pressure would save more oil than we would ever get out of the Arctic refuge.
I try to eat local and or organic whenever I can, basicly non organic fertilizers and pesticides are petrulium based so it's kinda like you're eating oil.
I recycle of course, I'm involved in getting AT&T to recycle the envelopes of our correspondences (folks write us...a lot) even bill payments, even the stamps go to Charity (the Easter Seals, that's a long story).
What do other TE'ers do?
My mother called me last night and started the conversation with "I don't know why you don't get central air conditioning." Doesn't she understand that there's a connection between air conditioners, energy use, and global warming? And maybe energy independence and international relations? Sheesh! Comfort isn't the only consideration in life.
This past summer we only turned our air con on three times....The rest of the time we had our fan on and drank alot of water...
The times we actually used the air con were when it was 38c+ & freakin humid....:mad:
I undewstwaand dear...
Mr & mrs greenhouse gasses are creating havoc...Not good when the Kyoto protocol is being ignored....
c
My uncle's 5 bedroom house is run entirely by a solar panel the size of a queen mattress and one windmill. It has never been hooked up to the grid. He's been there for nearly 30 years, but every time a new meter reader gets that route he has to take the meter reader on a tour of the place because they are always freakin', thinking he's stealing from the grid.
When all his neighbors lose power, they come to his house for meals and showers and to get warm/cool.
Why don't the aid groups help folks use solar panels in Iraq? I keep seeing things about how aid groups are trying to get gas for the portable generators and folks only have power for an hour a day, etc. One little panel with a couple storage batteries (smaller set up than my uncle's) could easily provide 24hrs worth of electricity. Would the panels get broken too easily or something?
I agree with you on the AC to a point. When you live in a place with high heat and humidity - AC prevents mildew from taking over the contents of your house. Or if you live somewhere like AZ - I think the contents of the house would start melting ;) We keep ours set fairly high (warmer than anyone else that I know in town) and hold out as long as possible to turn it on and turn it off as soon as the temps come out of the 90's.
Fish is right- where I live, my house would mold into nothing quickly without AC to remove the humidity. You should see the outside of it- it turns green (like solid green) within a year of being pressure washed back to normal white.
You know, I was just talking about this at the pub last night. (Air con, not mould.)
Boy do I feel like a LOSER!! I have the HEAT on right now! :rolleyes:
We don't have A/C - there are a few weeks out of the year when we'll pull out a fan. It got to the mid 90's inside our house a week or so ago (I was working at home and actually wished I was in the office!). But now the fog's back and it's COLD in here. I figure I'll get it up to about 65 and then shut it off. I promise.
Sorry.
And I can't even go SEE Al Gore's movie because I completely believe in global warming and am sick about the disappearance of the glaciers, etc. And if I go see that movie I know I will not be able to sleep.
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/261,13564_.html
My second favorite top is on sale SUPER CHEAP if you're XXS or XL...
I have both colors, both are pretty.
I really wish they had more size options at Sierra TP. :mad: How about an M or an L folks???? :rolleyes:
I think you're confused. You're MP not ML.
I need more coffee.
V.
MP, you could have just stayed with us last night. For as cool as the evening was, a sheet only was plenty. The Delta breeze definitely quit.
I can't watch Al Gore's movie or Fahrenheit 911 either. I'd just get so angry and then have nightmares.
Yeah, it was based on the coroner who is now the mayor of Vancouver. Eventually the coroner in the show becomes mayor too and they change the show's name to Davinci's City Hall.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Yeah, it was based on the coroner who is now the mayor of Vancouver. Eventually the coroner in the show becomes mayor too and they change the show's name to Davinci's City Hall.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
That's a two-fer-one deal... Not sure how I did it. :rolleyes:
barb
It is 30 degrees cooler today. YES!!! Yesterday when I left the clinic, it was 102. This morning, when I left the hospital, it was 72. Blessed be.
The cats are livelier. They've been lying around looking like semi-melted cats. I came home and opened the windows and turned off the AC. I'll leave it on in my BR while I sleep, mainly for white noise.
Oh thank God this heat broke! I am a weeeeenie when it comes to heat.
I took my new running shoes back to the New Balance store--too small with the orthotics in them. The owner recognized me, remembered my name, and told his assistant which shoes to bring out immediately. I had met him *once*, a week ago, when I bought the first pair. Talk about inspiring loyalty! Plus which, he's got a 2 yr old Border Collie named "Sassy" who brings the ball back over and over again, if you'll keep throwing it!
Now how's this for completely unnecessary, yet totally cool: New Balance is the "official shoe" and clothes and all for the Chicago Marathon. So behind the counter they had a display of running shoes with the marathon logo stitched on the shoe, and the race course printed on the insole! So cool! :D
the m/v tustumena comes in twice a month this year on fridays. only runs through the summer though. the tusty comes out of homer and goes down to dutch harbor and back. stops here for about 2.5 hours and continues on. your more than welcome to stop on by!Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
any luck on that lotto ticket?
your not a loser. i have the heat on all year round. make ya feel a bit better?Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
MP, they usually start out with more sizes- but the more they discount things, the more the middle sizes are gone. That shirt had been there for months before I bought mine, and then the XLs were gone for a while, but then came back in the blue, so I got that, too. You really have to watch that site frequently.
I'm kinda glad they never have my size - that way I don't spend the money! I'm sure Mr. Fish is happy about that :rolleyes:
Nanci - did you ever notice how those 30F temp drop fronts never seem to make it down to us???
That's OK, fish. It also drops 30 degrees overnight in the winter. Like, from 35 to -5. :eek: My home town....:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
I came home a couple days ago, and the AC wasn't even on! Freaked me out! We drop 20 overnight, usually. Stuck in the low 90's for a while now. They say FLorida is missing out on the heat wave because the ocean wind keeps the weather from getting stuck on us. Apparently, more people die when it stays hot at night because they never get to recover.
I've seen 60 degree temperature fronts in Maine. +40 to -20F in 12 hours. I was camping at Mt. Katahdin in February 1980. What kind of fronts do you get up in Alaska, CWR?Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
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Originally Posted by Veronica
Nice one!! :p
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Originally Posted by chickwhorips
Um.... NO! You live in ALASKA!!!!
ahhh weather....Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
lets see where i live its quite different then the rest of alaska. im smack between the pacific and the bering, so who knows, we get pummled from both sides. we are the second windiest city and the #1 cloudiest (sorry seattle you have nothing on us). oh what a suprise, i look out and its windy and cloudy. :rolleyes:
we never get cold like interior alaska, but we never warm up either. our high for last month was 64 on two days, otherwise it was low to mid 50s. the rest of the month. i'm having a really hard time picturing 80-100+ anymore.
we get most of our storms from japan. whatever major storm that hit there, its gonna hit us. winter time is our really bad time for storms. anyone ever see Deadliest Catch on the discovery channel? those are our storms.
any time of the year, if it blows from the north COLD and snow out of the south warm (for here) and rain. the lows hit us and just like to stick around for a few days, leave and another one follows, no rest.
i could go more specific into this (bf is weather person) but i won't bore you. simply put: we don't have the best weather, but when we do, the whole town is out enjoying it!:cool:
We drop from mid to upper 90's to mid 70's overnight, too. However, it seems like it just tickles mid 70's and then starts right back up. Oddly enough when I was in St. John's it was hitting 100F at home and then dropping to mid-upper 60's at night. The pool was cool. :eek: Most unusual for July! Our AC (now that's it's behaving again) is running under 10 hours/day. When we only hit low 90's during the day it will only run 4-5 hours. I attribute some of that to the nifty thermostat. Soon it will cool down - right???
Mr. Fish and I watch that show! Brutal weather! I'll think warm thoughts for you. How cold does it get in winter?Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
last year our lowest was -2, its a damp cold and windy too.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
i can walk around in town when its 0 without a jacket, but here if its under freezing it seems colder than that!
That makes sense to me. The asphalt and the brick buildings just hold the heat, and you never cool off. It's like living in a kiln.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
+40 to -20 in 12 hours sucks.
Yeah, I read that somewhere. If I remember correctly, he's quite a character.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
What I find funny is being able to detect a difference in Canadian vs US dialog. Can't quite put my finger on it, but there is a definite difference.
bikerz - Thanks! I'll take you up on that.
KnottedYet - that's really cool about your uncle! Regarding Iraq, that's a good question. I'm thinking that since their govt. is sort of our govt. right now, and our dweeb leader is oil-obsessed, then oil is the thing. It would be wonderfully ironic if they could use solar in building back their infrastructure.
MP - I've been debating about seeing that movie. I may go see it now, since I'm already upset about the subject, and I think more information might be good. We'll see. I don't know a single person who would go with me, cuz they feel the same way you do.
Everybody, thanks for the info on solar, A/C use wrt mold :eek: etc.
In case you happened upon my cranky rant about the neighbors across the street--I deleted it! Post-call crankiness! Not to be inflicted upon TD! :p
I'm sorry. My mind is totally in the gutter. Everytime I see the post Hip Angles and Max Thrust I just want to start twittering. I know it's a totally serious post, and I shouldn't laugh, but I can't help it.
Maybe now that I've shared that with you all, I'll grow up. Probably not. :p
V.
no but i'm in that cranky rant boat. ugh! what a day. i need some sunshine and out of office time. i'm getting cabin fever!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise