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sm4him · Oct 7, 2014

Oh by the way, Charlie, before lunch is over….go give us another hint as to what that durn photo is!!!!!!!

snowbear · Oct 7, 2014

sm4him said:
Oh by the way, Charlie, before lunch is over….go give us another hint as to what that durn photo is!!!!!!!

Will Do.

If nobody gets it by this evening, I'll post another, easier one.

limr · Oct 7, 2014

Salad and tuna sandwich for me. Downstairs in my kitchen. Done with grading for today (YES!!!) and just have a few more admin things to take care of and a bit more lesson planning. Maybe another hour or so and then I get to do chores.

sm4him · Oct 7, 2014

limr said:
Salad and tuna sandwich for me. Downstairs in my kitchen. Done with grading for today (YES!!!) and just have a few more admin things to take care of and a bit more lesson planning. Maybe another hour or so and then I get to do chores.

That sounds good. Might have to bring me a tuna sammich for lunch tomorrow! If my bread is still any good--I haven't been to the grocery store in quite a while. And I'm pretty sure I won't be going tonight, because just driving home in this dreary, icky rain will be all I'm up for!

snowbear · Oct 7, 2014

I've answered the guesses on the whatsit page. Posted a couple of vague hints, as well.

Gary A. · Oct 7, 2014

sm4him said:
limr said:

Salad and tuna sandwich for me. Downstairs in my kitchen. Done with grading for today (YES!!!) and just have a few more admin things to take care of and a bit more lesson planning. Maybe another hour or so and then I get to do chores.

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That sounds good. Might have to bring me a tuna sammich for lunch tomorrow! If my bread is still any good--I haven't been to the grocery store in quite a while. And I'm pretty sure I won't be going tonight, because just driving home in this dreary, icky rain will be all I'm up for!

Send some of that rain this way. Pretty dry out here.

snowbear · Oct 7, 2014

We are dry but cool (60's). Had some rain a few days ago but great weather since.

snowbear · Oct 7, 2014

Ah - break is over. I think have a way of putting those dots on the crooked line.

sm4him · Oct 7, 2014

Gary A. said:
sm4him said:

limr said:

Salad and tuna sandwich for me. Downstairs in my kitchen. Done with grading for today (YES!!!) and just have a few more admin things to take care of and a bit more lesson planning. Maybe another hour or so and then I get to do chores.

Click to expand...

That sounds good. Might have to bring me a tuna sammich for lunch tomorrow! If my bread is still any good--I haven't been to the grocery store in quite a while. And I'm pretty sure I won't be going tonight, because just driving home in this dreary, icky rain will be all I'm up for!

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Send some of that rain this way. Pretty dry out here.

We had a pretty dry September, but once October came along, the skies have opened up. We have had some absolute deluges this month already, and the past two days have just been rain, rain and more rain. I guess it's trying to make up for September's deficit.

Gary A. · Oct 7, 2014

We had four or five years of deficit ... I'm in the process of designing a grass-less, drought-tolerant, native plants, front yard.

sm4him · Oct 7, 2014

Gary A. said:
We had four or five years of deficit ... I'm in the process of designing a grass-less, drought-tolerant, native plants, front yard.

Last year was one of the wettest years on record here. By about June or July, we had already passed our TOTAL annual average amount of rainfall! And it just kept coming. It was also one of the snowiest years in quite a while here.

This year has been much closer to average. I can only HOPE that holds true for snowfall as well, since on average we don't get much at all--but most of the predictive forecasts are calling for it to be colder and snowier than average here. UGH. I'd rather design a grass-less, drougb-tolerant, native plant front yard than deal with the snow!

Gary A. · Oct 7, 2014

Yes, snow is great to look at, great when it falls and for play, but a ***** to live in.

Problem here is that we're literally running out of water. Farmers have let go of roughly 10,000 farm workers because of the drought. Communities in Northern California which rely on rainwater for their reservoirs are actually importing drinking water via tanker trucks. LA get it's water from the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack is way down and we've even lost a few glaciers in the northern end of the Sierra. A few desalting plants are being built up and down the coast, but that prohibitively expensive and can only efficiently serve the coastal areas. Most residential customers/consumers will be okay, they'll just see their water bill go up, it's the farmers and ranchers who will suffer the most.

Gary