And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
Are we nuts, or what?

Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
for the technology to keep the house cool with all
the stovetop stuff going on.

Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.

;-)
gloria p

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:


>Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
>;-)
>gloria p

It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
bearable.

Christine

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
news
> And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
> Are we nuts, or what?
>
> Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
> but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
> for the technology to keep the house cool with all
> the stovetop stuff going on.
>
> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
> ;-)
> gloria p

Well I almost hate to say.

It's 80 at the fire station about 2 miles inland from here; We have a
direct breeze from the west .

http://www.wunderground.com/weathers...p?ID=KCACAMBR5

It's 62 with a warm sun and a clear day.
--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
> wrote:
>
>
>> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>>
>> ;-)
>> gloria p
>
> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
> bearable.

102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at 5-10
MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between two
wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:29:21 -0600, Pennyaline
> wrote:

>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
>> bearable.

It's 97 here and the humitidy is 114%. Hard to believe but try
taking a breathe outside and you can't!

Gloria P wrote:
> And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
> Are we nuts, or what?
>
> Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
> but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
> for the technology to keep the house cool with all
> the stovetop stuff going on.
>
> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
> ;-)
> gloria p

Only crazy people would make jam when it is this hot! I like that about
you, Gloria.

It was cloudy here in my corner of Louisiana, so our high was 101, but
it will be 103 tomorrow. This morning I had chicken salad for
breakfast. 8-)

Becca

Pennyaline wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>>> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>> gloria p
>>
>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
>> bearable.
>
> 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at 5-10
> MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between two
> wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

Geez, I hope the fires stay from you and your home.

Becca

Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:

>
>
> We hit 98 here today with Gawd knows how much humidity. It was cool this
> morning though and I got all my outside stuff done early including a quick
> ride.
>
> We're grilling pork spare ribs tonight. It's what Steven wanted. Along
> with will be corn on the cob, baked potato and a bibb lettuce salad.
>

It was a beautiful day here today. I went out to the butcher shop on my
bicycle this morning, about 3 miles each way. Then I headed into the city on
my motorcycle. When I got home I helped my neighbour rake the ground around
his pond, now that all the dirt form the new pond has been pushed around and
graded so it is now all seeded just in time for a few days of rain and heat.
It got up to about 80F.

Supper was prime rib steaks on the BBQ with sautéed mushrooms and a leaf
lettuce salad with sliced avocado and blue cheese dressing.

Becca wrote:

> It was cloudy here in my corner of Louisiana, so our high was 101, but
> it will be 103 tomorrow. This morning I had chicken salad for
> breakfast. 8-)

Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.

We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
don't do the job.


--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Pennyaline wrote

>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit
more
>> bearable.

> 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at
5-10
> MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between
> two wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

Billy wrote

> It's 97 here and the humitidy is 114%.

Typo or for real?
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

In article >,
"Vilco" > wrote:

> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller , blahblahblog is back and
is being updated quite regularly now.
"rec.food.cooking Preserved Fruit Administrator
'Always in a jam. Never in a stew.'" - Evergene

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:45:11 +0200, "Vilco" > wrote:


>Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a f****** bowl of heat and
>steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
>f****** seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice f****** 80%
>humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.


What insightful "F's" you have....and then have the nerve to say
"darn".

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
> "Vilco" > wrote:
>
> > humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> > temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> > americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> > Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other
> of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco?
> <grin>

You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
humidity. It's expected to continue like that mostly through the week.
Makes me glad I'm here in coastal South Carolina, low 90's, approx 85%
humidity. It's still hot

Jill

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:09:58 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
>humidity

You better unhook your girdle...since it is suppose to warm up this
week in Tennessee.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Vilco" > wrote:
>>
>> > humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> > temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> > americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> > Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>>
>> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other
>> of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco?
>> <grin>
>
> You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
> humidity. It's expected to continue like that mostly through the week.
> Makes me glad I'm here in coastal South Carolina, low 90's, approx 85%
> humidity. It's still hot
>
> Jill


That's why I could NEVER understand why people moved to Florida. Most the
the year the interior is IMHO uninhabitable. At least the Death Valley has
very low humidity..

Phoenix used to be that way, dry heat, then all the Easterners came,
planted lawns, planted their favorite trees, then had to irrigate. I
remember the first time I saw people flooding their yards with water from
the salt river project.
--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Vilco" > wrote:
>
>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>
The only time the humidity approaches 80% here in SW Louisiana is when
it rains and the water coalesces out of the air. Yesterday it was 99F
with 96% humidity.

Vietnam = 87.8F and a low humidity just wasn't found there when I
was there.

Janet Wilder wrote:

> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
> the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>
> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
> don't do the job.

Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
after a hurricane.

Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.

Becca

On Sat 02 Aug 2008 09:04:15a, Becca told us...

> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
>> the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>>
>> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
>> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
>> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
>> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
>> don't do the job.
>
> Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
> spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
> after a hurricane.
>
> Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.
>
> Becca

I feel fortunate that there are precious few mosquitos in the desert areas
of AZ. Usually they only occur where people have left polluted pools. In
the 8 years we've lived here, I think I've only encountered 1 mosquito and
that wasn't in our yard.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Saturday, 08(VIII)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
Don't start an argument with somebody
who has a microphone when you don't;
they'll make you look like chopped
liver. --Harlan Ellison, on hecklers
-------------------------------------------

Vilco wrote:
>
> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.


You have never been to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Louisiana, right?

Having lived in coastal New England and now in the
quasi-desert southwest, I can attest that heat is heat,
whatever the humidity.

Yesterday was a record breaking 104 degrees here. Today
is projected to be the same. Humans were not created to
thrive in this kind of heat.

gloria p

Becca wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest
>> of the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>>
>> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
>> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
>> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
>> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The
>> trucks don't do the job.
>
> Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
> spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
> after a hurricane.
>
> Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.

I am horribly allergic to the bites. Not to the extent of aniphalactic
(sp?) shock, but I swell up hugely and the itching continues for up to a
week. I use Benedryl cream, swallow Benedryl pills, etc., but it doesn't
help much. I either stay indoors or cover myself with industrial
strength repellents.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Vilco wrote:

> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

I don't know, what you describe sounds like New Jersey in
August.

nancy

Dimitri > wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > "Vilco" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the
> > > > darn temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks
> > > > the only americans who endured such climates were the ones who
> > > > went in the Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet
> > > > cong's.
> > >
> > > Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple
> > > other of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine,
> > > Vilco? <grin>
> >
> > You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
> > humidity. It's expected to continue like that mostly through the
> > week. Makes me glad I'm here in coastal South Carolina, low 90's,
> > approx 85% humidity. It's still hot
> >
> > Jill
>
>
> That's why I could NEVER understand why people moved to Florida. Most the
> the year the interior is IMHO uninhabitable. At least the
> Death Valley has very low humidity..
>
My mother thinks 80F *inside* is cold. I have to remind her she can put
more clothes on but there's only so much I can take off I have to have a
fan pointed at me constantly. Meanwhile, she's wearing slacks, socks &
slippers, a long sleeve knit shirt and a heavy sweater and asking me if I'm
warm enough!

In article >,
"Vilco" > wrote:

> Pennyaline wrote
>
> >> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit
> more
> >> bearable.
>
> > 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at
> 5-10
> > MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between
> > two wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.
>
> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.

As far as temperature, there's only one area with temperatures up to
50C. I've been there, but not when it was that hot. I understand that
it's hard to even breath when it's that hot.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

jmcquown wrote:

> Dimitri > wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> > Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>> > > In article >,
>> > > "Vilco" > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the
>> > > > darn temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks
>> > > > the only americans who endured such climates were the ones who
>> > > > went in the Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet
>> > > > cong's.
>> > >
>> > > Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple
>> > > other of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine,
>> > > Vilco? <grin>
>> >
>> > You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
>> > humidity. It's expected to continue like that mostly through the
>> > week. Makes me glad I'm here in coastal South Carolina, low 90's,
>> > approx 85% humidity. It's still hot
>> >
>> > Jill
>>
>>
>> That's why I could NEVER understand why people moved to Florida. Most the
>> the year the interior is IMHO uninhabitable. At least the
>> Death Valley has very low humidity..
>>
> My mother thinks 80F *inside* is cold. I have to remind her she can put
> more clothes on but there's only so much I can take off I have to have a
> fan pointed at me constantly. Meanwhile, she's wearing slacks, socks &
> slippers, a long sleeve knit shirt and a heavy sweater and asking me if I'm
> warm enough!

There should be a law that people with poor circulation NEVER are allowed
to control heating and cooling. They can just pile on more flippin'
clothes; the rest of us reach a point that we can't take any more off.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Blinky the Shark > wrote:

>There should be a law that people with poor circulation NEVER are allowed
>to control heating and cooling. They can just pile on more flippin'
>clothes; the rest of us reach a point that we can't take any more off.

I was once in charge of an office full of employees who disagreed
on the thermostat setting. Some would be chronically too cold
or too warm, some wanted to conserve energy while others didn't care.

Eventually I had to circulate a memo that stated henceforth
the thermostat only ever be touched by one designated individual (our
head technician), and that further it was forbidden for
employees, when on company property, to discuss among themselves
temperature or thermostat settings.

Steve

>
>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

Barb,

You left out Texas <g>

My former SIL is from Vietnam and Houston has the third largest Vietnamese
population in the US. Why you may ask? Because they love our hot and humid
climate because it's similar to Vietnam.

Chris

On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:

> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.

Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.

nb

Steve Pope wrote:
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> There should be a law that people with poor circulation NEVER are allowed
>> to control heating and cooling. They can just pile on more flippin'
>> clothes; the rest of us reach a point that we can't take any more off.
>
> I was once in charge of an office full of employees who disagreed
> on the thermostat setting. Some would be chronically too cold
> or too warm, some wanted to conserve energy while others didn't care.
>
> Eventually I had to circulate a memo that stated henceforth
> the thermostat only ever be touched by one designated individual (our
> head technician), and that further it was forbidden for
> employees, when on company property, to discuss among themselves
> temperature or thermostat settings.
>
> Steve
I once had to go even farther than that. All thermostats were placed in
clear plastic lock boxes with vents so the air could circulate. I held
the only key. Someone figured out how to pick the lock so I went one
step more - put a special magnetic lock on them.

I did try to reach a happy medium, set the thermostat at the comfortable
climate zone for the majority of the staff but the others still
complained of being too hot or too cold. Of course the ones that were
too hot were wearing suits and ties and the ones that were too cold were
running around in lightweight clothing. You can't please everyone so I
said to hell with it and set the damned things at my comfort zone. No
one quit so I guess it worked.

Chris Marksberry wrote:
>>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
>> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>>
>> --
>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> Barb,
>
> You left out Texas <g>
>
> My former SIL is from Vietnam and Houston has the third largest Vietnamese
> population in the US. Why you may ask? Because they love our hot and humid
> climate because it's similar to Vietnam.
>
> Chris
>
>
Yeah, but, no leeches, no poisonous snakes, no giant spiders, and not
too many people shooting at you.

notbob wrote:
> On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
>> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.
>
> Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
> voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.
>
> nb
Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists. That's
a fair division of spoils to me.

notbob wrote:
> On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
>> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.
>
> Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
> voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.
>
> nb

I've been in Montana in July where it's been 99 degrees and damned humid.

AFAIK, the Pacific Northwest is west of the Rockies and it's plenty
humid there. I once spent 10 days in the Seattle area and it *didn't*
rain for a total of 18 minutes during the whole 10 days. That's not
exactly "dry"

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>> Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
>> earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists.
>> That's a fair division of spoils to me.
>
> I like earthquakes. Earthquakes are fun.

Not when you have to rebuild like in 94.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

George Shirley wrote:
>
> Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
> earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists.
> That's a fair division of spoils to me.

I like earthquakes. Earthquakes are fun.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:10:58 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>notbob wrote:
>> On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>>> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
>>> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.
>>
>> Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
>> voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.
>>
>> nb
>Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
>earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists. That's
>a fair division of spoils to me.

We don't have any real natural disasters here in NM. We did have a
blizzard about 2 years ago..but that was very unusual. The weather
may be hot here, but we have humidity that stays pretty low, even in
monsoon season. And we tend to be pretty mellow here in this
state...

Christine

Christine Dabney > wrote:

>We don't have any real natural disasters here in NM.

Explain why half the state is covered with igneous lava
fields then.

Steve

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:34:04 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
>>We don't have any real natural disasters here in NM.
>
>Explain why half the state is covered with igneous lava
>fields then.
>
>Steve

Well...how many years ago did that happen? LOL. A few million?

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:10:58 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> notbob wrote:
>>> On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
>>>> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.
>>> Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
>>> voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.
>>>
>>> nb
>> Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
>> earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists. That's
>> a fair division of spoils to me.
>
> We don't have any real natural disasters here in NM. We did have a
> blizzard about 2 years ago..but that was very unusual. The weather
> may be hot here, but we have humidity that stays pretty low, even in
> monsoon season. And we tend to be pretty mellow here in this
> state...
>
> Christine
I know, parts of my family used to live in NM and my maternal
grandmother is buried on someone's ranch near Quemado. Had an aunt who
ranched near Old Las Vegas and used to enjoy going out to see her.

If I couldn't be a Texan I would probably want to be a New Mexican.<G>

"George Shirley" > wrote in message > Chris Marksberry
wrote:
>>>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>>>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>>>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>>>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>>> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
>>> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>
>> Barb,
>>
>> You left out Texas <g>
>>
>> My former SIL is from Vietnam and Houston has the third largest
>> Vietnamese population in the US. Why you may ask? Because they love our
>> hot and humid climate because it's similar to Vietnam.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
> Yeah, but, no leeches, no poisonous snakes, no giant spiders, and not too
> many people shooting at you.

George,

Did you forget about coral snakes and water moccasins? I have an idiot
relative who was bitten in Baytown by a coral snake. He was trying to show
his young son (3 yrs old) what snakes to stay away from. Snake turned
around and bit him.

And as far as I'm concerned any spider is a giant spider <g>!

Husband decided to go ahead and get the "right to carry" so he can shoot
someone before they shoot him or us. We live in the highly dangerous area
of Pearland, TX where most crime seems to be someone stealing something out
of your garage if you leave the door open.

Chris

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:10:58 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> notbob wrote:
>>> On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
>>>> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.
>>> Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
>>> voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.
>>>
>>> nb
>> Thank you, we all appreciate your generosity. You may have the
>> earthquakes, blizzards, crazy gang bangers, and extreme leftists. That's
>> a fair division of spoils to me.
>
> We don't have any real natural disasters here in NM. We did have a
> blizzard about 2 years ago..but that was very unusual. The weather
> may be hot here, but we have humidity that stays pretty low, even in
> monsoon season. And we tend to be pretty mellow here in this
> state...
>
> Christine

Christine,

We just came back from Santa Fe, Taos and Chama. We had a wonderful
time. It was hot and a tad humid, though in Santa Fe but y'all were
getting the remnants of our very own hurricane, Dolly.

We found the most awesome seafood restaurant in Santa Fe. It was
recommended to us. If it hadn't of been, we'd have never gone. It's
called Mariscos Costa Azul and it's at 2875 Cerrillos Rd. *Real* Mexican
cuisine.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life