What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ? - Page 700

wannabee · 09-29-2011, 11:13 AM

Of course, but if hundred dollar bills were flying over the fence there would be no problem.
How crazy is is it. Trees are falling over on neighbours places here in this windy part of the year as they always have. Roofs and cars can be replaced. People's skulls can't. Stay safe everyone.

badgoodDeb · 09-29-2011, 05:52 PM

I ignored my leaves one fall, because it kept raining .... and then it rained .... and the it was raining again ... and then it froze. When I finally got to them in the spring, large patches of grass had been killed. Especially under one tree which had really large leaves. No, I dunno what type tree it was.... The rest of the leaves would have been okay till spring, but THAT set really needed to be raked up. If you wanted grass there come spring, that is!

Sweetpea · 09-30-2011, 05:26 AM

Summer has finally started.... We've had more summer days this last week than the entire July month together (which wasn't hard, as there were 0...)

Joybells · 09-30-2011, 10:24 AM

Does daylight saving time count as a meteorological phenomenon? Here on the border of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, we are about to enter the silly season, where NSW has daylight saving for the next 6 months, and Queensland doesn't.

This is rather a densely populated area of Australia, and the state border runs right through a city, and an airport. People on one side of the road are an hour ahead of those just 30 feet away on the other side.

Tens of thousands of people cross the border every day to work in the other state. My man is in the other state, and in a different time zone. We now have to talk about 'your time' and 'my time' for the next few months.

If your city is divided by a time zone, going to work, making appointments, catching transport, etc, is schizophrenic.

Each year a big public moan goes up from the frustrated citizens. Many solutions have been mooted - having the lower half of Queensland, which is not on DLST, being on the same time as NSW. Today's suggestion, from the Premier of QLD, was to move the border south to a less populated area of NSW, and redrawing the border to take in the southern part of the city of Tweed. Not well received! The people from NSW don't want to be classed as 'banana benders'.

So, it's an impasse again. Welcome to the silly season in Australia.

Shimarenda · 09-30-2011, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I don't know why so many folks can't work with the leaves as the natural covering that mama nature intended to keep the grass covered and put to bed for the winter. natural weed barrier and growing retardant

Because turf grass is not natural.

Stephen_Melling · 09-30-2011, 01:02 PM

Sunshine!!! Seems we have a mini heatwave. 28 degrees in late September breaks records...doubt it will last very long.

Latinandgreek · 09-30-2011, 09:15 PM

Rain... just perfect for curling up with my ebook reader and perhaps a movie or t.v. show.

SneakySnake · 09-30-2011, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joybells

Does daylight saving time count as a meteorological phenomenon? Here on the border of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, we are about to enter the silly season, where NSW has daylight saving for the next 6 months, and Queensland doesn't.

This is rather a densely populated area of Australia, and the state border runs right through a city, and an airport. People on one side of the road are an hour ahead of those just 30 feet away on the other side.

Tens of thousands of people cross the border every day to work in the other state. My man is in the other state, and in a different time zone. We now have to talk about 'your time' and 'my time' for the next few months.

If your city is divided by a time zone, going to work, making appointments, catching transport, etc, is schizophrenic.

Each year a big public moan goes up from the frustrated citizens. Many solutions have been mooted - having the lower half of Queensland, which is not on DLST, being on the same time as NSW. Today's suggestion, from the Premier of QLD, was to move the border south to a less populated area of NSW, and redrawing the border to take in the southern part of the city of Tweed. Not well received! The people from NSW don't want to be classed as 'banana benders'.

So, it's an impasse again. Welcome to the silly season in Australia.

tee heee love it! hahahahaha!

I just live on Queensland time wherever I am and mentally calculate what the local time is. At the moment I am in the Northern Territory and we don't have the stoopid daylight savings here either, so my mental calculation doesn't have to change except for when I have to call south Australia...

Joybells · 10-01-2011, 12:29 AM

In NZ a man complained that the extra hour of daylight was blistering and fading the paint on his front door!

GeoffC · 10-01-2011, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joybells

In NZ a man complained that the extra hour of daylight was blistering and fading the paint on his front door!

!!!!!!

WT Sharpe · 10-01-2011, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joybells

In NZ a man complained that the extra hour of daylight was blistering and fading the paint on his front door!

You just gave me a great idea for a class action suit!

@astrangerhere: Are you available?

Shimarenda · 10-01-2011, 07:41 PM

Windy and cool. Yay! I think Fall is my favorite time of year.

Latinandgreek · 10-01-2011, 08:27 PM

It is chilly tonight! Another good excuse to curl up in a blanket and read. Not that I need an excuse to do that, mind you.

poohbear_nc · 10-02-2011, 09:47 AM

COLD! Really COLD!

OK, cool .... but it feels COLD! After a muggy week of afternoon monsoons, we finally got our first Canadian cold air mass of the season. Temps dip into the 40's F at night and only reach the low 60's in the day. Very gusty too.

Must be nearing fall. Leaves starting to detach. Ran into an opossum (literally) getting the lawn mower out from under the deck. He/she froze. I froze. He/she ran up a tree. I ran into the house. Not sure I want one as a neighbor.

Hopefully this is the last lawn mowing of the season.

WT Sharpe · 10-02-2011, 03:53 PM

I petted an opossum once. Not at first, of course. At first, it was hissing and baring its teeth at me. It was in my garage (how it got there is another story). I'd always felt that they were among the ugliest creatures on the planet, and this one was no different. But as I looked into its eyes, I began to see it as having a beauty of its own. I slowly approached and sat near it. The creature stopped hissing and barring its teeth, and in a few minutes it seemed to realize that I meant it no harm. At that point I slowly extended my hand and began to stroke its fur. Then I raised the garage door so it could escape. It just sat there. It was still there a couple of hours later when I returned to check, but it finally decided to go find a new home. It was an interesting experience.

Today I need a jacket to read out on the deck.

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09-29-2011, 11:13 AM	#10486
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Of course, but if hundred dollar bills were flying over the fence there would be no problem. How crazy is is it. Trees are falling over on neighbours places here in this windy part of the year as they always have. Roofs and cars can be replaced. People's skulls can't. Stay safe everyone.

09-29-2011, 05:52 PM	#10487
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I ignored my leaves one fall, because it kept raining .... and then it rained .... and the it was raining again ... and then it froze. When I finally got to them in the spring, large patches of grass had been killed. Especially under one tree which had really large leaves. No, I dunno what type tree it was.... The rest of the leaves would have been okay till spring, but THAT set really needed to be raked up. If you wanted grass there come spring, that is!

09-30-2011, 05:26 AM	#10488
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Summer has finally started.... We've had more summer days this last week than the entire July month together (which wasn't hard, as there were 0...)

09-30-2011, 10:24 AM	#10489
Joybells reddit, reddit, reddit Posts: 184 Karma: 405760 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz Device: Kobo Touch	Does daylight saving time count as a meteorological phenomenon? Here on the border of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, we are about to enter the silly season, where NSW has daylight saving for the next 6 months, and Queensland doesn't. This is rather a densely populated area of Australia, and the state border runs right through a city, and an airport. People on one side of the road are an hour ahead of those just 30 feet away on the other side. Tens of thousands of people cross the border every day to work in the other state. My man is in the other state, and in a different time zone. We now have to talk about 'your time' and 'my time' for the next few months. If your city is divided by a time zone, going to work, making appointments, catching transport, etc, is schizophrenic. Each year a big public moan goes up from the frustrated citizens. Many solutions have been mooted - having the lower half of Queensland, which is not on DLST, being on the same time as NSW. Today's suggestion, from the Premier of QLD, was to move the border south to a less populated area of NSW, and redrawing the border to take in the southern part of the city of Tweed. Not well received! The people from NSW don't want to be classed as 'banana benders'. So, it's an impasse again. Welcome to the silly season in Australia.

09-30-2011, 01:02 PM	#10491
Stephen_Melling Stephen_Melling Posts: 133 Karma: 479422 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Preston, Lancashire Device: kindle	Sunshine!!! Seems we have a mini heatwave. 28 degrees in late September breaks records...doubt it will last very long.

09-30-2011, 09:15 PM	#10492
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Rain... just perfect for curling up with my ebook reader and perhaps a movie or t.v. show.

10-01-2011, 12:29 AM	#10494
Joybells reddit, reddit, reddit Posts: 184 Karma: 405760 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz Device: Kobo Touch	In NZ a man complained that the extra hour of daylight was blistering and fading the paint on his front door!

10-01-2011, 07:41 PM	#10497
Shimarenda Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 68186 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Athens, Georgia Device: Kindle 3, Nook Tablet	Windy and cool. Yay! I think Fall is my favorite time of year.

10-01-2011, 08:27 PM	#10498
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	It is chilly tonight! Another good excuse to curl up in a blanket and read. Not that I need an excuse to do that, mind you.

10-02-2011, 09:47 AM	#10499
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,648 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	COLD! Really COLD! OK, cool .... but it feels COLD! After a muggy week of afternoon monsoons, we finally got our first Canadian cold air mass of the season. Temps dip into the 40's F at night and only reach the low 60's in the day. Very gusty too. Must be nearing fall. Leaves starting to detach. Ran into an opossum (literally) getting the lawn mower out from under the deck. He/she froze. I froze. He/she ran up a tree. I ran into the house. Not sure I want one as a neighbor. Hopefully this is the last lawn mowing of the season.

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10-02-2011, 03:53 PM	#10500
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I petted an opossum once. Not at first, of course. At first, it was hissing and baring its teeth at me. It was in my garage (how it got there is another story). I'd always felt that they were among the ugliest creatures on the planet, and this one was no different. But as I looked into its eyes, I began to see it as having a beauty of its own. I slowly approached and sat near it. The creature stopped hissing and barring its teeth, and in a few minutes it seemed to realize that I meant it no harm. At that point I slowly extended my hand and began to stroke its fur. Then I raised the garage door so it could escape. It just sat there. It was still there a couple of hours later when I returned to check, but it finally decided to go find a new home. It was an interesting experience. Today I need a jacket to read out on the deck.