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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
How's the weather by you Brenda?

Got a few more cold ones here and then we're in the 30's and even the 40's for the next two weeks... or so we're told.

I think we might be coming to the end of your last winter in that shabby situation :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Finally stopped snowing here after 8 straight days of snow. Might get warm enough to melt a bit of it the next two days. Almost 50 on Monday though, so if it hasn't melted by then we should be in luck.

Be safe. It should be almost over..... hopefully.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Good news, Brenda !

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Glad it's warming up for you up there Brenda. :)

We're getting hit with a mighty fine warm spell here too. It will be almost 60 on Monday and Tuesday, and every day in the 2 week forecast is looking to be over 40 degrees save two of them. That brings us into March. Yay!

Man... if we get a reasonable March this year than everything kind of balances out and winter was just ass backward in 2018. Fingers crossed!

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Just be careful and keep thinking that by this time next year you should be in a much nicer place. :)

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I used to live up in the NE snowbelt. I feel your pain.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hang in there, Brenda. It's almost over. :)

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Good luck ;)

Just take it easy, it's almost done.


We're getting torrential rain here now. Almost all 20" of snow from the last few weeks is gone now. At least my sump pump seems to be working. *fingers crossed*

60's for the next two days, then a dip down in the 30's for 2 days, then every day the next two weeks on weather.com shows a high in the 40's. Awesome way to finish up February!

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Rain, for us, is always eight days away. I can't tell you the number of times this winter ("rainy season") that I've seen rain in the long-term forecast, only to have it evaporate five days out. Ridiculously Resilient Ridge Redux - Rewind! here we come.


Well, ONE piece of good news, at least! I don't know if I mentioned it, but we've been hiring a homeless guy for yard cleanup and gardening ... somebody we knew knew somebody else who knew this guy ... pay him $20/hr for 5 hours work, plus a home-cooked lunch and supplies to take "home". He's been biking 15 miles one way to get here, and bikes 15 miles back each week.

Older guy, 50's; guy has his head screwed on straight, not a drug addict or alcoholic, just made some bad decisions and lost his economic footing in 2008 and never really regained it. LA County FINALLY made homelessness a priority, put 1/4% sales tax to fund programs, and this guy FINALLY got into assisted housing. YAY! At least he has a place to shower, stay warm, and cook meals. And considering how cold it's been here, that's a wonderful thing! They said they're going to fix his teeth and get him regular medical care. We stay in touch by text; I hope to see him again this weekend or next. I have my fingers crossed that things work out well for him; he deserves it. And of course, he continues to work for us, if he so chooses. Or until he finds something better.


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Originally posted by Brenda:

Kinda wish we had more rain coming where I am. Then at least I could get more done. Still looking at a bit more snow for the end of this week and some into next.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I may not post about it much, but I do think of you often, BRENDA. I hope for your sake that the snow goes away soon.

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Originally posted by Brenda:

Kinda wish we had more rain coming where I am. Then at least I could get more done. Still looking at a bit more snow for the end of this week and some into next.

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Ya'all can have the rain we've been getting.

Fortunately my sump held out and I didn't have any power issues, but my brother's basement flooded. It was a real freak of nature occurance. His home is over 30 years old and there was never a well or sump installed. He's not in a flood zone. We just got an insane amount of rain in two days on top of the 20 inches of snow that melted. A lot of stuff he had in the crawl was destroyed.

I'm going over there tomorrow to help them try to clean up the mess.

He's taking a positive attitude about it at least. I'm kind of worried they're both turning into hoarders and he's looking at this as an opportunity to let a lot of stuff go that he's wanted to get rid of for years.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yeah... Yesterday they both left so he could get some work done and that's when he did it all. They would have been home today if it wasn't for the washing machine busting and her having to go to her mom's to do all that laundry. I'm going with my old man down to see my other brother for a few days next weekend, so hopefully we can all get together the following week now that I have some more days off.


Sorry to hear about the snow by you. I think we might be pretty much done here. The forecast for the next two weeks by me shows highs from the 40's to the 60's so any snowing we get should only be incidental and melt really quickly. Winter's almost over :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Hey Brenda

I checked it out. You really DID lose all of your posts. Dang.

I'm glad that the snow is melting ... again.

I've been checking out the weather because it's been in the news. This is for Jack "Record Atmospheric Moisture Feeding Central U.S. Flooding - The most significant flooding thus far has been in Southwest Michigan, Northwest Indiana, and Northeast Illinois, where the heavy rains fell on a snowpack that completely melted, releasing meltwater equivalent to another ½" – 1” of rain".

Meanwhile, here it's been dry, dry, dry as a bone.

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I've been checking out the weather because it's been in the news. This is for Jack "Record Atmospheric Moisture Feeding Central U.S. Flooding - The most significant flooding thus far has been in Southwest Michigan, Northwest Indiana, and Northeast Illinois, where the heavy rains fell on a snowpack that completely melted, releasing meltwater equivalent to another ½" – 1” of rain".

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The homeless guy we have been hiring is no longer homeless. YAY! He's fully settled in to his new (temporary) home. Was working at our place again over the weekend, so I got him a radio-clock-alarm and one of those clip-on LED lights for personal use.

I know it's very hard for formerly homeless to adapt back to home-based life. Apparently, the house has something of a "den mother" who cooks b'fast and dinner. But one of the things (let me call him "AL") said was that SHE said ... "I'm turning on the heat in the evening, you guys better shut your windows"

I hope AL can make it thru this transition. Next week I'm going to get him a personalized mug, and the week after that reading glasses, since his eyes aren't so good. I hope that will motivate him to stick with it: It's been really cold (for CA) the past week-plus; NOBODY should be out in the cold like that!

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Went to a local casino on Friday. Took $100 with me and had a real good morning. Walked out with $334 in my pocket

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Its been dry here today and maybe for tomorrow too. Yipee!!!!

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Went to a local casino on Friday. Took $100 with me and had a real good morning. Walked out with $334 in my pocket

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That's amazing good fortune! I have never ... and I mean NEVER ... won at anything. I used to tell my workplace lotto pool that they should pay me to stay OUT of the pool so I don't contaminate them with my bad luck. But they never did.

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It was. I won over $200 on 1 slot machine. Because of my seizure disorder I can only handle being in a casino for about 2hours after that it becomes too much. I go to one maybe twice a year. It's just for fun. I have never walked out with that much money from a casino. Usually I break even or loose about $40.

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Its been dry here today and maybe for tomorrow too. Yipee!!!!

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Good for you! Enjoy the weather!

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Yes and it suppose to rain some later this week but that's okay as what is left of the snow will be all gone.


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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I played at the casino twice. I lost $40 bucks in about 3 minutes on slots and never played them again. I won about $175 at Blackjack and decided I would never gamble again because the rush is too good. That was maybe 15 years ago.

If I never gamble again at a casino, I'm one of the few people who can honestly say that I've beat the house over the long run.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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