Author Topic: Speaking of crappy weather... (Read 398 times)

kmh364 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:47:51 AM »

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we just bought Stewart Airport (nee' Air Force Base) in upstate NY as well.

georgie_boy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 08, 2007, 07:47:19 AM »

Glad you guys are getting as much crap as the rest of us!!
Yet it was actually sunny this morning!!!

olieoliver · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2007, 07:51:54 AM »

We've gone from one extreme to the other and then back again.

We were under drought restrictions for about a year, then we had 2 months of solid rain and flooding, now we're back in the 90's and 100's and dry as a bone.

That's Texas for ya' though! YEE-Haw!

Olie

keith_h · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:18:17 AM »

Yep, I'm sitting here at 99 F (37 C) expecting to go up to 103 F (39 C) today. A so called cold front is expected Friday. They say our temperature should drop to 92 F (33 C). Oh boy! :-O

Keith

jet_powers · « **Reply #19 on:** August 08, 2007, 12:54:19 PM »

Kevin,
You're with the Port Authority? A few weeks ago I had a run in with a few of your compatriots on the other side of town, the TBTA. They told me then that you Port Authority types aren't as nice as they are. Myself, I found it hard to believe. Can it be true?

I can vouch for the weather there. it was hot and miserable, just like all the NYC drivers all around me....

JP

lbpesq · « **Reply #20 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:01:44 PM »

I grew up in New York and moved to California right out of high school. Discussions like the above confirm my long held belief that New York is a great place to be from ... with from being the operative word. Thank the powers that be for earthquakes or we'd be inundated out here even more than we are!

Bill, tgo

alembic_doctor · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2007, 07:00:30 PM »

I'm so glad that I live in Northern California on the Central Coast

kmh364 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 09, 2007, 07:43:28 AM »

JP:

Being from a Public Agency, we are supposed to conduct ourselves in the public interest as professionals and act accordingly in order to minimize negative political impact on the agency and on the public-at-large in the most political of cities.

Having said that, we're all individuals and, as such, some of us are more political than others. I try to remember that everyone is human and we all have our foibles. I treat others as I want to be treated, sometimes returning the favor when I'm presented with less than respectful treatment, LOL!

Having just returned from CA and NV, I can tell you that the drivers aren't much better out there than they are here. Driving to/fro San Francisco was an exercise in patience.

Bill, TGO:

Yup, everyone wants to be out there, myself included. It appears the NYC Metro area has a similar problem...not a great place to live, but good if you wanna work and get paid. Personally, I'd love to be out there, but the PANYNJ doesn't have a branch out there and I'm 10yrs away from my pension and lifetime health benefits. Bummer!

Cheers,

Kevin

bracheen · « **Reply #23 on:** August 09, 2007, 09:03:32 AM »

I did the online questionaire at the AARP website that's supposed to tell me the ideal place for me to live. (I know, I have too much time on my hands) The end result was San Francisco. I think there were 10 results total and all were California. Santa Rosa was ranked #3 based on my answers.

Sam

(Message edited by bracheen on August 09, 2007)

kmh364 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 09, 2007, 11:58:48 AM »

One can only wish. I felt great when I was on the Monterey Peninsula and in the SF Bay area. The climate is cool, breezy, lacks significant humidity (a la Joisey, that is) and is relatively constant year-round. My migraineur was minimal and my joints felt great. Plus the NorCal central coast offers some of the most spectacular riding around. I'm very jealous! One day, one day.

jacko · « **Reply #25 on:** August 11, 2007, 01:58:05 AM »

Yesterday was sunny, today it's back to dreich.

Graeme.

* Dreich - a useful scottish word used when it's grey, damp and miserable. (standard scottish weather).

bracheen · « **Reply #26 on:** August 11, 2007, 07:15:05 AM »

George sent me a photo of a lane near his home with overhanging tree limbs all covered in snow. I have it on my desktop at work thinking it might help. Nope, it didn't. I have gotten a lot of comments on it though. Folks here like your photography, George.

georgie_boy · « **Reply #27 on:** August 12, 2007, 04:26:09 AM »

Plenty more where that came from Sam.
Just let me know.
Just remember that every photo I send (unless otherwise stated) is within 1/2 a mile of my front door. The picture you refer to is taken 50 yds. from my front door.
Try and post it on the forum so that others with hot weather can gaze at it and dream.

G

bracheen · « **Reply #28 on:** August 12, 2007, 07:01:03 AM »

Not the same photo but very similar. I had to resize it to post and it got a little blurry.

jet_powers · « **Reply #29 on:** August 12, 2007, 08:46:45 AM »

I hope that wasn't taken in the past week! There's a scene all too familiar in the hills of central MA. My back is starting to ache just looking at it. At least I don't have to shovel the rain.....

JP