CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Albert1434]

Aloha Bucket my dear friend how are thing in the land down under

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Aloha, Albert.  

[Albert1434]

Aloha dear Gary

[Bucket1]

Hello young Albert

it was a very pleasant day here and forecast for nice all week. I am making plans for a visit to Dad and Sis. Fathers Day is a fortnight away. I won’t be allowed inside but will be able to chat through the fence. It is a strange world we live in

[Bucket1]

Hi there Gary  

[Headstall]

55 minutes ago, Marty said:

Happy Sunday, all!

Well, dughlas, I did manage to tie most of the damaged pea vines back to the chicken wire they had been growing up. Some of the stems are quite badly damaged, but hopefully the plants will still be able to transport water up the stems to swell the peas inside the abundant pods that had started developing before the storm hit.

A reasonably mild day here, with the temp currently (around 2:30pm) about 16°C/61°F. Mainly cloudy with frequent light showers and occasional sunny periods, but not long enough to risk hanging washing out. The lawns really need mowing, but they're far too wet at the moment to do so safely without damaging them. Hopefully there'll come a couple of dry days in the week to cut them, but I may have to put the mower blade to its highest setting for the first cut.

Hope you're all keeping safe!

Hey, Marty!  Bluefish hot here... very humid. My lawns need mowing too, but have moved down the list of my priorities. Like you, I'll have to raise the blade when I cut them. 

[Bucket1]

Time for bed here 

Work tomorrow - I might need to book some holidays

[Marty]

24 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Death Valley hit 131f/55 c hottest day on the planet omg Ever

I fully understand that when you say "ever" you mean ever recorded by mankind.

Here's an interesting article, though:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

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Our 4.54-billion-year-old planet probably experienced its hottest temperatures in its earliest days, when it was still colliding with other rocky debris (planetesimals) careening around the solar system. The heat of these collisions would have kept Earth molten, with top-of-the-atmosphere temperatures upward of 3,600° Fahrenheit.

There's a Part 2 to that article, that looks at global temperatures since the last Ice Age, and includes the following interesting graphic:

Spoiler

Spoiler

Throughout its 4.54-billion-year history, Earth has experienced multiple periods of temperatures hotter than today’s. But as far as the “recent” past, a study published in March 2013 concluded that global average temperature is now higher than it has been for most of the last 11,300 years.

The scientists assembled dozens of temperature records from multiple studies, including data from sediment cores drilled in lake bottoms and sea floors, and from ice cores. Assembling data from 73 records that overlap in time, the scientists pieced together global average temperatures since the end of the last ice age.

Source: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/what’s-hottest-earth-has-been-“lately”

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by Marty
Clarification

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Hello young Albert

it was a very pleasant day here and forecast for nice all week. I am making plans for a visit to Dad and Sis. Fathers Day is a fortnight away. I won’t be allowed inside but will be able to chat through the fence. It is a strange world we live in

Hey, B.   It's a good thing we are adaptable. I feel sorry for folks in hospitals who can see any family members... and pass away alone.  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Bucket1 said:

Time for bed here 

Work tomorrow - I might need to book some holidays

Sleep well, Bucket!  

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Bucket1 said:

Time for bed here 

Work tomorrow - I might need to book some holidays

Night, B.  

[Bucket1]

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday Marty

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty!  Bluefish hot here... very humid. My lawns need mowing too, but have moved down the list of my priorities. Like you, I'll have to raise the blade when I cut them. 

Greetings, Gary.

[Albert1434]

Tuck you into bed Bucket and sweet dreams

Edited August 23, 2020 by Albert1434

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Greetings, Gary.

Greetings, earthling.    

[Headstall]

Happy Sunday, all!

Still writing

Still feeling sorry for myself

Still surviving

Be safe, my friends.  

[Albert1434]

It is so sad we still have a lot of smoke omg

[Albert1434]

Heart attacks and strokes go up when there is smoke like this day after day

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Happy Sunday, all!

Well, dughlas, I did manage to tie most of the damaged pea vines back to the chicken wire they had been growing up. Some of the stems are quite badly damaged, but hopefully the plants will still be able to transport water up the stems to swell the peas inside the abundant pods that had started developing before the storm hit.

A reasonably mild day here, with the temp currently (around 2:30pm) about 16°C/61°F. Mainly cloudy with frequent light showers and occasional sunny periods, but not long enough to risk hanging washing out. The lawns really need mowing, but they're far too wet at the moment to do so safely without damaging them. Hopefully there'll come a couple of dry days in the week to cut them, but I may have to put the mower blade to its highest setting for the first cut.

Hope you're all keeping safe!

Glad to hear you had some success in the garden.

Seems an Irish solution to over wet over long lawns might be sheep. They fertilize too.

[Marty]

48 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Glad to hear you had some success in the garden.

Seems an Irish solution to over wet over long lawns might be sheep. They fertilize too.

That might be an idea, but...

... there's a couple of problems with sheep:

1. They are a flock animal, so don't do well kept in isolation or very small groups. My garden is not big enough for a whole flock of sheep.
2. They're not quite as bad as their cousins, the goats. But they definitely do not eat only grass.

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Headstall]

22 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Glad to hear you had some success in the garden.

Seems an Irish solution to over wet over long lawns might be sheep. They fertilize too.

And he could knit sweaters on those long winter nights.   Morning, bro.  

[Albert1434]

Good one Gary

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, Headstall said:

And he could knit sweaters on those long winter nights.   Morning, bro.  

 I did that, once.

The wool was from my own sheep, which another neighbour had helped me to shear. Then I borrowed a spinning wheel, and spent many a long winter night converting the fleece into yarn.

I knitted a child's sweater with it for the five year old son of a friend. And also knitted a christening shawl for some friends who'd asked me to be godfather to their daughter.

All this was about thirty years ago, and I wanted to prove to myself that I could go from raw material to finished product by myself. 

Memories...  

Edited August 23, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[CassieQ]

5 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Then again, I have at least two dozen books on my shelves just gathering dust. I bought them, or received them as gifts, and told myself I'd "get to them eventually", but "eventually" just never seems to happen.   

I have the same problem with books.  I'll be like "That looks interesting" and buy it, maybe read a couple of pages, then put it down and never pick it back up.  It's frustrating, because I could read for hours on end when I was younger, but now I just don't seem to have time or the attention span I used to.   

[Marty]

17 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I have the same problem with books.  I'll be like "That looks interesting" and buy it, maybe read a couple of pages, then put it down and never pick it back up.  It's frustrating, because I could read for hours on end when I was younger, but now I just don't seem to have time or the attention span I used to.   

Well, I'm a lot older than you, but there are still times when I find myself spending hours on end reading.

But I do admit to having some books in my house (as I've yet not got round to putting up shelves since I moved in, I can't say on my bookshelves) and on my Kindle, that I haven't yet got round to reading.