What's the weather like where you are?
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You and me on the old bones. This may be my worst winter. I am cold no matter what.
Sorry to hear that. I know I am not as ancient as some, most of my complaining about the cold comes from simply a sense of self comfort. In reality I'm just being soft.
Otherssuch as yourselfi fully understand that age catches up and one struggles to cope with extremes. If I were living in your climate,I would have died a long time ago. You fellas , Grace, farouk, et al with letter boxes bordering the arctic circle are tougher than me.
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Come up higher John...you aint seen cold yet!!
If its any comfort, Dave says the very same. His feet are always cold
Well when I was younger I spent 2 winters in Wyoming and 1 winter in West Berlin. A bit over a year ago they put me on a blood thinner and now in the summer time when its over 100 F [38 C] I often like it outside better than in many of the air conditioned buildings where I have to put on a light jacket or sweater. My wife and I have reversed roles in this as it used to be her that was always cold. Now she want to crank that air conditioner up higher when I'm wrapped up in sweater or blanket.Come up higher John...you aint seen cold yet!!
If its any comfort, Dave says the very same. His feet are always cold
Today it did warm up a tad from 34 F [1.1 C] from yesterday in actual temperature. Also yesterday the wind averaged 30-40 miles an hour all day. Today there is no wind. Warmer yet tomorrow.
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Sometimes I guess I complain because I can. The cold for me is real enough, but I really shouldn't complain as I have certainly been a lot more uncomfortable. The very worst winter for me was the one I spent in West Berlin in 1969-1970. I remember wondering why those 2½ million people would purposely live where the snow arrived in October and the last snow blizzard was in May. Well I was in my mid 20's then and complained. My body is no longer able to handle it will anymore. For really normally Oklahoma usually has few really cold days when compared to any of those places and certainly not where Helen @"ByGrace" lives..
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Colder now here, too. That front everybody was experiencing finally got to us. Supposed to be 25 degrees tonight, and I have to drive around for two and half hours in it with the windows open. But it still won't be as bad as the summer we had here. That was miserable.
But yeah, things slow down for me too if I have work to do outside. Was building a fence, and I was supposed to get some more work done today...
Didn't happen, LoL.
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Agree. I confess as I write this I am in a nice comfy arm chair with a small lap blanket over my legs and feet . I have NEVER seen Dave with a lap blanket ...the other day I asked him if he’d like one...he said YES! I was amazed ...I took a sneaky photo of him from the side , and sent it to my two daughters ( both almost 60 now).
One said it made her
to see her strong ,tough ,macho dad sitting like an old man. I wrote back...”the thing is...he IS an old man now at 82.”She’d never seen him in that light, she still sees him as the man who plays squash three times a week and the man to call on for a quick favour or small job.
I think our blood must thin out as we age. At least our houses are cozy , our cars are too...and all the Malls are warm to shop in.
I don’t think I’d like your creepy crawlers down there John. I bet you have snakes too?
At least we dint have that to battle with :)
Yes, slowly but surely we continue to age and no matter what we used to be able to do and to tolerate, it is less now. What comes to my mind is my relationship with the kids. When my own two were at home I would get down on the floor and play with them. With my grandchildren I did the same regularly taking them to the park to play on swings, slides, merry-go-rounds. Then finally more recently I tried to do the same thing with my one great-grandson. He loved it but I had to stop. I'd get out of breath and could hardly get up from the floor. I miss the ability to interact with them that way. Except for the great-grandson [9 years old now] they've all grown up. My youngest grandchild graduated from high school this past May.Agree. I confess as I write this I am in a nice comfy arm chair with a small lap blanket over my legs and feet . I have NEVER seen Dave with a lap blanket ...the other day I asked him if he’d like one...he said YES! I was amazed ...I took a sneaky photo of him from the side , and sent it to my two daughters ( both almost 60 now).
One said it made her
She’d never seen him in that light, she still sees him as the man who plays squash three times a week and the man to call on for a quick favour or small job.
Me, I still would like to join in their games, but I cannot. My wife and play a game of cards and scrabble every day and that is all that is usually our limit. Mental, God has still blessed us there, but physical is very limited any more and I can feel the weather as never before. That blanket and sweater in the house is a real comfort to me.
Give God the glory!
Yes, we have some snakes but they've never really bothered me. When lived in the country, I'd only deal with them when they came too close to the house. Now living in town in an apartment complex, it's been years since I've seen one. I really wish I could go for a nice walk out in the open fields and forests again, but I suspect that will never happen again in this lifetime, just like playing with the kids.
Manchester gets quite a lot of the right sort of rain for cotton spinning and weaving. The moisture in the air meant that the this cotton threads did not break so easily when being spun. Manchester's nickname used to be 'Cottonopolis' due to the vast numbers of cotton mills. Manchester was a port at one time and also with Liverpool not far away the bales were brought up to Manchester by canal. There was great hardship during the American civil war as the cotton supply dried up. Eventually they had to rely on cheaper and inferior cotton from India. There are so many old mills round Manchester, some derelict and some used for other purposes.
And this is what the town would have looked like when all the mills were working. A veritable forest of chimneys. And much of the North West of England was like this.
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Manchester gets quite a lot of the right sort of rain for cotton spinning and weaving. The moisture in the air meant that the this cotton threads did not break so easily when being spun. Manchester's nickname used to be 'Cottonopolis' due to the vast numbers of cotton mills. Manchester was a port at one time and also with Liverpool not far away the bales were brought up to Manchester by canal. There was great hardship during the American civil war as the cotton supply dried up. Eventually they had to rely on cheaper and inferior cotton from India. There are so many old mills round Manchester, some derelict and some used for other purposes.
This is one of the largest mills in Bolton Beehive Mill. But it is without its chimneys which are long gone.
And this is what the town would have looked like when all the mills were working. A veritable forest of chimneys. And much of the North West of England was like this.
What a lovely post Pat... I LOVE history and I didn't know any of what you shared. Robin lived there for 30 years but even when we visited he didn't tell us anything at all about the history of the place.
Thank you very much xxx
Looks like something from an LS Lowry painting... :)Manchester gets quite a lot of the right sort of rain for cotton spinning and weaving. The moisture in the air meant that the this cotton threads did not break so easily when being spun. Manchester's nickname used to be 'Cottonopolis' due to the vast numbers of cotton mills. Manchester was a port at one time and also with Liverpool not far away the bales were brought up to Manchester by canal. There was great hardship during the American civil war as the cotton supply dried up. Eventually they had to rely on cheaper and inferior cotton from India. There are so many old mills round Manchester, some derelict and some used for other purposes.
This is one of the largest mills in Bolton Beehive Mill. But it is without its chimneys which are long gone.
And this is what the town would have looked like when all the mills were working. A veritable forest of chimneys. And much of the North West of England was like this.
Hello Amadeus,
You can probably tell me a lot about Oklahoma weather. I'm familiar with Dallas weather though its been a couple of decades. How long are the periods where it stays below freezing without a break along I-40 latitude? How many of those periods? There are those days when it barely thaws only to refreeze. Not sure how to categorize those? I've dealt with treacherous black ice in my DFW days. Having to deal with hard freezes again is something I am going to have to adapt to after a couple of decades in Houston.
Thanks
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