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Just received a grocery order I ordered this morning. 26 items and the gal screwed up three items. Usually they are pretty good, but this person had her head on wrong. All they have to do if follow instructions for crying out loud. Instacart is good about refunding my money, but I would like what I ordered. Can’t wait til this COVID-19 business is over.
 

StarSong said:
Death Valley is supposed to hit 122 today.
The Palm Springs area is lovely from November-April. October, May & June are manageable, July-September can be beastly.

I can't imagine why anyone would live in Death Valley.
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I never could imagine anyone wanting to live in Alaska or Canada. That’s just too cold for me. I took a flight up to Alaska just one time as a favor for my dispatcher who forgot to order a flight crew for an added flight. When I got off the plane in Anchorage it was -9 in late January and had been snowing for about an hour before we landed. They do a great job clearing the runways considering the conditions.

One morning, we went into the town and had breakfast outside at one of the better restaurants. I think it was already in the 80’s when we were eating and went into the low 100’s that day in August. Is that town powered by the wind generators? We saw a lot of them, so I wondered if they might.
 
-Oy- said:
This is my 6th Honda - they're just so reliable. I did 275k miles in my last Accord!
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I’m in the market for a new car. I have fours cars for two drivers, but I don’t count the Corvette. That’s a weekender. I’m looking at a Mercedes SUV. It’s a little more than I want to pay, but I believe we should all enjoy our money. The Mercedes is on my “maybe” list, along with a GMC Terrain and a GMC Acadia.
 
oldman said:
I never could imagine anyone wanting to live in Alaska or Canada. That’s just too cold for me. I took a flight up to Alaska just one time as a favor for my dispatcher who forgot to order a flight crew for an added flight. When I got off the plane in Anchorage it was -9 in late January and had been snowing for about an hour before we landed. They do a great job clearing the runways considering the conditions.

One morning, we went into the town and had breakfast outside at one of the better restaurants. I think it was already in the 80’s when we were eating and went into the low 100’s that day in August. Is that town powered by the wind generators? We saw a lot of them, so I wondered if they might.
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I grew up with cold weather and hot humid summers (Northeast US). No thanks.

Wind farms supply a large proportion of the Palm Springs area power. They're quite impressive, aren't they?
 
oldman said:
I’m in the market for a new car. I have fours cars for two drivers, but I don’t count the Corvette. That’s a weekender. I’m looking at a Mercedes SUV. It’s a little more than I want to pay, but I believe we should all enjoy our money. The Mercedes is on my “maybe” list, along with a GMC Terrain and a GMC Acadia.
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I agree..I'm ok buying a 2 or 3 year old used car for me, and we have several cars here and abroad .. but hubs buys top of the range cars for himself.. sporty models.. He sold his Ferrari last year and bought a Masarati GranTurismo 4.2..eye wateringly expensive but then he works hard, can afford it, and enjoys cars

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oldman said:
I never could imagine anyone wanting to live in Alaska or Canada. That’s just too cold for me. I took a flight up to Alaska just one time as a favor for my dispatcher who forgot to order a flight crew for an added flight. When I got off the plane in Anchorage it was -9 in late January and had been snowing for about an hour before we landed. They do a great job clearing the runways considering the conditions.

One morning, we went into the town and had breakfast outside at one of the better restaurants. I think it was already in the 80’s when we were eating and went into the low 100’s that day in August. Is that town powered by the wind generators? We saw a lot of them, so I wondered if they might.
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The -9° temps you experienced are balmy by Canadian standards. :)

We've seen temps down to -41°C, and typically winter temps around late December through to the end of January, are in and around the -30° to -35°C area, or in Fahrenheit, -22° to -31°.
 
Aunt Marg said:
The -9° temps you experienced are balmy by Canadian standards. :)

We've seen temps down to -41°C, and typically winter temps around late December through to the end of January, are in and around the -30° to -35°C area, or in Fahrenheit, -22° to -31°.
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Man, that’s too cold for me. People go outdoors in those temps? I thought that the cold weather of those temps caused lung problems?
 
oldman said:
Man, that’s too cold for me. People go outdoors in those temps? I thought that the cold weather of those temps caused lung problems?
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Believe it or not, we thrive in it, and it holds back very few, but yes, complications are real and do limit some peoples ability to get outdoors.

Bundling-up is the key, otherwise it's business as usual. :)

I remember as kids we used to sometimes walk to school backwards, because it helped block the cold and bone-chilling wind.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Believe it or not, we thrive in it, and it holds back very few, but yes, complications are real and do limit some peoples ability to get outdoors.

Bundling-up is the key, otherwise it's business as usual. :)

I remember as kids we used to sometimes walk to school backwards, because it helped block the cold and bone-chilling wind.
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Around here, if it gets below 20, the news makes the front page.
 
I'm just spending some time on the computer before I go to my daughters. I got a call from my sister and she said that tommorrow is Labor day. My Husband heard us and said she was wrong because today is Labor day.They went back and fourth and I just laughed thinking WOW we are all really old when we don't know what day it is. After I hung up with my sister I got a call from Publishers Clearing house telling me that I won $11,000,000 and a new car.The call came from Jamaica. I told the guy that I have soo much money already and just bought a new car so they can remove me as the winner. How dumb do they think people can be. I am sick and tired of Spam calls.
 
Pfft! -9 cold? We get temperatures here where Celsius & Fahrenheit meet @-40. Yes! It’s cold but with the right gear on it’s just as fun as any other day and our dogs don’t care what temperature it is out. They STILL expect a walk and rightly so.
Our dogs have a full selection of handmade coats.
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Anyway I just wanted to comment on the not wanting to live in Canada. For myself, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. The weather just makes living here more exciting and mysterious.
 
oldman said:
Man, that’s too cold for me. People go outdoors in those temps? I thought that the cold weather of those temps caused lung problems?
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Also from the cold! Around here, if it hits Zero F people are in shorts and sweatshirts! I think they froze their brain at one time. We escape south for a few winter months each year. Momma didn't raise no fool!
 
StarSong said:
Hottest day of the year coming up today (117 forecast high) so it'll be another indoors day during which I will again offer up thanks to Willis Carrier, inventor of air conditioning. Tomorrow it'll drop to 104. My BFF lives in the Palm Springs area. 120 for her today and tomorrow. Eek!

Living in So Cal generally means not giving the weather a second thought because it's usually lovely out. Not this weekend though.
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Hi Starsong,thought you'd be interested in this.Willis Carrier who invented A/C was born WNY,Angola which is south of Buffalo.I've never be a fan{no pun intended} of A/C Sue
 
Good morning everyone. I am having my tea and then I am headed out for a walk. I try to walk thirty minutes a day. When the weather is less friendly I walk the parking garage at our local hospital. It has 5 levels of ramps. It gets the blood pumping for sure.
 
Still sitting and waitng for customers at my yard sale. Did pretty good on Friday, mediocre on Saturday and lousy yesterday. So far nobody has stopped. The people directly across the street from me had a sale Saturday and yesterday. I thought they were going to have one again - they left their tables out and just covered them. But this morning they came out and put everything away. Maybe they didn't do so well, either.
 
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debodun said:
Still sitting and waitng for customers at my yard sale. Did pretty good on Friday, mediocre on Saturday and lousy yesterday. So far nobody has stopped. The people directly across the street from me had a sale Saturday and yesterday. I thought they were going to have one again - they left their tables out and just covered them. But this morning they came out and put everything away. Maybe they didn't do so well, either.
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Do you mind sharing what you consider pretty good and mediocre? 20 pieces sold, 200 sold? $50 earned? $500 earned? Just curious.
 
Today I am starting on organizing my storage area. Maybe do some laundry. No other plans really.
 

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