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  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,369 Member
    edited September 2018
    Good morning.
    Sorry about your car, Jo. Good that no one was hurt. Hope your niece and family are all safe.
    Irene, nice that you visit the hospital.
    Roger, those fires are very devastating. And most cities have homeless problems. There were homeless people in Bar Harbor which is a tiny little town, with lots of wealthy people. Things in this country are askew.
    Seems the hurricane was downgraded though may still be lots of damage from all the rain.
    Cloudy with a high of 76 today here. No special plans.
    Happy Friday, everyone.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    The latest humor is now posted

    Hi
    I'm back home from walking no cents. The Temperature out the door was 66 degrees. The Humidity is down, When I got up and looked out the living room window I could see stars in a nice clear sky, When I was ready to leave the stars had disappeared behind clouds that had moved in.

    https://www.ajc.com/news/national/georgia-town-for-sale-for-the-cost-nyc-luxury-apartment/YrLnonGNqgYteyoMc8qnhJ/
    Georgia town for sale for the cost of a NYC luxury apartment
    TOOMSBORO, GA. —
    If you want to be the master of your own domain, you can if you have an extra $1.7 million sitting around. And we’re not talking about a nice-sized house. We’re talking an entire town in Georgia.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/belugas-narwhal-stlawrence-1.4820602
    Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River
    The narwhal, a species which normally lives in the Arctic, has been spotted for 3 years in a row

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/drink-old-times-worlds-oldest-brewery-found-israel-160502336.html
    Drink to old times: World's 'oldest brewery' found in Israel

    https://www.journalnow.com/news/trending/owners-of-virginia-winery-stunned-after-overnight-thief-snags-almost/article_224a47b6-9389-512f-a51f-02be739de84c.html
    Owners of Virginia winery stunned after overnight thief snags almost entire grape harvest

    http://www.eagletribune.com/news/update-at-least-fires-reported-in-lawrence-andover-and-north/article_900f6622-b795-11e8-9830-73ead08331b4.html
    ‘1 dead, at least 10 injured in Merrimack Valley gas disaster
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    Multiple gas explosions rock Lawrence, Andover and North Andover; neighborhoods being evacuated

    https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/13/denver-zoo-baby-tonks-aye-aye/
    Denver Zoo welcomes rare, ugly “Omen of Evil” baby animal into its flock
    Tonks the aye-aye is the newest member of one of the rarest animal species in the world

    https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/San-Antonio-father-s-kids-find-buy-back-the-car-13223453.php

    San Antonio father's kids find, buy back the car he sacrificed 17 years ago to support them


    Have a Great Weekend
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    good morning, when we walked this morning everything was wet but it wasn't raining . Today I get to go visit the hospital and then off to food shopping . Hey Roger Costco has ns gift cards on sale until the end of the month. take care everyone.
    Hi Irene
    Wet but nothing falling from the sky is OK, Not great but OK.Congratulations on the walking.

    Thank You for the heads up I do need a few cards as I think I have one unused and one partially used card and the next NS order is delayed until near the end of October.
    hey Roger just bought a ns gift card on line it was really easy

    I usually do buy mine online. I think CostCo does still take checks so I could just take the checkbook to the nearby CostCo and buy them that was for a change, OTOH having activity on the credit cards is always good too. And having gotten them down to where when I make my Payments I am now paying them in full. Total balance as of my last email notification has the grand total under $300 :smiley:

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good morning;
    Roger-I am about 1 1/2 hours away from there. My niece lives in No. Andover and had to evacuate. She is staying with my sister (her mother).
    The squirrels do a good job eating my flowers and digging holes in my lawn.
    I had my car inspected at the body shop and they have to order parts. When the parts come in it will take 3 days to repair. Since cars now a day are mostly plastic, the inside paneling on the hatchback in all cracked. I never even noticed it when I opened the hatch. They also may find other damage as they take the bumper off. I was stopped in a line of traffic, when I was hit, so the other vehicle wasn't going very fast.
    Hi Irene.
    Hi Vix.
    Have a great day. :)
    Hi Joanne
    I was wondering if You were near that, Good for You and bad for Your Niece :(

    Those Darn Tree Rats are destructive. I suspect they are what has been eating the end off of the Plum Tomatoes and other foods such as the Blackberries. You really do not want them getting into the attic, they chew on everything. We had some Wood lamps in the Shed and they totaled them by gnawing on them :(

    I had a Coworker whose one week old car got damaged and the repairs took forever due to the body shop finding more and more hidden damage and each time the insurance company had to inspect and approve going further, I hope Your experience is better. Does Your or the rear ending cars insurance provide a rental car ?

    The modern cars bumpers are damaged by a light tap that may not even show any visible damage .

    Good Luck
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Sorry about your car, Jo. Good that no one was hurt. Hope your niece and family are all safe.
    Irene, nice that you visit the hospital.
    Roger, those fires are very devastating. And most cities have homeless problems. There were homeless people in Bar Harbor which is a tiny little town, with lots of wealthy people. Things in this country are askew.
    Seems the hurricane was downgraded though may still be lots of damage from all the rain.
    Cloudy with a high of 76 today here. No special plans.
    Happy Friday, everyone.
    Hi Vix
    As far as I know we do not have homeless here in town. I hope it stays that way. They seem to be at the root of much of the crime from what I see across the river in NYC and Long Island.

    Hopefully the Damage from the Hurricane is not as bad as they were predicting before it hit land.

    It appears that we will be having a nice day today and Sunday, Whee.
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,369 Member
    Good morning.
    Misty and wet looking outside. Cloudy with a high of 79 forecast for today.
    Interesting that a whole town is for sale. Also, anthropology is so amazing....so many types of early people I have never heard of....and what they could do in such a primitive state.
    Again, no special plans...will see what the day brings.
    Happy Saturday, everyone. :)
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,163 Member
    good morning, Jo when my car was hit a couple of years ago it took months to get fixed. Glad yours will only take a few days. Jo glad you aren't near any of the flooding and your niece is safe. Roger we have a lot of homeless people here in Browns Mills also a lot in Trenton .Vix nice that you just got to take it easy yesterday. Today we are going to Trenton and some yard work hopefully this will be the last time we plan on bringing my yawn mower home take care all. The weather was so nice that I already got in 9784 steps.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    I have already posted more humor today

    Hi
    I'm back home from walking no cents. The Temperature out the door was 63 degrees. The Humidity is down, When I got up and looked out the living room window I could see stars in a nice clear sky and unlike yesterday the sky stayed clear.

    Yesterday was not to bad outdoors. Today on my return home I opened a window in the Dining Room, back of the house. And the Inside door so that I can get fresh air inside from the Screened Front porch.

    https://www.france24.com/en/20180913-many-populations-fear-big-job-loss-automation-survey
    Many populations fear big job loss from automation

    https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-is-building-a-medieval-watchtower-the-boring-company/
    Elon Musk is building a medieval watchtower
    Elon Musk completes the apocalypse trifecta: Flamethrowers, subterranean tunnels and now a medieval watchtower.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutters-beware-streaming-tv-prices-are-marching-higher-1536943821
    Cord-Cutters Beware: Streaming TV Prices Are Marching Higher

    https://hosted.ap.org/bendbulletin/article/204a0a6bc2604ef883c72205679f9025/safety-measures-ordered-sinking-san-francisco-tower
    Safety measures ordered at sinking San Francisco tower

    https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2018/09/13/dallas-low-tv-ratings-local-tv-ratings-nfl-tv-ratings/
    Dallas local TV ratings should make the rest of the NFL nervous

    https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/14/news/companies/sears-pension-retirees/index.html
    What's killing Sears? Its own retirees, the CEO says

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1017137/national-solar-observatory-sunspot-fbi-solar-flare-new-mexico-NM
    SUPER solar flare to WIPE OUT humanity, theorists fear after solar observatory shut down
    THE National Solar Observatory shut down has some fearing the sun’s activity is much worse than experts are letting on.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6167113/More-evidence-drilling-aboard-International-Space-Station-Russia-claims.html
    Sabotage aboard the International Space Station? MORE evidence of 'drilling' has been found in the docked Soyuz spacecraft, Russia claims

    https://abc13.com/weather/quarter-size-mosquitoes-plague-area-ahead-of-heavy-rainfall-/4235028/
    Mosquitoes the size of a quarter plague Houston area amid heavy rainfall


    Have a Great Sunday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hello Joanne
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Misty and wet looking outside. Cloudy with a high of 79 forecast for today.
    Interesting that a whole town is for sale. Also, anthropology is so amazing....so many types of early people I have never heard of....and what they could do in such a primitive state.
    Again, no special plans...will see what the day brings.
    Happy Saturday, everyone. :)
    Hello Vix
    I did a Quick Grocery Store Run and had to run the wipers and rear defroster to get the condensation off of the windows before setting out. I had a short bit of a mist on the drive back, not enough to run the wipers and my brother ran into something similar on his trip to Pennsylvania for some sort of event.

    It seems that property values are lower in Georgia :smiley:

    I thought that the article on the whales was also interesting. As was the ancient brewery.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
    good morning, Jo when my car was hit a couple of years ago it took months to get fixed. Glad yours will only take a few days. Jo glad you aren't near any of the flooding and your niece is safe. Roger we have a lot of homeless people here in Browns Mills also a lot in Trenton .Vix nice that you just got to take it easy yesterday. Today we are going to Trenton and some yard work hopefully this will be the last time we plan on bringing my yawn mower home take care all. The weather was so nice that I already got in 9784 steps.
    Hello Irene
    When I was rear ended it did not take real long, I let the dealer do it, They had to order sheet metal and they gave me a Loaner car free of charge so It worked out OK.

    I do not know what can be done about the Homeless, According to something I read some of them prefer being on the street to a shelter :(
    I am somewhat surprised that You have homeless in Browns Mills, I would have thought the older cities with a higher density was where that problem was for the most part.

    Does that mean that You will have two Mowers now ?
    Good Luck getting the yard work done, at least the weather is not too bad.

    Yesterday was OK walking, this morning was even better :smiley:

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,369 Member
    Good morning.
    The forecast is mostly cloudy with a high of 80. The sun is trying to peek out. We are meeting some friends for lunch. That'll be nice. Give us a chance to catch up.
    When I recently bumped my front fender in my garage, I was really happy that I have Geiko insurance. Very friendly and efficient. They had a rental car waiting for me, and I had my car back in 2 days (before the holiday weekend.)
    I believe that some of the homeless problems are related to mental health problems. There are agencies and shelters to help out, but they can't reach all of them with what they need. That's one of the reasons affordable medical care is so important. And human kindness.
    Happy Sunday, everyone. :smile:
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,163 Member
    good morning, went for a short walk I actually ran a little but now my knee is a little sore. Yes we now have 2 lawn mowers I prefer the one we brought up the one from Trenton but our yard is big enough George can mow the front and I can mow the back we can do it at the same time, but most of the time I do the yard while George is at work Our homeless has a lot of drug problems which is a shame well take care everyone
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,114 Member
    Good morning;
    Well, today is the last day of my vacation. :( I enjoyed being home.
    Yesterday was a beautiful day. Hubby and I went out to breakfast and then to a flea market.
    Hubby bought a few tools, but I didn't find anything. I then skyped with my son and daughter-in-law. They are doing a family tree and had lots of questions. My brain was on overload trying to remember names and dates.
    Nothing planned for today, just relaxing and enjoying my last day of vacation.
    Have a great day. :)


  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited September 2018
    I just posted more humor, Now to get tomorrows setup ready to post.

    Hi
    I'm back home from walking and one thin dime found. The Temperature out the door was 65 degrees. The Humidity is the same as yesterdays. When I out the door I could see a partly cloudy sky and I could see stars in the clear area of the sky. As I was walking the stars disappeared behind clouds that had moved in. According to the weather forecast the Clouds are remnants of Florence and Rain should be moving in later today through tomorrow with occasional Thunderstorms.

    Yesterday the high temperature was in the mid 80s...

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    A Little Humor now:
    A software developer, a hardware engineer and a mid-level manager were on their way to a conference center located near the top of a mountain. After the conference, they were driving down the steep mountain road and suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?
    The manager said, "Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."
    "No, no," said the hardware engineer. "That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way."
    "Well," said the software developer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back to the top of the mountain and see if it happens again."


    https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/people-are-cracking-up-at-this-weather-reporter-being
    People Are Cracking Up At This Video Of A Weather Channel Reporter Being A Little Dramatic During Hurricane Florence

    https://pilotonline.com/news/article_911ae608-a315-5233-9fc3-0894a8ae3a5f.html
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    Great, Not.
    https://www.recode.net/2018/9/10/17797720/amazon-is-stuffing-its-search-results-pages-with-ads
    Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads
    And they seem to be working.

    http://www.fltimes.com/tns/international/maduro-s-huge-salary-increases-force-percent-of-venezuelan-stores/article_c1492765-34d4-55dc-87bb-ec97b8abe142.html
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    WWII U-Boat Capture


    Have a Great Monday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited September 2018
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    The forecast is mostly cloudy with a high of 80. The sun is trying to peek out. We are meeting some friends for lunch. That'll be nice. Give us a chance to catch up.
    When I recently bumped my front fender in my garage, I was really happy that I have Geiko insurance. Very friendly and efficient. They had a rental car waiting for me, and I had my car back in 2 days (before the holiday weekend.)
    I believe that some of the homeless problems are related to mental health problems. There are agencies and shelters to help out, but they can't reach all of them with what they need. That's one of the reasons affordable medical care is so important. And human kindness.
    Happy Sunday, everyone. :smile:
    Hi Vix
    Yesterday we had off on on sun, Today looks to be completely cloudy, oh well.

    Interesting that the Browser's Spell checker flagged Your insurance company and had no useful suggestions beyond Gecko, Seiko and Reiko whatever that is.
    That is fast work by Geico or as I think of it Gecko Insurance Company.

    My Brother has NJM which he likes and I have Travelers for the discount due to Travelers also supplying the Homeowners insurance.

    This was in the TV news yesterday, nice of him too.
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feeding-puerto-rico-60-minutes/
    Feeding Puerto Rico

    José Andrés has some 30 popular restaurants across the United States, but he barely stepped foot in them after Hurricane Maria. He and an army of chefs and volunteers were serving the people in Puerto Rico

    He is now feeding the people in shelters due to Florence


    I can not think of a cure for homelessness TBH, I do know that in NYC they do get some help.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    good morning, went for a short walk I actually ran a little but now my knee is a little sore. Yes we now have 2 lawn mowers I prefer the one we brought up the one from Trenton but our yard is big enough George can mow the front and I can mow the back we can do it at the same time, but most of the time I do the yard while George is at work Our homeless has a lot of drug problems which is a shame well take care everyone
    Hi Irene
    Is that the Same knee from Amazon ?
    That makes sense to me, Division of labor and all that. I'm also guessing Gas powered rather than Electric where You need to be careful with the cord.

    One of my Neighbors has a Electric Mower that is rechargeable battery powered. It is not silent like You would think.

    No doubt in my mind that many of the homeless are drug users or alcoholics. One problem with them is that many turn to crime to feed the habits.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good morning;
    Well, today is the last day of my vacation. :( I enjoyed being home.
    Yesterday was a beautiful day. Hubby and I went out to breakfast and then to a flea market.
    Hubby bought a few tools, but I didn't find anything. I then skyped with my son and daughter-in-law. They are doing a family tree and had lots of questions. My brain was on overload trying to remember names and dates.
    Nothing planned for today, just relaxing and enjoying my last day of vacation.
    Have a great day. :)
    Hi Joanne
    I'm sorry to hear that You are back to work today.

    You may not have found anything at the flea market, however You saved money that way.

    I have never skyped and I suspect how good the quality is depends on Your Internet speed.

    I would have problems with questions about the family too.

    Cheers
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,369 Member
    Good morning.
    Very overcast today, no sun at all. Forecast for t-storms, high of 76. I have a massage scheduled for this morning and chiropractor this afternoon.
    We've tried to do a family tree, but can't go very far beyond my parents generation. One of my nephews(actually his wife's family) tried to set one up on Ancestor.com, but they've got it all messed up. There are definitely links back on our side that are not right...relating to non-relatives. C'est la vie. I guess it makes them happy.
    Another week, wishing you all a good one. :)
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,163 Member
    hi all, we got done with our inspections actually it was 3 one was for fire another for heating and the other was for the roof. It ended up costing 600.00 oh well nothing you can do about it now on Wednesday George will go and pick up the paper from city hall showing we past . I will be so happy when this is all over. We did walk this morning and it was a nice cool 66 which was perfect take care everyone
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Once again, Humor has just been posted

    Hi
    I'm back home from walking and no cents found. The Temperature out the door was 75 degrees 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. When I left the house it was dry outside which is why I decided to go walking. About 30 minutes into the walk I took shelter under a tree while I struggled with the rain Poncho which was giving me problems due to the breeze. I ended up turning for home at that point and the rain became moderately heavy :(
    According to the weather forecast the remnants of Florence AKA Leftovers according to the weather forecast will become worse as the day progresses with 1 to 2 inches of rain.

    Yesterday was a day of good and bad news. The good, the scale is treating me OK. The weather was not too bad and I ordered 5 NS gift cards from CostCo where they are on sale at $59.95 for $100 face Value, Thank You Irene for the heads up.
    The Bad happened when my Brother went to dry a load of clothes and all the dryer did was give off a loud AC Hum and not spin. The Most likely candidate is that the motor has seized, less likely would be a bad bearing in a Pulley or a belt tensioning pulley, since I was fine when I dried my last load the other day... :(
    A new dryer is likely in the near future since neither of us wants to use a laundromat dryer.

    Yesterday my brother said I need to pick up the apple that fell off of the tree and see how it tastes. That is the first one since they were planted :smile: He did not realize that the protective anti deer cage was loose against the fence he thought it was secured hence asking me to get it. Something had damaged it in two spots and teeny tiny ants were all over it. I used the knife we keep in the garden to cut off the damage and that got rid of the ants. It was pretty tasty too. Now if next year we get more than one :smiley:

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-sphinx-egypt-111609878.html
    and
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptian-archaeologists-sandstone-sphinx-temple-aswan-185143622.html
    Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt

    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/daily-aspirin-may-be-harmful-healthy-older-adults-large-study-n909791
    Daily aspirin may be harmful for healthy, older adults, large study finds
    No detectable benefit seen from regular use of low-dose aspirin for people 70 and older who don't have heart disease, researchers say.


    Have a Great Tuesday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi Joanne
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Very overcast today, no sun at all. Forecast for t-storms, high of 76. I have a massage scheduled for this morning and chiropractor this afternoon.
    We've tried to do a family tree, but can't go very far beyond my parents generation. One of my nephews(actually his wife's family) tried to set one up on Ancestor.com, but they've got it all messed up. There are definitely links back on our side that are not right...relating to non-relatives. C'est la vie. I guess it makes them happy.
    Another week, wishing you all a good one. :)
    Hi Vix
    My aunt kept a detailed Family tree, Where it went when she entered a nursing home is likely the trash as I suspect many things she had collected, according to my youngest brother her home was broken into more than once and ransacked, Then the state took it to cover the nursing home costs once her savings ran out :(

    I'm not sure I would want to do anything like that online, privacy concerns for me.

    I did see the occasional lightning flash while I was walking, they must have been far off as I never heard any thunder. They had a Microburst in a nearby town overnight with lots of trees down a 500+ power outages.

    If it makes them happy why not :smiley:

    Have a Good Day
    Roger