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Non pill day for the boy. Why did I choose a day I won't get a break0
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Why am I so gross0
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SummerTwentyOne wrote: »Why am I so gross
Well, the human condition is to be gross. You can however choose not to be gross and what you consider "being gross" may not really be as bad as you think it is...............................unless you never take showers, that is totally gross.1 -
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DeadliftsAndSprinkles wrote: »4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »If mods could have sidekicks I would chose you, you seem to always catch my mistakes
Is it me?
We could buy a motorcycle with a side-car and I could ride in that part
It was you
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When in doubt, DON’T.
Refrain girl....refrain.0 -
Memories from days gone by. It's funny when you're watching a tv show and they go to a bar you used to go to with friends0
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This headache that just won’t go away.0
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SnackherBarrell wrote: »DeadliftsAndSprinkles wrote: »SnackherBarrell wrote: »Equations of mathematical proportions
If there's one thing I learned in school it's that A squared plus B squared equals C squared. Never used. But never forgotten.
I'm stuck on an equation that may save mankind from hunger
Well we all know that chicken tastes like everything because the matrix can't simulate the taste of chicken.1 -
I awoke because someone tapped me, upon my shoulder but no 1, was there & no, it wasn't a dream because I turned & said "Hm", as if to ask someone why they woke me! We do've a ghost within our apartment but I've resided here since 1988 & I've never seen, heard or ever felt their presence, so I doubt that it was her but my Mother & the tenant prior did see & hear her! She was a little girl, that tripped upon her nightgown & fell down the stairs, breaking her neck.
The only reason that I believe, that this might occur's if someone died & they were attempting to inform me of their death or that, I am going to plausibly die {well if it's me, I'm ready to go to heaven} because I've a doom feeling, so I checked upon my Mother & Sister & thankfully they're still alive but my Sister just told me that years ago, she believes that the ghost touched her!1 -
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Will there be parking at the hospital this morning...1
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The only DOWNSIDE to living in CA .... Fires. I swear it's spread up and down the map. Watching the local news this AM ... Fire in Carr.
Fire in .... Fire in ....To compound matters, a few house fires, unrelated to the massive CA acreage fires. The drifting ash out there is making the eyes water and throat feel tight, just for taking a breath. I have not slept all night, fretting over the fire closest to us. Granted, it needs to burn thousands more acres ... More infrastructure ... And cross 3 major highways before it's even evacuation worthy ... The monstrosity of the mushroom clouds visible in the distance from our mountain peak, is humbling and intimidating. I hate that I do not see the number of planes listed as actively working to put out the fire or stop it in its path of destruction. Just the same one flying in and out of the area. CA fire season... You can NEVER get used to it.
Hope all these fires are contained soon ... That firefighters return safely to their families and that ample resources are made available to kill the embers, so it doesn't lie dormant and reignite this time next year, to finish the destruction.3 -
Exam results in 2 weeks 😣😢😔1
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777Gemma888 wrote: »The only DOWNSIDE to living in CA .... Fires. I swear it's spread up and down the map. Watching the local news this AM ... Fire in Carr.
Fire in .... Fire in ....To compound matters, a few house fires, unrelated to the massive CA acreage fires. The drifting ash out there is making the eyes water and throat feel tight, just for taking a breath. I have not slept all night, fretting over the fire closest to us. Granted, it needs to burn thousands more acres ... More infrastructure ... And cross 3 major highways before it's even evacuation worthy ... The monstrosity of the mushroom clouds visible in the distance from our mountain peak, is humbling and intimidating. I hate that I do not see the number of planes listed as actively working to put out the fire or stop it in its path of destruction. Just the same one flying in and out of the area. CA fire season... You can NEVER get used to it.
The sad part is that CA either burns, or washes away in mudslides depending upon the season. April '17, I spent a weekend in an area just north of Fresno and there was almost 4" of standing water. Just a couple months later, it was burning.Hope all these fires are contained soon ... That firefighters return safely to their families and that ample resources are made available to kill the embers, so it doesn't lie dormant and reignite this time next year, to finish the destruction.
What typically causes the fires are things such as lightning strikes, discarded lit cigarette butts tossed out windows, broken glass, careless people burning things, or even just a passing vehicle that sends a spark into the scrub brush alongside a road.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of issues with CA and other states with similarly dry brush: The never do controlled burns in/around populated areas. So, there's years, if not decades of scrub brush that lays around and is like kindling. Contrary to popular belief, fire can be a good thing. It burns off the scrub brush that chokes out other plant life, and provides rich nourishment to the ground. Some plants require high heat to drop seeds. The burning of the brush also helps to control brush fires, such as the Western states are experiencing now.
People also need to do their part to help prevent and control fires. They need to remove brush, sticks, etc from around their homes. Don't leave anything highly flammable such as patio cushions, umbrellas, etc out that an ember that's been in the air for over a mile can drop on and ignite. City planners and engineers also need to better design cities and residential areas to not be so susceptible to burning.
The last couple of years has really opened the eyes of poor design and planning. But, sadly the fires will still continue.1 -
I hope I don’t get struck by lightning.1
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I want a tattoo on my thigh...i need to take my idea to my tattoo place and do it2
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I still can't access my profile - I'm sick of looking at my smile1
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No I wouldn't think anyone would get used to it. I find the idea of it very frightening to the point where I don't even keep up with news stories and photos of it because just reading about it or looking at pictures of it spooks me. Also I would imagine anyone with asthma or COPD would really be in bad shape during fires, even if they're not in the immediate vicinity.
Edited to add: Move to New England Gemma!!
@newmeadow I am manifesting safety, surety and a disaster free life for you and yours, opting out of being screen-locked to the coverage of what has become the norm for us here in CA of late.
Having successfully managed an all-nighter, fire-watching JIC, the air quality - thick ash clumps wafting through our neighborhood and a stingy effect to the eyes, those with asthma or COPD would’ve been grateful with the quick clearing we’d experienced from around 10 AM today. We did have to check on an immigrant-Asian family in one of the surrounding communities, who have a child who suffers from an acute lung issue. The slightest irritation sets their baby off. As a build up to this 2nd week of the Heat Wave, the community storehouse needed refills in preparation for “the Fire Season” and of course for having ignored the cautions, some are already bed-ridden from heat fatigue. With the pattern and the direction of the fires, the lead concern for many are the homes and the surrounding industry structures, especially around these parts, with the combination of Federal Government Civil Service lifer-retirees and the lead industries - Oil, Medicine, Military, Law Enforcement and the Food & Beverage cottage industries homeowners/renters. Some (mostly fathers), have opted to remain home, to protect their residential properties, with their onlooking children documenting their Dads efforts and readiness.
I see the merits of New England, the forerunner snow … so shall it be. For wishing me well by suggestive location-transference to a safer place, bless you. 🤗❤️
@Functional_strength_ ... Need food. I shall return later tonight. 🤗2 -
I'm thinking about how careless I've been forgetting to check all the doors.
Turns out one of my back doors has been unlocked for a couple days.1 -
xFunctionalStrengthx wrote: »
The sad part is that CA either burns, or washes away in mudslides depending upon the season. April '17, I spent a weekend in an area just north of Fresno and there was almost 4" of standing water. Just a couple months later, it was burning.Hope all these fires are contained soon ... That firefighters return safely to their families and that ample resources are made available to kill the embers, so it doesn't lie dormant and reignite this time next year, to finish the destruction.
What typically causes the fires are things such as lightning strikes, discarded lit cigarette butts tossed out windows, broken glass, careless people burning things, or even just a passing vehicle that sends a spark into the scrub brush alongside a road.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of issues with CA and other states with similarly dry brush: The never do controlled burns in/around populated areas. So, there's years, if not decades of scrub brush that lays around and is like kindling. Contrary to popular belief, fire can be a good thing. It burns off the scrub brush that chokes out other plant life, and provides rich nourishment to the ground. Some plants require high heat to drop seeds. The burning of the brush also helps to control brush fires, such as the Western states are experiencing now.
People also need to do their part to help prevent and control fires. They need to remove brush, sticks, etc from around their homes. Don't leave anything highly flammable such as patio cushions, umbrellas, etc out that an ember that's been in the air for over a mile can drop on and ignite. City planners and engineers also need to better design cities and residential areas to not be so susceptible to burning.
The last couple of years has really opened the eyes of poor design and planning. But, sadly the fires will still continue.
@Functional_Strength Thank you very much for going in depth, with reference to the proper terminologies and descriptors of California’s biome as the kindling to what causes our fires. The environmental structure-fail is designed by nature to annihilate and restore itself, albeit via a destructive path.
From my earliest memories of having viewed multiple cowboy movies, I’d always wanted to see those dry rolling tumbleweeds live. Think, a romanticised dreamscape of me plus tumbleweed and dry arid winds. Don't even ask. Lol. It worked, hey, here I am. Only now, it’s so rampant that if you’re driving, running, walking and the winds pick up, they appear out of nowhere. What the movies don’t clue-in on, is that it is nasty. Not so easy to handle. They are wirey like barbed wire, yet thick like a thicket.
You don’t want that caught up in a stroller or to jam your foot right into one, as you attempt to block it from hitting you. They can be aerial and projectile. Add fire to it, very dangerous. I concur from this small element of non-brush@dry rolling tumbleweed, but rather, a free roaming nuisance, combined with poor town planning & engineering, compounds fire damage.
If only all these gated tract communities were required to install more than just fire hydrants. In the Calabasas CA gated community we'd lived in, the cliffs were fitted with heavy duty sprinklers. Once fires erupted near Las Virgenes or the 101, the guards at the back gate could switch them on, saturating the area close to where fire had erupted. Installing fire retardant protocols as a safety measure reduces the risk, does it not?
Knowing California fauna as you do Functional, is there any truth to the damaging effects of what is purported to be non-native California plants aiding the spread of fire? Namely an Australian breed of brush to tree, which was transplanted into the forest in the ‘70s, supposedly anti-erosion?
I like Kern County. Their dairy farms produce the best tasting milk in Northern or Southern California. Great people too. A fairly large number of my friends families originated from Kern County.😊1 -
honeybee__12 wrote: »I'm thinking about how careless I've been forgetting to check all the doors.
Turns out one of my back doors has been unlocked for a couple days.
Reading your sharing chilled my bones. Scary!1 -
Waiting on the 10pm news >>> Sleep.1
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I am craving pineapple.1
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Thinking im going to regret this.0
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