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V vincentricMember
They ALWAYS give a wind chill number on the weather, whether it's windy or not.

Why don't they report when the sun makes it feel warmer? Yesterday started at -20 C here (-4 F) but at noon, the sun was out, no wind and it was comfortable outside with no gloves, hat... a really nice day. Ambient temp was about -10 C or 14 F at noon, but felt about 0 C or 32 F, and quite nice.

Think I'd fall off my chair if I heard a weather reporter say 'It's - 5 outside but feels like +2 if you're in the sun.
P parcivalMember
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Originally posted by VinCentric:
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Originally posted by Parcival:
ice dams suck


Big time. Now have heaters along the roof edge and gutters to stave of recurrence.


Do these things help? I have heard mixed reviews.

For this winter, we finally had to hire some folks to ax off the ice. On one corner of our house there was a 2.5 foot build up of ice (too high for us to rake off the snow). The expense equivalent of a bottle of Screaming Eagle with 3 guys and 6 hours later we can now see our roof. Definitely in planning mode for how to avoid this next year
G g-manMember
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Originally posted by Parcival:
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Originally posted by VinCentric:
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Originally posted by Parcival:
ice dams suck


Big time. Now have heaters along the roof edge and gutters to stave of recurrence.


Do these things help? I have heard mixed reviews.

For this winter, we finally had to hire some folks to ax off the ice. On one corner of our house there was a 2.5 foot build up of ice (too high for us to rake off the snow). The expense equivalent of a bottle of Screaming Eagle with 3 guys and 6 hours later we can now see our roof. Definitely in planning mode for how to avoid this next year


my solar panels takes care of that
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
This is way too awesome to be scary.

No bullshit: "They" have decided to build a large "wildlife" tunnel underneath the 101 Freeway connecting the Santa Monica Mountain Range to about 2000 feet from my back yard so that wild animals can roam more freely without getting hit by cars... and by "wildlife" of course, we explicitly mean mountain lions.
R RothkoMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Hooray! Hooray!
The first of May!
Outdoor screwing
Begins today!


Watch out. Our local newspaper reported today about a 40 year old fitness trainer and his 20 year old girlfriend [Good for him!!] who got arrested for having sex on the beach. They claimed she was just "dancing" on him as he was laying down, but apparently other beachgoers took video, so they were convicted by a jury in 15 minutes.

Since there was a child nearby on the beach, they were prosecuted as sex offenders.

The guy is now facing a maximum of 15 years. Since he has a prior drug conviction, he is a repeat offender and must serve the total sentence that he gets - no early release (pun intended) allowed.
thelostversethelostverseMember
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Originally posted by JDWest:
Two random comments heard out of context at a hotel bar in Calgary today:

'I F-ing hate education! I've always F-ing hated eduction!'

'I remember the first time I got punched in the nose.'

Great to be back in Cow Town.


There had to be some comments about the C of red. Exciting overtime game last night.
J jdwestMember
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Originally posted by thelostverse:
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Originally posted by JDWest:
Two random comments heard out of context at a hotel bar in Calgary today:

'I F-ing hate education! I've always F-ing hated eduction!'

'I remember the first time I got punched in the nose.'

Great to be back in Cow Town.


There had to be some comments about the C of red. Exciting overtime game last night.


There were. But not nearly as many as the amount of comments about Canada's socialist left party crushing the conservative right in last night's provincial election.
sunnylea57sunnylea57Member
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Originally posted by VinT:
Believe it or not, I believe this is Canada's team, and we need to put Canada's team back on the map.

Wait a sec. All I've been hearing lately from MLSE is that the Raptors are Canada's team. Does Canada have two teams now? Or are they pulling a PT Barnum on us? They should have that etched in stone above the entrance to the ACC: "There's a sucker born every minute."
V vincentricMember
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Originally posted by billhike:
WGAF about GMO's?


Amen broder


For one, the farmers who are having their livelihoods destroyed by Monsanto when Round-up ready wheat seeds drift in from farms using Monsanto seed, and take seed in their fields of non GMO wheat. Then Monsanto goes after them for growing the GMO that they have patented, that the farmers never asked for.... then it's a court battle against high paid Monsanto legal teams.... Those farmers probably give a fuck.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
At the end of the first round of this political debate, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.
vintvintMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland (June 5, 2014):
With municipal and provincial elections on the go at the same time in Toronto/Ontario I think to two of my more favorite political quotes:

“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”

"At the end of the first round of this political debate, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.”

deja vu!
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
Hey it's one of my favorites after all, so once a year isn't bad! The guy does know how to turn a phrase...

A couple more:

“The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition. ”

“Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.”
B bigfoot003Member
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
On a separate note, I was just scratching my beard and gave myself a beard splinter. I've got a sizable splinter in my index finger which is a piece of hair and I'm going to need tweezers to get it out. Hurts just like a wood one.

If that isn't random I don't know WHAT is.


Been there myself...
vintvintMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
On a separate note, I was just scratching my beard and gave myself a beard splinter. I've got a sizable splinter in my index finger which is a piece of hair and I'm going to need tweezers to get it out. Hurts just like a wood one.

Talk to anyone who cuts hair for a living and they will tell you how painful short, sharp slivers of hair can be. And the painful places they embed themselves.
M michaelyMember
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Originally posted by Michael Y.:
When I first started on the site last month, I saw all the posts that started with TN. I thought to myself for a few days, there are a lot of people from Tennessee on this board.


What wrong with people from Tennessee?


No, they are great people.

And I love the Orange the Vol's fans wear....they can wear it to the game on Friday...hunting on Saturdays...and the rest of the week when they are picking up trash along the side of the road Big Grin
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
Just found a glass in my office that had had a good sized tipple of Crown Royal Northern Rye in it from just before Christmas under a pile of papers (don't judge me). It was totally dry with a tobacco coloured stain on the inside from the evaporation (probably almost 2 oz).

I just put a splash of water in the glass to re-hydrate it and see if it would still taste like rye.



It didn't.


catvom
S seaquamMember
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Originally posted by FL Wino:

I see the Scalia thread is dust

Guess folks could not behave




What Scalia thread? What did it say? Confused