Isolated Blurt Thread

[PennLady]

Cinnamon is very good for reducing nausea and promoting appetite, as well.

Didn't know about cinnamon and nausea, but ginger is good for reducing nausea. One can chew on crystallized ginger, or of course have ginger ale. When I was pregnant, I even found some lollipops that had ginger in them, to help with morning sickness and such.

And now I'm going to go watch Pacific Rim, and no one can stop me.

 

[oggbashan]

The next few days are likely to be hot by local standards.

My wife and I will be lurking at home enjoying the sea breeze.

 

[Handley_Page]

The next few days are likely to be hot by local standards.

My wife and I will be lurking at home enjoying the sea breeze.

There's a gentle breeze round my part of the Midlands; and bright sunshine, too

 

[TxRad]

There's a gentle breeze round my part of the Midlands; and bright sunshine, too

We've officially had three times the average rainfall for August and have a week to go yet.

 

[oggbashan]

I had to go inland to visit my physiotherapist.

The air temperature at home by the sea was 30C. By the physiotherapist? 34C.

That's hot for this part of the UK.

 

[trysail]

I had to go inland to visit my physiotherapist.

The air temperature at home by the sea was 30C. By the physiotherapist? 34C.

That's hot for this part of the UK.

Al Gore & his fellow nitwits claim that it's part of the "settled science" that the earth's global average temperature has risen by 0.6°C in the last 150 years.


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[Handley_Page]

I had to go inland to visit my physiotherapist.

The air temperature at home by the sea was 30C. By the physiotherapist? 34C.
That's hot for this part of the UK.

It certainly is. At present it's about 30-31C.

Al Gore & his fellow nitwits claim that it's part of the "settled science" that the earth's global average temperature has risen by 0.6°C in the last 150 years.

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Ain't he the one who started all this nonsense ?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Al Gore & his fellow nitwits claim that it's part of the "settled science" that the earth's global average temperature has risen by 0.6°C in the last 150 years.


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It certainly is. At present it's about 30-31C.



Ain't he the one who started all this nonsense ?

Actually, global (and regional) temperatures are always rising and falling, and have been doing so since long before Al Gore or the nitwits who think there's no change. The last major ice age, Wisconsin Glaciation in America, had very important implications for life on earth, humans' in particular, and the "Mini Ice Age" of 1000-1400 AD had very important effects on Europe.

The question shouldn't be whether or not there is warming, but what is the human contribution to it. And if you don't think living things affect the environment, start with the first organisms, the cyanobacteria, whose waste covered the earth and poisoned themselves. The waste, by the way, was oxygen, and some other organisms actually made use of it, he said by way of understatement.

I'm not sure, though, why so many "economic"-minded pundits believe the market fluctuates up and down, but refuse to accept that the climate does the same. And, in spite of imaginary "Invisible Hands," it is human activity that drives the "Market" up and down.

Global warming is real; how much of it is anthropogenic? I don't care if the warming covers half of Florida and other coastal areas with rising waters; the earth has been through it before. But people with seaside villas might not like the undersea view.

 

[trysail]

Actually, global (and regional) temperatures are always rising and falling, and have been doing so since long before Al Gore or the nitwits who think there's no change. The last major ice age, Wisconsin Glaciation in America, had very important implications for life on earth, humans' in particular, and the "Mini Ice Age" of 1000-1400 AD had very important effects on Europe.

The question shouldn't be whether or not there is warming, but what is the human contribution to it. And if you don't think living things affect the environment, start with the first organisms, the cyanobacteria, whose waste covered the earth and poisoned themselves. The waste, by the way, was oxygen, and some other organisms actually made use of it, he said by way of understatement.

I'm not sure, though, why so many "economic"-minded pundits believe the market fluctuates up and down, but refuse to accept that the climate does the same. And, in spite of imaginary "Invisible Hands," it is human activity that drives the "Market" up and down.

Global warming is real; how much of it is anthropogenic? I don't care if the warming covers half of Florida and other coastal areas with rising waters; the earth has been through it before. But people with seaside villas might not like the undersea view.

It's good that you clearly recognize there are fundamental unknowns in the soi-disant "settled science" not least of which are those of causation, attribution and sensitivity.


The evangelicals of the dangerous anthropogenic climate change conjecture are every bit as delusional and offended by contradictory evidence as religious cult members.


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[Handley_Page]

It's good that you clearly recognize there are fundamental unknowns in the soi-disant "settled science" not least of which are those of causation, attribution and sensitivity.


The evangelicals of the dangerous anthropogenic climate change conjecture are every bit as delusional and offended by contradictory evidence as religious cult members.


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You mean "mad as a bag o' frogs?"

 

[Tio_Narratore]

You mean "mad as a bag o' frogs?"

or saner than a Fox newsperson...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg

 

[oggbashan]

August Bank Holiday

It's the August Bank Holiday weekend and the weather forecast is good.

The disadvantage of living on the seafront is that parking around our house will be much in demand for the next three days. We keep our off-road parking for family and friends, particularly for this evening's firework display.

There will be horns blowing, angry drivers and bad parking practices every afternoon.

We are staying firmly at home. Our shopping is done. There are no errands to run, no children to collect or deliver. Our cars will remain stationary and we hope they will survive without new dents or scratches.

Some of the time I will sit on our sea-facing balcony and watch the mayhem.

 

[TxRad]

It's the August Bank Holiday weekend and the weather forecast is good.

The disadvantage of living on the seafront is that parking around our house will be much in demand for the next three days. We keep our off-road parking for family and friends, particularly for this evening's firework display.

There will be horns blowing, angry drivers and bad parking practices every afternoon.

We are staying firmly at home. Our shopping is done. There are no errands to run, no children to collect or deliver. Our cars will remain stationary and we hope they will survive without new dents or scratches.

Some of the time I will sit on our sea-facing balcony and watch the mayhem.

I have much the same problems and attitude three times a year (Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day) here on the lake. We get all the vacationers from Houston (Worlds worse drivers). Some own vacation homes and think they are special. Some visit relative and think they are even more special. Some camp at the parks and are special compared to the other idiots.

When they get on the lake, they are even worse. The local fire/rescue boat stays manned from daylight until several hours after dark on Holiday weekends to keep them from killing themselves. My boat stays in the garage from two day before the holiday until two days after.

 

[oggbashan]

August Bank Holiday - again

A truck has hit a pedestrian bridge on the M20 - the main route to Eurotunnel and the Dover ferries - bringing half of it down and leaving the rest in danger of collapse.

This is the year's busiest weekend on the roads. A major motorway closed is a disaster. A motorcyclist has been injured.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/least-one-person-injured-bridge-collapses-m20-115300838.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/m...onto-vehicles-on-major-motorway-a3331036.html

 

[Handley_Page]

A truck has hit a pedestrian bridge on the M20 - the main route to Eurotunnel and the Dover ferries - bringing half of it down and leaving the rest in danger of collapse.

This is the year's busiest weekend on the roads. A major motorway closed is a disaster. A motorcyclist has been injured.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/least-one-person-injured-bridge-collapses-m20-115300838.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/m...onto-vehicles-on-major-motorway-a3331036.html

From: the local Magistrate
To: Bridge-builders, Inc..

I hope you have a good Insurer, 'cos you're gonna need it; and sooner rather than later.

 

[oggbashan]

More from our Auction

Today was local auction day. I didn't attend. I left bids on four items and won all four at the minimum.

There were two large boxes of modern Lego with a reserve of twenty pounds. I left a bid at the reserve and won - twenty two pounds including buyer's 10%. One dealer didn't see the Lego until after my bid had won. He would have bid up to fifty pounds at least. I haven't examined it closely but the two boxes weigh about forty pounds with dozens of Lego people included.

I bought a box of display folders for my wife. She needs them for her family history research records. I've been buying them at Asda (Walmart) at one pound each. The auction lot was for 30+. I paid £3.30 including commission.

There was a box of 78 rpm records and music books. I bought them at £3.30 including a mint condition of Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock.

My last item was a box of bric-a-brac, again at £3.30. I wanted the clock so I can replace the cracked front glass on our similar one. Most of the rest can go to a charity shop.

The item that surprised people was an ordinary looking walking stick. Three dealers were bidding against each other and it went for £110. Those dealers had noticed that it wasn't just a walking stick. It was a sword stick with a 19th Century blade by Wilkinson Sword.

 

[Handley_Page]

I spent the day at a local Air Museum with an old pal.
I got a couple of decent photographs, too!

 

[oggbashan]

Notting Hill Carnival

This weekend my youngest granddaughter, nearly 5 years old, went to her fourth Notting Hill Carnival, the largest and noisiest parade in the UK.

The first two years she went in a push chair, and fell asleep.

Last year she went on her own two feet. She sat down with her mother on the edge of the pavement - and fell asleep.

This year she went on her own two feet again. She sat down with her mother on the edge of the pavement - and fell asleep again!

The Notting Hill Carnival is very noisy with bands, massive sound systems, dramatic and colourful participants - but she slept through a lot of it. Some of the people in the parade stopped to express concern that she was unwell. Her mother, a medical doctor, assured them that she wasn't.

The next day she went to a themed Mr Men event. She didn't show any signs of wanting to go to sleep at that.

 

[Handley_Page]

This weekend my youngest granddaughter, nearly 5 years old, went to her fourth Notting Hill Carnival, the largest and noisiest parade in the UK.

The first two years she went in a push chair, and fell asleep.

Last year she went on her own two feet. She sat down with her mother on the edge of the pavement - and fell asleep.

This year she went on her own two feet again. She sat down with her mother on the edge of the pavement - and fell asleep again!

The Notting Hill Carnival is very noisy with bands, massive sound systems, dramatic and colourful participants - but she slept through a lot of it. Some of the people in the parade stopped to express concern that she was unwell. Her mother, a medical doctor, assured them that she wasn't.

The next day she went to a themed Mr Men event. She didn't show any signs of wanting to go to sleep at that.

There's a lesson there somewhere!

 

[trysail]

You mean "mad as a bag o' frogs?"

Yes.



“The climate system is a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible.”

– IPCC TAR WG1, Working Group I: The Scientific Basis
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[Handley_Page]

Well, at least Lewis is still in front, even it is only be a slack handful of points.

 

[PennLady]

Judging by both Facebook and personal interactions, I am just not like the other moms I know.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Judging by both Facebook and personal interactions, I am just not like the other moms I know.

Then you know the wrong moms.

 

[PennLady]

Then you know the wrong moms.

It's not that I don't like them. They're nice and I am friends with some. Related to others. It's just often, once you get past kids, I don't have a ton in common with them.

Country music, for one thing.

 

[MagicaPractica]

It's not that I don't like them. They're nice and I am friends with some. Related to others. It's just often, once you get past kids, I don't have a ton in common with them.

Country music, for one thing.

True, that happens to us all. People are in ourselves due to proximity and familial relationships, but also, what do we hide from each other for fear the other won't "get it?"