I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Enjoyful

CLC...when you block someone, you can see that they posted but not WHAT they posted. They also cannot send you private messages.



I used to tussle with certain people but it's really destructive to me and others. Better to just plug my ears and do the "Na Na I can't hear you" dance.



Just my two cents!

CLC

Thanks for your 2 cents.  I may just give it a shot next time my emotional well-being yells for it. 

CherrylH

Scuttlers, actually, I have a potter friend in Arlington. I will comission a special Lioness bowl for her special drinks. Any particular color?????

suzieq60

So much for laying off the wine - we had a very nice sparkling shiraz tonight. I made lasagne for the first time in years. We had some when we were away at our SIL's aunt's house and it tasted exactly like mine - turns out she uses the same recipe. I've been craving it ever since. It was absolutely perfect - heaps left if any of you want some, but no wine to go with it.

Steve playing golf tomorrow - I might go shopping with the $250 gift card I got for buying an energy efficient pool pump.

Was supposed to rain today, dark clouds arrived after lunch. I moved all of the washing under cover and it didn't rain - whatever.

Enjoyful

A basic rule of nature - it never rains if you plan for it.



Good morning to all! Temps expected to hit 108 today, a temp I've never experienced. Obviously, its a liberal plot to distort natural climate change. Just like the woman Obama comforted in the rope line - the one whose uninsured sister died from cancer. Yep, another plot. Libs are so conniving. *eye roll*

1Athena1

Here's our forecast, Scoot - I don't know what 110 feels like either:

(www.noaa.gov) 

Air Quality Alert

DCZ001-MDZ004-009-013-016>018-VAZ042-052>054-080400-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-MONTGOMERY-PRINCE GEORGES- CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-LOUDOUN- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA- 448 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY JULY 7 2012... THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT HAS ISSUED A CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT SATURDAY FOR THE DC METRO AREA. A CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION ARE UNHEALTHFUL FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION. THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GROUND-LEVEL OZONE AND FINE PARTICLES...VISIT WWW.CLEANAIRPARTNERS.NET. $$

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 657 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 081000-CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEADTO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 657 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR HEAT INDICES AROUND 110 DEGREES. REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARD MESSAGE /NPWLWX/ FOR DETAILS.

RetiredLibby

CLC, I have lengthy and substantial experience with blocking people -- it dramatically improves the QOL in some neighborhoods here. And if someone is so unpleasant that I must block them, I really don't care to answer any question they might ask .... It is probably phrased in such a rude and snide manner that I wouldn't answer it anyway if I COULD see it. I also don't worry about losing the thread of the discussion, because the people I have blocked generally just regurgitate talking points, and I find they contribute nothing to a discussion anyway.



Yeah, Scoot - it IS a librul plot. Doncha know? We have turned up the thermostat in hell (because that is where most of us go) and made it so hot that the gummint will be forced to buy everyone air conditioners, thus perpetuating our dependence on the gummint for things we should go out and buy ourselves, like health insurance and school lunches.



Guess I have either had too much or not enough coffee this morning. Retreating to the corner snarling and clutching my coffee.



L

rosemary-b

i need to block several people, but the kerfluffle may not last long. Political discussions not based on health care generally are not allowed to flourish. 

1Athena1

Edited out. What others said!

Anonymous

spewing hot tea over the keys thanks to HL.  gummint.  how perfect is that??? I can hear it now as I type it.  just perfect

I use the ignore, and it makes life so much easier, after a few snide comments, and unwelcome PM's, seems the best it that the person can't PM you.

Athena, seems hard to believe - and this is just early July.  the mind boggles....

1Athena1

Today is not a good day - that's all I will say...

and for no particular reason, too. Maybe this librul is simply roasting in hell - for living so close to the seat of gummint.

Libby, I love your French. :-)

lassie11

I don't block anyone and find it much like an anthropological dig to see what some people post. Fortunately, none of it is personal (to me, in my own mind) so it is just curiousity. One thing this board has shown me is the wide diversity of politics in the US. There clearly are the "me first/I deserve it" crowd and there are the "all of us are in this together" crowd. It's very interesting.  Thank goodness there is such a good bar here to recover from the surprise of some of the anthropology.

Anonymous

Gummint is such an appropriate term.  They do have a way of gumming things up don't they?  I wonder why anyone would want to give them access to more things to gum up?

crazy4carrots

Lassie, I think we are getting an increasing amount of the "politics of resentment" here in Canada, influenced by the conservative movement in the U.S. and the decision by our Conservative Prime Minister to encourage it.  My answer (as a life-long Liberal) is to merge the Lib and NDP parties ASAP.  Compromise is key (as in most things) and I think it's the only thing that will save us from falling into the abyss (oh, and maybe we could entice Elizabeth May to join us -- actually make her the Leader, maybe?!!).

As for our American cousins -- while some of them believe that the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness at the expense of others is justified, we both know that the vast majority do not hold that view.  And we're so lucky to know some of the very finest -- right here .

CLC

Oh...I see what you guys mean about the peace of mind that comes with blocking.  Maybe I will start with a g and t now.

lassie11

Lindasa - totally agree about the politics of resentment here!  Our PM would feel very at home at a Tea Party event. I can hardly wait for some of the Elections Canada investigations to complete and very much hope they do so before the next election.

bluedahlia

And the word for today is "IDJUTS" again!

rosemary-b

Stuck in the middle with you.

HL

Personally I spell it gubmit but that must be because I am from the Midwest.

bluedahlia

I think you ladies are wrong.  I always thought it was pronounced gubbamit.

jancie

Ya'll are too funny!  Welcome CLC. We do have fun here don't we?

Gosh, I can't believe how hot it is in DC area.  How do you survive?  My dh is coming home from there on Monday and every day he complains about the heat.  He has to go outside to talk to me (poor cell phone reception in the house) and by the time he is done, he is sweating through his clothes.

Thurs I tried to go to the barn and ride but I was hurting too much from the change in weather so I opted for my trainer to ride her instead.  Yesterday I never got out of bed except to try to walk around the block late last night.  I have a horse show next Saturday so I need to get out there today and ride but dangit - not feeling well. 

I don't use the ignore function because I am too curious to see what is written.   I let my fingers do the ignoring.

1Athena1

LOL. Yes, we liberals comtinue to roast in Hell - probably for spreading the myth of global warming. Here is the Washington Post:

....and global waming doesn't exist - it's all a liberal conspiracy that DC weather is breaking records left and right. From the Post:

1:45 p.m. update: Reagan National has now hit 104. That breaks the record for the day by 2 degrees and matches the highest temperature we've seen this summer (the high reached 104 on June 29). Getting closer to the all-time record of 106.

1:00 p.m. update: D.C. has at least tied the record for the date with a 1 p.m. reading of 102. Temperatures around the area are in the upper 90s to low 100s, and Baltimore (BWI) has also tied a record high with 101 at this hour. Temperatures could continue to climb for at least another few hours. With the sun angle and temperatures high, now might be a good time to spend indoors.

Temperatures: Latest D.C. area temperature map. See interactive map on our Weather Wall.

From 11:59 a.m: According to observers, at 11:35 a.m., Reagan National Airport hit 101 degrees. This may be a new record for the earliest in the day we've topped 100. This is Washington's first stretch of three days of 100 degrees or higher since July 8-10, 1993, when it hit 100 on the nose three days in a row. It's also only the fifth time on record we've seen a stretch like this. The record is four days in a row 100+, set in 1930.

YramAL

I think one big mistake was calling it "global warming". I think it should be called "climate change". When it's called global warming, people look at record Low temperatures and say, "See? It's not warming....." Idjuts.

Mary 

CLC

But of course the coming of fall will prove global warming is a farce...

1Athena1

Ah - that's just it, CLC.

YramAL

My point exactly, CLC.

Mary 

CLC

Mary...great minds think alike...and apparently at exactly the same moment...:)

YramAL

We don't get a lot of snow here in the Seattle area, and when we do, there is a certain local conservative talk show host that gloats, "How can we be having global warming and have so much snow here in Seattle?" Again, I say, idjuts! 

Mary 

CLC

I am fortunate to be a biology teacher, and I get to teach about climate change.  I find it very rewarding to explain that global warming increases the likelihood of snow in certain places and get the kids to figure out why.  I wish I could get the idjuts in power into my classroom.  Man, do I wish I could just get them in my classroom...sigh...

1Athena1

Idjuts indeed!

You folks are too funny!

CLC

Oh, geez...I am slow...I just got the id reference...  Their id certainly does jut.