OT - NO POLITICS Rainy Weekends Always Get Me Down edition

[TD Charlie]

More f***ing rain next Saturday. This rain ruined the last month of ski season, now it has it's site on summer. WTF

I don’t think I’ve had clear skies on a weekend where the kids were with me instead of mom. It is turning them against me lol

 

[BMC]

More f***ing rain next Saturday. This rain ruined the last month of ski season, now it has it's site on summer. WTF

I know, why the hell can't it rain during the week while I'm at work?????

 

[Troublesome 85]

Rain u say? yesterday was the beginning of hurricane/rainy season

Dont remember Ian was my first hurricane
Milton was an asshole

 

[DarrenBanks56]

More f***ing rain next Saturday. This rain ruined the last month of ski season, now it has it's site on summer. WTF

yup.
Im planning a sick day Wednesday for sure.lol

 

[caz16]

I just finished reading a National Geographic magazine and it shocked me to find out that feral camels in Australia are causing havoc! I am sure @Aussie Bruin is well aware of this. It is crazy that they are so destructive and are a massive problem to cattle ranchers. The wild hog issue in Canada is becoming a bigger problem too and they are very intelligent, so harder to deal with.

Humans are such a menace to this planet!!!

 

[BMC]

Humans ain't got nothin' on Mother Nature when it comes to destructiveness.

 

[Ladyfan]

Humans ain't got nothin' on Mother Nature when it comes to destructiveness.

Oh yes they do.

 

[Alicat]

It is going to rain out here for the next 2 weeks starting tonight. Of course it is sunny and 87 now and I'm working.

 

[Kovi2]

It hasn't rained on June 1st in 111 years in Arizona. (at least in the valley) It poured all weekend.
I sat on the patio and watched it.

It can go hundreds of days without raining here. There was lots of excitement...and a few accidents.

 

[Bruinaura]

A week or so ago there was a black bear spotted running around our town, which is very unusual here. He was seen in several spots, but the wildlife agency said as long as he wasn't threatening humans, they wouldn't relocate him. This morning he was hit by a vehicle on a busy highway and killed.

Just south of Nashville, a pet zebra (yes, that's apparently legal here, who knew) escaped and is running around town.

Waiting for a rhinoceros to show up next....

 

[Gee Wally]

A week or so ago there was a black bear spotted running around our town, which is very unusual here. He was seen in several spots, but the wildlife agency said as long as he wasn't threatening humans, they wouldn't relocate him. This morning he was hit by a vehicle on a busy highway and killed.

Just south of Nashville, a pet zebra (yes, that's apparently legal here, who knew) escaped and is running around town.

Waiting for a rhinoceros to show up next....

Sounds like Jumangi

 

[BMC]

Yes

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I just finished reading a National Geographic magazine and it shocked me to find out that feral camels in Australia are causing havoc! I am sure @Aussie Bruin is well aware of this. It is crazy that they are so destructive and are a massive problem to cattle ranchers. The wild hog issue in Canada is becoming a bigger problem too and they are very intelligent, so harder to deal with.

Humans are such a menace to this planet!!!

Yeah, lots of camels here! They were initially brought over because it was thought they'd be good for transporting goods in the desert outback, which of course they were. But some got free or were released 100+ years ago and they've been breeding and thriving out there as wild animals ever since.

Not really something the average Australian thinks about much, because it's a big desert and not many people live in it or even visit it, but it's definitely a problem for local farmers and the eco-system.

 

[Bruinaura]

You gotta be a special kind of stupid to do something like this

 

[Ladyfan]

Sounds like Jumangi

The poor guy. He deserved better

 

[Ladyfan]

You gotta be a special kind of stupid to do something like this

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She should spend her life in prison

 

[caz16]

Rain u say? yesterday was the beginning of hurricane/rainy season

Dont remember Ian was my first hurricane
Milton was an asshole

Hurricane season? Apparently the head of FEMA doesn't know about that - literally.

 

[caz16]

Red Squirrels are so crazy, this one got inside the feeder someone had put up along our favourite trail. It was hilarious - telling off any other squirrel or chipmunk that came near. It was still there when we walked back, it can easily get out, so it wasn't trapped.

 

[caz16]

Yes

The good, old days!

 

[Bourque]

I just had 2 movers try to charge to charge me $407 for picking up a couch and a lawn mower. When I said no, they questioned my decision making. I'd had enough so I said $190 take or leave it. They took it.

I had a frightening experience recently that I hope doesn't happen to any of you guys. Ever since I was a child books have always been my favorite hobby, especially illustrated and art books that aren't the same on Kindle. I got a new pair of glasses and could see faraway such as driving perfectly. I tried to read a book, couldn't, and panicked. I thought I couldn't read books anymore. An hour later I tried my old glasses and could read perfectly. Either the exam or the glasses were screwed up. I got another exam and another pair of glasses for free. I was able to add a better glare feature for $20 more which I really needed because my 2005 car has no tint. I was irrational but if one person doesn't spend an hour panicking the way I did, my embarrassing story was worth sharing.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Raining outside yesterday so inside burgers for my father and me

 

[quietbruinfan]

I just had 2 movers try to charge to charge me $407 for picking up a couch and a lawn mower. When I said no, they questioned my decision making. I'd had enough so I said $190 take or leave it. They took it.

I had a frightening experience recently that I hope doesn't happen to any of you guys. Ever since I was a child books have always been my favorite hobby, especially illustrated and art books that aren't the same on Kindle. I got a new pair of glasses and could see faraway such as driving perfectly. I tried to read a book, couldn't, and panicked. I thought I couldn't read books anymore. An hour later I tried my old glasses and could read perfectly. Either the exam or the glasses were screwed up. I got another exam and another pair of glasses for free. I was able to add a better glare feature for $20 more which I really needed because my 2005 car has no tint. I was irrational but if one person doesn't spend an hour panicking the way I did, my embarrassing story was worth sharing.

As someone with both distance and reading glasses, I empathize. I can still read books without my readers, but have to take off my distance glasses and squint at a lot of things--like checks.

 

[MrKabukiman]

Wife wanted the old walkway torn up. As the second owner, the Sicilians here before REALLY liked concrete.............

Ended up 16" thick in some spots. The old walkway cracked so they poured 12" on top of the cracked walkway. Problem solved

 

[TD Charlie]

As someone with both distance and reading glasses, I empathize. I can still read books without my readers, but have to take off my distance glasses and squint at a lot of things--like checks.

I remember the day I knew my vision was going. I was a pretty decent contact hitter when I was in youth baseball. I made the A squad when I was 11, with hopes of making the Cooperstown tournament team the next year. Well, first day of batting practice the following year I couldn’t hit lol. Couldn’t see the ball! Didn’t get glasses for another year or so. Needless to say, but I did not make the tournament team

Now, at 40, I struggle at night. Traffic lights and headlights sometimes turn into massive starbursts. Especially on rainy nights. Up close I’m starting to sympathize with my father, as I find myself pushing my phone away from my face to be able to focus on letters. Not ready for readers. Yet.

“Forty eyes” are definitely a thing

 

[Johnny Upton]

I remember the day I knew my vision was going. I was a pretty decent contact hitter when I was in youth baseball. I made the A squad when I was 11, with hopes of making the Cooperstown tournament team the next year. Well, first day of batting practice the following year I couldn’t hit lol. Couldn’t see the ball! Didn’t get glasses for another year or so. Needless to say, but I did not make the tournament team

Now, at 40, I struggle at night. Traffic lights and headlights sometimes turn into massive starbursts. Especially on rainy nights. Up close I’m starting to sympathize with my father, as I find myself pushing my phone away from my face to be able to focus on letters. Not ready for readers. Yet.

“Forty eyes” are definitely a thing

“Forty Eyes” described it to a T for me. I never needed glasses and then as soon as I turned 40, WHAM! Now I need them all the time.