Pollen season has been in full swing down here for a month - earlier than last year by a week or two.
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Pollen season has been in full swing down here for a month - earlier than last year by a week or two.
Der Jaeger
Generational EBUG
We’re dying and the pines haven’t released their pollen yet.
If I had to choose between northern snow and southern pollen, I’m close to flopping back to northern snow. This sucks.
We had torrential rain on Sunday and the ground is awash with male cones. The look sort of like this -
The oaks are also doing their thing... so it's double the fun.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
TehDoak
Chili that wants to be here
starting to see some pollen here, but not at the same volume we saw in South Carolina over the weekend.
Der Jaeger
Generational EBUG
Not to worry, it's supposed to be 90-ish here for the better part of the week and of course with the dog's mouth level of Florida humidity.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Oh don’t worry. There’s another one for tomorrow. An inch of freezing rain followed by 5 inches of snow.
It’s been winter here since Halloween. It can stop at any point now.
It'll be hotter than Satan's ass crack here until Halloween or probably US Thanksgiving so... all things are relative.
Der Jaeger
Generational EBUG
There's a lady on IG, Emma Banes, who does these southern skits, basically things southerners say. Hilarious. I think Satan's ass crack is in her skit on how southerners talk about the summer.
CowbellConray
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Jokes on you, I actually wrote "Principel" and it auto corrected me to Principle.... I was double wrong!
To your point on parenting, agreed. If I'm a parent, the Library is such a good resource. Unfortunately (and this may be shocking to some), the general disregard for their child's education is utterly insane. The MAJORITY of parents my wife has come in contact with do the absolute bare minimum (if that) for their child's development. A simple trip to the library weekly or 2x a week would be a wonder for any kids development.
Fun side story, when my wife was in her first year of teaching - at the ripe age of 22 - she had parent teacher conferences. A young mother (I think 24) asked my wife if she had any kids. My wife told her no, and the mother explained "well, you need to start soon. And when you start, make sure you have at least 3, that's when the government starts giving out good money". To say my wife was shocked was... an understatement. Public school is not for the faint of heart. It's awful on so many levels (parents, admin, teachers, students, culture, politics).
CHANGING SUBJECTS:
The firm I work for is in the final sprints of a massive financial system cutover. They flew in everyone on the project to my city for testing and final small configurations. In the office today (I normally work remote), I'm laughing at how much money we spend for people to fly in, charge everything to the firm, and get less work done compared to our virtual sessions. And then when I ask to take a hardworking team member out to lunch on the company dime to show my support (and charge maybe $80 for a nice lunch) I am told "budgets are really tight...". Yet, we spend over $100K flying people in for two weeks and waste lunches and dinners that are family style and over ordered, with bottles of wine and liquor all night. Just funny to me!
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
It’s a balmy -7 outside so I decided to go for a bush walk. This is a 45km trail that is part of a trail network to spans the entirety of Canada. And I’m still in the middle of my city
CowbellConray
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My wife and I are talking about doing a train ride through Banff, but dont know the best time of year to do it. Any suggestions? Are we limited to the summer if we want to not see snow everywhere?
Dubi Doo
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I told someone today I'd rather it be 40 degrees than 90 degrees, and they thought I was crazy. I also prefer the annoyances of winter over the heat and humidity of many southern places. Also, western NY doesn't have to deal with tsunamis, earthquakes, etc...which may become more prevalant in the future due to climate change.
I wonder what is in store for WNY is climate change does impact earth how some scientists fear?*
*not trying to debate whether it exists or not, but more so what's WNY's future if it does exist to the degree many scientists worry about
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
I’ve never been there, but they don’t have snow during the summer. Unless something went really really wrong.
Today is my MIL's birthday. If I didn't love her as much as I do, I would make a joke about her birthday being April 1st.
But, she is a great MIL and a huge upgrade over my previous MIL (RIP).
But, she is a great MIL and a huge upgrade over my previous MIL (RIP).
TheMistyStranger
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brian_griffin
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While the weather here today was beautiful - sunny, high about 20C, low humidity - I work inside all day, rarely see the outside when I'm in the factory, and would welcome opportunities for an hour-plus loop walk through that terrain and solitude.
Der Jaeger
Generational EBUG
So, I threw this picture into my Morrisville Lacrosse wallpaper folder because it caught Nate getting a drink.
It just popped up and I would love to know what Coop is saying to Dean (#41).
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
In between my old employer dying at the start of the year when I was supposed to go back to work, finishing an apartment renovation, and me breaking my hand twice (again, for the 9th time in 3 years), I have time to do that. Unfortunately it’s winter so the opportunity to do it is rare.
Der Jaeger
Generational EBUG
My youngest was looking at schools in the NE in part because she wants me to move too. Neither of us enjoy Florida weather.
Granted, she picked one in the Orlando area and she may be studying abroad next year.
