In the next few hours all the bridges around here will be closed
Two points, neither having to do with hurricanes.I thought of your post today when I was at Costco and a car that was pulling into Costco had Canada license plates....it was sunny and 74 degrees and they had just gassed up at $2.78 a gallon for regular gas....since Covid and a massive amount of people coming here to Florida...yes prices have gone up...but where hasn't that happened?....and I like to NOT pay state taxes....and yes this year there are more storms than usual...I've lived here 30years and only left my residence 1 time...
Canada is a beautiful country but it's WAY too cold for me most of the year....I can wear shorts here just about all year..
Two points, neither having to do with hurricanes.
Gas here in Idaho is running in the$3.50 ballpark. My brother in law in California is envious.
We have friends in Idaho. The husband wears jeans and sports a mustache. So I guess he doesn't make the barfle team cut.My caricature of a native Idahoan: Beard like ZZ Top, lots of tattoos, shorts, tamk top, flip flops, shoveling snow from his F-350 pickup.
There doesn’t seem to be facial hair in my family tree on either side. Clearly, I’m an outlier (although almost everyone here is very friendly).We have friends in Idaho. The husband wears jeans and sports a mustache. So I guess he doesn't make the barfle team cut.
Thats only about £2.13 per US gallon so around £2.55 per UK gallon!I thought of your post today when I was at Costco and a car that was pulling into Costco had Canada license plates....it was sunny and 74 degrees and they had just gassed up at $2.78 a gallon for regular gas....since Covid and a massive amount of people coming here to Florida...yes prices have gone up...but where hasn't that happened?....and I like to NOT pay state taxes....and yes this year there are more storms than usual...I've lived here 30years and only left my residence 1 time...
Canada is a beautiful country but it's WAY too cold for me most of the year....I can wear shorts here just about all year..
When I was a kid the two dream destinations were Florida and California. No more.Man, Florida was a dream destination, now with the prices of everything and the amount of hurricanes it's become a nightmare destination.
Well my beard wouldn't match Billy Gibbons' but it's about mid chest now and snow white. I have a few small 'tats. My driver is a '96 Ranger we bought new back then. Snow? What's that? Seriously I have seen snow in Florida quite a few times, but never enough to accumulate.Two points, neither having to do with hurricanes.
Gas here in Idaho is running in the$3.50 ballpark. My brother in law in California is envious.
My caricature of a native Idahoan: Beard like ZZ Top, lots of tattoos, shorts, tamk top, flip flops, shoveling snow from his F-350 pickup.
Yes! California had Disneyland. And then Disneyworld was added later in Florida.When I was a kid the two dream destinations were Florida and California. No more.
I guess we all had different childhood dreams...I had several...the girl that sat next to me in Biology class...a 63 Split Window Corvette...and to grow up to be 6'5....oh well...I learned to adjust over the years...BUT NOT GETTING THE CORVETTE still hurts..When I was a kid the two dream destinations were Florida and California. No more.
Make up for it...buy a new Ferrari.BUT NOT GETTING THE CORVETTE still hurts..
Disney World was quite the epic in terms of hush-hush land buying. It was basically scrub and swampy land. The corporation managed to get the land cheaper by keeping it all on the down low before people could jack prices up.Yes! California had Disneyland. And then Disneyworld was added later in Florida.
Agree. Watching Florida cams on YouTube. Stay safe.Nervously watching the weather maps, thinking of all you Floridians, and hoping you and your loved ones manage to stay out of harm's way.
Went to Disneyland the second year it was open, I was 5 years old. I still remember a good amount of bits & pieces from it. My dad liked it too so every other year we drove across the USA in our Chevrolet to Disneyland. Sometimes side trips to Frisco, Carmel, Los Angeles.Disney World was quite the epic in terms of hush-hush land buying. It was basically scrub and swampy land. The corporation managed to get the land cheaper by keeping it all on the down low before people could jack prices up.
I have to confess I've never been past the gate, and that when Disney World was being constructed. I do remember Orlando as a sleepy but friendly town before all the attractions moved in. I did go to 12 Rock Superbowls at the old Tangerine Bowl back in the day.
I read that this morning. Although I'm not a ham, it's sorta been on my bucket list since high school. Which was a long, long time to think that it'd just be nice to get into. Still very busy with other projects, including trying to get a good record player so my vinyl isn't just taking up space.I thought @barfle might like this:
https://www.wired.com/story/hurrica...amateur-radio/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
From Space the final frontier
When I was a kid, this guy in the neighborhood had a base station and an incredibly huge unit in his car. I guess that was still tube days pretty much in the 50's.I read that this morning. Although I'm not a ham, it's sorta been on my bucket list since high school. Which was a long, long time to think that it'd just be nice to get into. Still very busy with other projects, including trying to get a good record player so my vinyl isn't just taking up space.
My dad got his ham license after he retired. He was also an electronics engineer, so the technical aspects were pretty easy for him, and he shortly got his Amateur Extra class ticket. He's been gone a couple of years now, but I hear I could inherit his call sign if I ever get around to taking the tests, buying the gear, and finding a network.
The great thing about amateur radio is that it doesn't depend on infrastructure. A rig in a car can fairly easily call several hundred miles away, and if there's a repeater (one is working in Asheville), range is pretty much unlimited. Those guys might be radio nerds, but when the defecation hits the ventilation, they can save lives. It's one of the things they practice doing.
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