Life in lock down rolls along here we're two weeks into a total shutdown of
New Zealand asides pharmacies and supermarkets really. Some essential
services are allowed to continue but the list is super small and most (99% of folks) are staying at home in their 'bubbles'.

I have been lucky enough to work from home and the stress levels are way up
for everyone :(

Hoping to find some more time to come play in this sandpit again... life is sadly being too short not to try and have some fun and camaraderie when you can.

I hope you're well and safe at this crazy covid-19 time.

Best, Paul

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Hello Avon,

Life in lock down rolls along here we're two weeks into a total
shutdown of New Zealand asides pharmacies and supermarkets really.
Some essential services are allowed to continue but the list is super small and most (99% of folks) are staying at home in their 'bubbles'.

We aren't in a technical lockdown here but it is a lockdown in reality. I couldn't get a haircut the other day but maybe I shouldn't even be thinking about that these days.

I have been lucky enough to work from home and the stress levels are
way up for everyone :(

I've been on sick leave for a time and missing going to work so I guess I was already used to staying home. My lady friend though is feeling the effects of being shut in and I haven't been able to find a good way to make her feel better.

Hoping to find some more time to come play in this sandpit again...
life is sadly being too short not to try and have some fun and
camaraderie when you can.

Isn't that odd I'm finding the same thing. In spite of the fact I'm home with nothing but time I'm not able to find time to get things done. Not exactly true
I have got some things done but not what I'd expect.

I hope you're well and safe at this crazy covid-19 time.

We have done better here in BC than other parts of Canada although we are still
seeing new cases and deaths here it's not as high as central Canada.

It's just a real bummer no matter how you look at it.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Avon!

On 08 Apr 2020, Avon said the following...

I have been lucky enough to work from home and the stress levels are way up for everyone :(

Been working from home for the past three weeks, as recommended, but no lockdown yet here in Sweden. They are expecting a peak here in a couple of weeks I think it was. Let's hope things are still manageable by then...

Actually I took this week off to get some rest (and, soon, some Easter).
Apart from pollen allergy all is well here.

Stay safe,

Best regards
Zip

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On 04-08-20 12:59, Avon wrote to All <=-

Life in lock down rolls along here we're two weeks into a total
shutdown of New Zealand asides pharmacies and supermarkets really. Some essential services are allowed to continue but the list is super small
and most (99% of folks) are staying at home in their 'bubbles'.

We're not quite as tight as you, but a lot of things aren't available, and non essential travel is strongly discouraged, with the possibikity of a fine, if caught out doing something non essential.

I have been lucky enough to work from home and the stress levels are
way up for everyone :(

Hoping to find some more time to come play in this sandpit again...
life is sadly being too short not to try and have some fun and
camaraderie when you can.

I've gotten back into amateur radio, now that I'm home a lot more. Have done extensive work in the shack. :) Perfect way to keep in touch without phusical contact. ;)

I hope you're well and safe at this crazy covid-19 time.

Yeah and busy. :D


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Life in lock down rolls along here we're two weeks into a total shutdown of New Zealand asides pharmacies and supermarkets really. Some essential services are allowed to continue but the list is super small and most (99%

of

folks) are staying at home in their 'bubbles'.

I have been lucky enough to work from home and the stress levels are way up for everyone :(

Hoping to find some more time to come play in this sandpit again... life is sadly being too short not to try and have some fun and camaraderie when you can.

I hope you're well and safe at this crazy covid-19 time.

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Al wrote to Avon <=-

I've been on sick leave for a time and missing going to work so I guess
I was already used to staying home. My lady friend though is feeling
the effects of being shut in and I haven't been able to find a good way
to make her feel better.

Do you live somewhere that you can at least get outside some without
breaking any social distancing guidlines? It really helps that I am able
to get out in the yard or take walks around the neighborhood without having
any close encounters with anyone.




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Hello Blue,

I've been on sick leave for a time and missing going to work so I
guess I was already used to staying home. My lady friend though
is feeling the effects of being shut in and I haven't been able
to find a good way to make her feel better.

Do you live somewhere that you can at least get outside some without breaking any social distancing guidlines? It really helps that I am
able to get out in the yard or take walks around the neighborhood
without having any close encounters with anyone.

We live in an apartment. It's not a very big space but comfortable. We do have a balcony so we can go sit outside and get some fresh air when we need to.

My girl is a "people" person and not having people around is hard for her.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Al wrote to Blue White <=-

My girl is a "people" person and not having people around is hard for
her.

Some of my co-workers are having issues with that also. For the first
couple of weeks, a couple of them were coming up with excuses to be
in the office (and possibly around others) until we were told to stay away unless it was "essential."


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Hello Blue,

Some of my co-workers are having issues with that also. For the first couple of weeks, a couple of them were coming up with excuses to be
in the office (and possibly around others) until we were told to stay
away unless it was "essential."

I've been off work now for a few months so I'm not sure what is happening there
these days. In my usual work I could keep some distance from others.

The problem is shift change. Before/after we go into work we are all in the change room. A very small space. We are like sardines in a can. Some kind of changes are in order there.

I don't know how they have worked with that.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Glad you are guys are taking care of yourselves. Currently, we are issuing a "recommended" lock down...nothing strickly law abiding yet. With that said, a lot of businesses have closed down the same other the essentials and those
whom can work from home.

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Rancid Randy wrote to Avon <=-

Glad you are guys are taking care of yourselves. Currently, we are
issuing a "recommended" lock down...nothing strickly law abiding yet.
With that said, a lot of businesses have closed down the same other the essentials and those whom can work from home.

What part of the World are you in, if you don't mind my asking?


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On 08 Apr 2020 at 11:03a, Rancid Randy pondered and said...

Glad you are guys are taking care of yourselves. Currently, we are
issuing a "recommended" lock down...nothing strickly law abiding yet.
With that said, a lot of businesses have closed down the same other the essentials and those whom can work from home.

I've been away for a few days and catching up on echomail. Yeah it's all
quiet here in New Zealand, we're just about 3 weeks into a 4 week national
lock down. I think on 20 April the government will revisit lock down plans
but for now the streets remain empty and we are all at home.

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It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where
you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...

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It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where you live).

It's Tuesday here, just about dinner time.. :)

I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The weather is
going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...

I had stuff to do today and was planning an outing but the town is blanketed in
smoke currently so I have opted to stay indoors today.

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On 08 Sep 2020 at 05:16p, Al pondered and said...

It's Tuesday here, just about dinner time.. :)

Hi Al :)

I'm still at my desk procrastinating after eating lunch

I had stuff to do today and was planning an outing but the town is blanketed in smoke currently so I have opted to stay indoors today.

Fires from houses or something worse? (hope not).

It's starting to pack in here too... a cold southerly is forecast to hit this afternoon with strong winds and work it's way up the country this evening.

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It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...

Weather is weird this year. It's snowing in Colorado, or was
forecasted to, and is 87 degrees in Indiana. Hope you got your walk in
.. it was too muggy here for me to do today.

-tG

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I had stuff to do today and was planning an outing but the town is blanketed in smoke currently so I have opted to stay indoors today.

Al, California? If so what part? I can't believe a gender reveal
party started that huge fire!

-tG

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I had stuff to do today and was planning an outing but the town is
blanketed in smoke currently so I have opted to stay indoors today.

Fires from houses or something worse? (hope not).

The weather channel says it is smoke from wildfires burning in the US currently. We've had three large fires here about recently, one of them just south of town and it created a lot of smoke that probably went down south also.
When all was said and done five homes were lost but those fires are out now.

It's starting to pack in here too... a cold southerly is forecast to hit this afternoon with strong winds and work it's way up the country this evening.

It's still quite summery here but it is starting to cool off.

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I had stuff to do today and was planning an outing but the town is
blanketed in smoke currently so I have opted to stay indoors today.

Al, California? If so what part?

Most likely Washigton state just south of me. It's very dry here abouts so there are a lot of fires around here both in BC and Washington state this time of year.

I can't believe a gender reveal party started that huge fire!

It must have been hot!

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On 09 Sep 2020, Avon said the following...

It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...

It's currently Tuesday evening here. It has been 100+(F) during the day and close to 90F in the evenings here for months. But this morning it was a relatively cool 82.

My fiance dropped her car off at the mechanic's this weekend (a long weekend
in the US) but wasn't able to drop off the key, so this morning I was able
to go on a nice bicycle ride to deliver the key.

Jeff.
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On 08 Sep 2020 at 08:31p, The Godfather pondered and said...

Weather is weird this year. It's snowing in Colorado, or was
forecasted to, and is 87 degrees in Indiana. Hope you got your walk in
.. it was too muggy here for me to do today.

I did went out and walked for about 50 mins so can pat myself on the back now :)

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On 08 Sep 2020 at 05:33p, Al pondered and said...

The weather channel says it is smoke from wildfires burning in the US currently. We've had three large fires here about recently, one of them just south of town and it created a lot of smoke that probably went down south also. When all was said and done five homes were lost but those fires are out now.

The only time I can recall where I live was impacted by such things was last year when Australia had bad bush fires over their summer and the smoke
drifted for days across the Tasman sea and ended up changing the colour pf
the sky here for a day.

The whole day was around 50% darker than it should be it was very weird. Some days later reports started coming in of brown snow on the alps after the soot deposits from the same fires landed on the hills.

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On 08 Sep 2020 at 08:47p, Jeff pondered and said...

It's currently Tuesday evening here. It has been 100+(F) during the day and close to 90F in the evenings here for months. But this morning it
was a relatively cool 82.

It's around 60F here and in our summer it might get up to 85F max.... so your place it HOT :)

My fiance dropped her car off at the mechanic's this weekend (a long weekend in the US) but wasn't able to drop off the key, so this morning
I was able to go on a nice bicycle ride to deliver the key.

Nice, I need to get on my bike again. I have a friends electric bike I was using last summer and now it's starting to warm up again I should start to
hit the pedals again.

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It must have been hot!

Thats what I'm reading on the news .. major heat wave. Some airplane
dropped the pink color to reveal it as a girl .. forrest now on fire
for several acres ... I'm in Indiana, so I don't know all of the
details, just what I saw on TV. Seriously hope everyones ok.

-tG

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I did went out and walked for about 50 mins so can pat myself on the
back now :)

You did better then me .. I stayed on the couch trying to find a new
binge worthy show on netflix .. good for you! I'll have to walk 1.5
hours tomorrow to make up for it though. At least it'll be in the 70's
and not muggy outside.

-tG

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RE: Re: Wednesday
BY: The Godfather(21:1/165)

It must have been hot!

Thats what I'm reading on the news .. major heat wave. Some airplane dropped the pink color to reveal it as a girl .. forrest now on fire
for several acres ... I'm in Indiana, so I don't know all of the
details, just what I saw on TV. Seriously hope everyones ok.

A gender reveal party in a area 30 miles east from me caused a massive fire. Look at Oak Glen CA or Yucaipa CA fire.

115F weather that day did not help either.


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On 09 Sep 2020, Avon said the following...

It's around 60F here and in our summer it might get up to 85F max.... so your place it HOT :)

That's Texas for you...

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Weather is weird this year. It's snowing in Colorado, or was
forecasted to, and is 87 degrees in Indiana. Hope you got your walk in
.. it was too muggy here for me to do today.
-tG

121 in California, and smoke/soot in Portland and south...

weird times in weather, indeed.



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The only time I can recall where I live was impacted by such things was last year when Australia had bad bush fires over their summer and the smoke drifted for days across the Tasman sea and ended up changing the colour pf the sky here for a day.

When I lived in Vancouver I never saw or even thought about fires. Vancouver is
a very wet place with lots of rain all year long. Beautiful summer days but always lush and green.

The situation here in the Okanagan is different. It's very beautiful here but we don't get a lot of rain and in the summer we get thunderstorms without rain and they often start multiple fires at once. The last fire we had here where we
lost five homes was just on the outskirts of town and thankfully there is a mountain between us. I haven't gone for a look but I don't imagine there is much left on that mountain to burn now.

The whole day was around 50% darker than it should be it was very weird. Some days later reports started coming in of brown snow on the alps after the soot deposits from the same fires landed on the hills.

It was like that here today too. It wasn't so bad in town here but looking south all I could see was dark grey, no blue sky at all. It was stiking.

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It must have been hot!

Thats what I'm reading on the news .. major heat wave. Some airplane
dropped the pink color to reveal it as a girl .. forrest now on fire
for several acres ... I'm in Indiana, so I don't know all of the
details, just what I saw on TV. Seriously hope everyones ok.

I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would they do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

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On 09-09-20 12:02, Avon wrote to All <=-

It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk.
The weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...

Think that's what we sent you yesterday. Nice sunny day on this side of the ditch now, with a couple more good ones to follow. :)


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Hello Al!

** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 21:56, Al wrote to The Godfather:

.. Some airplane dropped the pink color to reveal it as a
girl .. forrest now on fire for several acres ...

I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and
why would they do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have
been plenty.

Maybe there is a ewwwtoob video documenting the drop? I have
to why they would need to drop chemicals? Maybe is was
something combined with daytime/nightime fireworks?





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RE: Re: Wednesday
BY: paulie420(21:2/150)

121 in California, and smoke/soot in Portland and south...

weird times in weather, indeed.

I need a haircut.


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Ahh mental blank from last IIgs message, you enquired about RPG style games for the gs.

Off hand there's Bard Tales I & II I think. They're the only ones I played. But theres also Dungeon Wars, Dungeon Master, Questron II. Its actually a genre that was pretty light on for the GS.

Of course you can play ultima I-V, although arguably III-V are the ones you'd really want to play from the classic II range. Another one that was good on the II was Autoduel, despite the you die game over aspect, which is normal for every version I've seen, its a lot more playable than some.

Spec


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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would they do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

The story we got here in Oz said they used explosives to launch powder.. blue/pink... didn't see anything about the flyby section of things..

Spec


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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would they do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

Maybe there is a ewwwtoob video documenting the drop? I have to

Locally we had a few stills, there's meant to be footage around somewhere. The one I saw had what looked like an explosion with a launch of blue powder in it.

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On 09/09/2020 12:15 am Avon said...

It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning... --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)

It's 12:37pm Wed here, and the sun has not yet emerged in the Bay Area due to the smoke/fires. Never seen anything like it. It's like it's perpetually dusk, but with a sickly, orange tint. Suprisingly, where I am at, the AQI isn't that bad, so I might still pop out for a walk during this apocalypse.





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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and
why would they do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have
been plenty.

Maybe there is a ewwwtoob video documenting the drop? I have
to why they would need to drop chemicals? Maybe is was
something combined with daytime/nightime fireworks?

I thought of looking that up but I need to get to a desktop to do that. It's a really bad idea to drop anything from an aircraft.

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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would they do >> that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

The story we got here in Oz said they used explosives to launch powder.. blue/pink... didn't see anything about the flyby section of things..

It must have been impressive.. but still a bad idea to drop anything from an aircraft.

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dropped the pink color to reveal it as a girl .. forrest now on fire

I find it odd that people didn't learn from the previous gender-reveal party that started a fire (and I think I'd previously read about other such parties causing other fires, too, but don't see immediate data).

Mind you, I might be a bit of a curmudgeon on the topic, since I think the entire concept is dumb. But fireworks anywhere near combustible material in desert-y areas in the dry season? Ugh.

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It's 12:37pm Wed here, and the sun has not yet emerged in the Bay Area
due to the smoke/fires. Never seen anything like it. It's like it's perpetually dusk, but with a sickly, orange tint. Suprisingly, where I
am at, the AQI isn't that bad, so I might still pop out for a walk

Back when I lived in the Bay Area (Tuesday), it was already looking quite odd -- it wasn't sunny like it usually was -- I had on sunglasses, but had a fleeting thought that I was looking at the moon rather than the sun (and even looked at it directly, and not through squinted eyes or anything more than sunglasses - it just really wasn't that bright).

So I wore out an n95 mask (with an exhale valve, so I wore a mask over it
when I went inside the post office), but the air at the ground wasn't bad.

And to know that it was obviously worse the next day... Sheesh.

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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would they
do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

I don't know, but my Daughter lives in Chico and my dad just sent me a
news update that half of chico is destroyed by the fire already.
Waiting to hear that they are ok.

-tG

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On 10 Sep 2020, Adept said the following...

Mind you, I might be a bit of a curmudgeon on the topic, since I think
the entire concept is dumb.

Or the people that hold a gender reveal party at a park or beach, pop a
balloon and then leave the confetti/ribbons/streamers everywhere for someone else to clean up.

Case in point:

https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/b1wnn3/rant_im_having_a_baby_theref ore_entitled_to_litter/

Jay

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I find it odd that people didn't learn from the previous gender-reveal party that started a fire (and I think I'd previously read about other such parties causing other fires, too, but don't see immediate data).
Mind you, I might be a bit of a curmudgeon on the topic, since I think
the entire concept is dumb. But fireworks anywhere near combustible material in desert-y areas in the dry season? Ugh.

Yeah, traditions used to be only 1 baby shower for the first child, not
each additional. So .. they reinvent a way to acquire new "stuff" with
each child by calling it "gender reveal." But yeah, why would the
business owner of the plane service have even agreed to drop that
chemical during that heat wave? Is he/she facing consequences? And
your in the Bay area aren't you? I saw on the news this AM images from
San Fran looking west across the bridge .. it looked like Armageddon.

-tG

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On 09/09/2020 12:15 am Avon said...

It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on
where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The

weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...
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It's 12:37pm Wed here, and the sun has not yet emerged in the Bay Area
due to the smoke/fires. Never seen anything like it. It's like it's perpetually dusk, but with a sickly, orange tint. Suprisingly, where I
am at, the AQI isn't that bad, so I might still pop out for a walk
during this apocalypse.

Some smart-ass took footage from the bay area and put in the soundtrack from Blade Runner 2049. Very effective actually.


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On 09/09/2020 12:15 am Avon said...

It's currently Wednesday lunchtime here in the 'future' (depending on
where you live). I'm checking echomail and debating going to a walk. The

weather is going downhill a bit so my motivation to get out is waning...
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It's 12:37pm Wed here, and the sun has not yet emerged in the Bay Area
due to the smoke/fires. Never seen anything like it. It's like it's perpetually dusk, but with a sickly, orange tint. Suprisingly, where I
am at, the AQI isn't that bad, so I might still pop out for a walk
during this apocalypse.

Some smart-ass took footage from the bay area and put in the soundtrack from Blade Runner 2049. Very effective actually.

Ha! Works well as part of the new Dune trailer, as well. Bay Area looks like an Arrakeen city right now...

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Or the people that hold a gender reveal party at a park or beach, pop a balloon and then leave the confetti/ribbons/streamers everywhere for someone else to clean up.

Ugh.

I'm sad that people don't have, oh, a name-reveal party instead. Preferably without anything that burns.

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I need a haircut.

I got a haircut in March, June, and need one desperately now. That I
have hair at my age, I'm not complaining...



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Alpha wrote to Avon <=-

It's 12:37pm Wed here, and the sun has not yet emerged in the Bay Area
due to the smoke/fires. Never seen anything like it. It's like it's perpetually dusk, but with a sickly, orange tint. Suprisingly, where I
am at, the AQI isn't that bad, so I might still pop out for a walk
during this apocalypse.

Apparently, we're seeing smoke from fires in Oregon and Washington,
but there's a marine layer at ground level keeping the smoke above
us - hence, the hellscape skies but relatively ash and smoke-free air
at ground level.



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Yeah, traditions used to be only 1 baby shower for the first child, not

I'm okay with more baby showers, though I could see being curmudgeonly about that, too.

But I'm also of the opinion that going to weddings or baby showers without bringing a gift is perfectly fine, too -- it's nice for people to gather and celebrate.

business owner of the plane service have even agreed to drop that
chemical during that heat wave? Is he/she facing consequences? And

That _is_ a good question. And I have no idea idea.

your in the Bay area aren't you? I saw on the news this AM images from San Fran looking west across the bridge .. it looked like Armageddon.

I lived in the Bay Area on Tuesday, but not on Wednesday, so the pictures are about as close as I got, other than taking a picture on Tuesday because the
sun was so dimmed from the upper-level pollution that it looked like a weird looking moon, or an orange golf ball. Or maybe something smoother.

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Some smart-ass took footage from the bay area and put in the soundtrack from Blade Runner 2049. Very effective actually.

There are a variety of different mashups people have done, and while even
just the straight, "here's random footage with Bladerunner music" is pretty neat, some of the more-edited videos take it a step further.

And I feel kinda wrong for saying this, because it wouldn't be a nice thing
to do (possibly even with asking and paying anyone who appeared in it), but these videos could do with footage of homeless people on the streets of SF.

Regardless, it's pretty terrible, and it sounds like there's a layer of ash
on everything, now. The air in SF hasn't been quite as bad as in 2018, but I don't think there was a sky like this at any point during the worst stuff
back then.

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I need a haircut.

I got a haircut in March, June, and need one desperately now. That I
have hair at my age, I'm not complaining...

I think I last got a haircut about a year ago, and that was just trimming the ends.

But people would probably respond to you differently if your hair was down
to your elbows.

I kinda wanted to get it cut before starting my job, but I was expecting to
do that 7 months ago. And not have to question what I'm doing going to a hair salon during a pandemic.

I suppose I could cut my own hair. At least in my case, even if I screw up, there's plenty of buffer before it'd be short.

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I wonder what it was they dropped out of that plane, and why would th do that? A streamer "It's a girl" would have been plenty.

I don't know, but my Daughter lives in Chico and my dad just sent me a news update that half of chico is destroyed by the fire already.
Waiting to hear that they are ok.

-tG

Yea, my kids are an hour and a half away from there in Roseville/Sacramento
and they say the air quality is insane... Also, I live in Portland and down
in Eugene the fires are popping off too; we have a smell of soot and a very overcast day because of it. Praying for everyone, all up and down the coast, affected. Sucks dude.



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I'm sad that people don't have, oh, a name-reveal party instead.

What you really need is a baby roast... take that as you will ;)

Spec


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RE: Re: Wednesday
BY: paulie420(21:2/150)

Yea, my kids are an hour and a half away from there in
Roseville/Sacramento and
they say the air quality is insane... Also, I live in Portland and
down
in Eugene the fires are popping off too; we have a smell of soot and a
very
overcast day because of it. Praying for everyone, all up and down the
coast, affected. Sucks dude.

I am in San Bernardino County and the air is not as bad, but the sunshine is basically erradicated.

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RE: Re: Wednesday
BY: Utopian Galt(21:4/108)

I am in San Bernardino County and the air is not as bad, but the
sunshine is basically erradicated.

Sameup north of San Francisco. The solar output wa 3% yesterday. We had some interesting looking red sky though, certainly looked like tatooine from star wars. Today was yellow and smoky.

-rushfan



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paulie420 wrote to The Godfather <=-

Yea, my kids are an hour and a half away from there in Roseville/Sacramento and they say the air quality is insane... Also, I

I'm going to be driving through Sacramento on the way to the Donner
Summit area today. Strange that the new normal is to check the
weather and the air quality nowadays when traveling.



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Yea, my kids are an hour and a half away from there in Roseville/Sacramento and
they say the air quality is insane... Also, I live in Portland and
down
in Eugene the fires are popping off too; we have a smell of soot and a very
overcast day because of it. Praying for everyone, all up and down the coast, affected. Sucks dude.

I am in San Bernardino County and the air is not as bad, but the
sunshine is basically erradicated.

It's so odd, as we were talking about the fires in California... my girl and
I broke up recently and she just moved to Eugene, OR - It is the same or
worse in Eugene... just 15 miles away people are being evactuated... so I
have concern for HER - and even here, 2 hours north, its beggining to look
like Armaggedon. Such crazy times; when zombies start walking around, I won't be surprised.

Godspeed to everyone close... and its insane how much change this round of fires is bringing to me personally. Luckily no loss, but they aren't over either.



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