Re: The misery index

You've said it yourself dear, you don't do numbers.....

On 7/27/06, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> LOL...that's funny. My husband asked me a question last night (how did
> Paul McCartney's ex wife lose her leg?) and I told him. He patted me on
> the shoulder and said, "Ahhhhh, my little wife is just FULL of trivial
> information...I knew you would know the answer to that". How can I
> remember stuff like that, but can't remember my driver's license number?
>
>
> Jess
>
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been told more than once that I am a treasure trove of totally
> useless
> information. The product of a classical liberal arts education I suspect.
> LOL
>
> On 7/26/06, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> >
> > Not too much info at all, Miss Pam. In fact, I found it down right
> > interesting. :-) My brain is complete clogged with interesting bits of
> > trivia, and I had completely misplaced that one.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pam Evans"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] The misery index
> >
> >
> > > Because that's when the star Sirius (the Dog Star) rises and sets w/
> the
> > > sun
> > > and in ancient times, they thought it threw off enough heat to make it
> > > hotter. Sirius is the brightest star (magnitude-wise) in the heavens.
> > > He's
> > > the "dog" that follows the hunter Orion. If you look just to the left
> > and
> > > below the constellation Orion (best seen here in the winter) you can
> see
> > > it
> > > very clearly. Sorry, probably more than you wanted to know.
> > >
> > > On 7/25/06, Kitty wrote:
> > >>
> > >> So why do they call it the "dog" days of summer?
> > >>
> > >> Kitty
> > >> neIN, Zone 5
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Andrea Hodges"
> > >> > the humidity is. It's like walking around in soup. I don't even
> want
> > to
> > >> go
> > >> > outside. Neither do the dogs. We are all four pretty much like big
> > >> slugs.
> > >>
> > >> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > From: "Theresa W."
> > >> > To:
> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:25 PM
> > >> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] The misery index
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >> You beat me today- only 107 here. Just crazy. I was only supposed
> > to
> > >> be
> > >> >> 100 tomorrow, but now they've revised the forcast to 104. I'm
> > really
> > >> >> rather sick of this now. I have resorted to Darwinian gardening-
> > >> >> whatever survives this heat wave does, and what doesn't oh well-
> > I'll
> > >> >> have a new space to plant something else.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Theresa
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> > >> >>> I just thought I'd mention that it's 109 degrees out right now.
> At
> > >> 4:30
> > >> >>> in
> > >> >>> the afternoon. C'mon! Stop it!
> > >> >>> I had a meeting to go to that's a 10 minute walk from here. I
> > figured
> > >> >>> I'd
> > >> >>> drive instead. But it was so hot inside the car I'm not sure it
> was
> > >> >>> worth
> > >> >>> it. 5 minutes at 130 degrees vs. 10 minutes at 109...and it's
> > >> definitely
> > >> >>> not
> > >> >>> worth standing there for 20 minutes early waiting for the car to
> > cool
> > >> >>> down.
> > >> >>> Sure wish the DoD would support telecommuting.
> > >> >>> Cyndi
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>>
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> > > Pam Evans
> > > Kemp TX
> > > zone 8A
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> Kemp TX
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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