Re: Smoke gets in my eyes

Wow - what a concept!   :-)

On 7/2/08, james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Me, too. Noise is not my thing.
>
> But maybe a better way to celebrate Independence Day would be to do
> something independent instead just following the rest of the sheep.
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> I'm with you Pam, I like a bit of calm myself. My nephew spent $3-400 on
>> fireworks this year. Says he has spent as much as $1000 one year. Just
>> to burn it up. And he had to sell his truck and get a Saturn cuz he
>> couldn't afford gas. Priorities.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>
>>> What the heck is so special about making noise?  I've never liked loud
>>> noises.  And it makes my cat a nervous wreck.  I just don't "get it" -
>>> sorry.  A better way to celebrate Independence Day would be to do
>>> something
>>> civic minded.  Saturday I'll go down and help the gal w/ the festivities
>>> at
>>> the park, same gal who runs the feed store, so she's got her hands full
>>> and
>>> not too many volunteers.
>>>
>>> On 7/1/08, Theresa G. <macycat3@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And besides, the headphones pop out of your ears anyway.
>>>> Theresa
>>>>
>>>> Judy Browning wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I never turn completely over, just side to side. I tuck the ipod under
>>>>> my
>>>>> pillow. I usually rouse enough to turn it off & take out the earbuds
>>>>> after a
>>>>> few hours, but sometimes it's still on when my alarm goes off in the
>>>>> morning.
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:10 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ?? What happens when you turn over during the night?  Aren't you afraid
>>>>> of
>>>>>
>>>>>> strangling yourself?
>>>>>> ;+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>>>>> From: "Judy Browning" <judylee@lewiston.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, I'm with you on the noise. I'm working all weekend Fri-Mon, and
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> hard to get to sleep with that noise. I'll make sure my iPod is
>>>>>>> charged
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> sleep with the earbuds in. Maybe that will help.
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:02 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doubt the police could arrest just about the entire town.....It isn't
>>>>>>>> like there is only one or two houses having parties and doing this.
>>>>>>>> Block parties are very popular here. They drive around, but for the
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> most
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> part, that day you can get away with making as much noise as you can
>>>>>>>> afford. They don't allow it to happen the entire weekend.... just on
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4th. I guess I am the old prude here as I just don't enjoy the loud
>>>>>>>> noises..especially if it goes on all night.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  And they are not legal here
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If not legal, can't you call police? Or do you just not want to
>>>>>>>> spoil
>>>>>>>> their fun?
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't take the chance on folks behaving themselves around here.
>>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> the one day a year I water everything, including the grass and
>>>>>>>>> roof.
>>>>>>>>> (Yes, I hose down the roof right before sunset and before going to
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Every year someone looses their home to a bottle rocket landing on
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> roof it seems.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Although it usually isn't the immediate neighbors that are lighting
>>>>>>>>> stuff off, they seem to fly over to my yard from the next block.
>>>>>>>>> July
>>>>>>>>> 5th is always clean up the mess day. sigh. And they are not legal
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> either. I am hoping who ever it is has moved!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> We will be in the mountains so I am hoping not only are people in
>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>> neighborhood going to be cautious (HAH!) but I sure hope no one up
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> decides it would be fun to light up the forest. It doesn't do any
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to ban them here though. You can go up one of the hills and see >>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> rockets
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> going off all over the valley. Huge fireworks too, like in the
>>>>>>>>> city-sponsored displays, not just little ones. I have no idea where
>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>> come from - Mexico I guess, or other states where they're legal.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Behalf Of Theresa G.
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:16 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am freaked out about July 4th and fireworks. Really, the state >>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> just ban them outright this year. I'll be in Seattle and I home my
>>>>>>>>> neighborhood is sane about the whole thing while I'm gone.
>>>>>>>>> Theresa
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David Franzman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Cyndi
>>>>>>>>>> Its so smokey here that I can taste it. The nearest major fire
>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>> me is 40 miles away as the crow flies but its like winter here as
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> well. No
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> sun for the last 3 or 4 days...only nuclear night. Very strange.
>>>>>>>>>> At
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> point there were almost 1,000 fires in California. So many that >>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> fires
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> hundreds are going without anybody trying to put them out. AND ITS
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ONLY
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> JUNE. Just wait until September after six months of no rain.
>>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>>>> Original Message ----
>>>>>>>>>> From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June
>>>>>>>>>> 25, 2008 2:49:27 PM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How are our friends
>>>>>>>>>> in northern California? It is incredibly smoky/hazy
>>>>>>>>>> here. While we are
>>>>>>>>>> hundreds of miles from all the fires burning up north
>>>>>>>>>> we seem to be getting
>>>>>>>>>> all the smoke. This morning the sun was just a
>>>>>>>>>> bright red ball on the horizon
>>>>>>>>>> and visibility now is pretty low. My eyes
>>>>>>>>>> are definitely bothering me.
>>>>>>>>>> Had a
>>>>>>>>>> great weekend in the local mountains, although our horses think
>>>>>>>>>> they had to
>>>>>>>>>> work entirely too hard. Came home to some giant zucchini and
>>>>>>>>>> - hallelujah -
>>>>>>>>>> green beans ready to pick! Don't know if I'll manage to
>>>>>>>>>> can anything this
>>>>>>>>>> year, I may not get enough, but right now there are
>>>>>>>>>> more than plenty for fresh
>>>>>>>>>> eating.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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