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Recent Observations in America
Another sunny November day in the mountains. That, in itself, is normal, isn't it?
· The
weather is whacked. It’s funny how the forecasters predict a 66 (and
dropping) degree day for Western Carolina, when the day eventually turns out to be 80 and
pretty warm. Meteorologists, of all people, are aware of climate change.
Instead, you still have people giving you the likelihood of what the weather is going to be like, based on the
evidence of the last two hundred years. Wearing sweaters, but only in the
morning.
· Driving
up mountains in Western Carolina can be a beach (actually it isn’t, but you
catch my drift) sometimes, especially with the wrong vehicle. The mountains,
people claim, were the reason the railroad died a long and painful death in
these parts. I know of many cars that can’t make that hill going up to Saluda from Tryon.
· Gas
prices in South Carolina at some places are $1.89. Fossil fuels are not going
quietly.
· I’ll
take that last statement back. A pipeline just blew up in Georgia or Alabama
somewhere. Supply and demand. Add at least 50 cents to the price per gallon
over the next few weeks, maybe as much as a dollar.
· Oaks in Western Carolina can be pretty scary. If these are 40 or 50 foot oaks,
imagine what a branch sounds like that’s dropped that far. To make matters
worse, there are also the acorns. The acorns drop to the balcony with a loud
plunk—like a bullet hitting a target—and bounce
three to four feet high before settling on the ground and waiting for the
squirrels to gather them. I don’t want to begin to imagine what it feels like
to get an acorn on the head from that
height.
· By
now, I think I can tell a Western Carolina accent from, say an accent from Columbia,
Southern Carolina. Did you think all southerners sounded the same?
· So
far, we are nine inches short of our usual rainfall in Western Carolina. That’s
like the entire annual rainfall of San Diego, CA.
· By
now, the kitty has discovered outdoor living. I think she likes it. See also
the blog about Zelda the Cat. Zelda and Bash remind me of Calvin and Hobbes.
· You
don’t think that move by the FBI to look into Hillary’s emails was politically motivated,
do you? Nah, can’t be.
· What
is it, 55 days till Christmas? Love it. Time to break out my laptop and start shopping now. I love e-commerce.
· The
World Series is between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs? Dang, as if
the Red Sox and the White Sox winning it after almost 90 years in back-to-back
years wasn’t enough? This might just be the end of the world (series) as we
know it.
· Recently,
Axl looked up from his homework and wondered: “Wait, did I just hear a spider?”
Axl must have the ears of a bat.
· The
biggest riddle ever: how do you get a washer and a dryer (30 inches minimum,
length, width, or height) out of a basement, where the entrance is less than
two feet? I think people had an easier time building Machu Pichu than getting
the washer/dryer into our basement. I still can’t figure it out.
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