Guin's hood

[Rick]

Ouch, walked right into it...

[Gob]

I'm not a fan of beaches, woudl prefer to be in the mountains given a choice.

[Jarlaxle]

I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.

Okay Jarl, I know you hate Christmas, (to the point apparently that you tell folks who are thinking about sending you presents that you'll throw them in the garbage) and maybe puppies and kittens too...

But the beach? Really dude? Seriously?

How can anybody hate being at the beach?

I'm at a loss for words...(there's a reason the phrase "a day at the beach" was invented to describe a condition of carefree peacefulness... )

If I may be serious for a moment....

Jarl, you seem like a very decent guy with a lot of integrity, but you also seem to be carrying around a big load of unresolved angst and pain...

It's your own business, but if it were me, I'd want to do something about that...

Life's too short to spend a huge proportion of it being miserable.

I sunburn in about ten minutes, I'm a lousy swimmer (I have NEVER enjoyed swimming...the one year I went to summer camp, I willingly volunteered for kitchen duty rather than go swimming after the first day), and the hassle factor (crowds, drunks, $25 parking, dog shit, etc.) is often very high. Liz doesn't sunburn, but while she can swim, it's not something she especially enjoys (especially the resulting multi-hour task of getting all the salt out of her hair). If I'm spending the day getting soaked, sweaty, or sunburned, I'd like to at least be getting paid for it.

And get it straight: Christmas gifts would not be thrown away, they would be (and will be) burned unopened.

[Lord Jim]

Okay, I guess I understand your issues with the beach then...

If I had to go through that kind of hassle and pay 25 bucks to park just to get there I probably wouldn't care much for it either...

So it's not going to the beach per se that you hate, it's the particular beach experience that's available to you that's the problem...

Okay, I get that...

And get it straight: Christmas gifts would not be thrown away, they would be (and will be) burned unopened.

Thanks for the correction there...

That reflects a much healthier attitude...

[Guinevere]

Sad for you, Jarl. I love to swim -- Ive been doing it since I was three years old. I'm very fair, but with plenty of sunscreen, and watching, I don't burn and will even tan. It almost always cooler at the beach than my house (no ac, 'cause, well, I get good ocean breezes). The "crowds" are my neighbors -- who toss me beers from their boat when I'm out swimming. And oh yeah, I can be *on* the beach in about a three minute walk from my backyard.

Why the hell else would I put up with the occasional horrific weather?!?!

[oldr_n_wsr]

I'm not a big fan of the beach either. I burn (fair haired, light skinned German), not big on sand everywhere (and I mean everywhere) . I do like to ride waves, but that's about it.
I do like deep sea fishing.

Gimme a maintain lake any day.

And I am a good swimmer. Swim team and diving team from 7yo to 17yo. Passed the senior life saving test at age 11. They wouldn't let me be a life guard til I was 18.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I forgot to ask, how you making out Guin and Jar?

At home (Farmingville) we had about an inch when I left for work. At work there was about 6 inches when I got here at 7:15am. Now there is about 7 or 8 inches. Just called the wife and she said there was about 4 inches on the ground out by me. They are talking about noon before it stops and there is a chance it will change to rain.

[Jarlaxle]

Snowing & windy...tough to tell how much because of the wind.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Tappering off here. Maybe the end is near.

[Guinevere]

Upping the totals around here to 6-12-18, depending on how far from the coast you go. Roads horrible. Flooding more than yesterday, but still not as bad as Nemo. More flooding tonight/tomorrow morning, and then it finally ends -- with 50 degrees and sun on Sunday. Can you say weather whiplash!

[Jarlaxle]

Seeing a truck plowing seems to drop the viewer's IQ by 50 points!!! Arrrrrgh!

[Crackpot]

Der... what you just said?

[oldr_n_wsr]

I know. With 50degrees forecasted for Saturday, should I bother clearing the snow off tonight? I do have to go to a meeting and it's my commitment night so as soon as I get home and eat I have to leave. And it's a double meeting so I won't get home til after 10pm.

[Gob]

I burn (fair haired, light skinned German), not big on sand everywhere (and I mean everywhere)

But you're always first on the beach with your towel on the best sunlounger.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Not me. If I do go to the beach, I bring my own chair and either a beach umbrella or a full blown canopy. And they are mine. Try taking them, I KEELLL YOU.

[Jarlaxle]

Der... what you just said?

People do all sorts of stupid shit around plow trucks...like walking RIGHT BEHIND ME and then getting pissed off when my sand spreader gets them!

[dales]

I'm sure glad I don't live where it snows, it's supposed to be sunny and in the mid 60's tomorrow.

[rubato]

Narcissus have been blooming for weeks and the first ranks of Dutch Iris are opening now in force.

[oldr_n_wsr]

My tiger lilies and irises are starting to grow and my crocauses are already blooming.
And we changed the clocks to daylight time this weekend.

[Guinevere]

Daffs coming up in my hood!