Guin's hood
Guin's hood
A nicely done 11 minute video tour of my quirky, historic, water-loving town:
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Cheers Guin, will watch when I get home...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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About the get the crap beat out of us again -- huge offshore storm (Saturn) causing crazy 30-foot waves, storm surges, 50mph+ winds, and serious coastal flooding. It's just getting going, and there may be 3-10 inches of snow as well.
Someone, please take the bullseye off of our back!
Someone, please take the bullseye off of our back!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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That is truly lovely Guin...
It reminds me of what I told Tati a couple of years ago, when we were sitting out on the beach and a bunch of tour buses showed up...
"Sweetheart, those folks have come from places like Ohio, and Indiana and Kansas...
and they've spent a lot of time in airports, and staying in hotels, and spending a lot of money to get here...
And then after all of that, they had to ride in a big smelly bus just to get out to here...
Just to have the chance to see what we get to enjoy every day, just by taking a short walk from our house..."
It reminds me of what I told Tati a couple of years ago, when we were sitting out on the beach and a bunch of tour buses showed up...
"Sweetheart, those folks have come from places like Ohio, and Indiana and Kansas...
and they've spent a lot of time in airports, and staying in hotels, and spending a lot of money to get here...
And then after all of that, they had to ride in a big smelly bus just to get out to here...
Just to have the chance to see what we get to enjoy every day, just by taking a short walk from our house..."



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Tourists - they'll go anywhere

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We have heavy winds (40+ mph) and some coastal flooding. Hope the people hit by Sandy don't get hit again. The snow is pretty much non existant. Just some wet slush on the ground this morning although this storm is supposed to last until some time tomorrow morning/afternoon so we'll see how it plays out.
Stay safe Guin
Stay safe Guin
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What things are looking like this morning:

Still, flooding so far, relatively "minor" and less than during Nemo. However, the worst is yet to come.
Can it be summer yet, please!

Still, flooding so far, relatively "minor" and less than during Nemo. However, the worst is yet to come.
Can it be summer yet, please!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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After living my whole life in New England...west Texas is sounding better by the day. I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.Lord Jim wrote:That is truly lovely Guin...
It reminds me of what I told Tati a couple of years ago, when we were sitting out on the beach and a bunch of tour buses showed up...
"Sweetheart, those folks have come from places like Ohio, and Indiana and Kansas...
and they've spent a lot of time in airports, and staying in hotels, and spending a lot of money to get here...
And then after all of that, they had to ride in a big smelly bus just to get out to here...
Just to have the chance to see what we get to enjoy every day, just by taking a short walk from our house..."
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Southern RI now: non-event. We got a dusting of snow, a bit of sleet...now it's just windy.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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This is a long-duration event Jarl, we've got at least another 24 hours to go, and the coldest, windiest, snowiest piece still to come.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Good lord man, if you don't like it, get the heck out. If we need people to populate West Texas, better you than meJarlaxle wrote:After living my whole life in New England...west Texas is sounding better by the day. I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.Lord Jim wrote:That is truly lovely Guin...
It reminds me of what I told Tati a couple of years ago, when we were sitting out on the beach and a bunch of tour buses showed up...
"Sweetheart, those folks have come from places like Ohio, and Indiana and Kansas...
and they've spent a lot of time in airports, and staying in hotels, and spending a lot of money to get here...
And then after all of that, they had to ride in a big smelly bus just to get out to here...
Just to have the chance to see what we get to enjoy every day, just by taking a short walk from our house..."
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Well ya won't see much rain in West Texas...After living my whole life in New England...west Texas is sounding better by the day. I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I can't think you'd see much of anything in West Texas, except emptiness -- which is, I am sure, why Jarl wants to go there.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Raining with some flurries is all that is happening here in Westbury LI. Even the wind has died down. 24 hours to go and we'll be in the clear.
Once again, stay safe Guin and Jar (forgot you are in RI, just a ferry ride away from me).
Once again, stay safe Guin and Jar (forgot you are in RI, just a ferry ride away from me).
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Which is a large part of the appeal!keld feldspar wrote:Well ya won't see much rain in West Texas...After living my whole life in New England...west Texas is sounding better by the day. I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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I can get 10 acres for less than 0.2 acres here, everything is cheaper, no snow, no humidity, no 2-year (and counting) wait for a damned pistol permit...works for me.Guinevere wrote:I can't think you'd see much of anything in West Texas, except emptiness -- which is, I am sure, why Jarl wants to go there.
Snowing now, though not heavily & the ground is warm enough it's not really sticking.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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I can get 10 acres for less than 0.2 acres here
West Texas...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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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...I'd rather work a 14-hour day in the rain than go to the beach.
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.
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Sharks love the beach...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Of course they do keld, why do you think *I* live here . . .
badaBING!
badaBING!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké