Mundane Thoughts or Comments

[davismanLV]

Right after we moved here we rented a townhouse that was nice but whomever designed the back yard and the patio outside the slider did a horrible job. The slab was the low point in the yard and when it would really pour rain, I had to go out with a push broom and move the water to the side of the place to keep it from coming in. That would make me super nervous!!

 

[Westerly Wood]

Right after we moved here we rented a townhouse that was nice but whomever designed the back yard and the patio outside the slider did a horrible job. The slab was the low point in the yard and when it would really pour rain, I had to go out with a push broom and move the water to the side of the place to keep it from coming in. That would make me super nervous!!

totally. I have had a flood in N Texas cause we hired a friend to redo the back yard and he totally jacked it up.
it was terrible.
I don't hire friends anymore for work. It always ruins the relationship

But cause of that experience, Tom, I have high anxiety re this house, while Nicola is like, it has never flooded, it will never flood, we will deal with it....lol. she sleeps like a baby, I am like pacing down stairs looking for our canoe in garage...

 

[Westerly Wood]

which reminds me, pretty soon the mosquito season is going to suck out here...

 

[davismanLV]

There's a small chance of another storm tonight, but at 50% chance, I'm not counting on it. The RH here today is 74%!! That's unheard of!! Tomorrow it will probably be back to 7%. LOL!!

 

[PreacherBob]

which reminds me, pretty soon the mosquito season is going to suck out here...

Yep and what my dad always called “dog days”, the month of August in South Carolina, has begun early. Absolutely no wind. 96-98 average degrees, constant 65-75% humidity. Gnats are thick as smoke. Commercial businesses have those powerful turbine fans going full speed blowing down just above the door to keep the gnats out. Everybody carries a brush or comb in the restaurant and stores because people look like they just rolled out of bed after walking under them.

 

[Westerly Wood]

You can barely see the water line from last night, I marked it. That’s after 2 hrs. To come inside house, it would need to panother 3-4 hrs, travel 3 feet then up 4 inches. I bet it’s not unheard of.

our neighbor has a pool, so they have to drain pool during monsoons else it will flood them.

it’s such a crappy back terrace grade design. Moronic.

 

[davismanLV]

Woody, you have actual grass which should soak up some. We can't have that here. And the dirt and soil is so dry the water just bounces off it and runs off. Which is why everything here floods so easily. There's homeless people in the huge water storm drains here, which I guess is their version of running water. But I'm sure that thing is like a raging river right now. Those poor folks.....

 

[Westerly Wood]

Woody, you have actual grass which should soak up some. We can't have that here. And the dirt and soil is so dry the water just bounces off it and runs off. Which is why everything here floods so easily. There's homeless people in the huge water storm drains here, which I guess is their version of running water. But I'm sure that thing is like a raging river right now. Those poor folks.....

never ceases to amaze me, and Tucson puts out strong warnings as I bet LV does, NOT to DRIVE THRU STANDING WATER near washes etc, as you don't know how deep it is. Sure enough, every monsoon, on the news, video feed of fire dept rescuing people on top of their vehicles stuck in raging current.

 

[FNG]

You're welcome!

 

[JohnW63]

Yum.. I've had that flavor.

 

[jp]

Believe it or not, I actually miss the threatening moments before a Midwestern thunderstorm. I love those moments right when the leaves look silvery, you can feel the pressure in the air, and the sky is churning with dark clouds, and the rumbling and cracks of thunder. I guess it's because it reminds me of hot carefree childhood summer, when all the kids would be huddled waiting for the blasts of rain.

We don't get that in Oregon, at least where I live.

 

[Opsimath]

Believe it or not, I actually miss the threatening moments before a Midwestern thunderstorm. I love those moments right when the leaves look silvery, you can feel the pressure in the air, and the sky is churning with dark clouds, and the rumbling and cracks of thunder. I guess it's because it reminds me of hot carefree childhood summer, when all the kids would be huddled waiting for the blasts of rain.

We don't get that in Oregon, at least where I live.

Sounds gloriuos! I miss it too. We had storms like that in Alabama but they don't seem to happen much here.

The thunder, yeah. It could rattle the windows in the house (keeping in mind they were the old wood casing windows). It was great!

 

[walrus]

Ever since my brother's house got struck by lightning (two streets over), I don't like t-storms as much as I used to...

walrus

 

[davismanLV]

Ever since my brother's house got struck by lightning (two streets over), I don't like t-storms as much as I used to...

walrus

A lot of damage, Jeff??

 

[walrus]

Not too bad. Chimney ruined, all appliances blown, etc. But it made me think!!

walrus

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

What, no lightening rod?

 

[mushroom]

Mundane thought: I wish there were more photos of the backs of guitars.

 

[fronobulax]

Mundane thought: I wish there were more photos of the backs of guitars.

Inspired by Guild...

 

[mushroom]

Great photo.

Vertical wood stripes.
Horizontal blue rug stripes.
Diagonal grey grout stripes.

 

[davismanLV]

That bass is just a Navawhore!! Nothing else....