USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Ernie S.]

Our worst problem right now is an ecological disaster--the EPA accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water, contaminated with heavy metals, into the Animas River in Colorado. The water turned into a yucky orange and there is no way to stop it--it entered the San Juan River in New Mexico which in turn empties into the Colorado River at Lake Powell--it will reach Lake Powell by Wednesday--that is an enormous area and a lot of critical water supply serving a lot of people including Albuquerque. Makes you want to cry.

Ironic that the EPA created this mess.

 

[Ringel05]

I have one tree left close to the house. So far, the only problem is the annual avalanche of acorns on the deck. I want to get rid of it, but mama thinks it offers some shade on the deck. It really doesn't, but.... meh, maybe I'll get rid of both.

One place we lived in Virginia backed up to a huge country park, the back of the townhouse was all ground level deck with oak trees everywhere, yup raining acorns is an apt description. What made it interesting is the neighbor had metal deck chairs...........

 

[Ernie S.]

I have one tree left close to the house. So far, the only problem is the annual avalanche of acorns on the deck. I want to get rid of it, but mama thinks it offers some shade on the deck. It really doesn't, but.... meh, maybe I'll get rid of both.

When we lived in Pittsburg Ks, our second story bedroom overlooked the fiberglass cover for the carport just below us. And there was an enormous black walnut tree beside the patio. A gray squirrel who lived in that tree thoroughly delighted in pelting that fiberglass with black walnuts--and each one sounded like a rifle shot. That is the one and only time I have been sorely tempted to get the 22 and dispatch a squirrel.

I like to walk around on the deck late at night and finding slippers in the dark bedroom is too much bother. Walking on acorns is downright uncomfortable. We can hear them hit the deck too. The tree is maybe 12 feet from my pillow.

 

[saveliberty]

Working on getting the roof back on the porch I redecked earlier in the season. Neighbor wanders over and asks if I noticed the tree beside the house has split and half is on my roof. No, I had not noticed that...

Hombre did a lot of property and casualty work as a career general adjuster and noted a LOT of damage from trees encroaching on roofs and if the damage occurs over a period of time, it usually is not covered by insurance. Later in our own business, among other things doing property and safety inspections, one thing we looked for were those trees limbs encroaching on roofs and always recommended they be cut back.

It is covered minus a $500 deductible. The whole tree will be taken down before it is all done. I was told to keep track of my labor, I assume as a credit against the deductible.

 

[Foxfyre]

Working on getting the roof back on the porch I redecked earlier in the season. Neighbor wanders over and asks if I noticed the tree beside the house has split and half is on my roof. No, I had not noticed that...

Hombre did a lot of property and casualty work as a career general adjuster and noted a LOT of damage from trees encroaching on roofs and if the damage occurs over a period of time, it usually is not covered by insurance. Later in our own business, among other things doing property and safety inspections, one thing we looked for were those trees limbs encroaching on roofs and always recommended they be cut back.

It is covered minus a $500 deductible. The whole tree will be taken down before it is all done. I was told to keep track of my labor, I assume as a credit against the deductible.

Yes because the damage was due to a tree splitting and falling on the roof, that would definitely be a covered peril by most homeowners policies. But had it occurred over a period of time and you did not take any action to prevent or minimalize the damage, coverage might be more problematic.

 

[Ringel05]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

 

[gallantwarrior]

Today is the first day the little one is taking the bus to school. Her mom got a new job and can't drive her to school any more. Of course, the bus driver had a problem and didn't show up until we'd been outside for a long time waiting, and she was doing a middle/high school route. She had the little one sit in the front and said she'd take her to her school, but so far I am very unimpressed with the preparation of the busing. We've gotten very vague time windows for pick up and drop off. Now I'm worried about the little one getting on the bus and getting home OK once school is over, as she never has done that before. I tend toward the cynical and pessimistic so I expect to be on edge all day waiting for her to arrive at home.

Hopefully everything will smooth out by the time this first week of school is over.

Initial response from parents (and caretakers) all over. The little one will adapt and amaze you, I am confident. When my daughter started grade school here, the school was less than a quarter mile from our house. They insisted she ride the bus because she would have to cross an exit from a major feeder highway. I taught her how to cross the street properly and she never had to stand in the cold, waiting for the bus again. But I did enjoy walking her to the bus stop as long as that lasted. I would worry far more about the kind of bullying that goes on in the bus and the inability/unwillingness of the driver to intervene.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Working on getting the roof back on the porch I redecked earlier in the season. Neighbor wanders over and asks if I noticed the tree beside the house has split and half is on my roof. No, I had not noticed that...

Hombre did a lot of property and casualty work as a career general adjuster and noted a LOT of damage from trees encroaching on roofs and if the damage occurs over a period of time, it usually is not covered by insurance. Later in our own business, among other things doing property and safety inspections, one thing we looked for were those trees limbs encroaching on roofs and always recommended they be cut back.

Birch trees tend to bend, stoop, and break. The partner and a buddy have been clearing up a lot of those leaners around the cabin this summer. All we'd need would be a good snow, or even worse, one of those ice storms, to bring those down on the house.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

I'm not a fan of Las Vegas. My parents lived up in Carson City, and I still have family there and around Reno. But for that kind of money, hell...I'd move there. OK, maybe not. LV is pretty hot, not even as humid as El Paso...

 

[gallantwarrior]

Our worst problem right now is an ecological disaster--the EPA accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water, contaminated with heavy metals, into the Animas River in Colorado. The water turned into a yucky orange and there is no way to stop it--it entered the San Juan River in New Mexico which in turn empties into the Colorado River at Lake Powell--it will reach Lake Powell by Wednesday--that is an enormous area and a lot of critical water supply serving a lot of people including Albuquerque. Makes you want to cry.

I've been watching that, Foxy, and wondering whether it would affect your part of the world. Dayum! That's some nasty shit. Makes me rethink my stand on the mining wars up this way.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Our worst problem right now is an ecological disaster--the EPA accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water, contaminated with heavy metals, into the Animas River in Colorado. The water turned into a yucky orange and there is no way to stop it--it entered the San Juan River in New Mexico which in turn empties into the Colorado River at Lake Powell--it will reach Lake Powell by Wednesday--that is an enormous area and a lot of critical water supply serving a lot of people including Albuquerque. Makes you want to cry.

Ironic that the EPA created this mess.

Maybe the should fine themselves?

 

[Foxfyre]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

So, if that is appealing to you, I will keep my fingers and toes etc. crossed.

I would guess the only way to really enjoy Vegas for the long haul though is to find activities and events to enjoy that did not involved the casinos.

 

[Foxfyre]

Our worst problem right now is an ecological disaster--the EPA accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water, contaminated with heavy metals, into the Animas River in Colorado. The water turned into a yucky orange and there is no way to stop it--it entered the San Juan River in New Mexico which in turn empties into the Colorado River at Lake Powell--it will reach Lake Powell by Wednesday--that is an enormous area and a lot of critical water supply serving a lot of people including Albuquerque. Makes you want to cry.

Ironic that the EPA created this mess.

Maybe the should fine themselves?

Well we can't really get into that without dragging politics into the Coffee Shop. But I would guess that had a private entity created the mess, fines would be involved.

 

[Ringel05]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

I'm not a fan of Las Vegas. My parents lived up in Carson City, and I still have family there and around Reno. But for that kind of money, hell...I'd move there. OK, maybe not. LV is pretty hot, not even as humid as El Paso...

Yeah, average high is in July, 106. The lack of humidity doesn't bother us in fact we prefer it dry now though the average high monthly rainfall is 0.55 inches. It's about 1700 feet lower in elevation than El Paso and has a slightly smaller population base (city to city, not including the metro area).
Heck there's still no guarantee she'll get the job and she's already had two other phone interviews, one in Austin and one in San Antonio, Texas hill country, closer to the coast and obviously more humid/wetter. Those two areas do have one of the things she misses, trees...... and rivers with actual water in them.......

 

[gallantwarrior]

Just catching up.
I've been monitoring all the wildfires and the damage done. Tragic. A lot of that damage could have been avoided if Nature were permitted to take its course under "supervision". As it is, we do everything we can to prevent fires and the consequences are, when the fecal matter hits the rotary oscillator...well, it's pretty tragic.
It's about a week away from State Fair and the rains have started. Typical here in Alaska. The temps are still pretty high, but rain gear becomes de rigor.
I confess, I'm feeling a little down because I will not see my daughter/son/granddaughters before they depart for Okinawa. Yep, Okinawa!! I had hoped they would be assigned to Ft Lewis in WA state and I would be able to move South and at least see my granddaughters grow up for a few years. Good jobs for me in that area, too. Alas! Now, they won't even have a couple of weeks to come here before they go. I've been looking at prices for airfares there (Okinawa) and they run $1500 and up. So, it may be years before I see them again, and the girls will be all grown up. Jim Croce's "Cat's in the Cradle" is running constantly through my mind.

 

[Ringel05]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

So, if that is appealing to you, I will keep my fingers and toes etc. crossed.

I would guess the only way to really enjoy Vegas for the long haul though is to find activities and events to enjoy that did not involved the casinos.

Neither one of us are gamblers, maybe once in a while, take a certain (small) amount and have some fun but no. Heck we rarely buy lotto tickets, she want's to buy them when the stakes are high (and the odds are truly astronomical), I pick em up when the pot is low and the odds are definitely better. Of course that means we might, maybe, possibly spend $4 in a month or two.........

 

[Ringel05]

Just catching up.
I've been monitoring all the wildfires and the damage done. Tragic. A lot of that damage could have been avoided if Nature were permitted to take its course under "supervision". As it is, we do everything we can to prevent fires and the consequences are, when the fecal matter hits the rotary oscillator...well, it's pretty tragic.
It's about a week away from State Fair and the rains have started. Typical here in Alaska. The temps are still pretty high, but rain gear becomes de rigor.
I confess, I'm feeling a little down because I will not see my daughter/son/granddaughters before they depart for Okinawa. Yep, Okinawa!! I had hoped they would be assigned to Ft Lewis in WA state and I would be able to move South and at least see my granddaughters grow up for a few years. Good jobs for me in that area, too. Alas! Now, they won't even have a couple of weeks to come here before they go. I've been looking at prices for airfares there (Okinawa) and they run $1500 and up. So, it may be years before I see them again, and the girls will be all grown up. Jim Croce's "Cat's in the Cradle" is running constantly through my mind.

Camp Humphreys The Republic Of Korea jobs at URS

 

[gallantwarrior]

Uuummmm, the wife just had a positive phone interview....... and is scheduled for a second one........ with the company President......
Las Vegas, NV....... Uummmmm........ Close to $100K per year.......

I'm not a fan of Las Vegas. My parents lived up in Carson City, and I still have family there and around Reno. But for that kind of money, hell...I'd move there. OK, maybe not. LV is pretty hot, not even as humid as El Paso...

Yeah, average high is in July, 106. The lack of humidity doesn't bother us in fact we prefer it dry now though the average high monthly rainfall is 0.55 inches. It's about 1700 feet lower in elevation than El Paso and has a slightly smaller population base (city to city, not including the metro area).
Heck there's still no guarantee she'll get the job and she's already had two other phone interviews, one in Austin and one in San Antonio, Texas hill country, closer to the coast and obviously more humid/wetter. Those two areas do have one of the things she misses, trees...... and rivers with actual water in them.......

I'm not that familiar with other places in Texas. I've spent time in El Paso and have a sister who lives in Austin. The daughter lived in the area around Ft Hood and I spent a couple of days visiting there. I like the farming country around there, lots of livestock. If I had to live someplace other than Alaska, Lake Roberts or Silver City, NM, or somewhere in northern NV would be first choice. Fortunately, I still have my place in Willow, AK.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Just catching up.
I've been monitoring all the wildfires and the damage done. Tragic. A lot of that damage could have been avoided if Nature were permitted to take its course under "supervision". As it is, we do everything we can to prevent fires and the consequences are, when the fecal matter hits the rotary oscillator...well, it's pretty tragic.
It's about a week away from State Fair and the rains have started. Typical here in Alaska. The temps are still pretty high, but rain gear becomes de rigor.
I confess, I'm feeling a little down because I will not see my daughter/son/granddaughters before they depart for Okinawa. Yep, Okinawa!! I had hoped they would be assigned to Ft Lewis in WA state and I would be able to move South and at least see my granddaughters grow up for a few years. Good jobs for me in that area, too. Alas! Now, they won't even have a couple of weeks to come here before they go. I've been looking at prices for airfares there (Okinawa) and they run $1500 and up. So, it may be years before I see them again, and the girls will be all grown up. Jim Croce's "Cat's in the Cradle" is running constantly through my mind.

Camp Humphreys The Republic Of Korea jobs at URS

I'm definitely going to follow up on that!! Where did you find the info?

 

[Foxfyre]

Just catching up.
I've been monitoring all the wildfires and the damage done. Tragic. A lot of that damage could have been avoided if Nature were permitted to take its course under "supervision". As it is, we do everything we can to prevent fires and the consequences are, when the fecal matter hits the rotary oscillator...well, it's pretty tragic.
It's about a week away from State Fair and the rains have started. Typical here in Alaska. The temps are still pretty high, but rain gear becomes de rigor.
I confess, I'm feeling a little down because I will not see my daughter/son/granddaughters before they depart for Okinawa. Yep, Okinawa!! I had hoped they would be assigned to Ft Lewis in WA state and I would be able to move South and at least see my granddaughters grow up for a few years. Good jobs for me in that area, too. Alas! Now, they won't even have a couple of weeks to come here before they go. I've been looking at prices for airfares there (Okinawa) and they run $1500 and up. So, it may be years before I see them again, and the girls will be all grown up. Jim Croce's "Cat's in the Cradle" is running constantly through my mind.

That's rough GW. I see my granddaughter and my kids maybe a couple of times a year but at least I have that. It would be hard knowing it would be years between visits.