What is the Weather outside your Window?

by **Silvertop** on Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:15 am

So the weather, a staggering 22 degrees Celsius, a wonderfull sunny day to end the workweek. Gin and tonic coming up tonite

by **KoolBak** on Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:57 am

Funny....I relate very strongly to the Irish :lol:

In a few years my grown kids will be fully gone. The community I live in I chose 35 years ago for the purpose of raising kids. Once they're gone, I'm thinking hard on leaving - if you're really bored, look up West Linn, Oregon :lol:

I have property in central Oregon that's high desert - I'll probly go build my dream mankave barndo there, but I love the idea of someplace gun friendly, legislation wise. Idaho is probly the best bet but prices are higher...

I'll probably fucking kick before any of that anyway :lol:

Fun to dream....

WEATHER - Still rainy off and on but gonna be nice by Monday, when we'll be at the coast for 4 days....beach cookie time!

by **jusplay4fun** on Fri Mar 21, 2025 5:29 am

Here are some ideas, if you really want to "get away" 5 nations that you may want to consider

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/movement-taking-shape-many-us-115500632.html

‘A movement taking shape’: Many US retirees are looking to move abroad. Here are the best countries for them
Blane Bachelor
Updated Thu, March 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM EDT14 min read

I just now saw this. I have no desire to leave where I am, but for some....

by **KoolBak** on Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:28 am

Nope. American right here manno.

I don't even like going to Kauai, which we do every 2 years :lol:

Overcast and horrible outside.

by **jusplay4fun** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 6:52 am

KoolBak wrote:Nope. American right here manno.

I don't even like going to Kauai, which we do every 2 years

Overcast and horrible outside.

Does "we" mean you and wife? What does she want to do?

And grandchildren, if you are so blessed, will change the "equation" imo.

And I have no desire to move out of the USA, and no desire to move from my current location. We have too many ROOTS here.

Typical March weather here for Central VA; Temps in the near 70 F here today for a high 42 F now; LOTS of POLLEN. Rain perhaps on Monday. AND, I think ConfedSS said it; first day of Spring on 3/20.

by **KoolBak** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:36 am

The Kauai "we" is my extended family and friends....typically about 15-20 of us. Been going for 50 years ....it's a thing :lol:

All my family lives within 30 miles, always has. Family is a also a thing to us....

Weather- improving. Still overcast and rainy and maybe up to 50. Gonna be sunny and 70 at the coast by Tuesday! Woot!!

This is the beach we go to - you can drive for like 30 miles on it...empty this time of year

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4hnnCKVK2qnezVk98

by **Dukasaur** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:37 am

Yeah, I always wanted to retire to the south Island of New Zealand, or Tasmania, or Patagonia, maximize my chances of surviving a nuclear war (which will be fought mostly in the Northern latitudes) or global warming (which will mostly hurt the Middle latitudes.)

But I'm getting older now and realize I might very well die of natural causes before the assholes in Peking or Washington manage to wipe out life on earth. I might end up staying right here in Niagara.

by **jusplay4fun** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:18 pm

WoW, Duk. I did not realize how close you are to Buffalo, NY and the USA. :shock:

I assume that you are back from your Texas Road Trip, too. So that is the END of your GOOD stories "South of the border" and "South of that border" right?

by **Dukasaur** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 2:23 pm

jusplay4fun wrote:WoW, Duk. I did not realize how close you are to Buffalo, NY and the USA.

Yeah, of 62 years on Earth, 57 have been lived in Canada, and of those 57, 48 have been lived somewhere in the Niagara Region.

Of the 48, I spend four years in Fort Erie (literally in sight of the Peace Bridge and Buffalo) and another 12 years in Niagara Falls, about 3 or 4 miles from the border there.

jusplay4fun wrote:I assume that you are back from your Texas Road Trip, too. So that is the END of your GOOD stories "South of the border" and "South of that border" right?

Oh yeah, been back for a while. My visit with TX was the last update.

I still have lots of stories from earlier trips, lol.

by **KoolBak** on Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:19 pm

DoD has me beat by a year :lol:

by **HitRed** on Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:30 pm

Sunny today with a B-1 flyover.

by **jusplay4fun** on Sat Apr 05, 2025 11:09 pm

Crazy weather: many storms in the Midwest and Kentucky and area. Prayers for those suffering.

Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week

April 3, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/us-weather-flash-flooding-tornadoes-7d078f3549048935fe760aacf494c96b

Locally in VA, temps have been in the 80s F (27+ C) the past few days but a low of 31F (-.056 C) in a few days. I am glad I checked before planting outside in my garden. I did plant some lettuce and herbs, but I can bring in those small pots. LOTS of POLLEN, too; a "yellow storm" here.

I also planted roses at my Church on Friday, but they should be okay. I need to water them the first week. I learned as I was planting them that I need to find Alfalfa Meal. If I cannot find that soon locally (I already tried 3 places earlier on Saturday), I will need to get that from the Big "A" (Amazon).

by **jonesthecurl** on Sun Apr 06, 2025 12:50 am

Beautiful weather today. first swim of the year.

by **jusplay4fun** on Mon May 05, 2025 7:24 am

Temperatures now consistently in the 70s and 80s for high temps. It was 88 F (31 C) last week. It will cooler this week. The pollen has been really bad here. I went on a bicycle ride on Sunday, 4/27, and the pollen really irritated my eyes. They felt like grit in my eyes.

We got beneficial rain yesterday; it was the first significant rainfall in some time, perhaps over 14 days ago.

by **kennyp72** on Sat May 10, 2025 1:57 am

The UK has announced that it will undertake Solar Shading this summer in order to fight climate change.

The UK government plans to block out the sun.

The UK government is also paying huge subsidies to farmers to plant Solar Panels on their land instead of crops, to fight climate change.

So, solar shading and solar panels on a predominantly cloudy Island in the North Atlantic.