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Skriven 2008-07-04 12:13:32 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: keeping cool
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Howdy Ruth!
Happy 4th to you and Steve!
-> 
-> -> an adult. I don't care for hot & muggy either; the AC is a big help
-> -> there.  As for the gnats--the only way I like to see them is playing
-> -> baseball. Gnate the Gnat makes celebrity appearances but he's not 
whiney
-> -> and bothersome.
-> 
->  hn> As a child, I accepted the weather as a where is as is situation.
->  hn> Nothing I could do about it but find a way to enjoy life as any
->  hn> kid does. As an adult I find I am less likely to enjoy being out
->  hn> in the heat, and humidity as a kid I was able to ignore it, which
->  hn> seems to be an ability I have lost with age (grin) somewhere!
-> 
-> About the same here. We didn't have many days above the mid to upper
-> 80s in the summer with a fair amount of humidity.  It didn't bother me
-> then but sure does now. In winter, we'd have stretches of -0 and below
-> weather that never bothered me either but sure would now. I guess we all
-> adapt to wherever we live but some places take more adapting to than
-> others.
-> 
When I lived in Hawaii, I became accustomed to the temps there.
Guam was much hotter and more humid, and I never seemed to 
get used to that. The fact that my workspace was kept at a 
perpetual 63 F may have had something to do with that!

-> ->  hn> My hand sometimes tends to cramp up when I am
-> ->  hn> doing very fine work (jewelry making and such) for
-> ->  hn> any extended length of time, other than that I'm
-> 
-> -> I hear you on that one. Chopping lots of vegetables is another way to
-> -> put my hand out of commission fast.  For some things, like stirring
-> -> pots, I can switch hands but I'd rather do my knife work all left handed
-> -> if possible.
-> 
->  hn> So far chopping, stirring, and such don't affect my
->  hn> hand...the fine movements involved in threading beads,
->  hn> or working with extremely small tools however seems
->  hn> to cramp up my left hand right below the thumb..and
->  hn> BOY O BOY does that hurt!
-> 
-> About the same as holding a needle for sewing--I know the feeling well.
-> I've been cutting out a baby quilt that has about 240 small pieces (2
-> 1/2" squares) and 54 somewhat larger (4 1/2" squares) ones the past few
-> days. Of course you can't just hack away so to get each square, you need
-> to make several cuts beyond the basics.  Last couple of nights the hand
-> was really bummed out but I finished cutting today.  I don't think I'll
-> do anything that needs lots of cutting for supper.
-> 
Don't you have one of those rotary cutters I 
keep seeing on TV? They look like they'd make 
easy peasy work for cutting several layers of 
cloth at a time!

-> ->  hn> And yes, we need to keep our minor
-> ->  hn> league pitchers down there a little
-> ->  hn> longer, they still need more experience
-> ->  hn> and arm strengthening!
-> 
-> -> Sounds like most teams.  Speaking of sports, Uga VI passed away 
Friday
-> -> night of congestive heart failure. Uga is the mascot of the University
-> -> of Georgia football team but lived in Savannah. The family that owned
-> -> him has owned all the previous Ugas and said that here is an heir
-> -> waiting to be introduced.
-> 
->  hn> You know of course that UGA stands for University of Georgia at 
Athens
->  hn> and yes there have been a lot of UGA's in the past, bulldogs are not
->  hn> particularly long-lived.
-> 
-> This particular one was the 6th in the "official" line, dating back to
-> the latter part of the 50s.  Figuring, each dog lived about 9 years from
-> the information in the paper the other day. A bull dog as designed by
-> Walt Disney no less is the official mascot of the 3rd Infantry Division,
-> (dog faced soldiers) based at Fort Stewart so we're really in bull dog
-> country.
-> 
Stands to reason (grin)

-> ->  hn> Today the temps will be up in the
-> ->  hn> upper 80's and maybe the 90's
-> ->  hn> (for sure the 90's at the ballpark),
-> 
-> -> That means lots of drinks will be sold (keep yourself hydrated) with the
-> -> potential for those that drink the alcoholic ones to get more than a bit
-> 
->  hn> We've been playing the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Canadian
->  hn> Fans come down in Droves to watch them when they play a
-> 
-> It must be interesting; I read about the activities in another of your
-> posts.  Do the concession stands do a special on poutine whenever the
-> Jays are in town? I suspect, some enterprising cocessionaire could put
-> one together without much trouble (using mostly what's already on hand)
-> and endear himself to the Toronto fans.
-> 
No poutine offered, anytime. And most of the west coast
fans don't like it anyway...and their opinion of Quebecer's is 
even lower than their opinion of poutine!
-> 
->  hn> west coast swing!  One more game tonight and I am off
->  hn> for the rest of the homestand to do photo work for the Tallships
->  hn> tacoma festival www.taslhipstacoma.com . I expect to be plenty
->  hn> busy and I'll need to keep hydrated...and know where the porta
->  hn> potties are!
-> 
-> That sounds like it would be an interesting event to attend. I think I
-> read about a Navy ship coming to Savannah for the week end but don't
-> recall what type.  We're going to stay away from downtown and the Fort
-> Stewart "zoos" this week end.
-> 
Go have a look at the website, it's a fun one!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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