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Skriven 2008-07-07 21:25:36 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: keeping cool                                             [1]
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Happy 4th to you and Steve!
-> 
-> Thanks, we had a good, quiet one.  Thought we were going to get some of
-> nature's fire works but they held off until today--while we were out.
-> We didn't go out yesterday; I can't take fire works any more.
-> 
We watched them on TV..Thought about going down
and photographing them, but since I didn't get
an early start, I'm sure all the good spots
would have been taken..I am looking for 
someone who has a particularly good 
vantage point that I can set up without
too much of a crowd around. So far I have not
been too successful at finding that locale!

-> ->  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
-> 
->  hn> When I lived in Hawaii, I became accustomed to the temps there.
-> 
-> I miss them, but more so, the trade winds that kept everything
-> moderated.  And, living up on Scofield was nicer than down toward
-> Honolulu or in Ewa Beach as some friends did--a bit higher elevation
-> made the temps a bit cooler.
-> 
LOVED the trades! When Anne and I were first 
married, we could clean house by simply opening
the doors to the lanai, and the front door...if it
wasn't too heavy or nailed down, it would fly 
right out the front door! Our apartment was 
on the 10th floor( if I remember right) and out
lanai faced the sea, so the trades would 
blow right through if we let them!

->  hn> Guam was much hotter and more humid, and I never seemed to
->  hn> get used to that. The fact that my workspace was kept at a
->  hn> perpetual 63 F may have had something to do with that!
-> 
-> Probably so.  You'd go out of your work place and feel like you were in
-> a sauna.
-> 
Steam bath...sauna's are dry! (grin)

-> ->  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
-> 
-> -> 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
-> 
->  hn> Don't you have one of those rotary cutters I
->  hn> keep seeing on TV? They look like they'd make
->  hn> easy peasy work for cutting several layers of
->  hn> cloth at a time!
-> 
-> A rotary cutter (looks like a pizza cutter)? Yes, and I've even got a
-> left handed ergonomic one. But, with the amount of cutting I had to do,
-> it still took a lot out of my hand.  My left wrist and elbow have both
-> been messed up, with plates & screws in them & some nerve damage so
-> cutting a quilt is a major undertaking. I'm glad I don't work in a pizza
-> place cutting pizzas all day--but I've seen some places where they use a
-> big mezzaluna instead of the rotary cutter thing.
-> 
Hmmm, maybe you should get some of those
electric scissors!

-> ->  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.
-> 
->  hn> No poutine offered, anytime. And most of the west coast
->  hn> fans don't like it anyway...and their opinion of Quebecer's is
->  hn> even lower than their opinion of poutine!
-> 
-> Now that is low down! I wonder if it was ever offered when the Expos
-> were in Montreal?  Now that they're the Nationals (or as the
-> sportscasters call them, the Nats--can't get rid of those bugs!), they
-> probably serve the standard hot dogs and other ball park food.
-> 
I dunno, I know that the Canadians of the West seem
to blame a lot of the problems they see (french signage,
mandatory french classes in school, and the perpetual
being "held hostage" feeling when dealing with unrepentant
seperatists from that province) on Quebec, and the 
attitudes of Quebec'ers doesn't ease that tension in 
the least! Many of them refuse to speak english, and 
demand that everyone they meet speak french to 
them...even when they travel to other provinces...at 
least that's what I'm told by some friends from BC.

-> ->  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
-> 
-> -> 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.
-> 
->  hn> Go have a look at the website, it's a fun one!
-> 
-> OK, I probably will take a look.
-> 
I've been busy! Today was/is the last day of the 
festival, and I did not even go down to shoot....I
have close to 4 thousand images from the days that
I did shoot and I have a LOT of work ahead with 
editing and processing those images...I didn't need
any more!
chat with you soon!
hap  
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