Text 35694, 98 rader
Skriven 2013-04-04 20:33:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35631 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: temperatures 361
========================
Hi Michael,

 RH> I'd rather have a dry heat than a humid one.

 ML> Or cold, for that matter, and both without too high a wind,
 ML> as I don't want to be either cooked or frozen in a convected
 ML> manner. Speaking of which, the winds were really whipping
 ML> yesterday and it was 33F, and I was wearing the same clothing
 ML> as I did in YK at 0 to -10F, and I felt worse at 33F.

Been some downright nasty weather this spring.

 ML> We also had snow flurries, not great for April.

And snow in the mountains of NC today. One ski area there closed down
for the season on Sunday, probably could have gone longer. Still good
soups and stews weather.


 RH> We also had a thunderstorm almost every afternoon during the
 RH> summer.

 ML> Ah - I always enjoyed the cooling effect, even if my ears
 ML> and natural averseness to being struck with lightning caused
 ML> me anxiety and discomfort during the storms. But sometimes in
 ML> the warmer climates I've experienced, the afternoon storms
 ML> provided no relief at all.

Once the humidity blew off, it wasn't bad. But the humidity in the air
just before the storm was horrific.


 ML>  Plant life migration--not paid too much attention there but do
 RH> know that killing frosts seem to be occuring later in the year up
 RH> north. I can remember picking vegetables after dark in late August
 RH> because of the strong probability of a heavy frost, now it seems
 RH> they're coming in September, sometimes October.

 ML> There's some evidence that's easiest to explain by the
 ML> climate change/global warming hypotheses.

Climate change, more than global warming, I suspect.


 RH> I can believe that. But, you can say you've tried it.
 ML> Yeah. I perhaps should have tried it frozen first.
 RH> Next time you'll know better. (G)

 ML> Next time I might. [g]

If you ever get daring enough to try it again.................


 ML> Mint and lamb are said to go together (I don't particularly
 ML> see the charm, but others do); why not marijuana and mutton?
 RH> Because mint can be grown legally but not marijuana.

 ML> I wonder to what degree the psychedelic ingredient in
 ML> marijuana affects the taste, and whether nondrug hemp
 ML> greens could be used as a substitute. Marijuana leaves
 ML> and hashish have been used in some Mediterranean dishes,
 ML> though evidence of the latter is complicated by the
 ML> Turkish word hasas (with hooks under the esses) being
 ML> used both for hashish and for poppy seeds.

And Steve didn't try anything with hemp when he was active duty, just as
a precaution, with the random drug tests that he had. Don't think he's
tried any products with hemp in since he retired as far as that goes.


 ML> Also, as an animal's forage affects the flavor of its
 ML> meat, I sort of wonder whether sheep grazing on wild
 ML> hemp would carry either a dopey flavor or a mind-bending
 ML> side effect.

I'm wondering if wild hemp or marijuana is what I used to see referred
to as "loco weed" in old Western novels.


 ML> I am not recommending any of this and will not experiment
 ML> in this direction even if marijuana is officially legalized,
 ML> mostly because I don't care for the taste of marijuana or
 ML> of mutton, both being too-strong versions of what could be
 ML> attractive flavors.

They might cancel each other out or have an extremely strong,
distasteful taste.  Either way, not something I think I'd want to try.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Not all questions worth asking have answers...

--- PPoint 3.01
 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)