Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
That's true. However, it's a little hard to paint from a boat after you've been drinking beer and eating bacon. ;)
"So, they have bacon, and they evidently have beer"
At first glance it also appears that they also have applied for the EPA impact statement to light their BBQ grill. And if you look real close, you can see the permit to process hogs. Even though the USDA GOOD rubberstamp fell off'n the porch :)
I never knew you were over there. One thing this storm has done is to introduce me to a whole bunch more of our Houston area FReepers.
You're so right; they all deserve at least a week of vacation, in my opinion :)
Reminds me of the Kriegers, behind the house I lived in a few years ago. They kept a cow in the basement.
Well, y'all are welcome back anytime!
Your posts on these threads have made you a lot of FRiends down here.
I have $600.00 a month summer power bills that proves it doesn't get hot in Texas!
Take that back!
; < )
Absolutely! When Katrina hit, we got frantic phone calls from friends and relatives in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Vermont who were worried about us. Aside from some lake effect winds after landfall, Katrina has only had an adverse financial impact on us (in the form of being forced to compete against thousands of newly-arrived evacuees in my area for work).
By contrast, when Rita hit, all we got were calls from two friends who lived in different parts of my town and one Yahoo IM from a former co-worker in Massachusetts, but not a single call from any relatives -- including the ones in the next town over from us. With Rita, however, there was indeed considerable damage to my town, loss of power, plus the money I spent for emergency supplies which were actually used this time around. And not only are a substantial percentage of the original Katrina evacuees still in my area, now they have been joined by those displaced by Rita. Our schools are closed tomorrow because some are being still used for shelters. While many Texans will be able to return to unscathed homes, we may have the Lake Charles families with us for a while. What a difference a storm makes!
It really hurt my feelings that no one in our family has checked in on us all weekend. When our power went out, I called my friend in Massachusetts back and asked her to read information to me from her computer screen -- at least she wasn't too "hurricaned-out" to see if she could do anything for us!
So thanks again to everyone on FR for the live threads and the ping lists and the FReeper check-in system. It's nice to know that not everyone was suffering "hurricane fatigue" this time around!
Just like my bills prove it doesn't get cold in Maine =;-O
Congratulations Eaker!
"I'm gonna ignore you because you either dont understand or you just want to argue."
I hope you didn't mean me in that quote. I'm the one who thought the evacuation should have occurred and I stand by that thought.
I posted the facts as they were at 10:00 PM on Wednesday, what other data besides the NHC forcast did you have at that time ???
Hindsight is always 20/20 ... even for fools
We stayed at American72's house in Spring Branch during the Hurricane. With other family members there it was a little crowded and hectic, especially with a baby and two toddlers still in diapers. But living less than a mile from Trinity Bay, we had to "get out of Dodge".
It would be interesting to know how many Freepers and Lurkers live in the greater Houston area. A bunch, I bet.
Don't get me started on Acadian Ambulance. They have a monopoly around here. I've been in two motor vehicle accidents where Acadian responded, and their bills were obscene.
LOL!!
I wouldn't be president of any chapter that would accept me as a member!!
Pinging Groucho Marx!
May I recommend the annual electric averaging thing. We have gas central heat/electric central air. This allows for cool breezes indoors, even when it is 110 outside. I have discovered that averaging frees up some monthly cashflow for the essentials, such as case tumblers, hardened dies that do not require case lube, and good reliable primer feeds :)
As well as the associated toys that make money go bang.
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