tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4873175980574989514..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Dispatch From The Warm FrontMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76090921478942542742021-07-05T10:19:20.886-07:002021-07-05T10:19:20.886-07:00ZUMA ZUK!ZUMA ZUK!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73111984163327169412021-07-05T10:18:29.013-07:002021-07-05T10:18:29.013-07:00You know it's either this one or the boomer-ha...You know it's either this one or the boomer-hating one; they're endlessly recycled. I think I'll leave this one up for now because I honestly do not believe there are any regular Murrmurrs readers interested in contacting a spell caster.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43992854886218388342021-07-04T19:31:59.074-07:002021-07-04T19:31:59.074-07:00Yeah, my doc said so, for swollen feet and ankles....Yeah, my doc said so, for swollen feet and ankles. It works, but getting them on is a wrestling match, and they tend to roll at the top. I tried pantyhose support stockings to avoid that last thing, but couldn't even get them on.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25162212468727999262021-07-04T16:02:44.825-07:002021-07-04T16:02:44.825-07:00Isn't that exactly the same spam you had to de...Isn't that exactly the same spam you had to delete a few days ago? (It looks similar, but I confess I did not memorize it...)Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23280509209286935862021-07-04T16:01:12.947-07:002021-07-04T16:01:12.947-07:00One of the advantages of thorium-based nuclear pow...One of the advantages of thorium-based nuclear power (q.v.) is a MUCH shorter half-life, so "forever" would cease to be an issue.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46480291475191167972021-07-04T15:11:22.017-07:002021-07-04T15:11:22.017-07:00This sounds like spam, Murr. Or, goddess forfend, ...This sounds like spam, Murr. Or, goddess forfend, a bug...whimsy2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297905288843331074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22735814543335755832021-07-04T15:10:03.821-07:002021-07-04T15:10:03.821-07:00Yabut...no nuclear power EVER until we figure out ...Yabut...no nuclear power EVER until we figure out how to store the waste safely. For forever. (I don't expect that to happen soon.) whimsy2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297905288843331074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59378276462539666462021-07-04T12:44:24.556-07:002021-07-04T12:44:24.556-07:00I wish I could remember which scientist I had read...I wish I could remember which scientist I had read that said that global warming was beyond our ability to repair two decades ago. All this talk about doing something is too little, too late. I think that "those in the know" are not telling us because they know the panic that would ensue. So they talk about little shit that we can do because it makes us feel that maybe... just maybemimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15806891038296886142021-07-04T11:36:50.038-07:002021-07-04T11:36:50.038-07:00In the mid-20th Century, all efforts, worldwide, t...In the mid-20th Century, all efforts, worldwide, to develop relatively safe nuclear power were abandoned in favor of uranium and plutonium power, because those fit will into nuclear weapons programs. Had that not happened, we would by now have a well-developed thorium-reactor nuclear power plant industry with lots of nuclear power plants, there would be less air pollution and thus less global Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53300610855521386052021-07-04T11:00:38.125-07:002021-07-04T11:00:38.125-07:00I believe what's coming is beyond our ability ...I believe what's coming is beyond our ability to adapt. If I left the impression that we just needed to toughen up, I apologize. I see the AC issue as one more example of How We Got Here. The modern insistence on a small range of comfort (I am not referring to people with medical problems that require it) has put an enormous amount of carbon in the atmosphere. If we were planning for the Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52835884987836085702021-07-04T08:33:18.234-07:002021-07-04T08:33:18.234-07:00Revisiting this for a moment, I feel as though you...Revisiting this for a moment, I feel as though your well made point and humorous report got derailed in the commentary on how "soft" humans have become- as though we should just toughen up and get on with it, not relying on AC, furnaces, technology, etc. In fact, the climate is becoming too hot for humans, thanks to self-indulgence and big money, at the same time that people have Vicki Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12451203307748967781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60106785661689839522021-07-03T22:46:12.073-07:002021-07-03T22:46:12.073-07:00I believe they say it will be in the vicinity on J...I believe they say it will be in the vicinity on Jan. 8, 2031, but I might be remembering that wrong.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60284167315588642602021-07-03T22:44:11.093-07:002021-07-03T22:44:11.093-07:00Thigh high hose?
I believe the death count is up...Thigh high hose? <br /><br />I believe the death count is up to 94 in Oregon so far. It's serious.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75371980406504211252021-07-03T22:43:09.331-07:002021-07-03T22:43:09.331-07:00I am sorry for your suffering! Gad. This is awful....I am sorry for your suffering! Gad. This is awful. You aren't supposed to NEED AC.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38346324078619010432021-07-03T22:41:24.293-07:002021-07-03T22:41:24.293-07:00HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HAMurr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64935015280058883552021-07-03T22:41:03.848-07:002021-07-03T22:41:03.848-07:00The last few years they've had to haul in snow...The last few years they've had to haul in snow to start the Iditarod in Alaska.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21939433270841750832021-07-03T22:40:18.567-07:002021-07-03T22:40:18.567-07:00Don't forget water and fans! Don't die!Don't forget water and fans! Don't die!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54735517498306947572021-07-03T22:39:40.353-07:002021-07-03T22:39:40.353-07:00You know, Tater did fine. She looooves heat. But m...You know, Tater did fine. She looooves heat. But my judgment isn't about using AC, it's about becoming dependent on something that uses that much energy. Most people aren't prudent about it. BTW I'm a total water hog...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22855703653792510842021-07-03T22:38:20.253-07:002021-07-03T22:38:20.253-07:00I'm with you. This totally sucks.I'm with you. This totally sucks.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9294743844491262612021-07-03T22:37:53.439-07:002021-07-03T22:37:53.439-07:00Well, there's ALWAYS cell phone video.Well, there's ALWAYS cell phone video.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56886176142230143142021-07-03T21:45:39.262-07:002021-07-03T21:45:39.262-07:00We have an ice-comet heading our way? Maybe I shou...We have an ice-comet heading our way? Maybe I should watch the news instead of half-listening only.<br />I had to giggle at your "nippy" 98. <br />I have to say I wouldn't be complaining about my pool being too warm unless it was actually simmering, I'd just be glad I had a pool to jump in and out of in between sitting by the fans. And who wants to be below 80F? That's a Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78772431346344885862021-07-03T21:09:14.470-07:002021-07-03T21:09:14.470-07:00I am yet another who does not thermoregulate well....I am yet another who does not thermoregulate well. On top of that, the thigh-high support hose makes it worse. I can tolerate a moderate amount of heat if the air is kept moving, but if not, I get genuinely claustrophobic (even if I'm in a gymnasium, where the walls are quite far away), and I have not yet found out what happens after that. And my wife's bandages, always present on one Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25739051813001468642021-07-03T19:53:53.909-07:002021-07-03T19:53:53.909-07:00Well, not up the Fraser, like Lytton!Since you (pr...Well, not up the Fraser, like Lytton!Since you (probably) have USA status, try Alaska.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79349344816008709862021-07-03T19:06:18.084-07:002021-07-03T19:06:18.084-07:00Marie R. Northern Canada is scorching! Phoenix was...Marie R. Northern Canada is scorching! Phoenix was cooler this past week! It was 121 F in the village of Lytton for three days running earlier in the week and then it burned to the ground. Well, it would, wouldn't it? Lytton's not "that much northern" of course, being just about 50 degrees latitude, but it gets damn cold in the winter. About the same latitude as us, northwest ofDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730925409593819923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46313776927551932002021-07-03T18:22:24.078-07:002021-07-03T18:22:24.078-07:00Only dogs can hear Mitch McConnell fart.Only dogs can hear Mitch McConnell fart.Saint Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189380890153930954noreply@blogger.com