tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post7456208387000814874..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Hot StuffMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79219349541335698792011-04-05T15:28:21.168-07:002011-04-05T15:28:21.168-07:00Love the guys in Green....now they are cool!! or i...Love the guys in Green....now they are cool!! or is that HOT?? I didn't realize you had enough sunshine in the NW to warrent solor panels :) Love your blog, I think the long showers are worth the water usage.<br>PS: I'm a former Seattleite that now lives in the SW, the Sunshine Belt :) with no solar panels.Maryhttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81126504935368483772011-04-05T15:28:20.680-07:002011-04-05T15:28:20.680-07:00I'm totally bowing to your coolness. And the f...I'm totally bowing to your coolness. And the fact that you brainstorm your writing in a hot shower. I, in fact, brainstorm mine while sitting on the porcelain throne. So we are nearly in narrative sync by virtue of geography. I admit, I can probably stay on the pot as long as you can stay in the shower. Then again, it all depends on how "green" your water system isn't. Cuz Fragrant Liarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452052210826471034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26086285567002716102010-12-30T11:23:27.940-08:002010-12-30T11:23:27.940-08:00I always say I'm happy to have been born when ...I always say I'm happy to have been born when I was, lived when I did (or do as last time I checked I was still alive) and with any luck I'll get off the planet before the whole thing goes to shit. I've also been known to say that God should have quit on Friday while he was ahead. <br /><br />As a taxpayer, I'm happy to have contributed to your use of solar. It beats the hell injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79609107248552351872010-12-29T23:34:21.792-08:002010-12-29T23:34:21.792-08:00Fragrant Liar and I have a lot of thinking to do. ...Fragrant Liar and I have a lot of thinking to do. The rest of you will have to go outside.<br /><br />MikeWJ, there ARE frogs lying dormant underground. Yours, however, came out of the sky.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83873283080612977192010-12-29T22:48:59.364-08:002010-12-29T22:48:59.364-08:00I'm totally bowing to your coolness. And the f...I'm totally bowing to your coolness. And the fact that you brainstorm your writing in a hot shower. I, in fact, brainstorm mine while sitting on the porcelain throne. So we are nearly in narrative sync by virtue of geography. I admit, I can probably stay on the pot as long as you can stay in the shower. Then again, it all depends on how "green" your water system isn't. Cuz Fragrant Liarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452052210826471034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70013909290592973392010-12-29T22:06:35.658-08:002010-12-29T22:06:35.658-08:00I hate you and your almost useless but completely ...I hate you and your almost useless but completely smug solar panels because I don't have any of my own. I hate having to keep up with the Brewsters. I hate it that we have to buy stuff to help us use less.<br /><br />But I love frogs. I used to see them all the time when I was growing up instead of out. But I've only seen one outside of a zoo in the last 20 years. That was in my front MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14431349316726077822010-12-29T20:30:39.519-08:002010-12-29T20:30:39.519-08:00Love your writing style and the fact that you alwa...Love your writing style and the fact that you always make me laugh out loud. And those harnesses ... Did you (we) have to pay extra for those? They may add a whole new dimension to the the concept of Global Warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66945069132054437232010-12-29T18:50:21.110-08:002010-12-29T18:50:21.110-08:00Love the guys in Green....now they are cool!! or i...Love the guys in Green....now they are cool!! or is that HOT?? I didn't realize you had enough sunshine in the NW to warrent solor panels :) Love your blog, I think the long showers are worth the water usage.<br />PS: I'm a former Seattleite that now lives in the SW, the Sunshine Belt :) with no solar panels.Maryhttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28778630098098917272010-12-29T17:51:43.691-08:002010-12-29T17:51:43.691-08:00They won't allow us to have solar panels where...They won't allow us to have solar panels where we live, which is not cool. But we're actually cool anyway: in our bathroom, there's a ten-inch glass vase with a six-inch diameter in the window and the water in it is frozen solid. The rest of the house is just a few degrees warmer. You can't get much cooler than that.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15173445442002294712010-12-29T17:40:46.579-08:002010-12-29T17:40:46.579-08:00My mom had a chip installed in the fridge door han...My mom had a chip installed in the fridge door handle: when the door was opened for more than 2 seconds, her voice went off, "Don't stand with the fridge door open". <br /><br />I feel cool just writing on the page of someone so cool, even if you/we are terminally cool. If you get a windmill, I may expire from coolness!Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48371013539843675962010-12-29T16:58:38.154-08:002010-12-29T16:58:38.154-08:00Glad you have made the change. Love the humour in ...Glad you have made the change. Love the humour in this post.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68517337012657962662010-12-29T16:33:21.467-08:002010-12-29T16:33:21.467-08:00Robert, that means it will take less time to recou...Robert, that means it will take less time to recoup my costs. Signed, Pollyanna.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46324032448552619962010-12-29T16:04:22.935-08:002010-12-29T16:04:22.935-08:00Enjoy the limelight of your Solar panels while you...Enjoy the limelight of your Solar panels while you can, it's just water over the dam. This from the "Oregonian":<br /><br /><i>Customers of Pacific Power will see their electric rates spike 14.5 percent in January. The increase comes in a one-two punch: an 8.4 percent general rate increase state utility regulators approved Friday, and a 6.1 percent increase for increased power costsRobert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16858128289942187562010-12-29T15:58:56.500-08:002010-12-29T15:58:56.500-08:00I'm getting some mileage out of that one frog....I'm getting some mileage out of that one frog. And great: y'all can come visit and we'll pull out a chair to put in front of the fridge. One for you and one for Dave.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17377861206195484422010-12-29T15:50:27.009-08:002010-12-29T15:50:27.009-08:00Methinks I recognize that frog. And Kelly would re...Methinks I recognize that frog. And Kelly would recognize me in Dave's kitchen behaviour.littleorangeguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654738679277701610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62575627265555197532010-12-29T11:28:03.537-08:002010-12-29T11:28:03.537-08:00Congrats on the solar! Give us a report on the des...Congrats on the solar! Give us a report on the descent of power use! Solar was in my plan, too, but a smallish tree in the south yard turned out to be a pesty Norway maple, which even now is threatening giantism. I compensated with new windows, loads of insulation, a new tubular skylight, and next month's installation of a little gas stove for the turtles' room that will allow me to turn Rosemary Lombardhttp://chelonianconnection.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5221694524567446192010-12-29T10:26:04.539-08:002010-12-29T10:26:04.539-08:00Only four hours away...and we can't get anyone...Only four hours away...and we can't get anyone to install solar here. Sometimes it's hard to believe that the economy is really failing when I'm willing to pay a boatload of money to go solar but the installer says he won't drive here from his offices 1/2 hour away. Of course, he went under about a month later, so maybe I'm glad he didn't do it!<br />Still, the Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4352812932724243482010-12-29T09:50:30.515-08:002010-12-29T09:50:30.515-08:00Unmitigated me is an enabler! Who knew? I approve ...Unmitigated me is an enabler! Who knew? I approve of your Murr-centric position on water use.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71126439153997256742010-12-29T09:14:56.056-08:002010-12-29T09:14:56.056-08:00You're way ahead of the curve as far as I'...You're way ahead of the curve as far as I'm concerned. We leave in a meadow, so we burn our trash and heat with wood. But we are rather bad otherwise with electricity use. I try to remember my shopping bags. I forget sometimes. But I rather think you might be right, that our time as the head honchos on this planet is numbered.Sherry Peytonhttp://afeatheradrift.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8571566435583314352010-12-29T06:45:43.324-08:002010-12-29T06:45:43.324-08:00Oh I totally agree. Not about the coolness but ab...Oh I totally agree. Not about the coolness but about our last gasp. I think humans will be the least successful in terms of longevity of mother earth's experiments. <br /><br />Now if I had solar panels (can't, too many trees in the yard shading the house from our brutal summers), Then I <i>would</i>be cool. For you Portlanders, in the land of the ever-lasting hippie, it takes much ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46168491759949004982010-12-29T03:52:49.657-08:002010-12-29T03:52:49.657-08:00Don't worry about the water. Every molecule of...Don't worry about the water. Every molecule of water that ever was on this Earth is still here. If more of it gets run over a Murr, I say, all to the better for Murr-dispersal.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.com