Is Spring finally here to stay?

[TAB]

I found 1.3 million when my grandfather died, you would have never known it as he was too cheap too have me put a $900 furnace in their house when theirs crapped out and it was not worth fixing.   There is still almost 1 mill in net worth for my grandmothers final care.  There is only 1 other family member that knows.  The greedy grand  kids know nothing.

[Big Frank]

I had 2 ice scrapers and two pairs of winter gloves in my truck all winter. I took one of each out a few weeks ago. Yesterday I took the other ice scraper and pair of gloves out. And my propane torch. If water gets in the lock on my truck cap, I need a torch to thaw it out. I'll put my sun shade behind the windshield when I go outside later. It's supposed to get up to 78 degrees Tuesday, so yes, Spring is here to stay.

[TAB]

Yesterday the high was 37. Today the high with 81. I wish it would make up its mind.

[Big Frank]

37 for a high sucks. Tonight our low will get down to 32 and Tuesday we'll get up to 80. That's spring in Michigan. The high and low often vary by 10-20 degrees in one day and night, or even more, but the next day, who knows?

[PegLeg45]

my air conditioner is on (set at 78F)   

Ours is on 77° during the day in south GA. We used to keep it on 72° year 'round but have gradually crept upwards over the years. Five degrees doesn't sound like much of a difference but it is, both dollar-wise and temperature sensitivity-wise. The wife and I both get chilled at warmer temps than years ago, which helps the bottom line also. The pecan trees are in full leaves now, and that helps the cooling bill.

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[Big Frank]

I had 5 more tulips in bloom today. They may have opened up yesterday but I didn't look. I should have a bunch of roses in a month or so.

Maybe I'll live as long as my mom and like it hot, but not likely. Years ago I'd walk into her house in the winter and ask why it was so cold in there. Now it's 75-80 degrees all year, and she's wearing long johns and a sweatshirt. Her air conditioning costs were 0$ for the last few years combined.

[Big Frank]

I forgot to post that it was a red flag day Tuesday. I never heard of one until Monday, but apparently it was on the news all day Tuesday, and Monday too I'd assume. The combination of high heat and relatively low humidity combined with some wind meant that any fires that started were likely to spread. On the 11:00 news they said there were 3 fires in my county. Someone had a barn completely incinerated. You couldn't tell that a barn had ever been there. And one guy cutting scrap with a torch set 20-30 acres on fire.

The newswoman held up a cutting torch and said, "this blowtorch". Depending on what definition you use, an oxy-acetelyne torch isn't a blowtorch, and a propane, butane, etc. torch isn't a blowtorch. People keep calling all kinds of torches blowtorches, but have probably never seen an actual liquid-fueled blowtorch in their entire lives. I like this definition. Blowtorch: a small, liquid-fuel torch that shoots out a hot flame intensified by pressurized air. You can still buy gasoline-fueled blowtorches, or blowlamps as the British call them.


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