BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 10:05 AM

We've had a particularly mild fall here in North Texas; the two freezes were just barely there (reaching 32^o but no lower - putting a tarp over the garden overnight was enough to keep several crops growing and producing). In my garden I still have three types of peppers (green bell, jalapeño, and poblano), one yellow bent-neck squash, and Swiss chard. The chard will tend to survive mild freezes. The garlic is sprouting now and will be ready to harvest next May. I have a few others recently moved into the greenhouse (some small flowering shrubs call bat-faced cuphea, and a basil plant).

Summing up the year for the holiday letter will include a description of the four days of super-sub freezing days last February. Not something to repeat if at all possible.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 09:23 AM

about 90% have two shots Iceland , and they are about to finish the third one, but there are some several antivaxxers yet around, but to get them the Government has proved to use a special car that drives around to the shots
for those who won´t come where lot of people are or foreign people who don´t know yet how to reach out for help.
I think Ebbie said the right words, the world is not home free, not for a few years more, this fourth wave here in Iceland is going down, but the fifth the omicron wave is just starting up, I hope and pray that people get less sick of this omicron case.
All the best all. Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 04:40 AM

Here in Juneau, Alaska we have lots of snow, with more expected, the kind of snow I like: dense, creaky and sparkly. So that part is good.

As for the virus, Juneau has been in much better shape than Anchorage (which is in south central Alaska, while Juneau is much farther south). Juneau has an over 80% rate for people who have had at least one shot. We have not had covid death in quite a while.

On the other hand, I know several antivaxxers here in town, so we're not home free.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Dec 21 - 07:13 PM

well we got (Ómikrón) as we call it here in Iceland, ten people got it
I have had three injections and all we need is Ó-mæ-god taken over the omicron, a Gray joke.
The world is up and down and we had an eruption this year and they are still waiting for another bigger one could happen today.
To day I started to teach my grandchildren to play ukulele and what a moment, they are 3 and five years old.
well the winter has a arrived, and it´s snowing one day and raining the next, cold heat some thing is very off in the weather systems.
All the best over the holidays, all the best from Iceland .

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Dec 21 - 01:17 PM

The Mudcat has observed another birthday (1 October)
and another year is coming to an end.
Let everybody know how things are?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 21 Oct 21 - 09:32 AM

Fall weather has arrived... Today will be take all the AC units out of windows day. Also trade hats, get out the berets day. Things are nice, here. Now. Pourvu que ça dure, je dis sans accent corse, since VA is about to have an election that is not projected to go well.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Oct 21 - 09:17 PM

keep checking in!!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: JennieG
Date: 15 Oct 21 - 10:57 PM

Storm season officially started here on 1st October, and so far it has lived up to that name - a tornado in the N.S.W. central west a couple of weeks ago did a lot of damage, while two nights ago another storm has left, as they say in the media, a "trail of destruction in its wake". That one was in Armidale, just an hour north of us......and last night we thought for a while that we might join them, but fortunately the storm blew itself out and moved away. It has, however, left winter temperatures behind it.

It seems that when summer coming in meets winter going out, the weather can get a little bit volatile.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Oct 21 - 11:20 PM

After watching various named hurricanes this fall take aim at Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, the usual route, we're in the wake of Hurricane Pamela that landed on the southwest coast of Mexico and drifted northeast and into Texas. The storms are lined up so the places they're traveling across are getting one rain shower after another (this is the "train" or "railroad" effect). Three to four inches so far in some areas.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Oct 21 - 05:47 AM

i am ,ok

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 Oct 21 - 10:41 PM

Never mind Where's Wally/Valli,
where are all the Mudcatters?
Keep checking in, everybody.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Sep 21 - 03:39 PM

meanwhile, I wonder how far Skarpi is from
the port town in southeastern Iceland
where Valli ('Wally') the Walrus climbed up onto a pier
and held court for a day or two.

The police had to cordon off the pier from the human sightseers.
Every so often, Valli would 'make a noise' of warning if people got too close for his liking.
Saw some still photos of Valli with his mouth shaped in the
noise-making position ... looks like he was saying something rude.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Andrez
Date: 22 Sep 21 - 10:02 PM

As if we havent had enough going on with drought, bushfires, Covid,and lockdown/s plus antivaxxers rioting over the past three days!

Here in the southern part of Oz yesterday we had an earthquake that was felt across three states. Fortunately, unlike Christchurch in NZ, no one was inured or killed.

Looking on the bright side at least the earthquake gave the media something else to talk about for a change :-)

Cheers,

Andrez

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: robomatic
Date: 22 Sep 21 - 07:02 PM

And we are rapidly experiencing lower temperatures and high breezes which will lead us through a short Fall straight on to Winter. Today enough frost on the windshield to require scraping with the credit card.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: JennieG
Date: 22 Sep 21 - 06:47 PM

Spring is springing here in Oz. The grass is riz, and all that......birds are frisky......

It's a nice time to be here, and to be checking in.

One thing.....with all the lockouts and shutdowns, my sewing room has seen some recent activity.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Sep 21 - 08:34 PM

Also the 1 in 500 that have died from Covid should find a way to Check out from Mudcatters world wide.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Sep 21 - 08:28 PM

and Canada has a federal election going on.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Sep 21 - 01:21 PM

more volcanic activity, or so we are informed.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Sep 21 - 10:25 AM

Keep them coming!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Aug 21 - 08:43 PM

Tropical Storm Henri made for some fuss
but not nearly as much as feared.

Now Ida, in the Gulf, she bears watching.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Cool Beans
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 11:59 AM

It's been alternately hot and rainy in Detroit, some flooding and power outages from heavy rains but not in my neighborhood. My small suburb is 97 percent vaccinated. Most people in the area are wearing masks in stores and other indoor spaces. We're good. Hoping you all are.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 08:00 PM

Spring is springing out here & as always some are already wearing full(?) summer cgear, a few are wearing CBD/inner Sydney winter clothes which are not the same as winter clothes in colder climates, most of us are betwix & between. My maxi cheesecloth hippie summer skirt is too thin, so I'm still wearing my velvet maxi, & a thin cardigan rather tahn my thin down jacket.

I never needed my thick down jacket this winter as I didn't leave central Sydney! No festivals in cooler climates! sniff - next year!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 05:30 PM

We're under a heat alert for another day or two here in Texas. Listening to the reports of the now-tropical storm make landfall in Rhode Island. Stay intact in your houses and stay dry up there, New England Mudcatters!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 12:40 PM

. . . especially
with all those hurricanes/tropical storms/cyclones/typhoons
roaming across the seas today.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Aug 21 - 07:49 PM

Keep those updates coming!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 08 Aug 21 - 02:51 AM

delta covid is all around Sydney & large parts of the state, also other states.

Our vaccination plan is a shambles due to govt inaction, then people demanding "freedom" plus a smallish but very loud collection of anti-vaxxers have added to the problem.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 06:36 PM

The Delta variant is definitely doing us, all right.

I'm staying in Massachusetts, it's summertime, and the
transmission risks have changed accordingly.
The worst place to be is Cape Cod, because of
summer vacations and tourism; the counties around Cape Cod
have the highest risk designations in the state.
(Barnstable County)


My location in western Massachusetts, in New York, is moderate risk.
Could swing in either direction.
Summertime is a big tourist season here in Berkshire County,
so there is transmission of COVID happening.
I observe locally, however, that
businesses are requiring clients and customers to wear facemasks indoors; it had changed to facemask-free, and the restrictions are back.
Good idea. Better to contain transmission than to aggravate it.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 04:25 PM

So, how is Delta doing you ? it´s spreading fast in Iceland, all though we got most of the nation with the vaccine, so lets see if it helps.

take care all
all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 10:49 PM

Those WHO maps that show the coronavirus prevalence by VARIANT,
one variant per map,
are most instructive.

Although, how you interpret the map makes a difference.
I wonder,
in some countries, the information is lacking
about WHICH variant is present?

Take the Russian Federation: they show
prevalence of alpha, beta, and delta,
but NOT gamma ...

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Jul 21 - 12:45 PM

All the better, Skarpi!

That gives us non-Icelanders
a new cuss-word to use!

... or honorary Icelanders like Rapparee ...

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 22 Jul 21 - 12:36 PM

Skrúmp is another and better word for ( Shit or fuck ) .....Skrúmp can have all those meanings , also it can be like this Skrúmpað , like amazing ...

got it :) ...I use this alot ...and it´s not hurting any one .

All the best Skarpi

P.s I started to use this when my Grandchildren start to come to us for visit .

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Jul 21 - 09:35 AM

Sounds like the stinky rear end of a skunk.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Jul 21 - 03:38 PM

. . . but skarpi,
what do YOU say is the meaning of
"Skrump!" ?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 21 Jul 21 - 02:53 PM

jabb, we are going into Lockdown soon .
this is getting out of hand here in Iceland, we will be Red on the Map soon.
all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 21 - 01:57 PM

The Canadian Council of Exasperation announced today "I know we said we all can relax lockdowns for the eleventh time but..." ;<]

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 21 - 01:35 PM

Vaccines do prevent death and morbid hospitalization infections.
The Delta Covid will still enter your body and multiply at a rate 1,000 times greater than original Covid. You then pose an even greater risk to unvaccinated people. When vaccinated it can not attach to your lung tissue so you may not even feel sick but boy oh boy are you infectious to others.

Those who know what they are talking about realize the unvaccinated world will be facing many infections for about 4 years. They also know there are lots of unknowns to face.

I have to admit the 'strategy' of this virus is brilliant and from a virus POV ideal. Nothing succeeds like success- which is all it is.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Jos
Date: 20 Jul 21 - 12:36 PM

Maybe 'skrúmp' is linked to the English word 'scrumple', as in squashing cloth or paper up into a smaller mass.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 20 Jul 21 - 10:31 AM

Icelandic "Skrúmp" translates to English "shrinkage"

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Jos
Date: 20 Jul 21 - 03:23 AM

Well 'scrumping' means eating apples off somebody else's tree.
Sorry, that's not much help.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 10:09 PM

what does Skrump! mean?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 11:00 AM

Skarpi, the advice Canadians are getting from our public health authorities is to expect the current vaccines to keep us out of hospital if we catch the virus. Because COVID-19 mutates quickly, and has different effects on different age groups, the kind of blanket immunity we get from a smallpox vaccination or a polio jab is not yet possible.

Remember that COVID-19 is a new disease, and the scientists are paddling as fast as they can.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 17 Jul 21 - 04:44 PM

those who are sick are people who already got 2 shots of either Astra,moderna, Jensen or Pfizer, so the question now is all though
we get less sick after the vaccine, are we just a lab rat´s for the drug firms, think of all the money they get for this, I have a second thought.


I have a feeling that some thing is very off, and when I get a feeling
It often turns out to be right .

Skrúmp !

All the best from me and take extra care of you and yours and remember that what we have today we may not have tomorrow.
Skarpi .

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 17 Jul 21 - 04:34 PM

well , I got two shots of Astra Zeneca and now it seems that all the vaccine s are not working completely, I knew I could get sick, and I knew that I could carry the virus, I am not sick I still wear a mask and sterilize my hand, I try to keep about 2 mtr from other people, and it seems that the 4 wave of the Covid is beginning here in Iceland,

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Madhatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Jul 21 - 02:27 PM

Every state in the US except Utah have 32%-58% rise in an infection rate over these last 3 weeks. All the deaths (100%) are among the unvaccinated. Many of them are wonderful young people (14 to 40), just scared, misinformed or naive. The real ass holes are the ones who are vaccinated but influence others to not vaccinate. Then there are the stupid left over Trump believers who never will vaccinate.

Morning back pain is keeping me from the cooler morning projects I want to do. Maybe a chiropracter is in order.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Jul 21 - 11:53 AM

Checking in from the State of Texas that has been in the news because of divisive GOP attempts to restrict voting. Gah.

The state has 42% of the population fully-vaccinated, with another 7% receiving at least one dose (of the 2-dose program). So I'm still wearing a mask in open public places, as much in solidarity as in protecting myself (you CAN catch COVID-19 if you have been vaccinated - it will make you sick but probably won't kill you.)

I've managed to build up my social life to the point that I'm out a couple of days a week working in a park or museum. There's something about having to prepare and go out and do whatever that makes the days I spend at home all the more precious. Today, more canning. I might pick enough peppers to make a second batch of salsa - the first batch has been a huge hit with my family.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 16 Jul 21 - 11:13 AM

keep away from those gun-toters!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 16 Jul 21 - 10:45 AM

I received my second jab a week ago; only seven more days and I'll be fit to leave town with a clear conscience. But not without a mask -- or several. As with underpants, clean each day is the way to go.

If only Canada would hurry up and issue durable vaccination certificates! The Ontario Ministry of Health e-mailed me a bar code, but I'm afraid the gun-toting guys & gals at the US border will think it's a price tag from Home Depot.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Jul 21 - 10:41 PM

Really happy to see this thread still circulating.
Where I am, so many people ARE vaccinated
that the surest way to cause a fuss is
... to show up unvaccinated and wearing a facemask.
Which is a long way from where we were one year ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Jul 21 - 10:44 AM

my second dose is due late August. Our immunisation program is a - I won't say a joke, cos it isn't funny. Even the New York Times has a story about it.

here in Australia's largest city we are in lockdown with only a few reasons to be outside, with masks to be worn inside & outside & long lines at testing & vaccination hubs - delta covid has been running wild & not everyone is taking it seriously.

Parties have been happening, some folks are only fined the basic $1000, but rich "sportsmen" flaunting the regulations also lose tens of thousand from their clubs.

A couple of months ago amusement was caused by a bloke who signed in using QR codes to 51 shops in widespread locations over 2 days, but the contact-tracers loved him.

News item tonight said something like 25 people signed into an establishment where 76 sales were made! Pity the contact tracers.

We even have 2 apartment buildings in different areas in total lockdown as residents have been catching delta from each other. Police are supervising grocery/meal deliveries, & health care worker visits.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 14 Jul 21 - 09:56 AM

just got my 2nd vaccination (biontech today, astra zeneca 8 weeks ago ...)