BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: InOBU
Date: 29 May 23 - 09:51 PM

Ta SRS!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 29 May 23 - 11:12 AM

Sometimes Mudcat times out and those long messages are lost. Then we have to revert to single paragraphs in these threads.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: InOBU
Date: 29 May 23 - 07:45 AM

My long check in disapeared, so here is a short one in a link... Update and a few songs by InOBU Lorcan

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 May 23 - 06:57 PM

refresh for the holiday weekend

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 26 May 23 - 10:16 AM

> How is everybody set for the USA holiday weekend,
> the unofficial beginning of summer?

So *that*'s why us right-pondians have had a second bank holiday inflicted on us in the same month (plus a third for the coronation --- special offer, one year only). Did wonder what was wrong with May Day.

--- Ah! of course: another chance to dig up the road.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 May 23 - 07:18 PM

I think there is still good reason to check in with people who are living with Long COVID, for example, make sure they are stable.
Not just the deaths but the survivors need checking in on.

How is everybody set for the USA holiday weekend,
the unofficial beginning of summer?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 May 23 - 02:10 PM

NY Times COVID info this week. From April 27 to May 3, 1,109 people died of COVID in the US (this number is down 11% from the week earlier). That's a couple of huge airliner crashes a week, that would cause a great deal of shock. COVID any more - not so much. But that's still a lot of people dying of this.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 May 23 - 02:01 PM

We've turned the corner weather-wise and are now in the humid warm season. Blankets off the bed, ceiling fan on (must dust all of them before using). After a terrible night's sleep I realized it was the air conditioner blowing on me that was the problem. I will adjust the nighttime temperature setting up to 82, use a ceiling fan to keep the air moving, and a sheet to keep the breeze off of my legs (I seem to feel the AC or the fan breeze effect in my hips, knees, and feet.) Different people have other strategies in this climate. I have a friend who super cools his house during the evening before bed then leaves the AC off overnight and sleeps with blankets in the cooled house.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 12 May 23 - 06:56 AM

No surprises here. Only a thousand people now die per day from Covid in the USA. This pandemic-inspired thread may have run its course.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 06 May 23 - 11:01 AM

One night walking back on campus I passed the Art Department and saw a huge tree decorated with the most unlikely items on Earth. Today while shopping at Wegmans I stopped at the rest room opened the stall and there he was. Rodin's 'The Thinker'was sitting on the toilet. Surprise is the spice of life. All the familiar strangers here are capable of surprise but seem more reserved than needed. May surprises brings June's crises.
Let us know if any of you have been surprised lately.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 May 23 - 10:00 AM

How is everyone on this first week of May?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
Date: 29 Apr 23 - 04:34 PM

Nice weather after a week of much-needed rain.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Apr 23 - 10:56 AM

Daffodils and jonquils done and dusted,
tulips headed towards their peak.
And rain.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Apr 23 - 06:48 PM

One of my close friends, who has been through the ordeal of med school,
finally passed her board exams (second try) so now she can graduate with the rest of her class this spring. So relieved!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 21 Apr 23 - 11:27 AM

Ooh vacay, keb!

Warming up here in Central Virginia...

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Apr 23 - 10:37 AM

weekend refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Apr 23 - 08:33 PM

Checking in from vacation in White River Junction, Vermont.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 06:27 PM

Happy Easter to all Mudcatters near and far.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: pattyClink
Date: 06 Apr 23 - 08:52 PM

Back on the humid side of the Mississippi, lush green everywhere in M'sippi. Missed azalea season, but might have dodged the pollen rain bullet, we'll see.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Apr 23 - 01:43 PM

springtime refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Mar 23 - 01:46 PM

Stay warm and dry, Skarpi!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 25 Mar 23 - 05:08 PM

Super warming warning, everynight in the news, well still snowing and cold weather, spring where are you? ?

Sæl the best from Iceland Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Mar 23 - 03:44 PM

keep those check-ins coming

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Mar 23 - 08:35 AM

Anyone else in the Northeast US
digging out from under that nor'easter snowfall?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 12 Mar 23 - 07:55 AM

I thought -18C in Island means: Summer! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Mar 23 - 01:40 AM

& our hot humid summer is apparently thinking of winding down - maybe -
but the UV index will be high all week with rain most days.

typical Sydney summer - hot, humid & rainy

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 11 Mar 23 - 12:00 AM

-18 here in Iceland east, snow storm, and windy,
But spring is around the corner.
All the best from Iceland Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Mar 23 - 11:45 AM

Spring is almost here and Daylight Savings Time (I hate that time change) starts this weekend. We could still end up with weather cold enough to shock the blossoms and blooms that are appearing everywhere, so right now we need to be watching and waiting to see when the soil is truly warm enough to plant the tomatoes.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 10 Mar 23 - 08:57 AM

It’s snowing again in southwestern Ontario.

Nothing unusual about that. We have shovels. We’re fine.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: C-flat
Date: 07 Mar 23 - 09:35 AM

A rare visitor these days but still here in the wintry North East UK

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 03 Mar 23 - 03:39 PM

Munich outpost is still manned ...

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Mar 23 - 05:37 PM

Don't let this thread wither away. There's plenty of people whose check-in would be welcomed by all.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Feb 23 - 02:59 PM

Hey, Mudcatters, we're back! That was a scary couple of days.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Feb 23 - 10:29 AM

Anybody else in the deep freeze (sub-zero Fahrenheit)?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Jack Campin
Date: 01 Feb 23 - 08:05 PM

Anybody reading this in Auckland who is still above water with a working phone?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Jan 23 - 08:07 PM

definitely worth cheering

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 31 Jan 23 - 05:07 PM

Woot! Adult child is finally affiancé-ed!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 29 Jan 23 - 11:17 PM

The swath of cold weather across the US has dribbled down into Texas after a few balmy days last week.

We didn't hear from any of the California folks in the last couple of weeks - I hope they are all ok.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 03:15 PM

It's above freezing today, unless you factor in the wind chill --
and that wind is nasty today. Brrrrr.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 03:01 PM

Ucky weather. Perfect for staying in quarantine.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 10:49 AM

In the short term, drought leads to farm bankruptcies, Donuel. Long-term drought leads to wildfire.

Of the two, I’d rather have neither.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 10:02 AM

No snow here but plenty of rain. Drought is easier to cope with than flood like what happened in B.C. last year.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 09:50 AM

I meant to say, in Ontario winter without snow means drought in spring and a lousy growing season.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 09:48 AM

It’s snowing again in Stratford, after a weirdly warm January. In Ontario, winter without snow is

Get well, Mrrzy! I needed all of December to recover from COVID. The version you describe sounds like what I had — a messy head-cold that just won’t go the fuck away, plus tiredness and achy joints. Christmas with no sense of taste or smell was not very joyous, but I’m now back to normal (whatever that is). I hope you’re as fortunate.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 25 Jan 23 - 04:55 PM

To quote a card I gave someone in the in the 70s & wished I'd kept -

words on the front GET WELL SOON/ words inside YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

Hoping your crappy cold is not as bad as my worse-sore-throat-ever in Sept, when my entire diet for 2 days were painful sips of water & slurping on very mild sugary menthol lozenges!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Jan 23 - 04:25 PM

Get well soon. The hospitals are at 80% capacity and vaccine deniers are bearing the brunt of the virus.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 25 Jan 23 - 02:49 PM

Aaaaand... I finally got Covid. So far it is like a head cold, only crappier.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Jan 23 - 07:59 PM

Most people here are pretending that Covid is gone but its not, its only more infectious but just as deadly. Sometimes I think that Covid was not sufficiently deadly so people acted in strange ways from the politically bizarre to the deadly denialism. However strange it has been a bad rehearsal for the next worse pandemic should it occur.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Jan 23 - 01:07 PM

keep 'em coming.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Jan 23 - 12:46 PM

By all means, let's hear from the California Mudcatters.
This Western Massachusetts Mudcatter is contented today
because the sun is shining, even though it's freezing outside.