Retarded Spring
April 23rd, 2012 at 8:36:09 AM
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Springtime in mex City is warm, tending towards hot (and I mean HOT), with clear blue skies, warm nights and very pleasant mornings.
Usually.
So far this year spring has been largely absent. We've had cloudiness, rain and cool nights as though it were summer, and cold mornings as if it were still winter. This morning dawned at 10 C, right in late April for crying out loud. And the overall daytime temps have been tolerable, meaning mild or neither hot nor cold.
Has anyone noticed something similar elsewhere? I checked the weather for Vegas yesterday and it seemed hotter than I recall, with noon temps of around 32 C and nightly going "down" to 20 C.
Usually.
So far this year spring has been largely absent. We've had cloudiness, rain and cool nights as though it were summer, and cold mornings as if it were still winter. This morning dawned at 10 C, right in late April for crying out loud. And the overall daytime temps have been tolerable, meaning mild or neither hot nor cold.
Has anyone noticed something similar elsewhere? I checked the weather for Vegas yesterday and it seemed hotter than I recall, with noon temps of around 32 C and nightly going "down" to 20 C.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 12:10:33 PM
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after a warm winter, here in DC area the spring seems colder than usual. I couldnt quickly find heating degree day facts though.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 12:17:23 PM
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In New Jersey I personally feel that it has been a great spring so far, albeit very unusual. We have had little to no precipitation which is very odd for a spring in the Northeast and it has been unseasonably warm in both the winter and spring months. I was at the beach in February and again earlier this month. That is certainly atypical weather for us.
April 23rd, 2012 at 12:31:02 PM
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It snowed here in Ottawa this morning - enough to cover the ground!
April 23rd, 2012 at 12:40:41 PM
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Despite the cold morning today, the sky is clear and the temp is aournd 21 C. Not hot at all, but nice.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 1:40:12 PM
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I got sunburnt yesterday. It was 20C here on the island, beautiful day, ladies sunbathing on the baseball diamond... until we hinted they oughta move before we started playing.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 1:48:44 PM
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Can't we just agree to call it a developmentally challenged Spring?
:)
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April 23rd, 2012 at 1:53:55 PM
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My daughter got 14" of snow in NY state today. WooHoo.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 2:37:47 PM
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In Northern New Jersey, we had what we're calling a "non-winter."
The only significant snow we got was just before Halloween! It DID snow one more time requiring shoveling, but it was more of a nuisance than a real storm.
I wore shorts to work three days last week.
Then it rained and was damn cold yesterday.
Kinda weird....
The only significant snow we got was just before Halloween! It DID snow one more time requiring shoveling, but it was more of a nuisance than a real storm.
I wore shorts to work three days last week.
Then it rained and was damn cold yesterday.
Kinda weird....
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April 23rd, 2012 at 3:18:13 PM
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Quote: EvenBobMy daughter got 14" of snow in NY state today. WooHoo.
Thurs/Fri it was 65-75F. I had my son at the crick fishing and swimming around. Sat it dropped to 40's and rain. Sunday night it started snowing, with a possible 16" by the time Monday is over.
But that's not retarded, that's just WNY ;)
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April 23rd, 2012 at 3:22:09 PM
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The temperature during last Monday's Boston Marathon reached 89 degrees.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 3:25:56 PM
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I agree! Or at least a winter with disabilities. Retarded is pretty strong to describe the weather.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 3:38:05 PM
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Retarded is another word the PC Nazi's are
trying to wipe out. They don't want it used in
any way at any time. People aren't retarded
anymore, they're challenged. They think getting
rid of the word will make the challenged, well,
less retarded. Good luck with that.
Its like the word homosexual. Its was shortened
to homo and we can't have that, so we said Gay
instead. Now there are commercials on TV that
say we've turned Gay into a word as bad as homo,
and we have to stop using it that way. Time to
change again, find a new word I guess.
trying to wipe out. They don't want it used in
any way at any time. People aren't retarded
anymore, they're challenged. They think getting
rid of the word will make the challenged, well,
less retarded. Good luck with that.
Its like the word homosexual. Its was shortened
to homo and we can't have that, so we said Gay
instead. Now there are commercials on TV that
say we've turned Gay into a word as bad as homo,
and we have to stop using it that way. Time to
change again, find a new word I guess.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:07:51 PM
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I'm 1000% sure that Nareed meant it in the "slowed" sense of the word. It's been very unusually cool in Mexico this spring.
It was 70F or more 11 times in Minneapolis in March. It's been 70F once in April. That was the warmest March in 130 years, followed by an almost exactly average April. We certainly could have used 15" of snow yesterday and today - it's going to be a hard summer for agriculture in the midwest.
It was 70F or more 11 times in Minneapolis in March. It's been 70F once in April. That was the warmest March in 130 years, followed by an almost exactly average April. We certainly could have used 15" of snow yesterday and today - it's going to be a hard summer for agriculture in the midwest.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 5:09:58 PM
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Quote: rdw4potusI'm 1000% sure that Nareed meant it in the "slowed" sense of the word. .
Of course, but they want the word gone entirely.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:10:53 PM
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Quote: EvenBobRetarded is another word the PC Nazi's are
trying to wipe out. They don't want it used in
any way at any time. People aren't retarded
anymore, they're challenged. They think getting
rid of the word will make the challenged, well,
less retarded. Good luck with that.
Its like the word homosexual. Its was shortened
to homo and we can't have that, so we said Gay
instead. Now there are commercials on TV that
say we've turned Gay into a word as bad as homo,
and we have to stop using it that way. Time to
change again, find a new word I guess.
so suffers the poor white heterosexual male...
what a difficult time you must be having
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:25:05 PM
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If gay will go back to its previous meaning, I'll be happy. So will the lyrics to many many songs.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell! She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:37:44 PM
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stop standing in the way of their constitutionally protected civil rights and i am sure they will be happy to give you back your little word.
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:18:33 PM
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Quote: WongBoso suffers the poor white heterosexual male...
what a difficult time you must be having
The ads say no more Gay. You can't say
'thats so Gay' anymore. When I was a
kid it was 'queer' and that word has
completely disappeared. Like Gay is about
to.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:34:31 PM
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I never use the word GAY or HOMO.
I prefer FAGGOT.
I prefer FAGGOT.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 6:35:23 PM
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Quote: EvenBobThe ads say no more Gay. You can't say
'thats so Gay' anymore. When I was a
kid it was 'queer' and that word has
completely disappeared. Like Gay is about
to.
queer is back - it just means strange (again) now. Maybe that means that gay can be reclaimed as well. It'd sure be good to hear the original versions of some fun old songs again...
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April 23rd, 2012 at 6:38:54 PM
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Quote: rdw4potusqueer is back .
Where? I never see it written or on TV or movies.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:41:07 PM
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Quote: DanMahownyI never use the word GAY or HOMO.
I prefer FAGGOT.
i would love to meet you in a boxing ring so you can tell me that to my face.
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:45:33 PM
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Call it what you will, in science we simply refer to them as homosexuals. At one time it was referred to as a mental illness. As such I feel that we should continue to search for a cure.
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:50:30 PM
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recent studies have revealed that the men with the most outspoken virulent anti homosexual rhetoric
are often the ones that are most aroused by homosexual sexual imagery.
thanks for coming out keyser!
are often the ones that are most aroused by homosexual sexual imagery.
thanks for coming out keyser!
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:52:17 PM
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Quote: Wongbo to Evenbobi would love to meet you in a boxing ring so you can tell me that to my face.
Why so that you could slap him, or so that you could scrath his eye out?
Lighten up :)
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:52:38 PM
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Quote: WongBo
thanks for coming out keyser!
Keyser is a Bible thumper, he's speaking
from a religious point of view.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:56:29 PM
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i would actually just prefer to box, but if he wants to go to the next level
i am fifth dan black belt in shotokan karate.
you want a taste, just name the date and place.
i am fifth dan black belt in shotokan karate.
you want a taste, just name the date and place.
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 6:57:36 PM
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Quote: WongBoi would love to meet you in a boxing ring so you can tell me that to my face.
I spent 6 years in prison- I don't do boxing rings.
"I don't have a gambling problem. I have a financial problem."
April 23rd, 2012 at 7:00:12 PM
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In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 7:01:35 PM
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Karate is nonsense. It's simply a martial art that people pay money to learn in order to compensate for their low self esteem. People are usually rushed through the program, buying their "black belts" within a matter of months. It's much like Taekwondo. Lot's of frilly kicks, and board breaking, but nothing of real use. Instead, try Brazilian Jujitsu. It's a real martial art.
April 23rd, 2012 at 7:05:15 PM
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keyser, thank you for continuing to expose your abject ignorance on every topic.
any other expert opinions you care to discuss...?
any other expert opinions you care to discuss...?
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
April 23rd, 2012 at 7:13:27 PM
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Quote: KeyserCall it what you will, in science we simply refer to them as homosexuals. At one time it was referred to as a mental illness. As such I feel that we should continue to search for a cure.
I'm pretty sure this is tongue-in-cheek, but that's one of those things that isn't exactly clear in print.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 7:20:18 PM
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Quote: rdw4potusI'm 1000% sure that Nareed meant it in the "slowed" sense of the word. It's been very unusually cool in Mexico this spring.
Yes, that's what I meant. And that when it sort of gets warm, it gets rainy, too. So on one hand it's been slow in coming, and it doesn't seem to be hanging around.
It wasn't my intention to be offensive. And I apologize if that was indeed the case.
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
April 23rd, 2012 at 7:39:36 PM
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Quote: DanMahownyI never use the word GAY or HOMO.
I prefer FAGGOT.
Seven-day suspension.
Quote: KeyserCall it what you will, in science we simply refer to them as homosexuals. At one time it was referred to as a mental illness. As such I feel that we should continue to search for a cure.
Quote: KeyserWhy so that you could slap him, or so that you could scrath his eye out?
Lighten up :)
Seven-days for those two, sentence to run concurrently.
EB's "Bible thumper" remark comes close, but I'll let that off with a warning.
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April 23rd, 2012 at 8:44:40 PM
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Thanks Wiz - I started reading this and knew you would respond.
April 23rd, 2012 at 8:51:48 PM
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Quote: EvenBobWhere? I never see it written or on TV or movies.
Queer as folk was British hit comedy/drama.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
April 23rd, 2012 at 9:15:39 PM
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Getting back to the original thread, I would like to add that down in the Southern Hemisphere we didn't really get a summer this year. The weather was mostly cloudy and it never got really hot. Now with Autumn (Fall) halfway through, we are seeing clear sunny "summer" days. So you could say that we are experiencing a "retarded Autumn" directly corresponding to the "retarded Spring" in the Northern Hemisphere.
And to think that it's all because a butterfly flapped its wings somewhere!
And to think that it's all because a butterfly flapped its wings somewhere!
If nothing will change then I am nothing.
April 23rd, 2012 at 9:26:10 PM
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Where I live it got up to about 80° a couple weeks ago and then snowed 2 days later.
April 23rd, 2012 at 10:18:00 PM
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Here in St. Louis, from 3/12 to 3/31, we hit 80+ degrees 10x, a new record. Normal daily high temps are 55-61. On 4/1 we hit 90 degrees! This past weekend, it was normal temps, low 60's, and it felt cold by comparison. Definitely a mixed up spring.
On the plus side, no tornado's yet.
On the plus side, no tornado's yet.
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April 24th, 2012 at 4:59:10 AM
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Quote: KeyserWhy so that you could slap him, or so that you could scrath his eye out?
Lighten up :)
That's exactly what they do in professional wrestling :)
You took the bait, Keyser but don't worry we all do eventually. That politically correct line is ever changing and very fuzzy. It would be helpful if the politically correct folks would publish an updated list so we know what not to say today what was perfectly acceptable yesterday.
You're absolutely right about homosexuality being referred to as a mental illness. It was declassified as a mental disorder in 1973 by the American Psychiatric Association and in 1975 by the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives. I didn't get the memo either.
I find it interesting that some of our more sensitive members think nothing of mercilessly mocking and ridiculing people's religious beliefs. There are no suspensions there and FrGamble would never ask for one. He's still fair game so go get him.
By the way when I was growing up the word gay meant happy. It was not until 1971 that it was taken to mean something else. Have a gay day everyone!
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
April 24th, 2012 at 5:54:25 AM
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Religion is a personal choice. One can switch religions at will, just ask Newt Gingrich. I made a choice to purchase a 2011 Synergy Green SS2/RS Camaro. Feel free to make fun, I see it as the same thing.Quote: 1BBI find it interesting that some of our more sensitive members think nothing of mercilessly mocking and ridiculing people's religious beliefs. There are no suspensions there and FrGamble would never ask for one. He's still fair game so go get him.
Someday, joor goin' to see the name of Googie Gomez in lights and joor goin' to say to joorself, "Was that her?" and then joor goin' to answer to joorself, "That was her!" But you know somethin' mister? I was always her yuss nobody knows it! - Googie Gomez
April 24th, 2012 at 6:04:48 AM
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Point taken. How about posting a picture of that Camaro?
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
April 24th, 2012 at 6:58:48 AM
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Quote: s2dbakerI made a choice to purchase a 2011 Synergy Green SS2/RS Camaro. Feel free to make fun, I see it as the same thing.
Really? Rather than live up to your name and add to the collection?
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April 24th, 2012 at 7:48:27 AM
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My car's thermometer marked 11 C at home, and it went to 9 C halfway to the office. By the time I arrived at work, it read 10 C.
I don't know what this is, but it's not Spring weather.
I don't know what this is, but it's not Spring weather.
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
April 24th, 2012 at 7:50:11 AM
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Quote: NareedMy car's thermometer marked 11 C at home, and it went to 9 C halfway to the office. By the time I arrived at work, it read 10 C.
I don't know what this is, but it's not Spring weather.
Sure it is, just not for Mex City... That'd be a lovely day here in Minneapolis:-)
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April 24th, 2012 at 8:19:06 AM
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If you want to see one of the Studebakers, clicky linky. I don't know the URLs of the other pictures so I'll do that later.Quote: rdw4potusReally? Rather than live up to your name and add to the collection?
Someday, joor goin' to see the name of Googie Gomez in lights and joor goin' to say to joorself, "Was that her?" and then joor goin' to answer to joorself, "That was her!" But you know somethin' mister? I was always her yuss nobody knows it! - Googie Gomez
