Weather Ups & Downs

uneekrose · Post by **uneekrose** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:26 pm

Our gas here is $3.65.

Our peach crop here in NC was really bad last year, all the blooms got caught in the last frost. My hubby drove by the peach orchards last weekend and he said all the trees are loaded with blooms. I usually go get us a bushel and freeze them up, their so sweet and juicy.

It stopped raining here so I'm going to take advantage of it and do a few things out in my greenhouse right after I call my mommy and wish her a Happy Mother's day.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:22 pm

Hey what are you all complaining about the wheather and the gasprices

Maybe it's (this moment) here in NL better wheather then in US, but you don't want to know the gasprices here

uneekrose · Post by **uneekrose** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:34 pm

Lillie posted one time about the gas prices in London, somewhere around $9 bucks a gallon, so I can just imagine marinus what you pay in your neck of the woods.

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:00 pm

Glad to know the peach crops are good.

I worked in the Produce department last summer for Wal-mart, I remember how high peaches, oranges, lemons, limes etc.. etc.. were. Maybe I'll have to by more peaches this year instead of potato chips

I was just on the phone with my friend in Colorado, she's paying $3.79 a gallon

I'll shut my mouth now

Marinus wrote:but you don't want to know the gasprices here

I know your gas prices are OUTRAGOUS .. but most of you on the other side of the pond have something we don't over here... a GREAT train system & public transportation. The town I live in has no buses, or taxi's, most of America, except the bigger cities, has very limited, if any type of public transportation

Lillie · Post by **Lillie** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:11 pm

What's your problem Laura??? You've got a tractor haven't you? And a sit-on thingy lawnmower!

Our transport may be fantastic - but we blooming well pay a huge price for it! Plenty ££££££££'s and lots of pollution!

Hope your purty peonies are still looking beautiful Dizbomb. Good luck with the storms - stay safe x

x

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:56 pm

That's about where we are for gas too. 3.79 is the AVERAGE price.

We have horses....but that's not public is it hehehe

We don't have anything like that, even in the bigger towns around us. I grew up in Chicago and Austin and there was loads of options for public transportation.

Although I sure wouldn't move back just for that reason!

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:12 am

Lillie wrote:What's your problem Laura??? You've got a tractor haven't you? And a sit-on thingy lawnmower!

Oh Lillie, you're so silly

The tractor and the riding lawn mower get worse mileage than hubby's truck, beside we're selling the tractor..

doesn't come in very handy when ya only have a "lawn" to mow, instead of 5 acres... but we're keeping the riding lawn mower, so I'll still be the "lady of the manor" with my chain saw & sun hat

Robyn I grew up in Denver... no use for a car really, you can get anywhere on bus or the "light rail", unfortunately TONS of people drive (including myself when I lived there

) as much as I miss living in a more diverse area, I wouldn't move back either, to polluted, noisy, & dangerous. Besides, these "hillbillies" kinda grow on ya .. and they provide free entertainment

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:44 am

Great picture Laura!

Lillie wrote:Hope your purty peonies are still looking beautiful Dizbomb. Good luck with the storms - stay safe x x

Thanks sweet pea!

I'm fine, the Peonies are fine, my Mommy's fine and the weather was Purrrrrrrfect today. Mid 70's and no cloudy things.

xo

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:52 am

Good Dizzy that means tomorrw will be nice for me

Glad you all survived the storm

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:17 am

Glad to read everything is fine and you didn't have tornado's.

I fortunately never have seen a tornado but it seems very dangerous to me.

I found 1 hectare (=100 are = 10000 square meters) = 2.47105381 acre
1.5 (Euros / liter) = 8.76587807 U.S. dollars / US gallon (about gasprice in NL)
26 degrees Celsius = 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit
You can just type in Google: 1.5 euro / liter to usd / gallon

And as Lillie says: Trains and buses in Europe neither ride with water or air only

About all those different length measures and such: Isn't it very difficult to calculate with them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit We only have meters (mm,cm, m, km) so we only have to calculate x 10, 100, 1000 etc.

Lillie · Post by **Lillie** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:23 am

laura n. wrote:Oh Lillie, you're so silly

Me not such a silly billy Lillie eh?

I had a cunning plan that if I said that about your lawn mower thingy - that you would post that piccie .........

..................... AND YOU DID!!!!!!

It is so funny - love it!

Couldn't you make it a bit bigger please so everyone else can see it more clearly - tis hysterical!

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:32 pm

Lillie wrote: It is so funny - love it! Couldn't you make it a bit bigger please so everyone else can see it more clearly - tis hysterical!

Anything for you my dear

Lillie · Post by **Lillie** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:15 pm

Oh thank you!

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:46 pm

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laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:04 am

That's very interesting Dizzy.. I just typed in my zip.. and it gave me every gas station in my town.. only problem is EVERY PRICE on the 6 gas stations I just passed coming home was wrong

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:11 am

Yeah our gas stations change their prices sometimes 5 or 6 times a day. Well let me clarify that...there isn't a gas station in my town. There are two about 10 miles north of me and a dozen or so 20 miles south of me.

I'm not sure where that site gets their info but they are way wrong. Then again it is a Microsoft site

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:14 pm

Robyn wrote:Yeah our gas stations change their prices sometimes 5 or 6 times a day

Yep, here too.. they change prices faster than I change underwear

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:38 pm

laura n. wrote:I change underwear

Good to know

So how's the moving and packing and all that fun going?

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:45 pm

Oh Robyn you hit it right on the head...

and all that fun going?

It's great fun

it's going ... slowly, but it's going, thanks for asking

Hey Dizzy why did you delete your link even if it wasn't accurate (which would be impossible) it was fun