I haven't seen anything strange in the skies for several weeks or maybe months lately. Today when I was walking over to the laundry room and looked up, I saw 3 perfectly parallel and perfectly spaced streams in the sky - they were so perfect I am sure they weren't from commercial planes. The streams were all the same width and if left by a plane they hardly would have been flying 3 abreast. I forgot to get my camera as soon as I got back home, and even forgot to look up again. Later all I could see were some spider web-looking clouds in the area where the streams had been. So I wonder if we are being sprayed and if so, with what. I need to start looking up more often.
I got two baskets of laundry done, including the pillowcases. I just didn't feel like taking the sheets off, and will have to do that tomorrow. I probably should buy another set of sheets but it seems like a waste for just one person. I have made do with just one set of sheets for years now.
I've accomplished a little today with the photo sorting. I have some large, good quality photo albums and realized they are as good for storage as keeping them in a box. I have a complete album of photos from trips to Germany which covers 3 separate trips. I also found all my photos taken in El Salvador and put them together in an album. I think I will do the same for my Appalachian Trail pictures and other camping trips. I will need to get a storage unit that will hold the heavy albums, but for now I am really moving along - not very fast - but at a good enough clip for me.
I've added a 5-day forecast for Alaska to the page where I have Sacramento, NY, and Philadelphia. Tomorrow will be 87 here, 67 in AK. I could deal with 67 very easily!
I have considered writing a little rant about abbreviations, and I think I'll do it now. Where and when, and on whose authority did these collections of capital letters come to be universally known, except to me. I kept seeing POTUS, SCOTUS, BREXIT, and other such ridiculous combinations and finally figured them out, except I want to know what is so difficult about saying "The President", or "The Supreme Court". BREXIT took me a while longer, and although no one has ever confirmed it to me, I think it means Britain Exit from the European Union. It seems to be totally dumb to me. And then there are the people who write in shorthand, using R for "are", U for "you", etc. I'm sorry, I think it's a shame that no one can write in "longhand" these days, and now they forget how to spell. Don't mind me, this is just my Gemini rising. (Gemini is the rising sign in my horoscope, and it's the reason I can't say anything in just a few words, get upset about poor grammar and spelling, and I'd better quit now before I really piss someone off! (And yes, I'm aware that my grammar isn't always correct.)
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You would hate working for the governmemt. The specialize in using acroynms to confuse everyone on the outside:)
ReplyDeleteMy entire career was spent working for the federal govt., IRS and the US Army Corps of Engineers, so I understand the use of acronyms. My gripe is with trying to bring that insider shorthand into the public use via the press. Also, I wonder if the press just makes it up themselves. POTUS? I think "President" sounds so much more digified and respectful, and the same with the rest of the acronyms appearing in the news today.
DeleteI know what you're saying. Thanks, now I know what the two last ones mean. The shorthand belongs to a cell phone user, most likely, texting lot, their habits flowing into blogging or even emails. I hate that aspect.
ReplyDeleteGoogle 'chemtrails' and you will find much about them. Luckily, none here today, just the most beautiful blue and puffy white I've ever seen. I wish the same for you, real soon, Gypsy
When I read comments to Youtube videos that use letters and numbers for words, I just skip the whole comment.
DeleteWhen a jet engine burns fuel, it creates heat and water, among other things. The water vapor then condenses into the white trails that you see when it hits the cold, dry air at high altitudes. The time to start worrying is when you see planes flying at a lower elevation leaving those trails.
ReplyDeleteI know what jet trails look like and how they dissipate. I also know what chemtrails look like and how they dissipate. I'd bet my life that these were not from 3 large jets, flying 3 abreast in fairly close proximity, and releasing their vapor trails at exactly the same time. If these were pilots practicing for an airshow then we would be hearing them in the skies. Living within a couple of miles of former Mather AFB I am familiar with those.
DeleteWith this heat the only thing I can bring myself to do outside is to feed the dogs. Today I put a load of towels and sheets in the trunk. We will see how long it takes me to force myself to stop at the laundromat :(
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