danmdevries
4 years ago

Florida “Low” is probably 60%. All relative to what they normally get, right? 🤔

Reminds me of an opposite situation a couple years ago in Vegas. While on vacation in October, because of a few days of cloud cover and some intermittent rains, the weather people kept on warning people to stay hydrated and not be fooled by the high humidity levels. I checked my weather app and the humidity was at 30-something percent. Hadda laugh since that percentage would be considered disturbingly low in Hawaii.

Palama wrote:



Unless we're well below zero, rh here would never see 30. 60 is very dry, the grass turns brown and the yard is dusty when I mow.

When the wife and I went to San Diego a few years ago that was the first time I ever experienced a low humidity climate. I loved it. The weird thing was I needed a sweatshirt in the 70s. Shade was cold, sun hot. Here I feel hotter in the shade cause the sweat don't evaporate. There the sweat never even had a chance to bead up. It just cooled you down.
danmdevries
4 years ago
[gonzo]

Mid-October through early June in Orlando.

rfenst wrote:



I live in a swamp, in a very wet region. You get to about the same "low humidity" as I do. Which isn't very. But my hot wet months are June through September. The other 8 are iced over and frozen.

It does feel low.

But after a vacation in a drier climate, the driest we get is about their wettest.

Not having to chew the air before breathing is nice.
danmdevries
4 years ago
Shared a more local contract job with the wife. I'd be gone about 5 days a week, working 3. Home for a few to do laundry n stuff, then back off again. 4 hours away, I'd live in my truck. But $4k/wk for 36 hours. 5500 for a 48hr contract.

She hasn't responded.

She's up in Wisconsin with some friends.

Buy a camper, rent a site for $500/mo tops and make some money. $2k/mo living stipend (calculated into the 4k/wk). I live my whole family on not much more, and could get by on less, especially if I'm not around doing dumb chit.
8trackdisco
4 years ago

Shared a more local contract job with the wife. I'd be gone about 5 days a week, working 3. Home for a few to do laundry n stuff, then back off again. 4 hours away, I'd live in my truck. But $4k/wk for 36 hours. 5500 for a 48hr contract.

She hasn't responded.

She's up in Wisconsin with some friends.

Buy a camper, rent a site for $500/mo tops and make some money. $2k/mo living stipend (calculated into the 4k/wk). I live my whole family on not much more, and could get by on less, especially if I'm not around doing dumb chit.

danmdevries wrote:



Is the job in Wisconsin?

Speaking of Contracts, where in Wisconsin is your wife? I have tomorrow off if Frank and Drafter want to subcontract their work.
danmdevries
4 years ago

Is the job in Wisconsin?

Speaking of Contracts, where in Wisconsin is your wife? I have tomorrow off if Frank and Drafter want to subcontract their work.

8trackdisco wrote:



"About as far as we are from Chicago, from Milwaukee" is all I know. Could be north, south, probably not east (she's scared of boats), or west.

Job is southern indiana/Kentucky area. Tons of campgrounds in the area. Most are $25-35/weekday and a little more for weekends but monthly rates around $30-40/day for electric, water, and sewer. Electric goes up a bit for the winter but water is shut off November to April so it's about the same.
8trackdisco
4 years ago

"About as far as we are from Chicago, from Milwaukee" is all I know. Could be north, south, probably not east (she's scared of boats), or west.

Job is southern indiana/Kentucky area. Tons of campgrounds in the area. Most are $25-35/weekday and a little more for weekends but monthly rates around $30-40/day for electric, water, and sewer. Electric goes up a bit for the winter but water is shut off November to April so it's about the same.

danmdevries wrote:



Change of scenery might be good for both of you. Money doesn’t suck either.
MACS
4 years ago
Evening and gnight, gents...
Abrignac
4 years ago

Evening and gnight, gents...

MACS wrote:



Yo
Abrignac
4 years ago
Well, I’ve un-retired again. Took a job as an estimator at a local branch of a national damage mitigation firm. Start Thursday AM. My office is going to be about a 1/4 mile from my house.
8trackdisco
4 years ago
It is Tuesday.
8trackdisco
4 years ago

Well, I’ve un-retired again. Took a job as an estimator at a local branch of a national damage mitigation firm. Start Thursday AM. My office is going to be about a 1/4 mile from my house.

Abrignac wrote:



Always nice to have some money coming in.
Abrignac
4 years ago

Always nice to have some money coming in.

8trackdisco wrote:



This is true.
danmdevries
4 years ago
Happy Tuesday fellas.
Gene363
4 years ago
Good Tuesday Morning! It's 66° on the way to 88° and I'm off to the range.
rfenst
4 years ago
Congratulations, Anthony!
MACS
4 years ago
Nice fall day. 57 with a high of 72 today.

Coffee drank... need to get to the gym before it wears off!
Ram27
4 years ago
Hello Tuesday.
rfenst
4 years ago
I can't remember if I just took my muscle relaxant once or twice this morning. If I get my ass to the pool right now, I will be home well before it/they kick-in. Otherwise, I could just lay around a few hours to see if I fall asleep...

Edit: I am going to sleep a while and decide what to do later. Safer than being on the road.
deadeyedick
4 years ago

Damn, looks like it may be a long recovery. I am pretty new here, but I think I am close to you, let me know if you need anything dropped off, picked up, buried in the desert, etc...

Stogie1020 wrote:



I hear Drafter and Frank subcontract occasionally.

Thanks but I do have family nearby and a super-wife so I'm good.
deadeyedick
4 years ago

DED, it's gonna be a long hard ride.

Some of those things may be permanent. I'd expect the fatigue to start fading in a few weeks considering you were active to start. But joint pains, stiffness, and even the tremors may not. Especially if you got the diagnoses of viral meningitis from it.

Just keep doing what you can. Try to be up as much as you can tolerate, even if it's a chair vs the bed.

If you have a headache or neck stiffness that persists, get your ass back to the hospital. I've had a few patients who required an EVD and ultimately a VP shunt from it. I dont see it often, and like most things I only see the worst cases.

By mid-late October I'd hope you're back on your feet putting some miles under em. It's gonna be a while.

danmdevries wrote:



Thanks danm. Trying to spend a little more time upright and may even talk myself into another short walk today. The headache that persisted for three weeks is what finally drove me to go to the ER. Sure glad it has not returned.
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