Potholers in Evening
Just the perfect amount of water coming down the falls.
Taken on Saturday July 23, 2011 at Piseco-Powley Road.
Camping at Betty Brook – July 14, 2019
Day 2 of my trip out to the Schoharie County, camping down at the Betty Brook at Burnt-Rossman State Forest. I didn't bring propane camping with me this weekend, so I got to build a fire and have a good campfire breakfast -- which was good after a night of hard drinking with some of the folks at the big Betty Brook campsite down the way from where I camped.
Consumer Reports pushes back against hidden fees | WNYT.com
When Consumer Reports recently asked for opinions on hidden fees, they got an earful.
"Ninety-six percent said they were annoyed with hidden fees they experienced in their lives," says Consumer Reports' Anna Laitin.
Those included fees added when people bought plane or concert tickets, rented a car, or paid phone or cable bills.
"Eighty-five percent of people in the last two years said they noticed a hidden fee in a bill," Laitin notes.
There were so many complaints that Consumer Reports launched a new website asking consumers to share their hidden fee horror stories.
The First GMO Tree May Soon Be Planted in the Wild. Will It Restore or Harm America’s Forests? – Pacific Standard
Before it can be released into the wild, the transgenic chestnut has to pass a battery of ecological tests at SUNY designed to ensure that it acts just like a natural chestnut. Then it must be approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency. So far the tree has aced all the tests. Approval is looking likely. And that is why, to those who are concerned about GMOs, it is the most dangerous tree in the world.
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July 15, 2019 Morning
Good morning! My calendar 📅 says Happy Cow Appreciation Day 🐂! But I guess the internet disagrees. I still appreciate all that cows do regardless of the day. 🐮 Three weeks to Work Like a Dog Day 🐩. That’s everyday where I work lately, especially on Mondays and Fridays. But next week is vacation.
Currently it’s partly cloudy and 67 degrees at the land of the Delmaritian. Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. The barometric pressure has been rising all morning according to the display in my bedroom.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. It’s the hottest time of the year but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fairly nice like today. Maximum dew point of 59 at 8am. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 93 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1997.
Today it’s back to work. 💼 It was a bit of a rush to catch the bus 🚍 as I had to unpack the cooler and some of my camping gear and take a shower 🚿 before running out to the bus. My eye 👀 and throat are a little bit irritated but I’ll be fine by the Monday meeting I hope. I wouldn’t have been so concerned with getting in close to on time ⌚ if it wasn’t for the dang meeting. I got to finish my notes 📝 and get through the news clips. 📰
The sun will set at 8:31 pm with dusk around 9:04 pm, which is 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 59 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 30 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 59 at 7pm. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1946.
On this day in 1959, the Steel Strike of 1959 gets underway, forcing contractors to either import steel or delay construction projects. 👷Many chose to import lower-cost steel, with the result being the US Steel industry never recovering.🚧
This weekend is expected to be really hot to start off my vacation. 🏊 Saturday, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 93. Maximum dew point of 70 at 6am. Sunday, sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Maximum dew point of 66 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.
I am thinking about leaving on Saturday for summer vacation, the first day camping at Brookfield and swimming at Glimmerglass Beach. 🏊 I thinking leave before eight on Saturday, get to the beach when it opens at ten, swim, then camp in Brookfield. Sunday head out to the Finger Lakes National Forest, maybe swimming in Seneca Lake on Saturday. I’d miss our on a night of camping but the ice would remain longer and I probably get an earlier start on Saturday. Plus then when I got out to the Finger Lakes, I could get and set up at the campsite I really like for the full week or as long as I decided to stay there. ⛺
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 when the sun will be setting at 8:10 pm with dusk at 8:41 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 90 and 63 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1955.
