2023.06.13 07:00 - Weather Politics rambling

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: Good Morning Adams ㋡
Adams Rubble: It is good you got out of Philly
Riddle Sideways: why is that?
Riddle Sideways: oh, a bridge fall down
Adams Rubble: I-95 bridge collapse
Riddle Sideways: yes, heard that
Riddle Sideways: main disrupter for N-S traffic in US
Adams Rubble: traffic has become messy
Adams Rubble: more locally than long range because people from Delaware can use the NJ Turnpike
Riddle Sideways: projected to take a year or more to fix
Adams Rubble: they rebuilt a bridge in Atlanta in 44 days
Riddle Sideways: so it can be done ㋡
Adams Rubble: lots of infrastructue money hanging around thanks to dems
Adams Rubble: Buttigieg is going to Philly today
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: those darn Dems! always taking the money and spending it on things for everybody
Adams Rubble: :)

Riddle Sideways: have to laugh everytime 'They' mention 'The Radical Far Left'
Adams Rubble: they incluce Chris Christy in that
Adams Rubble: and wishy washy liberals like me
Adams Rubble: anyone who thinks Trump is a crook
Riddle Sideways: yes, your fav NJ govenator is running for pres
Adams Rubble: NJ people mostly don't like him
Adams Rubble: but nice to see a bully taking on trump
Riddle Sideways: yep. he was attacking even as announcing
Adams Rubble: whoops we got very political there

Riddle Sideways: oh dear. hunts for a new topic
Agatha Macbeth: Greetings
Riddle Sideways: here is one.
Adams Rubble: Hello Agatha :)
Riddle Sideways: Hi Aggers

Agatha Macbeth: Nice T shirt
Riddle Sideways: nice outfit
Riddle Sideways: not sure about tie dye
Agatha Macbeth: You're in the right part of the world for that :P
Riddle Sideways: have a whole closet shelf of tie dye and it still looks silly
Agatha Macbeth: Awww
Adams Rubble: a shirt to dye for
Agatha Macbeth looks at Adams
Riddle Sideways: this was free for Pride month. Probably cause they used every color

Riddle Sideways: Adams might be in dark hoodie to sneak around ringing door bells (the latest fad)
Agatha Macbeth: Thought that happened just after my birthday
Adams Rubble: it was chilly when I put this on but it has gotten warmer
Riddle Sideways: ? you have birthdays still?
Adams Rubble: I should summerize
Agatha Macbeth: It's murderous here...26C
Agatha Macbeth: I do
Agatha Macbeth: Hotter than Portugal
Adams Rubble: wow. I did hear you were having a heat wave
Agatha Macbeth: My fan is going like billyo
Agatha Macbeth: had a couple of monsoons last two days
Riddle Sideways: those don't cool things off
Adams Rubble: global weather is out of control
Agatha Macbeth: Not here they don't no
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: Canada is burning up and NY is complaining of smoky air
Adams Rubble: good reason for complants
Agatha Macbeth: Yes I saw the NY smoke drifting down
Adams Rubble: we had a couple of yellow days
Riddle Sideways: our airplane took off just before they stopped flights
Adams Rubble: whew, you just missed a few set backs
Riddle Sideways: yep. so glad to be home
Agatha Macbeth: I still remember when the Icelandic volcano stopped Wol going to PaBcon
Riddle Sideways: long memory ㋡
Agatha Macbeth nods
Agatha Macbeth: Been a while that

Riddle Sideways: which PaBcon was that?
Agatha Macbeth: Ohh
Agatha Macbeth thinks
Agatha Macbeth: Princeton?
Riddle Sideways: sorry, your memory was doing so good
Agatha Macbeth: It'll be in the logs anyway
Agatha Macbeth: About 2012 I think
Adams Rubble: I thought it was one of the European meet ups
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe
Agatha Macbeth: Was it the one with Lia in the basement?
Adams Rubble: Malta
Agatha Macbeth: Yes!
Agatha Macbeth has vague recollections

Adams Rubble: Time to play "Know your PaB History"
Agatha Macbeth: You know it better than most :)
Adams Rubble: First prize: a free tp to the teahouse
Riddle Sideways: Adams was the best PaB historian
Agatha Macbeth: Yay

Riddle Sideways: in other bad News. Hope you did not see this report: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1137532
Riddle Sideways: of all the progress we think has been made
Agatha Macbeth: Last decade?
Adams Rubble: that's not news
Agatha Macbeth: And the rest
Agatha Macbeth: Try garden of Eden
Adams Rubble: the Patriarchs writing about the Garden of eden
Agatha Macbeth: 'Sorry Eve all your fault'
Adams Rubble: The devil made me do it
Agatha Macbeth: Shouldn't go listening to snakes
Riddle Sideways: leave Trump out of this
Agatha Macbeth: Awww
Riddle Sideways: gives snakes a bad name
Adams Rubble: :) I was thinking we were returning to politics
Agatha Macbeth: Snakes don't put up walls do they?
Adams Rubble: yhey say they are going to put up wa;;s
Agatha Macbeth hands Adams a T and a couple of l's
Adams Rubble: thanks
Riddle Sideways: love typos
Agatha Macbeth: Typos love you
   --BELL--

Riddle Sideways: went off to research the phrase "Snake Oil"
Riddle Sideways: you can buy a gallon of it at Walmart
Agatha Macbeth sees a Faenik
Riddle Sideways: [07:31] Adael: Did someone say typos?
Agatha Macbeth: Wow
Riddle Sideways: [07:32] Adael: Faenik's cousin
Agatha Macbeth: There's an echo
Agatha Macbeth: an echo
Agatha Macbeth: an echo
Riddle Sideways: (please excuse. the editory wants important Green text in the log)
Riddle Sideways: [07:33] Adael: Love echoes
Agatha Macbeth: Listener doesn't pick it up?
Riddle Sideways: naaah, busy schedules make editing tough

Agatha Macbeth: I never knew PaB pre-listener
Riddle Sideways: oh dear. feels old
Agatha Macbeth: Wasn't the orginal a red pyramid on the table?
Riddle Sideways: was there a listener at the second pavillion?
Agatha Macbeth: *Think* so
Adams Rubble: I don't think there was
Agatha Macbeth: Oh
Agatha Macbeth: Dunno then
Adams Rubble: not until the Bieup pavilion
Adams Rubble: or was it next door
Agatha Macbeth: I'm sure I remember a red pyramid in the logs
Riddle Sideways: Just noticed the non-working triangle-pyramid is missing from the now Bleu plot
Adams Rubble: there was something on the table but I don't think it recorded
Agatha Macbeth: Hm
Adams Rubble: we all learned to use our chat logs
Adams Rubble: which I don;t seem to be able to use any more
Riddle Sideways: used a text editor with 2 macros that did the trimming and un-timestamping
Riddle Sideways: which was lost going to new computer about 10 years ago
Riddle Sideways: [07:39] Adael: Fael gave me to Adams outside the teahouse
Riddle Sideways: somebody (maybe Fael) gave Riddle a birthday cake outside the teahouse. Was soooo impressed
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Riddle Sideways: an av could give a birthday cake. Had not known that
Riddle Sideways: so much still not know about this SL
Agatha Macbeth: Hehe
Riddle Sideways: sorry beel

Agatha Macbeth: Zebub
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: got me. had to look it up
Agatha Macbeth grins
Agatha Macbeth: Lord of the flies
Agatha Macbeth: (Not the book)
Adams Rubble: we're back to politics?
Agatha Macbeth: Religion ;-)
Riddle Sideways: or Bill Zebub. host of a radio show on WFMU. oh dear Death Metal
Agatha Macbeth: Darth Metal
Agatha Macbeth: I will bang my head my Master
Riddle Sideways: Dear gentle reader, do not google this. the images are scary
Riddle Sideways: [07:51] Adael: OK
Riddle Sideways: so much still don't know about RL ㋡
Agatha Macbeth: It's a mystery
Riddle Sideways: Iris DeMent "I choose to let the mystery be"
   --BELL--

Agatha Macbeth: Hope Fael is doing well these days
Agatha Macbeth: Such a nice person
Riddle Sideways: Yes. We had so many nice people
Agatha Macbeth: Quite a few yes
Riddle Sideways: Where have all the nice people gone, long time passing
Adams Rubble: Fael was generouse with her time and skills
Agatha Macbeth: We're still here :)
Adams Rubble: I'm not dead yet
Riddle Sideways: thwack

Adams Rubble: but I do have to go. Thank you both for being here today
Agatha Macbeth: TC Adams
Adams Rubble: have a nice day and week
Riddle Sideways: be well and take care
Riddle Sideways: by All
Adams Rubble waves bye
Agatha Macbeth: A bientot
Riddle Sideways: bientot?