CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

This past wknd the dew points have been in the 50s and low 60s, but jumped up to the mid 70s this morning.....right now it is 81° with 81% humidity....threatening rain, and aching joints have me sidelined.....the goats are lounging on their deck, the ducks are settled on the hill in their pen, and the chickens are lying in their dusting holes.....so, using GB's standards.....I can take a break too....

 

[AClark]

Yeah it's a bit different than what I"m used to. Monsoons are nothing new to me, but I'm used to the dry heat the rest of the time. The humidity is a killer, I find that I overheat 10x faster. In TX, I had no problem going out to work in 105 degree (dry) heat, but here, it hits 100 and I'm getting dizzy from it and pouring sweat.

I imagine I will get used to it, I don't think I've acclimated yet.

I've been indoors today, it's threatening to rain, not very hot, but super humid. I'm talking to my insurance, we had a snag with the trailer being towed when the other truck broke down and apparently, you can insure a trailer? That's a first for me because when I called them and asked before we moved how my trailer is covered if we're in an accident, they said it was covered under the trucks policy (full coverage) but when the truck broke down and the whole rig needed to be towed, they suggested we drop the trailer to tow the truck to the shop. I told them they were on crack if they thought I was going to leave my big stock trailer on the side of the road because it wouldn't be there after dark. They did end up towing the whole rig with a semi-wrecker, but we had to pay the difference. The shop had pity on us and only charged $1 per mile, so $85.

Moral of that story, don't break down in BFE Texas lol.

 

[Bruce]

Many of us "southerners" here can identify with the humidity issue!

Especially the NEW southerners!

 

[AClark]

I don't know how I qualify. I mean, I'm from Arizona, that is definitely the "south", you can't get much further south than where I grew up, literally almost on the border. But the weather is very different. Most families in AZ migrated from Texas/Oklahoma/Arkansas. Mine came from AR and TN out to AZ, actually I'm a first generation Arizonan, lol.

Oklahoma is a lot like home, the people are the same, it's very comforting. When we lived in NY I was out of my element. Nothing against NY'ers, DH is from NY, but geez, the personality traits are so different it may as well be another country. Nobody BS'es with the cashier at the grocery store, or randomly talks to strangers while shopping up there. DH doesn't get it, when we got shopping and people are friendly he is out of his element. I feel at home, the cashier at the feedstore knows me, asks how my critters are doing, I ask them how they've been, talk about the weather, or whatever. DH looks at me like I"ve lost my mind.

 

[Bruce]

The people at the deli in my favorite grocery store (small family owned) know me by name and sight. If their caller ID is working and Sarah answers, she tells me what I want. A couple of the others know but I have to assist some. Yeah I am boringly in a rut.

What part of NY is DH from? Not the "country" part I guess.

 

[AClark]

No he's from the country part, originally from Elizabethtown.

 

[Bruce]

Well that is WAY too far north to be "don't look at or talk to anyone" NYC influenced.

 

[AClark]

Maybe he's just that antisocial, lol. My friend from Long Island likes coming to visit with all the friendly people, she really enjoyed it here.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Just looked that up on the map........that's up there in "No Man's Land".....I never made it that far N in the NE when driving....thank goodness......I went to a couple of mines out there where you are from AC.....

 

[Bruce]

Yeah and you never visited ME either Fred, I'm even farther north.