Spring

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Please send her Colorado's share .... I won't mind. Re: [ ] Spring DH I think we need some of those bats down here in Louisiana..I think the mosquitoes may have knocked out our bat population...LOL

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Well, bats are a little quieter than bug zappers.. They can be annoying though, although their radar is pretty good they swoop by pretty close to you. We get large groups of them on the lakes sometimes at dusk and it's really fun to get a couple of girls out in the boat. My brother and I and our ex-wives (family tradition) were out fishing and it was kind of funny when we got to the shore they both leaped out of the boat and ran like the dickens back to our campsite... -dz-

WILLIAM A WALTKE <kbwaltke@...> wrote:

Flying Rodents.. oh my... I'd soon as trust a bug zapper but

if one should appear.... I will try to remember just to leave it

be and respect its place in nature.

Re: [ ] Spring

And the bats in Texas carry rabies. But some peopleput up houses to attract them as nature's bug zappers.I find them a bit creepy but if they leave me alone,I'll leave them alone. Sharon__________________________________________________

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Let me get this straight you plan to provide housing to encourage said bat to stay? Shiver. [ ] Spring Hi everyone It's real warm out, the peepers are peeping and my bat friends are flying over the garden catching bugs, I started up my little water garden waterfall tonight - and I'm happy

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I must say I have honestly never seen a real live bat and if I have I don't think I knew it. Oh my I'd run like the dickens if I saw one and I wouldn't come out of that camper for week. LOL Re: [ ] Spring And the bats in Texas carry rabies. But some peopleput up houses to attract them as nature's bug zappers.I find them a bit creepy but if they leave me alone,I'll leave them alone. Sharon__________________________________________________

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I'm ok Jan, thanks for asking.

Dennis

Re: [ ] Spring

Morning Dennis..How R U today??

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You got it. :-)

Re: [ ] Spring

No - they are not rodents and they do not get in your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;cribe from this group, send an email to: -unsubscribe

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You might be right. I spent some time in South Carolina.

Re: [ ] Spring

DH I think we need some of those bats down here in Louisiana..I think the mosquitoes may have knocked out our bat population...LOL

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Thud! Re: [ ] Spring No - they are not rodents and they do not get in your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;cribe from this group, send an email to: -unsubscribe

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You all are making jealous----- talking about

heat pumps & AC's ... All week long I've been feeding the woodstove!!

Ken cuts the wood on w/e's & I burn it during the week........ it's

been chilly enuff here to have the woodstove going 14 hours a days!!

& yes we have electric heat but I'm too cheap to turn it on- why pay

for electricity when you don't have to!??? Most of the peopkle up

here who use electric or gas heat are paying thru the nose for it on average

$300-400 -- a month..Gas rates are bad enough up here....Reg gas for $1.60

= per gal!!!!!! We don't even own an A/C----fans work real well to

circulate the air... Our house is partially underground & has very

good insulation.

Our bills for elect/ is about $75. monthly....

use to be more when we had the hot tub turned on...but the heating element

went out on it --- & Ken hasn't had the time to fix it...... so it's

hot baths for me..... Showers in the summer months,

which we only have 3 mos. of nice weather(which

I hate) I grew up in So Calif. & it hardly ever rains down there.......

but like I said before I DO like the rivers & trees, etc. Down

there it was sand & sage brush<g>

arlene

Welcome to all you newcomers -- hope

you'll like us & stay !!!!!1

Terry Long wrote:

first thing as I told our kids when they were growing

up, The only dumb question is the one you know the answear to. A heat pump

pull's the heat out of the ground to heat your house in the winter. It

is also used to cool your house in the sumer. These were also used in the

mid-west back in the 1970-1980's. But didn't work that well.

Terry

WILLIAM A WALTKE <kbwaltke@...> wrote:

Terry

can I ask you a dumb question what is a heat pump and why would people

in AZneed one? As you know I have friends out near you, and they

are getting a new oneand I just don't want to appear ignorant when i write

her back. Even though I am.

Re: [ ]

Spring

Dz after work last night, I had the AC on driving home.

Yesterday our high was in the 90's.

Terry

imaganeer <imaganeer@...> wrote:

I

got into my car after work last night, and for the first time this year,

it was a bit warm. I was tempted to open the window, but didn't go that

far yet.... -dz-

Dennis <dhuber@...> wrote:

Hi

everyone It's real warm out, the peepers are

peeping and my bat friends are flying over the garden catching bugs, I

started up my little water garden waterfall tonight - and I'm happy. Dennis

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Fluffy I'm with you in the back row on the bat issue!!!

[Guest guest]

We have fruit bats up here....they are very colorful..some really pretty

colors..

ace

Sharon Zeis wrote:

> And the bats in Texas carry rabies. But some people

> put up houses to attract them as nature's bug zappers.

> I find them a bit creepy but if they leave me alone,

> I'll leave them alone.

>

> Sharon

>

> __________________________________________________

>

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Alrighty then colorful pretty bats is it now. Ok.... Fluffy.... Re: [ ] Spring We have fruit bats up here....they are very colorful..some really prettycolors..aceSharon Zeis wrote:> And the bats in Texas carry rabies. But some people> put up houses to attract them as nature's bug zappers.> I find them a bit creepy but if they leave me alone,> I'll leave them alone.>> Sharon>> __________________________________________________>

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They're pretty harmless creatures. Their radar is pretty good, although I remember one time my brother and I were fishing right by a bridge where the highway was going over and there were lots of bats. One of them flew right into his head. I don't know if the bridge confused his radar or what, but it was pretty funny, at least from my perspective. I don't think my brother laughed as heartily as I did... -dz-

Dennis <dhuber@...> wrote:

You got it. :-)

Re: [ ] Spring

No - they are not rodents and they do not get in your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;cribe from this group, send an email to: -unsubscribe

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Now that's one I haven't heard before. I never saw a bat other than black or at least very dark. Tell me more about fruit bats.. Where are you located again? -dz-

ACE <arken@...> wrote: We have fruit bats up here....they are very colorful..some really prettycolors..ace

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Arlene, I would trade you anytime. 90'S in April sounds nice if your burning wood to keep warm, But in another 3 month's we will have our high's of 115 to 120 range.

Terry

ACE <arken@...> wrote: You all are making jealous----- talking about heat pumps & AC's ... Allweek long I've been feeding the woodstove!! Ken cuts the wood on w/e's & I burn it during the week........ it's been chilly enuff here to havethe woodstove going 14 hours a days!! & yes we have electric heat butI'm too cheap to turn it on- why pay for electricity when you don't haveto!??? Most of the peopkle up here who use electric or gas heat arepaying thru the nose for it on average $300-400 -- a month..Gas ratesare bad enough up here....Reg gas for $1.60 = per gal!!!!!! We don'teven own an A/C----fans work real well to circulate the air... Our houseis partially underground & has very good insulation.Our bills for elect/ is about $75. monthly.... use to be more when wehad the hot tub turned on...but the heating element went out on it --- & Ken hasn't had the time to fix it...... so it's hot baths for me.....Showers in the summer months,which we only have 3 mos. of nice weather(which I hate) I grew up in SoCalif. & it hardly ever rains down there....... but like I said before IDO like the rivers & trees, etc. Down there it was sand & sage brusharleneWelcome to all you newcomers -- hope you'll like us & stay !!!!!1Terry Long wrote:>>> first thing as I told our kids when they were growing up, The> only dumb question is the one you know the answear to. A heat pump> pull's the heat out of the ground to heat your house in the winter. It> is also used to cool your house in the sumer. These were also used in> the mid-west back in the 1970-1980's. But didn't work that well.>> Terry>> WILLIAM A WALTKE wrote:>> Terry can I ask you a dumb question what is a heat pump and> why would people in AZneed one? As you know I have friends> out near you, and they are getting a new oneand I just don't> want to appear ignorant when i write her back. Even though> I am.>> Re: [ ] Spring> Dz after work last night, I had the AC on> driving home. Yesterday our high was in the 90's.>> Terry>> imaganeer wrote:>> I got into my car after work last night,> and for the first time this year, it was> a bit warm. I was tempted to open the> window, but didn't go that far yet....> -dz->> Dennis wrote:>> Hi everyone It's real warm> out, the peepers are peeping> and my bat friends are flying> over the garden catching bugs,> I started up my little water> garden waterfall tonight - and> I'm happy. Dennis>>

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Yeah, my electric bill runs around $300 in the summer

and its still hot in the house. But I still LOVE the

winters.

Sharon

--- Terry Long <pawpawto3@...> wrote:

>

> Arlene, I would trade you anytime. 90'S in April

> sounds nice if your burning wood to keep warm, But

> in another 3 month's we will have our high's of 115

> to 120 range.

> Terry

> ACE <arken@...> wrote: You all are

> making jealous----- talking about heat pumps & AC's

> ... All

> week long I've been feeding the woodstove!! Ken cuts

> the wood on w/e's

> & I burn it during the week........ it's been chilly

> enuff here to have

> the woodstove going 14 hours a days!! & yes we have

> electric heat but

> I'm too cheap to turn it on- why pay for electricity

> when you don't have

> to!??? Most of the peopkle up here who use electric

> or gas heat are

> paying thru the nose for it on average $300-400 -- a

> month..Gas rates

> are bad enough up here....Reg gas for $1.60 = per

> gal!!!!!! We don't

> even own an A/C----fans work real well to circulate

> the air... Our house

> is partially underground & has very good insulation.

> Our bills for elect/ is about $75. monthly.... use

> to be more when we

> had the hot tub turned on...but the heating element

> went out on it --- &

> Ken hasn't had the time to fix it...... so it's hot

> baths for me.....

> Showers in the summer months,

> which we only have 3 mos. of nice weather(which I

> hate) I grew up in So

> Calif. & it hardly ever rains down there....... but

> like I said before I

> DO like the rivers & trees, etc. Down there it was

> sand & sage brush

>

> arlene

> Welcome to all you newcomers -- hope you'll like us

> & stay !!!!!1

>

> Terry Long wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > first thing as I told our kids when they

> were growing up, The

> > only dumb question is the one you know the answear

> to. A heat pump

> > pull's the heat out of the ground to heat your

> house in the winter. It

> > is also used to cool your house in the sumer.

> These were also used in

> > the mid-west back in the 1970-1980's. But didn't

> work that well.

> >

> > Terry

> >

> > WILLIAM A WALTKE wrote:

> >

> > Terry can I ask you a dumb question what is a heat

> pump and

> > why would people in AZneed one? As you know I have

> friends

> > out near you, and they are getting a new oneand I

> just don't

> > want to appear ignorant when i write her back.

> Even though

> > I am.

> >

> > Re: [ ] Spring

> > Dz after work last night, I had the AC on

> > driving home. Yesterday our high was in the 90's.

> >

> > Terry

> >

> > imaganeer wrote:

> >

> > I got into my car after work last night,

> > and for the first time this year, it was

> > a bit warm. I was tempted to open the

> > window, but didn't go that far yet....

> > -dz-

> >

> > Dennis wrote:

> >

> > Hi everyone It's real warm

> > out, the peepers are peeping

> > and my bat friends are flying

> > over the garden catching bugs,

> > I started up my little water

> > garden waterfall tonight - and

> > I'm happy. Dennis

> >

> >

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Well let me tell you they let a bat loose in here I m hiding out in the Belfry... meet me there. LOL Kare Re: [ ] Spring Fluffy I'm with you in the back row on the bat issue!!!

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Harmless is a relative term once one has discounted such maladies as heartattacks strokes fit of vapors. Fluffy Re: [ ] Spring No - they are not rodents and they do not get in your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;cribe from this group, send an email to: -unsubscribe

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And rabies.

Sharon

--- WILLIAM A WALTKE <kbwaltke@...> wrote:

> Harmless is a relative term once one has discounted

> such maladies as heartattacks strokes fit of vapors.

> Fluffy

>

> Re: [ ] Spring

>

> No - they are not rodents and they do not get in

> your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat

> hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us

> folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px;

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> email to:

> -unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

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Yes that too!! Re: [ ] Spring> > No - they are not rodents and they do not get in> your hair. And yes they are friends. They eat> hundreds of bugs and mosquitoes every night and us> folks up here love anything that eIN-RIGHT: 0px;> PADDING-LEFT: 5px;cribe from this group, send an> email to:> -unsubscribe > > > >

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dz----I'd never heard of fruit bats either til we moved into this one house

& it had a small barn - more like stalls for horses & the doors(outside)

had been open for quite some time & when we closed clinging to the

back of doors were a couple of these colorful bats - you didn't couln't

see the their colors til they let loose & flew off in search of the

dark again.....these things scared me to death as they were quite large-

& Ken told me not to worry as they were just fruit bats.....they were

the size of a bird & their underneath were a bright gold-orange-red

color......Ken said they're quite common here in the NW....We live in NW

Oregon not far from WA.....btw- we also discovered or should I say uncovered

a bunch of bats in the attic of the house----these were the common dk gray-black

type.... We found them when we cut a hole in attic & were putting in

a stairway-so we could put in flooring for another room.... these startled

me too as they're so quick & darting...it took them sometime(seemed

like a long time to me) to find the door out of the house

arlene

imaganeer wrote:

Now that's one I haven't heard before. I never saw a bat other than

black or at least very dark. Tell me more about fruit bats.. Where are

you located again? -dz-

ACE <arken@...> wrote:

We

have fruit bats up here....they are very colorful..some really pretty

colors..

ace

[Guest guest]

my Mom & Dad used to live in the foothills just out of Yuma.....When

Dad got sick & Mom had other problems(she'd falled down & broken

her hip) & laid out in the sun--this was in Aug....My brother couldn't

be bothered(his excuse= he was wrking) he lived about 70 miles or so from

them in CA I had just happened to call down to talk with Mom &

noticed she had a weird edge in her voice -so I asked what the problem

was & she told me your dad isn't feeling-never said anything about

her ordeal......I called my brother(waste of time) & only got the answering

machine- he was out of town(but not in AZ) So I caught the next flight

I could get out of Portland---I couldn't get a flight til mid-day the next

day.....Well up here the high temp was 59 when I got to San Diego

to rent a car for the trip to Yuma..it was a warm & windy 85(the Santa

Anas were there--high windy conditions for those of you who don't know

what a Santa Ana condition is) By the time I arrived in Yuma it was

118..... But it sure felt good to me!! I was down there for about

3-4 wks until I could make arrangements to place Dad in a Care Center(he'd

had a heart attack the night before I left) & it pretty much

crippled him up......most of the time his brain wouldn't function.

But he did manage to talk with me before I left. I had to feed him

when I'd go to visit....he was refusing food from everyone else!

My brother visited him once & wouldn't get near him let alone hold

his head up(Dad's) to feed him.

this jerk of brother also deserted my Mom(sent her up here) She

had quite a few strokes-- but she lived with us for over 2 years.....til

she had one too many strokes & had to be placed in a Care Center.......my

brother's reasoning for doing this to his parents --he is scared of death......he

probably should be as he's sure to go to hell

To me I have no brother!! Him I cannot forgive!!!! Sorry-

that's it!!

arlene

Terry Long wrote:

Arlene, I would trade you anytime. 90'S in April sounds

nice if your burning wood to keep warm, But in another 3 month's we will

have our high's of 115 to 120 range.

Terry

ACE <arken@...> wrote:

You

all are making jealous----- talking about heat pumps & AC's ... All

week long I've been feeding the woodstove!! Ken cuts the wood on w/e's

& I burn it during the week........ it's been chilly enuff here

to have

the woodstove going 14 hours a days!! & yes we have electric heat

but

I'm too cheap to turn it on- why pay for electricity when you don't

have

to!??? Most of the peopkle up here who use electric or gas heat are

paying thru the nose for it on average $300-400 -- a month..Gas rates

are bad enough up here....Reg gas for $1.60 = per gal!!!!!! We don't

even own an A/C----fans work real well to circulate the air... Our

house

is partially underground & has very good insulation.

Our bills for elect/ is about $75. monthly.... use to be more when

we

had the hot tub turned on...but the heating element went out on it

--- &

Ken hasn't had the time to fix it...... so it's hot baths for me.....

Showers in the summer months,

which we only have 3 mos. of nice weather(which I hate) I grew up in

So

Calif. & it hardly ever rains down there....... but like I said

before I

DO like the rivers & trees, etc. Down there it was sand & sage

brush

arlene

Welcome to all you newcomers -- hope you'll like us & stay !!!!!1

Terry Long wrote:

>

>

> first thing as I told our kids when they were growing up, The

> only dumb question is the one you know the answear to. A heat pump

> pull's the heat out of the ground to heat your house in the winter.

It

> is also used to cool your house in the sumer. These were also used

in

> the mid-west back in the 1970-1980's. But didn't work that well.

>

> Terry

>

> WILLIAM A WALTKE wrote:

>

> Terry can I ask you a dumb question what is a heat pump and

> why would people in AZneed one? As you know I have friends

> out near you, and they are getting a new oneand I just don't

> want to appear ignorant when i write her back. Even though

> I am.

>

> Re: [ ] Spring

> Dz after work last night, I had the AC on

> driving home. Yesterday our high was in the 90's.

>

> Terry

>

> imaganeer wrote:

>

> I got into my car after work last night,

> and for the first time this year, it was

> a bit warm. I was tempted to open the

> window, but didn't go that far yet....

> -dz-

>

> Dennis wrote:

>

> Hi everyone It's real warm

> out, the peepers are peeping

> and my bat friends are flying

> over the garden catching bugs,

> I started up my little water

> garden waterfall tonight - and

> I'm happy. Dennis

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can't believe anyone could treat their parents that way.... They were so blessed to have you there for them. Hugs Re: [ ] Spring > Dz after work last night, I had the AC on > driving home. Yesterday our high was in the 90's. > > Terry > > imaganeer wrote: > > I got into my car after work last night, > and for the first time this year, it was > a bit warm. I was tempted to open the > window, but didn't go that far yet.... > -dz- > > Dennis wrote: > > Hi everyone It's real warm > out, the peepers are peeping > and my bat friends are flying > over the garden catching bugs, > I started up my little water > garden waterfall tonight - and > I'm happy. Dennis > >

[Guest guest]

Isn't that sad when people don't even care about their own family? I know my brother's step children have not seen their dad in years. He didn't come to his son's graduation. I met a couple of the aunts and uncles who showed up, they're embarrassed about their own brother as well. I was in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago to see them and I guess their grandma had died, they had just had the funeral. My sister-in-law told me her ex didn't show up for his own mother's funeral. He lives right in town. I feel mostly for my niece and nephew, it must be hurtful to think your own father doesn't care about you. We have accepted them into our family as our own , my brother has been with them since the kids were 3 and 6. They're 19 and 16 now. -dz-

ACE <arken@...> wrote: my Mom & Dad used to live in the foothills just out of Yuma.....When Dadgot sick & Mom had other problems(she'd falled down & broken her hip) & laid out in the sun--this was in Aug....My brother couldn't bebothered(his excuse= he was wrking) he lived about 70 miles or so fromthem in CA I had just happened to call down to talk with Mom & noticedshe had a weird edge in her voice -so I asked what the problem was & shetold me your dad isn't feeling-never said anything about herordeal......I called my brother(waste of time) & only got the answeringmachine- he was out of town(but not in AZ) So I caught the next flightI could get out of Portland---I couldn't get a flight til mid-day thenext day.....Well up here the high temp was 59 when I got to San Diegoto rent a car for the trip to Yuma..it was a warm & windy 85(the SantaAnas were there--high windy conditions for those of you who don't knowwhat a Santa Ana condition is) By the time I arrived in Yuma it was118..... But it sure felt good to me!! I was down there for about 3-4wks until I could make arrangements to place Dad in a Care Center(he'dhad a heart attack the night before I left) & it pretty much crippledhim up......most of the time his brain wouldn't function. But he didmanage to talk with me before I left. I had to feed him when I'd go tovisit....he was refusing food from everyone else! My brother visitedhim once & wouldn't get near him let alone hold his head up(Dad's) tofeed him.this jerk of brother also deserted my Mom(sent her up here) She hadquite a few strokes-- but she lived with us for over 2 years.....til shehad one too many strokes & had to be placed in a Care Center.......mybrother's reasoning for doing this to his parents --he is scared ofdeath......he probably should be as he's sure to go to hellTo me I have no brother!! Him I cannot forgive!!!! Sorry- that's it!!arleneTerry Long wrote:>>> Arlene, I would trade you anytime. 90'S in April sounds nice if> your burning wood to keep warm, But in another 3 month's we will have> our high's of 115 to 120 range.>> Terry>> ACE wrote:>> You all are making jealous----- talking about heat pumps & > AC's ... All> week long I've been feeding the woodstove!! Ken cuts the> wood on w/e's> & I burn it during the week........ it's been chilly enuff> here to have> the woodstove going 14 hours a days!! & yes we have electric> heat but> I'm too cheap to turn it on- why pay for electricity when> you don't have> to!??? Most of the peopkle up here who use electric or gas> heat are> paying thru the nose for it on average $300-400 -- a> month..Gas rates> are bad enough up here....Reg gas for $1.60 = per gal!!!!!!> We don't> even own an A/C----fans work real well to circulate the> air... Our house> is partially underground & has very good insulation.> Our bills for elect/ is about $75. monthly.... use to be> more when we> had the hot tub turned on...but the heating element went out> on it --- & > Ken hasn't had the time to fix it...... so it's hot baths> for me.....> Showers in the summer months,> which we only have 3 mos. of nice weather(which I ) I> grew up in So> Calif. & it hardly ever rains down there....... but like I> said before I> DO like the rivers & trees, etc. Down there it was sand & > sage brush>> arlene> Welcome to all you newcomers -- hope you'll like us & stay> !!!!!1>> Terry Long wrote:>> >> >> > first thing as I told our kids when they were> growing up, The> > only dumb question is the one you know the answear to. A> heat pump> > pull's the heat out of the ground to heat your house in> the winter. It> > is also used to cool your house in the sumer. These were> also used in> > the mid-west back in the 1970-1980's. But didn't work that> well.> >> > Terry> >> > WILLIAM A WALTKE wrote:> >> > Terry can I ask you a dumb question what is a heat pump> and> > why would people in AZneed one? As you know I have friends>> > out near you, and they are getting a new oneand I just> don't> > want to appear ignorant when i write her back. Even though>> > I am.> >> > Re: [ ] Spring> > Dz after work last night, I had the AC on> > driving home. Yesterday our high was in the 90's.> >> > Terry> >> > imaganeer wrote:> >> > I got into my car after work last night,> > and for the first time this year, it was> > a bit warm. I was tempted to open the> > window, but didn't go that far yet....> > -dz-> >> > Dennis wrote:> >> > Hi everyone It's real warm> > out, the peepers are peeping> > and my bat friends are flying> > over the garden catching bugs,> > I started up my little water> > garden waterfall tonight - and> > I'm happy. Dennis> >> >

[Guest guest]

Me Too !!! We are heading towards the 70's come Monday !!! Yippee !

Love ya

Helen

Spring has sprung. It is warm during the day and cool

at night. I like the longer days!!

((((((( RAINBOW HUGS )))))))

LOVE

Helen

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Do you run through each day on the fly?

When you ask "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,

do you lie in your bed

with the next hundred chores

running through your head?

Ever told your child,

"We'll do it tomorrow."

And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch?

Let a good friendship die?

Just call to say "Hi"?

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away...

Life is not a race.

Take it slower.

Hear the music

before the song is over.