Nancy wrote --

For the last five days its rained and stormed late afternoon/early evening.

Wow... what marvelously consistent weather....! ;) Did things heat up
with the rain...?

CO was pleasantly warm, in the 80s.
NM was a tad warmer.
TX was in the triple digits, but I loved it.
It got a little warmer for me when I wandered into Mexico without a
passport, but talked my way of that.

Was TX any different from CO and NM....?

Palm trees. Palm trees everywhere!

I trust that you are still having a fabulous time.... :)

If not for traffic here and there.
Leaving Langtry, TX (home of Judge Roy Bean: the law west of the Pecos)
I manged to slip off the shoulder somehow, which was about four inches
lower than the pavement and busted a tyre. (I mentioned that to others
in Del Rio and they all seemed to know exactly where it happened).
Used that simple small spare and limped into Del Rio, a scheduled stop anyway. The rental switched me to another car, and found this has a slow
leak in the right rear. I've been driving (off and on) over 50 years and
have more problems with tyres this trip than all that time before combined.
The other day I was in Houston and caught in the morning rush. Six
lanes, going the speed limit of 75, being passed by everyone... I somehow
got in a line for an exit and wound up downtown. Traffic there was
peaceful with a top speed of 35, more to my liking. Then found I was
only a couple of blocks from the road I wanted.
Texas interstates have a crazy system. The enter and exit lanes
almost seem to run into one another with only a short distance from an
entry to an exit. By the time you pull over to let someone on you're at
your exit and have to zip over again. I think is this is what helps
makes interstate drivers crazy.
(I also have trouble with someone on my side where I want to turn, get on/off, etc. There is always someone there. I could be in the middle of
the desert at 2 a.m. and not another car for 50 miles until I want to
turn and that's when someone will be right beside me. And don't get me
started on tailgaters. I'll have someone right on my tail for miles and
miles when they have all sorts of opportunities to pass me. One day I
had a big black semi on my tail for miles, I could count the fins on his radiator, and thoughts of the old movie Duel came to mind. )
Stopped for air in some small TX town and after paying $1.50 for air
saw an Enterprise sign with the building tucked behind another and with
one ways streets, do not enter, etc it was tough getting there. I have
to travel about two miles to get to a building that was a block away. I
was told in essence to keep filling the tyre till I got to a larger town.
Yesterday in Alexandria, LA I was checking Google maps for the
direction to the Kent Plantation I wanted to visit and there was a
Enterprise place "not far away". Never did find it. I crossed the Red
River three times, up this road, down that one and finally gave up.
The low tyre pressure light came on yesterday and I am determined this morning to find the one here in El Dorado, if I have to drive in with it completely flat. :)
Joe
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Joe,

TX was in the triple digits, but I loved it.

You can take the hot weather.

It got a little warmer for me when I wandered into Mexico without a
passport, but talked my way of that.

You are one heck of a negotiator. :P

Leaving Langtry, TX (home of Judge Roy Bean: the law west of the Pecos)
I manged to slip off the shoulder somehow, which was about four inches JM>lower than the pavement and busted a tyre. (I mentioned that to others JM>in Del Rio and they all seemed to know exactly where it happened).

Passed by that area on Amtrak's Sunset Limited one year, on a trip to
the west coast.

Texas interstates have a crazy system. The enter and exit lanes
almost seem to run into one another with only a short distance from an JM>entry to an exit. By the time you pull over to let someone on you're at JM>your exit and have to zip over again. I think is this is what helps JM>makes interstate drivers crazy.

It's the same in other states.

The low tyre pressure light came on yesterday and I am determined this
morning to find the one here in El Dorado, if I have to drive in with it JM>completely flat. :)

I'm reminded of the picture where the woman thought the tire pressure
gage was actually a funky "crack pipe". :P

Daryl

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-13-19 07:32 <=-

For the last five days its rained and stormed late afternoon/early evening.

Wow... what marvelously consistent weather....! ;) Did things heat up
with the rain...?

CO was pleasantly warm, in the 80s.
NM was a tad warmer.
TX was in the triple digits, but I loved it.

Must have been a relatively dry heat in TX, then...? Not sure that I
would have been very pleased with that sort of heat even so...

It got a little warmer for me when I wandered into Mexico without a passport, but talked my way of that.

A different sort of warm... glad you're a facile talker... ;)

Was TX any different from CO and NM....?

Palm trees. Palm trees everywhere!

Never thought of palm trees being in TX... always thought of then being
more CA.... :)

I trust that you are still having a fabulous time.... :)

If not for traffic here and there.

Gotta take the bad with the good, I guess... ;)

Leaving Langtry, TX (home of Judge Roy Bean: the law west of the
Pecos) I manged to slip off the shoulder somehow, which was about four inches lower than the pavement and busted a tyre. (I mentioned that to others in Del Rio and they all seemed to know exactly where it
happened). Used that simple small spare and limped into Del Rio, a scheduled stop anyway. The rental switched me to another car, and

Hmmm... wonder why they've not fixed a notorious road problem by now...

found this has a slow leak in the right rear. I've been driving (off
and on) over 50 years and have more problems with tyres this trip than
all that time before combined.

Just your luck, I guess.... ;)

The other day I was in Houston and caught in the morning rush. Six
lanes, going the speed limit of 75, being passed by everyone... I
somehow got in a line for an exit and wound up downtown. Traffic
there was peaceful with a top speed of 35, more to my liking. Then
found I was only a couple of blocks from the road I wanted.

How did you end up on the expressway (I'd guess a beltway of some sort?)
in the first place...? A map of Houston would probably have helped you
avoid some of that.... or were you following someone else's directions there....?

Texas interstates have a crazy system. The enter and
exit lanes almost seem to run into one another with only a short
distance from an entry to an exit. By the time you pull over to let someone on you're at your exit and have to zip over again. I think
this is what helps make interstate drivers crazy.

If I know that I'll be exiting at the next exit, I'll not move out of
that lane, just let the other driver merge in if possible, by slowing a
little, perhaps.... :)

(I also have trouble with someone on my side where I want to turn,
get on/off, etc. There is always someone there. I could be in the
middle of the desert at 2 a.m. and not another car for 50 miles until I want to turn and that's when someone will be right beside me.

As I said, you really need to get Murphy replaced from riding on your
car... your guardian angel would be a better bet... :)

And don't get me started on tailgaters. I'll have someone right on my tail for miles and miles when they have all sorts of opportunities to
pass me. One day I had a big black semi on my tail for miles, I could count the fins on his radiator, and thoughts of the old movie Duel
came to mind.

I can imagine.... What can be about as bad is the car that comes up
behind you, zips past you, and then forgets where the accelerator pedal
is.... making you wish that there was a proper passing zone there, which
there rarely is.... ;0

Stopped for air in some small TX town and after paying $1.50
for air saw an Enterprise sign with the building tucked behind another
and with one ways streets, do not enter, etc it was tough getting
there. I have to travel about two miles to get to a building that was
a block away. I was told in essence to keep filling the tyre till I
got to a larger town. Yesterday in Alexandria, LA I was checking
Google maps for the direction to the Kent Plantation I wanted to visit
and there was a Enterprise place "not far away". Never did find it.

They're all mirages, ya know....

I crossed the Red River three times, up this road, down that one and finally gave up. The low tyre pressure light came on yesterday and I
am determined this morning to find the one here in El Dorado, if I have
to drive in with it completely flat. :)

And did you ever manage to track it down...?

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

Must have been a relatively dry heat in TX, then...? Not sure that I
would have been very pleased with that sort of heat even so...

I don't mind heat.
I absolutely hate cold weather.
And I don't use a/c in the car. Its open windows for me.
The only time the a/c was ever on in either car was when I picked it up.
As soon as I got in it went off and the windows went down.

Was TX any different from CO and NM....?

Palm trees. Palm trees everywhere!

Never thought of palm trees being in TX... always thought of then being
more CA.... :)

Palm trees aren't really native to CA, at least around LA.
They are more of a desert plant.

others in Del Rio and they all seemed to know exactly where it happened).

Hmmm... wonder why they've not fixed a notorious road problem by now...

I think repair and tyre shops are in cohorts with the state. :)

The other day I was in Houston and caught in the morning rush. Six

lanes, going the speed limit of 75, being passed by everyone... I

somehow got in a line for an exit and wound up downtown.

How did you end up on the expressway (I'd guess a beltway of some sort?)

I was on state route 59, which merged along with several other highways
on the beltway or whatever.
Texas is really good with signage and painted in the centre of the lane
was whatever route it was. Just stay in that lane, unless you're like me
and manage to get into a line of traffic going elsewhere...

am determined this morning to find the one here in El Dorado, if I have

to drive in with it completely flat. :)

And did you ever manage to track it down...?

Yep, it was right alongside the road I was on.
I was told to take it to a tyre place, have it repaired with the bill
sent to Enterprise.
It was from a nail I picked up at the border. Texas has a lot of
unpaved side roads and I had parked under a tree on one.
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-22-19 08:31 <=-

Must have been a relatively dry heat in TX, then...? Not sure that I
would have been very pleased with that sort of heat even so...

I don't mind heat.
I absolutely hate cold weather.

I don't mind cold weather as much as very hot weather... particularly
with humidity... :) Guess we just are different.... :)

And I don't use a/c in the car. Its open windows for me.
The only time the a/c was ever on in either car was when I picked it
up. As soon as I got in it went off and the windows went down.

I found that I had fewer problems with allergies when I got a car that
had the a/c... but I tend to not turn it all that cold....

Was TX any different from CO and NM....?

Palm trees. Palm trees everywhere!

Never thought of palm trees being in TX... always thought of then being
more CA.... :)

Palm trees aren't really native to CA, at least around LA.
They are more of a desert plant.

True... so that sounds more like NM and AZ....

others in Del Rio and they all seemed to know exactly where it happened).

Hmmm... wonder why they've not fixed a notorious road problem by now...

I think repair and tyre shops are in cohorts with the state. :)

Could be....

The other day I was in Houston and caught in the morning rush. Six lanes, going the speed limit of 75, being passed by everyone... I somehow got in a line for an exit and wound up downtown.

How did you end up on the expressway (I'd guess a beltway of some sort?)

I was on state route 59, which merged along with several other
highways on the beltway or whatever.
Texas is really good with signage and painted in the centre of the
lane was whatever route it was. Just stay in that lane, unless you're like me and manage to get into a line of traffic going elsewhere...

Should have just stayed in the lane, then.... and not worried about the
other drivers... they probably had lots of experience merging into that
lane to get where they were meant to be, so didn't need you to move over
to let them in...

am determined this morning to find the one here in El Dorado, if
I have to drive in with it completely flat. :) >

And did you ever manage to track it down...?

Yep, it was right alongside the road I was on.
I was told to take it to a tyre place, have it repaired with the
bill sent to Enterprise.
It was from a nail I picked up at the border. Texas has a lot of
unpaved side roads and I had parked under a tree on one.

Now you know.... :)

ttyl neb

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06-27-19 20:55 NANCY BACKUS wrote to JOE MACKEY about Re: weather
Howdy! Nancy and Joe,

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-22-19 08:31 <=-

Must have been a relatively dry heat in TX, then...? Not sure that I
would have been very pleased with that sort of heat even so...

I don't mind heat.
I absolutely hate cold weather.

I don't mind cold weather as much as very hot weather... particularly
with humidity... :) Guess we just are different.... :)

And I don't use a/c in the car. Its open windows for me.
The only time the a/c was ever on in either car was when I picked it
up. As soon as I got in it went off and the windows went down.

I found that I had fewer problems with allergies when I got a car that
had the a/c... but I tend to not turn it all that cold....

I keep the windows in the car up, and use Heat or A/C as needed.

BECAUSE

I hate being bothered by Flies. (they are drawn to me)

I panic when a Wasp or Bee gets in the car.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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** 22.06.19 - 08:31, JOE MACKEY wrote to NANCY BACKUS:

I don't mind heat. I absolutely hate cold weather. And I don't use
a/c in the car. Its open windows for me. The only time the a/c was
ever on in either car was when I picked it up. As soon as I got in
it went off and the windows went down.

The road noise doesn't bother you? Anything above 40 mph (and widows
down) can make highway noise annoying - for me anyway. I'd rather be able
to talk normally to my passengers - instead of shouting, and/or listen to
the radio/music without the interferring traffic noise.

But under 40 mph, with windows down - especially in the evening - can be quite nice.

I have also found that with windows down, I end up cleaning the interior
from sand far more frequently than I would like.

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Nancy wrote ---

The road noise doesn't bother you?

Nope.
And with windows down I'm not in some isolated bubble, cutoff from the
sounds and smells around me.

able to talk normally to my passengers - instead of shouting

Since I was alone... :)
The only real problem I had was when the wind would catch a piece of
paper and blow it around the inside. :)
Joe
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Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 06-28-19 11:02 <=-

And I don't use a/c in the car. Its open windows for me.
The only time the a/c was ever on in either car was when I picked it
up. As soon as I got in it went off and the windows went down.

I found that I had fewer problems with allergies when I got a car that
had the a/c... but I tend to not turn it all that cold....

I keep the windows in the car up, and use Heat or A/C as needed.
BECAUSE
I hate being bothered by Flies. (they are drawn to me)
I panic when a Wasp or Bee gets in the car.

I don't generally have issues with insects getting into the car, except
when there are a lot around when the car is still parked.... I don't
panic from them, but I certainly would rather not be having mosquitoes
and black flies inside the car, with their potential of biting me....

ttyl neb

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Ed,

I hate being bothered by Flies. (they are drawn to me)

I panic when a Wasp or Bee gets in the car.

You and I have something else in common...the two noted above, we're
male, and we're hams. Talk about two peas in a pod. :P

Darn!! Now, I'm hungry...but H.A.M. stands for "Have Another Meal",
and you don't call us "late for dinner"...unless we're doing the dishes.

Daryl

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Joe,

I don't mind heat.
I absolutely hate cold weather.
And I don't use a/c in the car. Its open windows for me.

We are opposites on that. I do NOT do well in the heat...came close to
fatal heatstroke a few times over the years...and no, I don't have 9
lives, and I'm not being catty about it. :P

The cold makes the arthritis hurt more, but it means no insects, no
heat illness, and no torndaoes. I keep the windows up to keep unwanted
insects out, and to keep potential carjackers from getting in.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

I don't mind heat.
I absolutely hate cold weather.

We are opposites on that. I do NOT do well in the heat...came close to

fatal heatstroke a few times over the years

Years ago I was working a basketball game. I had been inside for some
time but this night it was zero out (with a -20 wind chill, which the weatherman said it was) and for some reason no outside guys showed up to work. Volunteers were called for and no on
I on a forlorn lot at one gate and another fella at the other gate about
a half block away.
We were not dressed for cold weather: no long johns or other layers,
boots, etc.
We were for a few hours and nearly froze to death. I made an oath,
similar to Scarlet O'Hara who after eating rotten carrots to never go hungry again, that I would never again complain about the heat. Over 25 years later I have kept to that oath. About
When I got home I jumped into a hot bathtub and my toes were blue.
At the next game I told this to other fella I was working with. He was
a very dark complexioned black guy who said his were too. I asked how could
he tell and said to trust him, they were. :)
Joe
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