Monday, December 19, 2016

Baby its cold outside ... as the song goes and it sure is!  I don't think I have seen the temperatures drop to close to 30 before but they have!  Now if we can just get some rain, maybe it could be snow?  That would be a first, for me anyway.  Have had hail before but that was decades ago.  The mountains could use some snow which will be some water for us later.  But I am not sure how people here would react if it did snow!  Traffic would become an utter halt and others would simply freak out.  Snow chains are not readily sold stores around here so that would be interesting.  I bet a lot would get them because that is all they know about when it snows, chains on tires.  But what they fail to realize is that snow melts to make water and if it just covers the ground, chains may not be necessary.  Sure icing can happen but we don't even have any snow yet!  A step at a time I guess.

 Weekly Update:
The week before Christmas and the drivers are out in force ... crazy!  I have seen so many insane people just simply not paying attention.  Over 5 red lights ran, speeding through to beat a red light, cutting people off on the street both cars and pedestrians.  It is simply not safe out there! Take your time and relax folks.  I don't think the first item on your holiday list is to get a ticket or deal with auto insurance because of a fender bender that could have been avoided.  I mean just an extra minute or maybe just 30 seconds can be a huge difference from getting to your destinations safely or simply not at all.  Slow down, look around you and hey, remember what the season is all about ... some kindness and courtesy.

 At the movies:
No surprise this weekend as the off-shoot story of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes #1 with a hefty 155 million to open.  A bit low from expectations but solid word-of-mouth that should carry it to over 500 mil domestic cume when it is all said and done.  Holding ground at #2 is "Moana" with an extra 11.7 mil and crawling to reach 200 mil but should get it eventually.  Holding at #3 is "Office Christmas Party" with another 8.5 mil and this party should be ending soon.  New at #4 is Collateral Beauty with 7 mil to open and well below expectations.  The counter-programming didn't work for this one.  Rounding off the top 5 is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" with 5 mil more and breaking the 200 mil mark domestic.

 Quote of the week:
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens

 Facts & Tips:
A tankless water heater uses half the energy of a standard model.

 "Well, it was a great twelve minutes." - Marieh Delfino as Rhonda Truitt in "Jeepers Creepers II."

posted by McDuck @ 05:37

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