wind and stuff

[cellio]

Impressive winds last night. At one point I woke up to the sound of the metal cover in the (decorative) fireplace in the bedroom rattling around. In other words, wind was coming down the chimney with enough force to do that. I've never heard that sound in my bedroom before.

Note to future self: when you buy your next car, make sure it weighs as much as your current one. (They make 'em out of plastic now, so it might not.) This morning's winds were still strong enough to push my car around. (Low-profile, but small.) And wow -- hail! In November! Little hailstones, but hail nonetheless. It was kind of neat, from an indoor vantage point.

This morning at services a couple of the guys asked me when I'm going to lead the service. I said I need to learn the service better (that is, the chazan's part), and that I'd actually tried to buy a copy of the siddur but Pinsker's doesn't carry it. So Joe told me to borrow one; I was concerned that they didn't have enough to lend one out, so he picked one up, turned to the "donor" plate in the front that has his name on it, and said it was ok. Gee, I guess they're serious. :-)

A bug in our infrastructure code is preventing me from effectively debugging my application. The relevant developer should appear any moment now with a workaround. I hope.

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[rani23.livejournal.com]

This morning's winds were still strong enough to push my car around. (Low-profile, but small.)

My dad used to put bags of cement and sand in the back of our van to weigh down the back end. Adding some weight into your trunk may not help your gas mileage but it may keep you from being blown around so much.

[anisodragnfly.livejournal.com]

there's a ramble in Cobweb by Stephen Bury (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553378287/qid=1068756180/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-2046852-8260841?v=glance&s=books) (the pseudonym for Neal Stephenson writing with his uncle) about the throw weight of cars. it's pretty funny. if i think of it and can find it when i get home, i'll post it.

[cellio]

A bug in our infrastructure code is preventing me from effectively debugging my application. The relevant developer should appear any moment now with a workaround. I hope.

This happened about 30 seconds after I posted this. Now that's timing!

Having just bought my next car... :D

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

It's not something I'm going to worry about soon. I plan on spending the next year remodeling the old Buffalo house for sale, so I got a pick-up truck. A monster pick-up truck. Extended cab, full bed. We're calling it Clifford 'cause he's big and he's red. :D If the wind blows *me* around, the rest of you are all in deep, deep trouble! :D

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

We had wind advisories down here last night and the night before. It was very windy last night. I guess it was the cold front coming in. Yesterday felt like a warm spring day. Today is back to fall.