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Was foggy & wet at midnight. Visibility was about 100 yards at best.
Sleeping in.
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PigSquealer said:
Was foggy & wet at midnight. Visibility was about 100 yards at best. Sleeping in.
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You had good visibility. When we were living in SoCal in the '80s, had London-like fog roll in from the ocean around New Year. At 1:00 am, traffic was so busy on the 91 and 405 that it cut a tunnel through the fog, but visibility was still poor, maybe 100 yards like you say, cars at 65 - 75 MPH (107 - 123 KMH). Then took an exit. Streets in Lakewood were so fogged over, visibility was less than 30 meters! Traveling on the 4 lane boulevard at less than 25 MPH (40 KMH), cars were flying by me! That last 4 mile trek home was indeed spooky! 😛

People where you're at don't know how to slow down. (In a Usenet motorcycle forum back then, someone mentioned about breathing asbestos laden dust from cars braking. Another retorted, "People in SoCal don't use brakes!" 😱)

Today was partly cloudy, morning 30°F (-1°C), afternoon 42°F (6°F), we went shopping at the mall then grocery store (senior's discount 1st Wednesday of the month).

Will warm to 70°F (21°C) by Saturday, then dip to 35°|21°F (2°|-6°C) with snow by Tuesday. New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. If you don't like the weather, wait a couple days. 🙂

Happy New Year, all!
 
Ghr9204 said:
You had good visibility. When we were living in SoCal in the '80s, had London-like fog roll in from the ocean around New Year. At 1:00 am, traffic was so busy on the 91 and 405 that it cut a tunnel through the fog, but visibility was still poor, maybe 100 yards like you say, cars at 65 - 75 MPH (107 - 123 KMH). Then took an exit. Streets in Lakewood were so fogged over, visibility was less than 30 meters! Traveling on the 4 lane boulevard at less than 25 MPH (40 KMH), cars were flying by me! That last 4 mile trek home was indeed spooky! 😛

People where you're at don't know how to slow down. (In a Usenet motorcycle forum back then, someone mentioned about breathing asbestos laden dust from cars braking. Another retorted, "People in SoCal don't use brakes!" 😱)

Today was partly cloudy, morning 30°F (-1°C), afternoon 42°F (6°F), we went shopping at the mall then grocery store (senior's discount 1st Wednesday of the month).

Will warm to 70°F (21°C) by Saturday, then dip to 35°|21°F (2°|-6°C) with snow by Tuesday. New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. If you don't like the weather, wait a couple days. 🙂

Happy New Year, all!
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Many years ago I had to drive in fog so thick I couldn't see anything in front of me. It was a country lane and the only way to drive was self and passenger looking out the side windows at the grass verge. At one point I followed that into a field and realising the tyres weren't on tarmac had to back out until I felt grip again.
Fortunately it cleared a bit when I reached the junction at the slightly wider road.
 
Oh yeah,
Happy New Year

From Jan 1 it is now illegal, here in Norway, to throw old clothes (etc.) in the general waste.

Fantastic, I say.

Indeed, my new years resolution is to make our bins and bin shelter beautiful, the envy of the street. Possibly car polish, new coat of paint, fairy lights... (My compost bins are just about there)
... We need to make disposing of the stuff we buy as glamorous as the High Street or web site we get the rubbish from in the first place.
 
mizmar said:
From Jan 1 it is now illegal, here in Norway, to throw old clothes (etc.) in the general waste.
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Growing up in the 1960's, me mum would sew patches on our play clothes to extend the life.

Prior to current conflagrations, back in 1980's reserve military band duties, our "2-week camp" (we were "bivouac'd" in one of their dormitories) at Presidio Army Base, San Francisco, California, Scotty, our lead alto saxophonist would after hours, take his saxophone to Fisherman's Wharf just down the road, find a spot on the sidewalk, with his case open, A Capella jazz play his sax. He came back that evening with a wad of cash in his hands.

mizmar said:
... We need to make disposing of the stuff we buy as glamorous as the High Street or web site we get the rubbish from in the first place.
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Local city council has outlawed "dumpster diving" in bins. Prior used to be, "one man's junk is another man's treasure".
 

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