Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, LaceyLou said: March is my least favorite month, on average. No holidays off, weather can't make up its mind between snow, rain, and mud, and the start of DST tends to throw me off, for some reason. I like March. March bring Spring. March brings Daylight Savings Time. March brings baseball. March is alright. I rank March 8th on my list of months 1 - September (not too hot not too cold 2 - June (Summer is a beautiful word) 3 - May (May brings us closer to Summer) 4 - July (it was better when we had thunderstorms) 5 - April (Opening Day, Baby) 6 - August - (I like the hot summer) 7 - October (only ranking it this low because of what comes after) 8 - March (the reasons I listed ablove) 9 - December (the holiday season is a'ight 10 - November (only thing saving it is Thanksgiving) 11 - January (sucks) 12 - February (so many bad words about February that decorum prohibits me from listing them here) So in my rankings we are going from 12 to 8 to 5 to 3 to 2............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalpigsmuggler Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 oil change stickers that dont stay on the windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 hours ago, digitalpigsmuggler said: oil change stickers that dont stay on the windshield. Those BASTARDS ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Swallowing air. You ever accidentally swallow air? It's painful as hell. How do I get that wrong? Been breathing since Decmeber 25, 1964 but somehow still screw it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaceyLou Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 12 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: I like March. March bring Spring. March brings Daylight Savings Time. March brings baseball. March is alright. I rank March 8th on my list of months 1 - September (not too hot not too cold 2 - June (Summer is a beautiful word) 3 - May (May brings us closer to Summer) 4 - July (it was better when we had thunderstorms) 5 - April (Opening Day, Baby) 6 - August - (I like the hot summer) 7 - October (only ranking it this low because of what comes after) 8 - March (the reasons I listed ablove) 9 - December (the holiday season is a'ight 10 - November (only thing saving it is Thanksgiving) 11 - January (sucks) 12 - February (so many bad words about February that decorum prohibits me from listing them here) So in my rankings we are going from 12 to 8 to 5 to 3 to 2............ Come to think of it, opening day here is at the end of March... okay, I hate the local team but still. 🙂 It's good you live in the western part of the time zone... I like dark evenings so being on the eastern part suits me well. The only saving grace of winter for me? The grey late afternoons. I guess I'm part vampire. (and I agree about thunderstorms) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 54 minutes ago, LaceyLou said: Come to think of it, opening day here is at the end of March... okay, I hate the local team but still. 🙂 It's good you live in the western part of the time zone... I like dark evenings so being on the eastern part suits me well. The only saving grace of winter for me? The grey late afternoons. I guess I'm part vampire. (and I agree about thunderstorms) Opening Day is not official for me until the home opener. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 13 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: I like March. March bring Spring. March brings Daylight Savings Time. March brings baseball. March is alright. I rank March 8th on my list of months 1 - September (not too hot not too cold 2 - June (Summer is a beautiful word) 3 - May (May brings us closer to Summer) 4 - July (it was better when we had thunderstorms) 5 - April (Opening Day, Baby) 6 - August - (I like the hot summer) 7 - October (only ranking it this low because of what comes after) 8 - March (the reasons I listed ablove) 9 - December (the holiday season is a'ight 10 - November (only thing saving it is Thanksgiving) 11 - January (sucks) 12 - February (so many bad words about February that decorum prohibits me from listing them here) So in my rankings we are going from 12 to 8 to 5 to 3 to 2............ October would be 3rd or 4th if November didn't come after it. It's a beautiful month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: I like March. March bring Spring. Spend a year on this side of Lake Michigan and let's see if you still believe this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, chasfh said: Spend a year on this side of Lake Michigan and let's see if you still believe this. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: No. Here in Big Shoulders, it's June what brings spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Was at an event at the local winery this past weekend. The winemaker was lamenting the mild winter we’ve been having here, especially the couple of 80 degree days last week. It’s potentially playing havoc with the harvest as we’re already beginning to see buds. One good frost and there goes an entire crop of Petite Verdot grapes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 21 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: Was at an event at the local winery this past weekend. The winemaker was lamenting the mild winter we’ve been having here, especially the couple of 80 degree days last week. It’s potentially playing havoc with the harvest as we’re already beginning to see buds. One good frost and there goes an entire crop of Petite Verdot grapes I have a couple of Plum trees at the entrance to my woods. They always have beautiful white flowering buds. Almost every year recently just as they bloom 1 or 2 days later a nasty cold front comes through and that is the end of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 We had a Bradford Pear on our property in Farmington Hills. It was one of those horrible invasive parkway trees, pretty for about a week or so then a nuisance the rest of the year. Always waited until just before the first snowfall before shedding its leaves. A decent windstorm would break a few limbs. It finally fell. Fortunately the city took care of its removal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: I have a couple of Plum trees at the entrance to my woods. They always have beautiful white flowering buds. Almost every year recently just as they bloom 1 or 2 days later a nasty cold front comes through and that is the end of that. Is that a bug or a feature? Remember late winter of 2012 in this area? That’s when it was in the 80s not only on St Patrick’s Day, but also for several days afterwards. Everything started blooming in response, and then, the killing frost. We lost an entire crop of Michigan cherries that year because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, chasfh said: Is that a bug or a feature? Remember late winter of 2012 in this area? That’s when it was in the 80s not only on St Patrick’s Day, but also for several days afterwards. Everything started blooming in response, and then, the killing frost. We lost an entire crop of Michigan cherries that year because of it. Deff global warming issue. Nature is so confused. I let my dogs out this morning and noticed a number of birds chirping, seems way to early for them to be back to northern Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 This is what $400 of USE IT BY MIDNIGHT MARCH 1st OR LOSE IT FSA funds looks like. If I hadn't spent it, who gets it? It was not free money, it was taken out of my paycheks. It was my own money. Bit of a scam, eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 that's why I quit with the FSA..... ours carried over but one year I forgot to add more contributions and I ended up with $19.80 in the account for a few years until last year it came out for some dental work. Having to deal with receipts and all that didn't make me think it was worth whatever tax advantages were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, oblong said: that's why I quit with the FSA..... ours carried over but one year I forgot to add more contributions and I ended up with $19.80 in the account for a few years until last year it came out for some dental work. Having to deal with receipts and all that didn't make me think it was worth whatever tax advantages were there. It's like you get penalized for having a healthy year. I like the idea of it being put away because I likely will need it, and I might spend it on something stupid, but I just didn't go to the doctor much last year.. I need dental work, for sure and I will be getting foot surgery, so this year's amount will be long gone by September. It should just roll over, but we know who made the rules, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaceyLou Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I'll admit I thought of getting the high deductible plan paired with an HSA (contributions can be carried over), but am more than a bit worried that ridiculous amounts of paperwork will lead to not being able to use my own money for any health care costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I have an HSA and like it. Basically whatever I was paying before for coverage now goes into the HSA and it grows. Whatever I need to pay comes out of that. Makes me feel more aware or things. Before things were “free” but at the end of the year I had nothing left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 People who throw groceries away when there is a power outage during a winter storm. Can't they just put the groceries in your garage or trunk of your car. A fridge is typically 35-40 degrees....most stuff will be fine. Take things that spoil and put them in a plastic bin with some snow in the bin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 7:36 AM, Biff Mayhem said: I'm just here starting my daylight savings ire a week and a half early. The sunshine act passed the senate a year ago and it's still waiting on the house. Morons. And not the good kind of morons. A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent, nearly a year after the Senate voted unanimously to end clock switching. The Senate in March 2022 voted to end the twice-annual changing of clocks in the United States in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity. But the bill failed to get a vote last year in the U.S. House of Representatives because lawmakers could not agree on whether to keep standard time or permanent daylight saving time, said Representative Frank Pallone. US senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent | Reuters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said: A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent, nearly a year after the Senate voted unanimously to end clock switching. The Senate in March 2022 voted to end the twice-annual changing of clocks in the United States in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity. But the bill failed to get a vote last year in the U.S. House of Representatives because lawmakers could not agree on whether to keep standard time or permanent daylight saving time, said Representative Frank Pallone. US senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent | Reuters this is so stupid. If you want to work all year from 7 to 4 instead of 8 to 5,then work all year from 7 to 4. Putting the middle of the solar day at 1 or 2 pm to accomplish the same thing is the height of silliness.. Edited March 7, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Folks have been complaining about the "time changes" since they've been adopted. Maybe we just need to outlaw clocks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaceyLou Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Honestly I'm okay with the change, although I preferred the April start. I'd rather not have it stay dark until 9 am in the winter, and I'd also rather not have it get light at 4 am in the summer. I do struggle a bit after DST starts, but on the whole I think it's the best option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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