Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 17, 2022

I had to look it up and learned something. It is a cry of surrender.

He beat me. I usually “calf rope” by February 2nd.

Why is it a month with 28 days is six weeks long?

“Calf rope”?!?!? Nevah hoid of it . .

Only vaguely related through the path of taking a licking and keeping on ticking:

Yesterday I had lunch with my partners from work, now 3 years gone by. Work conditions continue to be surreal. Last summer when we had flooding from downpours the company’s communication site on 9000 foot Mt. Elden took a lightning strike and power was out to the building. Flooding and erosion in the previous hours made the dirt road impassable so they had to hike up 2000 feet on a mile and a half of barely visible trail with the limited tools they could carry. Halfway up a nearby pine tree simply burst into flame… presumably it had been struck by lightning and was burning inside until it could no longer contain the fire. They had to hike back down in the dark.

It gets worse… the company learned that Ford did not specifically approve use of the heavy tire chains that are critical to get to the tougher sites in winter. The garage was required to confiscate all of them as safety hazards! There is no alternate plan. For all this the techs are paid on a scale based on the pay of IT techs who work in office buildings. A decade ago an internal job posting for an open position had a six page job description; the only response was one that just said, “Nobody can do all that.” I wonder if that is literally true now.

I prefer winter… it’s easier to overcome cold than heat+humidity.

Dumb

Having a very nice warm spell this morning in northernmost Maine… 37 degrees Fahrenheit. I can’t get too excited about it…..8 inches of snow are predicted tonight. “Mud Season” is still a month and a half away.

Winter storm warning…calf rope!!!

The weather we wait all winter to complain about

♬♪… In the summertime / Mmm in the sweet summertime summertime♬ — Bob Seger

If Arlo is wearing short sleeves, he doesn’t know what winter can be.

Here in Arizona, we desperately need snow.

So he’d rather have flies and oppressive heat? I think it’s easier to bundle up for cold relief than try and beat the heat. I left Wyoming for Northern California. We don’t have snow or oppressive heat. I guess I’m spoiled now. Thought about moving to Montana but don’t think I could handle shoveling snow again.

origin of the jphrase https://www.daredictionary.com/view/dare/ID_00007584?language=en

Don’t look up the Urban Dictionary definition. NSFW

I must take issue with Arlo; if given the power to lop one season off the year, I would need not think, nor would I hesitate – goodbye to the hell of summer!

growing stronger!!

That is pretty obscure. Should’ve said “uncle” but at least I learned something today if only I can remember it.

We’ll check back in on that desire for/acceptance of summertime ‘excessive heat’ in a few decades and ask if he got what he thought he was asking for.

I am an autumn kind of guy.

Pffft! They live in the South. They don’t have real winters there!