Dawgluver
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Oh good gravy. What a scare, so glad you made it, JoAnn!
DH and I just got home from our daughters house, where we spent Christmas day. We almost didn't make it up to their house. We were driving to a busy intersection, we had the green light, we were about '5 seconds' away when a car ran the red light (he must have doing at least 70 to 80 miles an hour)because he was being chased by the police. I told my husband that we have never been that close to death before. When we got to my daughters house and told them what happened there were thankful hugs all around.
Do you know that in the last week I have seen 4 people run through red lights. It wasn't any certain age group either. Last week a lady was coming out of the WalMart parking lot onto a highway and the light just turned green and she started to go when a big semi couldn't stop in time and hit her broadside. She didn't get killed but she was hurt pretty bad.
I know after our experence I am going to be very aware at the traffic lights.
Re: central heating and cooling. Trying to convince my wife that simply turning up the thermostat is not going to pump "warmer" air. We have this same argument during the summer also.....the lower the thermostat setting does not equal "cooler" air coming out of the vents. We keep going in circles and argue about this every time outdoor temps hit way below or above average.
Mmmm, maybe.
The air coming out of the vents (warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer) is at fairly constant temperatures. However, it will actually be warmer/cooler than the air already in the rooms, resulting in warming or cooling the rooms.
We came back home on a plane last night. There were at least 8 people on the flight hacking and coughing like crazy, several directly in front of, next to, and behind us.
Thinking I will bring a few surgical masks next time we fly.