Whitehall and Montague

Nothing of importance...

except the Wildcats win...has been put on this board...this community is lame...this board needs to be shut down due to lack of participation...

Permalink Reply by Liz on December 3, 2008 at 11:26pm: It has been quiet here since the election but I sure don't want to see this lil'place shut down. We need to get some topics going! Lets put our thinking caps on with some topics that will provide some active discussion and pull the participants out of hibernation!

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Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 7, 2008 at 6:17pm: Well Mr. Ed, lame you say? Lack of participation huh? How many discussions have you initiated? The only one I can find is this one in which you are insulting the rest of us. Shame on you.

So I kindly suggest you come with a discussion that would be deemed by you to be worth while and we will see who responds. Make it a good one! :) We will be waiting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim Ed on December 7, 2008 at 6:35pm: ...sometimes my crudeness gets in the way of my Genius...see its already working....board stimulis...

Ilene Shaffer said:
Well Mr. Ed, lame you say? Lack of participation huh? How many discussions have you initiated? The only one I can find is this one in which you are insulting the rest of us. Shame on you.

So I kindly suggest you come with a discussion that would be deemed by you to be worth while and we will see who responds. Make it a good one! :) We will be waiting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 7, 2008 at 7:02pm: I have been had! You get the humor award of the week.

Ok you got a chuckle from me, a couple new posts to the board, (that no one is going find terribly interesting), so I am still waiting for you to start what you think will be an interesting discussion. Let's see your genius :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim Ed on December 10, 2008 at 12:01am: Ilene Shaffer said:
I have been had! You get the humor award of the week.

Ok you got a chuckle from me, a couple new posts to the board, (that no one is going find terribly interesting), so I am still waiting for you to start what you think will be an interesting discussion. Let's see your genius :)

OK ,,,this page is workin for me now...got an accurate weather update!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 10, 2008 at 9:01am: Weather? You want to talk about weather? Thought you'd come up with something a little more interesting than that Jim.

OK ,,,this page is workin for me now...got an accurate weather update!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jonah on December 10, 2008 at 9:21am: When is the weather not interesting?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shoreline Media on December 10, 2008 at 11:25am: You can always suggest features as well. I'd be happy to put up any RSS feeds anybody wants.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 10, 2008 at 11:49am: Weather is only important if your livelihood depends on it or is so bad it impedes daily live or endangers people.

Jonah said:
When is the weather not interesting?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 10, 2008 at 11:49am: What do you mean by features?

Shoreline Media said:
You can always suggest features as well. I'd be happy to put up any RSS feeds anybody wants.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jonah on December 10, 2008 at 2:33pm: I think he means like a weather updater or the like on the page, although maybe i'm off on that.

Seems like a funny issue to have differences of opinion on, but I think you could make the argument that the weather is important every day. On a purely personal level, it changes my mood. Sometimes if I'm feeling a little down it makes me happy to have a nice miserable day (like a blizzard). It makes me feel like others might have to suffer along with me. And most people like a nice bright day.

Environmentally and agriculturally, though, the weather is hugely important. The climate is changing and the effects of that are everywhere, especially in the weather. A hundred years ago, when we were all a little closer to the food we ate and the farmers who grew it, we understood that every day - whether it was warm, dry, wet or col - played a role in what quality and quantity we were going to be fed. Farmers and those who are dependent on their own land for food are still aware of this. Usually I'm not. I'm too busy buying Chilean grapes in January and feeling proud that I have fresh fruit.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ilene Shaffer on December 10, 2008 at 2:41pm: I mentioned the weather being important when your livelihood depends on it and that would include ag. I agree with you Jonah about climate change as well. You made some good points.

So, I guess we got a discussion moving on the weather after all.

Jonah said:
I think he means like a weather updater or the like on the page, although maybe i'm off on that.

Seems like a funny issue to have differences of opinion on, but I think you could make the argument that the weather is important every day. On a purely personal level, it changes my mood. Sometimes if I'm feeling a little down it makes me happy to have a nice miserable day (like a blizzard). It makes me feel like others might have to suffer along with me. And most people like a nice bright day.

Environmentally and agriculturally, though, the weather is hugely important. The climate is changing and the effects of that are everywhere, especially in the weather. A hundred years ago, when we were all a little closer to the food we ate and the farmers who grew it, we understood that every day - whether it was warm, dry, wet or col - played a role in what quality and quantity we were going to be fed. Farmers and those who are dependent on their own land for food are still aware of this. Usually I'm not. I'm too busy buying Chilean grapes in January and feeling proud that I have fresh fruit.; ▶ Reply to This