Southern California Weather Affects Delwyn Young, Me
by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 22, 2010 6:54 PM EST
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Charlie Morton will replace Delwyn Young on the Winter Caravan next week. Young has been affected by some of the recent flooding in the Los Angeles area.
You may think the idea of Young skipping out on the Caravan because of bad weather in Southern California is some kind of joke, but no, and unfortunately I know that firsthand. Here's my car, parked at my apartment complex in San Diego yesterday afternoon.
It's insured, fortunately. The entire complex is filled with eucalyptus trees, which apparently are very shallowly rooted and aren't meant to withstand lots of rain and wind. Which often is fine, of course, because we don't have a lot of that, but which creates big problems when there is rain. The entire week here reminds me of when I was in college in southern Virginia and we had a "blizzard" that was probably about eight inches of snow. School got cancelled Monday through Thursday. They were planning to have it on Friday, but then they had to cancel that too because they forgot to clean off the parking lots. Give a region weather it's not used to, and strange things happen.
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What eucalyptus trees lack in root systems they make up for by being extremely flammable. They’re perfect for heavily populated areas. Transplanting them from Australia was a stroke of genius.
I detect sarcasm
in that gift from Aussie comment lol.
by BadAndy on Jan 22, 2010 8:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Blame those Japanese
for the “kuzu” invasion.
Who gets the blame
for the Asian carp?
I think I read somewhere that most everything that grows in North America now is an invasive species.
At least
there wasn’t a Drop-bear in that tree. Would have kept the tree up until there was an unsuspecting pedestrian underneath. (They do that) :p
by BlindSquirrel on Jan 24, 2010 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
dang charlie
you got rocked. or at least your car did. Hope everything works out smoothly with the insurance.
Ugh.
Sorry about your car, Charlie.
We just dodged a bullet ourselves recently. We had a storm blow through that toppled several 40+ ft trees in our neighborhood that smashed through people’s garages and houses.
Bad weather everywhere.
Here in Iowa, we had freezing rain. Basically yesterday morning and this morning we all woke up to a thin layer of slippery ice on…everything. I had to scrape ice off the driveway two days in a row and I’m betting tomorrow it’ll be more of the same. And people wonder why I look forward to baseball season a lot more than football season….
Jeebus, Charlie
Glad you weren’t inside, your being tall and all, the roof doesn’t have to get crushed much to hurt you.
See? If you’d have voted for Ron Paul, like your neighbor, you’d have been spared…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
BS
No way…
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Well
after a quick google search, the Paul family did own a dairy business, and Honus Wagner was allegedly one of Ron’s customers. Pretty cool actually
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Wait, what?
//Checks vote totals on Secy. of State’s Web site.
Didn't your mom ever tell you:
Red cars are unsafe? If you’d bought a nice silver sedan, this all could’ve been avoided.
I can't be
the only one who loves “Used Cars” with Kurt Russell.
Not to mention
Michael McKean and David Lander.
“This man built and installed his own pacemaker.”
Eucalyptus trees?
What, you got a bunch of koalas around your apartment or something?
by Schide on Jan 23, 2010 12:56 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I had to deal with an insurance company recently too.
I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
Sorry about the car, Charlie.
I looked at the Winter Caravan schedule and they’re not visiting Parkersburg this winter, but they’re spending plenty of time in Morgantown and Wheeling.
It looks like they’re continuing the Pirates Report in the local paper in 2010, though. They announced yesterday Paul Ledewski will be the new beat writer. Hopefully, he will do a good job and last more than a year.
Confused
How did you manage to park your car under the tree like that?
by formerdraftpick on Jan 23, 2010 9:56 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
WHAT ABOUT THE GUITAR?
DID IT HURT THE GUITAR? IS THE GUITAR OK?
Like anything else matters.
by bucdaddy on Jan 23, 2010 10:11 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
What? I’m from northern West Virginia. I’ve been a Pirates fan my whole life. I just happen to live in California right now.
by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 23, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
Just odd that you would go there based on some seriously scant information. Probably most people who follow the Pirates on the internet are displaced.
by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 23, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
It really isn't
You’re not the guy who planted the proverbial flag and grabbed SBN’s franchise for the Pirates. That’s how you get paid.
Will they let you keep the caution tape?
No seriously, good luck with that. There’s no pain in the ass in the world like an insurance company
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Back to baseball:
If the last position player spot may very well be the only one open to competition in Bradenton, who should we cheer for?
1) Raynor
2) DY
3) Brandon Moss
Definitely not Moss.
If the choice comes down to the other two, that’s gonna annoy the crap out of me. I’d rather keep both and ditch Vazquez.
Agree with that!
Don’t see it happening though. I think DY will get traded and Moss will get cut. Just a guess.
San Diego
Charlie,
Sorry to hear about your car.
Just a mile or two down the road in Pacific Beach, we had people kayaking in the streets. I actually missed the weather while away on business, but I heard it was a complete mess. They closed the airport and it took me days to have an opportunity to get back into town.
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