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MORNING ROLL CALL L JUNE 2026

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January 9, 2024
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MORNING ROLL CALL JUNE 2026

Top of the morning to everyone on this First day of JUNE 2026

Happy Birthday to all of our JUNE Birthday membs.

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LaDolceVita

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Hi folks, hot here in Ga too. @DaveMcK Perhaps you are out of this heat umbrella? @LisaS961881 Yes Thomas Mann is the author of Magic Mountain, and I guess you have read it? We used to have an excellent book thread here, with lots and lots of people contributing but all good things come to an end. Nicole does a good job by her lonesome but the traffic is sluggish.

LisaS961881

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….When I read your, “two or three pages” comment, I flashed back to over 40 years ago when I read Magic Mountain. My much younger self found it mesmerizing - dense and lyrical - and I usually read only two or three pages in a sitting - and often found myself pausing to turn back to previous pages and then just try to soak it all in.

💡📕 Your post made me realize that, forty-four years of life experiences later, this book deserves a re-read!

While there might not be a book thread anymore, and very few people seem to actually post, it’s still a nice place to visit, and I’m glad I discovered it.

~ Lisa 🙏🌈

LaDolceVita

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@LisaS961881 Nicole had a book thread as well as a thread for movies and PBS shows. Both of them generated some traffic, just never really took off like they deserved. I love word of mouth about books and movies as opposed to reviews. As for Dave's Front Porch I agree it feels good here and I too am glad you discovered it!

MsStretch

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@LisaS961881 . NJ was one of the worse and hottest states hit according to the map. The heat index is what makes it so miserable. I was just out with the fur kids and it is 87°. It felt downright balmy.

Yes, @SummerOnTheWay1 , over here on the eastern side of VA, it's gonna be in the high 80s - low 90s, with a chance of storms every day, but that's normal... for July, not June. ☀️ Extreme weather - the new normal, unfortunately.

MsStretch

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Supposedly, today is the last day of the unprecedented heat wave in the NE. My upstairs window AC unit has turned into an expensive fan -- blowing air, just not AC cold. I have a large wall unit downstairs that is under the spiral staircase and the downstairs is nice and cool, but we all know heat rises, so it doesn't do much good to cool upstairs, even through the open space. Ah, well. 🥵

@catwoman500 , glad you got power again. Yeah, ACs pull a lot of power, so it would have been a real strain on your generator. Even Dominion Electric was asking customers around here to try and conserve power, since it is even a strain on the utility companies.

@LaDolceVita , you are one busy woman. Sorry to hear hubby is having a slow recovery. I know it must be frustrating for both of you. Glad you can both take advantage of swimming at the gym.

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LisaS961881

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….Heat wave here in New Jersey too! ⛱️😟….It just dropped to 89 degrees and it’s 6:45 PM!
So glad it is almost over!

~ Lisa 🌈🙏☀️🌸🐈

MsStretch

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@catwoman500 , generator to the rescue just in time! We got some of those same storms, too. *knocking on wood* We kept power, although alerts went out about widespread outages across our county. Whew! 😮‍💨 Dodged that bullet.

Seriously, a generator is probably one of the best investments to make.

SummerOnTheWay1

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catwoman500

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Heythere, @LaDolceVita, @MsStretch, @LisaS961881, @DaveMcK,

@SummerOnTheWay1, and all you other folks out there.

Another bright sunny day here after so much rain this spring, but still no power.

I cooked bacon in the microwave this morning. Windows are open so hope no neighbors are jealous smelling it!

Latest estimate for restoration of power is 3 PM today. Hope this one is true as we are due for a heat wave starting tomorrow, and I'm not sure if I can use the AC without blowing up the generator. I think I can but will check with my stepson before I try it out!

Hope you all stay cool and dry. Happy first full day of summer! 😎 🌞🥂

MsStretch

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@LisaS961881 , I L♥️VE the patriotic fur kids! 🥰😻

SummerOnTheWay1

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LaDolceVita

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Hello Porchers hope you are all well. @SummerOnTheWay1 You know I love to read and watch PBS so always check out your various entertainment threads🙂. Still reading Magic Mountain, believe it or not, reading 2-3 pages per day. No time for TV, not even Max Miller's youtube channel on these long summer days. No sauna even.

Hubby's knee is very slowly healing, not making the progress he should. He is conscientious about PT and home exercises plus swimming at the old folks' gym we both go to. He still needs pain meds, hurts 24/7.

Dogs and chickens are well, and now I have more chores with the chickens. They dont retire for the night till 8:30 and I am dead on my feet by then. We have banana peppers, okra and tomatoes and if it stops raining it will be hard to keep them going. Planted asparagus and garlic too but they will take a few seasons to mature.

Had my perm today and look a bit like an older version of Little Orphan Annie. Quite a bit cooler than having that shoulder length hair on my neck. Now you know all that is going on in my world!!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Summer in a little less than 4 hours here!

Lost power last night at 5:30 as storms rolled through. Still don't have any. First test of the generator I had put in in January. Loving the peace of mind! 😻

LisaS961881

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I hope that by the time you read this, your power is back on! ❤️

….and fingers crossed that the generator did its job too! (We had the warning up here, but missed the outages and wind damage by 40+ miles.)

Take Care and am sending hopeful thoughts your way! 🙏🌈

~ Lisa

DaveMcKAuthor

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Hope you are enjoying the first day of summer. If is going to be a hot one!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

MsStretch

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Thought I'd share my bony patriotic kitties. 🐈🇺🇲 They dwell at the end of the driveways always ready to greet passers-by with holiday greetings (whatever holiday that may be). 😁

----Happy 250th birthday, USA!

LisaS961881

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I simply adore these! 🇺🇸

what a great idea. My Halloween skeleton cats and kittens have been “resting” in the basement, but I am going to bring a few upstairs, and have them don some festive patriotic apparel. 🐈‍ 💥

~Lisa

MsStretch

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@DaveMcK , ... and my second mug, too. ☕☕

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