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YIPEE...I made it rain. I watered the garden and filled the pool. Have you ever done that?

Posted - July 27, 2020

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  • 53509

     

      Have I ever done what, made it rain? No, not in the meteorological sense of the phrase. Throughout my lifetime, I’ve watered many gardens that I’ve had or of which I have been in charge.  I’ve never filled a swimming pool. 

    ~

      July 27, 2020 11:36 AM MDT
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  • 10641
    You mean you've never taken a long hot shower?  

    As the warm water vapor of the shower interacts with the cool dry bathroom air, it creates clouds (steam).  As the warm moist air rises, it condenses on the ceiling (and mirrors).   When enough moisture condenses on the ceiling, gravity pulls it down.  Ta-da… you’ve made it rain (bathroom rain).  If the bathroom air is still cool enough at floor level, you can even squat down below the “cloud deck” (hot air rises, cold air sinks).  Performing this little experiment a few times gives you a great excuse to redo your bathroom (drywall isn’t too fond of bathroom rain).
      July 27, 2020 12:40 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Nice literary imagery, but none of that is meteorology. 

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      July 27, 2020 12:42 PM MDT
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  • 10641

    That’s meteorology 101.  

    (I’d let you argue it with my college professors, but they’re all dead now).

      July 27, 2020 1:20 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      You “took care of them”, right?

    :|

      July 27, 2020 2:08 PM MDT
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  • 10641

    I respectfully invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution on the grounds that answering that question may incriminate me.

      July 27, 2020 4:15 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Aw, come on. They promised me immunity if I helped them catch someone else!  I can’t go to prison, Shuhak, you know I can’t!  I’m too pretty to go to prison!  Come on, throw a brutha a bone, would you?
    ~

      July 27, 2020 4:26 PM MDT
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  • 10641

    On the advice of my lawyer, I respectfully invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because answering questions will… I mean... may incriminate me.

      July 27, 2020 4:34 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    That's a lot of water, just to make it rain.
    I find washing the car does it.

    lol
      July 27, 2020 11:40 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    Ha!
    I laughed out loud at your question!

    Yup -- like Walt O'Reagun said, it rains after I wash my car, too. I have some planted-in-the-ground perennial plants outside (haven't watered them yet today) but no official garden, per se.  No pool.


    (Did it rain for you truly? I hope it does here.)




    I really love rainy and cloudy weather. It is all so beautiful to me. I like that image you posted, too.
     
    Blah blah blah.
      July 27, 2020 11:53 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    A big downpour early and a shorter one later.
      July 27, 2020 5:04 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    Does that mean I can blame you? My shed got flooded.
      July 27, 2020 5:02 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Hey...at least it didn't snow.
      July 27, 2020 5:05 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Yet. 

    ~

      July 27, 2020 5:07 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    It's not watering the garden or filling pools, but hanging the washing out, that is the "rain dance" for me!
      November 2, 2020 2:55 PM MST
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