WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[Adam]

Same here. I use a mixture of vinegar, water, and a few drops of dishwashing liquid. Mix and spray on weeds. After a few days, weeds are eradicated. Easy peasy japanesey.

 

Damn. I spent $25 on some spray at Home Depot and its hardly working that well. 

[Blarg]

AO is killing entire towns in Washington with his bloodthirsty demand for rain.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/24/washington-mudslide/6823195/

[Ray McKigney]

Is there something I can spray you with, so that you never use that phrase again? 

 

Fire or napalm.

[Ray McKigney]

Damn. I spent $25 on some spray at Home Depot and its hardly working that well. 

 

Yeah, it's cheap and effective. For the more leafy-type weeds you have to saturate the hell out of them. But, it's still cost-effective due to the low cost of the vinegar. Get the highest acidity vinegar you can find too. There are places that sell 20%, but it's quite a bit more expensive. I think the highest you can find in most stores is 5% - 7%. That's what I usually use and it works just fine.

[Don]

55 degrees here right now! Feels like summer.

Snow is starting to melt but it is still about 18 inches deep. Supposed to be back in the 20s in a couple days.

They just announced that Lake Michigan was 93.3% ice covered which is a record. It really has been an insanely cold winter.

Yeah, I don't know how many other Midwesterners we have here, but I've spent 8 winters in the Kansas/Nebraska area, and this has easily been the coldest one. I'm used to it getting ridiculously cold, but only for short periods of time (2-3 days at a time) before returning to more average winter temps (i.e. High of 40, low of 20). But this winter has been a relentless hell beast. It seemed like we went from Mid-December until the end of February without ever seeing a day above 15 degrees, and plenty of those disgusting -20 with wind chill days. This March has pretty much been like a normal January, and I'm slowly becoming happier. Edited March 24, 2014 by Don Tomlinson

[Angel Oracle]

El Nino might disrupt SoCal next winter with 30+ inches of rain.

But I'm sure most of the rest of the country won't mind being significantly warmer next winter than it's been the past 2-3 winters.

 

People can still get to work in the rain (okay to insert SoCal driving jokes here).

It's not so easy doing anything when you have constant snow/ice and very cold temps in most of the rest of the country.  

[Sully151]

Same here. I use a mixture of vinegar, water, and a few drops of dishwashing liquid. Mix and spray on weeds. After a few days, weeds are eradicated. Easy peasy japanesey.

Is it 50/50 water and vinegar?

[Ray McKigney]

Is it 50/50 water and vinegar?

 

I usually do about 60 vinegar, 40 water. A few squirts of dish liquid too, which helps the solution to adhere to the weeds. Shake and then spray those weeds to a brutal, painful demise.

[2002_halos_II]

I usually do about 60 vinegar, 40 water. A few squirts of dish liquid too, which helps the solution to adhere to the weeds. Shake and then spray those weeds to a brutal, painful demise.

I'm assuming you must hit the weeds directly and not any other vegetation you want to flourish? So what happens if it rains and you have that vinegar in the soil?

 

 

Dish liquid kills ants too. Bonus!

[Ray McKigney]

I'm assuming you must hit the weeds directly and not any other vegetation you want to flourish? So what happens if it rains and you have that vinegar in the soil?

 

 

Dish liquid kills ants too. Bonus!

 

I'm assuming you must hit the weeds directly and not any other vegetation you want to flourish?

 

Yes.

 

So what happens if it rains and you have that vinegar in the soil?

 

The soil becomes kind of vinegary, I guess.

[2002_halos_II]

The soil becomes kind of vinegary, I guess.

 

Well thanks. I had read/heard about the vinegar treatment for weeds before and tried to convince someone who would not use Roundup to try it but they were afraid the runoff would kill their plants (roses and such).

[Tank]

I usually do about 60 vinegar, 40 water. A few squirts of dish liquid too, which helps the solution to adhere to the weeds. Shake and then spray those weeds to a brutal, painful demise.

How well does it work on raiders fans?

[arch stanton]

The only thing that works on Raider fans is a taser. 

[1nutkruk]

OK, I am here in San Diego on vacation and it is drizzling.  WTF?  It just means I will drink more beer.

[St1ck]

Looks like rain for the next couple days. 

[Tank]

we had an inch of snow in asheville, north carolina last week. it was refreshing.

[2002_halos_II]

Looks like rain for the next couple days.

The weather thingy on my pc is predicting showers for tues/wed. Somebody plz gag AO.

[AngelsLongBall]

Pouring rain in Monterey Park right now

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Weird again today in Vegas, High in the low 50s, windy, scattered rain all afternoon. Was 41 when I left for work this morning.

[1nutkruk]

Today is the last day of vacation.  We have been in San Diego for almost two weeks and it has rained four of those days.  Today is 70 though.  Back home they got 8 inches of snow today.  

[fan_since79]

L.A. is going to be in the 90's by early next week.

 

Summertime in April!

[fan_since79]

Temperature of 90 and rising in Long Beach at the moment. A new record, breaking the old April 8th record of 89.

 

Uncomfortable with 31% humidity.

Edited April 8, 2014 by fan_since79

[Spencer]

Extended forecast shows sun, sun, heat, and more sun through May.

Awesome!!

[Ray McKigney]

Feels like beer drinkin' weather.

[Adam]

It is beautiful this week so far