In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:I blame the script writers. They seemed intent on breaking the Jimmy Perez character down. And the ONE time Duncan tries to do something good has horrible consequences.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Just finished watching Series 6 of "Shetland" and arrrggh!! Tug at the heart strings and I don't like that Fiscal. I just want to hug Jimmy and aye Duncan as well.
Do you have any idea what a Fiscal is? I tried looking up the title and got nowhere. Anyway, I agree with you: that character is the worst kind of butt-covering, rigid bureaucrat imaginable.
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The giant Metropolitan Water District imposed first-ever restrictions today. Some suppliers in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties will limit watering of lawns to once a week to ease the burden on the drought-stricken state aqueduct.
Unprecedented water restrictions are in store for about 6 million Southern Californians, a sign of deepening drought in counties that depend on water piped from the state’s parched reservoirs.
The Metropolitan Water District’s board voted unanimously today to require six major water providers and the dozens of cities and local districts they supply to impose one of two options: limit residents to outdoor watering once a week or reduce total water use below a certain target.
The water providers must have plans to police their customers, and if they fail to impose the restrictions, they could face fines of $2,000 for every extra acre-foot of water that exceeds their monthly allocation limits, starting in June, according to Metropolitan.
The restrictions target parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties that rely heavily on water from drought-stricken Northern California rivers transported south via the State Water Project.
“At this time, a third of our region, 6 million Southern Californians in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino counties, face a very real and immediate water stress challenge,” said Metropolitan Water District General Manager Adel Hagekhalil. “Today these areas rely on extremely limited supplies from Northern California. And there is not enough supply available to meet the normal demands in these areas.”
Cutting back outdoor watering to one day a week would be a big change for the arid, densely populated areas, where many people irrigate their lawns and gardens.
Southern Californians have heard for decades about the dangers of drought, but per-person residential water use has increased in the past two years, despite the severe drought. Experts say conservation wavers in the region because restrictions are largely voluntary — and their water never seems to run out.
“This is insane but not unexpected,” Peter Kraut, a council member from the San Fernando Valley city of Calabasas told the Metropolitan board, which is composed of 38 city and local district officials. “I’m appalled that a change this drastic is happening in such a short period of time.”
“This plan will result not just in brown grass but in killing countless trees. The damage to our environment will take decades to repair,” Kraut added.
Today’s mandate is the first outdoor watering restriction imposed by the giant water-import agency, which supplies 19 million people in California. More stringent restrictions may come later, Metropolitan officials warned: The water providers must also prepare to ban all outdoor watering as early as September, if necessary, as California suffers one of its driest periods on record.
The six affected water suppliers are Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District and Three Valleys Municipal Water District — all in Los Angeles County — and the Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency in San Bernardino County.
About 13 million other Southern Californians are unaffected by the order because they aren’t as dependent on water imported via the State Water Project. They receive imports from the Colorado River, which largely are sent to Orange, San Diego and Imperial counties.
Metropolitan has been working to increase the number of customers who can receive Colorado River water to reduce reliance on the hard-pressed state aqueduct. The Colorado River, however, also is facing extreme drought, and deliveries to California, Nevada and Arizona are being cut back under an agreement signed by the states in December.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:I blame the script writers. They seemed intent on breaking the Jimmy Perez character down. And the ONE time Duncan tries to do something good has horrible consequences.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Just finished watching Series 6 of "Shetland" and arrrggh!! Tug at the heart strings and I don't like that Fiscal. I just want to hug Jimmy and aye Duncan as well.
Do you have any idea what a Fiscal is? I tried looking up the title and got nowhere. Anyway, I agree with you: that character is the worst kind of butt-covering, rigid bureaucrat imaginable.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I know what you mean about beating down Jimmy and true for Duncan as well.
That is one word from the show I haven't tried looking up yet. I'll have to take a swing at it and let you know if I find anything. I had to look up "peerie" as that is a word from Scotland I've never heard. It seems to be a different take on "wee" which I am very familiar with.
I so agree with you. I sat saying to my computer screen, "Are you happy now?" when she looked into the cell on Duncan.
In the next Series I am worried about Jimmy's dad. Have no idea how Cassie is going to break all of this to him.
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Hey, SIG. I went and had a wee look for what a "fiscal". It's part of the Scot judicial system. The proper term is "Procurator Fiscal" which is apparently a public prosecutor, who has the power to impose fiscal fines on a person. They are also a investigator and can provide instructions and or directions to the police.
I looked it up under "What is a fiscal in Scotland or Shetland" and that is the basics of what they are.
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Out for my walk soon. Got to do what I forgot about yesterday.
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Do you think there will be a next series? I hope so!
I can't imagine any charges sticking on Jimmy, but what a mess to wade thru. And right when his dad needs him so much. There is one thing about dementia tho... explanations don't work and are often counterproductive bc they're upsetting and they'll just be forgotten anyway. At a certain point, agreement and distraction work best.
Thanks for looking up "fiscal", it was kind of bugging me. I had to look up a LOT of words, like "wellies" (boots) and others that wound up being British or Scottish words for common things like raincoat or backpack. I'll bet you knew most of them already.
That fiscal character was a byatch. And that woman dying of lung cancer... the one who set the whole fiasco up... was a downright sociopath. Grrrrr...
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Do you think there will be a next series? I hope so!
I can't imagine any charges sticking on Jimmy, but what a mess to wade thru. And right when his dad needs him so much. There is one thing about dementia tho... explanations don't work and are often counterproductive bc they're upsetting and they'll just be forgotten anyway. At a certain point, agreement and distraction work best.
Thanks for looking up "fiscal", it was kind of bugging me. I had to look up a LOT of words, like "wellies" (boots) and others that wound up being British or Scottish words for common things like raincoat or backpack. I'll bet you knew most of them already.
That fiscal character was a byatch. And that woman dying of lung cancer... the one who set the whole fiasco up... was a downright sociopath. Grrrrr...
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
My understanding is that a Series 7 has been given the green light, so we'll get it here next year I guess.
I agree with you about the no charges for Jimmy. It's going to be a right mess for sure to clean up. I understand that about Dementia. Good thing Duncan had the foresight to call Cassie and she came home. She needs to be home to help with Jimmy, Duncan and her granddad.
I did know most of the words as I have watched a lot of British tv over the years and I've also known a fair number of people from the UK too.
Totally on the Fiscal. Jimmy told her she was being played but no she wouldn't listen to him. Then bringing an investigator from Aberdeen. Ugh! Yeah, you could see that she was going to be trouble and Duncan trying to do right and being manipulated.
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Walk in and garbage and recycling done as well.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Unbelievable! Record snowfall for April 27 in WNY!
How's YOUR weather, SIX? Usually they get what you got.
Sorry... Haven't been checking the garden for a few days. I've been under the weather since Tuesday night and didn't want to bitch about it, so I kept my talk outside of the garden. I think it was the flu, although I got over it quicker than I usually do when I get it by about 2 times and the fever only lasted for one late afternoon until sometime after I went to sleep instead of 2 or 3 days. Not fully recovered, but I feel human again today.
It was in the high 30's here when you asked. We didn't get any snow. Almost 70 degrees here today, but just as grey and depressing as it's been around here for about 10 days straight. Except for some shopping I still didn't do anything today. I'm hoping to feel well enough to get back to working on my car tomorrow even though it's going to be more rain and thunder in these parts.
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SIX: I'm sure by now you know 1000x more than I do about emission controls. I wish I could help, but all I can do is wish you the best of luck
Oh. No worries. I'm kind of in that no-man's land where nobody really knows the answer. The car is OLD now, and any work that's been done on it in the last 14 years was done by me, possibly not exactly correctly in some instances. I'm sure, given the fact that I didn't even realize that my Power Steering fluid was low until I could hardly turn the wheel in cold weather, that there are some other maintenance related things that I haven't kept up with that could be causing problems too.
I doubt very much it's the catalytic converter itself that is the problem.
I'm going to change the oil, even though it's not really due. I'm going to change the air filter, even though I probably don't need to given how few miles I've put on it since the last time I changed it. It's only in the last few years of dealing with this that I've learned how all of these seemingly unrelated and relatively easily maintained things can negatively impact the emissions system, and it just makes sense to make sure that they are 100% up to the job before I start moving onto the more difficult/expensive measures.
I'm going to keep running cleaning products through the engine and attempt more drive cycles now that the weather is getting warmer and just hope for the best.
If I can't pass by the 14th, I'll just go there and get my temporary extension and get down to some more drastic measures like removing and cleaning the 3 sensors that are somewhat-easily accessible, and after that I'll bite the bullet and take it somewhere and see if they can tell me what the problem is and/or fix it for a reasonable price.
Unfortunately for me, "reasonable" is a bit more than it should be, given the price of used cars in Biden*Land.
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