International weather pressures

I think people like to talk and make connections, generally speaking. And maybe we just have a hard time getting started ... or knowing when to quit.

I met Marco yesterday. He mentioned something about the weather. I might have said something like “What’s a mother to do?” He jumped right on that. Quickly our chat turned to how much complaining about the weather we are engaged in. He cuts hair for a living. He has lots of conversations.

“Yes, it’s cold. And yes, you’ve lived here all your life. You choose to stay here and it was worse than this not too long ago.” Shut up is implied.
That might have been an imagined conversation we’d both like to have.

Obviously a person might not want to talk politics, religion or even sports with a guy holding a pair of scissors, but ... how do we move from the superficial to anything more worthwhile? An ongoing question we both tinker with.

Five years ago Aditiya came from Mumbai to Madison for a degree in electrical engineering. Now he lives in Franklin and works in Franksville. While he now has friends he came to the US alone; no friends, no family.

Why Madison of all places on earth? It was the best school for the price in his chosen field. Sure the weather is a little bother but it comes with the package. He wants to be here.

Inram is a clean-cut, business casual IT guy from Pakistan. Pakistan? I mentally scanned my list and welcomed him aboard. By the time I was done being pleasant and allowing him to begin we’d arrived.  He lives very close to the dealership and sadly we spent too much time talking about the weather. He wants to be here too ... as long as it doesn’t snow too much. Check!

For those of you keeping track at home - Pakistan is the 41st country on my Customers and Countries Checklist.

I met a retirement-aged gal from Greendale a week ago. She’s headed to Florida till the end of April. She sells advertising part time for a religious journal. She sells ads, walks her dog and plays golf.   I think she’s on to something. Move around a bit. Do what you want.

I’m reading Crazy Wisdom by Wes Nisker right now - crazy wisdom from multiple faith outsiders; poets, priests, artists, shamans, musicians, monks, saints, etc.

The Easter Island heads have bodies buried underground and a recently discovered Indonesian pyramid is 20,000 years old. That’s older than is acceptable. Sorry. Humans were not building cool stuff that long ago. There’s something about glaciation and habitation locked up in that story, too. This is what I’d like to talk about.

The forecast for tomorrow is a mix of high and low pressures turning superficial by midday.