08-17-2013, 09:50 AM
Good morning all, hope everyone is having a fine weekend. Just a bit about the weather here, Phoenix tied a record yesterday at 113, just a bit too toasty, even for us old-timers. More in store for today with highs in the 110-114, so we could break a record today. They say there's a chance of rain for the next few days, but as far as I'm concerned, they might just as well forecast snow. 
SJ, I agree with you on tomatoes. Having been brought up in New Jersey, you get spoiled since even the store bought ones there were way above what you'd find elsewhere. That was before they started growing tomatoes so they can last almost forever, or that they gas green ones so they look ripe but aren't really.
Here in Arizona, most of our tomatoes come from Mexico or California, and taste like cardboard. Even the fake ones you can buy at a craft store taste better than the ones at the grocery store. :o I'm jealous that you've got garden-grown tomatoes. No chance of doing that here though. 
SJ, I agree with you on tomatoes. Having been brought up in New Jersey, you get spoiled since even the store bought ones there were way above what you'd find elsewhere. That was before they started growing tomatoes so they can last almost forever, or that they gas green ones so they look ripe but aren't really.
Here in Arizona, most of our tomatoes come from Mexico or California, and taste like cardboard. Even the fake ones you can buy at a craft store taste better than the ones at the grocery store. :o I'm jealous that you've got garden-grown tomatoes. No chance of doing that here though.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD