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6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD SATuRDAY, MARCH 13, 2021 COFFEE BREAK Time and technology change communication between twins DEAR ABBY: My twin sister moved to another state years ago. We always kept in close contact through telephone calls. But since the invention of caller ID, call waiting, cell- phones, tex- ting, etc., things have changed. Examples: She’ll cut off a conversation to answer another nonemergency call. She frantically texts that she needs to talk right now, then doesn’t call and won’t answer when I try to call her. She doesn’t return calls or texts for days. When we do talk, she complains nonstop, and if I try to chime in about what’s happening in my life, she cuts off the conversation. Also, we have a two-hour time difference, so when she does call, it’s either super late or the dinner hour. If I can’t talk long, she gets mad and blocks me for days. I don’t want to be the etiquette DEAR police, but something is ABBY off. Advice? — JUST ABOUT HAD IT DEAR HAD IT: Has your twin always been this self-centered and rude, or is it relatively new behavior? Do not blame advances in technology for it. Accept that she may have a low level of tolerance for frus- tration and little interest in what is going on in your life. If I were you, the next time she blocks you, do not repeatedly try to reach her. Wait until she calls back. If you haven’t already taken this up with her directly, you should, because her phone manners are atrocious. DEAR ABBY: My hus- band and I are elderly. We live in a renovated shack I inherited from my family. The neighbor- hood is degrading, and I’m trying to decide whether to build a new home out in the country on property I own. If I do, my family, which needs a better place to live, could live in my cur- rent house. But I’m worried about the physical and emo- tional toll it will take on my husband and me to improve the wooded property. I also worry about issues like potential dementia living nearly 30 miles from town in the country. No matter how much I weigh the pros and cons, I can’t reach a decision whether to build or not. Because of our ages, it’s now or never. Can you please help me decide? — STUMPED DEAR STUMPED: Allow me to offer a third alternative. You described erty and using the money to buy a place in town in a neighborhood that isn’t degrading and is near med- ical facilities should you and your husband need them. At this point in your lives, the last thing you need is stress and isolation. your husband and yourself as elderly and expressed concern about the physical and emotional toll building a new home far from town could cause. It might make more sense to con- sider selling your current home and/or the rural prop- Patie nt Ho using Avail able March is Colorectal Cancer AWARENESS MONTH News of the Weird Remains of Cold War-era Russian sub from 2002 film catch fire PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The remains of a Cold War-era Russian subma- rine once seen in a movie starring Harrison Ford caught fire in Providence on Tuesday morning, March 9, as workers were using a blowtorch to cut it up for scrap, fire officials said. The fire at a waterfront scrap yard sent a plume of black smoke over the city at about 9:30 a.m. but was quickly extinguished. No one was hurt. The hull is sheathed in a 3- to 4-inch layer of rubber and that’s what caught fire as workers cut into it with a torch, Providence Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Steve Capracotta said. After the Cold War, the submarine known as Juliett 484 was sold and used as a Did you know... colorectal cancer is the the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S.? In its earliest stages, colon cancer may not produce any symptoms. It’s important to have routine screenings in order to prevent colon cancer or find it early, when treatment is most effective. Most physicians recommend screening for people aged 50 or over, or earlier if there is a family history of colorectal cancer and for those with inflammatory bowel disease. There is a range of screening tests available and most are covered by insurance, often without a deductible or co-pay. Jennifer McDermott/Associated Press, File In this Aug. 22, 2016 photo, the remnants of a Cold War- era Russian submarine, once used as a floating museum until it sank in 2007, sits rusting in the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island. The remains of the submarine caught fire, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, as workers were using a blow torch to cut it up for scrap. If you are 50 or older, or a have a family history of colorectal cancer, ask your doctor about screening options. it to the public as a floating museum in 2002. It sank during a nor’easter in 2007 and was sold for scrap. State environmental offi- cials have been informed of the fire, Capracotta said. — The Associated Press restaurant and vodka bar in Helsinki, Finland, and as a set for the 2002 Ford movie “K-19: The Widowmaker.” The sub wound up in Providence because the Rhode Island-based USS Saratoga Museum Founda- tion bought it and opened weather | Go to AccuWeather.com For more information, call 541.304.2264 or visit PendletonCancer.com. 1713 SW 24th Street | Pendleton, OR 97801 | AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 43/48 Kennewick 41/54 St. Helens 42/52 Hood River 33/51 35/55 43/52 40/53 Condon SUN MON TUE WED Mainly clear Partly sunny Spotty showers; colder Clouds and sun Times of sun and clouds 43 27 51 28 56 33 Eugene 0 4 6 40/51 39 29 50 23 53 33 0 4 4 Comfort Index™ La Grande 9 27 57 28 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 9 9 9 28 57 29 Comfort Index™ 8 42 24 51 34 0 3 10 8 ALMANAC NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Thursday Low Thursday High: 94° Zapata, Texas Low: -11° West Yellowstone, Mont. Wettest: 2.47” Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 54° 24° 53° 20° 58° 23° Thursday Trace Month to date 0.13 Normal month to date 0.27 Year to date 1.08 Normal year to date 1.65 0.00 0.02 0.50 5.05 3.27 0.00 0.07 0.81 12.00 6.31 PRECIPITATION (inches) AGRICULTURAL INFO. HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY 35% SSE at 7 to 14 mph 9.7 0.10 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir Powers 41/54 11% of capacity 54% of capacity 53% of capacity 64% of capacity 44% of capacity 101% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday) Grande Ronde at Troy 2910 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 116 cfs Burnt River near Unity 36 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 371 cfs Minam River at Minam 187 cfs Powder River near Richland 220 cfs Grants Pass Run-off from winter snow followed by tor- rential rain led to massive fl ooding on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and New York on this date in 1936. SUN & MOON SAT. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 6:09 a.m. 5:56 p.m. 6:44 a.m. 6:22 p.m. SUN. 7:07 a.m. 6:57 p.m. 8:04 a.m. 8:26 p.m. MOON PHASES New Mar 13 First Mar 21 Full Mar 28 Last Apr 4 Silver Lake Jordan Valley 27/56 Paisley 32/50 30/47 Frenchglen 29/57 Brookings 41/56 Klamath Falls 29/48 24/68 Lakeview 24/47 McDermitt 25/52 RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY REGIONAL CITIES MON. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Astoria 48/37/r 48/35/c Bend 52/29/c 43/27/sh Boise 63/37/s 50/33/sh Brookings 49/34/r 49/33/pc Burns 55/27/c 39/24/sh Coos Bay 48/35/r 47/35/pc Corvallis 49/34/r 48/31/pc Council 51/30/s 44/21/sh Elgin 58/28/pc 39/27/sh Eugene 51/34/r 48/32/c Hermiston 64/35/c 54/36/pc Hood River 51/37/r 48/34/c Imnaha 59/33/s 41/31/sh John Day 59/24/c 35/26/sh Joseph 55/28/pc 33/28/sh Kennewick 63/36/c 56/33/pc Klamath Falls 48/26/r 38/19/c Lakeview 47/23/c 35/18/sn Grand View Arock 25/64 27/58 Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs. SUN. 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