COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021
Dirty shoes create a stink in clean home
fl oors, but every now and then I
call him out on it. When I do, my
request is met with rage. He later
calms down and apologizes with
the excuse, “I just don’t like being
told not to wear my shoes in the
house.”
It’s a 15-year-old problem
that’s not going away and I just
don’t know who is right. My hus-
band feels his shoes are clean. I
struggle to keep my home clean
because my little ones are run-
ning around. His disregard seems
so disrespectful. He’s overall
not a disrespectful person. I’d
love an unbiased expert opinion
on what’s what. — Barefoot In
Montana
Dear Barefoot: Your “won-
Dear Abby: I’ve been with my
wonderful husband for 15 years.
I currently work from home with
our small children, ages 4 and 1.
I have a “no shoes in the house”
policy (always have), but my hus-
band prefers to wear shoes in the
house. We have bought numerous
pairs of sneakers to be used as
inside shoes, but he often wears
them outside to mow the grass or
run to the gas station.
I do my best to ignore when
he leaves dusty boot prints on the
derful” husband may not be a
disrespectful person overall, but
in this case, he is being self-cen-
tered. With a 4-year-old and a
1-year-old crawling around and
playing on the fl oor, he should be
more considerate because there
is no telling what he’s tracking in
from that run to the gas station.
I assume that the dusty foot-
prints are something you are in
charge of cleaning up. Perhaps
that’s a chore he should assume if
changing his shoes is too big an
inconvenience for him. He may
be a prince in other areas of your
marriage, but in this one he is
acting like a rebellious teenager.
P.S. I wonder if keeping a
supply of disposable shoe covers
by the door for him to slip on
might mitigate the problem. Who
knows?
Dear Abby: My wife and
I have been close friends with
“Sal” and his wife for many
years.
Over the last few years, he
has transformed into an intoler-
able, arrogant, self-centered brag-
gart who’s never been wrong
or made a mistake. All his con-
versations start with “I,” and if
he’s not talking about himself,
he’s not talking at all. He rarely
asks how we are doing, but if he
does, it just leads into more about
himself.
During Sal’s last visit he went
on and on about how rich he is
and how much he recently made
in the market. Because of our
long friendship, I’ve considered
confronting him, but I see no
point because I think he’s an irre-
deemably arrogant bore. Your
thoughts, please? — Fed-Up
Friend In The South
Dear Fed-Up Friend: Some
people behave the way Sal does,
believe it or not, out of insecurity.
That said, not all friendships last
forever. If you feel this one has
run its course, then call it a day.
Your wife and his can socialize
separately. If he asks you why
you are no longer available to
socialize, you have my permis-
sion to give him the reason —
without the name-calling.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Thai police: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 fl oors high
work with a new corporate name
and talk of a future metaverse.”
Facebook the app, where users
post personal updates and register
likes, is not changing its name.
Nor are Instagram, WhatsApp
and Messenger. The company’s
corporate structure also won’t
change. But on Dec. 1, its stock
will start trading under a new
ticker symbol, MVRS.
The metaverse is sort of the
internet brought to life, or at least
rendered in 3D. Zuckerberg has
described it as a “virtual envi-
ronment” you can go inside of,
instead of just looking at on a
screen. People can meet, work and
play, using virtual reality head-
sets, augmented reality glasses,
smartphone apps or other devices.
It also will incorporate other
aspects of online life such as
shopping and social media,
according to Victoria Petrock,
an analyst who follows emerging
technologies.
Other tech companies such
as Microsoft, chipmaker Nvidia
and Fortnite maker Epic Games
have all been outlining their own
visions of how the metaverse will
work.
Zuckerberg said that he expects
the metaverse to reach a billion
people within the next decade and
that he hopes the new technology
will creates millions of jobs for
creators.
The announcement comes
amid heightened legislative and
regulatory scrutiny of Face-
book in many parts of the world
because of the Facebook Papers.
A corporate rebranding isn’t
likely to solve the myriad prob-
lems revealed by the internal
documents.
Zuckerberg, for his part, has
largely dismissed the furor trig-
gered by the Facebook Papers as
unfair.
The Associated Press
BANGKOK — A resident of a
high-rise condominium in Thai-
land cut the support rope for two
painters, apparently angry she
wasn’t told they would be doing
work, and left them hanging
above the 26th fl oor until a
couple rescued them, police said
Wednesday, Oct. 27.
The woman is facing attempted
murder and property destruc-
tion charges, Pol. Col. Pongjak
Preechakarunpong, chief of the
Pak Kret police station north of
the Thai capital, told The Associ-
ated Press.
Pongjak did not say what
prompted the suspect to cut the
rope, but Thai media reported
that she was apparently frustrated
when the workers appeared out-
side her room and hadn’t seen an
announcement by the condo that
they would be doing work on Oct.
12.
A video clip on social media
showed two painters asking the
residents on the 26th fl oor to
open the window and let them in.
One of the painters, a Myanmar
national named Song, told the
Thai media that he and his two
friends had lowered themselves
from the 32nd fl oor to repair a
crack on the building.
When he reached the 30th
fl oor, he felt that the rope was
heavier and when he looked
down, he saw someone on the
21st fl oor open a window and cut
his rope. He tried asking for help
from other units, but nobody was
in. The third colleague continued
to support them from the top
fl oor, said Praphaiwan Setsing, the
resident who saved them.
Praphaiwan said her British
husband noticed one painter sig-
naling for help and called her to
talk to them.
Surat Sappakun/The Associated Press
A building painter who was rescued after being left hanging off of a high-rise 26 stories up speaks to reporters near Bangkok,
Thailand.
“This incident is shocking and
should not happen at all,” she said.
The management of the condo
accompanied the painters to
report the incident to the police.
The 34-year-old woman at fi rst
denied she responsible, but police
sent the severed rope for a fi nger-
print and DNA analysis, media
reported.
The woman and her lawyer
appeared Oct. 27 at the police
station.
After the police showed her the
CCTV footage and the forensic
evidence, she confessed but
denied any intention to kill the
workers.
Pongjak said the suspect was
temporarily released. Police will
fi le an indictment at the provincial
court within 15 days, he said. She
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ject from the Facebook Papers,
the trove of leaked documents
that have plunged it into the big-
gest crisis since it was founded in
Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room
17 years ago. The documents por-
tray Facebook as putting profi ts
ahead of ridding its platform of
hate, political strife and misinfor-
mation around the world.
Marketing consultant Laura
Ries likened the move to BP
rebranding itself to “Beyond
Petroleum” to escape criticism
that the oil giant harmed the
environment.
“Facebook is the world’s social
media platform and they are
being accused of creating some-
thing that is harmful to people
and society,” she said. “They can’t
walk away from the social net-
could face a prison term up to 20
years if found guilty on a charge
of attempted murder.
In the middle of a crisis,
Facebook Inc. renames
itself Meta
OAKLAND, Calif. — An
embattled Facebook Inc. is
changing its name to Meta Plat-
forms Inc., or Meta for short, to
refl ect what CEO Mark Zuck-
erberg says is its commitment
to developing the new sur-
round-yourself technology known
as the “metaverse.” But the social
network itself will still be called
Facebook.
Skeptics immediately accused
the company Thursday, Oct.
28, of trying to change the sub-
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
44/60
Kennewick
35/56
St. Helens
47/58
TIllamook
42/54
38/56
45/59
44/61
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Clear to partly
cloudy
Sunny to partly
cloudy
Rain and drizzle
Variable clouds
Cloudy
Baker City
Comfort Index™
La Grande
5
27 55 35
Comfort Index™
5
Eugene
1
5
3
44/58
59 44
55 39
57 41
4
6
6
52 36
59 42
10
4
9
8
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 96°
Low: 13°
Wettest: 3.37”
62°
36°
66°
44°
66°
45°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
0.00
0.74
0.55
4.32
7.41
Trace
0.85
1.37
8.23
13.37
0.03
1.83
1.85
18.24
18.72
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
45%
N at 6 to 12 mph
5.4
0.06
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
N.A.
11% of capacity
11% of capacity
16% of capacity
5% of capacity
0% of capacity
OREGON
High: 78°
Low: 31°
Wettest: 0.93”
Roseburg
Lakeview
Astoria
On October 30, 1866, a whirlwind cut
through New York City in a column 150
feet high by 60 feet in diameter, picking
up dirt, turf, sticks and stones to a depth
of 8 inches and “hissing like a steam-
boat”.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
7:29 a.m.
5:42 p.m.
12:53 a.m.
3:44 p.m.
SUN.
7:30 a.m.
5:41 p.m.
2:04 a.m.
4:08 p.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
Burnt River near Unity
Umatilla River near Gibbon
Minam River at Minam
Powder River near Richland
Chino, Calif.
Climax, Colo.
Panama City, Fla.
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Elkton
727 cfs
0 cfs
18 cfs
44 cfs
83 cfs
9 cfs
New
Nov 4
First
Nov 11
Full
Nov 19
Beaver Marsh
Powers
52/64
Last
Nov 27
51/62
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
40/58
Paisley
35/56
39/54
Frenchglen
37/60
49/63
Klamath Falls
37/56
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Hi/Lo/W
60/46/s
47/30/s
63/44/pc
60/52/c
60/34/s
61/50/sh
57/40/s
62/39/s
55/33/s
58/43/s
55/33/s
54/39/s
58/35/s
58/39/s
56/40/s
55/33/s
56/38/pc
55/34/s
Hi/Lo/W
56/46/r
51/38/r
64/49/pc
58/49/sh
52/37/r
57/48/r
52/43/r
60/46/pc
58/44/r
54/45/r
52/37/sh
47/40/r
65/52/pc
55/43/r
60/42/pc
54/40/pc
52/37/r
49/36/r
43/64
Lakeview
32/55
McDermitt
37/57
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
38/58
38/61
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
36/59
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
44/63
50/65
51/60
36/62
31/54
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
33/60
32/51
36/51
Roseburg
Ontario
41/62
Burns
Brothers
47/65
Coos Bay
Huntington
31/56
32/47
Oakridge
35/62
40/62
Seneca
Bend
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Florence
49/61
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
34/58
33/47
Council
31/54
John Day
32/48
Sisters
49/61
62 40
33/58
Baker City
53 38
50/60
Halfway
Granite
32/53
42/58
42/59
Redmond
54 38
5
35/54
41/57
Newport
57 39
5
32 54 33
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
5
Corvallis
Enterprise
27/55
32/54
Monument
39/51
Idanha
Salem
45/59
31 54 33
Elgin
29/55
La Grande
35/46
Maupin
TONIGHT
35/48
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
35/52
Hood River
33/48
45/60
Lewiston
Walla Walla
36/55
Vancouver
41/58
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
52/36/s
56/40/s
53/34/s
63/48/c
59/45/s
54/36/s
62/42/s
55/33/s
48/31/s
59/46/s
64/51/sh
48/30/s
62/50/pc
59/42/s
48/30/s
56/37/s
51/33/s
48/34/s
Hi/Lo/W
57/45/pc
52/44/r
58/44/r
57/46/r
55/47/r
53/43/r
60/46/pc
53/38/pc
51/40/r
53/46/r
59/49/r
48/33/r
59/49/r
52/47/r
51/37/pc
51/40/r
55/39/r
52/39/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A shower
Sunny
38
29
53
34
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly sunny
Sunshine
46
33
64
39
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Showers around
Sunny and chilly
47
32
45
28
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunny
Sunshine; chilly
56
40
48
34
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
54
33
54
33