......is on the way. The thermometer has clawed its way into positive territory this morning---snow will begin late this afternoon with winds as high as 50 mph.
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......is on the way. The thermometer has clawed its way into positive territory this morning---snow will begin late this afternoon with winds as high as 50 mph.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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I will never understand what people see in winter. It is 27 degrees, cloudy and miserable here. Two days ago it was mid 70s and very nice. I'll take 100 degrees over 27 every day.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Originally Posted by Mike
Not me
At 100 F people start to smell bad
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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It’s 20 degrees and partly cloudy.. beautiful winter day.. air is crisp and clear..
Just pulled the truck to the top of the driveway and lifted the wipers to the up position..
Four inches of snow followed by freezing rain predicted overnight.. snowblower and generator standing by..
85 degrees is as hot as I like.. 70-75 is perfect..
one of the best winter days ever. Yosemite on snowshoes just as the blizzard stopped. We had the valley to ourselves
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Agree!
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Late yesterday afternoon, the field below the barn, was carpeted with deer feeding on the grass that I left about 6" long. This morning there were no morning visitors. The temperature was -3 F and that sends the deer into the woods to lie down on a thick bed of leaves with the legs under them and their heads curled back to minimize the area exposed to heat loss. Their natural "blanket" is extremely effective in blocking the cold. I once sat on a hide (hair on) spread on a bloc of ice and it was amazingly warm.
We have had a flock of robins seemingly playing chicken with mother nature this winter. A few days ago they were walking around on the ice on the ponds. Now, it seems that mother nature has sent them on their way.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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There is a certain advantage to having had Covid, and having lost one's sense of smell is one of them...At 100 F people start to smell bad...Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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That reminds me of a story---but I better not tell it
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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At1500 Sunday we have X3 inches and should change to freezing rain within the hour..
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Freezing rain = broken limbs = property and vehicle damage...Good luck......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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And downed power lines.......Freezing rain = broken limbs = property and vehicle damage...Good luck...
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Good luck to you that freezing rain can be devastating
At1500 Sunday we have X3 inches and should change to freezing rain within the hour..
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Have x12 gallon, two days, of generator gas.. on generator we must light the stove with a match and watch over the air tv.. gas heat and hot water still work—- ain’t askeert (no tree limbs on the cars please)..
In 2012 we has a car in the garage totaled when a treetop hit the garage wall and knocked everything, including shelves, onto the car..
Neighborhood has three long E-W streets, each served by a different power feed..
We are one mile east of the NRA Museum
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Snowing hard since just after dark, pleasantly quiet, the wind hasn't picked up yet. Even 6 inches of snow with 50 mph winds becomes a completely different animal. That 6 inches can become 6 ft drifts.
The deer put in their normal appearance before dark.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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