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Topic: winter is here
Posted By: A square 10
Subject: winter is here
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 11:57pm
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winter is indeed here , its not that cold here yet but coming tomorrow , its in the very low +20s now but the wind is whistling creating a near below zero windchill , 6" of snow yesterday and 4" the day before meant removal this morning , cleared the steps , walks , and front deck first , took an hour and a half , could not feel my toes and fingers so in to warm for an hour , back out for another hour blowing out the drive and clearing the snow plows drift at the street , in again still cannot feel my toes but the tingling in the fingers has subsided and the pink color is back , http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/watabmike/media/mikesphotos017_zpsa15ac679.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  overnight the house creaked and popped , some loud as a rifle shot , -16f here right now , sunny but wont get very far from zero , but ...... we have it easy compared to those on that texas to pennsylvania corridor [actually all the way up east coast ] they are getting hit with a belt of ice that is taking out power , and cancelling flights , bad part is there is a second storm following the first ,
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 12:12am
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I just got some pics of the ice storm in Arkansas. Nasty looking! We, meanwhile have light rain & 46 degrees (for now). ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 1:34am
| We missed out on the snow here, A_square. We had about 3" and that was it but we did get a nasty layer of freezing rain first. Temps here are the same, get ready for tomorrow morning though. Our straight temp in the morning is forecasted to be -25F. |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 2:07am
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We even got some in Texas
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 4:59am
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Supposed to be the town Christmas parade tonight. Temps dropping & rain increasing. I bet they wish they'd set a rain date now! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 5:10am
well, better YOU GUYS than me!!  Bin hovering round 27 - 32 all day. S'posed to get a few flurries tonight, but nothing serious.(Twas 62 yesterday!)Hoadie ..in the Niagara "Banana Belt" ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 7:02am
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wow ... "the niagara banana belt" ... now theres a word picture im enjoying , what a difference a couple months make ...... close to the same view http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/watabmike/media/mikesphotos-4026_zpsb74d9f22.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 8:19am
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What Niagara "Banana Belt"? More likely the homeland of the crazy Hoadie!
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hoadie wrote:Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 9:29am
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Whats all that white stuff ???? Dont think I seen any of the real stuff since I lived in Germany, We had some one time when My Wife was 5 months Prego with my Son . and he is 20 now ...We did get some a few years ago , just enough to build a 8 inch snowman !!! with the snow left on the cars !!! It is supposed to get cold tomorrow , will be good for our Deer hunt ....But would be sweet if it did snow !! any one ever sat in a cypress swamp the same time it snows ??? I will bring my camera and take pics just in case !!!! ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 10:16am
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Up here the deer rut don't start till it gets below zero for a spell. If they aint interested - they aint gonna move...hence ya gotta push hard thru the bush ta git 'em out. Now THATS hard huntin..keeps gittin warmer up here in Nov.Now theres talk bouit the Ministry movin the deer hunt start back a week. Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 1:22pm
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hey bear - hows the temp tonight ? im hearing your to get downright cold .... and windy , headed here i think , some of it has arrived , the house just moved again - i swear the neighbors have artillery , looking for near -20 and maybe already there , wifes jeep is in the garage so she will most likely get away in the morning to help the kids paint their new house , hope mine starts , its outside - i need to work while i can , if it were not for the hurricanes the caribbean sure looks good right now , white sand and blue water , needing to make the ice cubes for the tonics .... maybe in another life ,
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Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 4:11pm
| All I know is it's damn cold and headed for you A_Square! I was supposed to go deer hunting tomorrow but I'm not sure my ol' '71 Chevy truck will start. We shall see I guess. |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 4:53pm
Well it's Summer down here, theres snow on the Alps and the night temperatures are in single figures, got more blankets on now than I had in Winter.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 9:10pm
sittin beside a lady @ the legion fish fry last night. She had lived all her married life in Colorado..Shes a widow now & decided to move back. All her friends & neighbours were sayin she's foolish to move back to Canada..next thing to Siberia. Well, she was laughin at that..we wearin lite jackets & sweaters..most States in a deep freeze! (Guess I shouldn't laugh..temps & weather this bad usually cost lives)  Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: December 06 2013 at 10:05pm
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Hoadie it is currently 18F/ -7C in Forth Worth kinda of glad I have no reason to go outside. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 12:38am
stay in & clean your rifles  Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 2:04am
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-7C here in Surrey, BC. Overnight temps dropped to -10C and the wind chill makes things much worse. The farmer's almanac predicts much colder temps this season but drier at the same time. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 4:00am
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You have no idea how pleasent it is to know that Fort Worth has the same temperature as British Columbia. May you never experience one of our Summer highs. How does 42C/111F grab you? ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 6:56am
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I'm both skinny & old, so not too hard! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 7:13am
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My brother-in-law lives in Albuquerque, NM. I visited them there a couple summers ago and yes, those lofty highs make one wish for colder temps. It was so hot the pavement melted and staying indoors with an air-con is the only way to go. Been to Florida too, it was so hot it was unreal! Once in a while it gets to 41+C in the lower central regions of BC, a dry heat but once again, a person has to be so careful as to not get heat stroke. Gee...all this talk about oppressive heat makes me want to go outside and enjoy the arctic out-flow we are experiencing today! LOL. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 9:46am
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By day break tomorrow it will be 32 F / 0 C in NC with 1/2 -1 inch (12-25 mm) of ice. I am sleeping late. No call please. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 1:46pm
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promise not to call , ill be meeting a friend for breakfast and a guiness by 0830 , but its supposed to be more of the same in the AM , we have a birthday party at the range mid day , we dont let this weather get us down , the celebrant is turning 73 , hope i get that far , predicting a high of -6 f , so much for global warming ..............................
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 11:51pm
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Umm, beer, it not just for breakfast. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 12:44am
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It just started snowing hard here. Temps have been low enough it pitched immediately. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 1:07am
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No snow in the North Carolina just starting to have freezing rain starting. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 3:35am
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My sympathies, I prefer snow to freezing rain. We had two inches of sleet. I really wish the powers that be here would do something more than hope it melts soon. Oh they do spread a little sand on the roads. Salt is evil and might rust their precious cars. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 4:44am
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We got 6" of snow, then the switch to freezing rain started. This is going to be interesting. Fortunately we have a seasoned pork roast in the oven, 2 gallons of wine & cases of toilet paper so we're GTG!  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 5:30am
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And a beer! ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 8:30pm
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Its a skating rink on top of a snowdrift & there's more freezing rain, sleet & snow inbound. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 9:13pm
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...Supposed to rain here this afternoon in Niagara. (I'm rootin in the closet..where did I put that suntan lotion?) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 10:13pm
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Do not forget to cover your "moon". Nothing worse than a upset Hoadie with a sun burnt "Moon".
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 10:18pm
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Shamu, When are the roads going to clear? Sounds like you will be stuck in for a wee bit.
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 11:50pm
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Plows & salt are everywhere they seem to have a handle on the "A" rods, but we're about an "e" road, if that. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 12:15am
If you are on a "E" road then I am on a "F" road, cow path or a friend of Hoadie road.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 2:23am
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Ah..nice thing about being sandwhiched betwixt 2 great lakes..the warmer temps of the lakes have a tendency to protect us here. This time of year, the prevailing winds are westerly. But the warmer temps on Erie kinda deflect the winds, so south shore of Erie & North shore of Ontario get clobberated.If you add in the snow coming off of Georgian Bay / Lake Huron you REALLY get lambasted! North Penn, upstate NY get the effects of L.Erie's wrath. When the winds shift to Northerly, we usually get spared, but higher elevation (Niagara Falls) gets it. I was cutting my lawn in a T-shirt one year-bout this time-& I could see the snowstorm hitting Niagara Falls to Buffalo.Man, they REALLY got dumped on that time! Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 2:28am
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Hoadie, You really how to dump (snow) on someone when the weather gets them down. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 2:33am
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Water and Mud down here in the Sunny South !!!! Looks like typical south Louisiana weather for this time of year !!! ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 4:51am
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The temp finally just got above freezing so its starting to melt. Supposedly just in time to refreeze & have more white crap fall on us tomorrow night! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 5:13am
| we got a dusting yesterday again and are going to get more tonight , but should be ward enough to shovel on thursday :>} |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 10:49am
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Hey Shamu, When is it going to be clear driving on 81 by your house this week? I may have to take a trip north. Thanks, Ed
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 1:05pm
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Getting cold here now. Westerly winds bringin that Chicago front in. Don't expect snow..but colder temps.(Gonna put the suntan lotion back) Hard to believe it was 45 4 days ago Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 8:46pm
Interstates should be fine, they clear them first. I'll be getting an e-mail from the Mrs in about an hour. She uses 70 & 81 to get to work so you can have a first hand update. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 8:47pm
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Woke up to about 3~4" this morning, supposedly another 2~3" to come. Its just the light fluffy stuff though so no big deal. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 9:31pm
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OK, updated. Both I-70 & I-81 have been treated & plowed. It is still snowing though but they seem to have it under control. Local roads are still not plowed though so I'd avoid 11 if you think of it as an alternate route. This is my back road. It actually passes through the bushes in the distance & carrries on up the other side of the hill, but this angle doesn't show the jiggle so it looks blocked.  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 12:10am
| im just on my way out for second bout of shoveling this morning , i started early and went till the frigid air penetrated my bones and numbed my toes and fingers , now ive had my coffee and thoroughly warmed my extremities , so out and do some more , im thinking it may take a few of these short spurts to complete the job |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 2:44am
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Geez..I wonder what everyone is going to do when winter actually gets here! Global warming, huh? I note on the news today that ANTARTICA posted a new world record for low temp..-93.5 celcius!  Holy snappin sheep crap!! That's COLD!  (Apparently-that doesn't include the wind chill! )Oi.. Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 2:57am
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-93.5C you say....nah, that's merely a Saskatchewan heat wave! JK'g of course. I have a friend in Ottawa who works for the Geological Survey of Canada and he is currently near Elsemere Island working with a crew of other geologists. They stay in outfitter tents, have to be helicoptered into the region with all their supplies to last a month then they get outta Dodge. They are armed for polar bear encounters of the dangerous kind but he says the main enemy is the frigid arctic weather. You couldn't pay me enough to do that job but he loves the workout! He has spoken of -72C without the wind chill but -93.5C?? INCROYABLE!! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 4:17am
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Hoadie, I have experienced temps lower than that. About a -1000 C. Every time my ex-wife dropped her shorts.
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 5:28am
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Paddy, now THAT is cold! Might as well have registered her temperature in degrees Kelvin? ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 11:29am
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I think she is at the point at absolute zero. Absolute zero is the lowest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature" rel="nofollow - temperature possible. More formally, it is the temperature at which http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy" rel="nofollow - entropy reaches its minimum value. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics" rel="nofollow - laws of thermodynamics state that absolute zero cannot be reached using only thermodynamic means. A system at absolute zero still possesses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" rel="nofollow - quantum mechanical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy" rel="nofollow - zero-point energy , the energy of its ground state. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy" rel="nofollow - kinetic energy of the ground state cannot be removed. However, in the classical interpretation, it is zero and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy" rel="nofollow - thermal energy of matter vanishes.[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow - 0K on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin" rel="nofollow - Kelvin scale and as −273.15° on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius" rel="nofollow - Celsius scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero#cite_note-sib2115-1" rel="nofollow - [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero#cite_note-arora-2" rel="nofollow - [2] This equates to −459.67° on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit" rel="nofollow - Fahrenheit scale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow - [3] and 0 R on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_scale" rel="nofollow - Rankine scale . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero#cite_note-arora-2" rel="nofollow - [2] Scientists have achieved temperatures extremely close to absolute zero, where matter exhibits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate" rel="nofollow - quantum effects such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductivity" rel="nofollow - superconductivity and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluidity" rel="nofollow - superfluidity . ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 11:40am
...my Ex used to give me a lot of "cold shoulder", but that was usually tempered with "hot tongue".. ..'cept of course the time I decided to clean my rifles (dirty musket included) in her bathtub.  THAT went WAY beyond "cold shoulder"!  ..& it cost me $2,300!!  ..wimmen have NO sense of humour or generosity!  Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 12:05pm
| thinkin you need to be far more particular in your wimmin in the future hoadie - keep em at a distance mostly and when close keep the duration short :>} |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 8:57pm
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Already adopted that philosophy ASquare! It works WAY better! ..& you think different when your drinking..so if your gonna tie one on, make sure they've gone home first...lest they take advantage of ya! Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 10:12pm
You should be so lucky Hoadie.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 1:18am
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..I should be so lucky?! Lemme tell ya, mate. These wimmen are a pain in the Royal Enfield! Dunno wot it is..they just HAVE to have a guy in their life...& OWN him! Arms length I say.(Much to their chagrin) Rather than beat 'em back with a stick..I prefer to sneak in & out..kinda under the radar-like.(Although, they DO have their usese by times) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 1:49am
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You must be a real chick magnet Hoadie? I can only wish I would have to beat them back with a stick, LOL! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 4:50am
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Old St Hoadie had a three meter &^%$. Till he showed it to the loose women outside the door. All of them wanted to grab it and keep it. So now it is only one meter, no more. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 7:03am
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There's a little blue pill to help remedy that sitchasin'! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 9:35am
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Ed, that don't rhyme..& Canuck - I DONT use the blue pill,that way I can say sorry..& its my "out".(sorta pick & choose my battles, if you will) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 9:41am
Hey Hoadie, I guess I should give up on my life as a poet.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 9:47am
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Naw Ed..Your still a poet...& your big feet show it - cuz their "Longfellows". Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 8:32pm
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You are right once more Hoadie. I wear size 11 US. Most of the time my foot is in my mouth for something I said. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 12:08am
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must be all that fertilizer you get on 'em Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 9:04am
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That brown ooze between my toes. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 1:51pm
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well , it warmed here today to +17 , but tomorrow its going back to single digits and down over the next couple days - this is subnormal here , we generally get this in jan/feb not now , im not looking forward to the first of the year if this is to be the trend , |
Posted By: 303Guy
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 3:08pm
I'm envious. We're having uncomfortable heat here in NZ (the hottest in recorded history I think). I had a bad hot day at work (which I am now recovering from with copious amounts of light beer - three cheers for beer! ) Auckland has pretty awesome winter weather, never going over 15°C (and seldom going down to frost levels - in fact, never in my part). Bring back winter! ------------- 303Guy |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 7:23pm
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..been cooling off here, as well.Temps made it to 19F Wed-not a cloud in the sky - beautiful! Yesterday only got to 17F by 2:30(not incl. windchill) so last night was "cold" (Brass monkeys & all that) Looks like we're gonna get snow this weekend.Already readied the snow-blower.Get it ready every year, but haven't used it in almost 3 years. If the Gods are with us, the lakes will protect us here in Niagara, one more time Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 1:48am
| no blowable snow in three years ??? that's just crazy talk , i didn't run mine either , but my wife did - she loves power tools , |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 3:35am
..well when I got up @ 0500, I noted it was getting warmer..oh-oh, that aint good. Well-I was right. The snow warnings started..& we bin getting clobberated for last couple hours!  Truck is in 4X just to get around, & when its all over -I WILL hafta use that infernal machine!!  Dang it!Could be worse..Colden NY-just south of Buffalo where I used to ski 3-4X per week, got 36 INCHES yesterday!!  THATS INSANE! Better them than me!  Well-I'm off to the beer store..gonna hunker down fer the night..deal with this crap in the morning!  Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 5:02am
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We've had a bit of a break the last few days, temps just above freezing to the old snow is melting pretty well. But now we have a winter storm warning from 5:00 am to morrow through the weekend. Supposedly blowing snow & freezing rain/sleet. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 10:20am
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oh=oh..gonna get 15cm (6") tomorrow again. Good thing I bought a lot of beer! I just may stay in bed a while tomorrow...then again - maybe get up & get outta Dodge before "THEY" know I'm available Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 11:33am
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Remember to carry a big stick, Hoadie! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 7:48pm
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..got one of those, Canuck. Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 9:50pm
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More snow........... ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 11:09pm
Snowed all night...still snowing...now we're being told it will continue till Monday!  (This system came up from the States! Damn Yankees! ...& the stuff is still too light to use a snow blower! Supposed to turn windy this afternoon...AAARRRGGH!! Back to the beer store! Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 8:56am
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For very light snow Hoadie you can use a leaf blower to move it. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 9:04am
Well you wont have a problem keeping your BEER cold !!!!! I remember doing that when I lived in Germany !!! Many times I had to stand before the CSM and get my but chewed for sitting my Beer out on the ledge of our barracks window in the snow that had accumulated there !!! I would try that down here , but the cans get all muddy !!!! ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Frenchieboy
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 3:59pm
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You know guys reading all of your posts about snow really makes me chuckle and think "What the heck is wrong with us guys back here in the UK?" If we get 2 inches of snow we think we are having a terrible winter and are reverting back to the ice age, and if it gets to 4 inches deep then all he!! and sheer panick breaks loose and the whole country seems to grind to a halt!
Me, I like a couple of inches of virgin snow - It gives me the perfect opportunity to see exactly what is moving about on the land where I shoot - Fur, Feather or Human! ------------- Wounding is not an option! |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 6:53pm
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ARGH! Snowed all night..Still snowing!(This is like MD weather! )Most things were cancelled last nite (ie: Legion bar) Your right Rhino-God is keeping my beer warm..only problem is, the back deck is drifted in..every time I want a beer, its "hide & seek"!! Using a snowshovel to find yer beer aint fun! Snowmobiles runnin up & down the streets last nite..makes me wanna string wire across the road, bout chest high! (Buncha rotters!) & they'll be the first to complain when I go outside @0630 with the snowblower..makin too much noise while they sleep, U see..Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 8:56pm
almost finished the blowing...got frostbite on right hand. Thaw out is a KILLER!  Gonna hafta get kids to finish it offHoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 9:40pm
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Don't feel too bad, Frenchie, MD closes down the whole state if we just get a threat of snow. When I moved here first from upstate NY (where we measure snowfall in feet, not inches) I was bycycling to work, about a mile each way. They threatened 1/2" of snow & everyone wanted to know how I was going to get to work. I told 'em: "Just knock it down a cog & pedal harder". ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: December 14 2013 at 10:30pm
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All this talk of snow needs some music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE
------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 15 2013 at 8:36am
nice 
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Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: December 15 2013 at 8:51am
Brass Monkeys??? Hoadie , you didnt bring me to any old war ships when I was up there , So where are the Brass Monkeys at !!! I know they didnt need any on land !!!!!! ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 15 2013 at 9:27am
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I am confused here? I did not know that Hoadie had brass balls? I had heard by way of the next net,he (Hoadie) had one of steel and one of steel. All the girls call him sparky! NC is recovering from another winter storm. Got a inch of rain yesterday.
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 16 2013 at 1:49am
| i take it you meant to say one of steel and one of flint ....ergo sparky ?????????????? |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: December 16 2013 at 2:12am
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Another sign of my poor use of a bad joke. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |