BS: It's Snowing...!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Barry Finn
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 10:08 AM

10" of the shit in the driveway & it's still coming down. I'll go out in a couple hrs & clear out my & my "old" neighbor's driveway. My wife left for work last night before the storm hit (she has to be there) & stayed with her sister whose a mile & a half from her job, even though I'm sure they are closed today, I doubt she'll be back until tomorrow. "I'll have the driveway cleared by then, I promise"!
I'm heating up the meat stew for a warm breakfast before I wake the 2 boys & tell them at 19 & 20 they can both go out & shovel the walkways,,at both houses. I think there's a session in Boston tonight, I hope they'll have the roads cleared by then.

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: curmudgeon
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 10:51 AM

The snow seems to be all but stopped, and there's a hint of brightness in the grey sky. But the wind has come on to blow, and drifting is sure to occur.

Its odd how that being just below the crest of the hill, less snow seems to fall in the yard. Last storm, there was only three or so inches here, but 100 ft up the hill where we park the cars during snow, there ws nearly a foot on top of them.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: number 6
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 10:56 AM

We had about an inch of the 'shit' (good description Barry) on the ground this morning ... not enough to warrant me to get out the snow thrower ... the forecast now is for freezing rain.

regardless ... just plain crappy weather.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Jeri
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 11:08 AM

I'm going out for round 2 of shoveling and will take a yardstick out to see exactly how much we got.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: curmudgeon
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 11:10 AM

"...they can both go out & shovel the walkways..."

I was talking with a friend in Halifax yesterday who allowed that living in an apartment was so frustrating as she had no snow to shovel and was tempted to wander the neighborhood looking for some to dig up.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Amos
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 11:44 AM

Well, one sure sign of Spring is that I have shifted to the short-sleeve shirts in the old wardrobe.   It's gotten so Springlike that long-sleeve shirts won't do. Too warm, you see...




A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: number 6
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 11:59 AM

curumidgeon ... do you think your friend in Halifax would want to move to Saint John .... she can rent our house ... we're catching the first plane to San Diego !!

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 12:23 PM

Geez, I've been OFFERING Do-It-Yourself Snowman Kits for months now to all you southerners yearning for an old fashioned winter experience...

(I suppose the shipping WOULD be a bit excessive.)

I declared today a snow day and called my boss at the optical shop I should have been at today -- alone. Like there's going to be a mob at Fox Run Mall today... I'll let HER deal with the manager of the host store. (That's why she makes the big bucks.)

Nope, it's definitely not worth risking my life or car for a job that pays $8.55/hour + 1% commission.

I'm on my way out the door, though, right now to shovel off the deck and steps, etc. And then go up to clear off the cars.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Midchuck
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 12:23 PM

Here (western Vermont, a little below halfway up) it's cold and windy, and snowing lightly, but just blowing around, no real accumulation so far.

Since snow has economic value to us, and no one else wants it, naturally it misses us.

Peter.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 12:42 PM

Juneau, Alaska. has had a pretty winter so far. Lots of snow, lots of sunshine, not so much ice. With my dog I do a lot of walking up and down and round about for a mile in four directions and there are times when I've worn grippers (chains) and other times when I just watched where I stepped.

Last May I moved down the hill where it's mostly all flat, knowing that I shouldn't have to worry about falling, in contrast to where I lived previously. But of course, I did. Pure carelessness. I knew the ice was there, forming on the slope from the run off of the parking lot above and had gone around it for some days but one night in the dark it just slipped my mind. I did some fancy footwork but went over hard flat on my back anyway. Didn't hurt myself but was sore for a couple of days.

Today it's snowing again, just light stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 01:12 PM

We finally got 5-6 inches in MD/DC area...but it is light & easy to clear. It closed schools for one day, but it will be only a temporary inconvenience. Main roads are fine. And warming over the next 5-6 day will see it disappear. We've been lucky, except for the one that gave us 1" of snowy stuff covered by 1" of ice...which lasted for 3 weeks.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: maeve
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 02:03 PM

I'm sharing some of Mary's allotment of ice falls with you, Tami.
Gnu- Doctor's visit tomorrow; splint and ice today. It hurts.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 04:06 AM

The snow's forecast to return here (Ireland) today.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: ranger1
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 11:47 AM

I ended up going for half a day yesterday, once I got the car uncovered. Spent the four hours going 'round and 'round in the plow truck. It got a bit dicey in a few spots, with the inch of ice underneath the snow. I called it quits when the truck almost slid sideways into the maintenance shop. The good news is: the four hours I worked will be comp time and I get paid for the whole eight hours because government offices were closed.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 12:06 PM

As I said, we haven't had as much rain/snow turning to ice as some winters (imo. I don't know the actual stats.) but we have a phenomenon that seems larger than usual.

Along our sidewalks (pavements) and in parking lots, snow has been pushed and piled up 6 to 30 feet and become rock hard ice dense enough to hold DC 3s. If they are not still there in June, I will be surprised.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 12:10 PM

I. Am. Officially. Sick. Of. Winter.

Just dug myself out of the latest foot. Pretty, yeah. Daffodils are pretty, too!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 12:47 PM

According to the 'wallpaper' I currently have on my desktop in Juneau, Alaska, willow trees are blooming! I have no idea as to when they normally bloom.

Mountain Goats and Willows

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 01:30 PM

1/2" of ice on the truck windshield wasn't bad. I had cleared it yesterday. But, I didn't clear the top of the truck. Ford F150 Supercab, so the sheet on top of the truck was about 4 feet long and it was 3" of ice pellets solidified by the freezing rain. First time I slowed to make a corner... WHOOSH!

Oh, the wipers still work but there's about 3" of play and an awful noise.

I think it has been said on this thread previously, but, in this instance, it bears repeating... FUCK WINTER!

And, Amos... nahhh, nevermind.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 01:36 PM

I finally gave up. My plow guy is coming (at 2:30AM, if you can believe it) to shovel out my front and back paths and porches. 2:30 AM - gives you an idea of how much snow he has to shovel after this storm.

But good times are ahead. I have decided to head up a workshop at the Getaway about shovelling and the men who do it. I plan to bring several chests of snow and ice, a few shovels, multiple lyrics - and stand Amos in the middle of the circle. Hopefully Barry has a shovelling shanty to get us started. A human snoaman by the time we are done!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: curmudgeon
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 12:36 PM

It's Monday, so it must be snowing!

Another four inches, so far, of the white abomination on top of the two inches of mud that was the driveway, not to mention my once uncovered woodpile.

Linn got off to work when it was still falling lightly. I thought about going to the store, but thought better of it when I got to the car, and instead shifted it up the hill to make way for the plough.

But there are shrimps in the freezer, Basmati in the sack, and all manner of garlic, ginger and spices. I think we'll survive, grumpily though - Tom

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 01:10 PM

Woke up this morning to the most spectacular sunrise - the time change does that to you. The sky was a dazzling magenta. And in the back of my mind a niggling little voice said "Red sky in the morning.." So with an Oh F**k! I got dressed and went to work. Yes - it is now snowing. 3" predicted but the last 3 " turned into a foot.
This is really wearing thin.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 01:25 PM

I'll see your Basmati and raise you some Black Japonica. Alas, I have no shrimp. I do have some decent frozen low fat, low calorie meals in the freezer and a headache (probably related to the storm), so I'm probably going to opt for the Kashi lemongrass coconut chicken, a glass of wine and finish with lemon sorbet. Somewhere in there will be a shitload of ibuprofen.

Then again, with the rice cooker, all I have to do is throw the rice in, throw the water in (more pouring than throwing, I think) and cook some of the chicken with some spices and see what frozen veggies I have.

Maybe at some point I'll stop babbling about food. Maybe I'll even get around to shoveling too.

Mary, this one is supposed to nail southern NH worse than ME.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: maeve
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 01:42 PM

No snow here yet. We saw the ring around the moon last night and the red sky this morning.

I'm grateful to get to the recording session and back without incident.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 01:42 PM

it is even snowing here in coastal Washington state...this almost never happens...mg

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 02:57 PM

Recording session, Maeve? Do I see a house concert in your future?
M

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 03:13 PM

Charlottesville, VA: last monday, 6" of snow, no school.
Today, 85 degrees Fahrenheit at 10 am...

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: maeve
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 05:12 PM

Nobody would buy tickets, Mary. It was a friend's project, not mine. I was glad to be asked to take part though it was a challenge getting there.

No snow fell here to our relief.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Amos
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 05:35 PM

I dunno--why are you guys so attached to this stuff????



A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Genie
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 06:51 PM

I'm not all that attached to the stuff, Amos. Which is good, because here in Portland the stuff very seldom stays 'attached' more than a day or so, if at all.   (There are occasional exceptions, of course - like this past December. When I had the good sense to be in San Diego.) ; D

It sleeted and snowed here in Portland yesterday and today. The clueless radio and TV news, of course, called it "unseasonable," as usual.   (It can be the middle of July but if the temperature gets hotter than usual, they'll call it "unseasonably hot.")   It is, of course, officially still winter for another 11 or 12 days, and we're almost as likely to get snow in November or March as we are in Dec., Jan. or Feb. But it has to be colder than our usual temperatures for the white stuff to stay frozen very long.

This time it pretty much melted as it hit the ground (or me, as the case might be).

Genie

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 02:13 PM

Maple Slurpup weather is here!!!

Oh, we could still get some nasty storms, but it's the light at the end of the tunnel!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 02:54 PM

You'll find out at the Getaway, Amos. We are having a session on shovelling shanties. Snow will be provided.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: maeve
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 03:24 PM

Truelove set the first test taps today; we'll see how fast the sap is rising before setting the rest.

maeve of the blue cast

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 05:07 PM

Sure Steve'll be sucking slurpup sap soon.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Becca72
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 05:19 PM

Easy for you to say, Gnu

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Amos
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 07:30 PM

HEll, SINS, if I ain't doing some blues somewhere I'll be delighted to come and watch...



A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: ragdall
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 07:46 PM

We've kept all our snow since November. There's about 10 feet of it piled up on my lawn at the end of the driveway and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It was -32ºC this morning and has warmed to a balmy -14ºC to taunt us with hopes of Spring before it plummets back down again.

The sunshine and blue sky looks so inviting, but venturing out there leads to bitter disappointment and possible frostbite.

rags

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 08:08 AM

Snow, sleet, hail and slop - a lovely commute this AM. 50s this afternoon and a deep freeze tonight to turn my driveway into a skating rink. Is this a miserable winter or am I just getting old?
SIGH

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: ranger1
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 08:24 AM

No, Mary, it's a F***ing miserable winter! I, personally, have had enough. I have a really f=good idea about what to do with the rest: send it to Amos. I am sure the children of San Diego would be delighted to have a snow day!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Amos
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 10:40 AM

Hey, we pay good money to make it artificially around here so the kids can at least get an idea what it IS.

We also have a natural snow-producing environment in easy reach--about thirty miles over and two miles up in the Cuyamaca mountains, where the pine forests flourish and snow lies ont he ground for at least a month or two every year.

They take children up there to go sledding--a rare treat.

The trick with snow is teaching it its place. If you aren't firm with it, it tries to get everywhere. We keep ours up in the hills and it knows better than to try to escape.


A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 02:12 PM

Yeah? Some of it musta got away. Nasty outside. But, we are promised ice pellets and freezing rain in a few hours.

It is a roller coaster ride again.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Amos
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 02:26 PM

I am too much of a gentleman to go back and look up the echoes of fedupness that rattled through these hallowed halls exactly one, two and three years ago, for example. "I've had enough of this!!" must be the most common sentiment in the whole Northeast every February/March.

What was that definition of madness again? The one about doing the same thing and expecting it to turn out different?

My mother-in-law once confessed to me that as a child she would sit through second showings of a movie hoping to catch the actors out in a mistake, doing something different than the previous run, even though it was the same movie.

Reminds me of some of our conversations.

Just let me say that, despite some economic hurdles, there is PLENTY of space for good musicians here in Southern California.


A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 02:47 PM

There's our clue - let's contact Amos' mother-in-law. induct her into the Evil Sisterhood and set her loose on him with one non-sequitur after another.
This could work...

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:41 AM

Well, I had quite a chuckle. The Environment Canada forecast is quoting the windchill and the UV index.

Frostbite and sunburn at the same time... only in Canada you say? How pitiful.

(ahhhh... that's a takeoff of the Red Rose Tea commercials)

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:44 AM

Red Rose is to tea what Budweiser is to beer.

Cellar! I know.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: gnu
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:55 AM

I favour King Cole Orange Pekoe from Barbour Foods in New Brunswick.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 02:51 PM

Unbelievable! The weather report says 39 and clear but about ten minutes ago a wild wind picked up, the wind chimes are singing and it's SNOWING HARD!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: maeve
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 03:50 PM

Snow and wind here too, but not so much as you describe.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 04:02 PM

We drove north from the Pioneer Valley back home (from dropping my daughter off after March break) meeting squall after squall. But nothing lasted, and now the sun's coming out!

Allison

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: ranger1
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 07:32 PM

Relax. It's just March in northern New England flexing its muscles so we don't forget that we really have absolutely no control over the weather whatsoever!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Snowing...!
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 07:45 PM

Well, it's been snowing all damned day here off and on. Fortunately, nothing is really sticking yet but we're supposed to get some more tonight.

It's 39 degrees F. ferchrissakes!