Winter?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Looks the same out my windows.:D

Restrictions are posted for the Confederation Bridge. No high-sided vehicles.

If there is an upside..... we're going to Cuba in three weeks. If it was today...:wah:

Nice, heading to Florida next week :yep::rock:

[u crank]

Nice, heading to Florida next week :yep::rock:

Good for you. Flying or driving?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Flying out of Bangor.

[CCIP]

Today is supposed to be the last day when the temperature doesn't get above zero. I'm actually having trouble believing that. It's been brutal here, I tell you. Worst winter I can remember :dead:

[Friscobay]

:haha: That's actually not far from the truth when you go to the grocery and find the bread and dairy aisles ransacked by the thunderous hordes who stock up on more perishables than they can eat before the goods expire. :roll:



Winter In Texas means deciding which Jamaica Jack Hawaiian shirt you are going to wear for the day.

[u crank]

Flying out of Bangor.

Cool. I guess you're driving and flying. We're flying out of Charlottetown. I'm ten minutes from the airport. I drive everybody and all the luggage over, take the car back home and taxi back.:D

[swamprat69er]

That picture looks like Snow White in a snow storm.

I'm going to Newmarket on the third, does that count as a holiday?

[u crank]

I'm going to Newmarket on the third, does that count as a holiday?

:har:

Depends what you do there.:O:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Cool. I guess you're driving and flying. We're flying out of Charlottetown. I'm ten minutes from the airport. I drive everybody and all the luggage over, take the car back home and taxi back.:D


Nice. I don't mind the drive, the price was to good to pass up at the time : )

[swamprat69er]

:har:

Depends what you do there.:O:
I gotta go to a pre-employment safety meeting. This will be the 27th one I've been to with this company.

[u crank]

I gotta go to a pre-employment safety meeting. This will be the 27th one I've been to with this company.

Will it involve wearing shorts and drinks? :D

[swamprat69er]

It is a little cool for shorts this year and the only things I drink are coffee and water.:D

[u crank]

Well we survived the night but it was scary. House shook all night, but we didn't lose power. Some did. The Island is basically shut down. Police are advising everyone to stay off the roads. The Confederation Bridge is closed to all traffic. That's only happened a few times. Weather people say winds will be NW 75 km/h with gusts up to 130 km/h. It has stopped snowing but the stuff is still blowing around. Guess I'll stay put. :D

[swamprat69er]

Stay warm, dry and safe!

[u crank]

Stay warm, dry and safe!

Thanks. :salute:

It has started snowing. Again.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yeah quite the night, just heading out with my boys to do some shovelling : o

[swamprat69er]

Yeah quite the night, just heading out with my boys to do some shovelling : o
Shoveling! That is Manual Labour and he is a Mexican farmer. You need a snow blower.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Shoveling! That is Manual Labour and he is a Mexican farmer. You need a snow blower.

I almost bought one a few years ago when we had a ton of snow then :yep:

My wife's uncle has a tractor and does most of it, we just do the entryway and a few other spots :)

[swamprat69er]

My drive way is 380' long 10' wide and it widens out to 25' at the end by the house. There is no way I will even attempt to shovel it. That is why I bought the tractor with a snow blower.

[Sailor Steve]

Cold and rainy all morning. The sun just came out, but it's only a hole in the cloud cover. Snow expected tonight.

[ReallyDedPoet]

My drive way is 380' long 10' wide and it widens out to 25' at the end by the house. There is no way I will even attempt to shovel it. That is why I bought the tractor with a snow blower.

:up:

Ours costs us a gift card, that sort of thing. To have the uncle do
it I mean.

[swamprat69er]

I charge 20 bucks. One drive way I do gets me a pie. Another one (He is disabled) I do for 20 bucks/month. I charge me 20 bucks each time I do it.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Very reasonable.

[ReallyDedPoet]

848

[ReallyDedPoet]

One more.
849

[swamprat69er]

My intent is to keep the driveways clear for emergency services. The D-I-L is disabled as well.

[Wolferz]

My intent is to keep the driveways clear for emergency services. The D-I-L is disabled as well.

That's your intent and a noble one it is.:up:
But it's not the reason...
You just like playing with your Hufflepuff.:03:
Real Canadians do it without a heated cab. I bet you have a heated cab on your skiddoo too.:stare:

[Armistead]

Snow Monday, tomorrow warnings for hail and tornadoes...

[ReallyDedPoet]

My intent is to keep the driveways clear for emergency services. The D-I-L is disabled as well.

:up:

[Wolferz]

Snow Monday, tomorrow warnings for hail and tornadoes...

It's the time of year to play twister.:huh:

Duck and cover.:cool:

[swamprat69er]

Temperature this fine A.M. is 32F going for a high of 39.:)
Wind NW 10-20 mph.
We are getting wet snotty snow about an inch is forecast. Good thing I bought the scraper blade when I had the chance. I can scrape the snot off the driveways, now.:)

[Wolferz]

Temperature this fine A.M. is 32F going for a high of 39.:)
Wind NW 10-20 mph.
We are getting wet snotty snow about an inch is forecast. Good thing I bought the scraper blade when I had the chance. I can scrape the snot off the driveways, now.:)

Driving in that kind of snow is like skating on snot.:down:

[swamprat69er]

Driving in that kind of snow is like skating on snot.:down:
It was that kind of crud that caused a woman to spin out and slide backwards into the lift axle on a 5 axle tank I was pulling a few years ago. I told the attending cop that she was lucky that it was me she hit and not a freight trailer. She would have been decapitated if she had hit a 53' tandem trailer. (No lift axles in the middle of the trailer).

[magic452]

A few years back I was working for C-F and got a call to go up to Donner pass. Some lady spun on ice and slid far enough under a 38' pup to brake off the drain valve on the front air tank. Small car went right under and didn't hurt the driver and only dinged up the car some. Went between the landing legs and rear axle and than spun right back out.
One lucky lady. The truck was only going about 15 MPH, it was that slick.

Magic

[Wolferz]

Donner Pass is no place to play Bumper cars.:huh:
The scenery is nice though.:up:

[swamprat69er]

I have never done Donner Pass. I did Cabbage, once.

[Wolferz]

I have never done Donner Pass. I did Cabbage, once.

I've done Cabbage, Mont Eagle, Donner Pass, Columbia River gorge and that roller coaster ride in Cali. The name escapes me at the moment.:D:up:

As I approached the incline up Mont Eagle, some arsehat in a jeep passes me, merges right and hits his brakes. Was that you?!?!:stare: Pulled that mountain in third gear.:dead:

[swamprat69er]

I've done Cabbage, Mont Eagle, Donner Pass, Columbia River gorge and that roller coaster ride in Cali. The name escapes me at the moment.:D:up:

As I approached the incline up Mont Eagle, some arsehat in a jeep passes me, merges right and hits his brakes. Was that you?!?!:stare: Pulled that mountain in third gear.:dead:
Since 2004 when I bought my Jeep, it's a 2001, it has never been out of Ontario.:D

I done Fancy Gap a couple of times, too.

[Wolferz]

Since 2004 when I bought my Jeep, it's a 2001, it has never been out of Ontario.:D

I done Fancy Gap a couple of times, too.

If I had caught up with that guy, I would have introduced him to my friend T. Billy.:haha:
When I got to the back side of that mountain a skateboard lost his brakes with a load of lumber and went off-roading in a lumber yard.:huh: The bonfire was HUGE!:har: Now that I think about it, maybe there was a deity or a guardian angel driving that jeep.:huh:

[swamprat69er]

If I had caught up with that guy, I would have introduced him to my friend T. Billy.:haha:

Mine is made out of Hickory and 16" long.

[TarJak]

Mine is made out of Hickory and 16" long.
:o Boastful aint we? :O:

[swamprat69er]

:o Boastful aint we? :O:
wolferz and me are talking tire billies. What are you talking about?
I have 30 tires to thump daily and in one week I would wear out a pair of boots kicking them. 8 axle 'B' train

[u crank]

wolferz and me are talking tire billies. What are you talking about?


:har:

[Wolferz]

Mine is made out of Hickory and 16" long.

Mine was the same length but capped with a steel ring. Good for tires or teeth and illegal in some states.:arrgh!:

[swamprat69er]

Mine was the same length but capped with a steel ring. Good for tires or teeth and illegal in some states.:arrgh!:
and I think illegal up here as well. As are billies with a lead plug in the center. Hickory works just as good, just swing a little harder.:yep:

[Wolferz]

and I think illegal up here as well. As are billies with a lead plug in the center. Hickory works just as good, just swing a little harder.:yep:


All those scared wittle wabbits in law enforcement. Afraid of truck drivers who become irate over a speeding ticket. :roll:
I would never bring a tire billie to a gun fight.:-?:haha:

Winter? Oh yeah, it's cold and rainy here today with a flash flood watch in effect. Spring is just around the corner. It's likely that we'll skip spring again this year and go directly to summer.:hmmm:

[swamprat69er]

Many years ago there was a cop that was harassing gravel haulers unmercifully. Every chance he had he got out his trusty ticket book and wrote them up, if he didn't have a charge in the H.T.A., then he made one up. I think his purpose was to get them to waste all their time in court, whether the charges were bona-fide or not, then they couldn't haul gravel. Well the story goes that he (the cop) pulled over one of the haulers that he had pulled over many times before, only this time it was in the evening. The driver enticed the cop to go around to the passenger side of the truck. Now understand this was a pretty big 'in shape' cop. The cops' gun and badge did NOT save him from the beating he got that day. It was shortly after the cop got out of hospital that he quit the force.
It doesn't matter how big you are, there is always someone out there that is bigger and will hurt you if you give them the opportunity.

We are supposed to get up to 39 here today.
I boo-booed the other day and scraped the snow and slush off the driveway. Over night it froze, now I can ice skate on it. Smmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooth as silk. I had to put down some ashes so I could walk to the garage from the house. But it will warm up again and the slush will go, hopefully soon. We've still got 2' of snow on the lawns.

[Wolferz]

That's why we call it The Great White North:D
My one visit to Alberta was in the month of May and the skies were spitting snow when we arrived.
Ashes are cheap but, ice-melt will "remove" the ice.:03::O:

[swamprat69er]

Many years ago, I was in 7th grade and writing an exam, so that would be June and I looked out the window and it was snowing. It wasn't snowing hard, just steady. It didn't stay though. This was about 30 miles east of Toronto. Winter will be over by Labour Day weekend. Trouble is that we can expect snow anytime after Labour Day weekend.:har:

[Jimbuna]

No sign of a thaw yet? :hmmm:

[u crank]

Just checked the forecast. Extended periods of freezing rain tonight and into the morning. Then another blizzard/nor'easter for Tuesday.:nope:

[Sailor Steve]

Pouring rain right now. I mean coming down hard. I have the balcony door open and can see it bouncing of the driveway below.

[Jimbuna]

If it gets any colder here it'll be hotter at work :-?

[u crank]

If it gets any colder here it'll be hotter at work :-?

So this new job might be good on those hot summer days. Air conditioned work place.:D

[Jimbuna]

So this new job might be good on those hot summer days. Air conditioned work place.:D

I wish....when you walk into the freezer you forget about the outside world :o

[Sailor Steve]

I was told in another thread that I should also post it here. Our heavy rain is now heavy snow, and it's just below freezing.

[Wolferz]

I wish....when you walk into the freezer you forget about the outside world :o
Because your body instantly switches to cold survival mode?:huh:

[swamprat69er]

39F today and I was out cutting run off ditches for the driveway. Tuesday I am in North Bay all day, Wednesday and Thursday I'll be in Newmarket, ON for prestartup meetings. Then back home for another month or so.
Once the snow goes, I am gonna be a busy boy. I got a shed to tear down, a new platform for the new shed to put up, the genny to put in the new shed and wire into the house. Lights to install on the tractor, more lights to install on the Jeep and the list just goes on....

[Jimbuna]

Because your body instantly switches to cold survival mode?:huh:

Of that I've no doubt :)

[Wolferz]

Yesterday we had some of that nasty sleet and freezing rain and snow overnight. Looking for a high today of 49, so I'm not going to bother with removing the crud from my truck. Momma Nature can do it. :O:

[u crank]

Another storm today. This is the 5th straight school day without classes. Can't remember the last time that happened.

[swamprat69er]

Another storm today. This is the 5th straight school day without classes.
Party day!:yeah:

[u crank]

Party day!:yeah:

:yep:

My grandson shows no signs of snow day fatigue. :O:

[swamprat69er]

:yep:

My grandson shows no signs of snow day fatigue. :O:
Trouble is that the school districts will just add on an extra 5 days to the school year. :(

[Armistead]

Our kids are going on Saturdays, lose 3 days of spring break and have several days added in June to make up.

[swamprat69er]

Our kids are going on Saturdays, lose 3 days of spring break and have several days added in June to make up.
There is a loophole there for the Saturday schooling. Jewish kids can't work on Saturdays. It is the Sabbath.

[Wolferz]

There is a loophole there for the Saturday schooling. Jewish kids can't work on Saturdays. It is the Sabbath.

There goes the perfect attendance award for Master Epstein.:wah:

[Wolferz]

I got something today that I haven't had since last year...

Fresh air coming in my window.:up: The birds are all out there singing for this years spouse and prepping for nesting.
I'm not going to declare winter 13/14 over just yet. But, here's hoping.:D

[ReallyDedPoet]

Just got power back after about a day and half without it. The whole family
smells a little better as a result :D:D

[swamprat69er]

The birds are all out there singing for this years spouse and prepping for nesting.


You need this,

858

[Mush Martin]

two days ago I woke up and saw four inches of fresh new snow
out the window burying my wifes car, when she got up, I said,
hey great news honey .... its next winter :har:

[Wolferz]

You need this,



I already have one of those.:)

[Jimbuna]

I got something today that I haven't had since last year...

Fresh air coming in my window.:up: The birds are all out there singing for this years spouse and prepping for nesting.
I'm not going to declare winter 13/14 over just yet. But, here's hoping.:D

So the thaw has eventually arrived :cool:

[swamprat69er]

Another inch of snow coming tonight for us. That should be the last of it until Labour Day weekend.

[Jimbuna]

When is that?

Not tomorrow surely :)

[swamprat69er]

Another inch of snow coming tonight for us. That should be the last of it until Labour Day weekend.
Tonight will probably end up being tomorrow.

[Jimbuna]

I was referring to Labour Day weekend :)

[swamprat69er]

First Monday in September.
http://www.statutoryholidays.com/labourday.php
Labour Day 2014 In 2014 Labour Day is Monday September 1.

Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on the first Monday of September and it is a federal statutory holiday. It is also observed in the United States on the same day. Many other countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1st.
This holiday officially celebrates workers and the labour union movement, however, most of us only think of it as the last long weekend of the summer, a perfect occasion for one last BBQ or canoe trip. Many seasonal attractions and vendors close after the labour day long weekend and it is generally the start of the fall shoulder season.

Note: In the Commonwealth Countries it is spelled "labour", in the United States is spelled "labor".

[Wolferz]

Labour is the old English spelling IIRC.

The spell checker flags the word unless you spell it labor.:know:

[swamprat69er]

Labour is the old English spelling IIRC.

The spell checker flags the word unless you spell it labor.:know:
The spell checker is on an American website (this one) and was set up by an American. We (the rest of the world) can't help it if Americans cannot spell correctly.:D I always add the corrected spelling to the dictionary. Slowly the dictionary is learning. One word at a time.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

First Monday in September.
http://www.statutoryholidays.com/labourday.php
Labour Day 2014 In 2014 Labour Day is Monday September 1.

Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on the first Monday of September and it is a federal statutory holiday. It is also observed in the United States on the same day. Many other countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1st.
This holiday officially celebrates workers and the labour union movement, however, most of us only think of it as the last long weekend of the summer, a perfect occasion for one last BBQ or canoe trip. Many seasonal attractions and vendors close after the labour day long weekend and it is generally the start of the fall shoulder season.

Note: In the Commonwealth Countries it is spelled "labour", in the United States is spelled "labor".

Rgr that, thanks for the clarification...it is May 1st here in the UK and often referred to as May Day.

[Wolferz]

Rgr that, thanks for the clarification...it is May 1st here in the UK and often referred to as May Day.

Is that why the English are so obsessed with poles?:03::O:

[swamprat69er]

Rgr that, thanks for the clarification...it is May 1st here in the UK and often referred to as May Day.
I just found that out when I did the search on Labour Day.:)

[Wolferz]

The spell checker is on an American website (this one) and was set up by an American. We (the rest of the world) can't help it if Americans cannot spell correctly.:D I always add the corrected spelling to the dictionary. Slowly the dictionary is learning. One word at a time.:haha:

When in Roam...:03:
Come firther south and you'll get a real nasty surprise with butchered English.
We turn whole sentences into one word to make more time for huntin, fishin and pokin the missus. So, meerferaminut.:O:

'Merica!

[swamprat69er]

I don't need to go farther south than Toronto to get slaughtered Engrish.
I was outside Winnipeg a few years ago and this guy was telling me about his flend in Horrand Randing, Ontario. It is just south of Bladfold, Ontario.:hmmm: Took me a while to figure out it was Holland Landing which is south of Bradford, ON.
Asians.....can't understand them, can't shoot them.

[Wolferz]

Ah so Swamplat.:haha:
Try a trip with a Belarus co-driver who doesn't speak engrish and doesn't know how to drive a tlactor twairer.

[swamprat69er]

Ah so Swamplat.:haha:
Try a trip with a Belarus co-driver who doesn't speak engrish and doesn't know how to drive a tractor trailer.
Did he know how to walk? He would be doing a lot of it, in my books.

[Wolferz]

Did he know how to walk? He would be doing a lot of it, in my books.
Nope. As soon as I got us back to the terminal, I walked... Straight to my POV and went home. Before my sleep deprived self could kill us or someone else.:-? He thought he was Billy Bob Trucker. More like Han Solo Trucker.
My regular co was on vacation and I waited for him to get back before I returned to work.

[swamprat69er]

Nope. As soon as I got us back to the terminal, I walked... Straight to my POV and went home. Before my sleep deprived self could kill us or someone else.:-? He thought he was Billy Bob Trucker. More like Han Solo Trucker.
My regular co was on vacation and I waited for him to get back before I returned to work.
That was a great idea!

[Wolferz]

That was a great idea!
The dispatcher didn't like it one little bit. She tried to cajole me into staying in the truck to train that moron. I told her three things...
1. He doesn't speak English!
2. He thinks he knows how to drive a semi. This tractor is assigned to him and he thinks he's the owner of it.
3.You double my mileage rate and tell him I'm the boss, trainer, whatever and I might consider it.

"Oh, I can't do that."

Fine! I'm outta this heap ASAP!:-?

You should have seen the look on his face when I woke him up at the terminal to say Das vidonya.:rotfl2:

[swamprat69er]

You should have seen the look on his face when I woke him up at the terminal to say Das vidonya.:rotfl2:
'напоўніць Йер грузавік' would probably be more understandable.:har:

[Wolferz]

'напоўніць Йер грузавік' would probably be more understandable.:har:
You're going to have to translate that. I don't speak or read cyrillic.:hmmm:
If I could, maybe Igor and I could have gotten along for three weeks. Or maybe a swift kick in his melon from the bunk would've woke him up. Doubtful though. Probably would've broken my foot.

[swamprat69er]

Google translate says it means 'stuff yer truck'.

[Wolferz]

Google translate says it means 'stuff yer truck'.

:up:He was a BIG fellow. It might have fit.:haha:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Have to say going from the East Cost ( Canada ) and snow- temps below freezing to 25 ( 77F ) and green grass is a little strange. But in a good way : )

[swamprat69er]

Yes! As much as I really like the snow, every year I am happy to see it leave.
The spring melt is going fairly good here, we got about an inch of it yesterday, but it is melting big time here today. The sun has a bit of heat in it. I think next weekend I will take the blower off and put the loader back on.(right now the loader is buried in 4' of snow)

[Wolferz]

Yes! As much as I really like the snow, every year I am happy to see it leave.
The spring melt is going fairly good here, we got about an inch of it yesterday, but it is melting big time here today. The sun has a bit of heat in it. I think next weekend I will take the blower off and put the loader back on.(right now the loader is buried in 4' of snow)

Blow it out of there.:D

[swamprat69er]

Blow it out of there.:D
The landing gear for the loader are burried in snow as well. the loader weighs 700 lbs, so there is no way to lift it other than with the tractor. It is a hurry up and wait game.

[Wolferz]

The landing gear for the loader are burried in snow as well. the loader weighs 700 lbs, so there is no way to lift it other than with the tractor. It is a hurry up and wait game.
I'd be burried too if I was buried in snow.
:O:
You know you're a Canadian redneck if your yard looks like a construction equipment dealership. :up::O::haha:

[swamprat69er]

I'd be burried too if I was buried in snow.
:O:
You know you're a Canadian redneck if your yard looks like a construction equipment dealership. :up::O::haha:
It's not quite that bad. IF you don't see the horse drawn sickle bar mower, or the 2 bottom breaking plow, or the horse drawn spring tooth harrows.:haha:
The 1988 ride on lawnmower is tucked away beside the shed that collapsed under the snow load. And we can not forget the 3 gen sets 2 that are going to be made into 1 that works. And then there is the 16' Crestliner boat that I made into a flower pot.
Yup, I might be a Canadian redneck, but I've been called worse.
At least my house doesn't have wheels, nor were wheels ever on it. I do have 15 Pro Comp 30x9.5x15 mud tires stashed away out of the sun for when I retire.:D

[Wolferz]

It's not quite that bad. IF you don't see the horse drawn sickle bar mower, or the 2 bottom breaking plow, or the horse drawn spring tooth harrows.:haha:
The 1988 ride on lawnmower is tucked away beside the shed that collapsed under the snow load. And we can not forget the 3 gen sets 2 that are going to be made into 1 that works. And then there is the 16' Crestliner boat that I made into a flower pot.
Yup, I might be a Canadian redneck, but I've been called worse.
At least my house doesn't have wheels, nor were wheels ever on it. I do have 15 Pro Comp 30x9.5x15 mud tires stashed away out of the sun for when I retire.:D

Slacker? :haha:
My lawn tractor is in the uncollapsed garage. Probably with a now dead battery.:-? There is an old window air conditioner in the grotto out back that I use as a table. I also have the remnant floor of a collapsed shed back there. It's covered with assorted junk that won't fit in the garage.:rock:

[swamprat69er]

This is what is happening up here.

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I just realised why it is snowing. The 4x4's beside the Jeep are to set the snowblower on.
http://s261.photobucket.com/user/swamprat69er/media/IMG_0001_zpsdde42f6a.png.html

[Wolferz]

Blech! Snow!:down:

It's warming up here. Enough to shut the furnace down and save some fossil fuel for next winter.:up: Now I have to clean the bloody thing.:-?

The March winds are late and howling out there at the moment. Very disgusty weather. :O:

[Sailor Steve]

It's looking to be a perfect spring day here. Currently 64F/18C and looking at a high of 71/22. Planning on a nice walk or bike ride later. :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

A lovely 10C/50F, especially after exiting the -30C freezer.

[swamprat69er]

Blech! Snow!:down:
:up: Now I have to clean the bloody thing.:-?

I call a guy in to clean my furnace, but I do sweep both woodstove chimneys myself. Every ten years I get a licensed guy to come in and re-certify the chimneys.

[Wolferz]

I call a guy in to clean my furnace, but I do sweep both woodstove chimneys myself. Every ten years I get a licensed guy to come in and re-certify the chimneys.

Since I burn coal there isn't a need to clean the chimney. (No creosote)

But I do have to wash the pipes and the barometric damper with baking soda and water to arrest the acidic rust. Then scrape down the inside of the stove and shovel/vacuum out the fly ash. Cleaning the glass in the door is the worst part.:down: Then I tuck a drop light with a 40 watt bulb in there to keep it all nice and dry until next heating season. After three winters, I should probably pull the hopper off to clean and lubricate the feeder and the fans too.

Work, work work.:arrgh!:

[swamprat69er]

When we burned coal I was too young to care about it.
Back when I was 3 (that was just after the last ice age) my grandparents had a coal furnace that had been converted to oil. Short story, the door blew off the furnace when it lit up. Right across from my bedroom. I never slept in that basement again.

[Wolferz]

When we burned coal I was too young to care about it.
Back when I was 3 (that was just after the last ice age) my grandparents had a coal furnace that had been converted to oil. Short story, the door blew off the furnace when it lit up. Right across from my bedroom. I never slept in that basement again.
:huh:Freddie Krueger was after you!:huh:

[swamprat69er]

Although that was 64.5 years ago, I still don't trust oil furnaces and I get mine cleaned every year no matter if it has been used for 1 hour or thousands of hours in the winter. I just don't trust them.

[Wolferz]

Saw an 81 degree day on Saturday. Tonight it's snowing and headed down to 19 degrees.:-?

[swamprat69er]

Saw an 81 degree day on Saturday. Tonight it's snowing and headed down to 19 degrees.:-?
I scraped 6" of the stuff off my driveway and did two of the neighbours, too.
Snowed all day today.

[Jimbuna]

Still no sign of a thaw then :hmmm:

[swamprat69er]

Still no sign of a thaw then :hmmm:
We already had that. Now it is back into winter. We had a week of warmish weather, between 32F and on up to 50's.

[Jimbuna]

We already had that. Now it is back into winter. We had a week of warmish weather, between 32F and on up to 50's.

Back into winter already! :o

Some people have all the fun :)

[swamprat69er]

The mossies had just started hatching out and the hard freeze last night will have killed them off. This is a good thing. I hope it killed the black flies, too.

[Jimbuna]

Nothing wrong with killing those pesties...saves a whole lot of bother in the summer :)

[swamprat69er]

Nothing wrong with killing those pesties...saves a whole lot of bother in the summer :)
I am allergic to blackfly bites and swell up around the bite site big time. They also make me dopier than I already am. I try my best to avoid them.

[Jimbuna]

I am allergic to blackfly bites and swell up around the bite site big time. They also make me dopier than I already am. I try my best to avoid them.

If all else fails...

http://s14.postimg.org/5lr1607n5/003.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[swamprat69er]

If all else fails...

http://s14.postimg.org/5lr1607n5/003.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
LOL

[Wolferz]

Agent Orange...
Better killing through chemistry.:up:

[swamprat69er]

That will kill everything with a leg in each corner. Cant have that.

[August]

Snow was covering my lawn this morning. :o

That global warming thang is a mofo...:yep:

[swamprat69er]

I haven't seen my lawn since last November.

[TarJak]

That will kill everything with a leg in each corner. Cant have that.Chairs too? I like chairs.

[Sailor Steve]

Are we going to have to bring back Doctor Steve to help you deal with this chair fetish? It's not healthy, y'know.

[TarJak]

Sure why not. Just don't bring your cat. :O:

[Wolferz]

Winter is over, officially. :D
The trees are in full bud and the grass already needs cutting.:up:
Next winter will likely be nastier than this one.:-?

[swamprat69er]

Winter is over, officially. :D
The trees are in full bud and the grass already needs cutting.:up:
Next winter will likely be nastier than this one.:-?
Officially winter might be over, but we had snow last night. It didn't stay around long and it was only about 1/2", but it was snow just the same.

[Sailor Steve]

It's been pouring rain and in the 50s all day. It might snow tonight. Two days ago was bike-ridin' weather. :wah:

[swamprat69er]

It's been pouring rain and in the 50s all day. It might snow tonight. Two days ago was bike-ridin' weather. :wah:

It kinda looks like your rain clouds are all peed out. Partly cloudy here today and a slight chance of a rain shower tonight.

[Jimbuna]

So there has been a thaw then? :hmmm:

[swamprat69er]

Yup. I've got more dirt and grass than snow. Temps are regularly above 32F.
I am starting on my usual 'Newfie tan'. My forearms get real dark and the rest of me is lilly white.

[Wolferz]

Yup. I've got more dirt and grass than snow. Temps are regularly above 32F.
I am starting on my usual 'Newfie tan'. My forearms get real dark and the rest of me is lilly white.

Truckers tan. :up::D

I have to cut grass today. That is if the rest of the famn damily gets their lazy butts out of the bed.

[Jimbuna]

Yup. I've got more dirt and grass than snow. Temps are regularly above 32F.
I am starting on my usual 'Newfie tan'. My forearms get real dark and the rest of me is lilly white.

I get like that most years too.

http://s3.postimg.org/oli9bkeb7/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[swamprat69er]

Truckers tan. :up::D

I have to cut grass today. That is if the rest of the famn damily gets their lazy butts out of the bed.

North American truckers tan is left arm darker than the right.

Why does the rest of the family have to get up if you are cutting the grass?
The noise of the lawn mower will wake them.

[Wolferz]

North American truckers tan is left arm darker than the right.

Why does the rest of the family have to get up if you are cutting the grass?
The noise of the lawn mower will wake them.

I can't help being considerate of others.:D I know how much it annoys me if I'm awakened by the neighbors doing noisy work in their yard.:-?

One fortunate occurrence happened last week. The neighbor lady fell off her back porch and broke her leg. So she won't be conducting her early morning dog walking for awhile, which always puts our dog in loud barking mode.:yeah:

[swamprat69er]

I can't help being considerate of others.:D I know how much it annoys me if I'm awakened by the neighbors doing noisy work in their yard.:-?

One fortunate occurrence happened last week. The neighbor lady fell off her back porch and broke her leg. So she won't be conducting her early morning dog walking for awhile, which always puts our dog in loud barking mode.:yeah:

You know, if she had broken her neck, then you would never have to put up with her again.:D Are you going to pray for a busted neck the next time?:D

[Wolferz]

You know, if she had broken her neck, then you would never have to put up with her again.:D Are you going to pray for a busted neck the next time?:D

Nah. I never wish harm on others but, I don't look gift horses in the mouth either.:O:

[Armistead]

I can't help being considerate of others.:D I know how much it annoys me if I'm awakened by the neighbors doing noisy work in their yard.:-?

One fortunate occurrence happened last week. The neighbor lady fell off her back porch and broke her leg. So she won't be conducting her early morning dog walking for awhile, which always puts our dog in loud barking mode.:yeah:

This is a peeve of mine, inconsiderate neighbors. I was at my fathers a few weeks ago and his neighbors, 4 guys renting the house, got loud. Mostly just redneck yelling. I had my fill by 11PM, lifted the window and yelled.." Do you guys mind shutting the F up...." I was a lil shocked at myself, but my fuse was short. It stopped..

I've got a teen up the road that often cranks his music up during they day...all bass. I called the cops and told them my pictures were vibrating on the wall. You would think people would have more sense. I'll be glad when I get the farmhouse done, I don't like living in neighborhoods..

[August]

Not all neighborhoods are like that.