If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
Otherwise, we are in good shape (figuratively). We have lost power four
times in the last week, but it has come back on within 15 minutes each
time. Then go to http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html for a
selection of Calvin and Hobbes' best snowman cartoons. Enjoy.
mahalo,
jo4hn
In article <[email protected]>, Mark and Kim Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
> That's not classic. That's theft!
Yup. Watterson never licensed any of his work to anyone. The pressure
to do so was one of the reasons he decided to pack it in, IIRC.
In article <[email protected]>, Norman D. Crow
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Good ol' lake effect! Down here in Jamestown we got *maybe* 2". Dodged the
> bullet this time, but Winter is still here, lots of time for the arctic
> express to hit us again.
We've got about 8" on the ground (got about 3" over Christmas and NY),
and are currently at -40 with wind chill. It'll be colder overnight as
the wind picks up.
Pretty tough on the dog, who's a wiener dog/terrier cross and has no
undercoat to speak of. It's pretty much a 20 foot dash 'n pee.
In article <[email protected]>, jo4hn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Just got an email from a cousin in Regina. She says they have had a
> fair amount of snow there and temps at around -30dC. Here it rarely
> gets below -10dC.
This morning Regina is reporting -38C (-51C with wind chill)...
It's -31C (-44C with WC) here in ToonTown (2 hours north).
I gotta go warm up the car now.
I came back from a vacation in my hometown in southern LA on 12-26 to
find the snow plowed in up to the hood of the car in the long-term
parking lot at the airport in Toledo. Got back to the house--we had to
park in the neighbor's driveway that Sunday night. I spent about an
hour and a half that Sunday night clearing a car-sized spot in our
driveway--snow between knee and waist deep in the driveway. My
favorite part of this anecdote is that our neighbor on the other side
pulled into his driveway about 15 minutes into shoveling. I know he
has a snowblower, and he knows I know he has a snowblower. So he pulls
in and looks at me, and I look at him looking at me, and he looks at me
looking at him, and he goes right inside and does whatever he does.
Bastard. See if I weedwack his fence THIS friggin spring.
-Phil Crow
Tue, Jan 4, 2005, 4:30pm (EST+5) [email protected] (jo4hn) waves and
calls out:
If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
folks are doing with the weather <snip>
Hello. Yep, we have weather too, 77 degees today. Now, you know
one of the many reasons I don't live in Californery. Hehehe Go out in
the shop and make a sled, then use it. Snow sled, not saw sled. That
is the ONLY thing I miss about lots of snow winters, sledding.
JOAT
EVERY THING THAT HAPPENS STAYS HAPPENED.
- Death
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:30:11 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
I posted twice earlier and it did not show up so, I am reposting again using a
difference news server.
We are bracing for Old Man Winter, it is raining and expecting 1" of ice follow
by snow later. This morning I refilled my propane tank, buy 5 gal kerosene to
prepare for expected power outages. The icy-mix will be more severed than the
one experienced two years ago. The last power outage lasted for more than three
weeks in some areas.
My wife came back early, and everyone at her office has taken leave for
tomorrow. Schools within the metropolitan close early for this "Big" one.
We are bracing for this BIG ONE! Anyone need free lumbers? :-)
>If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
>folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
>about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
>way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
>try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
>grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
>Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
>on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
>
>Otherwise, we are in good shape (figuratively). We have lost power four
>times in the last week, but it has come back on within 15 minutes each
>time. Then go to http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html for a
>selection of Calvin and Hobbes' best snowman cartoons. Enjoy.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:02:01 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
Need free lumbers? Drive your truck to KC? We are expecting the BIG one.
>Just got an email from a cousin in Regina. She says they have had a
>fair amount of snow there and temps at around -30dC. Here it rarely
>gets below -10dC.
> j4
jo4hn wrote:
>
> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> way. ...
Well, I'd gladly trade...we're under freezing rain which is expected to
last the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning before it
(eventually) is <supposed> to turn over to snow...the rumbles of thunder
are certainly indicative there's enough warm air and moisture aloft to
make it a fairly high likelihood they're not far off... :(
So far, no wind, but that rarely holds for long here...
jo4hn wrote:
> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
> try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
> grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
> on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
We got about 2' on Christmas eve but the temperature went up into the mid 50
a few days later. There is no snow on the ground...
IN BUFFALO, NY
IN JANUARY?
(not complaining though) :-).
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:07 -0500, Nova <[email protected]>
>
> >We got about 2' on Christmas eve but the temperature went up into the mid 50
>
> TWO FEET in a day? Lordy!
Actually it was more like 8 hours.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
"Mike in Arkansas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sigh. I truly miss Calvin and Hobbs. Have for years.
>
Other than seeing Calvin in the classic pose urinating on Ford/Chevy/Dodge
logos on the windows of pickups, that is.
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
Well, here (southern Indiana) it's been in the low 60's the last few days.
Of course back Christmas eve it was something below zero at night
with a foot or so of snow and frozen rain; a few days later there was the
freezing fog.
Got to love that Ohio Valley weather, if you don't like it, wait a
few minutes, it'll change.
> try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
Makes me nervous to see a 4wd coming in the snow. Just last week
I looked in the mirror of my Buick and saw the one that just had squeezed
me into the deep, soft, white stuff stop rocking back and forth on his
drivers door.
> grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
> on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
When I delivered papers there were a few bad winters where we
hooked the mutt to the sled and let him pull the paper bag. Temperatures
in the teens, papers probably out weighted him four or five to one,
atleast six inches of snow, otherwise we would have been on bikes.
He enjoyed it, but one day it was too cold and his feet got to bleeding;
we made him ride the rest of the way.
He would have much rather kept pulling.
'course we was kids back then.
Hey, this is getting close to being a "five miles to school in the snow,
uphill, both ways" story! Cool, I AM turning in to my old man.
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:040120052343190634%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <[email protected]>, Norman D. Crow
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Good ol' lake effect! Down here in Jamestown we got *maybe* 2". Dodged
the
> > bullet this time, but Winter is still here, lots of time for the arctic
> > express to hit us again.
>
> We've got about 8" on the ground (got about 3" over Christmas and NY),
> and are currently at -40 with wind chill. It'll be colder overnight as
> the wind picks up.
>
> Pretty tough on the dog, who's a wiener dog/terrier cross and has no
> undercoat to speak of. It's pretty much a 20 foot dash 'n pee.
Well, I live where there's BIG snow, but it's so common we take it for
granted.
Nonetheless, the dog story reminds me of my dog's problem during a similar
cold snap last year. After dragging his undercarriage through the snow and
getting it wet, he would sit out and watch the world (can you say numbnuts?)
go by. Succeeded in getting a good case of frostbite on his penis sheath.
Vet said it wasn't that unusual, and given his reaction to licking the
salve, I don't think he did it for the rub....
trad ya, he in Boise we had one snow storm and only got 1" and that melted
later the same day, up until this week it's been in the 50s, cold and damp
until this week it dropped into the 30's and dropping into the teens at
night but big deal. I want snow!
jo4hn wrote:
> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
> try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
> grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
> on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
>
> Otherwise, we are in good shape (figuratively). We have lost power four
> times in the last week, but it has come back on within 15 minutes each
> time. Then go to http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html for a
> selection of Calvin and Hobbes' best snowman cartoons. Enjoy.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:07 -0500, Nova <[email protected]>
> calmly ranted:
>
>
>>jo4hn wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
>>>folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
>>>about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
>
>
> Three feet of WHAT in SoCal, jo4hn?
All three of my feet. Don't unnerstand the question Larry.
querulous,
jo4hn
Richard Clements wrote:
> trad ya, he in Boise we had one snow storm and only got 1" and that melted
> later the same day, up until this week it's been in the 50s, cold and damp
> until this week it dropped into the 30's and dropping into the teens at
> night but big deal. I want snow!
>
You pay for shipping?
entreprenurially yours,
jo4hn
"Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
>
> "Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > jo4hn wrote:
> >
> > > If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> > > folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> > > about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> > > way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I
will
> > > try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
> > > grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> > > Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange
package
> > > on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
> >
> > We got about 2' on Christmas eve but the temperature went up into the
mid
> 50
> > a few days later. There is no snow on the ground...
> >
> > IN BUFFALO, NY
> >
> > IN JANUARY?
> >
> > (not complaining though) :-).
> >
> Good ol' lake effect! Down here in Jamestown we got *maybe* 2". Dodged the
> bullet this time, but Winter is still here, lots of time for the arctic
> express to hit us again.
>
...and here in Syracuse where we normally get a lot more snow than Buffalo
(though they get more press for their snow), we've had diddly for snow this
year. We've had a couple of dustings, one front that dumped a foot, and
that's it. Now - not a flake of snow on the ground. Hopefully that will
change before too long.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Of course, here (in Edmonton AB), it's been between -20 and -30 degrees
Celcius for the last week. This week, it's suppposed to warm up to close to
freezing tomorrow, but then drop down again to -15/-30. And to think I left
Miami, FL for this...
BTW, you've got more snow than us. Too damn cold to snow here!
Clint
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
> try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
> grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
> on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
>
> Otherwise, we are in good shape (figuratively). We have lost power four
> times in the last week, but it has come back on within 15 minutes each
> time. Then go to http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html for a
> selection of Calvin and Hobbes' best snowman cartoons. Enjoy.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
George wrote:
>"Mike in Arkansas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>Sigh. I truly miss Calvin and Hobbs. Have for years.
>>
>>
>>
>Other than seeing Calvin in the classic pose urinating on Ford/Chevy/Dodge
>logos on the windows of pickups, that is.
>
>
>
>
That's not classic. That's theft!
"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> jo4hn wrote:
>
> > If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
> > folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
> > about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
> > way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
> > try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
> > grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
> > Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
> > on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
>
> We got about 2' on Christmas eve but the temperature went up into the mid
50
> a few days later. There is no snow on the ground...
>
> IN BUFFALO, NY
>
> IN JANUARY?
>
> (not complaining though) :-).
>
Good ol' lake effect! Down here in Jamestown we got *maybe* 2". Dodged the
bullet this time, but Winter is still here, lots of time for the arctic
express to hit us again.
--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.
Dave Balderstone wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Mark and Kim Smith
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>That's not classic. That's theft!
>>
>>
>
>Yup. Watterson never licensed any of his work to anyone. The pressure
>to do so was one of the reasons he decided to pack it in, IIRC.
>
>
(Sigh!) I miss fresh Calvin and Hobbes, Farside and Bloom County!!
Clint wrote:
> Of course, here (in Edmonton AB), it's been between -20 and -30 degrees
> Celcius for the last week. This week, it's suppposed to warm up to close to
> freezing tomorrow, but then drop down again to -15/-30. And to think I left
> Miami, FL for this...
>
> BTW, you've got more snow than us. Too damn cold to snow here!
>
> Clint
>
Just got an email from a cousin in Regina. She says they have had a
fair amount of snow there and temps at around -30dC. Here it rarely
gets below -10dC.
j4
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:07 -0500, Nova <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>jo4hn wrote:
>
>> If there is anybody still out there, hello. Just wondering how youse
>> folks are doing with the weather and all. Here in So. Cal., we have
>> about three feet on the ground (try to picture that) with more on the
Three feet of WHAT in SoCal, jo4hn?
>> way. I can see the top of the deck railing, if only just. Today I will
>> try to dig out the 4wd truck so we can get to the post office and
>> grocery store tomorrow. About the only service left here is the LA
>> Times newspaper fairy who, somehow, still plunks a bright orange package
>> on the driveway every morning before 5:30. The guy is a wizard.
>
>We got about 2' on Christmas eve but the temperature went up into the mid 50
TWO FEET in a day? Lordy!
>a few days later. There is no snow on the ground...
>IN BUFFALO, NY
>IN JANUARY?
>(not complaining though) :-).
Let's hope not.
Thank your lucky stars, Yack! I got half an inch on my truck roof and
hood the day after Christmas but none stuck to the ground. It's 23F
out there right now. Hmmm, this place _is_ colder than LoCal. ;)
-
In nature's infinite book of secrecy a little I can read. -Shakespeare
------
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I had a pup a while back. 130 pound husky/shep. In this weather,
he'd do the twenty foot pee 'n dash.
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:43:19 -0600, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Norman D. Crow
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Good ol' lake effect! Down here in Jamestown we got *maybe* 2". Dodged the
>> bullet this time, but Winter is still here, lots of time for the arctic
>> express to hit us again.
>
>We've got about 8" on the ground (got about 3" over Christmas and NY),
>and are currently at -40 with wind chill. It'll be colder overnight as
>the wind picks up.
>
>Pretty tough on the dog, who's a wiener dog/terrier cross and has no
>undercoat to speak of. It's pretty much a 20 foot dash 'n pee.