I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some wind
blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the area, I
was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting them all
over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of them.
Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I have have
to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All compliments of
a feverishly producing maple tree.
<grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
"krw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:50:34 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
> <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some wind
>>blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the area,
>>I
>>was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting them
>>all
>>over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of them.
>>Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I have
>>have
>>to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All compliments
>>of
>>a feverishly producing maple tree.
>>
>><grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
>
> Maple helicopters? They're normally a spring thing.
====================
Yeah, I know. But the leaves are falling off and the old dried up
helicopters are falling off too. And since it was windy, they blew all over
the place.
Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Don't know if Autumn is here there, but it seems that we have bypassed
> it here. A couple days ago it was 90f, today we had an inch and a half
> of snow.
>
How was that transition? My mother's been complaining about the transition
from warm to cool, and wishing it'd just go from being Summer to Winter.
Puckdropper
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"Lee Michaels" wrote:
>I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some
>wind
>blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the
>area, I
>was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting
>them all
>over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of
>them.
>Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I
>have have
>to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All
>compliments of
>a feverishly producing maple tree.
>
><grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
--------------------------------------------------
Come back in two weeks, but then again, you may face other problems.
Lew
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:50:34 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some wind
>blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the area, I
>was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting them all
>over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of them.
>Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I have have
>to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All compliments of
>a feverishly producing maple tree.
>
><grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
>
>
Don't know if Autumn is here there, but it seems that we have bypassed
it here. A couple days ago it was 90f, today we had an inch and a half
of snow.
--
"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:50:34 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some wind
>blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the area, I
>was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting them all
>over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of them.
>Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I have have
>to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All compliments of
>a feverishly producing maple tree.
>
><grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
Maple helicopters? They're normally a spring thing.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lee Michaels wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I know. But the leaves are falling off and the old dried up
>> helicopters are falling off too. And since it was windy, they blew all
>> over the place.
>
> Squirrels are trying to tell us something ... they're bombing the crap out
> of me with green pecans. I move, they move ... deadly accurate little
> bastards, and they know it's too early for squirrel gumbo!
NOT! Season opened October 1!
Dave in Houston
Lee Michaels wrote:
> Yeah, I know. But the leaves are falling off and the old dried up
> helicopters are falling off too. And since it was windy, they blew all over
> the place.
Squirrels are trying to tell us something ... they're bombing the crap
out of me with green pecans. I move, they move ... deadly accurate
little bastards, and they know it's too early for squirrel gumbo!
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
In the old days ... the real old days, in school, didn't they teach
squirrel shooting, how to skin them and make gumbo and mittens?
Ahh, them good old days, when a modern stove was a duel fuel model - an
Enterprise - running on wood and oil
If a rabbit bothered your garden, it was considered proper to shoot it....
My how times have changed.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lee Michaels wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I know. But the leaves are falling off and the old dried up
>> helicopters are falling off too. And since it was windy, they blew all
>> over the place.
>
> Squirrels are trying to tell us something ... they're bombing the crap out
> of me with green pecans. I move, they move ... deadly accurate little
> bastards, and they know it's too early for squirrel gumbo!
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 10/22/08
> KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some
> wind blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in
> the area, I was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work
> kept getting them all over. They kept geting under the sander. Even
> my hair gets full of them. Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps
> outside will not work. I have have to clean a spot in somebody elses
> garage to finish them. All compliments of a feverishly producing maple
> tree.
>
> <grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
We are being bombarded by acorn. Heavy ones. They dent cars!!
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On Oct 6, 2:47=A0pm, Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05 Oct 2009 04:23:11 GMT, Puckdropper
>
> <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> >Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote in
> >news:[email protected]:
>
> >> Don't know if Autumn is here there, but it seems that we have bypassed
> >> it here. A couple days ago it was 90f, today we had an inch and a half
> >> of snow.
>
> >How was that transition? =A0My mother's been complaining about the trans=
ition
> >from warm to cool, and wishing it'd just go from being Summer to Winter.
>
> >Puckdropper
>
> Nothing like waking up to a heavy snowstorm and having to shovel all
> the sidewalks around the church 3 times during the morning. Today it
> is gorgeous and clear, but only about 55. Overnight it was in the low
> 20's. After almost 8 years here I'm getting used to the weird weather
> transitions, but it is still a bit of a jar.
I knew there was a reason I moved from Vermont to Alabama, other than
taxes and leftists. Remind me, what is a "snowstorm"?
> http://www.DouglassClan.com
>
> My laptop knows me too well - it just announced "your battery is low!"
Well pick it up!
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> RE: Subject
>
> Yes.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
No ......... it's Spring
: )
On 05 Oct 2009 04:23:11 GMT, Puckdropper
<puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>
>> Don't know if Autumn is here there, but it seems that we have bypassed
>> it here. A couple days ago it was 90f, today we had an inch and a half
>> of snow.
>>
>
>How was that transition? My mother's been complaining about the transition
>from warm to cool, and wishing it'd just go from being Summer to Winter.
>
>Puckdropper
Nothing like waking up to a heavy snowstorm and having to shovel all
the sidewalks around the church 3 times during the morning. Today it
is gorgeous and clear, but only about 55. Overnight it was in the low
20's. After almost 8 years here I'm getting used to the weird weather
transitions, but it is still a bit of a jar.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
My laptop knows me too well - it just announced "your battery is low!"
Lee Michaels wrote:
> I was working outside on those steps today. Bright sunny day, some wind
> blowing and chill in the air. Due to some large maple trees in the area, I
> was being blasted by maple "helicopters". All my work kept getting them all
> over. They kept geting under the sander. Even my hair gets full of them.
> Any fantasy I have of finishing the steps outside will not work. I have have
> to clean a spot in somebody elses garage to finish them. All compliments of
> a feverishly producing maple tree.
>
> <grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch>
>
>
>
Ayup, it's fall. California is on fire as has been its wont in recent
years. Nowhere near my house for a change.
sigh,
jo4hn
Yeah. Got the first drum of kerosene in for the shop heat ($2.59 per
gallon).
Finishing up the exterior painting before it gets too cold. Got an
infrared thermometer to help squeeze the most out of the days left.
Good tool and the cats like chasing the laser dot.
Got a mixed load of about 700 bf cherry/maple for this winter's
projects. Tuned up the bandsaw and put on a nice fresh Woodslicer for
resawing.
Fixed the roof leaks on the shop - for now.
Bring it on.
Regards,
Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/