The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
"Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over
the weekend.
It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
being "Crisp".
"Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
IMHO.
Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
Lew
On Nov 22, 5:56=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
> being "Crisp".
>
> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
> IMHO.
You're right! Surely everyone knows that sort of temperature is more
accurately described as 'brisk'?!
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:23:36 -0500, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at
comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>
>"Larry Jaques" wrote
>> "Lee Michaels" wrote:
>>
>>>The local news are masters of creating something out of nothing. And
>>>there
>>>is nothing like the weather to get excited about. After all, it is
>>>located
>>>just outside of your window. Talk about a ready made news story!
>>>
>>>And any kind of extreme weather?? They go nuts for those type of stories.
>>>
>>>We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in
>>>the
>>>country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
>>>kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
>>
>> Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
>> Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
>> had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
>> downright criminal of them to do.
>>
>>
>WE got some snow this morning. An inch or so. I fully expect the local
>news folks to go into total crisis mode and convince us of our impending
>doom.
Down here (Alamaba), one of the local radio talk guys has "Live in Fear
Doppler Radar" updates. Snow is rare (twice in two years) but bad weather
isn't. Well, not so bad this year since global warming was canceled due to
lack of interest.
>I remember last year watching them "report" on the snow. There was a
>reporter out there in the falling snow. And he was trying to "catch" snow
>flakes. He wanted to show us the snow flakes. He was frustrated that the
>snow flakes melted before he could show us the snow flakes. Isn't that the
>kind of thing a 5 year old would do?
He's a news reporter. Your point?
Markem wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:32:12 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Markem wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
>>>> IMHO.
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>>>
>>> I remember being out at the end of run way. I was a below zero
>>> morning (rare in North Carolina piedmont). You could hear the F-4s
>>> cut the air. That to me is a crisp morning.
>
>>
>> Seymore Johnson AFB? I was there in '72.
>
> TAC or SAC? Jan 75 - Jul 78.
>
TAC. 388th
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:32:12 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Markem wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
>>> IMHO.
>>>
>>> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>>
>> I remember being out at the end of run way. I was a below zero morning
>> (rare in North Carolina piedmont). You could hear the F-4s cut the
>> air. That to me is a crisp morning.
>
>Seymore Johnson AFB? I was there in '72.
TAC or SAC? Jan 75 - Jul 78.
Mark
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:24:58 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Larry Jaques" wrote:
>>>-----------------------------
>>>Anything below 60F is not fit for human habitation.
>>
>> Spoken like a true Californicator, Lew.
>---------------------------------
>Naw, just a displaced Buckeye who required 50 years in Northern Ohio
>to figure it out.
>
>A little slow I'll admit, but we figured it out.
"A _little_ slow"?
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
On Nov 22, 2:15=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
>
> We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. =A0Where ever you are i=
n the
> country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
> kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
And yet, nobody talks about the wind on Highway 3 in Nova Scotia...one
evening, the wind blew the beams right off my headlights.
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
> Toledo? What HS? Only took me 19.
Suburbs, really. Anthony Wayne H S
You?
--
Jim in NC
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
>
> Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
> "Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
>
> Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over the
> weekend.
>
> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
> being "Crisp".
>
> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world, IMHO.
>
> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>
The local news are masters of creating something out of nothing. And there
is nothing like the weather to get excited about. After all, it is located
just outside of your window. Talk about a ready made news story!
And any kind of extreme weather?? They go nuts for those type of stories.
We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in the
country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
"Larry Jaques" wrote
> "Lee Michaels" wrote:
>
>>The local news are masters of creating something out of nothing. And
>>there
>>is nothing like the weather to get excited about. After all, it is
>>located
>>just outside of your window. Talk about a ready made news story!
>>
>>And any kind of extreme weather?? They go nuts for those type of stories.
>>
>>We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in
>>the
>>country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
>>kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
>
> Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
> Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
> had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
> downright criminal of them to do.
>
>
WE got some snow this morning. An inch or so. I fully expect the local
news folks to go into total crisis mode and convince us of our impending
doom.
I remember last year watching them "report" on the snow. There was a
reporter out there in the falling snow. And he was trying to "catch" snow
flakes. He wanted to show us the snow flakes. He was frustrated that the
snow flakes melted before he could show us the snow flakes. Isn't that the
kind of thing a 5 year old would do?
"Larry Jaques" wrote:
>>-----------------------------
>>Anything below 60F is not fit for human habitation.
>
> Spoken like a true Californicator, Lew.
---------------------------------
Naw, just a displaced Buckeye who required 50 years in Northern Ohio
to figure it out.
A little slow I'll admit, but we figured it out.
Lew
On 2010-11-22 12:17:11 -0500, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> said:
> Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
> Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
> had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
> downright criminal of them to do.
You do know that the ground hog population has exploded by 30% or so.
Seems the marginal rise in average temperature (just a degree or two)
results in a shortened hybernation period. That means a earlier
breeding season, meaning that the young are pretty full developed by
midsummer and out on their own... and more apt to survie to their own
first breedings.
Red fox, grey fox, opposum and racoon populations are burgeoning for
the same reason. (Count the 'possum and racoon roadkill...)
By the way, "premature ejaculation" is a successful reproductive strategy, too.
On 11/22/2010 6:58 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
>
>> There was a time I thought of 12F as crisp - around 1960. Now 45F is
>> crisp.
> -----------------------------
> Anything below 60F is not fit for human habitation.
>
>
Wisconsin Temperature Conversion Chart (degrees Fahrenheit)
-----------------------------------------------------------
60 degrees above 0:
New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
Wisconsin people plant gardens.
50 above:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Wisconsin people sun bathe.
40 above:
Italian cars won't start.
Wisconsin people drive with the windows down
32 above:
Distilled water freezes.
Lake Winnebago's water gets thicker.
20 above:
Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats
Wisconsin people throw on a sweatshirt
15 above:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
Wisconsin people have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
0 degrees:
People in Miami cease to exist..
Wisconsin people lick the flagpole
20 below:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
Wisconsin people get out their winter coats.
40 below:
Hollywood disintegrates.
Wisconsin's Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.
60 below:
Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica.
Wisconsin's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until
it gets cold enough.
80 below:
Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
Wisconsin people rent some videos.
100 below:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Wisconsin people get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.
297 below:
Microbial life survives on dairy products.
Wisconsin cows complain of farmers with cold hands.
460 below:
ALL atomic motion stops.
Wisconsin people start saying...."Cold 'nuff for ya?"
500 below:
Hell freezes over.
The Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl.
"Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>>
>>> DeVilbiss 1961
>>
>> ---------------------
>> Any plans for a 50th renunion in 2011?
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
>
> Couple of folks have talked about that, but nothing firm. Be a shame
> not to. Maybe someplace like Hawaii.
-------------------------------------
Do to the hard work of a group of classmates, we have held a reunion
every 5 years since about the 15th-20th one.
The 50th was the big one, had about 100 show up.
Had the 55th this past September, but I didn't get back.
If you can pull it off, it's worth the effort.
Lew
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:23:36 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>
>"Larry Jaques" wrote
>> "Lee Michaels" wrote:
>>
>>>The local news are masters of creating something out of nothing. And
>>>there
>>>is nothing like the weather to get excited about. After all, it is
>>>located
>>>just outside of your window. Talk about a ready made news story!
>>>
>>>And any kind of extreme weather?? They go nuts for those type of stories.
>>>
>>>We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in
>>>the
>>>country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
>>>kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
>>
>> Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
>> Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
>> had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
>> downright criminal of them to do.
>>
>>
>WE got some snow this morning. An inch or so. I fully expect the local
>news folks to go into total crisis mode and convince us of our impending
>doom.
Blow it up into another Maine '98, eh? <sigh>
>I remember last year watching them "report" on the snow. There was a
>reporter out there in the falling snow. And he was trying to "catch" snow
>flakes. He wanted to show us the snow flakes. He was frustrated that the
>snow flakes melted before he could show us the snow flakes. Isn't that the
>kind of thing a 5 year old would do?
Ayup, but the reporter wasn't that mature.
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:40:38 -0500, Steve
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2010-11-22 12:17:11 -0500, Larry Jaques
><[email protected]> said:
>
>> Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
>> Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
>> had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
>> downright criminal of them to do.
>
>You do know that the ground hog population has exploded by 30% or so.
>Seems the marginal rise in average temperature (just a degree or two)
>results in a shortened hybernation period. That means a earlier
>breeding season, meaning that the young are pretty full developed by
>midsummer and out on their own... and more apt to survie to their own
>first breedings.
>
>Red fox, grey fox, opposum and racoon populations are burgeoning for
>the same reason. (Count the 'possum and racoon roadkill...)
Sounds like you're one of those AGWK Belieeeeeevers, Steve. Show us
your banana tree, won't you? Then look up conception numbers for
humans, which show that we mate more in _any_ winter, when the cold
makes us rub up against one another for warmth. It'll blow the hell
out of your theory. <chuckle>
>By the way, "premature ejaculation" is a successful reproductive strategy, too.
So are "I'll only stick it halfway in." and the "pull out early"
method. Plus, the rhythym system ain't got none...
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote
> We call it crisp when the snow crunches as you walk on it :-).
I say it is when the hair in your nose freezes crunchy.
--
Jim in NC
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:41d3b446-0ed0-4faa-81e1-ae065e9a542e@v19g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 22, 2:15 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
>
> We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in
> the
> country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
> kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
> And yet, nobody talks about the wind on Highway 3 in Nova Scotia...one
evening, the wind blew the beams right off my headlights.
Using those cheap headlights again, I see. The new ones just bend and snap
right back.
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
> Toledo? What HS? Only took me 19.
Suburbs, really. Anthony Wayne H SO
You?
--
Jim in NC
When it is -20 F and you got outside and your nose sticks from one side to
the other then it is "Crisp"
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
"Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over
the weekend.
It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
being "Crisp".
"Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
IMHO.
Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
Lew
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>
> You calling me an old fart?
I was all of 3 years old when you graduated.
People usually think of others as old when the other is 15 years older, or
more.
My math says that this test fits when applied to you. So, yes, I guess me
calling you an old fart could be justified! <g>
--
Jim in NC
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
>IMHO.
>
>Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
I remember being out at the end of run way. I was a below zero morning
(rare in North Carolina piedmont). You could hear the F-4s cut the
air. That to me is a crisp morning.
Mark
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote
> Naw, just a displaced Buckeye who required 50 years in Northern Ohio to
> figure it out.
>
> A little slow I'll admit, but we figured it out.
>
> Lew
It only took me to 27 to figure it out. Toledo is colder than NC. Usually!
--
Jim in NC
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:58:09 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
>
>> There was a time I thought of 12F as crisp - around 1960. Now 45F is
>> crisp.
>-----------------------------
>Anything below 60F is not fit for human habitation.
Spoken like a true Californicator, Lew.
BTDT, got the t-shirt.
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
Markem wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
>> IMHO.
>>
>> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>
> I remember being out at the end of run way. I was a below zero morning
> (rare in North Carolina piedmont). You could hear the F-4s cut the
> air. That to me is a crisp morning.
>
> Mark
Seymore Johnson AFB? I was there in '72.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
But "fart"?
Ya' got to wonder where that name came from?
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I was all of 3 years old when you graduated.
People usually think of others as old when the other is 15 years older, or
more.
My math says that this test fits when applied to you. So, yes, I guess me
calling you an old fart could be justified! <g>
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>
> You calling me an old fart?
--
Jim in NC
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
>
> Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, ...
...
> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
> being "Crisp".
>
> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
> IMHO.
>
> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
...
Extra crispy????
--
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
> being "Crisp".
>
> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world, IMHO
We call it crisp when the snow crunches as you walk on it :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
On 11/22/2010 1:02 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:56:58 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
>> being "Crisp".
>>
>> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world, IMHO
>
>
> We call it crisp when the snow crunches as you walk on it :-).
>
We just call that downright cold!!!!
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
>
> Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
> "Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
>
> Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over the
> weekend.
>
> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
> being "Crisp".
>
> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world, IMHO.
>
> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
>
There was a time I thought of 12F as crisp - around 1960. Now 45F is crisp.
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:41d3b446-0ed0-4faa-81e1-ae065e9a542e@v19g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 22, 2:15 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
>
> We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in
> the
> country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
> kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
And yet, nobody talks about the wind on Highway 3 in Nova Scotia...one
evening, the wind blew the beams right off my headlights.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I84 across Wyoming. Any time of year.
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> We call it crisp when the snow crunches as you walk on it :-).
>
> I say it is when the hair in your nose freezes crunchy. --
> Jim in NC
It's not cold unless the snot freezes to your moustache and forms snotsicles
...
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> Naw, just a displaced Buckeye who required 50 years in Northern Ohio to
>> figure it out.
>>
>> A little slow I'll admit, but we figured it out.
>>
>> Lew
>
> It only took me to 27 to figure it out. Toledo is colder than NC.
> Usually!
> --
> Jim in NC
Toledo? What HS? Only took me 19.
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>> Toledo? What HS? Only took me 19.
>
> Suburbs, really. Anthony Wayne H SO
>
> You?
> --
> Jim in NC
DeVilbiss 1961
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
>> DeVilbiss 1961
>
> ---------------------
> Any plans for a 50th renunion in 2011?
>
> Lew
>
>
Couple of folks have talked about that, but nothing firm. Be a shame not to.
Maybe someplace like Hawaii.
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> DeVilbiss 1961
>
> My mom and a couple cousins went there. Neither one was around in your
> time there.
> --
> Jim in NC
You calling me an old fart?
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>>
>> You calling me an old fart?
>
> I was all of 3 years old when you graduated.
>
> People usually think of others as old when the other is 15 years older, or
> more.
>
> My math says that this test fits when applied to you. So, yes, I guess me
> calling you an old fart could be justified! <g>
> --
> Jim in NC
>
>
>
Whippersnapper! :)
--
If your name is No, I voted for you - more than once ...
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:15:09 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>
>"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
>>
>> Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
>> "Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
>>
>> Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over the
>> weekend.
>>
>> It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
>> being "Crisp".
>>
>> "Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world, IMHO.
>>
>> Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
>>
>The local news are masters of creating something out of nothing. And there
>is nothing like the weather to get excited about. After all, it is located
>just outside of your window. Talk about a ready made news story!
>
>And any kind of extreme weather?? They go nuts for those type of stories.
>
>We have talked about it before on this newsgroup. Where ever you are in the
>country, some media types will be reporting the weather like it was some
>kind of nuclear holocaust soon.
Like that new (when I last watched TV) program from The Weather
Channel? "It Could Happen Tomorrow", showing all the things Algore
had nightmares about, without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It's
downright criminal of them to do.
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> DeVilbiss 1961
My mom and a couple cousins went there. Neither one was around in your
time there.
--
Jim in NC
Not new at all.
Hum "Good King Wenseslas" to yourself and think of the words.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
The word "Crisp" has many meanings that I associate with it.
Crisp bacon, crisp lettuce, crisp fall air, come to mind, but tonight
"Crisp" was given a whole new meaning for me.
Two/Three feet of new snow in the mountains and declining temps over
the weekend.
It was announced over night lows of 12F were forecast and described as
being "Crisp".
"Crisp" being used to describe 12F weather is a whole nuther world,
IMHO.
Oh well, guess that is an extended meaning.
Lew