So true fellow snow-person! New snowmen are like new people - delicate and
more susceptible to anomalous formation in certain critical stages of
gestation - but once past those points, a more brutal environment only makes
them stronger!
Scout

katysails" wrote:
Trouble is, to reconstitote them you have to have termps
nearing freezing point...single digit and below 0 temps just
leave them as so much dust in the wind.


Oz1 wrote:
Thought for the day
Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.

Scout reflected: So true fellow snow-person! New snowmen are like new =
people - delicate and
more susceptible to anomalous formation in certain critical stages of
gestation - but once past those points, a more brutal environment only =
makes
them stronger!


If we could just have that one little temperature reprieve! My yard has =
been devoid of a snowman this year for the first time in the history of =
our ownership (20 years). The dog is bereft. He has been forced to use =
his usual tree instead of watercoloring the feet of the snowman.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Aye Katy! It's 13F here right now with a windchill of minus-5F. And even
this is better than it has been.
My slip is looking none too inviting as well
http://escapeharbor.com/baycam.htm (cam 2)
Scout

"katysails" wrote
If we could just have that one little temperature reprieve! My yard has
been devoid of a snowman this year for the first time in the history of our
ownership (20 years). The dog is bereft. He has been forced to use his
usual tree instead of watercoloring the feet of the snowman.

Scout, is the Bay frozen clear across? I was out on the east end of Long
Island and the ferry to Shelter Island had to resort to ice breaking to cross
the gap between Greenport and SI. It actually rode up on the ice and broke it
down. Had to back out of a thick piece and work in from a different angle.
The wife was a little worried. I think it is impassable now.

I don't know Skitch. I haven't been down there (about 75 mi from here) since
the temps dropped. Looking at the 9:30 AM pic (1/31/04), it appears that the
narrow channel may be open. I see lots of ice too. I always wanted to try
the ice sailing bit (sleds), looks like fun.
Scout

"SkitchNYC" wrote in message
...
Scout, is the Bay frozen clear across? I was out on the east end of Long
Island and the ferry to Shelter Island had to resort to ice breaking to
cross
the gap between Greenport and SI. It actually rode up on the ice and
broke it
down. Had to back out of a thick piece and work in from a different
angle.
The wife was a little worried. I think it is impassable now.

supposed to warm up Monday, hit 35* and rain. Won't that be nice.

BTW I'm working in W.Chester, Fri., Mon. & Tue.


Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Aye Katy! It's 13F here right now with a windchill of minus-5F. And even
this is better than it has been.
My slip is looking none too inviting as well
http://escapeharbor.com/baycam.htm (cam 2)
Scout

"katysails" wrote
If we could just have that one little temperature reprieve! My yard has
been devoid of a snowman this year for the first time in the history of
our
ownership (20 years). The dog is bereft. He has been forced to use his
usual tree instead of watercoloring the feet of the snowman.

Scotty wrote...

supposed to warm up Monday, hit 35* and rain. Won't that be nice.

BTW, my wife's working the streets in W.Chester, Fri., Mon. & Tue.

She is? Is that where you found her?

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
BTW, my wife's working the streets in W.Chester, Fri., Mon. & Tue.

Cool beans Scotty - WC is a nice little town as long as you don't have to
park on the side streets ; )
Have they cancelled the snow and ice they were calling for on Tuesday? I was
hoping for another snow day.
You can get a pretty good cheesesteak at the Courtyard Inn (on Rt 100, aka
High Street, about a mile south of the University campus, left side, near
the McD's; just beware of the smoke in there
http://chefmoz.org/United_States/PA/...954343986.html
)
Are you driving your rig there?
You know where I teach, feel free to drop in (we're always looking for guest
speakers!)
Scout


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
supposed to warm up Monday, hit 35* and rain. Won't that be nice.

BTW I'm working in W.Chester, Fri., Mon. & Tue.


Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Aye Katy! It's 13F here right now with a windchill of minus-5F. And
even
this is better than it has been.
My slip is looking none too inviting as well
http://escapeharbor.com/baycam.htm (cam 2)
Scout

"katysails" wrote
If we could just have that one little temperature reprieve! My yard has
been devoid of a snowman this year for the first time in the history of
our
ownership (20 years). The dog is bereft. He has been forced to use his
usual tree instead of watercoloring the feet of the snowman.

Scout invited:=20
You know where I teach, feel free to drop in (we're always looking for =
guest
speakers!)

You're doing a section on closed agricultural communities?
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein