On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:24:09 -0500, gfretwell wrote:


That's why you have a boat and a pool here. It is one place where they
both make financial sense from a "time used" standpoint. I swim about 9
months a year and boat 12. Snowbirds come down here and jump in the pool
in december but not me. The 3 months, roughly centered on the winter
solstice, don't give me enough sun light on the solars to keep the pool
at 80.

Yeah, you could tell the locals. They would be dressed in their down
jackets. The boys from Michigan would be bare chested, loading their
cooler, and heading for the beach. I guess temperatures are a relative
thing.

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"BAR" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

'nuff said.

Lucky you.

This will make some people I know down south happy.

Don't knock the pictures. They were taken *through* glass windows. I
didn't convert them to black and white either.

HEY!!!

This will make Harry happy. Nature as it appears. Colorless.

Um...er...


Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this time.
Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"BAR" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

'nuff said.

Lucky you.

This will make some people I know down south happy.

Don't knock the pictures. They were taken *through* glass windows. I
didn't convert them to black and white either.

HEY!!!

This will make Harry happy. Nature as it appears. Colorless.

Um...er...


Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

Eisboch


Why are you so concerned about removing the snow from your driveway?

:)


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"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:



Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

Eisboch


Why are you so concerned about removing the snow from your driveway?

:)


Good question. It ends up turning into a sheet of ice anyway. Earlier
today I told Mrs.E. that we'd be better off not plowing it because both her
Navigator and my truck have better 4x4 traction in snow than on ice. She
looked at me like I had two heads.

The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. There is quite a
steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. If it's not plowed,
the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.
After the last storm which was about 18 inches of snow, then some sleet and
brief rain the temps dropped that night to about 10 degrees. The only way
to get from the house to the barn was sitting on your ass and sliding down
the hill. Behind the barn (actually in front of it looking from the road)
there's another driveway section that circles around the barn and up to the
house from the other direction. That section also is a fairly steep hill
that turns to solid ice unless you can get it down to bare blacktop first.

I had to spread 9 bags of rock salt after the last storm. I hate using
that stuff, but the "environmentally friendly" stuff is about 17 bucks a
bag versus 7 bucks for rock salt.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:



Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

Eisboch


Why are you so concerned about removing the snow from your driveway?

:)


Good question. It ends up turning into a sheet of ice anyway. Earlier
today I told Mrs.E. that we'd be better off not plowing it because both
her Navigator and my truck have better 4x4 traction in snow than on
ice. She looked at me like I had two heads.

The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. There is
quite a steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. If it's
not plowed, the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.
After the last storm which was about 18 inches of snow, then some sleet
and brief rain the temps dropped that night to about 10 degrees. The
only way to get from the house to the barn was sitting on your ass and
sliding down the hill. Behind the barn (actually in front of it looking
from the road) there's another driveway section that circles around the
barn and up to the house from the other direction. That section also is
a fairly steep hill that turns to solid ice unless you can get it down
to bare blacktop first.

I had to spread 9 bags of rock salt after the last storm. I hate using
that stuff, but the "environmentally friendly" stuff is about 17 bucks
a bag versus 7 bucks for rock salt.

Eisboch


Why not just retain a guy with a jeep and a plow to do ya?

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:05 -0500, wrote:


My grand kids doing great the first time in the snow.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...petra_ski2.jpg

And one old fart with snow in his hat.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...reg_skiing.jpg


You have that "old school" skier look.

My wife says I haven't bought any new clothes since the Carter
administration (that is certainly true of winter clothes) but Nixon
was still in the White House the last time I was on skis.
I was surprised how quickly it comes back. I was ready for anything
Pennsylvania could throw at me by the end of the first day. I would
still be on the green slopes out west tho. Those boys are crazy.

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've never, ever been on snow skies.

Looks way to dangerous to me.


Gotta give him credit. As a kid I used to do a lot of waterskiing. We'd
beg, do chores, do anything to earn money for gas for the boat, then spend
all day on the water skiing, including doing jumps, trick ski's, whatever.

About 25 years later I had the opportunity to ski again for the first time
since I skied as a kid and decided I'd show my "stuff". Made it around the
small lake once and my legs were trembling so bad I had to sit down.

Eisboch

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:37:20 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Dec 31, 7:33*pm, Tom Francis
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:11:57 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:







"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

"BAR" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

'nuff said.

Lucky you.

This will make some people I know down south happy.

Don't knock the pictures. *They were taken *through* glass windows. * I
didn't convert them to black and white either.

HEY!!!

This will make Harry happy. *Nature as it appears. *Colorless.

Um...er...

Just came in from doing the driveway. *Got a little over a foot this time.
Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

I hear you. *I did some leaf blowing this afternoon and the wind kept
blowing the leaves back.

Damn leaves.

~~ snerk ~~- Hide quoted text -

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Hey Tom, are you home in CT?

I'll be back Saturday evening.

What's up?

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:42:34 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Dec 31, 7:40*pm, Tom Francis
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:05 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:34:28 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

wrote in message
. ..
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:18 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:17:31 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

'nuff said.

What snow? It's sunny, 65F and beautiful out where I am.

Wonderful weather.

We just did the snow thing. Took the grand kids skiing for Christmas
at 7 Springs Pa.
Perfect snow conditions. No snow anywhere but the manmade stuff on the
hill.

My grand kids doing great the first time in the snow.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...petra_ski2.jpg

And one old fart with snow in his hat.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...reg_skiing.jpg

You have that "old school" skier look.

My wife says I haven't bought any new clothes since the Carter
administration (that is certainly true of winter clothes) but Nixon
was still in the White House the last time I was on skis.
I was surprised how quickly it comes back. I was ready for anything
Pennsylvania could throw at me by the end of the first day. I would
still be on the green slopes out west tho. Those boys are crazy.

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've never, ever been on snow skies.

Looks way to dangerous to me.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Errrr.. how fast did you say that 'vette goes?

All thing are relative. :)

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:02:39 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:42:34 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Dec 31, 7:40*pm, Tom Francis
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:05 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:34:28 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

wrote in message
. ..
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:18 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:17:31 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

'nuff said.

What snow? It's sunny, 65F and beautiful out where I am.

Wonderful weather.

We just did the snow thing. Took the grand kids skiing for Christmas
at 7 Springs Pa.
Perfect snow conditions. No snow anywhere but the manmade stuff on the
hill.

My grand kids doing great the first time in the snow.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...petra_ski2.jpg

And one old fart with snow in his hat.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...reg_skiing.jpg

You have that "old school" skier look.

My wife says I haven't bought any new clothes since the Carter
administration (that is certainly true of winter clothes) but Nixon
was still in the White House the last time I was on skis.
I was surprised how quickly it comes back. I was ready for anything
Pennsylvania could throw at me by the end of the first day. I would
still be on the green slopes out west tho. Those boys are crazy.

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've never, ever been on snow skies.

Looks way to dangerous to me.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Errrr.. how fast did you say that 'vette goes?

All thing are relative. :)

'Scuse me for butting in. Tom, I picked up eight Hess trucks yesterday new
and in boxes for $240. They are the 94 - 99, 01, and 03. Now I'm trying to
make a deal on the ones missing through 07,. The 08 was a big hit with a
grandkid who tells his mom not to play with it too long or she'll wear the
batteries out.
--
** Good Day! **

John H

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:23:34 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:02:39 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:42:34 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Dec 31, 7:40*pm, Tom Francis
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:05 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:34:28 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

wrote in message
. ..
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:18 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:17:31 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

'nuff said.

What snow? It's sunny, 65F and beautiful out where I am.

Wonderful weather.

We just did the snow thing. Took the grand kids skiing for Christmas
at 7 Springs Pa.
Perfect snow conditions. No snow anywhere but the manmade stuff on the
hill.

My grand kids doing great the first time in the snow.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...petra_ski2.jpg

And one old fart with snow in his hat.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...reg_skiing.jpg

You have that "old school" skier look.

My wife says I haven't bought any new clothes since the Carter
administration (that is certainly true of winter clothes) but Nixon
was still in the White House the last time I was on skis.
I was surprised how quickly it comes back. I was ready for anything
Pennsylvania could throw at me by the end of the first day. I would
still be on the green slopes out west tho. Those boys are crazy.

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've never, ever been on snow skies.

Looks way to dangerous to me.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Errrr.. how fast did you say that 'vette goes?

All thing are relative. :)

'Scuse me for butting in. Tom, I picked up eight Hess trucks yesterday new
and in boxes for $240. They are the 94 - 99, 01, and 03. Now I'm trying to
make a deal on the ones missing through 07,. The 08 was a big hit with a
grandkid who tells his mom not to play with it too long or she'll wear the
batteries out.

You let them play with them?

NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!