It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:15:02 -0500, JustWait wrote:

http://rowdymouse.com/media/mastersofminis08%20(4).jpg

What a mess!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On 1/11/2012 8:20 AM, X ` Man wrote:


Oh, it's very nice. It's a pretty plain family style restaurant. The
food is good, especially the pho, which I really like, and it is
relatively inexpensive. My wife gets a pork dish, which is delicious,
but I don't recall the name of it. You might want to go there for lunch
sometimes.






Apparently you two have taste buds that crave slumgullion.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On 1/11/12 11:25 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:20:52 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/11/12 8:12 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:32 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/10/12 8:52 PM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:17:43 -0500, wrote:

X ` Man wrote:
On 1/9/12 3:48 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:57 -0500, X ` Man
wrote:

...I was beginning to wonder a little when the first snow would be. Not
sticking and not thick, but it is snow.

===

Good place for it.


Snow is how we compensate for not having lots of Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers. :)
You have snowbirds eight months out of the year. What's a cracker?

Something you eat with chili. Speaking of chili, we ate at Hard Times Cafe tonight. Their Texas
Chile (wet) is pretty good eating. Bought a box of the mix, which they say is as good as the stuff
they sell in house. We'll see.


We ate at Saigon City Restaurant, near Springfield Mall.

...and....?


Oh, it's very nice. It's a pretty plain family style restaurant. The
food is good, especially the pho, which I really like, and it is
relatively inexpensive. My wife gets a pork dish, which is delicious,
but I don't recall the name of it. You might want to go there for lunch
sometimes.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/saigon-city-...nt-springfield




If you go another block, on the other side of the street, is a Mexican place called El Paso. Great
food.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-paso-mexi...nt-springfield

I'll have to try the Vietnamese place once. I've never been in a US version of a Saigon restaurant.
Been to a bunch of Saigon versions though!


I've been to El Paso more than once, and your assessment is correct. The
Vietnamese restaurant is pretty good. We usually stop there after
visiting our dentist in Annandale. The Chinese restaurant closer to you,
the Magic Wok on Franconia, is pretty good, too.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:52 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

Did you try the fried pickles?

Never had one.

====

I had fried pickles in North Carolina last fall on our trip south
(boating related).

Deeelicious !

Would never had tried it but a friend recommended them highly.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:14:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Yeah. Again, I'm interested in the SCIENCE of meteorology, not the fluff
that repeats it.

===

We've had the pleasure of having a real meteorologist on the boat a
few times while providing support for sailing regattas. I always
enjoy talking to him about the tools and data sources that he uses.
One thing he relies on a lot for localized wind forecasts is weather
baloon data, particularly at around 3,000 feet of elevation. It
turns out that the wind speed and direction aloft eventually affects
the surface winds as the day progresses and things warm up. As the
surface air warms, it convects upward and mixes with the wind at
higher altitudes. That is the reason afternoon breezes are generally
stronger than in the early morning.

A good source for amateur forecasters is the downloadable GFS forecast
model data. I use a free software package called "ViewFax" which can
create customized weather models on your PC in highly understandable
graphical format - much better than anything you will ever see on
television. It is very easy to see the weather systems develop and
gain an understanding of what is driving them.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:52 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

Did you try the fried pickles?

Never had one.

====

I had fried pickles in North Carolina last fall on our trip south
(boating related).

Deeelicious !

Would never had tried it but a friend recommended them highly.

I first had them at a restaurant in Natchez, MS called Cock of the Walk.
Some mighty fine catfish from there, too! Natches is a beautiful little
city!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:14:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Yeah. Again, I'm interested in the SCIENCE of meteorology, not the fluff
that repeats it.

===

We've had the pleasure of having a real meteorologist on the boat a
few times while providing support for sailing regattas. I always
enjoy talking to him about the tools and data sources that he uses.
One thing he relies on a lot for localized wind forecasts is weather
baloon data, particularly at around 3,000 feet of elevation. It
turns out that the wind speed and direction aloft eventually affects
the surface winds as the day progresses and things warm up. As the
surface air warms, it convects upward and mixes with the wind at
higher altitudes. That is the reason afternoon breezes are generally
stronger than in the early morning.

A good source for amateur forecasters is the downloadable GFS forecast
model data. I use a free software package called "ViewFax" which can
create customized weather models on your PC in highly understandable
graphical format - much better than anything you will ever see on
television. It is very easy to see the weather systems develop and
gain an understanding of what is driving them.

Cool, thanks for the info, I'm looking into it right now!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:36:27 -0500, X ` Man wrote:

On 1/11/12 11:25 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:20:52 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/11/12 8:12 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:32 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/10/12 8:52 PM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:17:43 -0500, wrote:

X ` Man wrote:
On 1/9/12 3:48 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:57 -0500, X ` Man
wrote:

...I was beginning to wonder a little when the first snow would be. Not
sticking and not thick, but it is snow.

===

Good place for it.


Snow is how we compensate for not having lots of Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers. :)
You have snowbirds eight months out of the year. What's a cracker?

Something you eat with chili. Speaking of chili, we ate at Hard Times Cafe tonight. Their Texas
Chile (wet) is pretty good eating. Bought a box of the mix, which they say is as good as the stuff
they sell in house. We'll see.


We ate at Saigon City Restaurant, near Springfield Mall.

...and....?


Oh, it's very nice. It's a pretty plain family style restaurant. The
food is good, especially the pho, which I really like, and it is
relatively inexpensive. My wife gets a pork dish, which is delicious,
but I don't recall the name of it. You might want to go there for lunch
sometimes.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/saigon-city-...nt-springfield




If you go another block, on the other side of the street, is a Mexican place called El Paso. Great
food.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-paso-mexi...nt-springfield

I'll have to try the Vietnamese place once. I've never been in a US version of a Saigon restaurant.
Been to a bunch of Saigon versions though!


I've been to El Paso more than once, and your assessment is correct. The
Vietnamese restaurant is pretty good. We usually stop there after
visiting our dentist in Annandale. The Chinese restaurant closer to you,
the Magic Wok on Franconia, is pretty good, too.

For Chinese we go to House of Dynasty on Telegraph Rd. I've had take out from the Magic Wok and
thought it way too greasy. But, that was only one time. They may have had a beginner doing the
grease work.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:48:57 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:52 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

Did you try the fried pickles?

Never had one.

====

I had fried pickles in North Carolina last fall on our trip south
(boating related).

Deeelicious !

Would never had tried it but a friend recommended them highly.

I'll give it a shot next time we're there.

It's actually snowing here today...
 

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:48:57 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:52 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

Did you try the fried pickles?

Never had one.

====

I had fried pickles in North Carolina last fall on our trip south
(boating related).

Deeelicious !

Would never had tried it but a friend recommended them highly.

I'll give it a shot next time we're there.

Americanized Chinese food tends to be quite greasy! Now if you go to
Clement St. in San Francisco, you get the real deal!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On 1/11/12 12:27 PM, Happy John wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:36:27 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/11/12 11:25 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:20:52 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/11/12 8:12 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:32 -0500, X ` wrote:

On 1/10/12 8:52 PM, Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:17:43 -0500, wrote:

X ` Man wrote:
On 1/9/12 3:48 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:57 -0500, X ` Man
wrote:

...I was beginning to wonder a little when the first snow would be. Not
sticking and not thick, but it is snow.

===

Good place for it.


Snow is how we compensate for not having lots of Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers. :)
You have snowbirds eight months out of the year. What's a cracker?

Something you eat with chili. Speaking of chili, we ate at Hard Times Cafe tonight. Their Texas
Chile (wet) is pretty good eating. Bought a box of the mix, which they say is as good as the stuff
they sell in house. We'll see.


We ate at Saigon City Restaurant, near Springfield Mall.

...and....?


Oh, it's very nice. It's a pretty plain family style restaurant. The
food is good, especially the pho, which I really like, and it is
relatively inexpensive. My wife gets a pork dish, which is delicious,
but I don't recall the name of it. You might want to go there for lunch
sometimes.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/saigon-city-...nt-springfield




If you go another block, on the other side of the street, is a Mexican place called El Paso. Great
food.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-paso-mexi...nt-springfield

I'll have to try the Vietnamese place once. I've never been in a US version of a Saigon restaurant.
Been to a bunch of Saigon versions though!


I've been to El Paso more than once, and your assessment is correct. The
Vietnamese restaurant is pretty good. We usually stop there after
visiting our dentist in Annandale. The Chinese restaurant closer to you,
the Magic Wok on Franconia, is pretty good, too.

For Chinese we go to House of Dynasty on Telegraph Rd. I've had take out from the Magic Wok and
thought it way too greasy. But, that was only one time. They may have had a beginner doing the
grease work.

Now there's an idea...a Chinese restaurant called...

ta-da..

The Greasy Wok!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Jan 11, 8:15*am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 1/11/12 8:59 AM, iBoaterer wrote:









In ,
says...

On 1/11/12 2:37 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:28:53 -0500, * wrote:

Thanks! I'd like to have a rain gauge, though. I'm looking for a
hardware/software setup. What I have now is decent, but it doesn't
couple with my computer, it's stand alone.

I tried to register with COCOROS (a national rain fall study) and they
say they don't want any automatic rain gauge data because they are not
particularly accurate.

I have a LaCrosse unit running the Heavy Weather package. It is not as
pretty as Wayne's software but it is free. It uploads to the web in
real time.
http://esteroriverheights.com/esteroweather1.jpg

We're really "high tech" here. :) *I have an outdoor wireless temp and
humidity sensor whose results I can read on a stand-alone indoor unit.
If I need more than that, I just click on the "Weather Page" on my
iPhone or on the desktop computer. I can usually tell if it is raining
or snowing by...(you might want to write this down)...looking out the
window.

At the moment, we have something called "Freezing Fog" as our weather.
I've actually never seen that term before.

Well, weather study is a hobby of mine. I'm fascinated with how much a
REAL meteorologist has had to learn. I'm not talking about the weather
fluff on your local TV station, either.

This is a very strange television market for "news." While we are in a
suburb of DC, we're far enough out so that whatever local news we have
rarely makes it onto one of the DC local news shows. In fact, I only
remember us "making" the local TV news twice: once when one of the
reactors at the local nuke plant "tripped, and the other time when
former president Dubya went bike-riding down here. We don't really have
much "news" out here, which is one of the reasons why we like our area
so much. Compared to Fairfax, Montgomery, PG Counties, we're sleepyville.

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.

Agreed!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Jan 11, 8:15*am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.


I'm ordering one of these, Harry-

http://www.wildernessconnection.com/...orecasting.jpg

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On 1/11/12 9:02 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:15 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.


I'm ordering one of these, Harry-

http://www.wildernessconnection.com/...orecasting.jpg


Yeah, but how many batteries does it need?

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Jan 11, 8:17*pm, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 1/11/12 9:02 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jan 11, 8:15 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.

I'm ordering one of these, Harry-

http://www.wildernessconnection.com/...2008/10/wx-for...

Yeah, but how many batteries does it need?

That's just it. no external power required!

Y'gotta love cave man technology!

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On 1/11/12 9:27 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:17 pm, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 1/11/12 9:02 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jan 11, 8:15 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.

I'm ordering one of these, Harry-

http://www.wildernessconnection.com/...2008/10/wx-for...

Yeah, but how many batteries does it need?

That's just it. no external power required!

Y'gotta love cave man technology!

Are you sure? I mean, a rock without batteries is like a fish without a
skateboard...

It's actually snowing here today...
 

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:57 -0500, X ` Man
wrote:

...I was beginning to wonder a little when the first snow would be. Not
sticking and not thick, but it is snow. Probably turn to rain.

just got back from san antonio...was 75 on wednesday and dropped to 26
at night on thurs...

back in PA for the weekend then to CO and back to TX. hope tx is warm
again....