On 1/9/2012 6:59 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 1/9/12 6:53 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:38:18 -0500, X `
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.

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Good place for it.


Snow is how we compensate for not having lots of Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers. :)

Looking at the same choice, I went with the Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers.

You forgot the 12 month boating season. I was out Sunday and again
this morning.



I'm a Yankee. I like four real seasons, including the snow season. South
Florida from May through September is not much to my liking.
Florida has actually got seasons. Bugs and hotter than he!! and damp:
Bugs cooler and damp. All those Yankees bring an occassional bit of cold
with them.

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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.

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Good place for it.


Snow is how we compensate for not having lots of Burmese pythons,
alligators, Palmetto bugs, snowbirds, and crackers. :)

You don't have crackers down there? I especially like Ritz with peanut
butter!

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On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:59:32 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:48:08 -0500, 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.

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Good place for it.

I've got a good inch on my back deck now. I believe this was a big surprise. TWC is still calling
for a high of 55F here tomorrow. I wonder if that'll change.

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Here's a screen snap from my new weather station taken a few minutes
ago. Maybe that will help to melt your snow. :-)

It was up around 80 early in the afternoon.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...erstation.jpg/

What kind of weather station and software do you have? I'm looking to
replace mine with something better.

On 1/10/12 8:41 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In ,
says...

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 don't have crackers down there? I especially like Ritz with peanut
butter!

I like the whole wheat Ritz crackers, actually. With or without peanut
butter.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:49:40 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Here's a screen snap from my new weather station taken a few minutes
ago. Maybe that will help to melt your snow. :-)

It was up around 80 early in the afternoon.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...erstation.jpg/

What kind of weather station and software do you have? I'm looking to
replace mine with something better.

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It's called an Airmar PB150 and it comes with software called
Weathercaster. It is marketed by Furuno and designed for boats but
would make a fine home unit except that it lacks a rain gauge. One
of the unique things about the Airmar sensor is that it has no moving
parts - it reads wind speed and direction using ultrasonic doppler
sensors.

The sensor unit is a bit pricey but it also contains a GPS unit and
electronic compass which allows it to compute true wind speed and true
wind direction on a moving boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YTVx...eature=related

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|944284|1160116&id=1105541

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says...

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:49:40 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Here's a screen snap from my new weather station taken a few minutes
ago. Maybe that will help to melt your snow. :-)

It was up around 80 early in the afternoon.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...erstation.jpg/

What kind of weather station and software do you have? I'm looking to
replace mine with something better.

===

It's called an Airmar PB150 and it comes with software called
Weathercaster. It is marketed by Furuno and designed for boats but
would make a fine home unit except that it lacks a rain gauge. One
of the unique things about the Airmar sensor is that it has no moving
parts - it reads wind speed and direction using ultrasonic doppler
sensors.

The sensor unit is a bit pricey but it also contains a GPS unit and
electronic compass which allows it to compute true wind speed and true
wind direction on a moving boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YTVx...eature=related

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|944284|1160116&id=1105541

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.

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?

On 09/01/2012 11:30 AM, 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.

What does it have to do with boats?

--
No mater how liberally you try to ignore rationality and reality,
reality always wins in the end.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:17:43 -0500, Earl 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.

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.