My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

On 2/14/15 5:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

How do your large, four-legged horsie pets manage this crappy weather?

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Keyser Söze
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On 2/14/15 5:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. *Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. *Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. *Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. *Please take all the snow you want. *:-)

Miserable winter.

"How do your large, four-legged horsie pets manage this crappy weather?"



Maybe Richard bought them one of the large horse treadmills you might see in a horse rehabilitation facility.
I would...nothing too good for those beautiful animals. ;-)

On 2/14/2015 7:25 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 5:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

How do your large, four-legged horsie pets manage this crappy weather?


They do fine. Horses have a weird metabolism that allows them to
tolerate extreme cold with no ill affects. All they need is hay to
process and the digestive process keeps them warm.

My biggest problem right now is with Waste Management Corp. We are
required by the town to have a dumpster for the temporary storage of
horse manure and used stall bedding. Every two weeks Waste Management
comes out and empties the dumpster. Our driveway(s) are such that
normally the driver can drive up the main driveway, turn the truck
around, picking up and dumping the dumpster in the process. With all
the snow and piled up snow banks he can't make the swing to completely
turn the truck around. He drives up to where the dumpster is and then
backs down the driveway to the road. Then my wife gets a call saying
they can't access the dumpster. They've done this twice now.

So, I climbed aboard the tractor and spent a couple of hours moving
snow banks and widening the driveways. All he has to do is *back* up
the driveway and there is plenty of room for him to back into an area
I cleared, pull straight to the dumpster, empty it, back up about 10
feet, turn and drive straight out to the road. If he can back out, he
can back in.

He came again yesterday, late in the afternoon and did the same thing
he usually does. Drives straight in, realizes he can't turn completely
around, backs out and they call us again.

Assuming we don't get too badly clobbered with this storm tonight and
tomorrow I am going to call the local Waste Management office again on
Monday and tell them I'll meet the driver at the end of the driveway
and *I'll* back the stupid truck up and empty the dumpster for him.

Guess you can tell I am ****ed. I've driven and maneuvered rigs bigger
than his truck in the past and I know it's not a problem. It's just
"inconvenient" for him. ****es me off when you are paying almost $400 a
month for the service and have been for over 14 years.

On 2/14/15 7:47 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/2015 7:25 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 5:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

How do your large, four-legged horsie pets manage this crappy weather?


They do fine. Horses have a weird metabolism that allows them to
tolerate extreme cold with no ill affects. All they need is hay to
process and the digestive process keeps them warm.

My biggest problem right now is with Waste Management Corp. We are
required by the town to have a dumpster for the temporary storage of
horse manure and used stall bedding. Every two weeks Waste Management
comes out and empties the dumpster. Our driveway(s) are such that
normally the driver can drive up the main driveway, turn the truck
around, picking up and dumping the dumpster in the process. With all
the snow and piled up snow banks he can't make the swing to completely
turn the truck around. He drives up to where the dumpster is and then
backs down the driveway to the road. Then my wife gets a call saying
they can't access the dumpster. They've done this twice now.

So, I climbed aboard the tractor and spent a couple of hours moving
snow banks and widening the driveways. All he has to do is *back* up
the driveway and there is plenty of room for him to back into an area
I cleared, pull straight to the dumpster, empty it, back up about 10
feet, turn and drive straight out to the road. If he can back out, he
can back in.

He came again yesterday, late in the afternoon and did the same thing
he usually does. Drives straight in, realizes he can't turn completely
around, backs out and they call us again.

Assuming we don't get too badly clobbered with this storm tonight and
tomorrow I am going to call the local Waste Management office again on
Monday and tell them I'll meet the driver at the end of the driveway
and *I'll* back the stupid truck up and empty the dumpster for him.

Guess you can tell I am ****ed. I've driven and maneuvered rigs bigger
than his truck in the past and I know it's not a problem. It's just
"inconvenient" for him. ****es me off when you are paying almost $400 a
month for the service and have been for over 14 years.


$400 a month to haul off horse****... sorry, but there really is
something dark and humorous about that.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

On 2/14/2015 8:32 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 7:47 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/2015 7:25 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 5:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right
now. Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will
sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

How do your large, four-legged horsie pets manage this crappy weather?


They do fine. Horses have a weird metabolism that allows them to
tolerate extreme cold with no ill affects. All they need is hay to
process and the digestive process keeps them warm.

My biggest problem right now is with Waste Management Corp. We are
required by the town to have a dumpster for the temporary storage of
horse manure and used stall bedding. Every two weeks Waste Management
comes out and empties the dumpster. Our driveway(s) are such that
normally the driver can drive up the main driveway, turn the truck
around, picking up and dumping the dumpster in the process. With all
the snow and piled up snow banks he can't make the swing to completely
turn the truck around. He drives up to where the dumpster is and then
backs down the driveway to the road. Then my wife gets a call saying
they can't access the dumpster. They've done this twice now.

So, I climbed aboard the tractor and spent a couple of hours moving
snow banks and widening the driveways. All he has to do is *back* up
the driveway and there is plenty of room for him to back into an area
I cleared, pull straight to the dumpster, empty it, back up about 10
feet, turn and drive straight out to the road. If he can back out, he
can back in.

He came again yesterday, late in the afternoon and did the same thing
he usually does. Drives straight in, realizes he can't turn completely
around, backs out and they call us again.

Assuming we don't get too badly clobbered with this storm tonight and
tomorrow I am going to call the local Waste Management office again on
Monday and tell them I'll meet the driver at the end of the driveway
and *I'll* back the stupid truck up and empty the dumpster for him.

Guess you can tell I am ****ed. I've driven and maneuvered rigs bigger
than his truck in the past and I know it's not a problem. It's just
"inconvenient" for him. ****es me off when you are paying almost $400 a
month for the service and have been for over 14 years.


$400 a month to haul off horse****... sorry, but there really is
something dark and humorous about that.



I know. Don't rub it in.

This is funny though .... Apparently Facebook works.

On a neighbor's post (who is also a horse person) I commented about
Waste Management and the issues described (above). I first went
and "liked" Waste Management's Facebook page so when I typed in
their name in my post it creates a hyperlink to the WM Facebook page.
It also sends WM a notice that they have been "mentioned" in the post.

35 minutes later I looked out the window and there was the WM truck
doing exactly as I described. It emptied the dumpster with no problem.

I was thinking...up here in the burbs, there used to be a farm that gave away the free fertilizer to urban folks who liked to garden or improve their lawns.

On 2/14/2015 9:12 AM, True North wrote:

I was thinking...up here in the burbs, there used to be a farm that gave away the free fertilizer to urban folks who liked to garden or improve their lawns.



In many places you compost it for a while then put it in a "spreader"
and dispose of it on fields or lawns as fertilizer.

Not in my town.

They are very strict about the management of this kind of thing.
You can't just dump or spread it on your property ... anywhere.
You have to hire a waste removal company to haul it away.

In fact, the paddock area at our house has a required berm around the
entire fence to prevent or limit run off from the paddock area.

When we had the place in Florida I built a large, 3 sided bin and
we'd dump the manure and bedding in it. About every two months or so
a recycling company company would send out a truck and BobCat and
haul it away for free. They processed it and sold it as fertilizer.

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right now.
Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

Well here in the West. Took the boat and wife out yesterday to the old
Mothball fleet area in the Sacramento River for a day of fishing. Hot.
70's. Not fish harmed. In shorts today. Daughter in Santa Monica said
was 90 degrees.

Not to rub it in.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:43:33 -0600, Califbill wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
My outdoor digital thermometer is reading minus 3.6 degrees F. right now.
Another blizzard forecast for later tonight and through Sunday
with 50 mph winds and gusts to hurricane strength. Good news is
additional snowfall forecast is for only 10-12+ inches which will sit on
top of the 32 plus inches already on the ground.

Then, another potential storm, more of a Nor'Easter, may come up the
coast on Tuesday-Wednesday bringing additional snow. Good news is
that if it develops you people in the middle Atlantic states may get
to share in it a bit. Please take all the snow you want. :-)

Miserable winter.

Well here in the West. Took the boat and wife out yesterday to the old
Mothball fleet area in the Sacramento River for a day of fishing. Hot.
70's. Not fish harmed. In shorts today. Daughter in Santa Monica said
was 90 degrees.

Not to rub it in.

The weather appears very nice at Carmel also. All those Pebble Beach golfers are in
short sleeves. Don't see many bikinis on the beach today though.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.