7:43 PMgfre...@aol



" I guess they don't make decent snow shovels anymore. *I used to have
one with a galvanized 18 or 20ga blade. It was a little heavy but you
could get mad at those frozen mounds of slush the street plow left
across the driveway. I imagine my ex still has it."


Up here the vast majority of snow shovels are the hybrid type between a plow And traditional style.
The better ones have a metal leading edge to save on wear to the plastic and an ergonomical handle.

On 2/21/2015 4:27 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 4:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:54 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 2/21/2015 3:40 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.


There you go again, Colonel Klink.


What's with the name calling, Mr. Krause

He doesn't call names any more, remember?


I only refer to you as Colonel Klink when you post a snarky remark about
someone.


Ahhh. You only snark and name call when snarked upon. Sounds reasonable
WAFA. (that wasn't a snark)

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Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

On 2/21/2015 6:27 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:11:02 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

Is it really round nosed or is it what is called a garden spade?

Is that a racist comment? ;-)


I wonder. Do you think one of the real racists will call it so?

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Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/21/2015 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:38:33 AM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:35:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Well, I couldn't find a roof (snow) rake anywhere. So, I made one.
Problem is it's only long enough to reach about halfway up the
roof on the cabana.

First, to get out there, I had to re-shovel a path out to the cabana.
I can't believe how much snow is out there. I stopped at one point
and got a tape measure. Snow was 51 inches high in the area I was
shoveling and standing.

Anyway, got out to the cabana and cleared about half of the snow on
the front. That's a far as I could reach with my make-shift rake.

I then shoveled a path out behind the cabana, hoping to see that
the backside that sees the sun wasn't as bad. Wrong. It was
worse.

Screw it. Bring on the snow and rain. We have insurance.

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.

There's an organization I've heard of with a motto: "Let go, let God."

Maybe it's time to do so before you have a damn heart attack.


I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea.


Richard, I feel for you. We've had about 18 inches of snow this year
and thats pittance compared to yours.


Right now I'd take a once a month 18 inches any day. 18" has become a
"nuisance" snowfall relatively, LOL.

The general Boston area has had over 98 inches so far with most of it
being on the south shore were we are. The all time record is just over
107 inches.

But, again, all but 5.5 inches have been in this month. It's
ridiculous. The piles of snow at intersections are so high you
can't see what traffic is on the road. People are flashing lights
and sounding the horn as they slowly pull out onto a road.


I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.



I am out in the boat fishing. Flat calm, temp dropping. Had to be on a
long sleeve shirt. Supposed to be possible rain tomorrow. Very much
needed.

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/21/2015 3:40 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.


There you go again, Colonel Klink.


What's with the name calling, Mr. Krause

He's just an asshole.

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:26:45 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:06:05 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.

I didn't even lost my coconuts and they are not as tough as bananas.
The bananas are fine too,
My recording thermometer said 36F.

We had a high of 42 today. it was kind of nice actually. no breeze and a lot of sun. It's gonna be back in the teens and low 20's this coming week.

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 5:00:19 PM UTC-8, Califbill wrote:
Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/21/2015 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:38:33 AM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:35:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Well, I couldn't find a roof (snow) rake anywhere. So, I made one.
Problem is it's only long enough to reach about halfway up the
roof on the cabana.

First, to get out there, I had to re-shovel a path out to the cabana.
I can't believe how much snow is out there. I stopped at one point
and got a tape measure. Snow was 51 inches high in the area I was
shoveling and standing.

Anyway, got out to the cabana and cleared about half of the snow on
the front. That's a far as I could reach with my make-shift rake.

I then shoveled a path out behind the cabana, hoping to see that
the backside that sees the sun wasn't as bad. Wrong. It was
worse.

Screw it. Bring on the snow and rain. We have insurance.

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.

There's an organization I've heard of with a motto: "Let go, let God."

Maybe it's time to do so before you have a damn heart attack.


I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea.


Richard, I feel for you. We've had about 18 inches of snow this year
and thats pittance compared to yours.


Right now I'd take a once a month 18 inches any day. 18" has become a
"nuisance" snowfall relatively, LOL.

The general Boston area has had over 98 inches so far with most of it
being on the south shore were we are. The all time record is just over
107 inches.

But, again, all but 5.5 inches have been in this month. It's
ridiculous. The piles of snow at intersections are so high you
can't see what traffic is on the road. People are flashing lights
and sounding the horn as they slowly pull out onto a road.


I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.



I am out in the boat fishing. Flat calm, temp dropping. Had to be on a
long sleeve shirt. Supposed to be possible rain tomorrow. Very much
needed.

Rain and/or fog. Bill, isnt' that the norm for you this time of year?

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:56:04 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:26:45 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:06:05 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.

I didn't even lost my coconuts and they are not as tough as bananas.
The bananas are fine too,
My recording thermometer said 36F.

We had a high of 42 today. it was kind of nice actually. no breeze and a lot of sun. It's gonna be back in the teens and low 20's this coming week.

Couldn't believe the temp this AM - at 7:30 it was over the freezing mark.
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Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:45:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:56:04 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:26:45 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:06:05 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.

I didn't even lost my coconuts and they are not as tough as bananas.
The bananas are fine too,
My recording thermometer said 36F.

We had a high of 42 today. it was kind of nice actually. no breeze and a lot of sun. It's gonna be back in the teens and low 20's this coming week.

Couldn't believe the temp this AM - at 7:30 it was over the freezing mark.

===

It's 65 and sunny here in SWFL with a high of 80 forecasted. I'm
going out for a spin in the Searay later on when it starts to warm up.

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:28:57 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:45:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:56:04 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:26:45 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:06:05 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.

I didn't even lost my coconuts and they are not as tough as bananas.
The bananas are fine too,
My recording thermometer said 36F.

We had a high of 42 today. it was kind of nice actually. no breeze and a lot of sun. It's gonna be back in the teens and low 20's this coming week.

Couldn't believe the temp this AM - at 7:30 it was over the freezing mark.

===

It's 65 and sunny here in SWFL with a high of 80 forecasted. I'm
going out for a spin in the Searay later on when it starts to warm up.

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

I've received the sniper version. Haven't shot it yet. At least I can see the reticle
in the scope and the target very clearly. Now I need to figure out, for a 25yard
target, where the crosshairs should be aimed to zero the gun for a 100 yard target.
Will give that a shot Monday.
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Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.