Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.
--

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

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

On 2/21/15 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.


We're getting a bit of snow again, not a lot. This season, the county
purchased some really huge dump trucks on which to mount plows and load
road chemicals. I've never seen larger materials/dump trucks except on
mining sites.


--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

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.


--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?

Snow
 

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.


--

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."

Snow
 

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

--

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."

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


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

--

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."

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.

Snow
 

On 2/21/15 4:12 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story
window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in
2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating
such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into
the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash
freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.




I'm not shoveling any damned snow. We get our mail at a centralized
neighborhood kiosk on the part of the road the county plows. The UPS guy
always stomps across the lawn to toss packages on the front steps. If my
4-wheeler can't make it out the driveway, we'll wait until the snowplow
contractor gets to us. **** snow and the guy who brought it! :)

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:11 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/15 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.


We're getting a bit of snow again, not a lot. This season, the county
purchased some really huge dump trucks on which to mount plows and load
road chemicals. I've never seen larger materials/dump trucks except on
mining sites.

I've got three more inches so far.
--

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

Snow
 

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?
--

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

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 4:06 PM, 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.




**** you. :-)

Snow
 

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:12:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.


Nothing like a good old corn shovel when the plastic stuff won't do the trick.
--

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

Snow
 

On 2/21/15 4:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:11 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/15 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.


We're getting a bit of snow again, not a lot. This season, the county
purchased some really huge dump trucks on which to mount plows and load
road chemicals. I've never seen larger materials/dump trucks except on
mining sites.

I've got three more inches so far.



Aww, ****. Hope it stays north of here. A friend in Culpeper emailed me
a photo with the "6 inches" comment.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

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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.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

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On 2/21/2015 4:21 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 4:12 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story
window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in
2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating
such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into
the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash
freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.




I'm not shoveling any damned snow. We get our mail at a centralized
neighborhood kiosk on the part of the road the county plows. The UPS guy
always stomps across the lawn to toss packages on the front steps. If my
4-wheeler can't make it out the driveway, we'll wait until the snowplow
contractor gets to us. **** snow and the guy who brought it! :)


I haven't given up quite yet .... but am getting close.

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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)

--

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."

Snow
 

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?

--

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."

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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?

Snow
 

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.
--

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

Snow
 

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.

Snow
 

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.
--

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

Snow
 

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

Snow
 

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:22:55 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

Maybe if you were in Russia, you could buy US Army surplus ammo at a greatly reduced
price!

There's an M1 Garand for sale at the shooting range. Beautiful. Looks like it just
came out of the box. But, $1650 is a bit too steep for me.

I'd probably do better with the Ruger range rifle, like YKW.
--

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

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 4:11 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"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"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story
window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in
2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating
such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into
the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash
freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


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


If it's round he probably isn't taking care of it right :) Either way, I
will get in on this, we had to do our roof yesterday, it wasn't so bad.
I have a small snow blower we lift right up there and that helps a lot.
Still don't shovel our driveway though, folks complain but hey, they
don't live here and I got a 4x4 with moderately aggressive tires so I
just blast through :)

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 7:17 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
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)


Yeah, cause harry has the chops to be the neighborhood cop now that he
is saying he isn't an asshole anymore... lol!

Snow
 

On 2/22/15 12:07 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:22:55 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

It is the reason why I went for the M1A over a cheaper M1. 7.62x51 is
commodity ammo, 30-06 is almost a boutique caliber. There is lots of
hunting ammo around at about a buck a shot but not much surplus.


What are you shooting with those heavy caliber rifles? Balloons? Five
liter soda bottles? Armor plate? Alligators?

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

On 2/22/2015 12:12 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/22/15 12:07 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:22:55 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

It is the reason why I went for the M1A over a cheaper M1. 7.62x51 is
commodity ammo, 30-06 is almost a boutique caliber. There is lots of
hunting ammo around at about a buck a shot but not much surplus.


What are you shooting with those heavy caliber rifles? Balloons? Five
liter soda bottles? Armor plate? Alligators?


Probably the same things you shoot with your 357's

--

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."

Snow
 

On 2/22/15 1:12 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:12:05 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/22/15 12:07 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:22:55 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

It is the reason why I went for the M1A over a cheaper M1. 7.62x51 is
commodity ammo, 30-06 is almost a boutique caliber. There is lots of
hunting ammo around at about a buck a shot but not much surplus.


What are you shooting with those heavy caliber rifles? Balloons? Five
liter soda bottles? Armor plate? Alligators?

What do you need an assault rifle for?
We have heard about it endlessly here.


Why, I need my AR to shoot steel targets and 2 liter sodapop bottles at
100-200 yards and more, with relatively inexpensive brass ammo at .26 to
..30 a round, usually.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

On 2/22/15 1:26 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:17:33 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/22/15 1:12 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:12:05 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/22/15 12:07 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:22:55 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

How's the Mosin Nagant shooting going?

===

I've given up on it for the time being. It's not a particularly fun
gun to shoot, at least not for me. Meanwhile I've been given a loaner
M-1 Garand in nice condition. It feels very similar to an M-14 which
I have always liked. Ammo is much more expensive than the Mosin
however.

It is the reason why I went for the M1A over a cheaper M1. 7.62x51 is
commodity ammo, 30-06 is almost a boutique caliber. There is lots of
hunting ammo around at about a buck a shot but not much surplus.


What are you shooting with those heavy caliber rifles? Balloons? Five
liter soda bottles? Armor plate? Alligators?

What do you need an assault rifle for?
We have heard about it endlessly here.


Why, I need my AR to shoot steel targets and 2 liter sodapop bottles at
100-200 yards and more, with relatively inexpensive brass ammo at .26 to
.30 a round, usually.

Maybe some of us want to reach out a little farther.


Doubtful.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

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.

Today's family circus cartoon. Just think it started with one snowflake.
http://familycircus.com

Snow
 

Tim wrote:
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?

We get tule fog this time of year. The fog that comes from the ground.
Not as much as years ago. I think it is the increase in population
covering over a lot of the farmland. We are actually sub desert, and get
most of our rain this time of year. Unfortunately, no rain in Feb. We get
a lot more fog in the Bay Area in the summer. The 100+ inland temps pull
in the offshore fog bank.