"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for
our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of
35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch


We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.


http://tinyurl.com/yal2ty

My wife and I laughed at folks raking their lawns today knowing we would
have high winds later. ;-)

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:22:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:47:09 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of 35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch


We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.

I wait until the second week of November, then do the lawn.

Gets all the little bas...er...leaves that way.

I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:22:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:47:09 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of 35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch

We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.
I wait until the second week of November, then do the lawn.

Gets all the little bas...er...leaves that way.

I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

You need a chainsaw.

Sunny and 78 expected here tomorrow..... taking cover

--Mike

"Don White" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
Wind predictions have been upgraded a bit overnight ...

From the National Weather Service:

"WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 TO
45 MPH BY NOON. WIND GUSTS LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON COULD REACH 65 MPH.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND BRIEFLY DIMINISH TO 30 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 45 MPH EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL
PICK UP AGAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BLUSTERY AND POSSIBLY
DAMAGING WEST WIND GUSTS COULD AGAIN REACH 65 MPH ON SUNDAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS."This could be interesting.Eisboch
We're expecting rain & heavy winds also. Spent all day working on our new
backyard deck addition ahead of the storm.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 27 Oct 2006 18:47:44 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


got beer?


Eisboch wrote:


Gave up beer. sigh. Lotsa coffee and hot chocolate, though.


Oops! Did you give it up by choice, or were you medically forced??!!



Some of us give it up by choice because we're allergic to it.


That was my problem. Beer made my belly get big.

Eisboch

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:44:10 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 27 Oct 2006 18:47:44 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


got beer?


Eisboch wrote:


Gave up beer. sigh. Lotsa coffee and hot chocolate, though.


Oops! Did you give it up by choice, or were you medically forced??!!



Some of us give it up by choice because we're allergic to it.


That was my problem. Beer made my belly get big.

Eisboch


Ditto, along with a thick tongue, headache, and upset stomach. Sometimes it
would even affect my equilibrium and make walking difficult.

Allergies are a bitch!

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:58:51 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:48:42 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:22:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:47:09 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of 35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch


We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.

I wait until the second week of November, then do the lawn.

Gets all the little bas...er...leaves that way.

I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

That's all?

Amateur.

That's in my little third of an acre lot!

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:22:23 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:48:42 -0400, JohnH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:22:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:47:09 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of 35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch


We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.

I wait until the second week of November, then do the lawn.

Gets all the little bas...er...leaves that way.

I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

I'm hitting the job with the leaf blower today.... 21 MPH gusts
yesterday did a number on the leaves and if I don't get a head-start
it is just too much of a PITA to wait... especially since we had very
poor fall color this year and the leaves are all turning brown and
falling at the same time...

First I have to get the damn acorns up. Right now they're blanketing the
back yard. Know any good way to do that?

So far I've been able to get the leaves up with the mower, but soon they'll
be too thick for that.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:48:42 -0400, JohnH wrote:


I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

That's all?

Amateur.


One of our horse paddocks has a very old apple tree in it. It still
produces apples, but lost a major limb in a snow storm a few years ago.
The limb represented about a third of the tree. I don't completely
understand why, but having some kind of weird respect for it we had a
professional tree person come over and he worked on it, injecting something
in it to help nurse it back to health.

Unfortunately, yesterday's storm took another third down.

http://www.eisboch.com/appletree.jpg

Eisboch

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:19:22 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:36:35 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:58:51 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:48:42 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:22:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:47:09 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The National Weather Service has issued a significant storm warning for our
area starting early Sat AM and extending into Sunday. Sustained winds of 35
mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

So, here I am back on the boat to ride it out. Should be fun.

Eisboch


We're getting some strong winds right now. I got the leaves off the yard
earlier. Now it looks like it's not been touched. I hate leaves.

I wait until the second week of November, then do the lawn.

Gets all the little bas...er...leaves that way.

I've got 11 large oaks to contend with. If I don't hit the leaves every
third or fourth day, I'd never be able to wade through them. I'm talking
some serious leaves here!

That's all?

Amateur.

That's in my little third of an acre lot!

How did you find room for the house?

Damn - sorry again - couldn't help it. :)

When the house was built, 1987, they apparently left any tree that was
about ten or more feet from the foundation.