Stormy weather
 

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

Stormy weather
 

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

got beer?

Stormy weather
 

"basskisser" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

got beer?


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

Eisboch

Stormy weather
 

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

Not the safest place you could be.
Jim

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"jiminfl" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

Not the safest place you could be.
Jim


It's safe enough. I am in the back basin here and it's somewhat protected.
If we get the winds they are predicting, I'd rather be down here to check
the lines on the boats rather than being home worrying about them.

Besides, it's fun.

Eisboch

Stormy weather
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"jiminfl" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

Not the safest place you could be.
Jim


It's safe enough. I am in the back basin here and it's somewhat
protected. If we get the winds they are predicting, I'd rather be down
here to check the lines on the boats rather than being home worrying about
them.

Besides, it's fun.

Eisboch


I am glad I put the boat to sleep last weekend, including putting the winter
cover on. We are seeing heavy rains and winds tomorrow are expected to come
close to 50 mph.

Our friends with the Lyman had hoped to put the tarp on their boat
tomorrow.................key word 'hoped'....;-)

Stormy weather
 

Eisboch wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

got beer?


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

Eisboch

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

But, there isn't much better than a nice hot cup of coffee when it's
cold and you're lounging. Do you spend the bad weather on your boat for
safety purposes or just because you like to?

Stormy weather
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"jiminfl" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

Not the safest place you could be.
Jim


It's safe enough. I am in the back basin here and it's somewhat
protected. If we get the winds they are predicting, I'd rather be down
here to check the lines on the boats rather than being home worrying
about them.

Besides, it's fun.

Eisboch


I am glad I put the boat to sleep last weekend, including putting the
winter cover on. We are seeing heavy rains and winds tomorrow are
expected to come close to 50 mph.

Our friends with the Lyman had hoped to put the tarp on their boat
tomorrow.................key word 'hoped'....;-)


Went out boating today. Sunburn weather. Hate them water weeds. Had an
overheat today. The mossy stuff plugged up the input end of the heat
exchanger. Franks track is a flooded island and is about 8' deep. With
weeds about 2' below the surface. No Black Bass, lots of little stripers.
Decision for tomorrow. SF Bay and halibut and stripers or mokelumne river
and stripers and salmon and LM bass? Supposed to cooler tomorrow. High
30's at night, 70's daytime.

Stormy weather
 

"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...



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

But, there isn't much better than a nice hot cup of coffee when it's
cold and you're lounging. Do you spend the bad weather on your boat for
safety purposes or just because you like to?


Just time to clean up my act. Started working out in the gym, losing some
pounds, lifting some weights, just generally trying to get back to a
reasonable facsimilie of my former self. I love the taste of a good beer,
but the beer no longer loves me. It comes with age.

As to your question of the boat and weather .... both. They are both still
in the water and as a practice I try to check on them before a good blow. I
also enjoy staying on the Navigator when the weather is bad and the winds
are blowing. It's a nice escape.

Eisboch

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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
.net...


Went out boating today. Sunburn weather. Hate them water weeds. Had an
overheat today. The mossy stuff plugged up the input end of the heat
exchanger. Franks track is a flooded island and is about 8' deep. With
weeds about 2' below the surface. No Black Bass, lots of little stripers.
Decision for tomorrow. SF Bay and halibut and stripers or mokelumne river
and stripers and salmon and LM bass? Supposed to cooler tomorrow. High
30's at night, 70's daytime.


So, when do you guys in the SF Bay area consider the boating season to be
"over"?
Or do you?

Eisboch

Stormy weather - update
 

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

Stormy weather - update
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
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


For us:
....WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND INLAND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 45
MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE TO BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGED. A FEW TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES MAY COME DOWN.

THE STRONG WINDS ARE DUE TO A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE
LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TO LAKE ONTARIO BY
TONIGHT AND TO QUEBEC ON SUNDAY.

Stormy weather
 

Eisboch wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...



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

But, there isn't much better than a nice hot cup of coffee when it's
cold and you're lounging. Do you spend the bad weather on your boat for
safety purposes or just because you like to?


Just time to clean up my act. Started working out in the gym, losing some
pounds, lifting some weights, just generally trying to get back to a
reasonable facsimilie of my former self. I love the taste of a good beer,
but the beer no longer loves me. It comes with age.

I totally understand!

As to your question of the boat and weather .... both. They are both still
in the water and as a practice I try to check on them before a good blow. I
also enjoy staying on the Navigator when the weather is bad and the winds
are blowing. It's a nice escape.

I'll bet. I would really enjoy that! I'm a freak for bad weather! When
I lived in FL I'd get giddy when a hurricane was approaching! Strange
how it can be exciting and calming all at the same time!

Eisboch

Stormy weather
 

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:19:49 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

So, when do you guys in the SF Bay area consider the boating season to be
"over"?
Or do you?

The problem with SF is that you can't tell the difference between
winter and summer, as in the old joke about spending a winter in San
Francisco one August.

Stormy weather - update
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
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


For us:
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND INLAND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND
45 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE TO BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGED. A FEW TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY COME DOWN.

THE STRONG WINDS ARE DUE TO A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TO LAKE ONTARIO BY
TONIGHT AND TO QUEBEC ON SUNDAY.


For us, a picture from yesterday's San Francisco bay near Mt. San Bruno.
over there. I did not take the pic as I was up in the delta, fighting the
hydrilla. Even had to disassemble the heat exchanger to clean out that
crap.

Stormy weather
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:19:49 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

So, when do you guys in the SF Bay area consider the boating season to be
"over"?
Or do you?

The problem with SF is that you can't tell the difference between
winter and summer, as in the old joke about spending a winter in San
Francisco one August.


Summer and winter are drastically different on SF Bay. The sailors love
summer as we get much more wind on the bay then plus lots more fog. The 50
degree offshore water and the 100 degree inland valley supplies the raw
energy for the wind farms between the two. Winter is mild, maybe 3 months
of rain, about 22" total, and the hills are green. Actually one of the nice
times to visit the north part of the state. And Dungeness crab season runs
from Nov. 11 to end of June.

Stormy weather - update
 

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.

Stormy weather
 

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
.net...

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"jiminfl" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

Not the safest place you could be.
Jim


It's safe enough. I am in the back basin here and it's somewhat
protected. If we get the winds they are predicting, I'd rather be down
here to check the lines on the boats rather than being home worrying
about them.

Besides, it's fun.

Eisboch


I am glad I put the boat to sleep last weekend, including putting the
winter cover on. We are seeing heavy rains and winds tomorrow are
expected to come close to 50 mph.

Our friends with the Lyman had hoped to put the tarp on their boat
tomorrow.................key word 'hoped'....;-)


Went out boating today. Sunburn weather. Hate them water weeds. Had an
overheat today. The mossy stuff plugged up the input end of the heat
exchanger. Franks track is a flooded island and is about 8' deep. With
weeds about 2' below the surface. No Black Bass, lots of little stripers.
Decision for tomorrow. SF Bay and halibut and stripers or mokelumne river
and stripers and salmon and LM bass? Supposed to cooler tomorrow. High
30's at night, 70's daytime.


I went out to look at the Lake during halftime of the Ohio State game. 5-7
footers.........surfs up.

Here is a reading of a buoy further out on the Lake:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45005

The Lake should kick up even more overnight if these winds keep up.

Stormy weather
 

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.

Stormy weather
 

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


Eisboch wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

got beer?


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

Eisboch

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

But, there isn't much better than a nice hot cup of coffee when it's
cold and you're lounging. Do you spend the bad weather on your boat for
safety purposes or just because you like to?

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

Stormy weather
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
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. ;-)

Stormy weather
 

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!

Stormy weather
 

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.

Stormy weather - update
 

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

--Mike

"Don White" wrote in message
...
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.

Stormy weather
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
...

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

Stormy weather
 

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


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

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!

Stormy weather
 

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!

Stormy weather
 

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.

Stormy weather
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

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

Stormy weather
 

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.

Stormy weather
 

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:17:55 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:38:16 -0500, JohnH wrote:

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?

Buy a couple of hundred squirrels and let 'em loose.

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

Amateur.

I'm sorry John - I can't help it. :)

I have eleven oak trees just along the frontage of my property alone.
Throw in a few pine trees, hemlocks, maples, aspens and birch trees,
it's a real problem.

Thus my approach - allow all the leaves to fall, then vacuum them up
with the residual leaves using a leaf blower.

While outside raking acorns an hour or so ago, I thought to myself, "That
smartass Tom will tell me to get a bunch of squirrels."

Sure as ****.

I've got enough damn squirrels. But, we've just noticed, last week, a fox
in the neighborhood. Maybe that's why it seems the squirrel population (and
cat population) has gone down some.

Stormy weather
 

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:54:43 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .

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


I appears as though the tree may not have been the biggest apple producer
around, but it did have a lot of 'character'. Shame to lose it.

Stormy weather
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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. :)
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is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

He is really a squirrel.

Stormy weather
 

JohnH wrote in
:

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!



No Mexicans where you live?

No need to rake leaves and mow grass.

Want me to send you a few thousand?

I see some city made it illegal for its citizens to hire or rent to any
illegal aliens............................Idiots!



Larry
--
Is sending glassware via USPS considered "baiting"?