OT - snow, ice, freezing rain OH MY

"Cynthia P" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:50:52 -0500, "Beverly"
wrote:


"Jayjay" wrote in message
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Ya'll are a bunch of nutballs for actually enjoying that cold and
white stuff.

:-)

Can't say I like the cold but I love the white stuff. One of my
favorite
things to do after a snowfall is to make angels in the yard. I also
don't
mind shoveling the driveway - it's not very longg

Beverly



Oh god, shoveling. George says it might snow tonight... and I just got
the car "mostly" cleared off of snow.

Shoveling is highly overrated. G

Cynthia
262/225.5/225

We're supposed to get a little snow today but I doubt it will require any
significant shoveling. I rent the other half of my double to my youngest
daughter and two granddaughters. In exchange for reduced rent they do all
the yard work and snow shoveling. I still get out there with the
granddaughters and shovel the snow.

Do you have any neighbor kids who shovel snow? When my kids were growing
up they loved to see it snow as they earned extra spending money shoveling
the neighborhood driveways. My grandkids have done the same thing. My
neighbors at the old residence often commented on how much they enjoyed the
grandkids shoveling their drives. There would be around 5 of them and they
did an excellent job. The youngest was around 6 at the time and she had
her shovel, too. I had neighbors call me after a heavy snow and ask if the
grandkids would be coming to visit that dayg Since most of the neighbors
were retired they really appreciated it.

Beverly

"JMA" wrote


Isn't it just sad that those of us in the northern midwest look
forward to days when the temps are simply above 0 and the 20's feel
like a heatwave At least you have snow. The cold is flippin
useless without snow.

Jenn

Grrrr I want S N O W !!!!!!!

I can always bundle up - once I'm nekkid, there's nothing to do for heat.
There aren't enough words to describe my hatred of AC. (flashbacks of
Christmas in Key West shudder)

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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

"JMA" wrote in

This is why I live way up north - for the mild summers. In the way we
get 2-4 arctic weeks, we get about 1-2 really hot weeks in the summer
and the rest is just wonderful.

snip

Jenn


In the 6 summers we've lived here in Maine, the temperature has exceeded
90 degrees exactly 4 days - all in the summer of '97. It rarely gets
above 80. We keep the winters chilly to drive off the faint of heart ;-)


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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

"SnugBear" wrote in message
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"JMA" wrote


Isn't it just sad that those of us in the northern midwest look
forward to days when the temps are simply above 0 and the 20's feel
like a heatwave At least you have snow. The cold is flippin
useless without snow.

Jenn

Grrrr I want S N O W !!!!!!!

I can always bundle up - once I'm nekkid, there's nothing to do for heat.
There aren't enough words to describe my hatred of AC. (flashbacks of
Christmas in Key West shudder)

--
Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

I have the same feeling about AC. I hate it when the weather gets so hot I
have to turn the air on and shut the doors and windows. My AC doesn't come
on until the temps hit the 90's around here and the nights just don't cool
off enough to allow comfortable sleeping. I'm thinking about installing
ceiling fans in the bedrooms to see if this would allow us to keep the AC
shut off.

Beverly

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 08:15:07 -0500, "Beverly"
wrote:



We're supposed to get a little snow today but I doubt it will require any
significant shoveling. I rent the other half of my double to my youngest
daughter and two granddaughters. In exchange for reduced rent they do all
the yard work and snow shoveling. I still get out there with the
granddaughters and shovel the snow.



We got another inch or so. Maybe less. Steps need clearing again and
so does car.


Do you have any neighbor kids who shovel snow? When my kids were growing
up they loved to see it snow as they earned extra spending money shoveling
the neighborhood driveways. My grandkids have done the same thing. My
neighbors at the old residence often commented on how much they enjoyed the
grandkids shoveling their drives. There would be around 5 of them and they
did an excellent job. The youngest was around 6 at the time and she had
her shovel, too. I had neighbors call me after a heavy snow and ask if the
grandkids would be coming to visit that dayg Since most of the neighbors
were retired they really appreciated it.



Well, one evening a neighborhood kid showed up at the door proudly
stating that he wanted me to know that he'd shoveled our walks and
sidewalks. I found this quite interesting, as about 2 hours before,
George had done just that, and a good job too. I had also done some of
the clearing.

He sort of botched... because snow had fallen again since... and it
was all laying exactly where it had fallen. Not a stretch of concrete
was clear. In other words, he was trying to con money out of me for a
job someone else had done. I'm not sure how he figured he'd get away
with this scam.

At any rate, haven't seen much else in the way of neighborhood kids.
And I wouldn't want them touching my car anyway.

Cynthia
262/225.5/225

"SnugBear" wrote in message
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In the 6 summers we've lived here in Maine, the temperature has exceeded
90 degrees exactly 4 days - all in the summer of '97. It rarely gets
above 80. We keep the winters chilly to drive off the faint of heart ;-)


--
Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Summer of '95 it was well into the 90's when we were there. Spent 1 night
at the "Desert of Maine" campground with the large furry dog sleeping right
between us. We ended up not sleeping, packed up around 3AM after standing
in line for a shower and headed for LL Bean. It was dreadful, but
luckily we found an air conditioned hotel room in Augusta to visit friends
near Lewiston. Too bad you missed that one

Jenn

Cynthia P wrote


Well, sadly, the snow is pretty useless too. So dry that you can't
make a snowball or a snowman or any kind of snow sculpture.

It might be fun to ski in... except it is rather flat here.

I didn't really believe the deal about how 20s felt like a heatwave...
but now that I've been here a few months, I see it. If it gets into
the high 20s or 30s, I'm putting on lighter gloves, leaving my jacket
open, etc...

Cynthia
262/225.5/225

Two words: Snow Shoes
(burn lotsa calories per hour ;-))



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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine (Praying for SNOW)
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

"Cynthia P" wrote in message
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Well, sadly, the snow is pretty useless too. So dry that you can't
make a snowball or a snowman or any kind of snow sculpture.

It might be fun to ski in... except it is rather flat here.

I didn't really believe the deal about how 20s felt like a heatwave...
but now that I've been here a few months, I see it. If it gets into
the high 20s or 30s, I'm putting on lighter gloves, leaving my jacket
open, etc...

Cynthia
262/225.5/225

The snow is good for insulating septic systems. Every winter we have
without much snow gives plumbers a lot of business and causes DH and I to
have a lot more company. We had a friend last year that had their well
freeze so we supplied him with drinking water for about a month.

Finally took our walk on the lake today. It's a 2500 acre lake (approx) so
it's a great wide open area. Took the dog and let her run wild. After about
20 minutes the cold started getting uncomfortable on the face and fingers so
we had to head back. The ice is over a foot thick so we can drive the truck
on it to go ice fishing. Our temps without wind are going into the negative
double digits next week.

Jenn

"SnugBear" wrote in message
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"JMA" wrote


Isn't it just sad that those of us in the northern midwest look
forward to days when the temps are simply above 0 and the 20's feel
like a heatwave At least you have snow. The cold is flippin
useless without snow.

Jenn

Grrrr I want S N O W !!!!!!!

I can always bundle up - once I'm nekkid, there's nothing to do for heat.
There aren't enough words to describe my hatred of AC. (flashbacks of
Christmas in Key West shudder)

I agree! I loathe heat. That stupid remark by you-know-who who said that
once a person is thin they won't mind heat is so freakin' wrong I can't
believe it! I've been skinny and I still didn't like heat!

Martha

"MH" wrote in message
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"SnugBear" wrote in message
.4...
"JMA" wrote


Isn't it just sad that those of us in the northern midwest look
forward to days when the temps are simply above 0 and the 20's feel
like a heatwave At least you have snow. The cold is flippin
useless without snow.

Jenn

Grrrr I want S N O W !!!!!!!

I can always bundle up - once I'm nekkid, there's nothing to do for
heat.
There aren't enough words to describe my hatred of AC. (flashbacks of
Christmas in Key West shudder)

I agree! I loathe heat. That stupid remark by you-know-who who said that
once a person is thin they won't mind heat is so freakin' wrong I can't
believe it! I've been skinny and I still didn't like heat!

Martha

I was liking the 70 degree temps over Christmas break, but I was also on the
ocean with a breeze. When we were inland and farther north, the 70's and
direct sun were a bit much. I agree with Laurie - much easier to bundle up
(and wear cute sweaters) and stay warm than it is to cool off.

Jenn