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Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 Dec 29 2017 03:17 AM

Someone has to say it, it's fucking cold!! [youtube:l8bex1ih]gNkKq9mVeVc[/youtube:l8bex1ih]

Ashie62 Dec 29 2017 03:22 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

54 Years in North NJ here. Possibly the coldest winter I have seen. We are hunkered down in our "Valley Forge" Cabin. Good luck Cooby & PA 36" inches of snow in Erie PA & Fmanland. Be Safe.

Fman99 Dec 29 2017 12:34 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I don't mind it, too terribly. I still ran outside three days this week. It's been a bigger bummer for my kids as they've been home all week on break, with my two year old niece whom my wife is watching for the week, but not able to play outside in the snow due to extreme temps.

MFS62 Dec 29 2017 12:55 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I have a poem to the weather on my FB page. Don't know how to insert the image here. Later

Centerfield Dec 29 2017 02:16 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We’ve been coming to Killington for 30 years. Never seen anything like this. -11 this morning.

seawolf17 Dec 29 2017 02:53 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Considering our house is old and drafty, methinks this weather is not going to help us sell it.

cooby Dec 29 2017 03:14 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Where did my thread go? :( It's so cold it froze to a crisp and blew away lol

cooby Dec 29 2017 04:42 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Already have to change my outdoor kitties' water every couple of hours. Sucks, and when I go back to work it'll be worse. Holy hell it's cold Aha, here's the one I started. Anyway, my two outdoor kitties have little heated houses (pads that heat when they lie down on them) My little girl Midnight uses hers all the time and I keep putting more and more stuff over it. The trick is of course to not make it scary for her. So today I put an old sheet (I think sheets are the most effective, even more than blankets on a cold night) and an old Garfield sleeping bag I found when I was cleaning out my closet over her house. I also have sent for reflective blankets and a plug in water dish. Pierce I don't know where he sleeps. I wish I did :( He has a little heated house here too if he wants it. If you are wondering why I don't bring them in it's because I have six indoor cats and I honestly think these two are too wild, even for a couple of nights in a spare room.

d'Kong76 Dec 29 2017 06:49 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Fman99 wrote: I don't mind it, too terribly. I guess I don't either, too terribly lol. I'm in the woods with the dog at least one hour every day and you do get used to it after a while. The wind was brutal the last couple of days, goes right through you. Today in the sun, no wind, 20° feels almost balmy. We didn't get the snow that a bunch of youse got.

d'Kong76 Dec 29 2017 06:51 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

cooby wrote: Holy hell it's cold Aha, here's the one I started. Sorry, I totally hijacked the weather!

dgwphotography Dec 29 2017 06:56 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

The pups wanted nothing to do with being outside the last couple of days. They would just do their business and go right back in. This morning, it was a balmy 9 outside, but no wind, so I was able to at least take them through the woods behind my house...

RealityChuck Dec 30 2017 02:56 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Wimps. My first winter in Schenectady featured a week of temperatures of -20. It was only -1 today. Positively balmy.

MFS62 Dec 30 2017 03:00 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

http://www.dickiethon.com/forum2008/dow ... =32794&t=1 Later

Ceetar Dec 30 2017 04:28 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

breaking: Winter is cold. I mistakenly left a case of seltzer in the car. Pluses are that exploded black cherry seltzer ice chips is pleasant smelling. Of course, we're trading in this lease on Monday.. It's alright though, I made up for it by spilling a salted caramel mocha in the trunk, which dripped under the wheel well, and has presumably now frozen.

Lefty Specialist Dec 30 2017 05:02 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Ceetar wrote: breaking: Winter is cold. Yeah, this.

Rockin' Doc Jan 02 2018 03:43 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

With each passing year I dislike the cold and winter more. I dream of moving to a warm, sunny beach in a few years when I retire. We'll see how that works out in the next few years.

Lefty Specialist Jan 02 2018 01:05 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

That trip we'll be taking to the Bahamas in less than a week is looking better and better.

MFS62 Jan 02 2018 01:55 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Rockin' Doc wrote: With each passing year I dislike the cold and winter more. I dream of moving to a warm, sunny beach in a few years when I retire. We'll see how that works out in the next few years. Good weather is anything you don't have to shovel. Later

cooby Jan 02 2018 05:44 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Don't look now but they are suddenly talking about a late week blizzard

seawolf17 Jan 02 2018 07:07 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

And then a cold snap: http://mashable.com/2018/01/02/weather- ... Yq_F4zraqS

Edgy MD Jan 02 2018 11:22 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Don't worry, the storm is only expected to become a [squints at notes] "bomb cyclone." Holy crap!

Frayed Knot Jan 03 2018 12:34 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Get your mind off wintertime, or you ain't goin' nowhere

MFS62 Jan 03 2018 01:09 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

In case you were thinking of going someplace warm, today's forecast for Juneau, Alaska is 41 degrees and rain. Later

smg58 Jan 03 2018 01:43 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

When Arctic air heads south, warm air from somewhere heads north to take its place. And whose weather is more unusual for early January?

Frayed Knot Jan 03 2018 02:21 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

MFS62 wrote: In case you were thinking of going someplace warm, today's forecast for Juneau, Alaska is 41 degrees and rain. Later That's actually not all that out of whack for Juneau which is closer to a somewhat colder version of Seattle than it is to the cold in Fairbanks or most of the rest of mainland Alaska. Some of Seattle's winter rains turn into Juneau snow, but it's basically the same sort of coastal overcast (only 80-some days of sun/year) as the rest of the Pacific northwest.

MFS62 Jan 03 2018 02:30 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I'll take it, as long as I don't have to root for the Mariners. Later

Ceetar Jan 03 2018 02:39 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

PNW is one of the places we postulated about moving to instead of Bergen County, NJ.

d'Kong76 Jan 03 2018 04:00 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We're on our 4-5th water main break in our small city in as many days. The old underground infrastructure isn't used to this sustained cold. They fix one section and the pressure builds back up and another one crumbles. The mayor (sworn in less than 3 days ago) is taking a beating on one of the crazy city fb pages. How can he have let this happen?!?

Edgy MD Jan 03 2018 04:53 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Man, I got water mains going up all around me. Poor water and sewer guys are operating with pipes that are over 100 years old, and are out there trying to contain geysers. Your mayor should apologize ... for not realizing he was elected to serve over-entitled baboons. That wouldn't be very helpful, would it?

d'Kong76 Jan 03 2018 05:02 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Edgy MD wrote: Man, I got water mains going up all around me. Poor water and sewer guys are operating with pipes that are over 100 years old, and are out there trying to contain geysers. And parts (connectors, valves, whatever else that goes into this sort of thing) are getting scarcer by the day according to a guy I know who knows a guy at DPW. Watch, it will be 65° on Groundhog Day.

cooby Jan 03 2018 05:15 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Wow, a whole town's water mains....our pipes are thawed and repaired (some new holes here in there around the house) and emergency space heater in attic. Don't think that doesn't scare me. But I'm told it'll be safe. Any way, a whole town's water mains...that is really bad!

dgwphotography Jan 04 2018 06:59 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I would look at this snow much more romantically if it came two weeks ago.

Ashie62 Jan 04 2018 11:02 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Morris County, Optimum completely out. I am hacking wifi. Power out in 40% of town. Temperature is 2 above.

cooby Jan 04 2018 11:07 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

MFS 62 just asked me on Facebook how much snow we have and why we are driving around. We haven't any snow but we share the bitter cold and wind

Zvon Jan 04 2018 11:27 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

1 to 2 feet here, but hard to tell for sure because of the drifts. The snow stopped about an hour ago. Hope it doesn't start up again. If it don't : #BombCycloneMyAss

cooby Jan 05 2018 12:59 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

1 to 2 feet here... just ambiguous enough to be hilarious. Gosh we missed you Z!

Zvon Jan 05 2018 01:14 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

cooby wrote: 1 to 2 feet here... just ambiguous enough to be hilarious. Gosh we missed you Z! Awww, thank you Coob. I'm gonna go with a foot and a half. It would be kool if the winds would blow it all away. They just seem to blow it from one side of the street to the other.

d'Kong76 Jan 06 2018 04:36 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

The cold snap has killed the car battery. Yay!

MFS62 Jan 07 2018 01:13 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I have a guy who plows my driveway. He did, and then the wind blew the snow back across parts of it. I was going to call him to do it again when I got home from work yesterday. So about 2PM I got a text from my wife. It said, "You don't have to call the guy, I did it myself". She added a selfie, bundled up with a snow shovel in hand, with the message, "Lithuanians rule!". Good thing she got it before it really froze last night. It was 6 degrees below zero when we got up this morning. Later

DocTee Jan 07 2018 03:00 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

-7 here this morning, and that's without the windchill. These snowdrifts will be here until March!

41Forever Jan 07 2018 04:41 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: The cold snap has killed the car battery. Yay! Mine died, too! Yesterday I was out running some errands and thought that it was relatively warm out. Looked on the thermometer in the car, and it was 12 degrees. Better than -4, I guess...

d'Kong76 Jan 07 2018 05:18 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

With my wife away, the car was being underused (just short errand trips) and the battery fell too undercharged to turn over the engine. I got a jump, ran it for two hours yesterday, and it started right up this morning despite it being like two degrees out.

Nymr83 Jan 08 2018 12:33 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

20 degrees feels warm this morning waiting for a bus!

Fman99 Jan 08 2018 12:52 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I ran a half marathon (13.1 miles) Saturday night in Rochester, in single digit temperatures and windchills below zero. Because my buddy had signed up weeks earlier and I felt like he could use some company on it. We ended up having a great time. This is us at the start of the race. I'm wearing the red hat and ski goggles.

Zvon Jan 08 2018 01:18 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Is that a school behind you Fman?

MFS62 Jan 08 2018 01:38 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Zvon wrote: Is that a school behind you Fman? I think it must be the institution those crazy runners escaped from. Later

Nymr83 Jan 08 2018 07:50 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Could be worse - I heard the polar bear club went ahead with their swim last week

cooby Jan 08 2018 08:34 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Yikes, they found some unfrozen water?

Fman99 Jan 09 2018 02:25 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Zvon wrote: Is that a school behind you Fman? It's the Rochester Tech Park, it's business facilities for the most part. I know Harris is one of the buildings as I ran past the sign four times.

Frayed Knot Jan 09 2018 02:27 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

cooby wrote: Yikes, they found some unfrozen water? Umm, yeah, it's called the Atlantic Ocean. Specifically it's the part off Coney Island in Brooklyn.

cooby Jan 12 2018 06:38 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Aha, all the water around here is frozen :D Including, I hope Lake Erie, so it'll stop lake snowing.

d'Kong76 Jan 12 2018 08:43 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

61° according to my phone - second week of Jan. We dodged a blizzard, it's freaking pouring out... would have easily been two feet.

cooby Jan 12 2018 09:01 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Holy fog rolling in, Batman. We've had ten different weathers today and snow to come tonight. And back to single digits tomorrow.

cooby Jan 13 2018 03:56 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

38 degrees and raining its butt off. Couple more degrees cooler and it's going to be snowing. Gonna be an interesting weekend

Lefty Specialist Jan 13 2018 05:27 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

80 degrees on Paradise Island today. Alas, back to the real (cold) world tomorrow........

Edgy MD Mar 03 2018 04:16 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

No power, no heat, no hot water, no Internet service since yesterday evening. I'm at work charging our stuff up while my wife drives our dogs around to keep them from freezing to death. I'm being a big baby about it, but this is how Puerto Ricans have been living (and dying) for over five months.

cooby Mar 03 2018 05:26 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 07 2018 01:47 PM

You know I love Puerto Ricans but at least it’s warm there Edgy. You have a right to gripe

Edgy MD Mar 03 2018 09:14 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Back on after nearly 24 hours. Pets survived, but they seem to be blaming me, somehow.

MFS62 Mar 04 2018 10:37 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Our power just came on after 49 hours, from 4:15 on Friday until 5:20 today. And because of my surgery, I was not able to lift (or even try to lift) the garage door. So we couldn't go anywhere warm. Brrrrr. Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 04 2018 11:52 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

So we had 3 tickets to see Hamilton yesterday. Lefty Jr was going to take Amtrak Friday night and we'd have a nice weekend together. BUT the crazy weather cancelled all Northeast Corridor trains. So, Plan B. He made a reservation on one of those D.C.-NYC buses leaving early Saturday morning. 7:15 departure, arriving Manhattan 11:45. So we'd just have lunch in the city before the 2pm curtain. BUT, they cancelled the bus with no warning leaving him in the lurch again. So, plan C. He and 3 others got an Uber, but they could only get as far as Princeton Junction. To have a margin for error he'd need to make the 11:31 train. At 11:23 he texted they were still 13 minutes away. They weren't going to make it. Then at 11:36 he texts that they made the train because it was 5 minutes late- they jumped on the train just before the doors closed. So he made it by the skin of his teeth . And Hamilton was awesome.

Edgy MD Mar 05 2018 12:21 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

MFS62 wrote: Our power just came on after 49 hours, from 4:15 on Friday until 5:20 today. And because of my surgery, I was not able to lift (or even try to lift) the garage door. So we couldn't go anywhere warm. Brrrrr. Later Sheesh, you had me beat by 100% and then some. Feel better. And reach out to your neighbors.

MFS62 Mar 05 2018 12:38 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Thanks, Edgy. They got their power back when we did. We were the last group in our town. They had to fix the lines and transformers between us and the generators before they could get to us. The neighboring city (the town line is less than four blocks away), gets their power feed from another direction. So our development is always the last. It took us 7 days to regain power after Sandy. Later

metsmarathon Mar 05 2018 04:54 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

so, they basically closed every school in Sussex county for Monday, basically because too many roads are impassable and too many wires down that there’s no good way to reroute buses and keep kids safe. Half my neighborhood is slated to be without power until Thursday, and that date keeps getting pushed further out. We personally dodged quite a bullet and have been warm and well electrified the whole time. And more snow is coming Wednesday

d'Kong76 Mar 06 2018 11:12 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

metsmarathon wrote: more snow is coming Wednesday 6-18" is a lot of wiggle room!

MFS62 Mar 07 2018 12:34 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Stay warm and safe, everyone. Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 07 2018 12:55 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

My timing is good. I'm at a trade conference in Long Beach, CA all this week. Sunny and 72 degrees. But Mrs Lefty is pissed she'll have to shovel the driveway.

Nymr83 Mar 07 2018 01:21 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: My timing is good. I'm at a trade conference in Long Beach, CA all this week. Sunny and 72 degrees. But Mrs Lefty is pissed she'll have to shovel the driveway. what happened to neighborhood teenagers doing this to make some cash? too busy snapchatting?

MFS62 Mar 07 2018 11:20 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

15 inches of snow at 6PM, the highest reported amount in the State. And its still snowing hard. Later

seawolf17 Mar 07 2018 11:22 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

This was way more snow than I expected out here. I figured we'd get mostly rain this far east, but we've got a few inches out there.

dgwphotography Mar 08 2018 01:21 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We got about 2 inches here so far....

seawolf17 Mar 08 2018 03:04 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Part of our neighbor's tree came through our wall. So fuck this storm.

Zvon Mar 08 2018 03:35 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

seawolf17 wrote: Part of our neighbor's tree came through our wall. So fuck this storm. Damn! I was gonna ask which place, but I see on fb. Yep, could'a been worse. But talk about bad timing. Glad you and yours are okay.

d'Kong76 Mar 08 2018 03:38 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Got about a foot of back-breaking super-heavy snow.

seawolf17 Mar 08 2018 03:42 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: Got about a foot of back-breaking super-heavy snow. A friend in Harriman - not far from you? - got 26 inches. TWENTY-SIX.

Ashie62 Mar 08 2018 04:32 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

21 inches in Morris County NJ here No power, house has a chill

cooby Mar 08 2018 01:12 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

How is everyone doing?

MFS62 Mar 08 2018 01:15 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

OK, I know. You can't believe a man when he's talking about inches. But according to NBC30 CT, our town had 28 inches of snow yesterday. Looking out my back door, I believe it. Later

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2018 01:53 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Nine inches of snow. No power outage.

dgwphotography Mar 08 2018 02:07 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

The National Weather Service official total for my town is 12.5". I had maybe 3" in my yard and driveway.

Ceetar Mar 08 2018 02:11 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

probably about 18 here. bunch of branches down. we lost power for about 3 hours last night. I went out late and cleaned a bunch of the driveway and street in front of the driveway. looks like today is going to be messy as well with all the snow still stuck to the trees coming down with or without branches. It's basically still flurrying outside as a result.

Chad Ochoseis Mar 08 2018 04:16 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Flying back from Phoenix today, where it was partly cloudy and 75. "Partly cloudy" in Phoenix means that someone noticed a cloud somewhere in the forest sixty miles northeast. My brother tells me that I'll be coming home to 5-7 inches of lake effect snow.

d'Kong76 Mar 08 2018 04:52 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

seawolf17 wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Got about a foot of back-breaking super-heavy snow. A friend in Harriman - not far from you? - got 26 inches. TWENTY-SIX. Yeah as the crow flies Harriman is pretty close... I heard yesterday there were bands of snow that were significantly larger than others.

DocTee Mar 08 2018 06:31 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

22 inches here in CT. I stayed at a motel near my job to avoid the commute from the city, where most of the stuff is already melting fast.

seawolf17 Mar 08 2018 06:59 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Looking in daylight, it seems like the hole in our house is the only major issue, most likely. Waiting for an insurance person to get here to start the ball rolling on fixing it. Our neighbor's whole yard is wrecked, though.

Ceetar Mar 08 2018 08:31 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

seawolf17 wrote: Looking in daylight, it seems like the hole in our house is the only major issue, most likely. Waiting for an insurance person to get here to start the ball rolling on fixing it. Our neighbor's whole yard is wrecked, though. you ask for weird birthday presents.

Ashie62 Mar 08 2018 10:59 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Three old 40 foot pines came down in the back. No one hurt. P-Town clocked 24.8 inches

cooby Mar 08 2018 11:18 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Oh no!

cooby Mar 09 2018 09:27 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Okay it can warm the heck up now

dgwphotography Mar 12 2018 03:31 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

3" - 6" of the white stuff is forecast for tonight into tomorrow around here, with high amounts to the east. #notmysnowstorm

MFS62 Mar 12 2018 03:39 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

dgwphotography wrote: 3" - 6" of the white stuff is forecast for tonight into tomorrow around here, with high amounts to the east. #notmysnowstorm Joe Schultz. Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 12 2018 05:28 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

MFS62 wrote: dgwphotography wrote: 3" - 6" of the white stuff is forecast for tonight into tomorrow around here, with high amounts to the east. #notmysnowstorm Joe Schultz. Later 15 points for the Ball Four reference. SF or FS? Or both?

MFS62 Mar 12 2018 08:08 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: 15 points for the Ball Four reference. SF or FS? Or both? ? Didn't Bouton play for him at Seattle? Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 13 2018 02:15 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Joe was mentioned in the book as being fond of the words 'sh!t' and 'f*ck' and would use them in their various combinations. He would also say after a win, "Good game, boys. Now go pound some Budweiser." Words we can all live by.

MFS62 Mar 13 2018 02:43 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: Joe was mentioned in the book as being fond of the words 'sh!t' and 'f*ck' and would use them in their various combinations. Of course. And that's why I used his name. I wasn't sure which combination was appropriate in response to learning that more snow is coming. Actually, they all are. Later

cooby Mar 13 2018 03:29 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

How much this time 62? We got a piffle

d'Kong76 Mar 13 2018 03:53 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We got bupkis.

cooby Mar 18 2018 07:56 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

50 degrees! Just one day, but that’s more like it! Cleaned up my butterfly garden :)

MFS62 Mar 18 2018 08:17 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Never got above 35 here. Butterfly garden? When did you plant them? Or are they perennials? Later

cooby Mar 18 2018 10:53 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Yeah, cold again here tomorrow! Today was a treat. And geez, can you just tell us whether it's going to snow or not Tuesday? These are perennial native butterflies :D

Frayed Knot Mar 18 2018 11:15 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

How much to smuggle this one out of the country? [fimg=200]http://digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/16/10/640x640/gallery-1457625779-steve-mcqueen-papillon.jpg[/fimg]

cooby Mar 18 2018 11:52 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Papillon?

Frayed Knot Mar 19 2018 01:15 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Mais oui! Papillon means 'Butterfly' in French, hence the tattoo source of Henri Charriere's nickname. Also the source of Papillon the dog breed [fimg=200]http://cdn2-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/gallery/papillon-dog-breed-pictures/3-yellowpup.jpg[/fimg] for obvious reasons. The movie, btw, has been remade for release later this summer. Almost certainly a bad idea IMO, but maybe it'll surprise. Speaking of remakes, looks like the recently released remake of 'Death Wish' is going over like a lead balloon. Not that the original DW was on a par with the Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman version of Papillon, but there doesn't seem to be a reason to remake either of them. The rotten reviews the new DW (Bruce Willis playing the lead) is getting certainly have something to do with it tanking, although I'd also like to think that people are deciding that a vigilante movie is exactly what we DON'T need at the moment. At least during the 1974 original the possibility of random, urban street crime was a very real fear for a lot of people. A remake now doesn't even have that going for it.

MFS62 Mar 21 2018 02:06 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Spring has sprung, the grass has riz. I wonder where the birdies is. The bird is on the wing, but that's absurd. He can't fly, 'cause the weatherman's a turd. Later

d'Kong76 Mar 21 2018 02:29 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

2-5", 3-8", 4-10", 5-12", 8-15" and the best is 6-18". Solid forecasting! I'll just be glad if it's all snow; hate that rain, sleet, freezing rain crap. Let's go Mets!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 21 2018 06:20 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I'm stuck here in Las Vegas (70, sunny) till the forecast improves. Was supposed to get a redeye tonight but chickened out on the forecast and probability of getting stuck somewhere in the middle of the night.

cooby Mar 21 2018 12:30 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

According to my phone it’s snowing here, but it isn’t. Makes it difficult to plan my day. We’re only to get a inch if that anyway so I guess I’ll just get on with it Oh and I agree with FK about the remaking of Papillon. Why do it? And that dog is a cutie!

Ceetar Mar 21 2018 01:57 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

email from work Looks like everyone chose to work from home. If the predictions are correct, it does look like it will be bad. With that, unless you are declaring a vacation, or personal day, I expect full access and production, as if you were in the office. I have everyone’s cell # and I know you have mine (signature below).

seawolf17 Mar 21 2018 02:04 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Ceetar wrote: email from work Looks like everyone chose to work from home. If the predictions are correct, it does look like it will be bad. With that, unless you are declaring a vacation, or personal day, I expect full access and production, as if you were in the office. I have everyone’s cell # and I know you have mine (signature below). Bosses can be the worst sometimes.

d'Kong76 Mar 21 2018 03:05 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Reminder that the new VPN keystroke/mouse-click counter is being used today monitoring work-at-home production numbers. Anyone not recording at least their average count will be charged a personal day and credited with one warning. Be safe, and enjoy your day.

d'Kong76 Mar 21 2018 03:14 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm stuck here in Las Vegas (70, sunny) till the forecast improves. Gee, that's rough. Hope you can find something to do to take your mind off your travel woes.

Ceetar Mar 21 2018 03:28 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm stuck here in Las Vegas (70, sunny) till the forecast improves. Gee, that's rough. Hope you can find something to do to take your mind off your travel woes. Well, I suggest an auction draft for all our stranded in Las Vegas members.

sharpie Mar 21 2018 03:31 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I'm working but letting everyone, including myself, go at 1.

metirish Mar 21 2018 03:32 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Starting to come down here in Valhalla but not sticking as yet, also going to leave around 1

d'Kong76 Mar 21 2018 05:19 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Guess I'm just north of the snow line because it's barely flurrying here. No wind either. #snoreaster18

Edgy MD Mar 21 2018 05:34 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We're getting dumped on like nobody's business. AND NO METS GAME!!

MFS62 Mar 21 2018 05:36 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: Guess I'm just north of the snow line because it's barely flurrying here. No wind either. #snoreaster18 Be patient. The reports say you'll be up to your knees in flurries before this ends. But its not that bad here yet either. We were able to make it to New Haven to see my Doctor, who gave me the OK to go back to work. It was over an hour drive each way, and we were sweating whether we'd be able to get home. Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 21 2018 07:33 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Told the people who work for me to stay home today, and I did it yesterday so that they could bring home laptops and whatever they needed to work efficiently. I consider myself a good boss. And in between e-mails I watched Bartolo hit his home run on Mets Classics. It never, ever gets old.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 09:11 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

This is why I don’t have a telework agreement. Work during a snow day?! Are you fucking delirious? There are forts to be dug, driveways to shovel, and hills to be sledded upon.

Ashie62 Mar 21 2018 09:51 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Not as bad here as I thought it would be. Maybe 6-8 inches and stopping now. We lost most of our trees during the last storm and will enjoy the real start of spring. It has been a quiet winter, especially January & February. I have been dealing with my own new health issues as best I can. LGM

Ceetar Mar 21 2018 09:57 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

metsmarathon wrote: This is why I don’t have a telework agreement. Work during a snow day?! Are you fucking delirious? There are forts to be dug, driveways to shovel, and hills to be sledded upon. you mean your company doesn't threaten you for not coming in in a blizzard? weird. what are the good job boards these days?

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 11:40 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

The arsenal closes (usually) when the weather is bad. Certainly when there’s a ton of snow expected. A while back there was a push to allow people to telework from home. The only caveat was that if the Arsenal closes due to weather, you still have to work from home. I did not fall for that trap.

MFS62 Mar 21 2018 11:59 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

The place where i work does not allow us to work from home for security reasons. The problem is, they close for snow if the company president can't make it from bedroom to kitchen in the morning. That means almost never. I've been home recuperating and have missed all four Nor'easters (including today) and have been on limited duty, so my wonderful wife has had to do all necessary shoveling. But I hope the weather gets better so the snow will melt, she won't have to shovel this one, and I can return to work next week. Later

d'Kong76 Mar 22 2018 12:47 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

We got a dusting and it seems to be done.

Lefty Specialist Mar 22 2018 02:39 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

And a week from today they're playing baseball at Citi. They better get shoveling.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 26 2018 03:56 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

There's orange snow on the ground in Europe and Russia. Apparently it's because the snowfall is intermingled with grains of sand from the Sahara Desert.

d'Kong76 Apr 30 2018 07:17 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Goodbye April! Take your wind, your damp 45-55° days and your frosty nights and don't come back until 2019. Thank you.

Ceetar Apr 30 2018 07:26 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: Goodbye April! Take your wind, your damp 45-55° days and your frosty nights and don't come back until 2019. Thank you. *mutter* it's supposed to be miserable this week.

Frayed Knot May 06 2018 07:32 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Not strictly weather related, but you gotta figure that scenes such as this one show up on the local traffic reports at least. Aaah, yeah, don't take Route Whatever today, it's not there anymore. [fimg=550]https://accuweather.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/355ec38/2147483647/resize/590x/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faccuweather-bsp.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F2e%2Fd2793e3f46cc93fd7c19dc9483b6%2Fhi-volcano-5-6.jpg[/fimg]

cooby May 07 2018 08:18 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

That guy seems remarkably calm

Benjamin Grimm May 07 2018 08:20 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Lava doesn't move that quickly. I remember seeing that exact scene, except with dried solidified lava, when I visited the Big Island ten years ago. It's like they build the roads there knowing that eventually they'll be closed by lava and hoping to get as many years out of them as possible.

cooby May 07 2018 08:24 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Extraordinary!

Ceetar May 07 2018 09:04 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

d'Kong76 May 07 2018 09:31 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

1980 was groovy, we just didn't realize it... [youtube:357fp7sd]6NuV-cCuK2A[/youtube:357fp7sd]

dgwphotography May 18 2018 04:21 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

I just read on Facebook that MFS 62 is ok - no power or Wifi, though. The clean up from the storms in this area (my office is up by Danbury) will take quite some time.

d'Kong76 May 18 2018 04:25 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

A tree fell on his house and was leaning on it last I heard. It's didn't smash the roof, was just leaning. Yikes!

cooby May 18 2018 04:32 PM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

dgwphotography wrote: I just read on Facebook that MFS 62 is ok - no power or Wifi, though. The clean up from the storms in this area (my office is up by Danbury) will take quite some time. Thanks DGW I was wondering if he was okay. I checked facebook yesterday and there were no updates so I'm glad you told us!

MFS62 May 20 2018 12:27 AM Re: Should We Talk About the Weather? - 2018

Thanks, to all who wished us well. Power came back on at 8:10 today. Some people in town still don't have it. 93% of our town lost power. Four tornadoes came through western CT and at least two through our town. My wife was home and saw it lift three 60 foot trees out of the ground like picking candles out of a birthday cake, then drop them down. Scary stuff. Later