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An Early Spring

ScarletKnight41 Feb 02 2007 08:57 AM

[url=http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/]Punxsutawney Phil Saw No Shadow[/url]

sharpie Feb 02 2007 09:00 AM

Neither did the arriviste Staten Island Chuck.

seawolf17 Feb 02 2007 09:02 AM

Neither did I, but it's snowing. I did, however, see the shadow of the fricking moron who almost sideswiped me because she thought the right-turn lane was actually a straight lane.

Nymr83 Feb 02 2007 09:04 AM

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2007 09:17 AM

I wonder what it would do to the weather prediction if I were to get out to certral PA one year and - staking out a spot in a tree somewhere - pick off that ugly rodent with a high-powered rifle before he got the chance to "tell" the town elders of his observations? Just wondering.

Edgy DC Feb 02 2007 09:18 AM

It'd make a good movie.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 02 2007 09:26 AM

Librarians should have a soft spot for Punxsutawney Phil. The Groundhog Zoo resides in the Punxsutawney Public Library -

Willets Point Feb 02 2007 09:29 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: I wonder what it would do to the weather prediction if I were to get out to certral PA one year and - staking out a spot in a tree somewhere - pick off that ugly rodent with a high-powered rifle before he got the chance to "tell" the town elders of his observations? Just wondering. Why do you hate freedom and love terror?

KC Feb 02 2007 09:34 AM

While you're out there, Frayed, take out a few of those elders in top hats too for good measure. Thanks.

cooby Feb 02 2007 10:46 AM

FK, I'll room ya for the night. Still about a hundred mile drive though, so you'd have to leave pretty early for sunrise! As it turns out the sun is out now, but they are still calling for snow. (they have been saying chance of snow for 29 straight days, we counted, and every day we can see in the future forecast says that too. We have about a half inch on the ground maybe)

Willets Point Feb 02 2007 10:55 AM

We haven't really had a winter yet.

cooby Feb 02 2007 10:58 AM

No, it has been wonderful! Reminds me of 1980 when we only had one or two snowstorms (we haven't even had one yet) and at the end of the winter, during the Winter Olympics, the brother of a friend of mine was killed in a wreck in an ice storm. Tragically ironic. They all moved to Florida then too. Wow, reading through that first paragraph, I sound like an old geezer

ScarletKnight41 Feb 02 2007 11:17 AM

FWIW, Punxsutawney is a lovely little town. We stopped by there a couple of times en route west.

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2007 12:36 PM

KC wrote: While you're out there, Frayed, take out a few of those elders in top hats too for good measure. Oh trust me, there will be cross-hairs centered on top hats.

cooby Feb 02 2007 02:38 PM

Snowing now (real snow, not lake), our first of the year

cooby Feb 05 2007 07:23 PM

Our schools had a two hour delay this morning, and have already called one for tomorrow. That's unheard of, usually our school district waits until 5:59 am to call them.

MFS62 Feb 06 2007 08:39 AM

And it was about minus 10 - 15 wind chill the last two mornings. So much for groundhogs. Later

Centerfield Feb 06 2007 11:19 AM

I lost my earmuffs right before the coldest week of the year. I'm starting to think these groundhogs don't know what they're talking about.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 06 2007 11:25 AM

Early spring doesn't generally mean early February, you know.

MFS62 Feb 06 2007 11:38 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Early spring doesn't generally mean early February, you know. We know, but Cooby is just getting warmed up (uh, maybe there's a better term I could have used) for a rant. And we didn't want to get in her way. :) Later

cooby Feb 06 2007 05:01 PM

Nope, not a problem for me; he drives himself to school

MFS62 Feb 07 2007 07:29 AM

You drive a groundhog to school? Later

Willets Point Feb 07 2007 08:55 AM

No, can't you read, the groundhog drives himself to school.

MFS62 Feb 07 2007 09:09 AM

D'oh! Of course. Later

cooby Feb 07 2007 09:34 AM

I like to think of him more as a little pony