Weather Check

[Deo]

Well I remember that on the Christmas.com forum was a thread like this, and there were so many replies through the year... I really enjoyed reading that one...
So I thought maybe we could start it again here (unless it hasnt been posted somewhere).

How is the weather at Your place today?

At my place, it is mostly a cloudy day with showers... rain was falling all the morning.
Temperature is about 22 C, while yesterday was even under the 20 C. Yep, the autumn is here (which is only one step before winter season and of course the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year).
:D

[dvdguy]

its sunny & warm here in fl. I'm gonna miss snow

[HolyNight7]

Yea dvdguy get used to that. You'll be having Thanksgiving out on the patio. It's still in the 80's at that time. It's still in the 90's now.

[Jeff Westover]

I'm happy to report that I hit snow on the road home from Denver last night!

Jeff

[HolyNight7]

Wow snow already. Well I guess it's beginning to look like Christmas your way. How was your cruise? Do you and the Mrs. feel refreshed?

[Jeff Westover]

Heavens no. The last four days of the cruise were spent at sea -- they canceled our stop to Bermuda because of Florence and we were tossed about on the water endlessly. No sleep whatsoever. On Tuesday we left the ship at 8am and didn't get home until after 11pm our time. The next day I took off for Denver and didn't get home until late last night.

So I'm exhausted and ready for a break!

Jeff

[caseydbell]

HOT

[HolyNight7]

Sorry to hear that Jeff.

[sheepsnot]

I went walking this morning when it was only 77º, but it has gone up to 87º or so now. It was exciting to here that you saw snow, Jeff. It's an unusual week when you dodge a hurricane and see snow. Makes for better stories later. Dvdguy, your greatest pleasure the first year is going to be calling your friends and family and telling them that you're wearing a t-shirt and shorts at Christmas.

[Jeff Westover]

I hadn't even thought of that, Sheep. It has been a long, long week.

But most exciting for me was this afternoon. I live at the base of the Wasatch mountains -- they tower about 10,000 feet above my back yard. And they got dusted very nicely last night. Best of all though came this afternoon when we had SNOW in our front yard -- can't remember the last time we had September snow. The kids ran out and tried to scoop up the slopy gunk from the driveway...they weren't really snowballs but it all certainly set the mood. We had a fire in the fireplace and everything.

Jeff

[dvdguy]

ooh fun :)

[ReineV]

Down at my university in south Georgia, it's still in the high 80's and low 90's, in my hometown of Atlanta (where I am for the weekend) it's in the high 70's during the day and I think in the 50's at night...nice and cool!

[Jeff Westover]

Here's a picture taken about four miles from my home today...

http://mymerrychristmas.com/images/slcsnow.jpg

Unbelievable.

Jeff

[skiparooney]

Her in Wales in the UK.....Its getting close to Autumn now and leaves are starting to turn orangey brown and fall from the trees .....just one more sign that its getting closer !!! :???:

[elfworks]

it is raining this morning. mmmmmmmmmmmmm...


xo

[sheepsnot]

Here's a picture taken about four miles from my home today...Unbelievable. Jeff

You can't be serious! Are those four miles straight up? I would love to be that close, yet also have an escape route for when I finally got tired of it.

[Jeff Westover]

Yesterday was flat out weird. No other way to describe it. We live right at the mouths of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, down from where Alta and Snowbird and Solitude ski resorts are. They get about 500 inches of snow every year. I don't know how much we get officially but it feels like 500 inches every time we get hit and I have to shovel it.

They call it the Greatest Snow on Earth, and that's because they make money from it. As for me, I like it from the inside looking out.

Jeff

[RavenHardt]

hot and humid in Rhode Island today

[Deo]

Here's a picture taken about four miles from my home today...

http://mymerrychristmas.com/images/slcsnow.jpg

Unbelievable.

Jeff

wow... really a Christmas scene :)

here today is cloudy, rain was falling till now, now its sunny... but colder:)

[Holiday]

Here's a picture taken about four miles from my home today...

http://mymerrychristmas.com/images/slcsnow.jpg

Unbelievable.

Jeff

Holy smokes!!! Hard to believe that is just around the corner for us (hopefully...if it's going to be cold, it BETTER snow!!!)

This morning was 61º & it's rainy today! Tonight the low is supposed to be 49º & there are other lows this week in the 40's! After the 40's I know what's next.....30's!!! Brrrrrr!!! I'm just not ready for that! :o

[Deo]

Fall has definietly come. Well the temperatures are still high for this time of the year, but it is cloudy with a little bit of sun. And it is going to rain tonight probably.

[Ervserver]

after a couple days of high 80's will be lucky to make 65° today, rain moving in later.

[Christy Carol]

Here's a picture taken about four miles from my home today...

http://mymerrychristmas.com/images/slcsnow.jpg

Unbelievable.

Jeff

OMG!! I would be in heaven! Of course no one in Arkie knows how to drive in that kind of weather so if that picture was taken here the SUV would have been in a ditch!

If we get anything it is normally ice and it happens late Jan-early Feb. While it's white it reeks havoc on the power. But that is just amazing to me to know it is snowing somewhere when its so hot here.

[mrshamm]

Right now it's 79*F and sunny. Our leaves are mostly turned for fall (it's beautiful). Tomorrow it's supposed to be 62*F with a low of 43*F.

[ReineV]

it will be in the low 90s and high 80s for the next ten days...I hate global warming...and south Georgia...*le sigh*

[caseydbell]

90* :(

[Holiday]

This past weekend was a warm one & it i was 84º here in Ohio yesterday & about 80º today! I had our convertable out cruisin around yesterday b/c the days of driving that around w/ the top down are very numbered for this year!! I'm lovin it!!! :???:

[sheepsnot]

OMG! I would be in heaven!
You actually have to drive up to heaven, turn around and go back 1/2 mile, and that's where the picture was taken, which is odd because everybody knows that Tennessee is God's country.

[mrshamm]

finally it's fall temperatures! Right now it's 46*F and the high for today is 63*F...if it's like yesterday it won't get nearly that warm. It's interesting. We went from 80* weather to in the 50's overnight. (of course we had 3 tornados accompany the cold front)

[dvdguy]

lovely

[sheepsnot]

90* :(
Casey, if you want to make the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and type 167 on the number pad, not on the row about the letters, then release the ALT and tada!

[Christy Carol]

Perfect weather for a yard sale. It was nice and cool this morning when I first started, got a little windy by 9 but who doesn't love a cool breeze? Suppose to be in the mid 40's tomorrow morning and the weather dude is saying by Thursday of next week our highs will only be in the low 60's!! YAY, I am so happy...I can finally dig out some of my cold weather clothes!

Hey Snots, what if you are on a laptop and don't have the number pad?

[Ervserver]

many laptops have embedded a keypad with other keys, you can access it by pressing a function button.

[sheepsnot]

I was just gonna say to buy a desktop and get it over with.

[ReineV]

It feels like a Georgia fall here in Atlanta!! this morning when I went outside to walk my dog around 7:30, I saw my breath! that was the first time I saw it all year!!! I even got to wear my hoodie! It's up to the mid 70's now (it feels AWESOME), but down at my university in south Georgia, it's probably in the high 80's...sucks dood...I gotta go back tomorrow.

[Christy Carol]

I was just gonna say to buy a desktop and get it over with.

Had one, took at lightening strike back in the summer and it is no more. Among other things in the house.

[Ervserver]

ahhh took out the microwave too eh

[Christy Carol]

ahhh took out the microwave too eh

Great guess!!! How did you know? :D

[Ervserver]

was a MAYTAG repairman for 11 years.

:???:

[elfworks]

was a MAYTAG repairman for 11 years.



that explains soooooo much.




xo

[elfworks]

:D



xo

[Ervserver]

still takin drugs eh

[elfworks]

last of the antibiotics were this morning. no need for the pain meds anymore. i am hoarding for an emergency!


:D

xo

[Ervserver]

Hoarding is good, I do the same with Oreos.

[elfworks]

oreos? really?? OREOS????


sigh.


xo

[Ervserver]

Double stuff.

:???:

[elfworks]

okay. go buy some chocolate wafers. then take a can of crisco and mix it with a pound of sugar.

tada! oreos.


where is the cringing smilie when you need it?


xo

[Ervserver]

butter flavored crisco? mmmmm good on crackers.

I'm off to Burger King for lunch....need a Whopper?

[elfworks]

mustard whopper. splash of ketchup. no tomatoes. extra pickles and onions.

please.


xo

[Ervserver]

want fries with that?

[Christy Carol]

do they still have those chicken fries? If so I would take an order of those, please!

[elfworks]

want fries with that?

actually, a fry/or combo would be excellent!!

ever eat onion rings with mustard? oh man it is the best!!!


xo

[ReineV]

the weather is getting better both in my hometown of Atlanta and down in south Georgia where I'm in school. Today it's cool and dark with the wind blowing, so I was once again, able to wear my GSU hoodie! I'm going back home again this Thursday, so I checked my driving weather and guess what?! Thursday, the high in Atlanta will barely break into the 60's!!!!!!! That is VERY cool and awesome for this time of year. We're getting a cold fall!! This means we might actually have a chance at a white Christmas in Atlanta! Pray for me!

[mrshamm]

Yay! I love it when there's snow at Christmas.

[Ervserver]

Sorry but I ate the Whopper AND the chicken fries....gotta build up a good layer of blubber for winter.

[HolyNight7]

do they still have those chicken fries? If so I would take an order of those, please!

What are chicken fries?

[Ervserver]

chicken-like meat shaped into french fry-like shapes

[HolyNight7]

Aren't those called chicken strips or chicken fingers?

[Ervserver]

sorta but these are much smaller and come in a box like fries do.

[HolyNight7]

And where do you get them? If you into Mozerella sticks Arby's has great ones with good Maranara sauce.

[Ervserver]

Burger King

[Santa David]

Geez, between the chicken fries and mozzarella sticks, you folks are getting me hungry!!!

But the M&M's are just in reach . . . hmmm, dinner or chocolate?

Santa David

[HolyNight7]

Time for a weight watchers ice cream sandwhich. That's about as close to chocolate as I'm going to get.

[Ervserver]

lettuce all eat

[HolyNight7]

Time for a little Johnny Mathis Christmas music and a weight watchers ice cream sandwich.

[Ervserver]

Time for a little Johnny Mathis Christmas music and a weight watchers ice cream sandwich.




what a combo

:???:

[HolyNight7]

I followed through on it too. I finished the ice cream sandwich and Johnny is still crooning the Christmas tunes.

[Ervserver]

Johnny has a puuuuurfect Christmas song voice

[HolyNight7]

Yea Johnny has a great voice for singing the Christmas tunes.

[ReineV]

those b-k chicken fries were soooo nasty....i tried em...hated em....

[HolyNight7]

That's like that popcorn chicken from Kentucy fried nasty stuff.

[Ervserver]

not had the KFC popcorn chicky, do like their Krispy Strips though

[HolyNight7]

Your not missing anything.

[Christy Carol]

How about the Cheddar Snacker from KFC? If I ever splurge again it has to be on one of those things. Or the new deep fried Mac and Cheese from, I think its TGI Friday's... might be Applebees. Why do they always run that commerical when I am laying in bed right before bedtime and make me dream of it!?

[HolyNight7]

Don't know anything about mac and chedder just don't eat that stuff any more.

[Christy Carol]

Don't know anything about mac and chedder just don't eat that stuff any more.

Me either, atleast until they make a lowfat version.

Guess the cold front they have been speaking of is finally making its way into Arkie. It has gotten dark outside, the wind has picked up and there are spotty showers around. Its suppose to be around 37 here tomorrow nite but then gradually warm back up over the weekend. But it will be nice to have 24-48 hours of some really cold weather before it gets here to stay in December.

[Ervserver]

cold and rainy here today....furnace kicked on early this am.

[HolyNight7]

Can not even relate.

[elfworks]

cold and rainy is my favorite weather. i call it EDGAR ALLEN POE weather. i am chomping at the bit for it!!


xo

[ReineV]

I'm going to go visit my niece up at UNC Greensboro this weekend. When I checked the weather, it said the high wouldn't be above 57 degrees. Perfect fall weather!!!

[HolyNight7]

I can take it for a short period of time.

[thechristmashelper]

The cold front is getting ready to move through here and really cool things off later today.

[sheepsnot]

Where are you?

[Holiday]

Oct 11 Tonight
Showers ending early with some clearing overnight. Low 36F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

Oct 12 Tomorrow
Much colder and breezy with morning sun giving way to more clouds in the afternoon and a few late day showers. Some snow flakes may mix in at night before the precipitation ends.High 46F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph.

Oct 12 Tomorrow night
Partly cloudy skies. Cold. Low 29F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph.

Oct 13 Friday
A few clouds. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the low 30s.

Oct 14 Saturday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid 30s.

Oct 15 Sunday
Occasional showers possible. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 40s.

[Ervserver]

brrrrr Erv has dug out his longhandles, it's officially winter


:???:

[elfworks]

i am sitting here in shorts and a tank top. from the vantage point of my desk, i can stare longingly at the cedar chest full of my fave sweaters. i am so annoyed at you people who are having coldness right now!!!!!

poop.


xo

:D

[sheepsnot]

It wouldn't be a normal day without poop. We are supposed to drop into the 50s by midnight and into the 40s by 6am tomorrow, then rise again to mid 50s. That'll have to do for now.

[Ervserver]

A headline on MSNBC.com shows many area in the west getting heavy snow. Good news if you ski or are a sled dog.

[HolyNight7]

Sunny and nice here. No humidity.

[Christy Carol]

The cold front is getting ready to move through here and really cool things off later today.

Same here. BF just called and said the wind has really picked up and its gotten all cloudy. I guess I could venture outside of my cave and go look but that would mean I have to get up...I'll take his word for it.

[Christy Carol]

Anyone here from Nebraska??

Local radio DJ just gave the weather report and said the Weather Channel is reporting light snow in northeast Nebraska. Lucky people!!!!!

:playing:

[Holiday]

The cold front just moved through here, along with the rain! Brrr! It dropped about 10º in 2 minutes! Sky's are gray & winter'ish looking!!!

[Ervserver]

I'm just East of Nebraska, very cold and windy right now. Looking at 25 degrees tonight and some light snow

[elfworks]

hmmmmm...... if i leave now......


;-)


xo

[HolyNight7]

We're still in the 80's

[mrshamm]

here it's 66º cloudy and windy...starting to become perfect fall weather.

[Ervserver]

fireplace weather....wish I had one :-(

[elfworks]

will trade you my fireplace for your weather.



xo

[Santa David]

We're supposed to dip down into the 50s overnight, and stay below 60 for a high tomorrow. Finally, some fall weather!

:???:

Santa David

[Ervserver]

will trade you my fireplace for your weather.



xo

delivered?

[elfworks]

well, you will have to pay S & H.....



xo

[Ervserver]

could be expensive

[elfworks]

well you could load your truck up with some cold and bringit down here and pick up the fp......


xo

[ReineV]

You know what's awesome? Breaking out the sweaters, jackets and long sleeved shirts for the first time since last March.

[Ervserver]

sweaters and sweatshirts....YEAH !

[Deo]

few days ago when I was at my house on the coast it was nice weather, warm... but now I am back on my university (inland) and it is so cold... freezing in the mornings and in the evenings... its more like winter than fall... but it is cool:)

[Christy Carol]

You know what's awesome? Breaking out the sweaters, jackets and long sleeved shirts for the first time since last March.

Know what's not so awesome? The PTB here at the firm didnt get the memo that it's in the low 50's today and they have the A/C pumping like we are in a heat wave!!!! :x

[Ervserver]

Know what's not so awesome? The PTB here at the firm didnt get the memo that it's in the low 50's today and they have the A/C pumping like we are in a heat wave!!!! :x



NUTS !

[HolyNight7]

Warmer here. It got more humid today.

[mrshamm]

It's 49º here. There were storms and tornados last night (scary) but it finally cooled down. Tomorrow it's supposed to be back in the 50's but it's not supposed to go above 55º all week.

[Ervserver]

have much damage?

[dvdguy]

eeeek

[sheepsnot]

We have our first freeze warning of the season tonight. Whoohoo!

[dvdguy]

dont think we'll be seeing that

[Ervserver]

cover the maters

[dvdguy]

No frost bite here any time soon

[Ervserver]

Farmers Almanac is calling 3 snowstorms in December

[HolyNight7]

Yea it usually doesn't get that cold until after December. January and February are the coldest. A;though a coworker told me they had frost and flurries around Christmas back in 1989.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y273/AuntieMistletoe/XmasSleighWindow.gif

:playing: Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "hey, watch it crazy driver - haven't you ever heard of snow tires?" :lol:

:-) I woke up at 2:30 a.m. with a light blanket of snow on the ground, now it's coming down in huge fluffy flakes, the Canada Geese are honking up a storm of their own.

:) Later today, O'Malley the Cat will join us on the balcony off the Dinning Room to check out the snow for the first time. Last Spring was when we started letting him come out with us. He was trying to chase the leaves falling from the leaves yesterday and the day before due to strong blowing winds - so I can imagine this new discovery will provide a few laughs.

We're supposed to have seven to eight inches before the day is done.

[Christy Carol]

WOW! You are so lucky!!

It is cold here this morning, 35 degrees in fact (and also about that in my office). It was nice to wake up and feel that first rush of cold air when I walked out the back door on my way in this morning. Of course its gonna be back in the high 70's low 80's by early next week with a chance of storms.

[mrshfromjersey]

For you snow lovers....

2 Feet of Snow Falls on Western N.Y.
By CAROLYN THOMPSON (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
October 13, 2006 6:30 AM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A rare early October snowstorm left parts of the Great Lakes and Midwest blanketed with 2 feet of snow Friday morning, prompting widespread blackouts, closing schools and halting traffic.

The snow downed scores of tree limbs and toppled power lines, leaving more than 220,000 customers without electricity in western New York.

By early Friday, 14 inches of snow had been recorded at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, with reports of 2 feet elsewhere, said Tom Paone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The snowfall was expected to continue throughout the morning, he said.

On Thursday, 8.3 inches of heavy snow set the record for the "snowiest" October day in Buffalo in the 137-year history of the weather service, said meteorologist Tom Niziol. The previous record of 6 inches was set Oct. 31, 1917.

"This is an extremely rare event for this early in the season," Niziol said.

Detroit also set a record, its for the earliest measured snow. On Thursday, the city broke by one day the mark set on Oct. 13, 1909.

The weather, among other factors, prompted Major League Baseball to move up the start time of Game 3 of the AL championship from 8:19 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Only a few players practiced outdoors at Comerica Park on Thursday. The infield was covered with a tarp, so most of them hit in indoor cages.

"It's definitely not going to be baseball weather tomorrow," said Dave Gurney of the National Weather Service in Michigan. "Around 45 degrees, wind gusts up to 35 mph and some snow showers."

Meanwhile, a 105-mile stretch of the New York State Thruway from Rochester to Dunkirk, southwest of Buffalo, was closed Friday morning because of the snow.

The Buffalo Police Department received more than 3,000 calls late Thursday and about two-thirds were related to the weather, Lt. James Watkins said.

"There are power lines going down all over the place," he said.

Crews worked into the night to restore power, but many customers were expected to remain in the dark through the weekend and into next week, National Grid energy company spokesman Steve Brady said.

"This is extremely heavy snow and most of the trees still have most of their leaves, he said. "We can't do a complete damage assessment until the snow stops falling."

Dozens of schools were closed and states of emergency were declared in the City of Tonawanda, and towns of Cheektowaga, Elma, Lancaster, Akron, and Depew.

Unnecessary driving was banned in Buffalo and suburbs Amherst, Blasdell, Orchard Park and Hamburg.

"We have a condition where 80 percent of the roads are impassable," said Lt. Stephen McGonagle of the Amherst Police Department.

Officials said the snowstorm caused flight delays and cancellations at Buffalo's airport, which was shut down for almost two hours late Thursday.

Meanwhile, tree branches were strewn across the roads around the region. A large box maple tree split in half, falling on Joan Casey's home in Buffalo.

"The whole house shook," Casey said. "We were very afraid. Originally I thought it was just the thunder, and then I came outside and I couldn't believe it."

---

Associated Press Writer Ben Walker contributed to this report from Detroit.

[dvdguy]

brrrr

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:-P Glad we didn't suffer from the snow. I heard the squealing of delight from children in the Playground across the street. The school buses were running today, I was surprised they usually stay parked for the first snowfall because the other drivers aren't prepared yet.

No Eggnog in our stores yet. They have it available in Western Canada.

I'll look myself when I go out to fetch some new winter boots. This snow will go in a day or two and then in a few weeks, we'll likely be hit with snow that will pretty much remain.

[sheepsnot]

It would be awesome to be in Buffalo right now, and then fly out when you got sick of it. I did have to scrape frost off the car windows this morning. It was 36º.

[Ervserver]

Lake effect snow right? 2 feet of snow to Buffalo residents is like an inch of snow to everyone else. Don't even slow things down up there.

[Christy Carol]

Oh I would love to be there. Hope that is a prelude for what the weather will be like this year, only a little further south!

I guess due to this cold snap I am really in the Christmas mood today. Got my Christmas Tree candle warming and got Christmas music cranking on the internet. I am wrapped up in my fuzzy blankie and all I need is some eggnog.

[elfworks]

was 48 when i got up this morning. is in the upper 50's now. i am going to leave my flannel pjs on all day, just cuz!!!!


xo

[Ervserver]

even if you need to make a booze run?

[Christy Carol]

was 48 when i got up this morning. is in the upper 50's now. i am going to leave my flannel pjs on all day, just cuz!!!!


xo

LUCKY!!!!

[elfworks]

even if you need to make a booze run?


liquor cabinet is stocked.


xo

[elfworks]

LUCKY!!!!

yes maam, i am!! (eddie bauer flannel pj's from last year. they are my most fave items of clothing - i have 3 sets. apparently, they are bringing em back this year in new colors. i am just waiting for the catalog!!)


xo

[Ervserver]

I do flannel sheets, they are great.

[elfworks]

i have 7 sets of flannel sheets.

some are on my bed right now!


xo

[Christy Carol]

I do have flannel sheets and after a few more nights like last night I will be putting them on. Guess while I am at Wally World this weekend I should see if they have any flannel PJ's. Maybe with some snowmen on them! (speaking of, we need some snowmen smileys!!)

[mrshfromjersey]

I think I'd have a problem with flannel sheets. My husband calls me velcro butt because cotton sheets stick to me when I turn over or move in the bed. I can just imagine what flannel sheets would do.

[dvdguy]

sounds very warm

[sheepsnot]

Velcro butt? If I come to bed late, and I usually do, my wife often is sleeping diagonally and hogging the covers, so I go sleep on the couch until she wakes up and fetches me.

[Ervserver]

does she show up before breakfast?

[sheepsnot]

Most nights. I like waking up at 4 in the morning and going to bed for another couple hours.

[ReineV]

I have family in Buffalo, my grandma, my aunt and two uncles. My grandma and aunt live together. My aunt called on her cell a couple of hours ago and told us they have no power, so I'm kind of worried about them because my grandma is 87 and I don't think being in a house with no heat with 2 feet of snow outside is good for her, the house doesn't even have a working fireplace. Please keep them in your prayers.

[Christy Carol]

Oh goodness...that doesn't sound good at all. I really hope they get some power or some heat soon ReineV. Sending good warm thoughts their way.

[sheepsnot]

Will do. Believe it or not, I was just looking at generators because I heard about the power outages and my folks live about 90 miles due south of Buffalo. No snow yet for them, mind you, but they average more than Buffalo in a normal year. This is bizarre. Exciting, yet dangerous, like asking the wife for a Cindy Crawford poster.

[Ervserver]

on the farm when the juice went out for a long period of time we had to dip buckets into the sump pit and bail out water until the pumps could run. This could go on for hours, even a couple days one time. Where's a camel when ya need one !


:???:

[sheepsnot]

That's probably why Dad had so many kids. We had a chain of about 10 folks from down in the cellar to the driveway bailing out the house cause the sump pump quit working.

[Christy Carol]

My BF is the youngest of 6. He says his mother finally forced his father to buy a tv.

[sheepsnot]

Good grief! He makes my dad look like a techno geek! When my sister was home a month or so ago, she convinced dad to watch a dvd with her. When it was over he didn't like the little red light staying on so he pulled the plug and stuffed the dvd player in his dresser and said he'd never watch another one. Wastes electricity!

[Ervserver]

he's got a point

[dvdguy]

its expensive to run those red lights

[Ervserver]

During the depression they had to conserve every last drop of electricity

[sheepsnot]

They all claim not to have had electricity then. Dad conserved static electricity. They's grab a light bulb and roll around on a wool blanket until it was bright enough to see what they were doing.

[Ervserver]

Wool makes me itch, guess I'd have had to use a candle

[sheepsnot]

You could roll around in matches until the candle gets lit.

[Ervserver]

THAT might work !

:???:

[Deo]

freekin cold!!! 1 C.... but no signs of snow although they told it might fall mixed with a rain... :) Guess it is too early... November hasnt even started yet.... :sad:

[Ervserver]

I love fall and the mix of weather it brings.

[Christy Carol]

I love fall and the mix of weather it brings.

I second that. I love walking in the afternoons when it crisp and a little windy. That gets me to moving.

[Ervserver]

Was listening to a radio program today about weather and they said there is a change taking place that happens every 30 years, The midwest and east are about to enter a weather pattern of heavy winter snows simialr to the 60's

[sheepsnot]

I've read about the 60s. Isn't that when music cds were huge?

[dominick]

Bring on the snow! I want to use my "new" snowblower for something other than destroying a neat pile of leaves.

[Ervserver]

a snowblower? thats cheetin. Shovel

[dominick]

I'll take cheater over shovel-cicle any day of the week. :D 'Sides, I put in a good 12 hours or so just getting the thing to run.

[Ervserver]

I hear ya...wish I had a snowblower when I get the drifts along the house. I have a long driveway too. Some year I will buy one.

[elfworks]

arent yall close? you could do a trade barter thingy.....


:D

xo

[dominick]

I had been shoveling all my life until this year. I have a friend that collects "junk" and he had this older Craftsman two stage with three forward gears and reverse that he couldn't get to run. Long story short, I bought it off of him for $50 and rebuilt the carburetor, and now it starts first pull. It also has a working electric start. :D

[dominick]

arent yall close? you could do a trade barter thingy.....


:D

xo

I believe Erv mentioned at some point that he lives in or near Ames. If that's the case, it's about a five and a half hour drive.

[Ervserver]

I had been shoveling all my life until this year. I have a friend that collects "junk" and he had this older Craftsman two stage with three forward gears and reverse that he couldn't get to run. Long story short, I bought it off of him for $50 and rebuilt the carburetor, and now it starts first pull. It also has a working electric start. :D

nice thing about Craftsman stuff is they use the well known motors, probably a Briggs or Tecumseh, and parts are easily available

[elfworks]

illinois, iowa, indiana, ohio...... its all kinda the same place isnt it??











:D


xo

[Ervserver]

yea just like Texas and Mexico are

[dominick]

illinois, iowa, indiana, ohio...... its all kinda the same place isnt it??

If by that you mean the midwest, then yes. :D

It was a simple 5 some horse Tecumseh. Too bad I had to take the carb apart three times to get it right. Once to clean it. Then the bowl leaked. New bowl gasket, and it still wouldn't run right. Then I took it apart again for a new float and needle, another bowl gasket to be on the safe side, and now it runs like... well, like a snowblower.

[dominick]

yea just like Texas and Mexico are

Go down Pasadena ways and tell me you can tell the difference in some neighborhoods. :x

[Ervserver]

illinois, iowa, indiana, ohio...... its all kinda the same place isnt it??

If by that you mean the midwest, then yes. :D

It was a simple 5 some horse Tecumseh. Too bad I had to take the carb apart three times to get it right. Once to clean it. Then the bowl leaked. New bowl gasket, and it still wouldn't run right. Then I took it apart again for a new float and needle, another bowl gasket to be on the safe side, and now it runs like... well, like a snowblower.


pays to be handy, working on any projects this weekend?

[dominick]

I'll definitely be in and out of the garage, but I don't know if I'll be getting anything Christmas-related done. I got some new bits for my rotary tool that I've been wanting to try out, though. I've been wanting to try my hand at three dimensional ornamental carvings.

[Ervserver]

I'll be working on a few things, a wooden snowman for sure, likely a pizza tomorrow night :-)

[dominick]

8-) You make those pizzas in the garage? Yesterday I was out there roasting marshmallows on a screwdriver with a butane torch. They were pretty darn good.

[Ervserver]

On an old Coleman stove, working on projects require lots of nourishment

[dominick]

I couldn't agree more. Is that Coleman dealy enclosed? Never been much of an outdoorsy guy.

[Ervserver]

I couldn't agree more. Is that Coleman dealy enclosed? Never been much of an outdoorsy guy.

no but they make this enclosure that sits on top of it. Works great for anything that needs baking

[dominick]

Sounds cool. And yet another thread gets hijacked to discussions of food. :D

[Ervserver]

If we don't eat food we can't enjoy Christmas :-)

[Deo]

a little snow this morning, just a little... but it was nice to see it... :)
it is so cold!

[Snow is falling...]

So jealous :x 8)

[Ervserver]

gonna hit 60° here tomorrow

[mrshamm]

Right now it's 28º and tomorrow it's supposed to be 49º

[Ervserver]

rain cleared, sun out. I'm gonna go hang icicle lights

[dominick]

We just got a pesky warm front. Looks like highs in the high 50s and low 60s for at least a week. I guess it's a good week to clean gutters and hang lights. :-?

[Ervserver]

yup....clean while it's warm. It's gotta snow soon it's just gotta !

[silver bells]

Warm here today. High of 62. Rain expected tonight and tomorrow.

[Ervserver]

was outside putting up xmas lights in shorts and flipflops

:eek:

[ReineV]

it was in the 70s today here in south GA, but a lot of places have their outside Christmas decorations up. My old apartment complex put garland and wreaths up on their sign already.

[Christy Carol]

Gonna be kinda cool here today, 64 is the high. But by Thursday its gonna be 77 before we get another cool down over the weekend.

[sheepsnot]

It's raining and coolish right now, which is about as good as it gets. I could pick and put up a tree in this weather. I have to wear my tree-finding hat, though.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/dandsf480/M42302_Red_Black.jpg

[dvdguy]

isnt that the Homer deer hunting hat?

[caseydbell]

Its going to be up in the 80s twice this week!? What in the heck is goin on!!?????!!!!

[dominick]

It's almost 60° here. That's pretty darn warm for this time of year. I was outside installing new security lights in a short sleeved shirt.

[Christy Carol]

Isn't it funny what we consider cool or warm depending on where we live? To me 60's is cool and I would have on long sleeves and maybe even a light jacket. To you it is probably a heat wave!

[sheepsnot]

isnt that the Homer deer hunting hat?
You have a keen eye and a good memory, but Homey ain't hunting deer today...
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/dandsf480/homerhunting2tq.jpg

[dvdguy]

pika pika?!?!

[dominick]

Isn't it funny what we consider cool or warm depending on where we live? To me 60's is cool and I would have on long sleeves and maybe even a light jacket. To you it is probably a heat wave!

It is sort of a heat wave for us. The average highs around this time should be about 50° so we're a good ten degrees above average the next few days. I had better get in gear and hang my lights before my roof is iced over.

[Ervserver]

I wear one of those when shoveling snow, warmest hat I've ever found

[grinch]

Currently 36. The chili silverbells made earlier sure fit the weather!

[mrshamm]

It's 45º outside but the windchill is 35º. I was helping my hubby load the trash into our suv to take it to the dumpster and just about froze.

[Ervserver]

25° here, wind out of the east. Snow moving in tomorrow

[megarrick]

The low here tonight is 35°. Too bad I won't be up to experience it! :-(

[Christy Carol]

30-32 here tonite. It's in the mid 40's now and I about froze helping BF clean his deer.

[sheepsnot]

I was helping my hubby load the trash.

My eyes have sprung a leak over here! You're a keeper, mrshamm! 8)

[Ervserver]

30-32 here tonite. It's in the mid 40's now and I about froze helping BF clean his deer.

How many points?

[silver bells]

It's in the low 40's now but supposed to be below freezing by morning. It was a cold and windy day today.

[Christy Carol]

30-32 here tonite. It's in the mid 40's now and I about froze helping BF clean his deer.

How many points?

5

[Deo]

Rain, rain and rain. Awful weather.... :(

[Ervserver]

40's here with rain/snow moving in tonight

[Christy Carol]

I HATE ARKANSAS WEATHER!!!!


:x :x :x :x :x :x

We are in a moderate risk of severe weather thru this time tomorrow. It is suppose to be here between 2 and 4 in the morning (goodbye sleep tonite) and yes, there is a risk of tornados. In case you haven't checked the calendar lately MOTHER NATURE it is the friggin middle of November NOT the middle of May!!!


Arghhhhh....pardon me while I go pitch a fit!!! :x

[sheepsnot]

I remember a terrible night in Memphis a few years ago (May, I believe) when there were about 58 tornados going across your lovely state. Truly,
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/dandsf480/sux2bu.gif

[sheepsnot]

What happened? It was 10% of that size when I saved it! It grew like my eggnog man. Where's Rod Serling? OK, I fixed it.

[Ervserver]

cold and cloudy....should be snowing !

[Christy Carol]

I remember a terrible night in Memphis a few years ago (May, I believe) when there were about 58 tornados going across your lovely state. Truly,
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Thanks for your concern, I think. But just remember what comes across me will eventually get to you!

I do remember that nite all too well..and yes it was in 04. Alot of land just south of Little Rock going east-northeast still bares the scars.

[Christy Carol]

What happened? It was 10% of that size when I saved it! It grew like my eggnog man. Where's Rod Serling? OK, I fixed it.

No you didnt.

Told you it keeps changing sizes

[sheepsnot]

Sounds like a Jeff question, because on my screen it is small again. I'm gonna go home now and eat and see what my snowman looks like from there. Sigh!

[sugarplum fairy]

We are expecting severe weather tonight and all day tomorrow. Please pray for my family and me.

[dominick]

Hey Sheep, I see you're hosting through photobucket. Are you by any chance resizing the images through them?

[Ervserver]

We are expecting severe weather tonight and all day tomorrow. Please pray for my family and me.


tornado ?? gosh I hope not

[Christy Carol]

We are expecting severe weather tonight and all day tomorrow. Please pray for my family and me.

I'm right there with you. :-? I will send some up for you if you will do the same for me.

[sugarplum fairy]

We are expecting severe weather tonight and all day tomorrow. Please pray for my family and me.

I'm right there with you. :-? I will send some up for you if you will do the same for me.

That's a deal!

[mrshamm]

We'll keep you all in our prayers.

[Christy Carol]

thanks Mrs H!

I can't speak for sugarplum but we are ok. It was a loooong night to say the least and we have lots of wind damage and flooding but I haven't heard any reports of injury or loss of life. The worst has past but we are still expecting more storms thru the day. I am worn out, didn't get any sleep at all last night and can't wait for bedtime tonite.

Can someone make it snow? :-?

[sheepsnot]

It looks like some nasty storms are moving through Mississippi as well and heading northeast. Nice day to live elsewhere, I guess. Glad you're alright.

[Christy Carol]

thanks sheep!

Reports are now coming in that some truckers were blown off of I-40 (the interstate that runs between LR and Memphis) close to Forrest City and that 4 people have been hospitalized. Said a possible tornado was spotted during all this.

[Ervserver]

Yikes ! sounds like ya'll had a long night. Hopefully the worst is gone

[Christy Carol]

Wonder what part of 'Bama Sugarplum is in...they are getting hit pretty hard right now. There are 6 active tornado warnings in her state. :o

[dvdguy]

doh :o

[thechristmashelper]

It's raining and it's cold here in Kentucky!!

[caseydbell]

today winds up to 50MPH, the rest of the week not over 65. finally colder weather

[caseydbell]

Correction high of 69* this week, darn

WED:58/39
THU 61/39
FRI 69/42
SAT 64/ 43
SUN: 63/ 46

[megarrick]

MAJOR storms across Alabama today, tornados touching down all around where I live...A very stressful day. After today, cold weather on the way!
:cold:

[sheepsnot]

Our high over the next ten days is 61º and that's on day 10, so it'll change by then. Starting Friday, mostly sunny for a week. Yeehaw.

[Christy Carol]

It has turned COLD!!! It is still misty raining (just enough to make it miserable out) and the wind is blowing with gusts of 35 mph. I dont mind the colder weather but the mist and wind have got to go!!

But mid 50's to very low 60's for the next week for highs. Lows in the mid to high 30's at night.

[grinch]

It has turned COLD!!! It is still misty raining (just enough to make it miserable out) and the wind is blowing with gusts of 35 mph. I dont mind the colder weather but the mist and wind have got to go!!

But mid 50's to very low 60's for the next week for highs. Lows in the mid to high 30's at night.

Sounds like we have the same weather system. 40 mph wind gusts today with a high in the 40s. 29 tonight. At least they were wrong about the snow!

[ReineV]

right now we're in the middle of a tornado watch...it's pouring and thundering here and the wind is practically throwing the rain at my door. it's been a long while since it's rained this hard, but this means that the weather is going to get really cool tomorrow

[mrshfromjersey]

Raining like CRAZY here this morning and we've got a Tornado watch.

[Christy Carol]

It has turned COLD!!! It is still misty raining (just enough to make it miserable out) and the wind is blowing with gusts of 35 mph. I dont mind the colder weather but the mist and wind have got to go!!

But mid 50's to very low 60's for the next week for highs. Lows in the mid to high 30's at night.

Sounds like we have the same weather system. 40 mph wind gusts today with a high in the 40s. 29 tonight. At least they were wrong about the snow!

YOU were on here? I am suprised!! It is cold here this morning and the winds are crazy. I felt like I was driving in sideways to work this morning!!


I heard on the news this morning that Montgomery, Alabama was hit pretty hard, a man in Lousiana was killed and there are injuries in Mississippi. Now there are watches up and down the Eastern US. Sounds like the storms got stronger and stronger as they marched across. I hope everyone is ok.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15747102/

[Ervserver]

lotta bad weather in the east, news showed lots of destruction, families wiped out

[ReineV]

my heart goes out to all of the people who have been displaced

it's finally feeling like November here. it was dark, windy, cold and cloudy all day.

[pattyjo]

:-( Well we've had terrible weather this nasty storms ripping trees up and roofs of houses, it supposed to be coming into summer here, but yesterday we had snow for about 2 minutes and freezing temperatures, go figure, today is beautiful and starting to warm up, I just want the warmer weather to stay for a while now........ lets see ... you never know I might get a white Christmas after all with the weather being so strange.
:???:

[ReineV]

:-( Well we've had terrible weather this nasty storms ripping trees up and roofs of houses, it supposed to be coming into summer here, but yesterday we had snow for about 2 minutes and freezing temperatures, go figure, today is beautiful and starting to warm up, I just want the warmer weather to stay for a while now........ lets see ... you never know I might get a white Christmas after all with the weather being so strange.
:???:

i think it's so interesting that while it's Christmas on one side of the world, it's summertime and on the other side of the world where I am it's winter! I can't imagine celebrating Christmas to summertime! that's so interesting.

[Ervserver]

news here said 90 day outlook calls for above average temps, below average precip throughout the midwest :-?

[mrshamm]

Here's our forecast for the next few days.


Fri
Nov 17 Mostly Cloudy 42°/33°
Sat
Nov 18 Cloudy 49°/36°
Sun
Nov 19 Rain / Snow Showers 45°/33°
Mon
Nov 20 Partly Cloudy 42°/29°
Tue
Nov 21 Partly Cloudy 46°/30°
Wed
Nov 22 Sunny 50°/34°
Thu
Nov 23 Sunny 50°/36°
Fri
Nov 24 Mostly Sunny 44°/38°
Sat
Nov 25 Showers 44°/34°

[Ervserver]

Highs in the 60's here all week. My tulips will prolly bloom ! :o

[pattyjo]

:???: It's a beautiful clear day, we are sitting on about 30C (85F), good time to go for a swim whenthe kids get home from school, now this is waht I call normal weather for here for this time of year.
:???:

[Bauble]

The weather here is cold 5 degrees C. We are said to have snow over the weekend as some of the other towns around here have had a slight sprinkling. But at the moment it is very frosty out there tonight :grin:

[ReineV]

we had snow flurries in Atlanta tonight! no accumulation but this is a good sign for what might come later!

[Christy Carol]

I heard last night the news guy saying it was gonna be colder in Atlanta last night than it was here and I thought about you!! Glad you got to see some snow. :D

It is slowly warming up here this week, high 69 on Turkey Day (so much for that 57 average high you found out about for me Sheep). I guess it is expected to stay warm here for awhile...gonna be interesting picking out the tree this weekend while sweating.