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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | All you folks in and around the mid-Atlantic storm area (Cliff, Al, Mike, etc.), looks like a good weekend to stay home, light a fire, pour a drink, and strum some strings. Don't bother shoveling until the storm passes. Here in Colorado, I rode a motorcycle to work today and my buddies and I have a ride planned tomorrow. I guess somebody has to have clear and dry weather. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | We just got brushed by the western edge of it. We only got about four inches and it's already melting. Hope all of you on the East coast stay safe and warm. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Hope ya'll up yonder already have your SB XLIV supplies!
Looks nasty up there... Stay warm and safe! |
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Location: Pennsylvania | That's exactly what I am planning, Professor!
I'm on the northern edge of the storm though so only expecting 6 inches. A drop in the pan compared to our brothers and sisters south of me.
Stay safe folks! |
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Location: Flahdaw | stay home, light a fire, pour a drink, and strum some strings.
You wimps need a storm to do that? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I miss all those good snowstorms that I enjoyed when I was young living back east.
Seems to me that we had bigger storms in the 60's and 70's...
And we didn't complain about them nearly as much. :p
I hope y'all take this opportunity to relax and take it easy.
I'm further north than all y'all and I am mad at myself that I didn't take a guitar outside today.
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Location: NW Washington State | Took my dogs to the beach a couple of hours ago and it was 55 and sunny- almost summer. Stay warm! |
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Location: Ohio | Got about 4" and REALLY winndy here in NE Ohio )Cleveland) Spending time restringing the guitar... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | It's supposed to get down to the 50's here, but I doubt it. I'm still going to stay inside and play my Hamer. :D
Like Iffy said, stay warm, think warm thoughts, and be safe. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | It's 26 degrees; I've got 13 inches of snow/freezing rain/sleet on my back deck; it took the wife two hours to get home from work this AM (a 10 mile trip over the mountain); it's supposed to snow until Sunday AM and until a few hours ago the car was stuck in the driveway (not anymore); my joint's are killin me, but otherwise, everything is just peachy!! :p
I'm movin to Marathon!
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | 30 degrees here in Germany. One of the snowiest winters in ages. But today the snow in my garden started to melt and reveiled some juicy green gras underneath. Oh Spring you are so welcome, I can't wait to put my garden furniture out again and enjoy some strummin in the sun with some steaks on the Weber and a Beer infront of me. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 2 feet and still counting.
Absolutely beautiful. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I just spoke to SWMBO... they've got 20" and counting. Me, I was on the runway at Philly airport last night at 9 pm waiting to get de-iced... made it to Paris in one piece. |
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Location: Delaware | Thought I'd step outside to enjoy the snow just long enough to play one quick song. If you live near here, DON'T DO IT !! 24" and counting. I better play today cause tomorrow I'll be digging out all day. Once again you Florida guys are missing all the fun.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yeah, you guys are having all the fun.
Kinda crappy here too. Just about to tee off and looks like I might have to wear the sweater vest for the first couple of holes. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Sweater vest? And you haven't gotten your butt kicked by your golf partners yet? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Sounds more gay than it really is. |
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| 12 inches here now its 25 degrees. Now the fun begins its gonna get colder and the wind is supposed to start blowing. When I retire I am going south or west. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Nearly 20 inches now...over an inch an hour for the past 6 hours...gotta love it...
Dave, we've been known to tee off w/orange balls here in the snow... ;) :eek: :p |
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Location: NJ | ". . tee off w/orange balls here . ."
They say that comes from eating Cheetos & watching too much porn.
Just a couple of inches of snow here(so far).
I think DueSouth of us got th'brunt of it . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 53 yesterday and maybe 58 today. I was going to wait to play golf till tomorrow during the Superbowl, but there's a tournament. I may play 9 today and see if I can beat the temperature. That means I better wait until it warms up fully. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | cliff......
snicker! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Seems to me that we had bigger storms in the 60's and 70's...
And we didn't complain about them nearly as much. Of course, you were much shorter then so the snow seemed deeper.....and it meant a day off school. ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | and it meant a day off school. ;)
Naw... Just meant that the school bus didn't run.
If you lived within a mile of school they expected you to walk!
We were of heartier stock back before video games. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | looks like we'll top-out at about 30+" as the snow has slowed. I have to snowshoe the length of the drive to my car parked out near the road.
Still absolutely beautiful. And I don't have to wear a sweater vest. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Cliff...ahhh!
Since mine are made by Wilson, he must be responsible! |
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Location: NJ | We got 3 - 4"(tops).
Kinda'Disappointing,Actually.
I was kinda' LookingFWD t'getting "Snow'dIn" for th'Weekend . . . |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Hey ... every weekend is a good time to play guitar, whether you can do it inside or outside. I AM looking forward however to taking these grandchildren home in another six weeks though. Then I plan on heading to the North Carolina beach front for a much needed vacation in May. The guitar WILL be there. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
And we didn't complain about them nearly as much. Well.. there was no internet back them... so by the time you wrote the letter and mailed it, the snow was already gone! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
the snow was already gone...! ... and the horses were tired!  |
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Location: NJ | 2 ft at least here.
started to dig out lasted a couple hours
will try to finish tomorrow |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Al,
Big secret to prevent heart attack.
How slow can you go when shovelling snow.
Jim. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Another secret ... hire a kid to do it. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by bvince:
Another secret ... hire a kid to do it. The kids in my neighborhood refuse to move from in front of their Wii or Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 or Japanese Anime-fest or whatever it is that keeps them cooped up inside all day. The first, last and only time I asked a neighbor's kid if he wanted to earn some cash by shoveling my drive he told me, "Not really. If I did it, you'd have to pay me like $25, because that's what my mom gives me for an allowance and I don't even have to do any work."
That was several years ago. He was nine. Maybe his attitude has changed, but I doubt it. His parents driveway doesn't get shoveled, either. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Cruster ... You need to move a little further north. We still have a few good kids around that will work. Actually with unemployment being so bad up here, you could easily find an adult trying to feed his family that would do it. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by bvince:
Cruster ... You need to move a little further north. We still have a few good kids around that will work. Actually with unemployment being so bad up here, you could easily find an adult trying to feed his family that would do it. If things keep going the way they are, there will probably be some of those adults looking for shoveling jobs here in Sparkle City, too. :(
My snowblower died a couple of (or maybe three) years ago. I noticed the guy next door, who is in his sixties and had gone through three major surgeries that year, was still shoveling his driveway by hand. I figured if he could do it, there was no reason for me to be lazy. So, I started shoveling. Good exercise. Like has been said, go slow and it's all good. I also fired my lawn guy that spring. He only ever showed up when he needed money, and then had a tendency to bill me for weeks he never did any work. I went back to mowing my own yard. Gets me out of the house (and out of housework, but don't tell my wife...heh). |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Originally posted by bvince:
Cruster ... You need to move a little further north. We still have a few good kids around that will work. Actually with unemployment being so bad up here, you could easily find an adult trying to feed his family that would do it. Or a pensioner, four driveways gets me a set of Elixir Lights 11152 Nanowebs for my 12 string. Plus the exercise eliminates the health club fees.
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PS. You beat me Cruster, I type so slow. Of course you guys don't read too fast. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Now THAT'S a good idea for reviving the guitar fund! Even with a bad back, I'll suffer a while to have some guitar money(:
Cruster ... You have got to be the closest OFCr to me. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by bvince:
Cruster ... You have got to be the closest OFCr to me. Where are you at? Northwest MI is a pretty big place. LOL. |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Originally posted by cruster:
Originally posted by bvince:
Cruster ... You have got to be the closest OFCr to me. Where are you at? Northwest MI is a pretty big place. LOL.
Regards
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | So much for a dry weekend. It is now snowing here in Denver and this one, too, will be hitting the east coast in a few more days. I may need to fire up the snow blower. The neighbors love my snow blower. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Cruster... Nice to hear from you.
Our car pool experience is still remembered with great fondness. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | 12 miles north of Cadillac. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by bvince:
12 miles north of Cadillac. Get out. We were just up at Caberfae a couple weeks ago. Took our 7yo son snowboarding (well, I went skiing, no boarding for me!). Was a lot of fun, but that -10 wind chill was a killer. ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Another secret ... hire a kid to do it. Why: it will melt come spring by itself...
BTW: Round II is on the way by Tuesday and Wednesday for us...
I rest my case! |
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Good weekend to stay inside and play