Holy Blowing Snow Batman;

Stay warm and safe.

Sounds like a good time to hibernate.

Dimitri

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>
> Stay warm and safe.
>
> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>
> Dimitri

Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun. There's
no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near -20 in the
morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out the riff-raff.
'-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled this high at the sides
of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter Carnival starts next week.

(Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42 degrees the other morning so
don't tell me about how hot it is in your part of Looseyanna!)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
<http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor>
December 27, 2008, 7:30 a.m.: "I have fixed my roof,
I have mended my fences; now let the winter winds blow."

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun. There's
> no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near -20 in the
> morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out the riff-raff.
> '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled this high at the sides
> of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter Carnival starts next week.
>
> (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42 degrees the other morning so
> don't tell me about how hot it is in your part of Looseyanna!)

It was 42 degrees here about three hours ago. ;-)

Unfortunately, our weather refuses to cooperate with my planned meal.
Mid-sixties again and warmer tomorrow. Pooh. I've had a roast marinating
for Sauerbraten eight days now and today's the day for roasting. I wish
it was cold, wet and gray outside because that's weather much better
suited for this meal. I'll probably end up having the windows open all
day and the neighbors will get to smell the wonderful aroma as it wafts
out of the house.

Pooh I say. Pooh.

--Lin

On Jan 14, 11:57*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>
> Stay warm and safe.
>
> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>
> Dimitri
===========================================
Current Conditions at Fargo ND

2009.01.14 1853 UTC
Wind from the NW (320 degrees) at 8 MPH (7 KT)
Visibility 10 mile(s)
Sky conditions clear
Temperature -14.1 F (-25.6 C)
Windchill -31 F (-35 C)
Dew Point -23.1 F (-30.6 C)
Relative Humidity 62%
Pressure (altimeter) 30.61 in. Hg (1036 hPa)

==================================
Don't let Barb fool ya! She's right about the clothing and it does
keep the riff raff out. But that 100 feet from the front door to the
bus stop is a killer even if you're dressed like Nanook of the North!
Your nose hairs freeze and if your teeth are sensitive to the cold you
don't dare open your mouth. I walked to the clinic (4 blocks)
yesterday (wind chill -20) and damn near died!
Lynn in Fargo
(remember the movie?)
Barb, good for the Carnival! Take pitchers!

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>>
>> Stay warm and safe.
>>
>> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun. There's
> no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near -20 in the
> morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out the riff-raff.
> '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled this high at the sides
> of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter Carnival starts next week.
>
> (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42 degrees the other morning so
> don't tell me about how hot it is in your part of Looseyanna!)
Heck, it was 38 here this morning and nearly 32 yesterday morning. It's
all you people up in Minnyhaha land causing us to freeze. If you could
just remember to close the gate that faces south we would appreciate it.
I don't go out when it's this cold so the dawg and I are hibernating
while DW slaves at the local elementary school.

Lynn from Fargo wrote:

> Don't let Barb fool ya! She's right about the clothing and it does
> keep the riff raff out. But that 100 feet from the front door to the
> bus stop is a killer even if you're dressed like Nanook of the North!
> Your nose hairs freeze and if your teeth are sensitive to the cold you
> don't dare open your mouth. I walked to the clinic (4 blocks)
> yesterday (wind chill -20) and damn near died!
> Lynn in Fargo
> (remember the movie?)
> Barb, good for the Carnival! Take pitchers!

It got kinda cold here last night too (30's perhaps?) although the day
time temp rises. I climbed into the hot tub last night to test out my
new dive mask and by the time I got out the water drops on the hot tub
lid had frozen.
ObFood- tried V8's new Golden Butternut Squash soup for lunch today. A
bit too sweet even though the ingredient listing include sugar in the
"less than 2%" listing. I added tons of extra hot Tabasco sauce and
that helped cut the sweetness. Served with Triscuit crackers it was a
delish lunch for a cold day.

Goomba wrote:


>
> It got kinda cold here last night too (30's perhaps?) although the day
> time temp rises. I climbed into the hot tub last night to test out my
> new dive mask and by the time I got out the water drops on the hot tub
> lid had frozen.

So what did you get? Silicone... Almost surely, yes? Feathered seal?
High profile? Low profile? Prescription corrected? Side frames?
It's been an age and I need a new mask. Share!

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
> > Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
> >
> > Stay warm and safe.
> >
> > Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun. There's
> no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near -20 in the
> morning. We promote our bad weather < it helps keep out the riff-raff.
> '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled this high at the sides
> of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter Carnival starts next week.
>


Last night about midnight I was coming home. Although cold, the air was
perfectly still and the most recent snow had covered everything with a
frosty beauty. I looked up and a gauzy moon could be soon...everything was
just beautiful. It was totally *quiet*, too, something that is welcome in
this noisy Chicago neighborhood...

There have been times on such winter nights when I've gone out to Belmont
Harbor here to watch a full moon rise above frozen Lake Michigan, that's
magical.

Winter ain't for sissies but it sure can be loverly at times...

I like the change of the seasons, it makes life "interesting"...


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:

> Last night about midnight I was coming home. Although cold, the air was
> perfectly still and the most recent snow had covered everything with a
> frosty beauty. I looked up and a gauzy moon could be soon...everything was
> just beautiful. It was totally *quiet*, too, something that is welcome in
> this noisy Chicago neighborhood...

I love nights like that. Reminds me of a Crested Butte vacation/ski trip
I was on. We were staying in the country outside of Gunnison -- snow
deep all around us and a stillness I've never experienced. I especially
remember the quiet. It was almost scary -- like becoming suddenly deaf.
The stars were brilliant -- as if you could pick them from the sky and
keep them for yourself.

OB Food: I recall having to adjust cooking time and menus because of the
altitude. Who knew that water could take so long to boil! (Well, I was
warned by our hosts). We also went to a fabulous pizza place in Crested
Butte and had to wait a long time for pizza because it takes longer for
the rise and baking. We enjoyed our beer while waiting. One really can't
be in a hurry in Colorado.

Bob and I went out to one of our favorite country spots this week for
the full moon and I got some great sunset photos as well as of the moon
rise.

--Lin

George Shirley wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>
>>> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>>>
>>> Stay warm and safe.
>>>
>>> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>>
>> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun.
>> There's no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near
>> -20 in the morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out
>> the riff-raff. '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled this
>> high at the sides of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter Carnival
>> starts next week.
>> (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42 degrees the other morning so
>> don't tell me about how hot it is in your part of Looseyanna!)
> Heck, it was 38 here this morning and nearly 32 yesterday morning. It's
> all you people up in Minnyhaha land causing us to freeze. If you could
> just remember to close the gate that faces south we would appreciate it.
> I don't go out when it's this cold so the dawg and I are hibernating
> while DW slaves at the local elementary school.

70 and sunny here in way-the-heck-south Texas. 70 is cold for me.

Lynn from Fargo wrote:
> On Jan 14, 11:57 am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>>
>> Stay warm and safe.
>>
>> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>>
>> Dimitri
> ===========================================
> Current Conditions at Fargo ND
>
> 2009.01.14 1853 UTC
> Wind from the NW (320 degrees) at 8 MPH (7 KT)
> Visibility 10 mile(s)
> Sky conditions clear
> Temperature -14.1 F (-25.6 C)
> Windchill -31 F (-35 C)
> Dew Point -23.1 F (-30.6 C)
> Relative Humidity 62%
> Pressure (altimeter) 30.61 in. Hg (1036 hPa)
>
> ==================================
> Don't let Barb fool ya! She's right about the clothing and it does
> keep the riff raff out. But that 100 feet from the front door to the
> bus stop is a killer even if you're dressed like Nanook of the North!
> Your nose hairs freeze and if your teeth are sensitive to the cold you
> don't dare open your mouth. I walked to the clinic (4 blocks)
> yesterday (wind chill -20) and damn near died!
> Lynn in Fargo
> (remember the movie?)

You have my sympathy. I don't mind winter, but our winter temperatures
are usually in the 20-30 F range. Last night it got down near 0. Back
in 1976 I went out to Winnipeg to look for work. I got off the plane to
discover that it was -40 F or C. It's the same. Most people out there
told me it didn't usually get that cold until later in the winter. It
didn't matter to me. If it ever got down to -40 it was too cold a place
for me to live.

People also told me that it's not bad if you dressed for it. I pointed
out that there was no one outside. People around here dress for the
cold and go outside. Out there thy get bundled up to run to the car.

Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>>>>
>>>> Stay warm and safe.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>>>>
>>>> Dimitri
>>>
>>> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun.
>>> There's no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near
>>> -20 in the morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out
>>> the riff-raff. '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled
>>> this high at the sides of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter
>>> Carnival starts next week. (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42
>>> degrees the other morning so don't tell me about how hot it is in
>>> your part of Looseyanna!)
>> Heck, it was 38 here this morning and nearly 32 yesterday morning.
>> It's all you people up in Minnyhaha land causing us to freeze. If you
>> could just remember to close the gate that faces south we would
>> appreciate it. I don't go out when it's this cold so the dawg and I
>> are hibernating while DW slaves at the local elementary school.
>
> 70 and sunny here in way-the-heck-south Texas. 70 is cold for me.
I keep the house at 68 in the winter and 80 in the summer to save on
energy bills. I am wearing a) sweat pants, b) sweat shirt, c) sweater,
d)wool socks and I still get cold at times. Miss Dawg is wearing her
sweater and huddled under a small afghan (crocheted one, not the one
with hair).

If DW had gone along with the plan I had intended to buy land and go
live in Belize some 22 years ago. Unfortunately she is attached to our
children and grandchildren.

George Shirley wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>>>>>
>>>>> Stay warm and safe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dimitri
>>>>
>>>> Oh, pishtosh!! It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun.
>>>> There's no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. It's to be near
>>>> -20 in the morning. We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out
>>>> the riff-raff. '-) Been a long time since we've had snow piled
>>>> this high at the sides of the driveway, though. St. Paul Winter
>>>> Carnival starts next week. (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42
>>>> degrees the other morning so don't tell me about how hot it is in
>>>> your part of Looseyanna!)
>>> Heck, it was 38 here this morning and nearly 32 yesterday morning.
>>> It's all you people up in Minnyhaha land causing us to freeze. If you
>>> could just remember to close the gate that faces south we would
>>> appreciate it. I don't go out when it's this cold so the dawg and I
>>> are hibernating while DW slaves at the local elementary school.
>>
>> 70 and sunny here in way-the-heck-south Texas. 70 is cold for me.
> I keep the house at 68 in the winter and 80 in the summer to save on
> energy bills. I am wearing a) sweat pants, b) sweat shirt, c) sweater,
> d)wool socks and I still get cold at times. Miss Dawg is wearing her
> sweater and huddled under a small afghan (crocheted one, not the one
> with hair).
>
> If DW had gone along with the plan I had intended to buy land and go
> live in Belize some 22 years ago. Unfortunately she is attached to our
> children and grandchildren.

I'm "attached" to mine, but not enough to suffer the cold in New Jersey
and western Massachusetts. We have yet to turn on the heater this
winter. We really should just to make sure it works.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

>
> About once a year we'll get a really beautiful snow. Then the rest of
> winter is just blah and cold. We're about to get nailed tomorrow with
> another arctic blast.

I confess that I like the snow. It makes winter bearable. I find it much
more comfortable to be outside if there is snow on the ground than to
have the same cold weather without the snow. It is bright and cheery. I
don't think that I could tolerate a long, cold winter without snow. I
suppose it wouldn't take too much to convince me that a short, not so
cold winter might be better.

On Jan 14, 6:48*pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
> > About once a year we'll get a really beautiful snow. Then the rest of
> > winter is just blah and cold. We're about to get nailed tomorrow with
> > another arctic blast.
>
> I confess that I like the snow. It makes winter bearable. I find it much
> more comfortable to be outside if there is snow on the ground than to
> have the same cold weather without the snow. It is bright and cheery. *I
> don't think that I could tolerate a long, cold winter without snow. I
> suppose it wouldn't take too much to convince me that a short, not so
> cold winter might be better.

How much of the white crap have you shoveled?
:-)
Lynn in Fargo
Snow so deep on the corners that folks put flags on their car antennas
so you can see 'em when they inch c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y out into the
intersection.

Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>
>> I confess that I like the snow. It makes winter bearable. I find it much
>> more comfortable to be outside if there is snow on the ground than to
>> have the same cold weather without the snow. It is bright and cheery. I
>> don't think that I could tolerate a long, cold winter without snow. I
>> suppose it wouldn't take too much to convince me that a short, not so
>> cold winter might be better.
>
> How much of the white crap have you shoveled?
> :-)


I have certainly shovelled my share of snow over the years. I also
spent one winter working on a highway crew plowing snow. I have a large
driveway and parking area, but I have a snowblower now. That machine is
a great labour saver.

> Lynn in Fargo
> Snow so deep on the corners that folks put flags on their car antennas
> so you can see 'em when they inch c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y out into the
> intersection.

I have only seen it like that a few times.
I remember one snow storm when I was plowing snow on a night shift.
There was one intersection where there was always a lot of drifting.
There had been enough snow that we had to go out high winging....using
the wing plow in the raised position to push back the drifts. We had
come around the looped on ramp and leveled off the bank about 8 feet
high. The next time we went over that bridge to get the ramp on the
other side we looked down and saw the roof of a car behind that bank.
There was no one in it. I wonder how long it took the guy to find his car.

In article > ,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> Last night about midnight I was coming home. Although cold, the air was
> perfectly still and the most recent snow had covered everything with a
> frosty beauty. I looked up and a gauzy moon could be soon...everything was
> just beautiful. It was totally *quiet*, too, something that is welcome in
> this noisy Chicago neighborhood...

> Winter ain't for sissies but it sure can be loverly at times...

Chris was born in mid-December, 1969, and I recently found out that that
was the snowiest December we've had here until this past one. Some of
my most cherished memories are of those 2:00 a.m. feedings in the living
room on cold and snowy nights or cold and clear nights. I don't
remember what I'd sip but I'd listen to the mellow voice of Franklin
Hobbs and the smooth sounds he played on his overnight program, Hobbs'
House, on WCCO radio. <sigh, the good old days were good>.

> I like the change of the seasons, it makes life "interesting"...

Fact.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
<http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor>
December 27, 2008, 7:30 a.m.: "I have fixed my roof,
I have mended my fences; now let the winter winds blow."

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:


> (Shut up, George! I saw that you had 42 degrees the other morning so
> don't tell me about how hot it is in your part of Looseyanna!)

We had 42 degrees yesterday, 43 or so today... Celsius, that is.

Cool change came through late afternoon today, thank goodness, and I think
only high twenties forecast for tomorrow.


--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:57:10 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article > ,
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
>> Last night about midnight I was coming home. Although cold, the air was
>> perfectly still and the most recent snow had covered everything with a
>> frosty beauty. I looked up and a gauzy moon could be soon...everything was
>> just beautiful. It was totally *quiet*, too, something that is welcome in
>> this noisy Chicago neighborhood...
>
>> Winter ain't for sissies but it sure can be loverly at times...
>
> Chris was born in mid-December, 1969, and I recently found out that that
> was the snowiest December we've had here until this past one. Some of
> my most cherished memories are of those 2:00 a.m. feedings in the living
> room on cold and snowy nights or cold and clear nights. I don't
> remember what I'd sip but I'd listen to the mellow voice of Franklin
> Hobbs and the smooth sounds he played on his overnight program, Hobbs'
> House, on WCCO radio. <sigh, the good old days were good>.
>
>> I like the change of the seasons, it makes life "interesting"...
>
> Fact.

i'd be just as pleased if fall turned into spring without the intervening
step.

your pal,
blake

> *"Dimitri" > wrote:
> > Holy Blowing Snow Batman;
>
> > Stay warm and safe.
>
> > Sounds like a good time to hibernate.
>
> > Dimitri
>
> Oh, pishtosh!! *It's gorgeous -- clear blue sky and bright sun. *There's
> no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. *It's to be near -20 in the
> morning. * We promote our bad weather ‹ it helps keep out the riff-raff. *
> '-) * Been a long time since we've had snow piled this high at the sides
> of the driveway, though. *St. Paul Winter Carnival starts next week. *

>Barb

I agree all around - we had -40 wind chill this morning but I know
it's worse in Minnesota and the Dakotas; but it is clear, sunny and
the snow just sparkles. We don't have any dirty snow at all - too
cold to even melt on the city streets. ;-) I AM glad it's not
snowing, because I don't have real Arctic-type gear to be out with the
snow blower when it's this cold.

'Sides, meat keeps longer in the cold. ;-)

When I had the blower out Tuesday to clear drifts from my driveway, I
watched as a little first- or second-grader made his way home -
carefully walking in the deepest snow he could find on the parking
area (didn't ever touch the cleared sidewalks) - and then proceeded to
climb up and down every single "mountain" by all the houses'
driveways. I was out in the car about 20 minutes later, and he had
managed to make it only 4 blocks from school...I wonder what his mom
thought about where he was, 40 minutes after school let out ....;-)

N.

On Jan 14, 7:38*pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
> On Jan 14, 6:48*pm, Dave Smith
>
> > wrote:
> > Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
> > > About once a year we'll get a really beautiful snow. Then the rest of
> > > winter is just blah and cold. We're about to get nailed tomorrow with
> > > another arctic blast.
>
> > I confess that I like the snow. It makes winter bearable. I find it much
> > more comfortable to be outside if there is snow on the ground than to
> > have the same cold weather without the snow. It is bright and cheery. *I
> > don't think that I could tolerate a long, cold winter without snow. I
> > suppose it wouldn't take too much to convince me that a short, not so
> > cold winter might be better.
>
> How much of the white crap have you shoveled?
> :-)
> Lynn in Fargo
> Snow so deep on the corners that folks put flags on their car antennas
> so you can see 'em when they inch c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y *out into the
> intersection.

Nothing to match yours, I know - this last week we've had about 13
inches or so; I don't know about total to date. Our driveway
"mountains" are only about 4-5 feet high, average.

N.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:33:42 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:57:10 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> In article > ,
>> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
>>> Last night about midnight I was coming home. Although cold, the air was
>>> perfectly still and the most recent snow had covered everything with a
>>> frosty beauty. I looked up and a gauzy moon could be soon...everything was
>>> just beautiful. It was totally *quiet*, too, something that is welcome in
>>> this noisy Chicago neighborhood...
>>
>>> Winter ain't for sissies but it sure can be loverly at times...
>>
>> Chris was born in mid-December, 1969, and I recently found out that that
>> was the snowiest December we've had here until this past one. Some of
>> my most cherished memories are of those 2:00 a.m. feedings in the living
>> room on cold and snowy nights or cold and clear nights. I don't
>> remember what I'd sip but I'd listen to the mellow voice of Franklin
>> Hobbs and the smooth sounds he played on his overnight program, Hobbs'
>> House, on WCCO radio. <sigh, the good old days were good>.
>>
>>> I like the change of the seasons, it makes life "interesting"...
>>
>> Fact.
>
>i'd be just as pleased if fall turned into spring without the intervening
>step.

That would be perfect with one 2-3 inch snow per year. This year I
trashed my snowblower and had one of my bathrooms freeze up. First
time frozen in 20 years at this place. The supply and waste BOTH
froze even with a trickle running. While trying to thaw that out I
had to go out to the burbs where it was almost 30 below to take care
of another problem. I'm sooo done with winter. Now I have to see if
I can even find a snowblower to replace the dead one.

Louise made some wonderful sauce and were having a pizza and movie
night this evening.

Lou