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09-24-2009, 06:06 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Austin
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After the summer drought, all of the grass in parks, fields, and vacant lots was brown. Rains began last week, and overnight everything is green again! Whoopee! 
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09-24-2009, 06:17 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hagersville
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If I keep repeating "It will not snow or freezing rain near the Ontario shore of Lake Erie this winter" will it happen?
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09-24-2009, 06:32 AM
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#823
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,296
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Originally Posted by bruce1
If I keep repeating "It will not snow or freezing rain near the Ontario shore of Lake Erie this winter" will it happen?
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What is this thing you call "snow"?
Ahhh...fall in TX, when the leaf falls from a tree....
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09-24-2009, 09:56 AM
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#824
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Oregon Coast
Posts: 16,483
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
Ahhh...fall in TX, when the leaf falls from a tree....
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It was 56º here when I woke up this morning. And the heater -- yes, the *heater* -- kicked in for a few minutes. In Texas. In September.
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09-24-2009, 10:04 AM
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#825
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy29
It was 56º here when I woke up this morning. And the heater -- yes, the *heater* -- kicked in for a few minutes. In Texas. In September.
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Nothing boring about Texas weather this year! That's outrageous. Bet it feels good after being cooked alive for three months, though.
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09-24-2009, 10:29 AM
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#826
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Location: North Oregon Coast
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Originally Posted by Want2retire
Bet it feels good after being cooked alive for three months, though.
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Suffice it to say that I haven't heard any complaining. The only thing is that it was a bit of a hassle to go into the garage yesterday to pull out some fall and winter clothing we don't normally pull out until November. 
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09-24-2009, 12:16 PM
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#827
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,142
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Today I actually put on a long-sleeved flannel shirt.
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09-24-2009, 12:20 PM
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#828
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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Yep Zig and IP, the long sleeved flannel shirt days are starting. Now for the next 6 months that's all I'll see DH wear... 
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09-24-2009, 10:24 PM
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#829
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
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09-24-2009, 11:12 PM
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#830
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Still running the AC during the day and swimming in the back yard. Open doors and windows at night finally! Autumn will be here soon and the birds will be back from up north. I will be going for my walks there very soon!
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09-25-2009, 04:42 AM
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#831
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,350
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Originally Posted by ziggy29
It was 56º here when I woke up this morning. And the heater -- yes, the *heater* -- kicked in for a few minutes. In Texas. In September.
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I refuse to turn the heat on until October. That'll be difficult since tuesday night/wednesday morning will get down to ~36 degrees 
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09-25-2009, 05:44 AM
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#832
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hagersville
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
What is this thing you call "snow"?
Ahhh...fall in TX, when the leaf falls from a tree....
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Snow is the white frozen stuff I put up with to avoid excessive summer heat that would imprision me indoors. I don't function well if it is over 75. 
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09-25-2009, 06:00 AM
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#833
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
What is this thing you call "snow"?
Ahhh...fall in TX, when the leaf falls from a tree....
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I always thought fall in Texas is what the rest of the US called winter... 
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09-25-2009, 06:00 AM
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#834
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Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
What is this thing you call "snow"?
Ahhh...fall in TX, when the leaf falls from a tree....
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Ask anyone who lives in Redfield NY...  Check out the picture at the upper left side of this page. 310 inches of snow and counting in Redfield | NBC-WKTV News Channel 2 - News, Weather, Sports - Utica, New York | Local News
The good news is I don't live there.
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09-25-2009, 06:01 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Looks like they should have named it Whitefield...
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09-25-2009, 06:02 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Looks like they should have named it Whitefield...
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not me I would call it hell... but what do I know?
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09-25-2009, 06:48 AM
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#837
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Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heyduke
not me I would call it hell... but what do I know?
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
Looks like they should have named it Whitefield...
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And if that Redfield picture wasn't bad enough...
Note the rows for daily or multiple day accumulations. Look at what happened to Hooker NY in the month of January 1978.
This is prime snowmobiling country, folks.
New York Extremes
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09-25-2009, 08:33 AM
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#838
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Might be time to change that to, "I refuse to turn the heat on until October, or until I cannot sleep due to the cold." A working man needs to get some sleep.
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09-28-2009, 01:40 PM
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#839
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Want2retire
Might be time to change that to, "I refuse to turn the heat on until October, or until I cannot sleep due to the cold." A working man needs to get some sleep.
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Good idea. There's going to be a windchill of 33 degrees tuesday morning and 26 degrees wednesday morning when I get out of w*rk at 5am. I'll go home and turn the heat on right away so that it's at a reasonable temp by the time I finish breakfast so I can go to sleep.
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10-08-2009, 12:12 AM
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#840
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: North of Montana
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10 days ago it was +32C (89F). Today, &%^$%$@%% snow. It melted on landing but WTF? We don't get permanent snow here until late Oct. 
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