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« on: March 14, 2005, 11:31:14 AM » |
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My trip RT2 South yesterday I notice the tips of the trees are turning red.
It won't be long now.
I don't think it was from the RF coming off Tom Vu mountian.
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2005, 11:53:30 AM » |
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The buds have been out on the Oak trees here in New Jersey for a month already.
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2005, 01:23:50 PM » |
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Same thing here Steve, I can just now see the top of the barn roof as the snow melts.
By August I may be able to open the doors.
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2005, 02:06:55 PM » |
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Same thing here Steve, I can just now see the top of the barn roof as the snow melts.
By August I may be able to open the doors. I'm in Presque Isle, Maine and it's snowing yet again today :roll: If summer falls on a weekend we can have a picnic! -Charles |
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2005, 02:17:14 PM » |
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My trip RT2 South yesterday I notice the tips of the trees are turning red.
It won't be long now.
I don't think it was from the RF coming off Tom Vu mountian. Naw, it wasn't me. I was using my Pisweaker most of the weekend. sigh.... I've got so much antenna work planned and tired of drawing, modeling, etc - will be a relief to do some r-e-a-l m-a-n ACTION out there for a change, instead of sitting on my ass and dreaming, caw mawn. T |
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2005, 02:21:09 PM » |
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Dog turds in the front yard are still frozen solid here in the Airy Mount... I'm getting REALLY sick of this cold wx.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2005, 02:26:59 PM » |
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easier to fling them with a shovel when they are hard.
They don't leave skid marks on the shovel.
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2005, 02:30:32 PM » |
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Geese were flying over a few days ago -- I think they were going north. Maybe they were still going south? We won't see daffodils blooming on our hilltop until mid-May.  Got a good month and a half to go before we can start looking forward to any real spring-type weather. Three years ago we woke up on May 15 to find several inches of snow on the ground. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2005, 03:49:18 PM » |
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Yep, 2 weekends ago I was looking at the maple tree I had planted 2 years ago and noticed that there were buds on the tips. Anytime soon as Frank said.  |
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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2005, 04:40:18 PM » |
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Spring has been here for a long time already.....You folks on the eastern half got all the winter this year... We have been sitting under a high pressure umbrella here in the Pacific Northwest for 7 weeks!!!!...Very unusual... No rain or snow......Ski resorts all pissing and moaning, Farmers crying, Forests already too dry... Nice weather, but the drought continues it's 5th year here....My place is in the woods... Hope it doesn't burn this summer.... Mild winter in SW Alaska as well... Not too much moisture.. Never did get enough ice to support a winter project I had planned near Merrill Pass....Hide and Watch......
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2005, 07:18:32 PM » |
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The buds have been out on the Oak trees here in New Jersey for a month already. Yep, 2 weekends ago I was looking at the maple tree I had planted 2 years ago and noticed that there were buds on the tips. Hey ..... I ain't been in a tree since December. Yuz guyz are seein' things. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2005, 12:29:37 AM » |
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Spring? What's spring? For that matter, what's winter?
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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2005, 01:10:52 AM » |
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I'm in Presque Isle, Maine and it's snowing yet again today :roll:
If summer falls on a weekend we can have a picnic!
-Charles
Up there I thought you had 9 months of winter followed by 3 months of spring/summer/fall. But think of the quiet band condx in winter and all the QRN in the spring and summer. Besides, how can you possibly put up an antenna when the temp is above freezing, or climb a tower when there is no ice on it? |
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2005, 07:17:23 AM » |
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It will be 50 degrees here today. It was almost 60 over the weekend.
The buds are on the trees.
The tulips are already up through the ground.
The robins have already arrived.
The Canada Geese have come and gone.
The spring peepers are beginning to peep.
I feel sorry for you guys in the snow belt. Enjoy the black flies when it does finally warm up!
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2005, 08:03:18 AM » |
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Geese never leave this area now. Past 10 or 15 years they seem to like winter here. Crap like a dog everywhere they hang out.
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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2005, 11:24:16 AM » |
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Hey Guys...
Why dont come over! here 75 to 80F during the day, and lower temp. is 60F, besides my refrigerator is full of "Coronas"I need some help for finish this beer before expiration date, any volunteer?
Saludos!
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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2005, 01:44:47 PM » |
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Mark - Oboy. I mowed the lawn once last summer and missed one land mine and it spat crap on the XYL's nice shiny white Crown Vic. Now my XYL is usually patient as hell with me but for some reason that didn't sit too well (guess i can't really blame her!). Needless to say I'm pretty careful about that now!
It's a LOT easier to pick 'em up when they're fruzzen solid.
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« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2005, 02:57:26 PM » |
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Gee, I don't have that problem here. Yaz has to walk around with a bucket strapped to his ass while I follow him with a pooper scooper just in case he misses... :lol:
[Actually, I also have more than my share of frozen Baby Ruths hidng in the snow]
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« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2005, 03:05:25 PM » |
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Mosquito season will probably be a bitch this year with all the snow layin' around.
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« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2005, 05:30:52 PM » |
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Don's right! we used to joke that you could only put up an antenna during a blizzard :lol:
Besides, how can you possibly put up an antenna when the temp is above freezing, or climb a tower when there is no ice on it?
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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2005, 05:36:57 PM » |
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I'll be moving just south of you in a few years Steve. Somewhere near the Greensboro NC area. I can't wait!! 10-20 acres for antennas and no more stinkin cold wx OM!!! Well, maybe a little but not like up here! It will be 50 degrees here today. It was almost 60 over the weekend.
The buds are on the trees.
The tulips are already up through the ground.
The robins have already arrived.
The Canada Geese have come and gone.
The spring peepers are beginning to peep.
I feel sorry for you guys in the snow belt. Enjoy the black flies when it does finally warm up! |
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2005, 10:53:40 PM » |
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You're likely to receive more snow than I do here. Greensboro is quite a bit west of here. Being close to the Bay and the Atlantic really moderates the winter temps here. Still, it won't be anything like NY WX!
Received not more than a few inches of snow here all winter long. The few times it did snow, it didn't lay on the ground - the turf was too warm. The few times an accumulation occurred, it was gone in a day to two.
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« Reply #22 on: March 17, 2005, 12:13:35 PM » |
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can you guys just imagine the rig tom vu comes up with to hang a pail behind yaz with a little slide coming up to the exhaust port. all that extra
antenna metal ......................
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« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2005, 02:11:35 PM » |
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"Ayuh! Heah in New Hampsha' we got 10 months of Winta' and 2 months of hard sleddin'! " This year, it sure is heading that way! A week ago on the commute in, I counted 9 vehicles off the road from the snow, including one tractor trailer and one Nissan I saw nicely spin off the highway into the snowy medium. Yep, this year we are going to go from Winter right into black fly (NH State Bird) season. Bring your fly dope to Hosstraders!  |
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« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2005, 02:15:21 PM » |
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Hey Jack,
Yuppies can't drive up your way either ah. Last week some clown tried to pass a line of cars on the right and found himself all alone sitting sideways.
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