Good sailing weather.

Like that guy sailing his bike across the street.

 

In Chicago today. I was expecting some winter and dressed accordingly.

What's with the summertime weather? Sweating my butt off.

 

What's with the summertime weather?

Why would you ask the question when you've already decided the answer has no merit?

 

In Chicago today. I was expecting some winter and dressed accordingly.

What's with the summertime weather? Sweating my butt off.

Crazy weather down here too... ice formed on my car's windows two mornings in a row this week ... unheard of ...

 

Snow finally hit, got about 3" we haven't had anything that doesn't melt right away, hopefully our snow totals will increase in the back country.

kv

 

Crazy weather down here too... ice formed on my car's windows two mornings in a row this week ... unheard of ...

I should have brought my Spandex shorts. I could be running in the park right now.

 

I should have brought my Spandex shorts. I could be running in the park right now.

Gee thanks for that ugly image.

 

Gee thanks for that ugly image.

No probs.

 

AKA Cuyahoga River / Cleveland.

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They fixed that little burning river issue.

Just got back from NC. Got a 4" snowfall of heavy wet snow. They shut down the state for 3 days. Unlike up here they simply lack the equipment to deal with snow in any amount over an inch. Within a few days it was all melted and it was a warm weather ride back today.

Ron

 

They fixed that little burning river issue.

Just got back from NC. Got a 4" snowfall of heavy wet snow. They shut down the state for 3 days. Unlike up here they simply lack the equipment to deal with snow in any amount over an inch. Within a few days it was all melted and it was a warm weather ride back today.

Ron

When I lived in NC, it snowed exactly once. The experience allowed me to observe a new standard for not understanding the concept of driving in snow.....but they were very polite about it

 

50F to 74F all week with some cloudy and a few rains. Every time I remember the day I left Indianapolis, I am grateful to be in Florida.
January, 1970. Six inches of fresh snow at 17F (-8C) with no home and no vehicle. I decided that if I was going to starve to death I was going do do it where I was warm. I have never had a regret about that decision.

 

It has been snowing on and off for a few days.

Had to help my father shuffle snow from the roof of his house.

Now it's +2°C and rain.

Man, I look forward to the smmer!

 

January, 1970. Six inches of fresh snow at 17F (-8C) with no home and no vehicle.

...and may ask what were the circumstances leading to that pitiful situation?

 

When I lived in NC, it snowed exactly once. The experience allowed me to observe a new standard for not understanding the concept of driving in snow.....but they were very polite about it

While it was amusing to see the state shut down (literally) for three days I have to give them credit as they all stayed home rather than drive. A friend and I went out foraging for dinner. There is a local road of all restaurants, there must be 40 assorted restaurants on that road. Everything was dark with one exception. The 24 hour McDonalds by Interstate 40 was open. Not what I had in mind but it had to do. At least the majority of people, knowing they couldn't drive in snow did stay home. Nice of them.

Ron

 

...and may ask what were the circumstances leading to that pitiful situation?

Partly because I was fresh out of trade school, had not established my financial safety, and mostly because of my sister and her mental and emotional nature; lack of impulse control, solipsistic nature, narcissistic personality disorder. She saw an opportunity to be the center of attention by sabotaging me before I could get established with a job and a car. I have conducted my relationship with her according to that lesson for 48 years and I am reminded of the reality of it regularly by watching her do it to other people. In other words, she hasn't changed, grown, or improved since she was a prepubescent child. Dealing with her has been like dealing with a 9 year old who has tantrums...for 60 years.

The optimistic side is that she is showing signs of her final decline, and I'm not. Her mental trolley is coming off the rails and you have seen my clarity of thought several hundred times. If I don't suffer a catastrophic physical illness in the next 4 years, it looks like I'm going to out live all of my enemies. Some famous guy spoke of that but I can't remember who it was. The candidates include Mark Twain, George Carlin, Groucho Marx, and Winston Churchill...just a few of my heroes.

Meanwhile, she is keeping the deep woods of Kentucky from being boring by creating her usual, "tempest in a tea pot" and I am 800 miles away.

 

Nine weeks ago, she did that exact thing to her son. "Y'all come to the farm and live here."
One cat fight between her and her son's wife and she reverts to her usual.
"Get out and stay out! All your possessions are mine now and you will need a Sheriff to get them."
My nephew escaped with the clothes on his back and the car under his butt.
The car was a lot more than I escaped with in 1970.

So goes the story of where I came from. Crazy people in every direction. Alcoholics, clinically insane, personality disorders, suicide...
I am very grateful for the life I built for myself.

 

I am very grateful for the life I built for myself.

That's the part I "liked" of your post... I'm quite glad you persevered... you've been able to help a lot of people in this place... myself included

 

@cmartinez
Do you know why I smile when I think of you?
Because of all the Mexicans I met in California.
Most of them were just good, honest people making their way through life, just like you and me.
Even the racist, second generation Mexican-Americans were amusing to me because I had seen worse in the southeast U.S.
It's good to have "friends" all over the planet. They make my local problems seem small.
Thanks for being one of the good guys.

Meanwhile, back at the Thread...it's 68F to 74F with partly cloudy for the next 4 days.
Time to get outside and replace a few things that wore out and broke lately.

 

Today it was about 5°C, and the rest of the snow on my parents roof slided down on the porch.

My father (87), the retired Naval Commander, started to move the snow with his small Stiga snowblower. The snow was wet and packed the machine every 5 minute. He sent me a picture of the pile of snow, with no text. Just the picture, hinting that he needed some help.

I went to them, and with me I had my snowblower. My dear Ariens snowblower.

In a few hours, all the snow was removed from the porch.

The Ariens snowblower is one of my best investments.

 

Today it was about 5°C, and the rest of the snow on my parents roof slided down on the porch.

My father (87), the retired Naval Commander, started to move the snow with his small Stiga snowblower. The snow was wet and packed the machine every 5 minute. He sent me a picture of the pile of snow, with no text. Just the picture, hinting that he needed some help.

I went to them, and with me I had my snowblower. My dear Ariens snowblower.

In a few hours, all the snow was removed from the porch.

The Ariens snowblower is one of my best investments.

Your dad sure knows who to call when he needs the big cannons...