Snow!

Ugh! Looks like this winter might be a bear.

Heh...aren't they always?

(No snow in my area yet, but did get frost on the ground a couple days this week.)

Angry wants to know what that crack about winter being a "bear" is all about. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

It is shaping up rather poorly here, as well. Bleah!

Tell Angry it means it is going to be a snuggle up with a bear winter! [img]wink.gif[/img]

And while you are at it, tell him to have a Merry Christmas!

Snow seems like a fitting place to wish all of you a happy holiday. I hope the holidays bring you lots of smiles, laughs and love.

Bmat the Minbari Bear wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

AsIs, Angry says he'd love to snuggle up with you for his winter hibernation.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hannukah, Happy Holidays to everyone!

It costs us $40 or more to get our driveway plowed when it snows. I hope there isn't much snow needing plowed this year.

In the UK it's traditional to use something called a shovel [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hi Ian! Glad to see you around.

I think mebbe Bmat's driveway is a little longer than you are used to seeing in the UK. Mebbe. I have a city lot, so my driveway is shovel-able.

So, two shovels then?

Hey Ian, when you are done shovling Bmats drive, can you come do mine? [img]wink.gif[/img]

OK, yesterday the high temp here was over 50. Last night, snow. Go figure. Tomorrow, supposed to be back up over 50 again.

LOL @ shoveling our driveway! ROTFL!!!! It is a about a fifth of a mile. I can shovel our sidewalks and porches, but the driveway, especially when it drifts over, needs a farmer's sturdy plow.

We had rain today, and I was glad that it wasn't snow.

Got a coating of snow over the weekend. Maybe an inch. Temps have come back to normal here. Seems like winter again. Groundhog saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter, which coincidentally puts us right in the middle of March, when sping is supposed to arrive anyway. LOL! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

I noted Phil predicting more winter, but is that just the area, or the US, or us in the UK too?

Went fairly cold for a week but is warming up again for the next week or so.

Off topic, anyone else ever visited this site?
http://www.hiddenfrontier.org/episodes/index.php
starts off with some very bad acting, but some of it improves.

No, I had never even heard of that, Ian. Where's it made? I took a look at one of the previews.

We had about 16-18 inches last night but not the blizzard conditions that were predicted. Some shoveling and some plowing by a farmer and we are good to go.

Looks like you have some more snow to deal with.

Skiing in Central Park indeed!

In the DC area we had maybe 6 inches, all on Saturdya evening. Schools were closed on Monday. Some Maryland counties go hit with a great deal more snow but they are not in my area. DC region is sooooo not prepared for any snow.

I think we got about a foot and a half. Snowed in for a day. Then I went into NYC for a Toy Convention and boy is NYC a unpleasent place with a lot of snow.
Many of the sidewalks arn't cleared so if you walk, you walk in traffic, boy is that fun.

And I have now seen Yellow Snow. Could have lived a lifetime without that.

Taxi's are even less likely to stop.

This murky 4-5 inch puddle builds up at crosswalks. Seriously, they look like something really damn scary from a scifi movie. I spent much time going thru the snow to avoid the cesspools.

But the convention was useful and a bit fun at times. Got some cool crap. Made a few good contacts. And in another week or so is the New York Comiccon. It is supposed to be huge. And I will get some cool stuff at it as well. And hopefully my friend Erica will be able to go in with me, which will be truly cool.

Hope all are doing well. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'm glad you had a good time at the con after all of the unpleasant slogging to get there. I'd seen some clips about NYC on the news, but they omitted the details- cesspool! Yike!

Because of the warm last few days here in eastern Maryland most of the snow is gone. We'll have to rake to get the gravel back into the driveway since the plow pushed quite a lot into the yard.

Well...that was interesting. Been a while, and when I logged on, there were features not normally associated with my logging in...Move Thread, Delete Thread... [img]eek.gif[/img]
Apparently the last time the computer connected to Hostboard was when our distinguished Moderator was out for a visit. Tempting, tempting...

No snow. Oh, if you want to drive 20 minutes or so, you can get to the snow on Mt. Diablo (east of Oakland) or Mt. Hamilton by San Jose. It is kind of interesting to see the thermometer at 32?F at 7:00 AM, and I'm all geared up for the ride to work. Fortunately, the "gear" includes a electric jacket, which along with the heated grips and seat, wasn't too bad. Get some strange looks from people in cars, but hey...

Been through the NYC area during the snow. Miserable place to begin with, but with snow? Not a nice place to visit.

Anyway, "Hi" everyone, I haven't fallen off the planet.

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