Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[daytime dave]

It was something below 0 last night. 2 F this am. It's 9 in the full sunshine now.

I took a thermos of coffee over for babysitting duty this morning and I just put on half a pot more as I just walked back home. My LLBean 3/4 length wool coat with attached hood is plenty warm for this weather with the right clothing underneath. It is no longer offered. I have it in blackwatch tartan. I used to have a cap that matched until it made it's way into the laundry by accident and came out a few sizes smaller than when it went in. The second round of coffee is with the farmall mug.

This afternoons plans are to catch up on some office work.

I hope your day is great. Enjoy your Friday.

[Hatchdog]

Woke up to 30 with 34 forecast up here in the balmy north. Feel bad for you folks back east and down south in the Texas area. Ma nature is not respecting you, is she?

I was sitting in my recliner drinking my coffee and enjoying my morning forum journeys and then my phone rang. The fence crew was going to start my project today so I had to put the coffee and ipad down and head outside to snowblow off the fence line. Then use the tractor to move the berm I plowed up because it had too many driveway rocks in it and I figured I would just break a shear pin on the blower. Good think I waited to remove the snow due to my concern with the ground becoming frozen without the snow blanket for insulation. These poor guys used manual labor post hole diggers to dig the holes. Needless to say they were happy the ground was still thawed. I am amazed just how quickly four guys were able to dig the holes for 300’ of fence. Ah to be young again….


Interesting that it was last September when I contracted both the thinning/limbing and the fence projects. And now here in January both crews are here working at the same time. Funny how life works out sometimes.

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[JEBar]

the snow mentioned above has arrived .... now calling for upto 3"

[markiver54]

I think that one has missed us. Maybe a dusting a little later though.

[Hatchdog]

the snow mentioned above has arrived .... now calling for upto 3"

Just heard on the National news that the Carolina’s and Virginia is going to get it!

Hoping for the best for you folks.

[markiver54]

the snow mentioned above has arrived .... now calling for upto 3"

Just heard on the National news that the Carolina’s and Virginia is going to get it!

Hoping for the best for you folks.

Thanks Hatch. The eastern half of NC is supposed to get it worse than us this time. Right out to the coastline.

[cooperhawk]

Just heard on the National news that the Carolina’s and Virginia is going to get it!
Hoping for the best for you folks.

Well, I guess Virginia and the Carolina's will have to get all six snow plows out.
Don't get me wrong, I lived there for twenty years and saw how they handled snow storm.

[JEBar]

Well, I guess Virginia and the Carolina's will have to get all six snow plows out.
Don't get me wrong, I lived there for twenty years and saw how they handled snow storm.

unless one has been purchased recently, NC doesn't have a dedicated "snow plow" in the state .... we do have plenty of dump trucks with a scrape blade on the front and a salt/brine spreader on the back

[Ernie]

I moved down to Kokomo Indiana in 1972 and that winter we got 10 inches of snow overnight. That day after shoveling out and driving to work only to find out it was closed, I was driving around amused about why everyone was having so much trouble and freaking out when I came across the cities only 3 "snowplows" which had become irreversibly stuck trying to help the first stuck plow. Had a good laugh. City was closed for 2 days,

[markiver54]

I am happy to live in a region that does not require an over abundance of plows.
I despise winter! Have had my share, having previously lived in the Chicago area for 20 years.
Keep your snow up north please!