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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« Last post by Charlie V on February 17, 2017, 11:21:11 AM »Best of luck to you with the new choppers, Gene. I sure hope they serve you better than mine did. I put up with them for quite a few years. Never did fit right and always had to be glued in to be any use at all. After I retired in 2008, I put them in the cup and mostly left them there. I would sometimes use them when going out, but eventually stopped that too. Life is too short to put up with constant misery. I just try not to smile too much.
You do pretty good reporting our weather, except for the snow part. As I look out I see a mix of snow and green grass. We pretty much do not have any. In spite of the threats the weather people make, the most I have seen at one time since November is one time between 3 and 4 inches. I did do a light clean up one time lasy month, but was barely picking anything up. I only did that in hopes that what was left would melt clean later in the day when temp. went above freezing. Don't like partial melts that refreeze into glare ice. As you know, temperature has been a roller coaster ride. Get an inch or two of snow, then it melts to green grass again. Really easy winter here so far. Just fine with me and I feel no sympathy for the skiers and snow mobilers. I suspect there may be some plow guys a little short on cash too. On the other hand , it is not over until it is over!!
Ralph is getting some very nice footage from his drone. I keep up with them as you put them up to you tube, Ralph. Just waiting for you to catch up with a deer herd or a pack of youes. Is your boneyard PTO working as it should on whichever Cockshutt.
One more thought on the weather. The reports constantly tell us here of the heavy snows in the Wyoming / Genesee County snow belt off Lake Ontario. I was well into Genesee County This Tuesday. To my surprise -----Not only no snow banks, but no snow at all. Grass in peoples lawns looked like springtime. We had a little more than that here. Strange.
Charlie
You do pretty good reporting our weather, except for the snow part. As I look out I see a mix of snow and green grass. We pretty much do not have any. In spite of the threats the weather people make, the most I have seen at one time since November is one time between 3 and 4 inches. I did do a light clean up one time lasy month, but was barely picking anything up. I only did that in hopes that what was left would melt clean later in the day when temp. went above freezing. Don't like partial melts that refreeze into glare ice. As you know, temperature has been a roller coaster ride. Get an inch or two of snow, then it melts to green grass again. Really easy winter here so far. Just fine with me and I feel no sympathy for the skiers and snow mobilers. I suspect there may be some plow guys a little short on cash too. On the other hand , it is not over until it is over!!
Ralph is getting some very nice footage from his drone. I keep up with them as you put them up to you tube, Ralph. Just waiting for you to catch up with a deer herd or a pack of youes. Is your boneyard PTO working as it should on whichever Cockshutt.
One more thought on the weather. The reports constantly tell us here of the heavy snows in the Wyoming / Genesee County snow belt off Lake Ontario. I was well into Genesee County This Tuesday. To my surprise -----Not only no snow banks, but no snow at all. Grass in peoples lawns looked like springtime. We had a little more than that here. Strange.
Charlie