Weather or not

[Geo]

Merry Christmas!

I have to share one of my presents from my daughter.  It's snowing, very windy and near zero outside however warm inside.  My friends in the south have a similar problem 6 months out.

I find the high temp in summer too much when over 100 degrees F and think of the cold of winter.  Well today the wind chill is below 0 degrees F and I was thinking of the warmer weather to come and working on the car again.  My daughter wrote a poem a few day's ago and wrapped it for me to open and it was just what I needed today.


Summer

The wind is blowing
While kids fly their kites in parks,
The river water is flowing.
It's a hot summer day.
The sky is a beautiful blue
It's a lovely day to go out and play.
Kids eat yummy ice cream.
The nights are cool and damp
Summer's here as if in a dream.


She is nine and enjoys my cars.  There is hope for us both.

Happy New Year to all!

Geoff Green      Geo

[wobblywalrus]

Kids are great.  That is a nice poem.

[Glen]

Testing

[Seldom Seen Slim]

24F and sunny in Skandia, Michigan, Glen.  Nancy leaves for work in less than an hour -- and I go work with the new snowthrower.  I'll take the camera and get some photos of the new toy.

[theazoldcrow]

   68 degrees and sunny here in Arizona!  (Just had to be a snot!)     Crow.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Whaddaya mean, snot?  You're the one with the nasty un-Christmas-like weather.  I keep telling youse guys -- I couldn't live where there's no winter, no wintry weather, no snow.  We had a "green Christmas about fifteen uyears ago -- I rode the gold Wing on Christmas Day -- and it was just wrong.

[Geo]

Glen,

Glad you are able to test!    Yes you are still with us.  I hope to be testing here when I am in my 70s

You know what Slim says 

Any day you can test on Land racing . com is a great day!

Geo

[Glen]

Geo
It's seems really quiet today even the e-mail is slow and quiet. Guess everyone got used up yesterday and need the rest. It's warming up to almost 40 right now so I guess I can go to the garage. Clear blue skys , no wind like yesterday so no excuse to not do something. Can't wash the truck as the hose is frozen, I think a clean up in the garage is in order.

[floydjer]

Let`s see some pics. of that snow thrower (aka- Michigan porn)

[4-barrel Mike]

Yesterday's weather in case you missed it. 

According to the National Weather Service, on Christmas Day, 63.0% of the Continental U.S. was covered with snow, with a average depth of 5.0"

http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/index.html?region=National&year=2009&month=12&day=25&units=e

So, obviously theazoldcrow is odd man out. 

Mike

[Scott]

It's been cold here. 120 miles from Wendover. 9 below nite before last, wind chill about -30. Hard to believe the temp difference  between august and now.             SB

[jimmy six]

I don't care where you are.. If you can't step out and look at the Pacific Ocean.......Who Cares

[Glen]

Weather tonight on the salt will be 7 degrees, right now it's a warm 12 degrees.

[Scott]

I don't care where you are.. If you can't step out and look at the Pacific Ocean.......Who Cares

Your just a Ol Beach Bum JD

I guess 2 months of real cold is worth the 2 hour drive to the salt.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Ah, finally -- photos of the new snow thrower.  I used it for an hour or so today to clean around the mini storage (that we own) and do some other work at the property.  Quite the device -- but not without a few hassles, like the chute plugs pretty easily.  I'll be getting some snow thrower chute teflon (yes, California folks, there is such a thing) to spray on the inner surfaces, and one wire connector is farkled (from the manufacturer).  But mostly - great!





My pickup and trailer in the background, and the building I used to own (Star Industries):



Now -- don't you wish you had a toy like this?