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No, It ain't revaling pictures of myself...where WAS your mind at?
Max
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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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Aussie
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Lovely to look at through the windows, but shovelling it? I don't think so.
I don't think you are going to be able to see out the windows much longer.
Aussie
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Wow, Macky!
The last time I saw snow like that was the winter of 1940 when I was at Hulme End in Derbyshire and we were cut off for a fortnight. Hulme End is about two miles from Hartington and there was one bus a day - but none for a fortnight. There was no public electricity in Hulme End so we had a battery wireless set which used a lead-acid accumulator to heat the valves and 'high tension' dry cell battery (something like 150 volts) to bias the grids. Of course we were desperate for news as the blitz was on in London, where my father worked, and my mother walked to Hartington and back to get the accumulator recharged (in those days electrical shops would charge them for you). She said she walked a lot of the way on the top of the drystone walls as the snowdrifts were sometimes four feet deep!
Love,
Anthony
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Macky
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Well, we're cut-off now. They have closed down the interstate highway system. The National guard is keeping cars off the highways. I doubt that it will last long, but for the time being, it's novel. I don't recall them shutting the roads down before. Probably just a matter of hours until they open up, but they are expecting more wind tomorrow, so who knows. The wind drops the snow wherever it pleases and cleared roads soon are covered again.
Now as to the Blitz. I never stop being amazed at how fond the old fogey English people are about recalling it. I was touring All Hallows by the Tower Church once, because that's where my state's founder was baptized. When we went to the place where they have the preserved Roman tilework under the church, some oldsters began to talk about how much like the shelters were during the Blitz. Before long they were all telling humorous stories, talking and laughing...one would have thought they were reminiscing about a day at the beach. There was a similar scene when my wife and I visited her two old maiden aunts in Wales. I didn't realize that tar bombs were raining there as well. Something in the human spirit loves a disaster. Odd, isn't it? Perhaps it's the echo of the joy of having made it through that.
Max
The last time I saw snow like that was the winter of 1940 when I was at Hulme End in Derbyshire and we were cut off for a fortnight. Hulme End is about two miles from Hartington and there was one bus a day - but none for a fortnight. There was no public electricity in Hulme End so we had a battery wireless set which used a lead-acid accumulator to heat the valves and 'high tension' dry cell battery (something like 150 volts) to bias the grids. Of course we were desperate for news as the blitz was on in London, where my father worked, and my mother walked to Hartington and back to get the accumulator recharged (in those days electrical shops would charge them for you). She said she walked a lot of the way on the top of the drystone walls as the snowdrifts were sometimes four feet deep!
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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Snow is the perfect inspiration to read a good book.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. (Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626)
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Great b/w pics, Max. Do they come in colour as well? lol
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Macky
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Location: USA
Registered: November 2008
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Nigel,
Now you know that white is, in fact, all the colors. Dig out your prism.
Just looked out the window. Snow stopped this evening. But even in the dark, I can see powdery white clouds leaping up off the ground and blowing skyward. Either God figured that he gave us too much and is taking some back, or it's drifting.
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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WOW!
You guys in the southern part of the state really got dumped on between this past weekend's storm and today's. Sunday a week ago I was at Ski Roundtop where they were desperately making snow for the upcoming President's week. The ski resorts are happy places now. If only people can get there on the closed highways. :-/
Cycling is the one sport where a guy can shave his legs, wear spandex and bright colors, and be accepted.
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ray2x
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We were back east over Christmas and New Years. There was snow in Albany and Boston area but certainly not as much. I consider myself lucky to have experienced a few white Christmases but not as many white President's Days. I'd get some cups of hot chocolate and some good jazz music. And watch the Winter Olympics.
Raymundo
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Macky
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Hi Scott,
Nice to hear from you. Yes, Roundtop has to be minting money now that the roads are open. Better watch if you ski there. The county blind assn is doing snowboarding there according to my son!
How has the thing with your wife been progressing?
All the best!
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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Macky
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Location: USA
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Yes, It's nice to watch. Makes me want to move to Nebraska so I can enjoy it almost year round. They're saying an inch or 2 early next week. That'll pretty up where the snow cover has gotten dirty. I feel bad for you Cali guys who don't get any.
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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Here in the south (Atlanta Georgia), we are getting a couple inches of snow. Nothing compared to like what you got, but still odd to see it this far south in the United States.
You don't love someone because they are beautiful, they are beautiful because you love them.
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M wrote:
> Here in the south (Atlanta Georgia), we are getting a couple inches of snow.
With much heavier snow south of Macon. It's supposed to be in the mid 20s (F) in the morning; I probably won't be able to get out of the driveway.
ps. Someone said on the news tonight that 80% of the US is covered in snow....weird weather.
(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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Not nearly as much snow as Macky, but for Atlanta it's a lot (2nd snow in a month)
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(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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Macky
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Location: USA
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Just enough for pretty! Nice picture E.J. I hear a while back that we were due for weird weather due to El Nino. Maybe all this is that. I believe England is having unusual weather too. Like aren't palm trees supposed to grow there?
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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We are having normal weather in England. The trouble is we have not had normal winter weather for years and now it's back to normal people don't know how to cope.
Palm trees anly grow in the far southwest.
Hugs
Nigel
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I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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kiwi
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Location: New Zealand
Registered: August 2009
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I do like Summer! ;-D
Apparently, the 'palm' trees in Torquay, in the south-west, are actually New Zealand Cabbage Trees.
cheers
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Do you know what these are, Kiwi. I'm told they are at Logan in SW Scotland!
Love,
Anthony
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kiwi
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Commas matter - 'Party on Dudes' is not the same as 'Party on, Dudes'
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You New Zealanders are certainly interesting folk. We grow our cabbages on the ground. I suppose it stops the rabbits from nibbling them.
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Sorry, Kiwi, for some reason the picture didn't go. Maybe it was too big. I've edited it into place now - but at a lower resolution.
Love,
Anthony
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Macky
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Location: USA
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Those look like palmettos, Anthony. It's the state tree of South Carolina. Must be a particularly hardy variety to grow in Scotland.
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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Hi Max, I remember watching one of those Discovery Channel shows about the ocean currents. The North American gulf stream flows up the American coast then hangs a right turn and actually runs straight across the northen Atlantic bumping directly into Scotland. It showed the trees and explained that this was the northern most spot for a palm tree to grow, since the current of warm water kept the temps moderate enough.
Since moving to Florida 5 years ago, I bought a book about the different palm trees of the south-east US. The palmetto, which my grandmother used to call "scrub" palms, are actually called cabbage palms as Kiwi mentioned. I also read that with the climate change happening lately, you can plant them further and further northwards each year. They just need covering from snow in the winter.
aqua
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving
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Macky
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Location: USA
Registered: November 2008
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Thanks aqua,
Palm trees in Scotland. Hooda thunkit!
I've often considered that the success of the folks on the Iles was due to their salubrious climate. Despite what they all say, it never gets hot there.
But lookie here; that Gulf stream is takin' our heat and giving it to those guys. I say let's us bill'em! ;-D
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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This season has been great all around for snowboarding. I've been on different mountains from NH through PA for about 20 trips so far (seasons passes are great). The thing with the wife, not so great. A year after I came out, she spoke with her attorney yesterday, I will see mine next Thursday. Divorce is happening. I'll make another thread eventually so I don't hijack yours, Max. Sometimes stories don't have happy endings.
Cycling is the one sport where a guy can shave his legs, wear spandex and bright colors, and be accepted.
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