Got Spring? (Snows all gone right?

[norgale]

If anybody is from the Buffalo,NY area maybe you could post a few snow pictures for us Southern folks who never get to see it anymore. Understand you are getting snow in feet today. Must be interesting to live in something like that. Pete

[patmat2350]

It started on Saturday in Motown.

[der kapitan]

Pete, I live just north of Buffalo, and we have no snow here. Wife works just east of town, and she reported a little bit at the office. :)

But there are reports of some heavy accumulations about 30 miles south of Buffalo where the ski areas are---. :D

Right now, it's 29 degrees outside---. :eek:

[Aerominded]

Looks like building season has begun there!

[trawlerlover]

Hey Pete don't you love living in Florida. Its in the 50s early in the morning and is in the 70s in the afternoon.

[Capt Cal]

SNOW!!! Here in California,we go to the snow. it does not come to us.(at least not in the Sacramento valley

[pkboo]

Yep, prognosis for coming weekend is snowstorms, hail and coldspells and I´m probably receiving my 2.4Ghz at the same time....big time bummer! Boo

[norgale]

It started on Saturday in Motown.

Neat picture Pat. Looks beautiful from here. Thanks for posting it. Pete

[norgale]

Hey Pete don't you love living in Florida. Its in the 50s early in the morning and is in the 70s in the afternoon.

It's in the fourties this morning and heading for the thirties tonight and I love it. I get so sick of the 98 degrees in the summer with an equal amount of humidity makes for very uncomfortable living. Thing is that if your a born New Englander you will never stop missing the changes in the seasons. Down here it's just green all the time and that gets boring. Don't know how I'd like the winter up North anymore as I've been here for over fourty years.
When I was in the Scouts and Explorers up on Cape Cod we went camping in the winter. Put pine boughs on the snow and a sleeping bag on top of that and slept very well. I loved every minute of it back then.
Anyway it's great to see pictures of all that snow again. To me its beautiful. Pete

[norgale]

Pete, I live just north of Buffalo, and we have no snow here. Wife works just east of town, and she reported a little bit at the office. :)

But there are reports of some heavy accumulations about 30 miles south of Buffalo where the ski areas are---. :D

Right now, it's 29 degrees outside---. :eek:
29 degrees is pretty darned cold if you ask me. I guess your lucky with no snow but South of you they are really getting hit bad. The snow does tend to bring everything to a halt but you have to admitt it pretty to look at for a little while. Pete

[der kapitan]

29 degrees is pretty darned cold if you ask me. I guess your lucky with no snow but South of you they are really getting hit bad. The snow does tend to bring everything to a halt but you have to admitt it pretty to look at for a little while. Pete
Funny thing Pete, after I signed off last night, I went to let the dog out, and there was about 2 inches of the white stuff on the ground---. :o

Must have snuck up on me---. :p

[SubNut]

Heck we even got a nice dusting here in central Ohio.

[mrbassman]

I feel for you guys. I haven't seen snow in seven years and I don't miss it one bit. However, cutting the grass on Christmas morning before the family comes over did take a bit of adjusting for me.

[charlie eaton]

Hey Karl, I'd really appreciate it if you kept the ''lake effect'' stuff out your way and not send it to the east coast. :D

[steamboatmodel]

We have had some north of Toronto, but just a light dusting that melts in the sun. The forecast for the rest of the week says we are going to get snow.
Regards,
Gerald

[der kapitan]

Hey Karl, I'd really appreciate it if you kept the ''lake effect'' stuff out your way and not send it to the east coast. :D
Uh, Charlie, I have no control over that---. :o

You'll have to talk to the Big Guy---. ;)

[ragss]

Brother in law signed up for truck driving school. Starts in January. Guess where he's taking the schooling. Buffalo NY. Never credited that family with much sense. Sorry honey Oh yea she got all the brains in the family. Now can I sleep in the bed.

[AndyKunz]

Probably isn't a better place to learn how to handle a rig in dangerous conditions. If I had to choose between a driver who got his training in Buffalo vs. one in Phoenix, I'd pick the Buffalo guy in a heartbeat.

The day I got my license (back in 1981) it was in a snow storm. Had icing conditions on the roadway. My Dad had already been teaching me on snow and ice (we lived in the NW corner of NJ). Passed on my first attempt.

Been in two accidents in my life. One was from playing on the ice, the other I was hit by a teeny-bopper blond in a pickup while I was stationary in a parking lot.

Andy

[keith S]

The only snow around here in the PNW is in the mountains most of the time. maybe a week or so in the middle of winter we see some. rest of the time.... cold rain.

[MShipley]

We had snow here in Virginia last night but it is all ready gone.

[rlboats2003]

I live about 8 miles east from Der Kaptian and we had about a 1/2 inch - If you guys understood what lake effect snow means it is dependent of what direction the wind is blowing across Lake Erie. I have been here where the snow line was so narrow that you could have snow on on side of a four lane highway go through an overpass and on the other side have setting evening sun. I use to live in the southtowns (Orchard Park were the Bills Play) some weeks would get 24" of powder every night. To the north side unless you have a north west wind there is very little snow. Coming from the east coast where you get use to coastal storms that have a defined start almost to the minute the WNY area took some getting use to - The good thing, snow melts and for the most part doesn't shake houses or have flooding waters that carry houses away and the summers never go past 95 degrees with humidity in the 70% going to a high of 88% during a week in August. The two great Lakes offer good sailing and boating and lots of other things. Do I miss stone farm houses and covered bridges yea - but this is has been home for almost 20 years now.

Hope the weather is good for everyone on the group this week,
Rich

[Kmot]

89°F today here in the San Fernando Valley. :rolleyes:

[der kapitan]

I live about 8 miles east from Der Kaptian and we had about a 1/2 inch - Rich
Actually Rich lives SOUTH of me, which makes me wonder if I want ro crew with a guy who failed Basic Compass 101---. :p

And it's only about 5 miles---. ;)

[jeepers1940]

Well, he still builds beautiful models, even if he's not sure where he builds 'em! :D

[pimp_squeak]

Here in London, ON (2 hours south of Toronto, 196 km, about 120 miles) we've been getting dusted for the last couple days, it melts every morning though. Here's a pic from last night, and a week ago at the rememberance day parade so you can see the autumn colours.

Fujifilm S700, f3.5, 3 second exposure
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Fujifilm S700, f3.5, 1/250 second exposure
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[Nate Goodman]

:cool: Its Fall here in Utah, two weekends ago we had 2-3" of snow on the ground lots of mountain snow, several ski resorts have opened two weeks before regular Thanksgiving openers. Last Sunday my usual sailing day it was sunny and 58 degrees, no traces of snow left. My friend Tom and I went for our usual 10:00 am to 1:00 pm sail,of course I brought a thermous of coffee, not the usual lemonade or iced tea we have had all season. This coming weekend looks like the very last temps in the low fifties,partially cloudy. Yes then it is the repair ,built,kitbash and modifi season. Also other indoor hobbies, model railroading, for layout views go to www.n-scaler.com look in the gallery section for Nate Goodman Nato layout photos. No log in necessary.Nate Goodman (Nato). Salt Lake, Utah.

[herrmill]

You folks can enjoy it for me. We had our share earlier in February when that freak storm covered most of China & blanketed Hanghzou with 14" the night after our move. Surprisingly, the orange grove down the road from our office survived. :confused:

Chuck

[rlboats2003]

Actually Rich lives SOUTH of me, which makes me wonder if I want ro crew with a guy who failed Basic Compass 101---.

And it's only about 5 miles---.

Actually it really is south east and a direct line compass heading back to my house is 115 degrees and about 5 miles in direct line would be correct. Except there is the almost due west heading of about 3/4 mile west on your street,then the 1.5 mile south west line (184 degrees) to NFB which is the bulk of the trip heading in a general 110 degree arc, then the 1.2 miles almost due east (88 degrees) off of NFB to my street and the .3 miles almost due south (175 degrees) to my drive way. Of course this was done by dead recon with the help of my old 1998 GPS unit still does a reasonable direction and course heading once it aquires the correct amount of transmitting space vehicles. I leave the fancy Garmin with screen and downloaded map below on the boat and use the 1998 on deck to get true position and subtract the 11 degress varation (all of Lake Ontario fall in that range) to get my compass heading.

Next summer if it doen't rain every week and I can get the wood work back on the topsides - we will take a ride. She is a solid old lady. The are nicer boats, factory fitted better boats - but she meets a period racing rule that Alden and S&S designed boats to. Her sheer line is like the Albergs and very John Alden. That meets my design criteria.

Der Kaptian - get that 1/24 ST hull done!

Happy Modeling
Rich

[norgale]

So no snow pictures??????? Opps! I missed page two. Ahemmm! Nice pics guys. Thanks. Pete

[norgale]

I don't know derCapatain, rlboats sounds pretty sure of himself on those directions. Got a very nice sailboat there with no holes in it too so I'd say he was a good navigator from what I see.
Say Rl are you leaving the boat in for the winter or is this an earlier picture?
Ya'lls winter is like our summer only in reverse. Too hot to go out and that's when I like to do the boat work. This is the time of year we can get out and be comfortable in doing so. Wish I had room for a train setup. Pete

[norgale]

RLboats I just looked at your boat in the close up view and that's really nice. However you have some scrambled ropes on that mast that need to get squared away. That makes me nervous. Ha!
Chuck's picture of the snow in his front yard is super as is Pat's pic out the window. These would make great post card shots. Thanks for posting them. Pete

[pkboo]

Actually Rich lives SOUTH of me, which makes me wonder if I want ro crew with a guy who failed Basic Compass 101---. :p

And it's only about 5 miles---. ;)
Karl, when you posted this I truly thought "this guy knows what he´s talking about". After reading RTLboats quite comprehensive reply in navigators lingo I´m not so sure anymore :p I had quite some laughs there, thanx guys! Eugène

[der kapitan]

Pete, I think Rich hauled the boat out last month.

You don't leave ANYTHING in the water here---.

[rlboats2003]

There is a reason for those scrambled lines on deck - As I was taking the pictures - I was just told that 2 boats away from me the mast came down and my boats mast and spreader save 2 boat and mine from some real damage from a falling mast. They used may fore and main Halyards to get the mast down. If you notice there is no boom on at this point as this was very early in this last season. I am making teak parts to go back on the boat. She is getting to the comestic things know but I want to put in a new water system and a holding tank and flush head that has greater then 4 gallons capacity. The final thing I want to do is unstick a bole in the rudder so I can drop it befor she goes in this year to check the bearings and grease up. She still has the bronze winches which look great when polished. I done allot of work already - but I trying to make this old Morgan 30 - bristol.

Happy Modeling,
Rich

PS - I feel sorry for you guys who never get a chance to experiance snow - over night we got about 2 inches - and when I left at 5:30 am it was still coming down. You can't beleive the calming affect snow coming straight down with now wind can give you nor the absolute quite and noise damping effect it has. It really is like the world is at peace with iself.

[NotSoOldSalt]

89°F today here in the San Fernando Valley. :rolleyes:

:mad: :censored: :mad:
29F here this morning, we had our first snow about 2 weeks ago, only had 3 or 4 inches but it was very wet and heavy, snapped trees all over the place and I had no electric for 2 days. Really sucks when your whole apartment is electric

Pete, I was born and raised in Connecticut so I am a true New Englander but my bones don't like the cold anymore! Gimme heat any day over the cold. Must admit that the change of seasons is nice though. Too bad there's 4 seasons. Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall, would be nice!

Mike

[jeepers1940]

Sunny skies and 61* here today, cold at night. Well cooler, anyway.

[pick013]

Snow.....no such thing.....it's albino brain chiggers!!!!!

[norgale]

Rlboats sounds like that could have been a very serious problem with a mast falling across your boat. Guess that's a good excuse for having scrambled lines all right. One thing about a boat is there's always somethng to be done on one. You do have a couple of good projects there so hope it's all done by spring so you can go out and enjoy the sailing. I love sailing. Calm and quiet. That's for me.I not in any hurry anymore. Ha! Pete

[norgale]

Pete, I think Rich hauled the boat out last month.

You don't leave ANYTHING in the water here---.

That's what I thought too. In Mass my grandfather had a boathouse to keep his 16 foot Garwood in. He built it on pilings pounded down into the lake bed and one year I helped him raise the boat up with a winch he had rigged up and set the boat on big timbers across the boathouse. That worked fine for the boat that winter but the ice moved the whole boat house almost a foot to one side. Everything was still ok although the boathouse had a slight list to it. Ha! Probably still has the list too but the boat is long gone. Pete

[rlboats2003]

Did granddad hold that woody in the slings in the spring to let the wood expand so the boat wouldn't sink. Two years before the purchase of the morgan - we bought a 57 Century Woody - and rented a garage to keep it in. The year 1 and 2 were great down the canal - taking it up to buffalo shooting harbor light houses - and keeping her clean and painting her bottom to cover the pinkish red. Then we bought the sail boat and the woody stayed in the garage except for shows - By the 4th year my wife was ready to sale her because she already took sailing lessons and what to go out on the boat with a head in it. Year 5 QT went to the Clayton action - we got what we paid for her and went home happy. The only way to keep these boats alive is to have a boat house and keep those bottoms in the water or use them more than once or twice a year.

Your right about sail - it may be slower but allot less noise and it has worked for 3000 years.

Happy Modeling
Rich

[norgale]

Rlboats I'm not sure how he put the boat back in the water as I never saw that. The hull was doubleplanked with a canvas layer between the plank layers so from what I remember after we got the boat it just went in the water and that was it. When Pop got too old to use the boat he gave it to my father. We always kept it at Edwards Boat yard in Waquoit Bay on the South side of Cape Cod where it stayed in the water at a mooring all summer and was in Edward's boat shed in the winter. I was just a kid at the time but no doubt there was a lot more involved with keeping the boat in good condition than I knew about. More recently I was looking for some history on the boat and found the family of Capt. Connell of Fall River,Mass who was a Garwood dealer and was able to get a copy of the original bill of sale for the boat to my grandfather. That was exciting to me. Pete

[charlie eaton]

Snow.....no such thing.....it's albino brain chiggers!!!!!
SHEESH! THMART ATH! :D

[patmat2350]

Don't want to be outside today! But I'm ok, ensconced in a warm basement next to the furnace...

[GreenAmphibian]

Hello again everyone,
I havn't been posting much because of work, but I do log on and read every now and again. None of the fluffy white stuff here in NC yet, but cold enough to start building again.

[charlie eaton]

Ain't none had no white :censored: here yet!!!

[Prins Willem]

Project day around the house. First thing was to fire up the snowblower and get rid of the 3" overnight. The weather said we are behind last year in snow for the same period but it feels like deja vu all over again. We had a white Thanksgiving which is not normal.

I just changed the pond picture on our website to the winter scene. The building season can now officially begin. :D

[charlie eaton]

Well, we got our first white :censored: yesterday. Oh well it had to happen.

[der kapitan]

We have a few inches, but not enough to get out the snowblower.

But it's cold here, went down to 12 degrees last night. The waterfall
in my pond area is nearly frozen over.

[Hoghappy]

This is the time of year that I am sooooooooooooooooo glad I don't live in the North! :p

My hot running fast electrics love the cool winter air/water too! :p :p

Crash

[norgale]

Don't kid yourself. Alabama gets pretty darned cold too in the winter. Pete

[Prins Willem]

This is the time of year that I am sooooooooooooooooo glad I don't live in the North! :p

My hot running fast electrics love the cool winter air/water too! :p :p

Crash


The upside to living in the north is our pond never gets hot enough to boil alligators. It is raining right now with 1" to 3" snow predicted for tomorrow afternoon/night. We are 4" behind last year in snow so far.

[charlie eaton]

Don't kid yourself. Alabama gets pretty darned cold too in the winter. Pete
Yup,saw snow at Ft.Rucker one year, believe it was Jan. 1969.

[Aerominded]

totally freezing here... 40's in the morning, burrrr... ;) :)

Building season is upon us! :)

By the way, does anybody know where 2008 went? :confused:

[drakonis]

40's wow tee shirt weather. :cool: um 2008 left allready. wasnt around that long. 2009 says its not gonna stick around any longer than a year at the most. we up here in the northwest "might" get a dash of dare i say...snow? by the end of the week. but only a dash. but its gonna finally freeze.

[MILLERTIME]

Will trade fog for snow, you pay shipping.

Don M.

[jeepers1940]

A beautiful sunny day here; a light jacket was sufficient. Snow? What's that?

[norgale]

Down to 56 this morning. Had to wear two jackets to walk the dog. Might hit 80 this afternoon. Snow Birds all over the place. A really nice motorhome parked behind me last night from Colorado. I do get to meet a lot of nice people here this time of year. Pete

[Predreadnut]

Got Ice !!!!!

[Prins Willem]

Got snow? Does this count? :(

[herrmill]

Watch out for those snowbirds, Pete! They always thought they owned the roads down in Tampa/St. Pete - especially those blue-haired old ladies in their Cadillacs.

[Greg Knipp]

Oh Bill I feel your pain!!!! :D We got upwards of 8" by the end of the storm. I am glad we didn't get any rain though as it would have made the snow removal extremely miserable.

Greg Knipp

[der kapitan]

Greg, we have rain now, and the snow has departed. Let's hope for no sudden freeze---. :eek:

Our dog went out for his evening constitutional, and spent about 20 minutes farting around out there in the rain and mud---. :p

Came in dripping wet, but a simple swipe of a towel over him made him fit to live with---. ;)

American eskimos have a fur that sheds water, dirt, and seemingly everything else---. :)

Which is good, because who can stand the smell of wet dog---? :D

[charlie eaton]

Watch out for those snowbirds, Pete! They always thought they owned the roads down in Tampa/St. Pete - especially those blue-haired old ladies in their Cadillacs.

Yabut not all of the ''bluehairs'' go south for the winter, some stay here and go 15 mph EVERYWHERE!!!!

[norgale]

Great pics Prins Willem. Brings back old memories of Massachusettes. The worst snow storm I ever saw was on the first day of spring one year. Thanks for posting them.
I know what Chuck means about the bluehairs. I get a kick out of cars with no drivers in them. With the highback seats sometimes you can't see the drivers and when you do they turn out to be little old ladies in big cars left to them by the departed husband. They generally are looking through the steering wheel,signaling a right turn while actually turning left or stopping in the middle of the road. Got to watch out every second.
And ya Charlie. 15 is the max tourist speed here now like up there. People pointing and looking at a damned palm tree instead of watching where they're going. Pete

[Prins Willem]

Yabut not all of the ''bluehairs'' go south for the winter, some stay here and go 15 mph EVERYWHERE!!!!

They keep building nursing homes and assisted living centers in our city. I'm afraid they will change the name to Ft. Lauderdale pretty soon.

Recently I was behind a car putt putting along at 25 in a 40 zone. As I finally moved past the car and glanced at the driver the thought that popped into my head was this woman taught Ben Hur how to drive a chariot. :rolleyes:

[mrbassman]

Got snow? Does this count? :(


I looked at those pictures and started sweating and shaking. I don't think I can deal with that again if I had to. SoCal definately spoiled me.

[Hoghappy]

Don't kid yourself. Alabama gets pretty darned cold too in the winter. Pete

Yip it gets cold...but we never seem to get it in combination with the wet stuff...at least not in my neck of the woods. If we see any accumulation (1/4" or more) it is very short in duration and then maybe once every 5 years.

The best time to sail here is anytime it's not summer!

Y'all can keep the frozen stuff up there... ;)

Crash

[norgale]

Trying to send you a link. Showd a lot of snow but the link won't work. Sorry. Pete

[jeepers1940]

Yesterday was overcast, breezy at times, very still at others, 70*. Tornado-type weather, and we had one 50 miles away. Actually had to turn the car a/c on for a while. The precip moved in last night, it's now cold - well, kinda - and rainy.
Laughing about the codgers and blue-haired codgeresses driving too slowly. Years ago, I used to fuss at 'em when I was behind 'em. Now my wife says I are one. My defense - I really hate tickets and accidents. And after all, how fast do you really need to go in a Jeep? :)

[Prins Willem]

This is the time of year that I am sooooooooooooooooo glad I don't live in the North! :p

My hot running fast electrics love the cool winter air/water too! :p :p

Crash

I heard a rumor that Hoghappy was going skiing in Baton Rouge this weekend.

[Hoghappy]

I saw that cell of wet white stuff to the Southeast of us yesterday....New Orleans may have caught some. You want to see some idiots...give us a inch of snow. We have folks pulling each other around the neighborhood while sitting on metal garbage can lids while tied to the bumper of a four wheel drive truck sliding around the corners hitting parked cars and a curbs. :p Give us a inch of snow and we shut down the entire world...cause no one knows how to drive in it. :D

[Prins Willem]

Some years ago my brother worked with a guy from southern Tennessee. He had lived up here for years (married a local girl). They were driving down to visit his parents and it had snowed through Indiana & Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police were shutting down I-65 because people were freaking out. At the roadblock he stopped and a officer came up to the car. The cop looked at the Wisconsin plate and waved him through. it is what you are used to I guess.

[keith S]

We are finnaly getting some of the white stuff and cold weather here in the Pacific NW. See what happens tonight aand through the weekend.

[Shaun Hendricks]

We might get a whiff of snow on Saturday... yes, that's Central California on the coast, well, only slightly up a hill, about 1000' feet above sea level, nothing big. However, it won't last, the stuff melts as soon as it hits the ground.

Until then, we'll be out in our short sleeved shirts doing yardwork in 68-70 degree weather. It's a bear I tell ya. Snow would be a change of pace! :D

[charlie eaton]

We just got rain and ice yesterday and last night,lots of trees and power lines down.

[Prins Willem]

We just got rain and ice yesterday and last night,lots of trees and power lines down.

I will take a good old fashioned Blizzard over an ice storm any day. A half inch of ice on everything and it is even dangerous to look out the window. :rolleyes:

It is kinda pretty though.

[Rmay]

5 Inches in BATON ROUGE, Louisiana! That was yesterday, today it's short pants weather again.

[gbrobbins]

Snow????? What is that????

GB
Port St Lucie, FL

:cool: :cool:

[toesup]

Snow????? What is that????

Thick rain...

We are due some later on today and in to tomorrow... :eek:

[drakonis]

got dusted with chunky rain last night but its gone now. 34` and steadily dropping.

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Thick rain...

We are due some later on today and in to tomorrow... :eek:

I think your presence is interfering with Vancouver snowfall,
We are getting dumped on in Beaverton, but the cameras seem to
be showing almost sunny in Vancouver. :p

http://167.131.0.179/Pages/RCMap.asp?curRegion=14&mainNav=RoadConditions

.

[toesup]

I think your presence is interfering with Vancouver snowfall,
We are getting dumped on in Beaverton, but the cameras seem to
be showing almost sunny in Vancouver.


But we have a dusting here... but not the 2-6" that was forecast... yet..

Which only goes to prove..
Snow is like sex..
"You dont know how much you will get or how long it will last"

[Predreadnut]

Right now its 52deg in St Louis, and 19 deg in Kansas City!!!!!Im right in between the two. First where going to get rain, then a 1/4in. of ice then a little snow. Sounds like a interesting commute tomorrow morning.

[Prins Willem]

We're not the only ones that the boating season has ended for. We got ice too.

[norgale]

Really great pictures guys and thanks for all the weather comments. Went to the flea market over the weekend and Saturday was really cold and windy which made it cooler. Temp was 46 and the windchill was 40. Pretty cool for here.
Another index I came up with is the toilet seat index. YUP! Gotta have one. On a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being the coldest the toilet seat index was 6 on Saturday morning. I do feel sorry for anyone still using an outhouse. Ha!
I appreciate all your comments and pictures and hope you can "keep 'em coming" Pete

[pkboo]

We just got rain and ice yesterday and last night,lots of trees and power lines down.
You guys are world news :cool: Saw the scenes on the news on Friday morning. I kinda recall it was purdy but waaaaay dangerous :eek: Keep warm, we can't compare :D Boo

[keith S]

Had snow late Saturday night up here. Worst thing are the winds coming out of the Northeast averaging 30mph sustained with gust over 60. Todays high will only be about 20 degrees at best. About 20 degrees cooler than normal for us! Not used to wind chill factor below 0!!!!!!!

[der kapitan]

Snow is like sex..
"You dont know how much you will get or how long it will last"
Hee hee, Toes, you're right on that---. :D

[420TEE]

Spent my first 60 years in New England. Now in TN where 2" snow closes the state. Tonight is supposed to be an ice storm, 60 degrees by Thursday. I do miss a good nor'easter now and then and some of the snow pictures look pretty nice. Probably my 17 year old American Eskimo misses it more than I do. Couldn't get her to come in after a foot of new snow.

[charlie eaton]

My son still has no power and it may be 3 or 4 days yet. Today it was in the 50's so allot of the ice is gone but the loss of trees is in the thousands as is folks without power.

[norgale]

How are you making out Charlie? Hope you at least have power so you can keep warm.I figure an ice storm is way worse than a hurricane. Pete

[der kapitan]

Probably my 17 year old American Eskimo misses it more than I do. Couldn't get her to come in after a foot of new snow.
17? I guess those Eskies DO live a long time if they're healthy. :)

My first one only made it to 16, but he had a lot of health problems---. :(

The one I have now just turned 10, and I expect him to be around for quite a while---. :D

[420TEE]

Kap, About 9 years ago she tore a tendon in a back leg. The vet said it may heal, we can do surgery which probably won't work, or she may limp all her life. We didn't do anything. When we got here our vet said to give her a glucosamine tablet every day. In about two weeks she hardly limped at all. Today when all three dogs and I go for a walk around the barn she runs at top speed all the way. She can't keep up with the "kids" but she sure can do a lot better than I could. Sometimes it's hard for her to get up but once all her parts are working she's as bouncy as ever. I've been taking glucosamine ever since. Hasn't worked that well with me but I guess I'd have to take about 5 pounds to equal the dose she gets every day. :)
Does your guy love the snow like she did?

[Bob Bighinatti]

Got SNOW well how about got ICE!!!! Lost powre on Friday moring at 5 am
in a middle of a shower. Had to get out quick due I have a well. My genartor
has ben running since then straight out. Got cable back last night so now I can see what is going on out there. My three kids are ready to kill each other.
May be another two or three days befor power is on . The kids chrismas vacation started early . My middle kid is haveing a minor surgery in Boston Mass tomrrow . Customers calling about installing genartors like crazzy.
Bob Big :) :)

[der kapitan]

420, does my dog like snow? Is the Pope Catholic---? :)

When the snow is shallow, he sticks his face in it, and when deeper, it's a full roll---. :D

[norgale]

Beautiful dog kapitan but I'm not familiar with the breed. Is it like a husky? My dog Cinder is a Golabracollie. Her mother was Lab and Golden and the father was Lab and Border Collie. Poor girl has never seen snow and would probably love it if she ever got into some.
Nice picture too. Any more "snow dogs" out there? Pete

[420TEE]

Kap, I have an almost identical picture of her on top of a 5' high snow bank I plowed from our driveway. Back in CT of course, not here. No idea where it is though.

[der kapitan]

Beautiful dog kapitan but I'm not familiar with the breed. Is it like a husky? Pete
Pete, "American Eskimo" is a name given to a Spitz not born on the European continent. ;)

Dogs had been bred there for over a thousand years, and the arrogant kennel clubs would not recognize animals born elsewhere. So they were renamed---. :)

Yes, my dog is part of the nordic breed which includes the husky, samoyed, etc. Typical of his kind, he's pretty strong for his size, and VERY hairy---. :D

[norgale]

Ha! Ya I can see the fur is pretty long. He sure is a beautiful dog. Thanks. Pete

[steamboatmodel]

From the weather forecast your "American Eskimo" is going to get lots of snow. They are forecasting 10cm for Toronto and the main fall will be south of us (Buffalo and West NY)
Regards,
Gerald