Lets hear it!! Who has had enough and is ready for some open water fishing, yakking, warm sunshine on your face and the feel of a nice striper yanking on the other end???? It feels like a 4th and goal with 5 yards to go..........we will get there but it will be a battle! March 1st is my finish line!! Only 6 weeks which really is not too far away!:uhuh:

Bring on the cold....

Camping this weekend, you should tag along :hihi:, we're building snow shelters to sleep in....it just what the doctor ordered for what ails ya

My life is a living hell during and for two days after each storm... Yup I hate snow... I dont mind the cold but that white _ _ _ _ belongs in the mountains!:wall:

Winter just started.. lets enjoy the snow . I will be XC skiing and snowshoeing this weekend in NH. Go catch some fish thru the ice... winter is only 3 months... enjoy it while it lasts....

You are not quite "Right" in the head Kevin! :rotf2: And I was worried you would be uncomfortable sleeping on our couch!!!:rotf2:

Winter I like. Cold clean dense air to breath. Snow I hate , nothing but trouble.

How about snowless wineters? They have any places that get cold but get no snow?

LOVE THE SNOW

You live in NEW ENGLAND not Aruba

besides it keeps the woodpeckers away :devil2:

Winter just started.. lets enjoy the snow . I will be XC skiing and snowshoeing this weekend in NH. Go catch some fish thru the ice... winter is only 3 months... enjoy it while it lasts....

No Thanks!!......:hs::hs::hs:

I would settle for mid-march and a little late winter trout fishing right now.......:)

I love the snow!
I cleans the air, absorbs noise, and is a blast for skiing, snowboarding and sledding!
All of this AND the potential for some good ice fishing? It's winter nirvana for the soul!!!
Sure, I enjoy the warmer months, but that's a completely different season and a different set of likes and dislikes, and it will be here in no time.

Larry, count me in. Over two feet of snow this morning.

Is it just me, or has it been a little colder than in years past?

I don't mind the cold but could do away with the snow.

Winter gives me time to work more, bank some cash and build plugs and buy fishing gear.
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There is always a place called Florida for the sissies who don't like snow:grins:

Snow doesn't bother me. I am actually happy when we get a lot as it direclty relates to how good the spring run in CT has been in the past. Lots of snow leads to solid, steady flooding to really draw the fish up the rivers come May. I just hope it doesn't all melt in the next few weeks. We need a good snow pack up north to feed the rivers. :uhuh:

Actually, this season, nay, this past year has been similar to '94-'95.
Since these weather patterns tend to run in cycles.

Snow doesn't bother me. I am actually happy when we get a lot as it direclty relates to how good the spring run in CT has been in the past. Lots of snow leads to solid, steady flooding to really draw the fish up the rivers come May. I just hope it doesn't all melt in the next few weeks. We need a good snow pack up north to feed the rivers. :uhuh:


:btu:

Here and in more southerly climes where the snow melt helps the Striper Spawn

Winter I like. Cold clean dense air to breath. Snow I hate , nothing but trouble.

How about snowless wineters? They have any places that get cold but get no snow?

Go to Antarctica , hardly ever snows, one of the driest places on earth.
Have fun.
You can look for meteorites on snow mobiles.

Hopefully 8 more storms like this before april and cod season opens.
:grins:

Mixed feelings about snow ... when we have runoff from a lot of snow, it tends to give tautog lockjaw when fishing NY waters.

I'm keeping track of everyone that LOVES the snow.... and when the ice dams form on thier roofs.. some snow relaated incident occurs on thier property or to their car... or the spring floods combined with melting snow floods their basements.. I'll remind them how wonderfull the snow is... now I'm off to clear the drains on the flat roof of the building.. all the while reminding myself how wonderfull the snow is...:yak5:

I hate snow
I'm not a kid anymore
snow is for the mountains

I like it. Clean air, beautiful to look at. Besides, when my black lab tries to swim in it it's pretty hysterical.

aram

Drink beer!!!! Might as well make the most of it!!:buds:

The "Larry" beer was a gift I was saving for a special occasion! It was great Kevin...thanks!!

Drink beer!!!! Might as well make the most of it!!:buds:

That's what I do.

I'm keeping track of everyone that LOVES the snow.... and when the ice dams form on thier roofs.. some snow relaated incident occurs on thier property or to their car... or the spring floods combined with melting snow floods their basements.. I'll remind them how wonderfull the snow is... now I'm off to clear the drains on the flat roof of the building.. all the while reminding myself how wonderfull the snow is...:yak5:

I live on the second floor of a condo with a pitched roof with no basement at the top of a hill a few miles from the nearest river, so I am clear on all accounts. Yay snow! :jump1:

I am not alone in my affinity for the white stuff. Hard to tell but she's smiling too.

aram

Winter is what you make of it.
Bags to build, rods to build, plugs to build,...........winter isn't long enough.
Here are some projects at various stages of completion. :tm:

Liking the looks of those bags!

ab

Antartica!! Just what I need. :)


Actually , few people realize just how huge a place it is.

Cold!! Oh Yeah!! They say if you take a leak outside , the stream will freeze in mid air and you'll be stuck to that spot until the summer! :)

If it is gonna be cold, I'll take the snow. Winter without snow stinks. Plenty of good open water right now and decent sized fish. If it wasn't cold and snowy, I would think it is the last week of April. Hate frozen braid, though. Only problem I have with the snow is that getting to the barn to and coup to feed the chickens and goats when there is 2' of snow is a bit of a biatch.

While removing snow from the driveway and from the crippled trees and bushes, I lost my keys out somewhere in the snow. Maybe I'll find them in the spring or maybe the snow plow carried them away ?
Heavy snow severly damaged three arborvitaes and a pine tree.

Keep in mind that the accumulated snow will provide the spring runoff that will replenish the local aquifer. A winter without snow will mean a dry lawn and stressed trees come the summer.
Spring rains do help, but since they are typically deluges, most of the water runs off before it can do any good, so having a blanket of snow is actually beneficial. How many spring bulbs emerged last spring only to be zapped by a late winter/early spring freeze? Snow cover would have prevented that.

So you see, a snowy winter does have its merit, but like most weather phenominum, it takes a little getting used to.

Rock I too am in Service and it s will suck for the next few days after a storm,thank God Im not on call this week:uhuh:
I did get the day off so my Son & I put the snowblower in the back of the truck,he shoveled the walk ways and steps I did the drive way he made a few bucks!

I would still rather shovel tons of snow in lieu of earthquakes,tornados and severe floods. We will all still be alive at the end of winter. There are less fortunate souls out there.

48 years old and I still Love the snow, bring it on !!

I have to admit it.I will take the cold and snow for a winter rather than those 38-45 degree cloudy damp winters that seem to have become the norm for Eastern Ct.

There is always a place called Florida for the sissies who don't like snow:grins:

lemme know when thats gettin under way. anyone do tarpon trips?

Winter's fine. But noone can tell me they wouldnt rather be watching a blitz on a warm summer afternoon!?

Larry I want to smack you :spam: Master

There is always a place called Florida for the sissies who don't like snow:grins:

I just got off phone with a friend in Pensacola, it's going to be 22 there tonight, 25 tomorrow night.

Tonight's low here is about 20.

I'm literally sick of winter. can't eat, can't sleep. been drinking heavily. eh, whatever....

Larry, count me in. Over two feet of snow this morning.

Is it just me, or has it been a little colder than in years past?

it's a result of advanced age
suddenly you feel the cold MORE

At least my basement is dry, devoid of any moisture.

So did the world come to an end as some predicted ?
:confused:

This is just a "Sick of Winter" thread Ronnie! The world coming to an end thread is in Scuppers!

So did the world come to an end as some predicted ?
:confused:

i dont mean to fuel the fire but the end is supposed to be like half way through 2012. correct me if im wrong. Just use it as motivation for the upcoming season. silver lining see?:jump1:

So after I chisel out my plowed in driveway, I chisel out my parents and my aunts, what fun all hand done.
Every storm is a 2 chewed aspirin 8 hour lovefest.
Need to find a low maintenance masseuse.

Bears got to be right up there in the brains department, they sleep thru winter. Wish i could.

Larry I want to smack you :spam: Master

A Manzi love tap, right?:love:

Hey, not for nothing, being semi-retired, most of the pressure is off about having to clear the driveway at 5 a.m. to get out to work. Then not having worry whether the wife gets out and to work safely in friekin Taunton is another load off.

That being said I never did worry much about snow. Can't control it, so I really dont like devoting energy, postive or negative towards that end. Always had to work before clearing up crashes ancd getting people help for one reason or another. Now ust taking care of your own problems during a storm is really cool. Used the generator yesterday for a while so we had lights and could charge up phones only to find no service to be had. Generators are one cool item to own. Have to get it wired to house so I can switch over the burner and a few other things.

leave it to BF'in Negative Nellie to

find something to BEETCH about even when he's NOT fishing~~~

i choose to embrace God's Splendor in all her variations. LOVE the snow, cold is a state of mind and preparedness, and without Old Man Winter,,,,,,Spring, Summer, and Fall would be all messed up! so would our species!! they need wintertime to spawn, fatten-up, and re-ignite the migratory flight. no winter,,,,,,,,,,,,no fall run!!!

and how we gonna have a TFCTFN, if it's not TFC???
how'd you get to be so tall without any backbone, Larry?
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

Dawg,
Next big Northeaster that freezes solid come on down and have some fun, I'll WD 40 up the shovels and watch you enjoy yourself from my window seat.
Hot chocolate , aspirins and the de-fib are on me.
Lotta lift and carry, no place to put the snowcrete, it's awesome having the sweat dripping down your back all the way into your boots.
I especially like the lightheadedness and spots in front of my eyes.
Then we'll go to the gym and powerlift for a couple hours, It'll be great.
:kewl:

It's not so much the length of winter as it is the girth. :)

leave it to BF'in Negative Nellie to

find something to BEETCH about even when he's NOT fishing~~~

i choose to embrace God's Splendor in all her variations. LOVE the snow, cold is a state of mind and preparedness, and without Old Man Winter,,,,,,Spring, Summer, and Fall would be all messed up! so would our species!! they need wintertime to spawn, fatten-up, and re-ignite the migratory flight. no winter,,,,,,,,,,,,no fall run!!!

and how we gonna have a TFCTFN, if it's not TFC???
how'd you get to be so tall without any backbone, Larry?
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

Snow is our creators way of saying




FFFFUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!! :smash: :skulz:
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It's not so much the length of winter as it is the girth. :)

toooooo funny, Atlas!!
:rotf2: :rotf2: :rotf2: :rotf2:

Snow is our creators way of saying




FFFFUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!! :smash: :skulz:
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either THAT :smash: :smash:

orrrrr, His way of firming Our Yankee Resolve
:uhuh: :uhuh: :uhuh:

leave it to BF'in Negative Nellie to

find something to BEETCH about even when he's NOT fishing~~~

i choose to embrace God's Splendor in all her variations. LOVE the snow, cold is a state of mind and preparedness, and without Old Man Winter,,,,,,Spring, Summer, and Fall would be all messed up! so would our species!! they need wintertime to spawn, fatten-up, and re-ignite the migratory flight. no winter,,,,,,,,,,,,no fall run!!!

and how we gonna have a TFCTFN, if it's not TFC???
how'd you get to be so tall without any backbone, Larry?
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

Dawg:
if you think it's that much fun how about traveling in it for me? Took me 27 hours straight to get home from the Left Coast. My job SUCKS in the winter as I travel every week. Just can't wait for the week of the 24th when I'll be in frozen Atlanta, Columbus GA and Raleigh.

it's a lovely 6 degree's outside this morning! BRRRRRRRRRRR

my tomatoes turned this weird color and are hard as a rock :rotf2:

Dawg I got more backbone than you will ever know. I have worked in the winter, the snow, the misery! I used to cut cement with a water spewing hydraulic saw in sub zero temps......I am no stranger to it Dawg. Point is I am 46 and have had my share of it....I have a bad back that makes it quite painful to shovel this #^&#^&#^&#^&! I am quite sure you have spent the majority of your working life safe and cozy and oh so toasty warm looking at the pretty snow from the warm side of a window inside your office cubicle which makes it easy for you to run out into it at the end of the day and make snow angels. :rolleyes:

it's a lovely 6 degree's outside this morning! BRRRRRRRRRRR

my tomatoes turned this weird color and are hard as a rock :rotf2:

-3 degrees on the frozen tundra of Burrillville RI right now. 2 woods stoves cranked and a toasty 70 in the house but I have to go and get more wood out of the wood pile.

I have one more stoking of the stove them i gotta get out and make a few trips to the wood shed. Fun times, i turned on the electric last night, first time in a month or so. Its 72 in the house this morning. THe best thing about snow storms is that it insulates the house nicely.

Paul how is man town coming??:uhuh:

Dawg I am quite sure you have spent the majority of your working life safe and cozy and oh so toasty warm looking at the pretty snow from the warm side of a window inside your office cubicle which makes it easy for you to run out into it at the end of the day and make snow angels. :rolleyes:

Ummm Larry, Jess is an Iron Worker..... nothing safe and cozy there... He's just nutz, in a good way

Good new guys, It's going to be 40 on Tuesday and rain!!

If you need to move it, move it this weekend or it's gonna be there for a while because starting thursday the coldest airmass of the winter is coming..

Ummm Larry, Jess is an Iron Worker..... nothing safe and cozy there... He's just nutz, in a good way

Thanks you proved my point! He doesn't know me and I don't know him so maybe he shouldn't make assumptions.

with the snowblower down.....:wall:
it appears to be a clutch malfunction

i had to just go down there all powered up
and drag the S.O.B. backwards up hill in neutral

(lemme tell ya that wasn't easy)

and load it in the snow blower rescue van
so i can rush it to the hospital :soon:

with the snowblower down.....:wall:
it appears to be a clutch malfunction

i had to just go down there all powered up
and drag the S.O.B. backwards up hill in neutral

(lemme tell ya that wasn't easy)

and load it in the snow blower rescue van
so i can rush it to the hospital :soon:

Mine has a friction plate, I haven't replaced it but it appears to be a relatively painless procedure to change, when I'll need to. Hopefully after I move to a snow free zone

Thanks you proved my point! He doesn't know me and I don't know him so maybe he shouldn't make assumptions.

Good point.... but I know you.:grins:

I would like to give old man winter a columbian necktie.

Oh come on Bob...have you no backbone?:rotf2:

Guess not, but the pup loves the stuff.

My sheperd pulled a muscle yesterday, and his hips are really bothering him. Sad, he used to love the snow would snoot surf all day.

Awesome dog Bob!

buncha sissies

move the florida already


:bshake:

buncha sissies

move the florida already


:bshake:

It was 25 in Pensacola last night.

I get a sanity break next week, I get to escort the parents to Naples FL and stay for a few days.

I've been plowing/removing snow since I was 5 years old, helping my dad around his buildings as soon as I was strong enough to do it, now I run the show. Hate the stuff and can't wait to get past it again.

Meteorologically/historically speaking, the week of January 21 is the bottom of winter, then it is back up the ladder, so this upcoming week is my starting point for light at the end of the tunnel. My finish line is the 1st weekend in March when I can turn on the water at my cottage without much fear of freezing. Then it is time to hang the birdfeeders, burn downed wood and scout beach -

I get a sanity break next week, I get to escort the parents to Naples FL and stay for a few days.

I've been plowing/removing snow since I was 5 years old, helping my dad around his buildings as soon as I was strang enough to do it, now I run the show. Hate the stuff and can't wait to get past it again.

Meteorologically/historically speaking, the week of January 21 is the bottom of winter, then it is back up the ladder, so this upcoming week is my starting point for light at the end of the tunnel. My finish line is the 1st weekend in March when I can turn on the water at my cottage without much fear of freezing. Then it is time to hang the birdfeeders, burn downed wood and scout beach -

Thank you for the light--- I see the light --- Oh no it's a SNOWPLOW!!

Mine has a friction plate, I haven't replaced it but it appears to be a relatively painless procedure to change, when I'll need to. Hopefully after I move to a snow free zone

my cellar has no access really (ain't exactly legal)
if it was a walkin .......... i woulda dunnit

since not, i farm it out
to keep our economy going
just dropped it off

my cellar has no access really (ain't exactly legal)
if it was a walkin .......... i woulda dunnit

since not, i farm it out
to keep our economy going
just dropped it off

Not sayin you should do it. whatever you're comfortable with. I have been get more comfy doing my own stuff these days, so thats my choice unless it's like a internal engine component, then I'll look for help, until I learn how to do that stuff too.

A buddy of mine who lives about a mile away and is terribly disabled was yakking about his 19 yr. old sat inside and watched him do all the shoveling during the storm. He just signed for a car for the kid. Thats was kind of bothering him at coffee this morning.

Disabled and he was out shoveling while his healthy, able bodied son watched from the warm house??? And he just signed for a car for the kid?? Did you recommend to your friend he get his head examined?? Who is gonna wind up shoveling out the kids car???

I get a sanity break next week, I get to escort the parents to Naples FL and stay for a few days.

I've been plowing/removing snow since I was 5 years old, helping my dad around his buildings as soon as I was strong enough to do it, now I run the show. Hate the stuff and can't wait to get past it again.

Meteorologically/historically speaking, the week of January 21 is the bottom of winter, then it is back up the ladder, so this upcoming week is my starting point for light at the end of the tunnel. My finish line is the 1st weekend in March when I can turn on the water at my cottage without much fear of freezing. Then it is time to hang the birdfeeders, burn downed wood and scout beach -

Do you need a sherpa for bags and whatnot?
I usually wait until the end of March/first of April to be freeze proof.

A buddy of mine who lives about a mile away and is terribly disabled was yakking about his 19 yr. old sat inside and watched him do all the shoveling during the storm. He just signed for a car for the kid. Thats was kind of bothering him at coffee this morning.

That is so wrong........:doh::doh:

Todays word for the day is " filicide ".
Can anyone use it in a sentence ?

I don't know that we got amongst the greatest amounts of snow, but we definitely got the stickiest.... Still have 70% of the powerlines here in town covered in 1-3" of ice. Lots of them pulled down so low that a semi would probably hit them. The trees, poles, and houses are still covered on the north side. Once I got out of town I saw none of that on my way to a hockey in Andover. Must have something to do with the fact that Marblehead is surrounded on three sides by water and juts out into the northeast.....

Dawg I got more backbone than you will ever know. I have worked in the winter, the snow, the misery! I used to cut cement with a water spewing hydraulic saw in sub zero temps......I am no stranger to it Dawg. Point is I am 46 and have had my share of it....I have a bad back that makes it quite painful to shovel this #^&#^&#^&#^&! I am quite sure you have spent the majority of your working life safe and cozy and oh so toasty warm looking at the pretty snow from the warm side of a window inside your office cubicle which makes it easy for you to run out into it at the end of the day and make snow angels. :rolleyes:

oh how completely ASSUMPTIVE of you Larr!

i'm an Union Ironworker, for 24 yrs, and we don't go home unless it's
30-35 below w/ the windchill. i work in subzero temps, regularly.

last winter i was over 250 ft in the air, during a blizzard, taking apart a tower crane. my partner and i were sitting on 4" needle beams setting the trolley so we could dismantle the tower sections, then we were climbing up and down the tower sections and driving the 5" diameter link pins out of each section with 12# sledge hammers. it was soooo COLD, the hydraulics froze and we had to replace the pump. 12 hour days into nightfall for three days. THOSE 3 days were the coldest i've ever been. i've also dealt with a minor case of scoliosis my whole life that makes a "bad back" a daily affair and trips to the chiro pain maintenance,,,,,,,, about as far from cushy as one can get, my brutha!!

before that, i worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma~ again in sub-zero temps ~pulling water wells, and oil wells for my daily bread.

i'm 50 and i absolutely LOVE the sticky white stuff, snow angels with my daughter, sledding, snow caves, and shoveling snow is simply one of the toils of winter. let us not forget our elderly friends and family, likewise.

just found it humorous that your "Sick of Winter", when it's only just begun!! and you do choose to live/work/play in New England's wintry wonderland, no? at the risk of reiteration,,,,,,,,,COLD is a state of mind and preparedness, imho. i choose to embrace it and it definitely makes me long for Spring!!! :fishin: :fishin: :fishin:

thanks Ross~~~
the above was posted before i saw the previous posts.

didn't mean to ruffle your feathers, there, Snow Chicken!

or did aye?? perhaps the backbone comment was a bit COLD.
kinda like sending people to the Vineyard on a snipe hunt for Stripers!

but hey, if Winter was supposed to be warm we'd ALL be in Aruba.
:lurk: :stir: :stir: :stir: :lurk:

with the snowblower down.....:wall:
it appears to be a clutch malfunction

i had to just go down there all powered up
and drag the S.O.B. backwards up hill in neutral

(lemme tell ya that wasn't easy)

and load it in the snow blower rescue van
so i can rush it to the hospital :soon:

sorry to hear about the mechanical mishap

funny stuff,,,,,,,,,,,quick Robin, to the snow blower rescue Batvan!
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

GREAT dawgs, gents!!

gottsta LOVE their Spirit~~~
:jump1: :jump1: :jump1:

1300 clams for one of them huge snow thrower's

gonna get me one of them bad boys someday

the chunks (square blocks) of snow that slid off of the hoop house looks kinda like a sidewalk all destroyed by an earthquake

now .....i'm thinkin LOL

New gadgets to fight snow and ice (http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/new-gadgets-to-fight-snow-and-ice-19341)

Paul how is man town coming??:uhuh:

Guys are kind of on hold. Everything is done except for windows and siding. it has been too cold and snowy to side. They were actually willing to do it and did the Tyvec and corners but I told them to wait until the weather breaks a bit.

Larry likes to Wine

oh how completely ASSUMPTIVE of you Larr!

i'm an Union Ironworker, for 24 yrs, and we don't go home unless it's
30-35 below w/ the windchill. i work in subzero temps, regularly.

last winter i was over 250 ft in the air, during a blizzard, taking apart a tower crane. my partner and i were sitting on 4" needle beams setting the trolley so we could dismantle the tower sections, then we were climbing up and down the tower sections and driving the 5" diameter link pins out of each section with 12# sledge hammers. it was soooo COLD, the hydraulics froze and we had to replace the pump. 12 hour days into nightfall for three days. THOSE 3 days were the coldest i've ever been. i've also dealt with a minor case of scoliosis my whole life that makes a "bad back" a daily affair and trips to the chiro pain maintenance,,,,,,,, about as far from cushy as one can get, my brutha!!

before that, i worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma~ again in sub-zero temps ~pulling water wells, and oil wells for my daily bread.

i'm 50 and i absolutely LOVE the sticky white stuff, snow angels with my daughter, sledding, snow caves, and shoveling snow is simply one of the toils of winter. let us not forget our elderly friends and family, likewise.

just found it humorous that your "Sick of Winter", when it's only just begun!! and you do choose to live/work/play in New England's wintry wonderland, no? at the risk of reiteration,,,,,,,,,COLD is a state of mind and preparedness, imho. i choose to embrace it and it definitely makes me long for Spring!!! :fishin: :fishin: :fishin:

Keep in mind that the accumulated snow will provide the spring runoff that will replenish the local aquifer. A winter without snow will mean a dry lawn and stressed trees come the summer.
Spring rains do help, but since they are typically deluges, most of the water runs off before it can do any good, so having a blanket of snow is actually beneficial. How many spring bulbs emerged last spring only to be zapped by a late winter/early spring freeze? Snow cover would have prevented that.

So you see, a snowy winter does have its merit, but like most weather phenominum, it takes a little getting used to.

My grandfather used to call it "poor mans fertilizer".

A buddy of mine who lives about a mile away and is terribly disabled was yakking about his 19 yr. old sat inside and watched him do all the shoveling during the storm. He just signed for a car for the kid. Thats was kind of bothering him at coffee this morning.

AS it should have bothered him. Sounds like the kid is part of the entitlement generation. We have a neighbor who's kid is like that.
The mother says he has ADD....:smash:

I say he is just a lazy schlep. He stands on the porch smoking a ciogarette watching his step father shovel (step father is in late 50s)