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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 10:52:58 GMT -5
We had rain from 9 pm to 3 am… the local news channels are overly animated every time we have rain or snow….
It is only worse when NYC gets snow and the national bureau’s report on it… we are all suppose to freak out.😂
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 2, 2024 13:26:48 GMT -5
Aah, freak out! Le freak, c'est chic. No rain in the swamp yet. My sister is on high ground out in Modesto. Two doctor appointments down, taxes done, respectful hair cut and close shave making me look like a human again. Celebrate good times!
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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 13:31:18 GMT -5
Aah, freak out! Le freak, c'est chic. No rain in the swamp yet. My sister is on high ground out in Modesto. Two doctor appointments down, taxes done, respectful hair cut and close shave making me look like a human again. Celebrate good times! I almost bought a Kaufman and Broad house in Modesto in the 90’s, we really liked the house, had a creek nearby. I decided that the commute to Fremont was just too much. A few years later, all of that neighborhood was under water. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 2, 2024 15:03:24 GMT -5
Dense fog this morning. I would not have gone to Ogallala if I had known how bad. 50Y visibility over and back. While crossing the dam I couldn’t see the lake at all. And would you believe people driving white and grey vehicles had their lights off?
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 2, 2024 15:15:07 GMT -5
My sister has three kids in Modesto all in their sixty's at this point and all out of the flood zones so no worries there. Modesto is getting buckets of rain right now. Funny the number of super hard core commuters out that way driving 100 miles each way to work. When I still worked used to do 100 miles a day but at least it was all toll roads even that takes a big chunk of time out of your day.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 15:26:38 GMT -5
My sister has three kids in Modesto all in their sixty's at this point and all out of the flood zones so no worries there. Modesto is getting buckets of rain right now. Funny the number of super hard core commuters out that way driving 100 miles each way to work. When I still worked used to do 100 miles a day but at least it was all toll roads even that takes a big chunk of time out of your day. Yeah, a lot of people make that commute, it is nuts. All of that was a flood plain before the white man put in all the reservoirs. Now the state in their infinite wisdom is blowing up 5 dams, and ridding itself of hydroelectric power, and common sense water management.The money that all of the citizens put in the bank to maintain it all is (still to my knowledge) being collected. Not sure if that will affect the Modesto area, but it will for some. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 15:28:30 GMT -5
Dense fog this morning. I would not have gone to Ogallala if I had known how bad. 50Y visibility over and back. While crossing the dam I couldn’t see the lake at all. And would you believe people driving white and grey vehicles had their lights off? Gus, did you stop off and see Clara? ( Lonesome Dove/Ogallala reference) No shortage of common sense by some motorists… For years I drove the San Joaquin valley (Tule fog), typically 80,000 gross. There were times that I could not see the marker lights on the 48’ trailer. I figured out that 45 mph was about as sweet a spot that I could travel at. Any faster, you face crashing, any slower you chance getting rear ended. Saw a lot of fatalities. The most grisly was two Mexicans in a cabover roared past me, slammed into a flatbed loaded with bagged cement. It put the steering axle behind the drive axles and the two guys were launched through the windshield. Bad fog is no joke! |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 2, 2024 15:30:52 GMT -5
Clara don’t live here no more.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 15:39:24 GMT -5
Clara don’t live here no more. Should have gotten there sooner, she was a looker with a big ranch. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 2, 2024 16:27:53 GMT -5
 Gus ruined her!! 
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 2, 2024 16:29:12 GMT -5
How can this be?? The sky is clearing and the sun is shining! Wromg Kemosabe! Just the opposite here. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2024 17:23:19 GMT -5
Snowing this morning. Too warm. 0800 and the temp is 32 degrees (F). Likely turn to rain and then the roads freeze to ice in the evening. Heading to town for MD consultation. It will be an interesting drive home! Yikes. Stay safe out there, John. Hope you get good news. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 2, 2024 17:58:07 GMT -5
Ditto^
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 2, 2024 18:06:57 GMT -5
^ double ditto
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 2, 2024 18:28:38 GMT -5
Tripple whammy
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2024 21:13:51 GMT -5
Oh, hey, it got up to 70 here today. Won't see it again for the foreseeable, though.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 3, 2024 10:12:59 GMT -5
Five inches of snow this morning. More coming down. The most we have had in a while. I hope it continues and remains cold enough not to melt and run off.
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Post by don on Feb 3, 2024 11:49:56 GMT -5
Snowing heavy in Denver right now. My day is going to be reading, coffee, a pipe , ammo reloading, then a little bourbon and a pipe. Maybe a walk late today with my snowshoes if it accumulates enough.
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Post by coalsmoke on Feb 3, 2024 14:19:09 GMT -5
It's 42° here with a clear, sunny sky...a welcome break from the constant cloudiness.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 3, 2024 15:08:41 GMT -5
Snowing heavy in Denver right now. My day is going to be reading, coffee, a pipe , ammo reloading, then a little bourbon and a pipe. Maybe a walk late today with my snowshoes if it accumulates enough. Sounds like a good day. May I enquire as to what you are reloading? |
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 15:15:30 GMT -5
30 and cloudy here. Supposed to warm up tomorrow. I read that 24 days in January had no sunshine. I hope this month is sunnier.
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Post by urbino on Feb 3, 2024 16:48:04 GMT -5
We're around 70 again. They were predicting mid-60s. It is overcast, but I'll take it.
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Post by urbino on Feb 3, 2024 16:48:40 GMT -5
Snowing heavy in Denver right now. My day is going to be reading, coffee, a pipe , ammo reloading, then a little bourbon and a pipe. Maybe a walk late today with my snowshoes if it accumulates enough. That sounds like the correct sequence: reloading, then bourbon. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 3, 2024 17:00:15 GMT -5
55 degs, rain, gray and dreary!
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Post by toshtego on Feb 3, 2024 17:08:45 GMT -5
30 just now. Light snow falling. We have about 8 inches but melting some. I measure snow on the steps to the roof as they are colder than the ground.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 3, 2024 17:12:32 GMT -5
So, the other day, true story, while being prepped for both a colonoscopy and and an endoscopy, the RN asked me if I was missing any teeth. I told her "several. " "Where are they?", she asked (truly). I responded, "If I knew where they were they would not be missing." That got a laugh.
OK, Ok, I am not ready for the big rooms. Strictly a lounge act.
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Post by don on Feb 3, 2024 17:24:12 GMT -5
Snowing heavy in Denver right now. My day is going to be reading, coffee, a pipe , ammo reloading, then a little bourbon and a pipe. Maybe a walk late today with my snowshoes if it accumulates enough. Sounds like a good day. May I enquire as to what you are reloading? 300 Blackout |
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Post by don on Feb 3, 2024 17:25:36 GMT -5
Snowing heavy in Denver right now. My day is going to be reading, coffee, a pipe , ammo reloading, then a little bourbon and a pipe. Maybe a walk late today with my snowshoes if it accumulates enough. That sounds like the correct sequence: reloading, then bourbon. You are quite correct sir. The bourbon is only for when I am done. Holds true for shooting, too. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 3, 2024 17:31:11 GMT -5
That sounds like the correct sequence: reloading, then bourbon. You are quite correct sir. The bourbon is only for when I am done. Holds true for shooting, too. Beat me to the punch! My buddies and me go shooting annually up on the mountains, and the spirits come after the shooting. I have yet to start reloading, but one person I hold in high regard says that when he goes in the shop to do so, nothing that can distract is allowed. He has a building that is mind blowing in the contents contained… just for Thompson mg, he has 4…. And it goes up from there… 2 BAR’s… etc. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 3, 2024 17:39:53 GMT -5
Just finished trimming the Mexican bird of Paradise plants, Yellow Bells, grass, etc…I need to hire a landscaper until I retire then do it myself to keep me busy.
Got a notice from the HOA about weeds that I need to take care of they didn’t go crazy, but they definitely needed Roundup.
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Gus ruined her!! 
