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04-14-2018, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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Springtime in Minnesnota
Was gonna get the car out and go for a nice spring cruise today,,,NOT
Trouble is, It's going to get worse later today and tonight. Click on picture to Enlarge
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Looks like it's gonna miss us up here north of Brainerd. Still cold and windy and grey outside. It's still better than the snow they're getting further south. Of all the winters dor getting stuck in Minnesota.
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04-14-2018, 02:19 PM | #3 |
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Hey Denny, if the winds would just change direction, they could blow
some of this up your way Winds are outa the north tho 30 to 50 mph .
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Last yr it was t-shirts and shorts on Easter. Lake was out on April 1st last yr also and thats no joke. Just saw a guy driving his truck out there to go fishing today.
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roads are glare ice here, rain to sleet then snow last night. ground is thawed, so mud underneath it all. snowing like crazy now, and supposed to go all night. 12-15 when done. yea its spring!!
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I was in Wal Mart the other day and got talking to a guy in the fishing tackle section. I thought he was window shopping for next spring, but he said he is going ice fishing just about every day. He said there is still 3 1/2 ft of clear ice on the lakes up here. It's hardly been above freezing at all and Tuesday it was 1 below when I got up. We're still making ice at that rate. I hear they're thinking of pushing the opening of fishing season back to the 4th of July.
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In Green Bay we got 7.5 inches of snow last night and they are predicting 7 to 14 inches more thru Monday morning.
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04-14-2018, 05:00 PM | #9 |
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This morning I thought the windows were fogged up. Turned out the wind was blowing so hard that there was a complete white-out outside. Luckily it looks like we are not going to get as much snow here as southern MN. Mpls news this afternoon was saying that we are probably going to have a new, all time record for April snowfall.
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04-14-2018, 05:12 PM | #10 |
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I remember a couple of times back in the fifties we'd get snow in May....This was in St. Paul....
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I'm not trying to highjack your thread but it was nice down here in Georgia today.
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Greg, if you were just a couple miles closer I would throw snowballs at you!
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04-14-2018, 08:03 PM | #13 |
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Greg, as Minnesota born guy, we deserve those jabs, ha. But being a previous twenty yr resident of Florida all I can say is... lets reconvene this subject of weather in june/july.
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Today is February 73rd
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Its a pretty miserable spring here in Sask. too. I think I spent maybe half an hour outside in that cold wind today. 3 years ago yesterday I was out test driving the 52 Merc on mostly dry ground on a warm sunny day.
Good times are coming...soon.
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I know I'll hear from everyone later, it does get so hot here that the 50 has to stay in the garage. July and August the last couple of year haven't been suited to a no a/c car.
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I have a buddy who's a lineman in sw minn. He's really busy after 70 poles went down leaving small towns in the area without power. Roads littered from Nebraska to South Dakota with jack knifed trucks. Crazy weather... heard there is a contract out on that damn groundhog. ha ha
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yep
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A coupla hosers, eh.
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Today is February 73rd
================================================ BINGO, Good one 38 Ford Guy,,,I think you nailed it. Can't wait to see what the New calendars will look like. .
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This global warming is gonna freeze us all to death
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I guess I could have taken the Merc out for a spin early in the morning when everything was still frozen dry. But by the time I got outside it was melting snow and a few mud patches so the Merc stayed indoors.
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04-15-2018, 11:00 PM | #28 |
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Well, it's official. We broke the record for snowfall for the month of April.
This is the most snowfall recorded for April in our area since record keeping began. Also, we have had a few luke warm days, but it has been colder than normal here by about 20 to 30 degrees, for the last 2 months. I hope things start getting back to normal pretty gol darn soon,,, getting cabin fever here. .
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Don't know about any records here but we certainly have a lot of disgusted looking robins.
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In Alberta, where there are now mopeds, motorcycles, and rat rods out on spring roads, we're already counting the number of days left in the season before we have to put our vintage cars away for winter and hockey season.
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Storm finished in Green Bay with 23.7 inches of snow. Second most snow fall on record. In 1888 there was a storm with 29 inches. Last year 74 degrees?
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04-17-2018, 11:21 AM | #33 |
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Hint, Even if you have a snow blower, don't get rid of your shovel.
This is 3 days after the blizzard of the month. Starting to see some pavement. Click on picture to Enlarge.
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Maybe 3 more inches tomorrow.
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04-17-2018, 07:16 PM | #35 |
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We could get 3 or more inches tomorrow too.
Well, at least I got my snow blower dug out now, so now I'm ready for more...Bring it on...NOT. .
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Started up here about 5 today and they say we could get an inch of snow. Guess the Merc stays in the shed for a bit longer. I worked on the 53 parts car and got the front fender off today. Didn't break anything other than a few rusted bolts Ihad to cut off. Good thing I am not charging by the hour though.
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Not being a sour note; but as soon as (someday) it gets in the 90's them
globle geeks come out in full force. They have no common sense like how come my furnace been full tilt for 7 months? Whats left outta 7 months? Why were dinosaur bones found in the upper mid west huh? Palm trees in Minot say what? My biggest rant is 'they get a paycheck' while the boys way up in a bucket in a blizzard dealing with big time volts & people bitch cause they got no tv or computor....I do not get it. I put my home calender on March 1. |
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I don't want a response or want to set off a rant here on.
There is a difference between weather and climate. Think of it this way. What your wearing today is like weather. Tomorrow you'll be wearing something else. Now go into your closet and look at your wardrobe. Your wardrobe is like climate. I'm not advocating either way. But there is a difference. I'm wearing shorts today. It's 47 degrees here. |
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A little warming here today. The wind dropped, sun finally came out and the temp hit near 40 degrees so we saw some good melting today. Nice weather to work in the shop with the South doors open and enjoy the heat. Nice day to fly too. I took this shot about noon today.
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Nice spread! Very cool picture. You must have a good drone. I know some have elevation limits.
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I used it to shoot this "leaf tour" video following the 52 Mercury this past fall. https://youtu.be/mE5QzXoXkbo
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So is it like this? It follows you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFWiPUTumU
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cool shot ralph, can even see the curve of the earth! so much for those flat earth folks! all those big sheds, you need to wall off a small space you can heat for winter work on the merc. no such thing as too much insulation, and its money well spent
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Would you believe all those sheds are full and I need still more space? This farming hobby keeps cutting into my old rusty car occupation. Actually the little red shed where the 53 is parked has an oil furnace with a little insulation and I can get the temperature up to a workable level if I have a job that really needs doing.
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