Coffee, Saturday 2-27-10

 
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Post by Freddy » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 5:16 am

Don't be shy, come right in & have some coffee & breakfast. If it's your first time we'll serve you, but after this you're on your own. Today we have a good artery clogging feast. Bacon, sausage patties, home fries, toast with real butter and fresh eggs over easy. Ahhhhh... this'll give us the energy we need to move snow, stoves, boilers, and mountains.
Crazy weather! Once again we got rain while south of us got snow. Perhaps a good thing too. I think we'd have seen well over two feet if it were snow. I hope all you in the snow belt are hanging in there. It's got to be tough when it's not normal for you.
I haven't been here as much lately....between nursing home duties (mother in law lives here & is bed bound), work, building my new CNC router, and shouting loud enough to push Apolo Ohno into first place, all my time get's filled. Then toss in "an emergency upholstery job" and before you know it 14 hour days in the shop are common. a fellow is moving out of state and needed a family heirloom done before he left on March 3rd. OK... everything gets bumped and I get to write as big a bill as I dare. :)
Hope you all have a smooth weekend!


 
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Post by cabinover » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 5:47 am

Morning Freddy! Seems we both lucked out with the end of this storm. All we got here was about 16" of snow in the first shot followed by a lot of wind yesterday and a little rain.

Anyone want to come over and lend a hand raking my driveway off of the lawn? :mad:

 
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Post by Hambden Bob » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 7:00 am

Nice warm place you've got here,Freddy! Thanx for the busy update. We were lucky here too. Lotsa drifting,but I'd say we also got only a foot and a half of the dry frozen stuff. Might go and dig out after I've enjoyed myself here! Take Care,Everyone ! Oh,yeah,don't forget to check in on folks living alone. Never know,they might even say thanx.

 
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Post by 009to090 » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 7:13 am

Workin' on a coffee as I type. Trying some "Carmel-Vanilla" creamer. Not too bad. The house is nice and quiet cuz the kids and dog are still sleeping. Oh, looks like it just started snowing again. Yesterday I had to drive my tractor up to our neighborhood church and snowblow the parking lots. There were 5 foot drifts covering most of the blacktop. I have never seen snow so deep it was even with the hood of my tractor. The snowblower never complained. Yeah Apolo got ripped on that last run, heh? He's the least aggressive of all of them, but he's the one who gets the disqualification :mad:

 
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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 7:45 am

Good morning everyone. A good snow hit us but we never got the drifting they warned about. Funny how that goes. When you drive up the hill we live on, you can see how just a few hundred feet in elevation makes a difference in the snowfall amount. Never measured it but its about 3-5" over my knees. It is a strange winter ... weather experts were chalking it up to "Arctic oscillation". I don't know but it sure did snow and we were due.

Mmmm, coffee...
:)

 
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Post by Cap » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 7:53 am

Good Morning Listers,
I'll have the cream of wheat with some fresf fruit on top. And then hitch up the Load Rite and head nw for my final load of the season. I think 1 ton of nut should do it.

Been off from work since Weds and I am going crazy. More snow out there this morning too. Be sure to watch that NHL team of All Stars from the USA play the other team of NHL Allstars from Canada on Sunday. I miss the kids and the larger hockey rinks in the Olympic hockey.

 
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Post by Fran654 » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 8:01 am

mornin all, snow flurries here in valley forge pa, coffe was 2 hours ago , fred your openung post wasnt up yet!!!! hooked up my dump trailer yesterday after shoveling 4inches of snow!!! now we are off to superior for 2 ton of nut, wife is EXSTATIC, stop and eat somewheres, rennigers on the way home !!!! I love it ,she goes too make me happy, have a great day all


 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 8:58 am

Mornin all--well,we got slammed--4' drifts--20" on the ground--kids got in safely from Fla.--excellent coffee Freddy--tastey breakfast------I'm still waiting for some of those Moose Steaks Freddy,criminey,you are in Maine----after about 5' of snow came off the roof last night,I've got some clean up to do--OF COURSE!!!! right in the entrance path--Have a productive day---seeeee ya

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 9:30 am

Here in Michigan, we got the 'back-wash' of the eastcoast storm,, the winds were from the north and northeast, we had a steady snow with lots of drifting.. it was cold so the snow is sort of wind-packed. It's hard to walk through, a firm crust that you can't push your foot through, so you have to lift your boot all the way out of the snow and forward,, rather tiring, it probably would support snowshoes though, too bad I don't have time to go out and play. Total snow was probably less than 6", but the drifts make it seem like a lot more.

Freddy: the coffee is great, the home fries extra crispy, just like the bacon !! I'll take some good sharp cheddar on some scrambled if you don't mind the extra work !! :lol: .. Ok, then move over and give me access to the skillet. :D

The drywall finishers are to show up in an hour or so, and start on the wall around the pocket doors.. I hope to have paint on the walls next week, the stairway work and balcony trim will start next week. I found a really nice steel balcony and stair railing that my steel fabricating buddy will fab up for me, it goes with the 'Tiffany' lamps and stained glass.. will look very nice.

Well gotta get another cup of coffee and get some work done.

Greg L

 
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Post by wsherrick » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 12:01 pm

Good morning everyone! We got hammered here in Pike County, PA . Tuesday night we got about 8 inches of snow and while on the way to work I was almost killed by an idiot in a Semi Truck driving way too fast on I 80. I ended up kissing the guard rail and scaping the side of my car a little.
But the BIG snow came Thursday night. We have at least 2 plus feet here on top of the snow we already had on Tuesday night. I had to dig to find my coal pile. I MUST get a bin built this coming Summer.
But with all the headache aside. The snow is exceedingly beautiful. Late last night the moon came out and the world was transformed into a silver wonderland. I was smitten by the beauty of that scene and it put things into perspective. Our lives are very short and they are filled with busyness and concerns that aren't really that important in the big scheme of things. If you don't slow down a little and enjoy the free gifts that we are given and take a minute to revel in the beauty and majesty of the World around us. We end up at the end of the road missing much of what makes life worthwhile and are much the poorer people for it.

 
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Post by ken » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 12:27 pm

Morning everybody. Coffee nice and hot , watching it snow. When you started this thread Freddy , I was going to bed. Was in a poker tourney and took first place. NICE :D

 
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Post by rubicondave33 » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 6:09 pm

Good evening everyone, we were out the door this morning at 5:30 for a volunteer project. My company donated materials and labor to upgrade the lighting at a Christian school. We just returned a little bit ago. Long day, but very rewarding!

 
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Post by lowfog01 » Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 10:31 pm

I'm a little late for the morning coffee but some days are just like that. Spent the day listening to the news about the earthquake. A friend of ours arrived in Bio Bio, Chile last week to start her 18 month mission for the church. We found out around 6pm that all of the missionaries in the Chile mission are accounted for and we are assuming that means alive and well. There is still no communications out of the Bio Bio or Conception. I didn't realize it but Chile has many of the same building structure requirements as LA does and that greatly reduced the death toll.

I think that winter is making a slow exit in the Mid Atlantic states. We are hitting 50* during the day and the low 30s at night. That pattern should throughout March with a sprinkling of colder days for increasingly less frequent periods of time. Next week is one of those periods when the forecast is for below freezing temps and 10 inches of snow. I'll believe that when I see it. One thing I have noticed is the Cardinals, Blue Jays and even Robins are coming around more and more. Maybe someone here can tell me why their colors are so bright this year. The other day I say a blue bird - not a jay - and it was neon.

Well, I'm off again to pick up a car load of kids from the church dance. Then maybe I can turn off and recharge for tomorrow. Take care, Lisa

 
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Post by Lola Coalfire » Sun. Feb. 28, 2010 8:15 am

wsherrick wrote:Good morning everyone! We got hammered here in Pike County, PA . Tuesday night we got about 8 inches of snow and while on the way to work I was almost killed by an idiot in a Semi Truck driving way too fast on I 80. I ended up kissing the guard rail and scaping the side of my car a little.
But the BIG snow came Thursday night. We have at least 2 plus feet here on top of the snow we already had on Tuesday night. I had to dig to find my coal pile. I MUST get a bin built this coming Summer.
But with all the headache aside. The snow is exceedingly beautiful. Late last night the moon came out and the world was transformed into a silver wonderland. I was smitten by the beauty of that scene and it put things into perspective. Our lives are very short and they are filled with busyness and concerns that aren't really that important in the big scheme of things. If you don't slow down a little and enjoy the free gifts that we are given and take a minute to revel in the beauty and majesty of the World around us. We end up at the end of the road missing much of what makes life worthwhile and are much the poorer people for it.
Hear, hear, wsherrick! Well said, indeed. The beauty we are given on a daily basis is fabulous! We mostly ignore it. I was walking in the snow laden forest yesterday evening. The huge Pocono pines were majestic. A vaporous layer of cloud was wizzing under the full moon. The quality of light was just so; the atmosphere itself was pink. I was nearly delivered to
tears when underlying all this beauty, a scent--my favorite verdantly fresh smell--passed under one appreciative nose.

I was also nearly driven to tears on 80. I'm relieved to hear your brush with the truck was not worse. The trucks were having a hard time of it. I'd been on mission in Western PA and found myself piloting back to the Poconos on 80 Thursday. Going was slow as I was directly behind the 5 plows and blower PENDOT sent from the Pittsburgh area to help out here. It
was very exciting; the calvacade of officially dispatched snow heroes. and me!
:) Lola

 
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Post by coalkirk » Sun. Feb. 28, 2010 9:12 am

lowfog01 wrote:The other day I say a blue bird - not a jay - and it was neon.
Lisa...that sounds like an indigo bunting. Google it, the color is amazing.
Lola Coalfire wrote:If you don't slow down a little and enjoy the free gifts that we are given and take a minute to revel in the beauty and majesty of the World around us. We end up at the end of the road missing much of what makes life worthwhile and are much the poorer people for it.
Someone once said life is about a journey, not a destination. Makes sense to me. I just add alittle twist. Along that journey, I don't just want to just survive, I want to prevail. 8-)


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