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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
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Location: PDX

3/14/13 9:36 AM

I guess spring is about here...

Hitting 60s every few days now.

I cut the lawn yesterday. I maybe could/should have sooner, but did not want to get started so soon. It takes off once cut I find. Mower deck all the way up, and still had to do half a mower width at a time. The area the dog uses for his toilet gets really fertilized. ;)

I have never seen grass grow over the winter so well in any other part of the country we had lived.

Good news is 1/2 the rain fall thus far this year from average.

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Tom Phillips
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
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Location: Humboldt, CA

3/15/13 10:23 AM

Yeah, I have to mow the lawn tonight too. PNW is hurting for rainfall this year. I hope we get some more rain to make sure the incredible Salmon runs we have had this year will stick.

Always scares me a bit when this happens, I remember getting hammered, snow almost to the coast, in June a few years ago when we had an early spring like this one. Stay tuned! Dry trails in March is nothing to sneeze at though.

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April
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Location: Westchester/NYC

3/15/13 11:40 AM


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I have never seen grass grow over the winter so well in any other part of the country we had lived.

So you've not lived in Florida then?


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Good news is 1/2 the rain fall thus far this year from average.

Be careful what you wish...

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Sparky
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3/15/13 5:22 PM

I visited Florida enough times to know I would never live there. ;)

Besides, that is not grass down there. It is short bamboo...

Snow in June, hmm... really? Wow

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April
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3/15/13 8:30 PM


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Besides, that is not grass down there. It is short bamboo...

I got mushrooms on my front yard often enough! :D


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I visited Florida enough times to know I would never live there. ;)

Water-skiing is great!

Cycling too, if you don't mind riding on flats! ;-)

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: Maine

3/17/13 4:27 PM

Well maybe

10F tonite and 6-10" Tuesday.

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Andy M-S
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Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT

3/17/13 7:39 PM

2 hours at 36F

Not bad, but there weren't many other folks out riding. And a hot shower felt very good afterward.

I've become a wimp since I left Wisconsin.

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Sparky
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3/17/13 7:58 PM

Canadian Temperature Conversion Guide

Time to slip this in [again]:

COLD IS RELATIVE ....

Canadian Temperature Conversion Guide! (degrees are in Fahrenheit):

50 above - New Yorkers turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens.

40 above - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe.

35 above - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

32 above - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker.

20 above - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt.

15 above - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming.

Zero - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

10 below - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles.

20 below - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket.

40 below - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent videos.

60 below - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.

80 below - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

100 below - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

173 below - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw their kegs.

297 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

460 below - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying"Cold'nuff for ya?"

500 below - Hell freezes over. The Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

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April
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3/18/13 9:51 AM

spring? what spring?

Skied (nordic) on natural snow still in the Berkshire yesterday.


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Not bad, but there weren't many other folks out riding.

You might get another winter storm again late today! ;-)

I don't care for snow at my doorstep. I prefer them on the mountain. The worst kind dumps snow at my door, which then melts into a icy mess, but nothing for the mountains! :-(

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Andy M-S
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3/18/13 10:17 AM

Cold *is* relative

But you need to know the scale. I was in Vancouver for work one time when the hotel desk clerk commented that my clothing might not be warm enough, since the temperature outside was "below zero." I, being a doughty Wisconsinite, merely smiled, knowing that he meant it was just below freezing. So always use a (C) or (F) with you temperatures, unless you're speaking of Kelvin Coolidge.

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: Maine

3/19/13 3:07 AM

upgrade

Just started, now forecast 18-24". I've been on the rando bike last couple days, probably not today.

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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
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Location: Westchester/NYC

3/19/13 12:10 PM

snowed last night, turned into freezing rain, then rain this morning, THEN BACK TO SNOW AGAIN!!!

So much for spring!

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Sparky
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3/19/13 12:27 PM

Well, I spoke too soon myself. Back 40-50^ for a spell, then I'll assume the peaks increasing slowly. 51^ is the max high forecast for the next week. It is still winter technically, for a day or so... ;)

I am chomping at the bit...

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