Ok, ok! Uncle!

Post by **dasein668** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:10 pm

I'm the last guy to whine about snow. I mean, I LOVE snow. I'm a skiier, and besides, if it's going to be cold at least it should be white and snowy.

But ENOUGH already. At least gimme a day off fer cryin out loud!

We had an avalanche on the car:

Over a foot of heavy wet stuff. We just had a foot of 50knot-wind-driven snow 2 days ago. And 16 inches last week. And 14 inches a few days before that.

Over 2 hours to shovel out this one:

Even Bailey has had enough. I think this is the first time in his life he has asked to come inside. Note the snowballs attached to his chest:

Ok, I feel a little better.

Post by **Tim** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:22 pm

This sort of weather keeps the plow guys busy. Unfortunately, busy plow guys can't get into the shop to build boats.

The snowflakes this morning were the largest I can remember seeing. It really came down for a while.

I'll post some more pictures tomorrow. If all the snow in the yard melted, my boats would be afloat! I think that the fact that it's remained very cold since early January is as remarkable as the large snowfall totals this year. None of it has really had the chance to melt, leaving 8' piles and 3' of snowpack. Plow guys are tired and have run out of room to push the stuff. We want spring.

May 15 launch seems inconceivable at this point.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:04 pm

um.... when did that 5th wheel trailer appear in the mist?
What's the point of an RV that can't pull a boat? ;p

If the weathermen knew that today's snow was coming (an ice storm snuck up on them last week, too), I sure didn't hear about it. Blissfully ignorant until I let the dog out this morning. Still, I shrugged it off and made a bowl of cereal. What's another inch or two at this point?
It's amazing what 15 miles can do, though. Two inches at the house was ten inches at the boat.

At least this time the shed stayed put.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:46 pm

Take heart, my maineiac friends. Spring approaches.

I had 95 degrees on deck this afternoon.

Post by **dasein668** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:19 pm

I saw 60 here in Gorham. Still 2plus feet on the ground though!

Post by **Tim** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:23 pm

But there's hope, finally. We've actually enjoyed more than a week of calm, storm-free weather, with good melting each day. Suddenly, sailing seems like a tantalizing, if remote, possibility rather than an impossible dream.

Mud season, however, is of epic proportions. One spot on my path to the barn nearly swallowed my boot today.

Jason K · Post by **Jason K** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:43 pm

OK, it's near eighty here in New Orleans. You're welcome to come sail my Triton on Sunday - assuming you're willing to work on it on Saturday, of course.

Post by **dasein668** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:38 pm

You paying airfare? hehe

Post by **Tim** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:33 am

As they say up here, "If you can't take the winters, you don't deserve the summers"!

Even though we're still weeks from truly being spring here, there is a real sweetness to those first days in the 40s and 50s...days that we appreciate all the more thanks to what preceeded them.

Jason K · Post by **Jason K** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:03 am

Airfare? I don't think you can fly with all the tools you'll be needing.

Tim - that is a really odd perspective... sounds like a cold-induced dementia with a really positive outlook. You may want to consider more insulation in your boat shed... Kidding... I've been up your way briefly, though not during winter. It's absolutely gorgeous country.

Post by **Tim** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:24 am

If anything, it's probably not a cold-induced dementia, but more likely a fiberglass/wood dust dementia!

I'm always amused at the differences in peoples' conditioning for their living environment.

Up here, if the tempature reaches 35-40 after weeks of cold winter weather, people spill outdoors in shirtsleeves and coatless to soak up the sun; people used to warmer weather bundle up when it plunges to a bone-chilling 60 or so, and think we're crazy. Maybe we are.

I was in Texas last November traveling, and the weather was really nice--70s in the days, and 30s-40s at night. Even in the morning, with the hot sun already beginning, the locals were wearing down coats and stuff. I was in shorts and a T-shirt.

Robert The Gray · Post by **Robert The Gray** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:57 pm

is it just me or is that picture of nathans dog kinda spooky. i mean the devil dog golden eye look sorta freaked me out not to mention the snoball ammo cache on his chest. we just don't get that kinda thing here in california.

Robert

Post by **dasein668** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:12 pm

He is a little crazy sometimes. He gets what we like to refer to as "psycho-dog-face" on occasionally, where his eyes bug out and his tongue hangs out one side of his head....

Kinda like the Exorcist...