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Post by JohnH on Dec 31, 2010 16:23:55 GMT -5
A very happy 1/1/11 to all at GN2! This is how it looks at our place:  Practical folk will ignore the nice outlook with pleasant trees and note the need for much fencing and a large machine to cut the grass. Lots to do this year! Anyone else got pix of NY where you are? John |
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Post by ashcatlt on Dec 31, 2010 17:22:53 GMT -5
I'll try to post a photo when I get home. We've got about a foot and a half of snow. The temperature here shouldn't get above freezing for a couple of months but it rained (real liquid rain) all day yesterday and all night. Then the temp dropped. It was 14F at about noon. Both of my kids and I fell on the skating rink we call a driveway!
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Post by thetragichero on Dec 31, 2010 17:37:26 GMT -5
still have another six hours and change
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Dec 31, 2010 18:05:11 GMT -5
I should have took a picture, but I had a half inch of rain over my entire car this morning. I had to take a chisel to the doors to get the ice off enough to open it up to turn the car on. My wheels were frozen to the concrete, so that was worrysome trying to get out of my driveway.
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Post by cynical1 on Dec 31, 2010 18:57:25 GMT -5
Very nice looking place, John.
And you're right...I see no fences, a seriously overgrown pasture, weeds encroaching on the pasture, the job of walking the pasture after it's cut looking for holes and rocks, no available water for the horses...ain't horse people a pain in the butt...
All that aside, once all the grunt work is done you're going to have a very nice place to ride and crank to 11 anytime the feeling strikes.
And most of our snow melted in the rains that Ash just mentioned. But we're going down to the teens tonight, the wind picks up and by tomorrow it should be the Icecapades out there.
Need a horse trainer?
Happy Trails
Cynical One
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Post by JFrankParnell on Dec 31, 2010 19:40:52 GMT -5
Still afternoon here in NW WA. Crystal clear and cold, cold. Too bad you cant see how beautiful and pink Mt Baker looks:  My son just took off with his cousin, so, looks like the Mrs. and I have a quiet evening of watching a movie and going to bed early!  |
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Post by lpf3 on Dec 31, 2010 19:42:18 GMT -5
Great place John! I prefer the optimist's approach & didn't see a lack of fencing or nothin'. Looks like peace to me- hope you enjoy it.  Here's my little corner of the world. (Hemet, CA.) We've had alot of rain & even some flooding the last few days, but today is nice. Out of respect for my fellow Nutz I won't complain about the brutal  cold.  ;D  Peace & happiness in the New Year, guys....... -lpf3 |
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Post by cynical1 on Dec 31, 2010 20:44:54 GMT -5
This isn't from today...it's a couple of weeks old, but here's the front of the ranch.  If you ever catch a story on the news about some guy from WI beating the Hell a snowplow driver...it'll probably be me. I was digging out the end of the driveway...for the second time that day...after Blinky the six toed snow plow driver buried me in. Again, John, you need a horse trainer...stall mucker...fence installer? This time of year I come real cheap... Happy New Year, everybody Cynical One |
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Post by gumbo on Dec 31, 2010 21:51:18 GMT -5
Sorry Folks, No pic today (at least yet..) ...but I CAN tell you it was 39C yesterday (New Year's Eve here) after an overnight minimum of 30C....  ...and what's more (at least in this town) it just got to: 1.11(pm) 1,1,11...... ;D Happy New Year everyone! Hey JohnH... ..I reckon you could cut down some of those pesky trees and use the wood to make some great guitars..... |
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Post by JohnH on Dec 31, 2010 22:06:59 GMT -5
39C here too today.
Cynical1, youv'e got a job! (so long as you don't charge for mileage)
cheers
J
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Post by sumgai on Jan 1, 2011 1:36:28 GMT -5
Even though JFrank lives just an hour north of me, I've got a couple of inches of snow on the ground, and haven't seen the temp go above the melting point for more than a week. I hear tell that Oz has so much land flooded right now, the total area under water is greater than a couple of our smaller states!! I think I'll stick with the snow, thanks anyways! ;D As an aside for c1..... out here, Oak-liness is considered right up there next to God-liness. IOW, if you were to even mention the words 'burn' and 'oak' in the same sentence, you'd be shot, drawn-and-quartered, and then hung for good measure. Seems to me that someone excelled in their MarketingSpeak class, and it just so happened that they have/had a stand of oaks that could be had..... for the right price. I think the rest of that story is obvious.  Otherwise, I've got some maple bucked and split.....  Nah, seriously, it was a diseased tree that had to come down, and only about half of the outer area was good enough to cut up - the heartwood was all eaten away, sad to say. In other exciting news...... say, speaking of new...... Happy New Year to all of you Nutz out there! sumgai |
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Post by wolf on Jan 1, 2011 1:44:21 GMT -5
Wow I'm almost ashamed to post a photo of my house:  As you can see, it is quite the "fixer-upper" and it's going to require a lot of work before it looks acceptable. |
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Post by gumbo on Jan 1, 2011 2:11:44 GMT -5
Hey Wolf!! ...watch out for that rising damp...... |
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Post by cynical1 on Jan 1, 2011 10:22:30 GMT -5
Wow I'm almost ashamed to post a photo of my house...As you can see, it is quite the "fixer-upper" and it's going to require a lot of work before it looks acceptable... That's a helluva leak coming out of that basement...didn't you get a Fair Disclosure Statement when you bought the place... HTC1 |
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Post by newey on Jan 1, 2011 11:53:59 GMT -5
Happy 2011 to all the Nutz! 52°F here, and the 2 feet of snow we had melted over the past few days. So my morning has consisted of picking up a month's worth of accumulated dog doo, since I couldn't get to it through the snow. They say whatever you do on New Year's Day is how you'll spend the rest of the year, so I anticipate deep doo-doo for some time to come . . . BTW, wolf, if that's your house, I've been to see it. Took the tour and everything! It also cost me a Canon SLR- when I was leaning over the bridge to get a shot, my camera strap broke. It bounced 3 times before hitting the creek. Your last name wouldn't be "Kaufmann", now would it? ;D ;D |
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Post by JohnH on Jan 1, 2011 15:00:53 GMT -5
Wolf - your house is very similar to my house.
In that, when you flush the toilet, the same thing happens.
FLW was quite a good architect, but he didn't know diddly-squat about domestic sanitation.
J
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Post by ashcatlt on Jan 1, 2011 16:40:43 GMT -5
Here's our side yard. I tried to get it at 1:11 am, but my wife wouldn't find me her camera. Tried to get it at 1:11 pm, but I was asleep. This is about 1:30...  ...and about 12F |
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Post by wolf on Jan 1, 2011 23:14:09 GMT -5
Okay, here's a photo of my other house:  Okay, before anyone mentions it, yes, this was taken around Christmas Arbor Day er ... Halloween We had a huge snowstorm here (Boston) and obviously this wasn't taken too recently. Perhaps tomorrow I can get a photo of the house with the 1.5 feet of snow. |
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Post by Yew on Jan 2, 2011 7:16:57 GMT -5
Wold somone made a cake in the shape of that house I would go for a walk to pleasley vale and get you some nice pictures of derbyshire but its cold, and i cba Here is a picture off google of the church down there  |
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cold. 
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Nah, seriously, it was a diseased tree that had to come down, and only about half of the outer area was good enough to cut up - the heartwood was all eaten away, sad to say.
