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Post by throttleup on Mar 30, 2010 11:46:39 GMT
Congratulations, Kiwi! That's great!
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 30, 2010 21:27:17 GMT
Nothing better than a new grandson. Congrats Kiwi. Such sweet pleasures to come.....
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Post by stranger on Mar 30, 2010 22:54:44 GMT
Congratulations, Kiwi. Since I am up to great-greats I will presume and say about all a man gets out of this life is his children, their children, and so on. The rest is ephemeral.
To keep this within topic, the tell tale yellow film of pine pollen first appeared this morning. The usual date is between February 25 and March 11, and typically early in that period. It appears spring is about four weeks late this year. Position, 31.20N 89.20W.
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Post by dc51 on Mar 31, 2010 8:56:20 GMT
After the coldest winter in 40 years, (but not snowy'est),we've been struggling to get soil temps up to start growing a few vegies. now we've just had had heaviest snow I've seen in 30 years here in the north of Ireland. once before Ive seen 2" of snow at this time of year. Outside this morning there is 6.5" plus the drifting which is over a foot deep. DC
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 31, 2010 23:34:48 GMT
The cooling is the pits. Warmth is soooooo good. Why, just today I was basking in 50F temps and thinking how wonderful it was verses -30F. Can't understand why anyone is scared of warmth. Why some of us fellers have even put that new fangled thing called a furnace into our homes so that we can fool ourselves into thinking it is warm when it is -30F outside.
These new fangled inventions to acclimate....why.......what will they think of next?
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Post by scpg02 on Apr 1, 2010 2:28:29 GMT
The cooling is the pits. Warmth is soooooo good. Why, just today I was basking in 50F temps and thinking how wonderful it was verses -30F. Can't understand why anyone is scared of warmth. Why some of us fellers have even put that new fangled thing called a furnace into our homes so that we can fool ourselves into thinking it is warm when it is -30F outside. These new fangled inventions to acclimate....why.......what will they think of next? I live in California. neener neener neener.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 1, 2010 2:32:34 GMT
The cooling is the pits. Warmth is soooooo good. Why, just today I was basking in 50F temps and thinking how wonderful it was verses -30F. Can't understand why anyone is scared of warmth. Why some of us fellers have even put that new fangled thing called a furnace into our homes so that we can fool ourselves into thinking it is warm when it is -30F outside. These new fangled inventions to acclimate....why.......what will they think of next? I live in California. neener neener neener. The good thing about heating our homes is that it is adding to co2. So......IF,.......the AGW croud is correct, in a few decades we will be able to turn the furnace off. Either that....move to California.....but then.......thinking of your financial mess.....nawwww.
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Post by scpg02 on Apr 1, 2010 3:36:57 GMT
.....but then.......thinking of your financial mess.....nawwww. There is that isn't there? So glad we elected a governor with an R behind his name to "cut up the credit cards". A D would have been soooo much worse.
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Post by kiwistonewall on Apr 15, 2010 0:31:47 GMT
While you Northfolk were enjoying your winter, back in NZ:
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Post by byz on Apr 26, 2010 19:56:03 GMT
While you Northfolk were enjoying your winter, back in NZ: Don't worry winter 2010-11 will be along soon ;D especially if Katla goes off!
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Post by throttleup on Apr 26, 2010 22:17:16 GMT
While you Northfolk were enjoying your winter, back in NZ: Don't worry winter 2010-11 will be along soon ;D especially if Katla goes off! We eagerly await your "on the ground" descriptions of Katla's ashfall, byz! Hopefully, it won't be deeper than the snow you had this last winter!
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Post by stranger on Apr 30, 2010 0:56:11 GMT
Normally the azaleas bloom no later than the last week of March here. This year they bloomed on April 26th. The spuds planted mid February are just breaking the ground, some six weeks late. The roses are in full bloom, five weeks late. As far as the local garden club's records go, this is the latest spring in 90 years.
I wonder why I think this summer will be a short one?
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Post by scpg02 on Apr 30, 2010 0:58:15 GMT
Normally the azaleas bloom no later than the last week of March here. This year they bloomed on April 26th. The spuds planted mid February are just breaking the ground, some six weeks late. The roses are in full bloom, five weeks late. As far as the local garden club's records go, this is the latest spring in 90 years. I wonder why I think this summer will be a short one? Stranger Stranger Likely a cool one as well.
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Post by dogsbody on Apr 30, 2010 6:03:36 GMT
Well here in the south west of Australia things are a bit different to the US and Canada. We've just got through summer and are half way through Autumn and almost no rain. Quite unusual in recent history but I'm sure it's happened before. Quite an issue over near record hot periods but it gets hot here because we get NE winds off the desert, not just because I've been driving my car or breathing too much. I work on a firetower and make observations on cloud etc. and I can't recall seeing so much low cloud during a summer before. I thought it was remarkable. Interested to keep following this thread and read the comments mo ;Dstly from the Northern hemisphere.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 30, 2010 7:05:06 GMT
Well here in the south west of Australia things are a bit different to the US and Canada. We've just got through summer and are half way through Autumn and almost no rain. Quite unusual in recent history but I'm sure it's happened before. Quite an issue over near record hot periods but it gets hot here because we get NE winds off the desert, not just because I've been driving my car or breathing too much. I work on a firetower and make observations on cloud etc. and I can't recall seeing so much low cloud during a summer before. I thought it was remarkable. Interested to keep following this thread and read the comments mo ;Dstly from the Northern hemisphere. Four thousand kilometers away on the other side of the Australian continent, at Brisbane, we've had a hotter than average start to 2010. I'm hoping that our Autumn and Winter will be cooler than 2009 when it was well above average. PS: I'm not a "warmer" PPS: Dogsbody, I've sent you a private message
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