Here we snow again....6-12" between 5 pm and 3 am tonight, then wind, then deep freeze again.... May just take tomorrow off....

 

Yeah, we are getting clobbered today.

Sent the crew home at 1:00 wit 3 inches on the ground and more coming.

After the Altlanta GA debacle every mayor in Estern MO is scart of votor wrath so everything is being shut down.

I sure miss the old days when we just overcame weather. Now we have global waming, folks stay home for fear of getting stuck. And somebody else gets to take the blame for such laziness.

Meanwhile, Crumpy and I are here, enjoying the fruits of business ownership. 'Cause our work has to get done regardless.

 

Franc, I remember back in the early 60's, we had a huge winter storm. Finally took bull dozers to get the roads cleared. Anyway, my point is I remember my Dad leaving at 5 am to walk to work. It was 5 miles 1 way, but he could cut down the railroad track and make it a 4 mile walk. Snow drifts, cold and windy, and it worried this 7 yr old to death. We talked about that many years later, and I have had his work effort every since. After he retired and we were at his retirement party, many of the guys there stated they always looked up to ole' Doc, because there were workers who lived in town who couldn't make it to work. But ole' Doc did. Everyday for 30 yrs. Hard man to live up too, but we try everyday.

 

83F at 5pm and sunny, took the convertible out.

 

I always know I count on the FL guys to warm me up....here's a few photos for you....
you can click on the photos and zoom in....my hot chocolet after my snow blowing session

 

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Sorry Doc.. I couldn't help myself on this one..!

 

I have to build me one of those....that made my day....

 

Obviously the un fulfilled fantacy of a husband forced to shovel the driveway.

Here is a view of the artist before he did that sculupture.


Doc, rumor has it his wife gave him a cup of hot chocolate for his shoveling efforts, which inspired the commision of his artwork.

I'm sure you can relate?

 

Woke up this morning and we had more 'weather' to blow away. Will this weather ever end?

The possum that lives under our deck has not come out for three days. Last time he was out for an amble around the yards was Groundhog Day. It snowed then as well, I feel like Bill Murray, I am waiting for Andie MacDowell to show up and then it will all have been worthwhile.

A day or so before the ground froze, the possum decided to dig up my lawn looking for food. By the time I saw it the lawn was covered in frozen lumps of sod. I let him eat the bird seed and the crusts thrown out for the birds but my lawn is a no no.

We are at the Northern end of the possums range and they suffer in the winter from frost bite, I had one in a window well once, half his tail was gone and his ears were just stumps. He ate the cat food I gave him before he left.
Possum arrived up here some 15 to 20 years ago, so they can survive here, this winter will be a big test for them though, I am sure many will not make it: my lawn will be glad.

 

I'll trade you one on one possums for armadillos any day.
Armadillos know how to do only one thing : lay by the road with all 4 legs in the air.
At least possums known how to lie down.

 

My ranch ins in the Missouri OZARKS. We get both possums and Armidillos. Ya'll can have both.
And grab the big rats which eat the wiring off my Jeep, tracctor and dozer while you are there.

The 12 point buck that keeps stripping the young pine trees ain't sacred either.

All God's creatures I know. But they sure make for more work.

 

Just another business opportunity!

 

I thought they were from the real south.
Maybe they will get to Canada, we have an open door policy on wildlife. They should keep off the freeways though, but I guess they never learn.

 

There were all mostly west of the Mississippi until 10-15 years ago, now they are all the way to the east coast.
Maybe they WILL move north next.

 

At great risks of being banned for going political, we can blame the armadillo migration on Climate Change No?

Which may solve it's own problems. Imagine armidillos as a food source for all them starving Hudson Bay Polar bears.

 

Well, hopefully all this cold and snow, they will again return down south. No let up in sight according to the weather man. I am wondering where Al Gore got his info on global warming when the ice breakers are burning diesel fuel at a high rate just about everywhere. NOW is that political enough for you Franc....???? It cold and it's Al's fault. I may never get to work on the cars. I have work to do on the other vehicles as well, but just too dang cold out there in the garage to get anything done. I keep it 50°, but I guess my old age is catching up to me, cause that just isn't warm enough.

 

Well since 2004 enough people moved to Florida that all the a/cs and cars generate enough heat to create an artificial high pressure area over the state that diverts any hur or himmicanes headed this way to Louisiana or the Carolinas.

 

Careful, they may ban A/C if the word gets out.... You would then have to vacation north to cool off.

 

Well, that is as good an explanation as the one which won a former VP of a major oil company, a Nobel.