Deggesty(if the past tense of "throw" is "threw", why is the past tense of "snow" not "snew"?)
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I'm nervous. Winter storm watch/warning for Nebraska - up through (threw) about 20 miles west of us. We should escape everything. What if they are right? Really gives me something to ponder....
Johnny: Past tense of snow is runoff.
Mooks: Willy knows not to miff da cat. He's making sure da white stuff tracks thru Ashland and points east. Otherwise the student body at Weatherliar U is shovelling out Lincoln.
Looking for 4"-8" of the overdue white stuff tonight.
Sir C: I get the very normal, every winter feeling that this will be us (4-8) in about Feb/Mar/& April....We are, as usual, a little slow here....
We're enjoying a bit of a thaw right now, but not with the flooding we got last time.
Won't be too bad for the drive to the train show tomorrow, and I need a couple of mild days so I can work in the garage on the toy chest/bookshelf daughter has ordered for granddaughter.
But I'm sure we'll see more of the white stuff...
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Thanks, MC, for a good post-prandial laugh. I doubt I will ever forget the runoff in the early spring of 1984--people caught fish in at least one street downtown. Not only was there much heavier snowfall in December, spring came to the mountains earlier than usual.
Johnny
Can you northerners please keep your weather up there? We had a little snow/sleet/rain early this week followed by a couple of mornings in the teens (Wed. & Thur). Most of the major bridges and many highways were closed. I've had my fill of the news on TV about the cold; nothing else has been going on anywhere else in the world. They had been telling us to stay off the roads, then they sent their camera vans out all over to show us the ice and snow on the roads. They also showed us demos on how to scrape ice off of windshields, how to let the water run to keep pipes from freezing, and later, how to boil water. The last is because with all the broken pipes, the pressure in many communities got low enough that there was concern about possible contamination.
We were OK here, but my concern now is that I may have lost my citrus trees. I have a navel orange and a satsuma tree which will tolerate temps into the mid-teens; for Wednesday morning they forecast a low of 20°F so I didn't worry about them, but in the morning my thermometer read 16°F, and it's next to the house, so open-air temperature is likely a couple of degrees colder. I don't know how well known satsumas are to the rest of the world, but they have been a local favorite for as long as I can remember. I think they are a type of mandarin, and they are like the shmoos of oranges--they are made for eating. The skin practically falls off, and the segments are like little bags of juice.
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Paul of CovingtonCan you northerners please keep your weather up there?
We've been saying the same thing to our neighbors to the north, however "Alberta Clippers" are a way of life here in the winter.
There have been a few days when you would have preferred our weather to your own - it's been warmer here than in Central Florida.
Mookie Sir C: I get the very normal, every winter feeling that this will be us (4-8) in about Feb/Mar/& April....We are, as usual, a little slow here....
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
evening
Foggy here in Nw Ohio.Under an advisory until tomorrow.The sperry bug made it out of our siding at work.Going to watch some more football.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Murphy SidingIt's OK that you're a little slow there. We still love you. The weather dorks are screaming "up to 12-18 inches of snow OR MORE! possible in parts of KELOland". At the same time, they're backpeddling and talking about how it might be closer to 2-4" based on some alternate weather models etc.
Kelo land? Is that a sister to kilo land? Bet they are looking at No Dak and just can't read....
MookieKelo land? Is that a sister to kilo land? Bet they are looking at No Dak and just can't read....
http://www.keloland.com/weather/home
We're clear up to 2 inches of snow already. Most of it suspiciously looking like it was sent from Nebraska.
Murphy SidingMost of it suspiciously looking like it was sent from Nebraska.
Mookie Murphy Siding Most of it suspiciously looking like it was sent from Nebraska.
Murphy Siding Most of it suspiciously looking like it was sent from Nebraska.
Murphy SidingWe're clear up to 2 inches of snow already.
I don't even bother to shovel that dusting...
Murphy SidingEach flake has a little, tiny label that says: "Made in Nebraska, the Corncobb State".
Ms. Mookie, those letter twisting words were in school , 3rd grade they were hard to remember which letter came first --- as i before e or e before i, there for I went out to recess .
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Eight inches here yesterday...The locals were out dancing in the streets. The Californians, Texans, newly minted drivers and those too cheap to put sufficient tread on their tires were all in group therapy in the nearest ditch or trying to be one with a nearby tree.
Duncan loved it! Cold and snow don't phase a scottie.
I-70 from Denver to Kansas remains closed today.
I admit to being old [chronologically but not mentally] just yet. One of my aunts was a teacher who said "I before e except after c" was a concrete rule. High shcool proved her wrong.
Norm
Sir C - I told Houston Ed we were having a Blysard. Obviously you are, too!
Left the truck outside the garage this morning because I'd planned on working on a project inside the garage this afternoon.
Fortunately, I decided to put it in, only I wish I'd thought of that earlier, as it already had a coating of ice. Freezing rain is so much fun. I've got some salt down on the driveway, but putting down sand right now would be a waste of time as it would just get coated over...
Schools are closing, or curtailing after school activities.
I just hope all the drivers settle down - I really don't want to have to go out in this mess.
Norm48327 I admit to being old [chronologically but not mentally] just yet. One of my aunts was a teacher who said "I before e except after c" was a concrete rule. High shcool proved her wrong.
afternoon
More snowmelt here in Nw Ohio.Ns has an eastbound in the siding.Also the local has plenty of cars to pick up in town.Chores to do.
Joe
Deggesty Norm48327 I admit to being old [chronologically but not mentally] just yet. One of my aunts was a teacher who said "I before e except after c" was a concrete rule. High shcool proved her wrong. when I was in grammar school (grammar was taught every year--even through high school), I learned "...except when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor and weigh." I recently noticed another exception--which I do not remember at the moment.
when I was in grammar school (grammar was taught every year--even through high school), I learned "...except when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor and weigh." I recently noticed another exception--which I do not remember at the moment.
I can think of a weird one....
erikemwhen I was in grammar school (grammar was taught every year--even through high school), I learned "...except when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor and weigh." I recently noticed another exception--which I do not remember at the moment.
The "I before E except after C" was indeed a "gotcha". Thanks to an aunt who was a teacher in the early nineteenth century it still haunts me some days.
Only English majors know reality, and then only if they are willing to go back and study the Old Oxford Dictionary and learn the origional meaning of a word. I'm sure some of them will soon be along to correct us.
Neice, neighbor, weigh, still sometimes boggle my mind. Some days it is tough getting one's poop in a scoop.
Homonyoms can also confuse. Which way was he weighed? Was his wait equal to his weight?
I'm sure you get the picture without my going into further explanation. Think other languages are complicated? A word in English can have several meanings depending on the context in which it is used.
Norm48327I'm sure you get the picture without my going into further explanation. Think other languages are complicated? A word in English can have several meanings depending on the context in which it is used.
And different pronounciations depending upon the context in which it is used.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Norm48327Neice
Moo
Balt,
Wanna hear pusedo English spoken; visit the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The natives of Ocracoke speak a versinon of Gullagh that is almost understandable to the tourists. Hearing them speak can be a trip. Been there and have tried to interpret some of their conversations, sometimes unsucessfully.
For the most part they appear to be cut off from the rest of society and the local spoken word seems to reflect that.
Been to Ocracoke several times and have learned how the natives talk. It is not all that different from the rest of the country but the locals are entitled to their quirks. My visits there found them to be a very interesting bunch of Americans to get to understand.
I have only flown there three times and wish to return to gobble down more of the seafood that they offer.
If you love seafood it will be well worthwhile to take a detour on your way south.
And this is the very basis of the malapropism. I once worked with someone who never used a nickle word if a twenty-five cent word would suffice - even if it wasn't really the word that fit the situation....
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