Warming up nicely! Really can't complain too much about the holiday weekend weather. Who wants to be shoveling? What are you going to do the rest of the day? Sit inside and drink?
Slow week with stove wood sales. Fire pit sales have been brisk however. A lot of people must be having Christmas cookouts. Who knows it might get chilly late in the day...
I grew up 17 mi southwest of Boston. In grade school we would bring our hockey sticks and skates to school. We would swap off every week which pond we would play on. Get the bus driver to drop us off at the pond. 1970 I think we played everyday but three in December. I just looked it up It was 6.8° below normal that year in December. In 68 and 69 we played almost the whole month.
Talked to a friend of mine today who usually spends the winter at his place in Big sky. Always leaves after Christmas. He's holding off this year because of how bad it is.
Now we're talking about 1983. Curious when was the last time anyone heard this phrase, "got to get that off the driveway or It will freeze solid and be there all winter"
Last December thread title ""We're gonna need a bigger plow..." Massive, persistent singal now emerges discretely in the models, 20th-23rd"
How'd that work out? I can see why folks are jaded.