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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Just now, H2O said:

    I have rain mixing with the salt on the roads.  Does that count?

    Did you diligently measure before the mix/change over, and clear your salt board?  That's the correct method.  I only need 2.5" more salt to pass 30" for the year!  Maybe we can get one more brining event in March...

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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Kay said:

    Oh yes, let's do the craft beer thing but with coffee. Not more snobbish, is it? Interested in recs, too. I've been going through Peets and am impressed. My favorite is Italian Roast, just the perfect smooth dark roast imo. I don't always love french roasts but Peet's is excellent. Their Major Dickason's blend (also dark) seems like the most popular but not as much my cup of...coffee.

    I agree...Peets is some good coffee!  Their Holiday blend is good too, if you ever had that during the season.

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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Lowershoresadness said:

    always wanted to ask, why is your profile pic of president andrew jackson??

     

    16 minutes ago, EHoffman said:

    LOL that's Beethoven

    Wait. So you mean it was Beethoven who won the battle of New Orleans?? I'm so confused! Was that before or after Andrew Jackson wrote his 9th symphony? 

    :lol::lol::lol:

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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

    Totally unrelated to the current drama but I did a marathon yesterday.  As some of you know I lost my wife last summer and now I’m a single parent of two small kids.  Running has been the thing that keeps me sane.  There were no real races to do so I just did my own marathon at east Potomac park. I did it totally unsupported and used my car as the aid station. I’ve never done a race before but this was really fun!  I want to do a real one now!

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    That's awesome, man!  Congrats!  Especially given how cold it was.  And cool you're on Strava...I use that for my bike riding, though haven't done much of that in the past couple of months, LOL!

    I knew a couple of people who did marathons, hard core runners.  I could never do that distance, certainly not my age right now.  But years ago when I was in Atlanta, I did participate in the 10K Peachtree Road Race a few years (held on July 4 every year), which was actually fun!

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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

    All the long timers know I don't tend to be the type to have outbursts...but good lord...the forum is not out to get you. Randy can ban me after my little rant above or 5-post me. 

    The amount of drama in here just feels 10x worse than it has in years past. And no...it's not all new posters, it's A LOT of people. New and old. I have ZERO people on my mute list here - and normally I just scroll past little outbursts of drama. But this is just not a hard concept for me - can't we all just be at least courteous? It cannot be this hard. 

    Yeah, I generally try to just scroll past the BS, and I don't have anyone on ignore either (though am getting sorely tempted at times lately!).  I'm guilty too at times of replying or "getting into it" a little with some of the heated discussions.  I had a post removed the other day, when I responded to a somewhat political comment.  In hindsight, and even at the time, I thought I probably shouldn't have but figured what the heck, and I tried to word it reasonably.  But it did get removed along with some others (including the one I responded to), and honestly I don't have a problem with that and sort of expected it.  I sure don't feel "targeted" or whatever.

     

    1 minute ago, mappy said:

    Ok. I didn't see her post, ill go back and look. But mocking it all the same is just a bad look man. We get it, you like sex, boobs, ****ing, dicks, whatever... you do you. There's just a time and place for it, and not every single post people make has to be made into a sexual innuendo. I'm guilty of it too, how many times have I said those anomaly maps look like boobs (they do!) so there are times where its funny and I laugh and we move on

    I think nearly all of us do this up to a point, myself included.  Sometimes I probably shouldn't but I don't go "overboard" on every single comment.  And yeah, I'll make (as will many others) comments like "uh, oh...paging ravensrule!!"  Hell, even Bob Chill said something the other week about some precipitation feature looking like "red horse schlong!"  LOL, it did!  But I know what you're saying...a little bit of the innuendo banter is funny, but not to where everything is viewed through that lens.

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    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

    Mr J and I just cleared the drive. About a 1/4” sleet covered by about 3” of snow covered with about another 1/4” sleet. Felt like we were shoveling sawdust. 

    I don't look forward to scraping nearly an inch of sleet off the car, but maybe by the time I get around to the task, it won't be a solid brick quite yet!  Feels like walking on wet sand out there.  And I hear you...sleet is about the worst thing to shovel.

    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, diatae said:

    Yay I helped! Lol. My obs are mostly sleet. Fun times.

    Nothing but sleet here where I'm at, too.  Since there was no snow, I now kinda wish we had really gotten a sleet bomb with banding and heavy rates, with 2-3" of ball bearings accumulating.  That would have been something to experience!  As it is, maybe close to 1" total, but it did cover everything.

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    Feb 18/19 Disco/Obs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

    Razor edge storms break sleetier in my yard far more often than the other way around. I was hopeful to get 2-4 before the flip but ground truth did what it usually does

    Yup.  I was hopeful for some good snow rates at least for a little while before flipping, but woke up to nothing but sleet from beginning.  But...at least it might be cool to experience a bit of a "sleet bomb" if some heavier rates come through, and then turn that into a block of ice!

    February Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, mattie g said:

    I wish I could selectively put some folks on ignore during these kinds of storms so I don't have to see their obs.

    Yeah, and some were the same people who were all freaking out yesterday that the models looked like they were getting "too dry" for them, etc.  But whatever.  I don't mind too much seeing the photos and seeing some reports though.

    I was surprised, honestly, to wake up to nothing but sleet.  I really thought we should get a few hours of good snow before flipping, but I don't think I've even seen a flake here thus far.  Sleet hasn't been overly heavy, but at times I can definitely hear it hitting the windows, and there's a decent coating.  I'm not even sure if we'll see a "sleet bomb" and a 2" layer of concrete.  Is what it is, I suppose.  I'm actually a bit worried about ice later on (freezing rain), so will see how that evolves.

    Feb 18/19 Disco/Obs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

    I adjusted some of the totals a little...this is my current thinking.  I think during the heaviest precip it will mix out the warm layer just enough to do better then the doomsday scenario on some of the high res guidance.  Ratios will be low but it will be puking precipitation so even if its a 50/50 snow/sleet mix it will accumulate a decent amount.  I also think these gulf systems with true cold air in place tend to run on the wet side of guidance.  

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    PSA:  Divide by 2.54 to get 'Murcan units!! :lol:

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