Kay

Just now, H2O said:

If you have Taco Bell you need to wait a couple days to reload so that you can shit the blinds 

My brain is now trying to stitch together a joke from "shit the blinds" + "reload" and I wish it weren't.

Idk if this is the right thread but I just took a walk in the woods and saw a mourning cloak butterfly out and about (overwinters as an adult TILT)

Skipping right to the end to say I am just getting back here and so excited to read all your bourbon recs! I knew you wouldn't let me down.

We haven't talked about #bourbon for a while. What are peeps enjoying?

4 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Ya can't Tellamann his instrument isn't attractive and not expect a comeBach

Of course those stereotypes are wrong, not even a question.

I did happen to know a drummer who was always late, but he's better now

2 hours ago, Chris78 said:

I'm glad you lifted the ban on fuck

Fuck yeah

'shit the blinds' immediately connected to 'shit hit the fan' in my brain and I guess that tracks anyway I'll never be able to unsee this

Low of 25. Neighbors' pier looks like it's coated in snow from the heavy frost. Did a double-take pre-caffeination

loving the pics, please post yer flake(s) w/o shame or hesitation

1 hour ago, WesternFringe said:

I have been on here for years, and I know that KU storms are the biggest of all the storms.  However, I still have no idea what the abbreviation stands for.  Can someone enlighten me?

Kocin Uccellini

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00453

https://www.amazon.com/Northeast-Snowstorms-1-2-Set/dp/1878220640

3 hours ago, ToTo said:

I just want to formally apologize to everyone here. Having just committed upwards of $900 to refilling my propane tank, we will almost certainly torch for the rest of winter. I spent a similar amount on a snowblower in 2014, so you’d think I would know better. 

ToTo, thank you for breaking your silence with this honest and very brave post.

1 minute ago, Mrs.J said:

What a nice March day. 55/55 currently. 

There is a definite "what season even is this" quality.

55 here, too.

Happy New Year, weenies!

dense fog advisory locations - that escalated quickly

Farewell for now, lovely crispy crunchy leaves and ice

I didn't know where to put this, but since we have learners as well as knowers here I thought this was good. Article more involved/technical.

10 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Beautiful day for a hike at Swallow Falls. Trails were slippery due to the snow/ice but well worth it to see the falls partially frozen due to the recent extreme cold.

Goodness that's spectacular!

36 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

I don't know what that is but check this out...

 

Outlandish scene! Newfoundlanders have a word for this, they would say those houses are ballicattered   #icetrivia

8 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Rough last few months here with Dad passing and girlfriend moving on, but I will always survive and be better for it.

And Christmas will always be my favorite season.

 

 

So sorry to hear. That is rough. Wishing you a better and brighter 2023.

I find weather can be soothing (ironically, for all the pain it causes weenies) in the same ways Bob Chill talked about nature and being present in the moment. It simply "is". Years ago an acquaintance who was not a weather weenie per se but was an avid sailor/boatbuilder gave me a metaphor that I really like...if you are on a boat in a storm, far from land, you just try to "weather" the storm. In hard times I have thought about that...I don't have to do anything right now but weather this. Because weather always changes and this will pass.

To sing the blues you've got to live the tunes and

Carry on

Carry on

Snow is coming

Snow is coming to us all

sunset alert

1 hour ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

 

There could be a 50/50 low but the placement is not ideal for us to get snow here.  If you look, the location of the tree (which will deposit our 50/50) is too close to the curtained window on the right, which makes the spacing too tight.  The shelf above the fireplace is also too flat, which does not allow much room for digging.  And the fireplace!  Now there's our problem.  It's pumping heat into the entire scene, and until we can get rid of that Pac Puke, I'm afraid our chances of any sustained snow window relies solely on good luck.  However, just to prove I'm not a total pessimist, the snowman and Santa Clause shortwave there in the southwest corner looks like it could be a sneaky event.  I've seen situations like that before and they produce some good snow, even in DC.  Not a HECS, but enough to make most everyone here happy.  Except for Ji, of course.  Now, for some even better news going forward.  Near the edge of the left side of the picture (beyond where our snowman/Santa chance is), you'll see a hint of a coat rack with a coat there. That vortex is gradually shifting west which would allow the fireplace Pac Puke to also shift west and result in more buckling of the flow.  Once that happens, we'll be in for a more favorable period.  It will also shorten the distance between the two stockings and the "H" over the fireplace, which gives us several opportunities.  But we have to exercise patience, something that's sorely lacking in this forum.  But I do expect a better pattern that can produce.  Can things go wrong?  Sure, that snowman/Santa wave could just get squashed and we get nothing followed by a period of crap.  The coat rack and coat might not move far enough out of the picture to allow for a favorable wave train.  In which case, we should close the blinds until next Christmas when I set up the tree again.  But in all honesty, I don't expect that worst case scenario to happen.  Indications are that the progression I described above are already in motion. 

I like the look in the tree skirt domain

one more

18 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said:

In the fetal position 

Are you a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional, leesburg? You always have your finger on the pulse of this board's daily emotional struggles

On 12/24/2022 at 2:55 PM, Kay said:

The Bush River has not frozen over (yet?) just too windy and turbulent. Main cool sight so far is any vegetation close enough to the high water we had got coated with freezing spray and is encased in ice. I didn't get a good pic and I'm not going back down there until it's less windy!

Welp I still didn't get a good pic, but this from yesterday shows what I was talking about above. Freezing spray > freezing rain. And update: river now frozen over shore to shore.