ski MRG Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'd say 11:59pm on 12/25. So if an inch falls on Christmas day that counts. this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 this. wrong. lol wtf about "byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" the 25th can't people understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Not to add fodder to this but a white Christmas as far as Environment Canada rates it is 2cm or greater at 7:00am on Christmas Day. Not sure if NWS has a standard. Might not mean anything in this bet but just pointing it out. Cheers. The NWS also does 1 inch on the ground at 12Z (7 AM EST) for a White Christmas. AFAIK, it's been done that way for quite a while. Just my 2 cents worth... --Turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 wrong. lol wtf about "byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" the 25th can't people understand. When someone says a project is due by the 20th...it usually means it is perfectly ok to pass it in on the 20th. If this was a "white Christmas" debate then the parameters would be easy...by 7am on the 25th...but that is not what the bet was from what was written on here weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 When someone says a project is due by the 20th...it usually means it is perfectly ok to pass it in on the 20th. If this was a "white Christmas" debate then the parameters would be easy...by 7am on the 25th...but that is not what the bet was from what was written on here weeks ago. He may be still drunk from the loss to KC last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 It won't even matter CWeat wins Sorry Jerry Squirrels squashed by pachederms again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 He may be still drunk from the loss to KC last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 The NWS also does 1 inch on the ground at 12Z (7 AM EST) for a White Christmas. AFAIK, it's been done that way for quite a while. Just my 2 cents worth... --Turtle That would be a reasonable compromise, JMHO. I was mainly talking about a White Christmas which is why the 25th appealed to me. To me that's 12:01, snow on xmas night at 11 is like snow in October. I get that Jerry had a different meaning in mind. To me I'd have said by the 26th if I meant all day on Xmas. But I'm not sure it matters much anyway and in real terms when you look at the last 4 weeks since we made the bet....even if a miracle 1" falls.... the squirrels failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 That would be a reasonable compromise, JMHO. I was mainly talking about a White Christmas which is why the 25th appealed to me. To me that's 12:01, snow on xmas night at 11 is like snow in October. I get that Jerry had a different meaning in mind. To me I'd have said by the 26th if I meant all day on Xmas. But I'm not sure it matters much anyway and in real terms when you look at the last 4 weeks since we made the bet....even if a miracle 1" falls.... the squirrels failed. Since we have different ideas, how is it resolved? Squirrels are getting thinner. Kind of like mocking me.... Messenger, if you meant white Christmas you should have stated that. Ad it turns out we won't have it by midnight Sunday probably but it should have been more clear. Eg.....if we agreed to by 12/30, would you still want to hold me to 7am that day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Since we have different ideas, how is it resolved? Squirrels are getting thinner. Kind of like mocking me.... I don't think it matters. Squirrels are tired after all the playtime this last month. Officially a trace here, still a little feather dusting on the shaded areas...just flurries now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 If it snows on Xmas you guys should just keep it at one dinner....if it doesn't its two. Seems like a fair way to solve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Forget about the timing issue. I mean the guy(messenger) called for less than an inch of snow in Boston over a month ago. That's a damn BOLD call and a correct one it looks like. Even if by some fluke 1" falls I wouldn't be trumpeting around saying I won the bet. In that case i'd call it a draw. Unless you want to be anal about it. Just my opinion. Either way that was a gutsy call even without a wager on it. Cheers and a Merry Christmas to you and yours from a snowy Nova Scotia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Forget about the timing issue. I mean the guy(messenger) called for less than an inch of snow in Boston over a month ago. That's a damn BOLD call and a correct one it looks like. Even if by some fluke 1" falls I wouldn't be trumpeting around saying I won the bet. In that case i'd call it a draw. Unless you want to be anal about it. Just my opinion. Either way that was a gutsy call even without a wager on it. Cheers and a Merry Christmas to you and yours from a snowy Nova Scotia. Hazey just so you know Jerry and I are friends, we're just having fun. I do agree with you though. If you go back and look at the period where I made that call there weren't many on my side here. We were talking about an upcoming gradient pattern and plenty of events with a turn to a colder pattern. In fact the day we made the bet there were a couple of modeled snow threats. Anyway all in good fun, but we should have clarified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 I can see me on messenger's 6 yard line out of time outs as it's snowing hard.....1/2 Inch in the bank as 12/26 dawns...time runs out. Messenger with excellent clock mangement. Lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I can see me on messenger's 6 yard line out of time outs as it's snowing hard.....1/2 Inch in the bank as 12/26 dawns...time runs out. Messenger with excellent clock mangement. Lol.... You've got a decent chance of pulling it out. Lots of residual moisture. I think you see snow here next week. Question will be what happens after 1/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Yeah but the definition of by is not later than....not later than 2pm isn't 2:59pm, it's 1:59:59. Not later than 12/25 Either way, it won't matter. I think the correct analogy for 'not later than 2pm' would be whether or not 2:00:59 counts. I would say that it does. If the exact wording was "1 inch by 12/25" then 12/25 is included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 so much dumb in here. Fat Bastard FTW.. Run that tab up in spite of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Congrats messenger. This year it could have been later even but 12/25 has been dead for over an hour. We got flakes but I owe you 2 dinners. We'l have some fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 We'll have fun, sorry about the loss. Terrible pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 We'll have fun, sorry about the loss. Terrible pattern. Do you guys ever even have your dinners? Seems like it is always a bet that gets renewed and pushed off. Good call Scott (even though I hated it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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