-=> Quoting Richard Webb to Nancy Backus on 11 Dec 11  00:44:30 <=-   
      
    NB>> So, did you get to do the steaks outside or not...?   ;)   
      
    RW> Nope, had to do 'em inside.  Thought it might turn inclement, was   
    RW> a pretty day until toward evening, bt we had to run errands, and the   
    RW> wind came up a bit late yesterday afternoon.  The white stuff is all   
    RW> gone of course, and there was sunshine and blue skies while we ran   
    RW> errands at least. IT gradually cooled throughout the day after   
    RW> midmorning though.  i was out cleaning up the interior of the van,   
    RW> setting up Kathy's supply of to-go oxygen which had been depleted, and   
    RW> it was long sleeve shirt only wx.  When we finally left to do errands   
    RW> after my radio duties I was glad I had the jacket.   
      
   Yeah, that was probably a bit cool to try to grill... and if the wind   
   picked up any more it might have been a bit raw...   
      
    RW> That's alright, that guy sells those steaks off a truck will find me   
    RW> with a partial box or one he will break up just to sell the last of a   
    RW> load when I've got $$$ in my pockets and I'll buy some more.  I   
    RW> shouldn't have done it that time, but the meat supply was rather low.    
      
   Sounds like you got a reasonable deal after all, though.   
      
    RW> Had I friends that did such a thing around here I'd have   
    RW> bought a deer tag and let a buddy shoot another one for me   
    RW> and split it with him, that would have put plenty of meat   
    RW> for the freezer by for the winter.    
      
   Never thought of doing that.  I had a friend once whose husband hunted,   
   and since most of the family didn't care much for venison, she gifted me   
   with various cuts every so often.   
       
    NB>> They tell us that we'll be getting warmer (into the 40's) temps by   
    NB>> the beginning of next week... we shall see.   As it's December, this   
    NB>> gradual descent into winter is to be expected, of course... ;)   
      
    RW> YEah I'm expecting one more good one before Christmas.    
      
   I kinda like having a nice coating of snow for Christmas...  maybe an   
   inch or so... lacy trees and bushes, elegantly dressed for the day...   
      
    RW> I'm thinking it'll hold off a few days, which I'd sure appreciate.   
    RW> A little rain that will just freeze after dark isnt' my idea of fun   
    RW> Tuesday as we need to go into the city for a Christmas dinner and   
    RW> meeting, and i"d rather not be on the roads when roads are at that   
    RW> just frozen stage where crews might not have put down the chemical.   
    RW> A couple of nights like that last week, a bit cool but dry, and   
    RW> that's fine with me right now.   
      
   Freezing rain surfaces aren't any fun at all.  Snow is better than that   
   to drive on.  And dry is better yet.  :)   
      
    RW> They've already got their first frozen stuff on the ground   
    RW> in eastern Iowa where i grew up, Kathy's daughter fell on   
    RW> the ice at the car wash/quicky lube where she works   
    RW> Thursday.  (And they wonder why I don't want to live there).   
      
   Ice isn't my cuppa, either...  :)   
      
   Last forecast I saw for here has the temps getting into the 50's by the   
   end of the week... with rain...  Just a little warm for mid-December,   
   I'd say...  :/   
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
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