-=> Quoting Richard Webb to Nancy Backus on 22 Dec 11  14:29:14 <=-   
      
    RW>> That same cousin and I put a tobogan through the ice on a creek   
    RW>> one fine Saturday afternoon when we were both teenagers .   
    NB>> Treasured memory, I'm sure...     
      
    RW> Was a fun afternoon, the walk back to a friend's house nearby to   
    RW> thaw out wasn't a whole lot of fun, but we made it.  We still laugh   
    RW> about that one when we meet at family gatherings occasionally.   
    RW> Thing is I thought all was copacetic, I used to ride a trail up   
    RW> through there on a motorcycle, but should have known there was a   
    RW> good reason why my buddy who lived on the property didn't recommend   
    RW> that hill for sledding, but instead chose the other hill that was   
    RW> just as long, but a much more gradual slope.    
      
   So one would stop short of the creek instead of shooting in... ;)   
      
    NB>> Pumping gas always does seem to make the weather seem worse...   
    NB>> breezes feel like gales, and always seems to feel at least 10   
    NB>> degrees colder than it felt when one went out to the car...    
      
    RW> Yep especially this place, exposed to east and wes when at   
    RW> the pumps.  Our usual gas spot out this waysets up so that   
    RW> vehicles and the building block that cold wind a little bit.   
      
   The place I usually go to is exposed north and south, but it still   
   doesn't seem to block much.  Part of the problem is that things are   
   pretty open there, so the wind has a chance to pick up...   
      
    RW> Their clerk even recognizes counterfeit money.  Yeah I know, somebody   
    RW> passed one that made its way to us, and I not even paying attention   
    RW> went to use it to pay for some gas there one day about a eyar ago.   
      
   More and more places/clerks are being trained to spot it... But a lot of   
   the spotting is visual, so I can see where you might not have caught it,   
   if they'd used the linen paper...   
      
    RW> Yep, strange weather, which lends quite a bit of weight to the   
    RW> warnings the scientists are giving us on climate imho. We may   
    RW> not like some of the political voices who've lent their to the   
    RW> efforts, but these folks make some serious sense.   
      
   Maybe... On the other hand, there are also weather cycles that usually   
   get forgotten in the rhetoric.  Just takes a couple of odd ones to show   
   up at the same time to make for very strange weather...   
      
    RW> We've settled into normal wx pattern for time of year, at least so   
    RW> far, lots of run, of course, but as I said, rather get it this way   
    RW> then deluges with tornadoes in the spring as happened last year.   
      
   I'd just as soon have the precipitation spread out somewhat, too...   
      
    RW> Got to go hit the post office box today, birthday & Christmas   
    RW> present from mom should have arrived at P.O. box, which should   
    RW> be a gift card, Walmart, which means I'll send Kathy there later,   
    RW> she needs a couple of things, and I desperately need a couple   
    RW> pairs of blue jeans so that's where it'll go.   
      
   Your birthday is close to Christmas, too..?  I was supposed to arrive a   
   little before Christmas, and ended up coming a week later... My son was   
   due on Christmas, but waited till the 4th...  :)   
      
    RW> Sent the same thing to my grandson, guess he used his to help   
    RW> do a couple of things for somebody else who in turn kicked in   
    RW> equivalent $$$ to help him put new rubber under his car, which   
    RW> makes em feel better since he's driving about 100 miles every   
    RW> other weekend to go visit his mom.   
      
   It all works out... ;)   
      
    RW> I don't mind this stuff though, other than the occasional wet head   
    RW> going to and fro I'll take it, my antennas stay up, the tree limbs   
    RW> stay *on* the trees and the ground gets  the moisture it needs.    
      
   Light dry snow doesn't wreak much havoc either...   Especially if it   
   stays mostly in the air...  ;)   
      
    RW> It can even do the freeze Christmas day if it's really got to, I'm   
    RW> not going anywhere, I'll do all my pre-Christmas errands today   
    RW> anyway and call it even.    
      
   We got just a dusting of snow overnight for Christmas Eve, some of which   
   (in the shade mostly) was still around this morning... but otherwise it   
   isn't even all that cold today, or wet...  When we woke up, things were   
   rather overcast and gray, but the sun came out, so I guess it was a   
   green Christmas...  :)   
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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