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   roc | Mar 07, 2009 08:06am | #1

   We have not had a cold winter here but a few towns over they set a record high two days ago 77° F. In Colorado. In the winter. That is just unnatural. I hope it rains; we need some moisture.

   Glad you are finally going to get some warm !

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   forestgirl | Mar 07, 2009 08:39am | #2

   You creep!  We're having an unprecedented (seemingly) string of snow-storms in the Puget Sound this year!  Even in a good year, we don't see 70's until May or June, COL (cry out loud).  ;-)

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   dgreen | Mar 07, 2009 10:46am | #3

   I guess maybe we do get 70's in May and June, it's just so hard to tell with an inch a day of rain those month's! 

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot

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   WillGeorge | Mar 07, 2009 04:51pm | #4

   Early Spring?

   If not for Global warming I'd freeze to death!

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 07, 2009 07:12pm | #5

   Snowed on my already bloomed daffodils last Saturday here in Atlanta... melted on Sunday and 73 here today...

   Sarge..

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   flairwoodworks | Mar 09, 2009 08:25am | #6

   It was snowing all day here in Port Moody. Stuck to the roof and lawn, but not the roads in my neighborhood.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)

    - Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 09, 2009 06:28pm | #12

   That's basically what happened a week ago here... but the temps jumped to the 60's within 2 days.. I don't schedule the weather.. I just enjoy it when it's good which is most of the time which is about 75% of the time here.

   Regards...

   Sarge..

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   WillGeorge | Mar 09, 2009 12:54pm | #7

   Daffodils.. Mine are just a clump of the green stuff about 2 inches high! I sure love it when the flowers bloom. Then, it is about time for Chicago's next BIG snowfall!

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 09, 2009 06:25pm | #10

   Typical March here Will. It's been in the 70's for several days with 76* today through Wednesday... then the cold front breaks through with drops to the 50's. brrrrrrrrr...... close the door and turn on the gas heater.

   Perfect timing though as I just finished the base desk for a computer desk-hutch and staining outside on portable tables keeps the smell well.. outside. Hopefully I can get some finish down also before Wed. and the phase II hutch goes into action.

   Regards...

   Sarge..

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   boilerbay | Mar 09, 2009 06:27pm | #11

   Sarge,Snowed on the coast this morning - headed for Georgia :)Doc

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   marti038 | Mar 09, 2009 05:06pm | #8

   Isn't it great? I'm in Alabama, and had the pleasure of spending all of Friday afternoon in my shop with the back door propped open. There was just enough breeze to keep the refreshing, spring-like air circulating in my basement shop.

   I stopped every hour for a few minutes just to walk outside and take it in. Thank God for days like that.

   For those of you trying to contain your jealousy, the heat will be unbareable here starting in early May through September so don't feel too bad.

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   donr | Mar 09, 2009 06:15pm | #9

   I spent the weekend putting a cofered ceiling in my dinning room and had to turn on the air conditioning and change into shorts.  I always look at the posters id and noticed your Bama ring.  Is that a letterman's ring.  Roll Tide.  Next to the Gators, Bama is my second favorite team.

   Don

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   marti038 | Mar 09, 2009 07:03pm | #13

   Yes, it is a letterman ring. For all of the C's that got me through college.

   I graduated in 2003, but was not a student athelete. Congrats to your Gators on another national championship. I'm glad to know that other than Ole Miss, we gave you one of the better fights of the year. We just need you to get rid of that Tebow guy (AKA the 11th and 12th man!).

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   davcefai | Mar 09, 2009 08:38pm | #14

   It has been a bitterly cold winter in Malta. Temperatures were down to 5 deg C :-)Seriously, that's cold for here and it is still unusually cold.Am I glad I've learned to hand plane! (Actually: learning but it's a far cry from when I only owned one hand plane and used it rarely and reluctantly.)

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   KiddervilleAcres | Mar 10, 2009 12:59am | #15

   Aaarrrgh, I was about to plow the driveway, then it turned to freezing rain then just rain.  The flies are thawin out but no skeeters yet!

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

   
   

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   Edited 3/9/2009 5:59 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres

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   Eef | Mar 10, 2009 09:23pm | #16

   bob,

   the flies are thawing out...what?

   your flies freeze?

   eef

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   KiddervilleAcres | Mar 10, 2009 11:36pm | #17

   Eef,

   Yup, stiffern a makral! 

   They hole up in th e woodpile and when I take a board they fall on the floor.  Fuzzball the cat likes 'em though.  It's warm today - 50*F and they been flying 'round the woodshop.

   Snow fleas were out last night, sugareason right 'round the konna (corner).

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

   Edited 3/10/2009 4:37 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres

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   Eef | Mar 11, 2009 03:23am | #18

   bob,
   frozen flies that thaw. in my digs spring done sprung about a month and a half ago. some would have me believe that southern calif has no actual seasons. i have been aware of the subtle and seasonal changes since being young. trees budding in their own time and not all of the flowers at once, grass green before anything else and did i mention the pacific flyway bird migratory route that thrills and charms me every winter and spring? one's home is one's home. it has always seemed downright sinful that one would not notice and delight in the given and natural goings-on precisely where one lives and breathes.
   however, frozen, thawed flies...eef

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   KiddervilleAcres | Mar 11, 2009 01:03pm | #19

   Eef,

   Back in the early 70s I had a move to San Diego wrapped up, good job, a place to live in Marin County (?) just above LaJolla (Ooooooo, that's nice!).  Chickened out at the last minute.

   One of those things that every once in a while ye think, "What would it have been like if I had................."   To this day I have a deep fondness for the area, if it just wasn't so expensive to live there mebbe some day we could...........

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   BruceS | Mar 11, 2009 04:40pm | #20

   Sugar season !!  Saps been running for about two weeks here.   But I prefer the darker third run syrup.  But Maple Cream fudge has to be the best.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S.