Let it snow!

[Daren Todd]

I'm actaully jealous that ya'll are getting all that snow!!! First year I've had the tractor and was looking forward to being able to use the back blade on the drive and road. Instead of shoveling the drive and dealing with a skating rink up to the main road. We've had a grand total of 1" of snow this winter and spring has officially arrived with the tree frogs out side chirping up a storm. Supposed to have a couple more cool downs but no chance of snow till next year.

 

[bearbait]

I'm actaully jealous that ya'll are getting all that snow!!! First year I've had the tractor and was looking forward to being able to use the back blade on the drive and road. Instead of shoveling the drive and dealing with a skating rink up to the main road. We've had a grand total of 1" of snow this winter and spring has officially arrived with the tree frogs out side chirping up a storm. Supposed to have a couple more cool downs but no chance of snow till next year.

Careful what you ask for....I said the same thing and it hasn't stop snowing since.

 

[Tooljunkie]

Started last night, plowed about 2 hours and gave up when it started snowing again....still saad...

 

[Daren Todd]

Careful what you ask for....I said the same thing and it hasn't stop snowing since.

It's literally mass hysteria if you get over 2" of snow here wally world sells out of tv dinners and hot pockets. We had 8" of snow 2 years ago and everything shut down for 3 days. I would absolutely love to get 2 ft of snow in one shot here. People would absolutely lose there minds And actually I miss those bigs storms from when I lived up north.

 

[bearbait]

It's literally mass hysteria if you get over 2" of snow here wally world sells out of tv dinners and hot pockets. We had 8" of snow 2 years ago and everything shut down for 3 days. I would absolutely love to get 2 ft of snow in one shot here. People would absolutely lose there minds And actually I miss those bigs storms from when I lived up north.

You have a dark side my friend. Lol I know what you mean though, part of me still gets excited when they call for a big storm.

 

[Humblebub]

You are welcome to some of mine

 

[bearbait]

You are welcome to some of mine

And their saying more coming Tuesday, enough already.

 

[Tooljunkie]

Wow.east coast is taking a beating. Last winter was the worst i have ever seen, this year is much easier to tolerate. Only a matter ov weeks ant it will start improving...

 

[skeets]

It's just Mother Natures way of showing man ,,,,, he aint in charge

 

[Humblebub]

Skeets, so true. I learned in 1975 when I moved here. Just sit it out with a sip of strong drink and it is not so bad. Back in the late 70s a neighbour went out in a blizzard, not dressed for it and with a few jars of shine on board. We found him in the Spring when the drifts melted. We never knew why he went outside.

 

[Tomcat]

Whatever happened to "Global Warming"?

 

[OldeEnglish]

It's literally mass hysteria if you get over 2" of snow here wally world sells out of tv dinners and hot pockets. We had 8" of snow 2 years ago and everything shut down for 3 days. I would absolutely love to get 2 ft of snow in one shot here. People would absolutely lose there minds And actually I miss those bigs storms from when I lived up north.

It's fun the first few storms. After that it gets old and just becomes a royal pain in the donkey to keep up with. A kubota with a heated cab would be the cats ass . Darren, if you came back to the snow you would get sick of it again!

There are three types of people that love snow....skiers, snowmobiles, and folks who plow to make a living.

I'm happy to see snow for the folks who like to ski our old back country trail on Mt. Greylock, called the Thunderbold. It was build back in the Great Depression. About 15 years ago a group of people brought it back to life and made a documentary of its history. Very interesting to read about the races from long ago if you like history. They stared up an annual ski race that brings in skiers from all over and brought it back to life. The racers have to hike up and ski down it! If anyone's interested...
http://blog.ctnews.com/snowzone/2010/02/12/ski-race-on-the-legendary-thunderbolt/

Bub, I like your car! I miss my 09 legacy turbo ....traded it in for a grocery getter a few years back for my wife Although, I don't miss the speeding tickets!

 

[sawmill]

Whatever happened to "Global Warming"?

All Gore only talks about global warming in the summertime.

 

[Daren Todd]

It's fun the first few storms. After that it gets old and just becomes a royal pain in the donkey to keep up with. A kubota with a heated cab would be the cats ass . Darren, if you came back to the snow you would get sick of it again!

There are three types of people that love snow....skiers, snowmobiles, and folks who plow to make a living.

I'm happy to see snow for the folks who like to ski our old back country trail on Mt. Greylock, called the Thunderbold. It was build back in the Great Depression. About 15 years ago a group of people brought it back to life and made a documentary of its history. Very interesting to read about the races from long ago if you like history. They stared up an annual ski race that brings in skiers from all over and brought it back to life. The racers have to hike up and ski down it! If anyone's interested...
http://blog.ctnews.com/snowzone/2010/02/12/ski-race-on-the-legendary-thunderbolt/

Bub, I like your car! I miss my 09 legacy turbo ....traded it in for a grocery getter a few years back for my wife Although, I don't miss the speeding tickets!

Actually never got sick of the storms what did me in was the lack of decent paying jobs and sky rocketing property values up there I got tired of having to work a full time job, and hustle for side jobs just to be able to keep a float. And back when I lived up there we were dirt poor!!

Both sets of grandparents used to hook me up with a seasons pass to the local ski slope for a birthday and xmas present. Total cost was $75 back then.

During the winters we spent most of the time logging and cutting fire wood in the winters. Which was twenty heavy cords for two house holds and the sugar shack. Plus we would sell on average 50 to 80 cords. Not to mention the log trucks of pine that were sold for pulp.

We also had two plow trucks and a kubota l2250. And would plow driveways for extra cash. A good snow storm for us was a godsend when we were running out food Also meant that we got a much needed break from the woods and got to spend a day in a heated cab instead of out side in the sub zero temps.

So to this day, when a snow storm comes through, it still fills me with a sense of relief more then anything else.

 

[OldeEnglish]

Daren, I can understand where your coming from, VT is a costly state to live in. I've worked with a lot of guys from VT that would travel to MA for construction work in order to live the way they wanted to....I don't blame them, I worked in Boston for many years to do the same... I think good paying jobs are hard to find today no matter where ya live..
I was always amazed how much VT'rs had to pay for electricity! Speaking of global warming...VT is loaded with "Green Energy" and fellers I know pay 3x as much as I do....Well..actually we are starting to catch up to them in cost now
Green Energy = Green $$$$ ...

Property values are down now, maybe you'll find yourself coming back and get the old sugar shack boiling again. Winter is prime time to work in the woods, your never too hot , ground is frozen to get over the wet areas, and no Mosquitos!

 

[Humblebub]

OldeEnglish the WRX belongs to my son. He lets me play once in a while. My vehicles are boring.

 

[GaryL]

Whatever happened to "Global Warming"?

Global Warming actually leads to colder winters and a general change (for the worse) in our weather overall. I am not political, and I'm not a fan of the Global Warming name, but the shyte going on right now is certainly from man-made consequences, and there is so much science backing it up that is not really refutable....but, of course, the money-makers in oil and gas and manufacturing and government would have you believe otherwise. Change would cost the economy such an incredible amount, that it would be unfathomable. The rest of the world would just keep going on doing what they are doing until they decide to change, like China's emissions, so we've become of the mindset that either 'why should we change if no one else does' or 'it just doesn't exist'. Sorry, off my soap box.

To keep the post on topic, I have to go snow blow another foot of snow....that makes around 72" in the last two weeks. Doesn't sound all that normal to me.

 

[sawmill]

All Gore only talks about global warming in the summertime.

I apologize if I offended anyone with my Al Gore comment.

 

[D2Cat]

GaryL, when I hear all the "scientific" evidence of "global warming" opinions all I think about is the :"US News & World Reports" and "USA Today" articles in the '70's reporting how man couldn't survive in 50 years because it was going to be too cold.

I don't know if they called that "global cooling" but it's all opinionated BS, but then that's just my opinion.

Man will eliminate himself with bullets and bombs before the weather gets us!!

When govt. passes enough laws to regulate the atmosphere, enough jobs will be lost, sent to other countries, loss of standard of living, we'll be shooting at each other in frustration and anger.

Ya, we have less snow so far this year, but we're not behind for moisture.

But that's the cycle all the time. Guys buy new snow plows because their buddy made so much money LAST year pushing snow. They're going to be in on the action this year. Well, this summer there will be good buys on snow plows. Happens just about every other year!!

 

[OldeEnglish]

I'm another person you can't sell Global Warming to. Their whole fight with the "warming" is that the polar ice caps will melt and folks like me that live in the mountains will have beach front property . But....then we all get extreme cold weather and they cry global warming...

I agree that carbon in our air is not a goods thing, but climate change has been around since the dawn of time.

One of our properties is old farm land dating back before the 1800's. Like most old New England farm land, the soil is loaded with rock and stone....The farmers would pick out all the rock and build stone walls bordering their property. The bottom of our land has a brook (small river) running through it with turns and there is step up tiers near the river banks...

Way Back when the farm was built..... the farmers lined the river banks on the upper tier with stone. Amazing to think how they did it without machinery! I ask....why would they do all of this hard work? Well....it's in the history books that we used to get some serious flooding in our town that sits in a valley with a good sized river running through it. It got so bad long ago the army corps of engineers built 20' flood control walls on the river in our town and also north of us.

Twice in my life time have I seen our brook reach the crest of the banks that were lined with stone. One was a tropical storm, and the other was hurricane Irene. The stones held in place and protected our land from getting washed out. That proves to me the farmers lined the banks for a good reason...they used to get extreme weather, probably more frequently that we do now. If it wasn't a frequent problem, I find it hard to believe they would move tons and tons of stone by hand for no reason at all.... Just my thoughts on it....

Time to play in the snow again!