[AT] OT snow

Tue Mar 9 22:37:12 PST 2010

Thank's Charlie,
The only sign of spring I've found so far is cat s**t and the rumor of a
dead badger on the railroad tracks ;-) 4" of snow is fore casted for the
beginning of next week at least we had daytime temperatures above freezing a
few days now.

Mattias

2010/3/10 charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>

> Take heart Mattias, the earliest of the spring flowers are beginning to
> bloom here now.  They're close to a month late but at least they are
> finally
> blooming.  This too will pass!
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT snow
>
>
> It's not impressive it's truly disgusting. Some weeks it fell 4-12" inch
> every day, that's not fun. I haven't taken much pictures because the sight
> of snow really makes me wanna puke. We are many at work who think it was
> better when it was dark from 3:30 PM till 8:00 AM because then we didn't
> get
> to see much of the snow :-). People going skiing are more or less
> considered
> as lunatics. I wanted to buy a pair of skis when the first snow fell to ski
> around home with the kids but I found none fit for a full grown man like
> me.
> Then after a week it was no idea because there was to much snow to be able
> to move around in the terrain. Hunting season was totally destroyed and all
> projects including firewood has been impossible or very hard and mostly
> there haven't been time for anything else than shoveling and plowing
> between
> work and sleep. My body has probably aged ten years, I've found so many new
> places that can and still hurts. I can promise I won't go anywhere skiing
> for many years. The only comfort is that I will probably not live to see
> this much snow again.
>
> On another note the government and authority are now washing their hands
> saying that according to their rules it hasn't came more snow than the
> building structures should be able to take. BULLSHIT! In this coastal area
> the calculated maximum snow load is now 50 pounds/square foot since it was
> raised from 30 and that was only 14 years ago. And that is such BS because
> I
> personally been on a lot of roofs that weighed twice as much and a few that
> weighed thrice as much at some spots even more. I'm truly impressed that
> they lasted but it's looks better on them to say that it's badly built and
> of course some probably are but not all. There are buildings that stood the
> same for 100-150 years with only exception that tile roofs had been chanced
> to lighter tin roofs long ago that collapsed. It would probably be more
> true
> to say that some property owners should have been more aware and begun
> shoveling earlier.
>
> Enough ranting, soon hopefully the snow has disappeared so much that I
> could
> go take a look at that Boxer and begin discussing tractors instead.
>
> Mattias
> 2010/3/9 charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>
> > Pretty much!
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <
> at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > >
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT snow
> >
> >
> > Biggest toothbrush you've ever seen!?
> >
> > Mattias
> >
> > 2010/3/9 charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> >
> > > Thanks Mattias,  first time I ever saw snow removed from a roof with an
> > > excavator!
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <
> > at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > > >
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:37 PM
> > > Subject: [AT] OT snow
> > >
> > >
> > > > Charlie and gang,
> > > > Here are the requested pictures.
> > > > http://public.fotki.com/Duplobarbaren/global-warming/ These pictures
> > are
> > > > not
> > > > supposed to show how much snow we've got, they are mostly taken for
> me
> > > > to
> > > > show our customers that live out of town or are reluctant to go see
> > > > for
> > > > them
> > > > selves. Something happened while uploading so I have more but this is
> > > > probably enough even though not the worst I've seen. Quality is what
> > > > it
> > > > is,
> > > > it's taken with a cellphone with me mostly tired and sometimes a bit
> > > > tensed.
> > > >
> > > > Mattias
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Don't tell Al Gore about this, he might get unemployed then and
> > > > increase the pressure on your welfare system.
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