[AT] Sleet

Tue Feb 8 15:01:02 PST 2011

You have to have a pretty sharp eye, Richard.  Is that near enough to
you so you can borrow that machine on the weekends?  (grin).  With my
luck I would not see an 18 wheeler coming and the roboplow would be
mashed potatoes.

Charlie V.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Richard Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net> wrote:
> Charlie v that one in there of pendot i thought i new that road when it was
> running. Stoped it at one sign and sure enough it is I99 and 322 at state
> college.
> R Fink
> PA
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>
>
>>I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying this but I really feel that the
>>> winter is now gone here.
>>
>> Roboplow...
>> For those of us who are still having winter, check this out.  I can't
>> remember if the video has been around before but it is pretty cool.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA
>>
>> Charlie V. in WNY
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>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying this but I really feel that the
>>> winter is now gone here. We will have more cold weather but my gut
>>> feeling
>>> is that the season as turned the corner.
>>> I have spring flowers beginning to shoot up. I pruned a pear tree
>>> Saturday
>>> and I appeared that the sap had begun to rise. All I can say is, it's
>>> about TIME! One more month of this Global Warming and I would have been
>>> ready for a padded room.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Larry Goss
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:09 PM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>>>
>>> Once, just once, on the weather channel last night, a commentator
>>> mentioned
>>> that the storm was moving faster than they anticipated. As result, the
>>> expected records would not be reached. But of course, that announcement
>>> was
>>> never repeated -- there's no news value in it.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "mpnc282 at juno.com" <mpnc282 at juno.com>
>>> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 11:38
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>
>>>> Here in SE Michigan, I was disappointed with the "Blizzard of
>>>> the Century" we only received about 5-6" of snow, and not much
>>>> wind. Kind of like the Great Lakes cyclone from last year. Three
>>>> wiffs and a puff of dust and it was done. Of course the news
>>>> talked about it almost non-stop up until it came through. Mike M
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>>> From: Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-
>>>> tractor.com>Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>>>> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:11:57 -0500
>>>>
>>>> I know what you are thinking, Charlie. On the other hand,
>>>> if 5-6
>>>> inches of snow becomes soggy from rain, a small blower will not move
>>>> it and slush is not fun to shovel.. Based on that thought,
>>>> The clean
>>>> up is taken care of for the moment. With our temperature
>>>> still at 24
>>>> F, we have had a couple of bursts of big, puffy snow flakes, but are
>>>> probably safe from any rain / ice for a while. The other good
>>>> news is
>>>> that our wind is only at 3 mph currently.
>>>> We seem to be quite lucky at the moment comapred to Gene and
>>>> much of
>>>> the rest of the nation.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie V. in WNY
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Gene Dotson
>>>> <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>>>> > � �The sleet here in Ohio stopped last night
>>>> when it warmed up enough to
>>>> > turn to freezing rain. Have a heavy crust on the sleet thick
>>>> enough to walk
>>>> > on without breaking through. At least the sleet is not
>>>> drifting any more. It
>>>> > is colder and now snowing and near whiteout conditions with 40
>>>> MPH plus
>>>> > winds. Have limbs scattered all over the lawn. Earlier I was
>>>> out and watched
>>>> > the limbs blowing across the ice. Had everything but the hail
>>>> and lightning
>>>> > so far.
>>>> >
>>>> > � � � � � � �
>>>> � � � � �Gene
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>> > From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>>>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:55 AM
>>>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > And that it did. �We ended up with 5-6 inches of very
>>>> fine powder,
>>>> > almost like dry sand. �Our temperature hung around 20
>>>> degrees. �Now
>>>> > the weather guys are saying "Guess what? �The Storm
>>>> missed us." �I was
>>>> > in hopes all of the hype yesterday was overdone.
>>>> >
>>>> > The current predictions now are for possible scattered
>>>> freezing rain
>>>> > and / or sleet. That offered extra incentive to get out at daylight
>>>> > and get the shoveling, blowing, and plowing finished just in case.
>>>> > The character of the snow might get ugly if it gets rained on
>>>> and our
>>>> > DSL internet was out as well so no second cup of coffee.
>>>> �Now the snow
>>>> > work is finished for the moment and the DSL is up so it
>>>> appears all is
>>>> > well.........except with all of that I forgot to feed the big
>>>> dog and
>>>> > give her her pills. �She probably thinks her throat is
>>>> cut so we best
>>>> > go feed her.
>>>> >
>>>> > Charlie V.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Charlie V
>>>> <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >> We are up to perhaps two inches of very fine snow now. Radar shows
>>>> >> the heavier snowfall is almost to us. I am going to try to
>>>> get back
>>>> >> to sleep now. The snow can fall O.K. without my help. Nite all.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Charlie V. in WNY
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Gene Dotson
>>>> <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>>>> >>> Charlie;
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I have never seen so much sleet. Probably 3 inches now.
>>>> Better than
>>>> >>> freezing rain though. Opened the back door a little while
>>>> ago. Sleet was
>>>> >>> above the bottom of the door. Got dressed and shoveled part
>>>> of the walk.
>>>> >>> Was
>>>> >>> easy to shovel. Very grainy, just had to throw it up in the
>>>> air and let
>>>> >>> the
>>>> >>> wind blow it away. Still coming down. My dog won't even go
>>>> out and he is
>>>> >>> a
>>>> >>> cold weather dog. Hope he makes it till morning.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Gene
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> >>> From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>> >>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:19 PM
>>>> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Stationary engine recordings
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I did a little google reading on the ring tone subject,
>>>> Gene. With
>>>> >>> older phones like I have, it looked like more of a project
>>>> than I
>>>> >>> need. My phone usually only rings occasionally when a telemarketer
>>>> >>> calls and I do not answer them. Neat thought though.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I hope what we get for weather is snow, rather than sleet or
>>>> freezing>>> rain. When it gets here it is supposed to no longer
>>>> be in the
>>>> >>> blizzard category. The weather guy is calling for 10-15
>>>> inches in
>>>> >>> Rochester, but possibly much less South of I-90. South of I-
>>>> 90?? Hey,
>>>> >>> that's me. I would be great to miss the bullet yet another
>>>> time, but
>>>> >>> I guess we will take whatever we get.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Charlie V.
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