[AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;

Sat Jan 1 12:51:49 PST 2011

LOL, maybe they think there is safely in numbers!!   Yep, other drivers are 
my biggest concern driving in bad weather.
Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;


>I spend a lot of time driving Richard and really don't mind it.  In fact
> most of the time I'd rather drive than ride.  I didn't enjoy driving in 
> that
> snow and ice though.  I didn't have any problem
> making way but I wasn't so happy with some of the others on the road.  I
> tried hard to stay away from traffic as much as possible by looking for
> holes in the line of cars and trying to stay in them.  It amazes me the 
> way
> many folks all want to bunch up and run in a pack.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Richard Fink Sr
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 3:08 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;
>
> That don't sound like any fun at all Charlie. I don't drive that much any
> more just no fun for me. I have a big year if i get 1000 miles on my 
> truck.
> Wife likes to drive so i ride shot gun. But she won't drive the truck with
> trailer and two tractors on. [tractor reference]
> R Fink
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:22 AM
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>
>> Richard,  I drove home from Hagerstown MD last sunday.  We started out in
>> cold but dry conditions and it stayed that way pretty much all the way to
>> Fredericksburg VA.  Between there and Richmond it turned to a snowy fog
>> with
>> some slush on the road that continually got worse as we went south.  By
>> the
>> time we got to Petersburg VA I had my tuck in Auto 4 wd.  It stayed there
>> and was some times necessary all the way to Rocky Mount NC.  By then it
>> was
>> getting dark and I was getting off of I-95 onto lesser traveled 4 lane
>> roads.  At that point it was I was locked into 4WD and stayed that way 
>> all
>> the way home for the last 100 miles or so.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Richard Fink Sr
>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:01 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;
>>
>> Charlie i have a brother in NC he told me about your snow.And cold. I bet
>> farmer is cutting grass in Indiana from what they have said about the
>> weaher
>> there.
>> R Fink
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 8:34 AM
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>>
>>> John, I hope your wheat comes up but I'm a bit worried about everything
>>> else.  We've had a freezing cold spell and some snow.  That's as much
>>> winter
>>> as the plants and trees down this way are used to and
>>> as soon as we have a warm day, like today is supposed to be, everything
>>> is
>>> going to bud out.  Fruit trees, grape vines, flowers, bulbs, etc. are 
>>> all
>>> going to think it's spring.  I'm just hoping this is all of the cold
>>> weather
>>> for this year.  Supposedly this was the second coldest December ever
>>> recorded in NC.  When ever the coldest was must have been before 1950
>>> because I sure don't remember it.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: john hall
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:58 AM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;
>>>
>>> That warm air has reached us as well. We've had 4 measurable snowfalls
>>> this
>>> month, I never remember that happening in Dec., maybe only 1 other time
>>> in
>>> Jan. or Feb. The entire month was really cold and windy. Yesterday it
>>> warmed
>>> up into the 60's and melted most of the snow. I've got one late planted
>>> field of wheat that I don't know if it will ever come up thick enough to
>>> make a stand. The next few days of warm air will help tell the tale if
>>> this
>>> field will amount to anything. All of the fields need some warm air and
>>> sunshine.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
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>>> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 9:37 PM
>>> Subject: [AT] Spam> Ohio Weather;
>>>
>>>
>>>>    Reading Ralph's posts with -15  degrees and saturated unfrozen soil
>>>> made
>>>> me think of the contrasting weather we are having in Ohio. Our soil was
>>>> still very dry going into winter. Got about 5 inches of snow between
>>>> Dec.12
>>>> and 20. Weather was below freezing the whole time so the snow stayed on
>>>> till
>>>> a couple days ago. Last 2 days was in the mid to high 50's with brisk
>>>> south
>>>> wind blowing. With the warm weather and wind, there is very little 
>>>> water
>>>> on
>>>> the ground. Was a little muddy this morning but dried up this 
>>>> afternoon.
>>>> Walked my airstrip and it is dry and solid. Can probably drive a 
>>>> tractor
>>>> across the fall plowed ground.
>>>>
>>>>    9:30pm here and still 55 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>                        Gene
>>>>
>>>>
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