Ha! The Lord is lookin' out for you, you old fart. No snow shovelin' to save
your old heart. How's that for a rhyming intro. :-) Be careful about invoking
snow on the Republicans...There's quite a few of them all around me. :-)
Well, I was disappointed in the snow amount in the Smokies. LeConte didn't get
near the 20" they predicted, but the recorded temp was -22°F with a wind chill
of -60°F. Think the newspaper said it was a 40 mph breeze up there. Whew! Glad
I was down here, even though it was coldest night of the year so far...13°F
when I got up at 7AM this morning. Supposed to be 60° in Spartanburg, SC
tomorrow and I'm playing golf with my son Tim after a free lunch at
Grandparents Day at grandson Henry's school.
Dem in deep snow
bl...@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill C Swingler
To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: What a winter
Bernie,
I'm laughing my ass off! You received 2" in TN and Manheim Twp. and
Lancaster, PA your old stomping grounds got 12" (yes, twelve!) and Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean 10 mile to the West received (0), nothing, zip. There was
a band of snow about 5 miles wide went right up route # 501 and dumped 12" of
the white crap all over them. Serves those damn Republicans right!
----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie Baymiller
To: Shoptalk
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: ShopTalk: What a winter
Ron,
Oh man, we had two inches of snow in the Tennesse Valley (about 850'
elevation here) Sunday and Monday. With temps in the teens-to-30s, I haven't
played golf all week. It's been a bummer. Still some snow on half the green
behind my house. Terrible winter...that was our second snow. :-) The first snow
was about an inch...melted the next day. The Golf Operations Director even
extended golf rounds coupon sales another month because there has been so
little play.
Still, an hour from here on mile-high Mt. LeConte (6,250') in the Great
Smoky Mountains Nat. Park, they're forcasting 20" tonight. Was tough hiking to
the top of LeConte in 6" snow on the Alum Cave trail when I was younger. Was
beautiful up there, though. Wind howling and blasting powder snow on the Fraser
fir trees...looked like sombody frosted them with shaving cream...maybe -20°
with wind chill up there that day. Sat under the lodge deck (lodge closed in
winter) with a wide-mouth thermos filled with hot soup, but it would freeze to
the spoon before I could eat it. So, had to drink the soup out of the bottle.
Would never try it in 20"...long drop where the trail runs along some cliffs
and spring water freezes under the snow.
Gatlinburg's ski slope tram will be running non-stop tomorrow. But, we're
only a couple days from a temporary Spring. Snow should be gone tomorrow.
Friday is supposed to be near 60° again and Saturday a bit warmer. Gotta loosen
up for Friday afternoon.
Bernie
bl...@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Kellison
To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: EI 70 Tour "S"
I think I may have one or two somewhere in the shop. I'll look around
tonight and get back to the OP.
Regards,
Ron
BTW, we've had almost 7' of snow so far this winter, and the snow cover
is presently 24". Only 3 more months until Spring!
On 4-Feb-09, at 5:20 PM, Chris Stricker wrote:
I feel bad for the OP. Man, all he wanted was to know where to find an
unused EI70! Sadly, I don't have the on topic answer.
