Northern weather

[healey36]

BTW, beautiful day today in Pa and in VA......nearly 70 here in Va!

Makes me wonder if it's worth splitting a half-cord of firewood and the shoulder misery that comes with it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

BTW, beautiful day today in Pa and in VA......nearly 70 here in Va!

Makes me wonder if it's worth splitting a half-cord of firewood and the shoulder misery that comes with it.

Depends on what kind of wood and whether you're using hammer & wedges or just an axe?

Either way, try alternating left- and right-handed - saves the shoulders and back both.

[healey36]

Ax only, and you presume a level of ambidextrous ax-work far beyond me, lol.

[Mitch]

You and me both, healey! I have one of those "monster mauls" and I'm right handed. If I tried a swing left handed, I'd dare say one of my shins would be crushed!

[healey36]

NOAA says we might get a dusting of the white stuff here in north-central Maryland tonight and tomorrow AM...looking forward to it. Tree goes up tomorrow, outdoor lights this afternoon. Feels like snow...

Healey

[E7]

NOAA says we might get a dusting of the white stuff here in north-central Maryland tonight and tomorrow AM...looking forward to it. Tree goes up tomorrow, outdoor lights this afternoon. Feels like snow...

Healey

Bah Humbug!

[robert.]

Local yahoos are running with their snowplows mounted. NOAA claims up to 5 for us. Could cause a few problems around here. Look at these maples.

[healey36]

Where are you, mate? Hopefully not too much accumulation or you're going to need to bust out the chainsaw. Personally I think the whole thing will blow over with little to nothing (although my niece called last night to tell me it was snowing in Houston...it rarely snows in Houston).

[E7]

I saw a blurb about SNOW in "TEXAS and Southern states" when I logged on the Net. A bit too early for snow for me, because if it happens it will be laying around forever. The cold is bad enough!

Rich

[robert.]

I’m in bucks county. West of I95 corridor. A small town called new Britain. 18901 zip.it’s not just my maple. It’s all of them .

[healey36]

The trees are whacked this year...I'm still raking and it's the second week of December. You're quite a ways north of me so I'm surprised you still have so many trees leafed. What, are you in a valley or something next to a nuclear power-plant? Must be very temperate...

[robert.]

All the leaves froze 2 weeks ago.now they won’t drop.

[healey36]

Just checked the Hagerstown Almanac for December 6-9...for the Mid-Atlantic region it predicts "Nor'easter, snow, heavy north." Better wax your snow-shovels, Robert, Murph...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Just checked the Hagerstown Almanac for December 6-9...for the Mid-Atlantic region it predicts "Nor'easter, snow, heavy north." Better wax your snow-shovels, Robert, Murph...

OK. Do the perps come out in the snow to get jobs shoveling, or even just to rob and mug? Not usually, so I probably won't have them to contend with, but now that I think of it, I am reminded of a woman and her child who got stuck in the snow in Paterson, NJ,a couple years ago, who needed help and promptly got car-jacked, tossed right out into the snow as the thief managed to jet away in her car - with her purse and cellphone.

Do bear and coyote come out in the snow? I have no idea.

So, I will probably only have dropping dead from a heart attack due to shoveling snow as something to contend with, today (and tomorrow?)
( Blah blah blah, Murph, quit yer whining and man-up. Get some weapons and a real good snowshovel (and snowplow/blower) and toughen-up!)

[healey36]

It's 0737 and nary a flake...sigh.

Healey