The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

still snowing here, but I went outside to do the first shovel of the walk and some damage assessment. I’m feeling fortunate not to be in Coastal MA. That flooding is scary.

I have no idea how much snow we have. Part of my lawn is completely bare, but I have waist deep drifts in other parts. Pretty typical for here. I live at the end of the park, and the open field is to my Northeast...so the wind from these Nor’easters has a lot of space to pick up speed before hit me and my neighbors.

I miss Old Joe who lived two houses down until his passing last year. Our relationship consisted of friendly waves and hellos from our porches for most of the year, but on days like today, I’d be racing him to get outside so he wouldn’t try to shovel 18 inches of snow at 93 years old. He would never put his shovel down or away when I came over, but he’d tell me stories about the neighborhood from the good old days while he let me do most of the work.


(As I was typing, we just saw our first plow of the day.)

 

[smoke665]

Pulled out at 10 am this morning thinking that the ice that had bombarded Savannah, would be melted off the interstate - wrong. Lot of places still looked like bumper cars on an ice rinks, with cars in the ditches and trees. It took a good 11/2 hrs of white knuckle driving before we finally got far enough south to get out of the mess. Our rig is now covered with a layer of nasty gray gunk, but at least we are out of it.

 

[davidharmier60]

Chinese. Who in the world could take an F-16 and put EF-18EF on It?

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[smoke665]

I just can't understand why Northerners think the South can't handle a little snow????

 

[JonA_CT]

@SquarePeg Do you have to shovel a path for your cat-sized dog? My lab is bottoming out today. He literally dug himself a hole in a snow bank, haha.

It's still coming down like crazy, but my understanding is that we are almost through. The city has already canceled school for tomorrow, so my wife will be home. I'm not sure about my school yet (which is funny, because it's a half-mile as the crow flies from where my wife works...just in a different city...).

I think the big issue is the wind...they can clear lots and roads tonight for the schools, but they'll have to do it again tomorrow. Here in New London, about 30% of the kids are walkers...so sometimes, they give an extra day to make sure that the sidewalks are cleared.

 

[smoke665]

The city has already canceled school for tomorrow, so my wife will be home. I'm not sure about my school yet

Now see this is the difference between North and South. We would have cancelled EVERYTHING last week when they were just talking possibility. We like to be prepared just in case.

 

[JonA_CT]

Yeah, my school is closed tomorrow, too.

I might go in anyways. I still have 400 pages of grading to do haha.

 

[Gary A.]

Before:

After:

Guess who went to the groomers today?

 

[terri34 6]

Miss Maggie found a new mud patch and literally dived in.

Don't care what anyone says - That's funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Maggie walks/runs/wrestles with Max nearly every morning. Gary has to hose her down before entering the house ... nearly every morning.

Between this comment and those photos, I must say....that dog generates too much work!

 

[terri34 6]

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Guess who went to the groomers today?

Hey!! They missed a couple of spots around the muzzle. I hope you tip them well.

 

[Gary A.]

Miss Maggie found a new mud patch and literally dived in.

Don't care what anyone says - That's funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Maggie walks/runs/wrestles with Max nearly every morning. Gary has to hose her down before entering the house ... nearly every morning.

Between this comment and those photos, I must say....that dog generates too much work!

She's a six month old puppy ... the mud part she does entirely on her own. Gary participates on the clean-up part. She essentially walks herself ... ala no leash. Yes, dogs are a lot more work than cats.

 

[davidharmier60]

Supper was going to be Spaghetti.
But now Pizza.
This doesn't disappoint me.
Supposed to get to 31 overnight.
And upper 40s plus tomorrow.
This also doesn't disappoint me.

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[limr30 3]

She's a six month old puppy ... the mud part she does entirely on her own. Gary participates on the clean-up part. She essentially walks herself ... ala no leash. Yes, dogs are a lot more work than cats.

And thus, I have cats. They are not nearly as needy. I don't do needy very well.

 

[Gary A.]

Before:
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Guess who went to the groomers today?

Hey!! They missed a couple of spots around the muzzle. I hope you tip them well.

Gary is a very good tipper.

 

[terri34 6]

Before:
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After:
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Guess who went to the groomers today?

Hey!! They missed a couple of spots around the muzzle. I hope you tip them well.

Gary is a very good tipper.

Ah, they'll always smile when they see her coming after another mud dive!