The Coffee House

[smoke665]

No rain here today. Sunny most of the day, but there was a cold, cold wind.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Hasn’t reached us yet although they closed the schools for any evening activities soon had to cancel 2 pitching clinics. Going to be hard to find a new date where both the venue and the pitching coach are available.

I’ve had enough winter. UNCLE

 

[smoke665]

I’ve had enough winter. UNCLE

Look on the bright side, when the snow melts your house will still be there. For the next month or so storms here have a tendency to take it with them.

 

[davidharmier60]

And I still say I'll take what we have right now right through until it's winter again.


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[davidharmier60]

Argh. Double post.

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[waday]

Evening all!

It’s snowed most of yesterday, last night, and all of today. We have about 8-10 inches. Ugh.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

We only got about 3 inches and all of it today. It has hovered at or slightly above freezing so the roads were just wet here at least. We have escaped deep snow for all 4 of the storms in the last 3 weeks.

 

[SquarePeg1]

We only got about 3 inches and all of it today. It has hovered at or slightly above freezing so the roads were just wet here at least. We have escaped deep snow for all 4 of the storms in the last 3 weeks.

You have just laughed at fate. She’ll get you for that.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Nope, I knocked on wood

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Does anyone know what happened to nominated photos beginning with #12 post in March Photo of the Month?

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou is still raving about the dinner Gary whipped up. It was just a chicken stew, but she loved it. For Gary, the best part of dinner was the salad Mary Lou picked. It looked awesome and tasted even better. From field to table in five minutes, lettuce, tomatoes and avocados ... a simple fare but sooooo fresh, it was oddly as crisp ... as it melted in the mouth at the same time.

 

[davidharmier60]

It's not nice to fool mother nature.

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[snowbear141 72]

Nope, I knocked on wood

Don't do that - the old good-luck-giving wood nymphs have moved on to large vats of vinyl and polystyrene; you have to knock plastic.

Back to DC today for the ESRI Developer's Summit. It's expected that most of the snow in my local area will be melted by this evening.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Happy to report that this storm was a bust for us Just a dusting overnight. Many cities and towns canceled school today based on the weather reports only to now find that it was a false alarm. And I do mean alarm. These weather people on the news really get carried away. I don’t know if it’s a New England thing or this is a national or even global phenomenon but it’s getting out of hand. The last storm we had, while it did dump about 2 feet on us, also generated completely unnecessary and overblown news and weather coverage for literally the entire day.

 

[jcdeboever]

Gary had a nice day. Gary wrapped up work early and a little after noon he put the top down, the volume up and headed down to Orange County Camera. Gary hasn't been there in a long while. They called him the other day and asked him to come on down, his presence was missed. Gary had a nice time and some of his OC Camera buds showed up. The owner handed Gary a Leica M4 black paint. It was very clean, not a scratch on it with a bit of brassing. After messing with it a bit, Gary asked how much? "$20,000", said the owner. Why? Because only 500 of those were made ... Gary gently put it down. It was 72F when Gary headed back north. The freeway was backing up and was getting congested. Gary dialed up some old Rock 'n Roll stuff ... Beatles, Beach Boys, even Buffalo Springfield. It was a good drive home.

It was cool talking gear with that guy. He definitely knew his stuff. He told me something that never occurred to me...."your better off buying a Voightlander body and putting Leica glass on it". I was in the mindset of saving the money on glass, buying a Leica body and putting Voightlander glass on it. More research. Lol. I got the bug picking up and holding a Leica M3 at a local camera store, it was like 10 grand for body only. The feel and precision of it was like nothing I have ever experienced before. Moral of the story? Don't pick up and fondle a Leica or you may get the fever.