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by: wolfhound - Jan 11, 2011 14:18:15 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 11, 2011 14:18:15 GMT -6
Larry, he was shooting the snow and ice off the branchs to keep the tree from toppling.
An old Southern trick!!!!!! 8^)
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by: wolfhound - Jan 11, 2011 9:21:19 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 11, 2011 9:21:19 GMT -6
Well you Yankees can make fun of us Rebels all you want but I note that a lot of Yankee
18 wheelers kack knifed on our Atlanta express ways tying up traffic to the point of
shutting down sections of it. Our scrapers and sanders werem ready for this one and did a great job. However the weather froze every thing solid again and the black ice was terrible.
But to be fair we had a lot of 4 wheelers trying to run at 60 mph after being warned about the
situation and being told to stay off the xway. Once wrecked or stuck the wreckers could not get to them for all the shut downs on the road. Stupid is as stupid does wheather it be
Atlanta, Birmingham, or NYC..(not aimed at you, Rich or JR or any body else. My personal disclaimer!!! 8^) }
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by: wolfhound - Jan 11, 2011 5:34:05 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 11, 2011 5:34:05 GMT -6
for us here in NGA the temps will not go above the high 20s and down to the
low teens beforthe weekend. No melting of this wonderful 6" of snow. Now has a nice crust of ice on it. Gee, I love winter time------------NOT!!!
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by: wolfhound - Jan 10, 2011 9:03:24 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 10, 2011 9:03:24 GMT -6
Just wondering. My family immigrated to this country from England and settled inPutnam Vally a couple of centuries ago.
All my critters are crated here in my office, sleeping and avoiding eye contact that might mean that they want to go out. These are sensible southern dogs!!!!! I went out to take
some pics and promptly fell on my butt. Obviously the critters are smarter than me!!
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by: wolfhound - Jan 10, 2011 7:47:32 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 10, 2011 7:47:32 GMT -6
KZ, Labs are bred for this sort of water and will retrieve game from lakes in it. They
have an oily coat that sheds water and agreat temperaments.
My Beagles though it was fun but got bored when they realized that there were no rabbits
out to chase.
The thing that you need to keep in mind is that we dont get this sort of weather down here
very often. When we do we are not prepared for it. Are you anywhere near Putnam Valley?
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by: wolfhound - Jan 10, 2011 6:13:41 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 10, 2011 6:13:41 GMT -6
This morning the snow fall measures 6" here on the hill with 2-4 more to come, snow today and sleet, freezing rain later in the day. The freezing rain is the bad boy. Trees will come
down, power will be off, phones out, not a pretty pictue. A state of emergancy has been declared for the whole state. We live on a hill in the county, not even thinking of driving.
Wife willl work from home. My old retired show dog kennel is in shock. Go out in THAT?
You HAVE to be kidding!! My Beagles, IGs and terriers are good for about as long as it
takes to do their business. My rescue tweenie doxie will drag his equipment in the
snow.
Rich, for an otherwise quite intelligen man you are indeed crazy!!! 8^)
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by: wolfhound - Jan 9, 2011 21:12:07 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 9, 2011 21:12:07 GMT -6
Has not hit us yet but Atlanta already has 2".Temps will not be above freezing for the next 4 days. Think I will move to Alaska come summertime as Imwill be used to this weather by then!!
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by: wolfhound - Jan 8, 2011 20:34:47 GMT -6
Post by wolfhound on Jan 8, 2011 20:34:47 GMT -6
Rich, I thought you got snow in that last one. We had 3.5"!!! And the next great storm is
hitting us tomorrow evening after, I think, it hits you guys in AL.
That IS a nice house!!! See what you can buy by saving money riding a scoot or bike!!!!!
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 8, 2011 16:43:57 GMT -6
Now those are what motorcycles should look like. The saddle bags are awsome. You are both to be congratulated!! Ride on!
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 8, 2011 14:59:38 GMT -6
KZ, You are right.The Fly by all accounts is a very good scoot. Thanks for the lead on
Piaggiousa.com
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 8, 2011 14:06:11 GMT -6
I read the AU article on the Piaggio Fly and I think that that proves my point. Piaggio expects quality in manufacturing and delivers quality to the market place. This company makes
quite a few varieties of brands in the scooter market.they have their people in the Chinese and Taiwanese factories overseeing the process. Now I own two
Chinese scoots. One has been reliable and the other is the poster child for bad Chinese
quality. The Chinese will make what the market will support. In other words the importer
will get the quality he is willing to pay for. And that reflects onto what the buyer is willing to pay. You will get what you are willing to pay for.It is safe to say that in most cases if you buy
a cheap product you will get a cheap product 90% of the time. By the way, is Fly still being imported into the US? I seem to remember that there was a question about that.
for the product.
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 8, 2011 6:24:02 GMT -6
Birmingham has already had snow, has it not? They are predicting up to 5" in my area
on Monday, then3rd snow/ice storm in 4 weeks. Locks us in here on the hill top till
the somewhat vertical driveway thaws. This may be our worst winter in 50 years
if this keeps up. An warm day lately would be in the 50's. Much colder than average.
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 7, 2011 18:52:06 GMT -6
Piaggio makes Vespa. Vespa is an overpriced but well made status symbol.
Piaggio owns49% of TGB(Taiwan Golden Bee) sokd here under the Peirspeed
label. I have two TGB/Peirspeed Delivery scoots, one is a 2005 150cc that has
7000 miles on it, maxes out at 65, and has given me no trouble. I am about to
buy a TGB/Peirspeed R9i sports scooter, 150 cc.. $7000.00 for the Vespa,
$2500.00 for TGB/Peirspeed R9i. For me the Vespa is not logical, the TGB is.
This is ypour wallet on Vespa )( , and this is your wallet on TGB ( )!!!
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 7, 2011 18:33:34 GMT -6
i just got around to reading this one. I am with you, Luke!!. What a wonderful thing
that these guys did for their dad. They are good sons.
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 7, 2011 17:48:01 GMT -6
What Rich said!!!
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