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^ Some still predict the weather via the examination of a pig's spleen -- and reportedly attain greater accuracy than the learned meteorologists with their science & satellite images:
 
 
GeekHere's another interesting article about using other natural, traditional means to forecast weather:
 
 
Well, rushfan4, it's just as well your great snowfall didn't materialize, because when I got to the aerodrome to wing my way down to your aid -- and to avail myself of your ale Big%20smile -- they wouldn't let me check my snow scoop in with my carry-on luggage. (I guess they feared I might brandish it to wrest control of the aeroplane.)
 
Unwilling to let "Scoopy" be consigned to confinement in some common cargo-hold, discouraged and disheartened, I trudged torpidly across the tarmac (albeit, all the while admiring my awesome alliterative abilities), to wend my lonely way home to my own spartanly-shoveled driveway, there to seek some sodden solace from my own splendid stock of snow-chilled ale. Cry
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Yes, forget your piddling, back-breaking little shovels -- this is the proper tool for the snow-relocating job, as employed by wise & manly-muscled Canadians with much snow to shift, but a mind for maintaining the health of heart and back:
 
 
 
Mine is heavy-duty plastic, but these things are a MUST! (Stern%20SmileSorry Progtologist -- snowblowers are for lazy,  limp-wristed, crippled- up, air polluting girly men! Wink) My "acoustic" scoop is just as fast or faster, silent (I play motivating music via a portable tape-deck in my garage), free to operate, keeps me warm, and gives me EXERCISE! 
 
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Edited by Peter - February 03 2008 at 15:16
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Points: 66528 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2008 at 14:40
I am actually reading a book called The Weather Man by Steve Thayer.  It is about a Minnesota Weather Man who has an uncanny ability to predict the weather accurately, and once each season there is a severe weather occurrence.  On each of these days there is a woman who gets murdered.  I haven't gotten in to the book far enough to know if he is the killer or not.  It has a blurb on the cover from Stephen King promoting the book, so I suppose it is from the horror genre.  Definitely a work of fiction though: a weatherman who can actually predict the weather.LOL
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2008 at 14:31
^Stop trusting weathermen.... About two years ago, the Dutch weather organisation KNMI became familiar with (or made up) the concept of 'weather alerts'. Hilarious, they had to withdraw an alert twice last year, and this week they send out an alert for a storm two days in a row which they obviously didn't dare withdraw. Warned us about heavy winds, blinding rain and huge traffic jams. Nothing happened of course.....

Wish we had some snow here though...
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Points: 66528 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2008 at 13:37
After all was said and done we got less than 4 inches, and it seems that is all that we are supposed to get.  Pretty ticked that the weathermen were so off from actual again, but can't complain too much because that is so much less to have to shovel.
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2008 at 13:23
We got a good bit of snow here too. Not the possible 15 inches we were warned about (ridiculous, we've probably never had that much in one snowfall), but a good 5 inches I'd say. The wet, sticky kind of snow too, it crunches under yer feet. 
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Hey Peter.  How is your schedule looking today???  We are expecting 8 - 12 inches of snow here in Michigan today.  Is your shovel handy?  There are probably some beers in it for you.  LOLcheerssnowman3
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damnit...  got found out hahahhahahha 
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 20:43
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

LOL

Well, I can have beer too. And only for doing a bit of cleaning up in the house. Tongue


if you save me from having to endure 'he who hath no name*  being in Xover'  I'll buy you a whole six pack and deal with the hell from your mother later LOL


sweeeeet! Big%20smile


just don't tell Dean LOL  I'll make it a 12 pack... Busch LIte .. ahhh.. ..good stuff Rico LOL
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Originally posted by darkmatter darkmatter wrote:

I have to study for finals.... Cry

Why did I take Calculus III.... Pinch
 
Because you wanted to learn the joys of directional derivatives, triple integrals, line integrals, and vector calculus? Big%20smileTongueOuch
 


And really, who wouldn't?  If you're planning to do any physics in your life, this semester contains essential concepts - Maxwell's equations, in particular, make use of divergence and curl, and manipulations of said equations from differential to integral forms require the Divergence Theorem and Stokes' Theorem.

Geek lesson over - back to shoveling (and drinking)!  Wink
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 16:02
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

LOL

Well, I can have beer too. And only for doing a bit of cleaning up in the house. Tongue


if you save me from having to endure 'he who hath no name*  being in Xover'  I'll buy you a whole six pack and deal with the hell from your mother later LOL


sweeeeet! Big%20smile


just don't tell Dean LOL  I'll make it a 12 pack... Busch LIte .. ahhh.. ..good stuff Rico LOL
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

LOL

Well, I can have beer too. And only for doing a bit of cleaning up in the house. Tongue


if you save me from having to endure 'he who hath no name*  being in Xover'  I'll buy you a whole six pack and deal with the hell from your mother later LOL


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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

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Well, I can have beer too. And only for doing a bit of cleaning up in the house. Tongue


if you save me from having to endure 'he who hath no name*  being in Xover'  I'll buy you a whole six pack and deal with the hell from your mother later LOL


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^^^ Peter, what are you doing with Raff's cat in a basket??  Confused
 
I think you'll find 'Chicken in a basket' would be far more satisfying, washed down with a few beers after a long, hard shovel....Wink
 
 
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 15:39
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Well, I can have beer too. And only for doing a bit of cleaning up in the house. Tongue
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Excuses, excuses! If it's not studying, it's distance or bad backs.Thumbs%20Down
 
Lazy, skinny, shackled-to-the-computer, natural-light shunning prognerds!Angry
 
 
Well, gotta go do some more now. -20 C outside but a nice day -- & still lots of BEER left! Tongue
 
 
 
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Edited by Peter - December 15 2007 at 15:28
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Originally posted by darkmatter darkmatter wrote:

I have to study for finals.... Cry

Why did I take Calculus III.... Pinch
 
Because you wanted to learn the joys of directional derivatives, triple integrals, line integrals, and vector calculus? Big%20smileTongueOuch
 
As for you Peter, you really should install some heat lamps underneath...melts that snow right away.
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I'd help, Peter, but Canada is so far, far way. Cry

Besides, I normally don't have to shovel any driveway at all, since I live in an building apartment. Which is kinda good, but also kinda sad. I'd love a house! Cry

It just so happens it snowed "decently" for the first time in about three years here. Nothing wonderful, yet relaxing... Smile
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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 02:32
We're getting a good amount of the stuff this weekend in America's heartland. After last week's ice storms, snow is very welcomed.

Personally, I love the stuff. Don't care for shoveling it, though.

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Points: 31585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2007 at 20:41
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by heyitsthatguy heyitsthatguy wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

So who's going to help me? Big%20smile
 
There's a tasty beer or two in it for you!
 
 
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C'mon, get off yer lazy duffs -- it builds character! Angry
 
I thought it was a law that all Canadiens have to own snowblowers.Wink
 
Or haven't you heard of them yet?
 
Wonderful invention,those snowblowers.Tongue


oh come on, Maryland gets like 8 inches of snow a YEAR, do you really need a snowblower? LOL I wish my stepdad would finally get one Ouch
 
I don't have one.Tongue
 
I have two....my daughter and my son.When it snows I hand them shovels and say....."go shovel the drive and the sidewalks".
 
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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

The amount of snow we get here in the deep south of England can usually be cleared with a half-decent sneeze (yay! for the Gulf Stream! Approve)


calling for snow and ice in the DC area tomorrow into Sunday.... would be nice...  no snow shovel... not even an ice scraper.  LOL  No work Monday then hahhaha.
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