So the snow didn't hit D.C. ? no big surprise, it only goes to prove the old adage is true, you know......

"Not a snowballs chance in hell"

Maybe after a 30 year warming trend we are back to normal winter weather?

Gasp!

Snow...New England....Winter.....who would have ever thought this possible?

End the Snow Violence now!

Global warming is caused this storm to veer off course!

The government's day off cannot be considered a "paid snow day" so they should be charged vacation time. HAHAHAHAHA - I know - that was rather funny wasn't it?

BOY, They BLEW IT, Alright! Right up our BUTTS!

"People in the nation's capital didn’t even need to break out snow shovels after the storm left only a scattering of flakes."

is this the snow the storm left behind or the politicians?

But you can't risk having government employees out in the snow. Think about the dangers.

Sequester the emergency management offices. They did the same thing the week before farther north. Announced on Wed that Friday schools and gubmint offices would be closed. Snow started Friday afternoon. Saturday was bad. But Friday was OK. Just lost a day - but the paycheck for life folks in gubmint thought it was great. In out town we have a major university with an emergency management Staff, the County has one, We have a State office, and a City office. Each little storm is an opportunity for these folks to alarm everyone because they only have about 15 to 20 days a year of actual "near threat" conditions or potential to worry about, But they spend all year every year getting ready for it. So closing schools and gubmint offices is the main thing they can advise when they see a blob on the radar. We all have very good local tv station weather forecasters, excellent national weather channel forecasters. We do not need 4 of 5 emergency management offices in every city or county in addition to the commercial forecasters. That is the waste and abuse in gubmint spending that is just one of thousands of ways these people are killing us financially. They need to cut it to one office in each region. Sequester this !

I Read You

Each little storm is an opportunity for these folks to alarm everyone because they only have about 15 to 20 days a year of actual "near threat" conditions or potential to worry about.

Not worry - Tornado Season is right around the corner and then comes Hurricane Season, so they can get everyone worried through the year. Hurricane season ends in December and voila, we are back to winter snow season!

GM Jack,

ya forgot flood.

winter , flood, tornado, summer.

Yeah, good point, because when I was in JAX and the rains came, Black Creek would definite over flow its banks! Thanks for reminding me what I do not miss! LOL

GM Jack and Scooter,

i do not miss the rain floods and tornadoes here in Florida especially when it's Hurricane season

Evening Jack...Wish some of the snow/rain would come down this way...everything is brown, crispy and pretty well dead. Even the gumtrees are drooping and it is now Autumn. Had 3 weeks of around 30oC which is a bit unusual for us in Victoria. Seems this coming week we are in for it again 37oC and north winds from the desert...which means more trouble and bushfires that forever lurk. Still not much you can do about it and ride it out like always..have a great day...

same to you pretty lady

Well good morning Scooter, how is it in your end of the woods. Here this morning 27 and should get to 54 today. Tomorrow in the 60's YEA, I want to get some veggies out this weekend.

i wont be planted till April but its been right around 30-35 last couple days, little melt off but that will be changing.

Yea we will only be putting out hardy veggies..

Scooter

i wont be planted till April but

Good thing you added "but". I thought you done gave up the ghost! LOL

Tramp and Carol--- You need a little green house and a cold frame. They work great. But I can't get my Lavender to grow. Good Luck.

Hey Mary. Lavender likes it very dry and not allot of water with full sun. I have tons of them in my yard, also the mosquito's hate lavender that is why I got mine started years ago.

Yards too small Mary, and i only do it cause i get board, but planting is kinda in our blood around here. Its what we have done for generations after all., but at least when ya get my age now its all about,.... well gotta go get the garden planted, weeded, fertilised, etc.,.... whew.. that ten minutes was rough,.... best have a quick beer.....or two....or maybe....

Carol, around here the water has been too low to worry about mosquito's much. its the fly's wish i could plant something to get rid of .

Wow I wish I could be so luck. My veggie garden is an acre Scooter, and believe me by the time fall comes I am ready for it to be dead. I would love a small one around as borders, that would be AWESOME, but I can allot of veggies, and make soups for winter.

i want to plant now.....hmmmmm any ideas into what i should plant other then tomatoes?

It depends on how much land you have Rose. If you do not have much land you can plant in pots they will be fine. Tomatoes and cukes do well in pots, also broccoli as well. Done them all that way. Lots of sun and water there in Florida.

:) i have plenty of land and a couple of pots my mom wants to plant avocados

Green beans, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, cukes, watermelon this is what I start with.

sweet :) im going to stop by the store to but the seeds

I like Zucchini ( the plant dont go there), slice em up and fry em. and 4-5 plants and you wont have enough friends to give em too.

Tomatoes sucked last year. corn takes too much room for the yield. gotta plant smart . Going to try the lavender around my porch though.

Oh forgot that one Scooter. That makes great bread too. All my neighbors plant different stuff so we all share with each other so we have plenty. My one neighbor is 76 so we all give them viggies so they do not need to do a garden to hard on them

le gasp i love Zucchini and squash

plant em on a mound of dirt about 1-2 foot high or hillside Rose it works much better. Rhuhbard is good too but it is a perennial and will come back every year ( forever it seams)

Or maybe we should just plant rum. Look like Jack always has a bumper crop.

GM Scooter, Jack, Carol and all.

If this winter doesn't end soon, it will be snow peas and iced cabbage...

thanks for the tip :) and Jay have you ever tried cabbage steamed? its delicious

GA (here in B'bados) and GM Jay wherever you may be! Good one with the "snow peas" just watch out for yellow snow! LOL

Yeah, it seems this winter has been held off until after the groundhog foretold of an early Spring! Sometimes we beat winter and sometimes winter beats us all!

For you squash lovers, try acorn squash but pick it while it is small and cook it like summer (yellow) squash. I started growing these several years ago and out of curiosity tried some while they were small and they are really good with a sweet and slightly nutty flavor. The acorn is not as prolific as the summer squash, but if you miss picking it you just let it mature and then store it to bake, but the real prize is eating it while it is young and tender. Steam it or fry it, either way it is wonderful. Also, try spaghetti squash this way as well. Pick it before it begins to string out on the inside and cook it the same way you would a crook neck yellow squash. I have a neighbor who generally does not like squash who had some young spaghetti squash and he raved about how good they were. They are so sweet and good, it is making me hungry just thinking about them. Oh, and try them with a little Coconut oil on them instead of butter. If you get the good stuff it adds a slight coconut flavor to the vegies that really enhances the flavor.

GM Jay, so right Jack

Jdgregory;

ill try that sounds pretty good, im hungry now thinking about it. :)

me too

good job jd.

Rose, I'll have to give that a try. Iced cabbage is a bit too crunchy.

Jack, I'm in Minnesota, so I know if snow's not white, it's not right. Everything looks like a white fire hydrant to the dogs in the neighborhood.

Carol, 54 degrees today? I could think of opening our swimming pool. Oh, wait. Mine is still a hockey rink for my backyard critters.

60's this weekend yes yes yes

Jay;

yeah its too crunchy for me as well

Carol; it was 45 degrees this morning in the afternoon its going to be 65 degrees

Fried cabbage is the best. Put it in the fry pan with a little oil and salt and pepper.. WOW can not wait. Dam this winter weather it has to leave REAL SOON

agreed, im ready for the spring oh and dont forget this sunday is daylight savings time

what ever GL

Denouement;

First what kind of name is that?

Second we are not Trolls we are having a civilized conversation

Third Get a Life and go back to the rock you reside in

You want to see a troll then go meet SallyAnn now thats a troll

LMAO good one Rose

:)

she still hasn't posted yet but she will sooner or late she probably putting the white paste on

Wow, denouement. Hopefully, there will be an article about "nits", today--then we can discuss your "wit".

GM StonePipe! Good Morning Carol and Scooter, also.

Sounds like your typical weather for this time of year! I prefer where I am, thanks.

Hahahahaha I would as well. I want the 90's and the beach right about now Jack.

Carol

and the Rum is fine any time of year!

Send me some. lol It is always 5 o'clock somewhere

Good afternoon all, The sun is finally shining and if you are not in the wind is a blissful 37 degrees. :)

it probably saved money, it was one less day they had to cram B.S. we don't want down our throats.

@levi--- We'll know how much the ADULT SNOW DAY costs when the scandal breaks. GM Tramp

gm pretty lady, any time this bunch is not there they aren't spending money we don't have. Don't ya wish you could go to YOUR local bank, tell em you need a few million to spend your way out of debt and you promise to pay em back....someday...maybe...And they were dumb enough to just hand it over?

Can't speak for other gubmint employees but school teachers are on contract for a certain number of instructional days so snow days are made up at a later time. Taxpayers are not "on the hook" for free days with the school systems because the calendars will simply be extended into the summer until the required number of days are met.

lol yea you can never believe the weather man.....So when you look outside that is your weather that day.

Yeah.

when you look outside that is your weather that day

I use the "weather rock" forecast - if rock is wet = rain, if whiet=snow, if you can't see it = fog or night time....oh, if rock is dry who knows what to expect! LOL

Good Morning to all Usual Suspects!

or a frenzy

Rex - loved your post! Too bad it couldn't be 9 inches (or more)...

LMAO that is great Rex...told my girlfriend to expect 8 inches this weekend. Spring is also my favorite time of year. The flowers are up here too. The Irises are next.. Yea my favorite. But nothing beats fresh veggies.

As concerns the next storm now wrapping up off Southern California, told my girlfriend to expect 8 inches this weekend.

Told mine she just has to soldier on and suffer a bit , I'm not "shoveling off" the top 3 inches for anyone....

( ever hear "first liar don't stand a chance" ?)

hee,hee,hee

they have schools in Cincinnati?...who knew?....

Funny Scooter.... :)

i try ( been there btw) got an offer the other day to go back....dont think so.

Mom2Five,(I like that, by the way; you should be proud to be a mother), As I stated earlier, schools are required to have a certain number of instructional days each year, (in my state it is 178) and snow days may interrupt the schedule but these days must be made up at the end of the year, so, for school employees, at least, this is not a "free day". I know calls from the superintendent are sometimes irritating but I think you would be one of the first people to be upset if a school bus had an accident and students were killed. Most school busses are not equipped to handle snow and the drivers are usually not professional drivers so the risk is simply not worth the chance to shorten the calendar by a few snow days. Again, I emphasize, these days must, by law and contracts, be made up so they are not free.

JD, I am a proud mother :). I agree safety first, we normally do not use snow days in our district. We have limited busing and our city (suburb of Cincinnati) has its own city workers. My little side street was completely cleared before 6am. In our case I feel like they just wanted to burn up their first and probably only snow day of the year. I don't mind the 5am calls because that's when my alarms goes off. I can only remember one year that the school district used enough snow days that we had a shortened Spring Break. Most years they use 1 maybe 2 of the allotted snow days.

And Scoot, Cincinnati is a great city. :) I bet you would have fun seeing my version of Cincinnati.

I have a friend in Chicago that works for the Federal Government, he worked from home. At least they actually had a snow storm there. What gets me is they aren't scheduled off on certain days like New Years Eve, but every year the President declares it a "holiday". They get too many paid days off.

All those government government workers that didn't show up for work are non essential and should be part of the sequester cuts.

so's the government at large. after all it was formed for the defense of the U.S. .....NOTHING else.

LMAO Rose she is sleeping in or putting on foundation which takes her all morning. Let the trolls sleep in, it has been a great morning.

XD yep probably the chaos will happen in the afternoon

Gm Rose . I kinda miss her, in some sick twisted way.

Gm Scooter strange enough i do too i miss ragging on her ignorance if that made any type of sense.

That is frigging great ya'll

:)

Im in Key mid-west...i dont really either.

I Lost my Keys and I care!

Philly was supposed to get hit (my county in particular), but we didn't get a single flake.

NO FLAKES? in philly? i find that hard to beleive. ....So where do Eagles fans come from?

Sounds great

30 & Snow in Peoria Il. Yesterday, looks like you picked the right Peoria. ( in many many many ways.)

or a little less schooling...never met a "book smart" person who actually was.

Of course only with the help of Dr. Al Gore.