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Title: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 09, 2011, 07:33:59 PM
I was up in NH last weekend with Sparky, and thought I'd post some of the pics I took.  Springtime my ass, there's still a LOT of snow up there.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/kltasker/New%20Hampshire/0305111621.jpg)
Sparky and Laddie

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/kltasker/New%20Hampshire/0306110737.jpg)
Sparky's house

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/kltasker/New%20Hampshire/0306110735a_01.jpg)
The retaining wall (or natural waterfall, depending on the temp.)



Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 09, 2011, 07:37:04 PM
You'll be happy to know a good chunk of it melted over the past week.  Rain and 50-degree temps will do that.  However, the pile that Laddie was standing on will not be totally gone until, oh, sometime in April.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 09, 2011, 07:42:37 PM
As long as its gone by June.   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: IassaFTots on March 09, 2011, 08:45:21 PM
Brrrrrr.  Hey Sparky, you got those serious sun screens on your house?  Do you like em?
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 09, 2011, 09:09:13 PM
Are you talking about the blinds?  I have screens on the windows and the back sliding glass door, no sunscreens to speak of.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: IassaFTots on March 09, 2011, 09:10:34 PM
Are you talking about the blinds?  I have screens on the windows and the back sliding glass door, no sunscreens to speak of.

Nope, it looked like you have really dark screens on your windows, but it could just be the light, and everything looking darker because of the snow in comparison.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 09, 2011, 09:30:39 PM
Nope, it looked like you have really dark screens on your windows, but it could just be the light, and everything looking darker because of the snow in comparison.

Well, the blinds are pretty dark wood, and they're not neutral to the street, which would give the impression of darker windows/screens.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 10, 2011, 09:21:00 AM
Nope, it looked like you have really dark screens on your windows, but it could just be the light, and everything looking darker because of the snow in comparison.

Don't let him fool you Tots...it's not because of dark screens, lack of light, OR the wood blinds, he just never cleans his windows.  :lmao:


Good thing he'll have me there to do that for him soon, though, huh.

Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 10, 2011, 09:27:50 AM
Don't let him fool you Tots...it's not because of dark screens, lack of light, OR the wood blinds, he just never cleans his windows.  :lmao:


Good thing he'll have me there to do that for him soon, though, huh.




Pretty home, Sparky!

For some reason, some time back, I thought you had been complaining about having an old house, that you didn't like.  :confused:

Scoobie....come visit in The Spa, and do a little "dishing" about cleaning windows....inquiring minds, ya know.  :-)
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: IassaFTots on March 10, 2011, 09:29:09 AM
Don't let him fool you Tots...it's not because of dark screens, lack of light, OR the wood blinds, he just never cleans his windows.  :lmao:


Good thing he'll have me there to do that for him soon, though, huh.



I don't either.  Except the one that got egged last Halloween.  So I have one clean window. 
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 10, 2011, 10:31:32 AM

Pretty home, Sparky!

For some reason, some time back, I thought you had been complaining about having an old house, that you didn't like.  :confused:Scoobie....come visit in The Spa, and do a little "dishing" about cleaning windows....inquiring minds, ya know.  :-)

That may have been me who said that...I do live in an old house. For now. Me and the kids will be moving up with Sparky in June.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 10, 2011, 02:18:31 PM

Pretty home, Sparky!

For some reason, some time back, I thought you had been complaining about having an old house, that you didn't like.  :confused:

Scoobie....come visit in The Spa, and do a little "dishing" about cleaning windows....inquiring minds, ya know.  :-)


 :whistling:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 10, 2011, 03:02:07 PM

 :whistling:

Not. One. WORD.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 10, 2011, 03:02:53 PM
Not. One. WORD.


no need to now..... :wink:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 10, 2011, 03:49:13 PM
Not. One. WORD.


 :lmao:





 :-*






Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: formerlurker on March 10, 2011, 03:54:47 PM
That may have been me who said that...I do live in an old house. For now. Me and the kids will be moving up with Sparky in June.

Um, what?   Did I miss a memo>
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 10, 2011, 09:26:53 PM
Um, what?   Did I miss a memo>

You need a PM?
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 11, 2011, 02:18:46 AM
Um, what?   Did I miss a memo>

PM sent.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: MP_Sarge on March 11, 2011, 02:20:18 AM
BS for owning a poodle.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 11, 2011, 02:25:52 AM
BS for owning a poodle.

BS for BSing her.  It's MY dog.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: MP_Sarge on March 11, 2011, 02:27:46 AM
LOL
In that case, I deserve the BS.

And so do you. :D
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Eupher on March 11, 2011, 08:34:47 AM
I'm not a fan of poodles, whether toy or standard, but they are exceptionally smart dogs.

Back to the snow, I guess.......
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 11, 2011, 05:50:58 PM
Even with the rain and warmer temps, that pile isn't going away anytime soon.  That will be the last bit to disappear.

I'll venture a guess here and say April 18th will be the day there's no more snow in the yard.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 11, 2011, 09:30:04 PM
 I spent the summer between soph and junior year of college in Maine. Went the second week of June. I swear, they said the snow had only been gone a little over a month, and that the ice had finally completely melted off the lake, only a few weeks before.

Since I was a swim instructor....I would swear it melted only a few days before I got there!!! Damn lake never did warm up the entire summer.  :banghead:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 12, 2011, 01:45:34 AM
Yeah, when Scoobie and the kids get up here, they're going to be expecting those warm Gulf waters, or the shallow stuff like they find in Cape Charles...

Not gonna happen...
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: seahorse513 on March 12, 2011, 01:58:51 AM
Wow, so Scoobs will be a New Englander hey?? Hopefully. you will take a jaunt to DownMaine sometime.....If you go to the Falmouth Walmart, drop by Lawn and garden
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 12, 2011, 12:56:26 PM
Yeah, when Scoobie and the kids get up here, they're going to be expecting those warm Gulf waters, or the shallow stuff like they find in Cape Charles...

Not gonna happen...

Nope, not at all.

Don't know about you, but getting the pool set up and watching the kids splash around while we relax on the deck, fire up the bbq, and have a cold one, is all this girl is looking forward to.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: seahorse513 on March 12, 2011, 03:33:12 PM
Nope, not at all.

Don't know about you, but getting the pool set up and watching the kids splash around while we relax on the deck, fire up the bbq, and have a cold one, is all this girl is looking forward to.

I don't blame you, The atlantic ocean tends to be frigid up this neck of the woods...If you have a private pool, you'll be all set!!!
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 12, 2011, 09:37:18 PM
Wow, so Scoobs will be a New Englander hey?? Hopefully. you will take a jaunt to DownMaine sometime.....If you go to the Falmouth Walmart, drop by Lawn and garden

Not so sure about that...I think Sparky's gonna be a little busy.    :wink:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: seahorse513 on March 13, 2011, 04:35:24 AM
Not so sure about that...I think Sparky's gonna be a little busy.    :wink:
Well it is just a thought...Sparky, I am sure is up to the task. I sincerely hope it works out for you both(and the kids of course).
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: seahorse513 on March 19, 2011, 06:35:58 AM
For those venturing up to New England in the near future,it's snowing.....sigh.......again.... :-)
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 19, 2011, 09:24:49 PM
Just one more reason to cozy up in front a fireplace is all.  It's all good. 
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 19, 2011, 10:01:02 PM
Just one more reason to cozy up in front a fireplace is all.  It's all good. 

Good thing I've still got some firestarter logs and a few bundles of firewood left.  Oh, and cleaned out the fireplace finally...
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 19, 2011, 10:15:41 PM
Good thing I've still got some firestarter logs and a few bundles of firewood left.  Oh, and cleaned out the fireplace finally...

Good thing. We did fire that puppy up pretty well last time, didn't we.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Eupher on March 25, 2011, 07:24:51 PM
Good thing. We did fire that puppy up pretty well last time, didn't we.

Get a room, you two!

Oh, wait......


 :-)
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 25, 2011, 09:33:04 PM
Get a room, you two!

Oh, wait......


 :-)

I figure once Scoobie moves up to the hinterlands come summer....we will never see Sparky or Scoobie hangin' out at CC.  :(
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 25, 2011, 10:05:29 PM
I figure once Scoobie moves up to the hinterlands come summer....we will never see Sparky or Scoobie hangin' out at CC.  :(

Change of plans...3 weeks (we're hoping).  :yahoo:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Eupher on March 25, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
Change of plans...3 weeks (we're hoping).  :yahoo:

I distinctly remember Sparky intoning:

NOT. ONE. WORD.

A couple weeks ago.

What happened?

 :whistling:    :-)
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 25, 2011, 10:28:34 PM
Change of plans...3 weeks (we're hoping).  :yahoo:

The kids aren't going to finish out the school year where they are?
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 25, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
I distinctly remember Sparky intoning:

NOT. ONE. WORD.

A couple weeks ago.

What happened?

 :whistling:    :-)

That really was about his windows, and I'll leave it at that.   :-)
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 25, 2011, 10:38:09 PM
The kids aren't going to finish out the school year where they are?

My daughter is fine with switching (nervous, but fine), and a positive of it happening now rather than waiting until school is out is that she'll get an idea of the difference in curriculum and will have all summer to get up to speed (if necessary) when school starts again in the fall. We've talked to her a lot about it, she wants to do it this way, and she's excited to make the move.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 26, 2011, 12:09:09 PM
My daughter is fine with switching (nervous, but fine), and a positive of it happening now rather than waiting until school is out is that she'll get an idea of the difference in curriculum and will have all summer to get up to speed (if necessary) when school starts again in the fall. We've talked to her a lot about it, she wants to do it this way, and she's excited to make the move.

It will help her to meet kids too, before school gets out.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: MP_Sarge on March 26, 2011, 12:48:15 PM
Agreed.

Meeting kids over the summer can be hard if you don't live near them.

If you meet and exchange contact info prior to the cessation of the school year, you're much better off.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 26, 2011, 07:04:17 PM
Agreed.

Meeting kids over the summer can be hard if you don't live near them.

If you meet and exchange contact info prior to the cessation of the school year, you're much better off.

There are plenty of kid-friendly activities around there that I can also get her involved in over the summer. I'm sure she'll run into some of her classmates in the process.


Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: seahorse513 on March 26, 2011, 07:32:32 PM
There are plenty of kid-friendly activities around there that I can also get her involved in over the summer. I'm sure she'll run into some of her classmates in the process.



I was thinking of you today when I saw softball mitts. getting her on a town/school team. I wasn't sure how old she was, or if she was sport orientated.
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 26, 2011, 08:52:09 PM
I figure once Scoobie moves up to the hinterlands come summer....we will never see Sparky or Scoobie hangin' out at CC.  :(

hinterlands?  Seriously?  And we'll still be here, deb...but we'll be (ahem) otherwise occupied more than normal...  :naughty:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 26, 2011, 08:55:50 PM
Look at the bright side, hon--there will STILL be snow on the ground when you get here... :whistling: :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: debk on March 26, 2011, 09:47:00 PM
Look at the bright side, hon--there will STILL be snow on the ground when you get here... :whistling: :fuelfire:

When I was a freshman in college...I went home with my boyfriend Mother's Day weekend. To Skaneateles NY. I took spring clothes. There was snow on the ground. I spent a week in the hospital when I got back to school, I was sooooo sick.  :bawl:

Summer between sophmore and junior year of college, I spent on Lake Sebago, Maine, working at a private girl's camp, as a waterfront instructor -  teaching swimming, water-skiing, canoeing, lifeguard, and counselor. The ice had just thawed off the lake, a few weeks before. Like getting into a large bowl of ice water.  :o :o :o

Scoobs....I have a couple of pairs of long johns and ski overalls that I will never use again...where do you want me to send them?  :wink:
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Scoobie on March 27, 2011, 08:02:58 AM
Look at the bright side, hon--there will STILL be snow on the ground when you get here... :whistling: :fuelfire:

Its friggin snowing outside here now. Grrrrrr.  :argh: <looking around for Baby Jesus>
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: NHSparky on March 27, 2011, 08:20:42 AM
Its friggin snowing outside here now. Grrrrrr.  :argh: <looking around for Baby Jesus>

Bright and sunny here!

And 24 degrees.  With a windchill of 9.  Yay, spring!
Title: Re: Yep, still lots of snow.
Post by: Wineslob on March 28, 2011, 12:53:33 PM
No snow in town but LOTS in the mountains above us. An area I like to fish (the High Lakes) will probably not be accessible until well after the 4th of July.

Oh, as of the 24th we are at 103% of normal rainfall. It didn't stop raining until this morning.


http://www.paradiseirrigation.com/water-supply.html