13+ inches today [Archive]

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 08:45 AM

Mika

12-01-2006, 09:00 AM

We have no snow in Lilydale. I am thinking about bundling up and going for a low temp ride.

When I was a child and living in Madison the standard joke for opening speaches was along the lines...

Honey the county sent the results of a land survey in the mail today.

Oh, what is that about?

The state surveyor checked the boarder. We are on the Illinoise side of the boarder.

Thank God! I just couldn't face another Wisconsin winter.

The snow demons will get me for this.

BubbaZanetti

12-01-2006, 09:03 AM

62 at 7:30am here in new england

oh, yeah, it's December 1st..............

PAULBACH

12-01-2006, 09:03 AM

Thank you for a beautiful post.

The snow is not here and upstate NY usually gets hammered by snow. Today is is raining and the good news is; you don't have to shovel rain.

But ... I'm sure our turn will come.

tourunigo

12-01-2006, 09:04 AM

Start rant
The white sh*t is coming down hard and fast today. I hate the snow, it puts me in a funk cause I can't ride.

Maybe I'll go jump into one of the clubhouse threads and stir up trouble.....nah, that's too much work.

Anyone got a real cheap old dirt bike they wanna sell me so I can go ride in the snow???

I'm gonna have to blow my driveway for a second time when I get home tonight.....stupid snow. :banghead

rant over

:wave ...we are 55 degrees F right now in Halifax. Very light drizzle. Winter has been kind to us......so far. Our time is coming though but for now we're still riding. By Christmas I will be dreaming about the Keys. -Bob

SIBUD

12-01-2006, 09:08 AM

ultracyclist

12-01-2006, 09:11 AM

I am about 18 miles East of Rasbutan, 5 blocks west of Lake Michigan.

We are expecting 10-16 inches.

Not a good riding day at all, although I am sure that a crazy rounder is out there somewhere!

kbasa

12-01-2006, 09:21 AM

I'm riding down to Southern California and going camping this weekend.

:evil

RebeccaV

12-01-2006, 09:23 AM

I am about 18 miles East of Rasbutan, 5 blocks west of Lake Michigan.

We are expecting 10-16 inches.

Not a good riding day at all, although I am sure that a crazy rounder is out there somewhere!
I am about 18 miles east of Rasbutan and 3 miles south of ultracyclist and getting totally hammered with snow.

I am drinking tea and getting psyched up to shovel. Then I will head to my mom's house to dig her out. NOT riding today but I was planning to get together with a fellow IBR rider for Mexican food tonight. Hopefully that will still happen.

I'm riding down to Southern California and going camping this weekend.

:evil
Looking for an appropriate smilie and NOT finding one..... :)

Mika

12-01-2006, 09:26 AM

Time to resurrect an old favorite.

http://yabe.algebra.com/~ichudov/misc/ebay/WeaponsMounts/-v8-snowblower.jpg

Here is a Google search for ‘snowblower (http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=snowblower&spell=1)’ some are hilarious some are not office friendly.

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 09:50 AM

Without snow, there would be nothing to look forward to in the Spring.

I feel sorry for my southern friends who can ride year around in warm weather. They miss the excitement of that first warm spring day an how good it feels to be back on the bike again.

I have no intention of waiting til spring. If the plows do their job and get the roads clear, I'll ride this weekend.

The snow removal guys are shoveling between the parked cars right now here at work. My socks are still wet from walking through this crap.

Moving south sounds really good right now.

crazydrummerdude

12-01-2006, 09:56 AM

About 6 inches here in St. Louis. Wednesday night it was about 72. Thursday morning it was 32.

Of course the news is blowing it out of proportion..

Belquar

12-01-2006, 10:03 AM

I have no intention of waiting til spring. If the plows do their job and get the roads clear, I'll ride this weekend.

The snow removal guys are shoveling between the parked cars right now here at work. My socks are still wet from walking through this crap.

Moving south sounds really good right now.

Dude, you don't wear shoes to work?

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 10:09 AM

We're the only ones in our building, everyone else stayed home. :stick

Mine's the SUV on the left.

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 11:16 AM

its a lot of snow when this happens!!!!

:banghead

Yeah, its a plow!!

Hotspice

12-01-2006, 11:21 AM

I'm gonna have to blow my driveway for a second time when I get home tonight.....stupid snow. :banghead

I am drinking tea and getting psyched up to shovel. Then I will head to my mom's house to dig her out. NOT riding today but I was planning to get together with a fellow IBR rider for Mexican food tonight. Hopefully that will still happen.

Howdy neighbors :wave . Made it in at about 6am today and had fun listening to all the stories as others showed up. 4x4 RAWKS .

http://hotspice.smugmug.com/photos/114096420-S.gif

I think my drink of choice when I get home and snowblow will be hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps.

:1drink

ultracyclist

12-01-2006, 11:28 AM

Why are you shoveling?

Didn't you get the special order plow/blower attachment option that fits on your bike? You may want to talk to the gang at BMW of Milwaukee about it.

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 11:29 AM

Howdy neighbors :wave . Made it in at about 6am today and had fun listening to all the stories as others showed up. 4x4 RAWKS .

http://hotspice.smugmug.com/photos/114096420-S.gif

I think my drink of choice when I get home and snowblow will be hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps.

:1drink

I had hot chocolate with baileys this morning after doing the driveway. It was WHY YOU EM EM WHY....yummy.
:1drink

BubbaZanetti

12-01-2006, 11:33 AM

I had hot chocolate with baileys this morning after doing the driveway. It was WHY YOU EM EM WHY....yummy.
:1drink

mmmm, creamy and beige

http://myspace-562.vo.llnwd.net/00249/26/53/249123562_l.jpg

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 11:40 AM

mmmm, creamy and beige

http://myspace-562.vo.llnwd.net/00249/26/53/249123562_l.jpg

Sorry, I guess I need a little explaination :confused:

BubbaZanetti

12-01-2006, 11:43 AM

Sorry, I guess I need a little explaination :confused:

Old Gregg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Gregg)

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 12:03 PM

Old Gregg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Gregg)

Do you, uhm, watch this old gregg? Big BBC fan are you? :stick

tourunigo

12-01-2006, 12:12 PM

....couldn't wait for snow so I thought I'd get a jump on the whole thing by starting my drink of choice a tad early -Bob

BubbaZanetti

12-01-2006, 12:17 PM

Do you, uhm, watch this old gregg? Big BBC fan are you? :stick

and proud of it! that is one of the best tv shows of the last 10 years :D

Rasbutan

12-01-2006, 12:45 PM

....couldn't wait for snow so I thought I'd get a jump on the whole thing by starting my drink of choice a tad early -Bob

I could use one of those right now, this day is dragging serious a$$.

GSTom

12-01-2006, 12:55 PM

Here in extreme SW Missouri we got hammered overnight with 8 to 10 inches of snow. Our problem here is that we don't get a whole lot of snow so the City doesn't have much in the way of snowplows and such. The philosophy is just wait a couple of days and it'll melt off.
Actually it's very pretty while it lasts. Today it is 20, tomorrow 40's, early next week back in the 50's. It was 77 here on Monday.

k75karol

12-01-2006, 01:03 PM

SHawn_P

12-01-2006, 01:56 PM

just finished moving 15" + off the driveway -- it'll be a week until the street melts enough to get out safely on the LT...

Thanks for the suggestion to move to MN, but I am heading for SW Texas when I retire (I hope)...

nhlkats

12-01-2006, 03:35 PM

I hate the snow, it puts me in a funk
solution:

http://root.cern.ch/~rdm/art/subaru3.jpg

http://www-csl.csres.utexas.edu/gps/images/misc/plus_sign.jpg

http://www.pilotmaster.ru/pics/catalog/308.jpg

http://www.trulysunday.com/Images/Equal%20Sign.gif

http://www.friedmanarchives.com/China/Page2/thumbnails/Happy%20man%20drinking%20tea.jpg

dancogan

12-01-2006, 04:20 PM

I'm riding down to Southern California and going camping this weekend.

:evil

You know that some day you'll pay for that, don't you?

:stick

DarrylRi

12-01-2006, 04:32 PM

You know that some day you'll pay for that, don't you?

:stickHe already did, it took him a long time to wise up and move out of the snow.

It was 45F and sunny here in Karlsruhe, Germany, btw. And Lufthansa found my luggage, so I can go riding tomorrow.

GeneT

12-01-2006, 04:52 PM

Y'all come on down, a little windy but temp is in the mid 80's

:dance

BradfordBenn

12-01-2006, 05:28 PM

You know that some day you'll pay for that, don't you?

:stick

Have you seen the cost of living out there? He is paying for it now
:stick

Na Cl K9

12-01-2006, 05:52 PM

I can hardly wait till it snow's here. It hardly ever does. It's so much fun to get all bundled up, warm up the bike amidst clouds of steamy exhaust and then ride out into a pristine fresh white blanket of the white stuff. I've gotten real good at spinning circles and sliding backwards on hills to turn around. The looks I get from the cage drivers is one of perfect disbelief and if I weren’t riding my sidecar I guess that's the way I'd feel too ;-)

Hotspice

12-01-2006, 06:31 PM

just finished moving 15" + off the driveway -- it'll be a week until the street melts enough to get out safely on the LT...

:dance You win, officially we only got 12" I think.

Of course, with my luck the garage heater broke first and then the snowblower took a dump on me so it was back to the good old shovel.

Once my lower back recovers and I get some heat out there I'm going to see if it was the final drive that went out :ha

SHawn_P

12-01-2006, 06:38 PM

...Once my lower back recovers and I get some heat out there I'm going to see if it was the final drive that went out :ha

Now that's funny!! :clap

Take care of your self HS....

OUTBACKUFO

12-01-2006, 08:42 PM

:dance You win, officially we only got 12" I think.

Of course, with my luck the garage heater broke first and then the snowblower took a dump on me so it was back to the good old shovel.

Once my lower back recovers and I get some heat out there I'm going to see if it was the final drive that went out :ha

Same storm... 15 times 2+....
I went out and started to shovel the drive at 830am moved a 12-15in then i had late breakie... then shoveled another 5 by noon... then cleaned off the car a bit... drove to town... waded through thigh deep snow to look at a house for sale... Then that night i dug out my jeep... in -5F temps... at least the the stars were out :laugh Next day drove over the passes and it was a balmy -19F in Eagle, CO at first light....

there is a car there somewhere
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/snow001.jpg

before the first clean off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/snow002.jpg
Yes... i did not get the bike under the car port... :doh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/snow006.jpg

by evening the snow was up to the top of the tires...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/snow005.jpg

there is a road somewhere....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/snow004.jpg

Time to put the gear away... well might need it for speed skiing :laugh
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/helmetsnow.jpg

the day before i was riding on two wheels then it was wanky two plank riding time... go figure...

Bob_M

12-01-2006, 08:50 PM

Same storm..

I love that snow in Colorado. Weightless as colored air. Snow flakes the size of dimes that stack edge upon edge. What a marvel of nature.

Strap on the boards!! :clap

PHMarvin

12-01-2006, 10:16 PM

I don't understand this whole discussion. What is "snow"?

BradfordBenn

12-01-2006, 10:17 PM

Where I am got missed :( I was looking forward to a good 4 to 6 inches. It is great to see the dogs go out to play for the first snow of the season they get so happy.

rinty

12-02-2006, 10:09 AM

Don't feel bad. We were minus 29 C last week. Regis even had a copy of the Calgary Herald on his show, talking about it. But it's warmed up again.

We haven't been so famous since the '88 Olympics.

I thought it was supposed to be the Regis and Kathy show but there's some new girl named Kelly. Is Kathy still with Frank?

Rinty

12bswayed

12-02-2006, 11:28 AM

3 inches of snow in Seattle=complete shut down of the city!! 96" inches at my locat ski area, Stevens Pass...can't wait to use my mid-week ski pass to do some serious snowboarding! That's my winter way of mental health!

RANDYD8511

12-02-2006, 10:44 PM

Hay, it's bad all over the U.S. now. Here is southern Arizona it's was only 68 today. Almost had to put on a long sleeved shirt... So hay, stop bitching..... :fight bye :bolt

bigdelta

12-04-2006, 05:31 PM

and made it back in time for another Dolphins loss at home.Yeah,we lost to GB earlier too.But at least we got some good sun and $7.00 beers...
83 today,no riding but got an hour run in and some time by the pool with SPF 4-and NO $7.00 beers...
Waukesha is a nice town-I think I stayed there for the 95th HD thing back in '98.Nice folks there.

Holly

12-04-2006, 09:37 PM

It's just starting here. I'm hoping it lost some of its power coming over the lake. Or maybe we'll get that lovely lake effect. :banghead

Holly