Snow....again

It's snowing hard and fast, so beautiful. I love it. Lest new people on here get the wrong idea I just want to mention SOME of us don't sit around in Jammie's and bunny slippers every time it snows. ...I'm very productive, fully dressed on the couch under my favorite cable knit blanket with a cup of Cacao's sippable heart healthy dark chocolate...
And Tatman we might have to postpone that renaming ceremony due to weather...but feel free to call me Bossy until its official.

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My Dearest Don and Bossy.........

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-14 04:02:00


..........last week one of my postings prompted one of our fellow, cherished members to speculate that my contribution on this august Forum,..just may have been drug fuelled.

Like Lance Armstrong said...many times...' With what I was given..why would I ever take anything bad...?"

But,,,back to the plot,...and I beg the indulgence of the Moderators...

Bossy and Don...and specifically Don..are you currently on the same planet....??

Bossy,..you charm us with your love of the snow and your sartorial dignity,' neath the cable stitch and then send out a , barely concealed 'barb' to Bro Don.

Now Don..clearly totally cabin crazy...bears at the door,...and helpless in his Jammies..chooses to give you a solid salvo of Georgia Roof Technology,. fit enough to educate the most experienced of Roofers.

This Forum is SUCH a broad church...and now covers Roof Tech..

Marvellous !

Tattoo Man

Oh , and by the way if Sir Don of Georgia calls you 'Bossy'..then its official..

Ice Damning

by donr - 2014-02-14 04:02:42

Bossy: Thanks for trhe warning. I don't think that is a problem on our roof. We have a roof done in steel shingles. The lower edge of each row of shingles is raised up at least an inch by a 2X2 batten. The next row below any row has a lip that comes UP that same batten, so the row above overlaps the row below by two inches in a vertical plane, so the water would have to get 2" deep at any batten to overflow the overlapped surfaces. Also, the nails holding the shingles on are horizontal into the front of the battens, so you cannot have a puddle of water up over a nail head. I had an ice dam in Iowa, so know exactly what you mean.

Tatman, Don

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-14 05:02:15

I've missed your humor and wit! Who would accuse you of being drug fuelled? I'm sure they meant beta blockers or diuretics, or possibly a blood thinner. ..
You thought that barb was concealed? I thought it was quite transparent! Seriously, Brother Don knows I adore him and the "barb" was in the spirit of fun not malice. Nevertheless he did mention on a prior post today he is still in jammies. And bunny slippers. What kind of example is this to our fellow pacers? It is practically summer in his part of the country! Time for flip flops not bunny slippers in the south! Grilling outdoors. Swimming holes. Moonlight walks with Mrs Don...
We did have a discussion on ice damming too on another thread so the roofing reply isn't as unrelated as it seems. I'm sure this is all totally relevant to the PMC and dead on topic. Moderators, this will become clear in time...
When the ice melts and the snow is gone, and other vehicles besides snowmobiles and Hummers and army tanks can get thru the roads in my neighborhood, the party's at my house! Bionic bash, spring fling, PMC party...Come on, come all, bring your mrs and mrs, in laws, outlaws, and ex laws.....no sharp objects allowed but anything else -legal- goes. Save the date...
It's still snowing hard here...a Valentine gift from Mother Nature. 14 more days until southern Cali sun...

Moderators

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-14 06:02:00

Tracey will be the guest of honor at the bionic bash! She's wonderful!
Cabin fever? Yup. But I'm enjoying it! At least I have heat with my uber expensive new furnace so it's all good.
I picked a good winter to stop commuting from Florida. The past few years it was out of Indiana on Thur night and back home on Sun evenings, easy two hour direct flight, three days of sunny weekends then back to work and cold. Then my sister moved and totally ruined my life...on a happier note one of my kids just moved down there....
I can knit us sweaters with sleeves that tie behind the back. Several weeks left of winter here..

Quick - throw a...

by donr - 2014-02-14 06:02:10

...sheet or blanket over this thread. I just noticed that Tracey is on line. We don't want her discovering this thread - she'd go out & buy sweaters w/ sleeves that tie behind our backs. Actually, we'd be lucky if that's all she did - she could rat on us to the DEA & we'd all wind up in the slammer wearing beltless jumpsuits & laceless shoes!

I mean face it - I'm sitting here watching my slippers wiggle their noses & twitch their ears at me, staring out the window watching ice melt at 33 deg F. How stimulating can that be? Bossy is sitting under a blankee sipping hot chocolate while the blizzard skips blythly over the three strands of Bahb'd Wahr between Indiana & the north Pole, counting the snowflakes & wondering if they are all unique in pattern. Then there's Tatt Man isolated from his favorite pub, the "Ruptured Duck," his soul crying out mournfully for a pint - or two, while Mrs Tatt watches for an unoccupied punt to float by on the murky depths of the flood waters racing for the North Sea (or is it the Irish Sea?) so she can escape sudden death in the jaws of Nessy, freed from its Loch & seeking warmer climes.

Sounds (& reads) like we are all getting cabin fever right now. Every now & again, Mrs Don sticks her head in & asks why I haven't done another chore she has dreamed up for me. I apparently get distracted easily from my assigned duties. She tells the story of how 54 yrs ago this month we were sitting in a dinky little apartment (Pied a Terre Flat, I think is the right translation into proper English English) on a Sunday afternoon awaiting a class to start several weeks off. I had finished reading the Sunday paper & worked the crossword. Threw it down & said that I needed something to do. She took the bait & for 53 yrs, now has been trying to keep me from becoming bored by thinking of things for me to do. I assure you - she can think of them faster than I can do them. Right now, if she were to get a paralyzing brain cramp & stop thinking, I'd be busy for 143 yrs clearing the existing list.

Back to the list!

Don

Cabin fever

by BillMFl - 2014-02-14 06:02:32

Being born in Indiana but raised in Wisconsin, which is almost Canada, I recognize the symptoms! Add some valium to the hot chocolate before its too late.

Bill

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-14 06:02:53

Chocolate is my Valium!

Bossy............

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-14 07:02:13


................has it ever occurred to you that the Moderators NEVER SPEAK..

Just a thought.....

TM........

Just a bit of a Cuckoos Nest / Groundhog Day moment
Tm.....Just might be my Sign Out time..

tm

I see...

by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-14 07:02:36

everyone's being productive. I hate to break it to you but the ice and snow are not melting this year. Spring has been cancelled and Summer is iffy. I just got it from the deer's mouth, the residents in my back yard. They haven't been around for a while and I was getting worried about them. They said it is just too cold and icy to lay in my back yard this winter. :( Always love watching them, especially on their hind legs eating low branch leaves from the trees or when the twins frolic.

Don: congrats on your knighthood.....I knew you could do it.

Tatman: have you tried to order out? Maybe someone will deliver a pint or two.

Bossy: My Hubby got me strawberries covered in heart healthy dark chocolate for Valentines Day....my favorite and a real treat since I normally don't eat sweets anymore. I'll share some with you.

All I need now is some bubbly!

Grateful Heart

Grateful Heart

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-14 07:02:48

On my way over. I love chocolate covered strawberries! I haven't seen any deer today but they grace us occasionally with their presence at the edge of the woods. We are on good terms, I had a mama deer who used to bring her little ones to feed quite often. None of them were skittish around me. When another deer was happily chewing my hostas one summer day I told her to leave them alone and wait and I would go inside and bring her an apple. She actually waited for me to go get it.

Tatman

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-14 07:02:52

I think Tracey is a moderator and she speaks. She is one that I clung to like a life raft in the early days...Tracey please chime in and let us know if we are all being booted off the site for straying off topic. Things will be return to normal again in about 3 months when the snow melts.

Come on over

by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-14 08:02:02

We have the luge parked at the top of the driveway....best way to get here right now.

Grateful Heart

Yes but

by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-15 01:02:11

With all that steel on the roof, and titanium in our "pockets" we should wear our aluminum foil party hats to keep with the theme.

Will have to dust mine off.

Grateful Heart

Careful

by jeanlancour - 2014-02-15 01:02:12

How you speak or the God of winter will bring you all to the far north of Minnesota where today when I took the dog for a walk, it was a high of 5 and we waded through 6 in of fresh snow. Tonight it is only going to be 15 or 20 below, spring will be here in 4 months or so. You'll love it, white as far as the eye can see, just bring your woolen undies and fur lined slippers. Cooly Jean

Party

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 01:02:50

This is going to be fun...videos will go viral on YouTube

Hewy, this sounds like fun...

by donr - 2014-02-15 02:02:22

...I volunteer to be the designated driver for any Yanks that get boffo. I'll bring a bus. Nothing like watching a bunch of PM/ICD hosts expand the envelope of what they can do!

Grateful - I have the use of Wife's aluminum collandar. Even has loops to run a strap through so it won't get knocked off during more active party games.

Hey, Tatt Man - do you guys play a game called Party Polo or some sort of weird thing? Played off of chairs, using broom handles & any close to spherical thing for a ball. I would not be permitted to play under US rules - you cannot be stone sober. I discovered nearly 60 yrs ago during my first yr of college that I am allergic to something in alcoholic beverages.

If we can gather at our place, we can probably wrestle bears. They will be groggy when we awaken them from hibernation. Probably get some guaranteed less than 30 day old Moonshine from a neighbor or two. All the Yankees & Pond-Hoppers can be introduced to our loverly red clay. Sticks to & stains antything.

Don

Yeah - let's hear it for Birkenstocks Dunno why the weather has to be above freezing. I saw a 1983 version of a hippie show up wearing Birkenstocks (No socks, of course) at an environmental meeting in Feb in Newport Indiana (Bossy - that's your stomping Grounds). There was 6 inches of very salty slush & the Temp was just below freezing.

@GH

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 04:02:19

Lets hope it's humor. I shared the chocolates, thats why they are gone. Honest. I need to get out and fire up the snowblower but I keep falling over and walking into walls when I stand up. My head seems to have a flight path separate from my body. It's either chocolate intoxication or my ears are very congested.

Mother Nature

by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-15 04:02:22

Is either very mad at us or has a wild sense of humor. It's snowing here again too.

I still have some chocolate covered strawberries. Can't see the luge at the top of the driveway anymore.

Grateful Heart

@ no one in particular

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 04:02:27

Just checked the weather forecast. Guess what? Another couple inches of....SNOW. And my Valentine chocolates are gone...I have found various other sources of chocolate stashed throughout the house but who knows how long my emergency supply will hold out? This could be serious.

@don

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 04:02:50

Well 6 inches of salty slush is spring in these parts. Flip flop and birkie weather.
Do you think one bus would hold the boffo in this lot? Maybe a cruise ship...hmm there's an idea.

Bossy........

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-15 10:02:07


........it has been FAR too long since we last had a PMC Party..

If he promises to behave himself,..and I cannot personally vouch for him,...might my Identical Twin Brother,..IAN MC also come along ??

IAN is a real party animal and if MRS MC comes as well things could really take off......Last time, when we had a Christmas Party at my local Pub the 'MCs' very nearly brought the roof down....mercifully, the damage was limited to chunks being ripped out of the 18th century oak ceiling beams...an entirely understandable accident that the Structural Engineers report said, bore all the hallmarks of MRS MCs Louboutins at speed,..fuelled by her being unacquainted with the local cider

Will it be Invitation Only or can any old Riff-Raff show up ??

TM UK xx

@tatman

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 12:02:02

Sorry to have missed that party, was it only for upper crust? Definitely bring party animal Ian and mrs Ian, they do not need to promise to behave. It's a party, after all. There have been worse things than Louboutins wedged in my ceilings... I raised boys...Riff raff, old and young are most welcome, they are always more fun than a snooty crowd. Louboutins, bunny slippers, flip flops, running shoes, Birkenstocks, barefoot...
Come to think of it, it's a lot warmer in Georgia and we know someone there with more structurally sound roofing...

@jean

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-15 12:02:12

Jean the sun is out and it's 18 here! Double digits! Practically tropical!

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