Stetto...incoming...

balsum fractus · December 15, 2010, 06:03:46 PM

Lots of snow in the forecast..... more news at 11..........

Frazz · December 15, 2010, 06:50:15 PM

And we're in a pretty fair drought right now.........

balsum fractus · December 15, 2010, 07:29:19 PM

They say it is a "light snowfall" but it is the most snow I have seen come down at one time since we moved up here 7 years ago....

stetto · December 16, 2010, 06:33:40 AM

Yep, lots and LOTS of snow, but not one flake (of snow) fell here. It all came down no closer than about 50 miles west of us. The news is full of closures and delays and cancellations, but every one of 'em is in ND.

'S ok though. We still got plenty on the ground already. I'd like to tear the carb on that snowblower down, but my right hand is about useless anymore for the small and delicate components. Maybe ~~Santa~~ Sancho will come and do some of his mechanickin' magic...

Speaking of which, being as you guys "Up North" do Thanksgiving on the wrong day, I've always wondered if you have Christmas where you are...And if so, when?

balsum fractus · December 16, 2010, 07:21:56 AM

thanksgiving = 2nd Monday in October
Christmas = December 25

That gives plenty of time to get over the turkey indigestion before digging in to the second bird........

stetto · December 16, 2010, 02:39:44 PM

Dang it Nony, I live a hundred miles from the doggone Canuckian border...I knew that...

Was just...Razzing you...And those eclectic cultures you guys have up there...Ya know...Eh...

Great beer though. I'll give you that...

balsum fractus · December 16, 2010, 06:31:35 PM

Well, I wasn't sure with a third of your brain gone, and all the meds and whatnot..........ya just never know.......

stetto · December 17, 2010, 03:43:50 PM

Hey man, there was no 1/3rd of brain gone, why else would there be a tumor there in the first place...Uh...No...nevermind

You make all the fun of my meds you want, but please leave my whatnot out of this.

On an unrelated yet spooky note, I went in to refill a prescription today, only to face a number of strangers who told me that my pharmacist died yesterday.

It took them three hours to fill two bottles with dope.

Onepoint · December 17, 2010, 05:36:13 PM

I dunno, But seems like a good thing to outlive your pharmacist.

stetto · December 18, 2010, 09:35:26 AM

It was wierd. I knew the guy as well as you might know someone you saw on at least a monthly basis and were on a first name basis.

He didn't show up for work, someone went to check on him and found him dead at home. That's all I know...

...Except that he was 6 years younger than me. Which one can't help but shudder at initially.

Of course, being a pharmacist, the FIRST thing I would have looked at was his med chest...

balsum fractus · December 18, 2010, 10:53:59 AM

"Zho, herr Schetto, come und lie down und dis cowwch und tell me........... vy did you hate your varmasist?"

stetto · December 20, 2010, 12:31:47 PM

Quote from: balsum fractus on December 18, 2010, 10:53:59 AM
"Zho, herr Schetto, come und lie down und dis cowwch und tell me........... vy did you hate your varmasist?"

Nein, nein, nein, nichts! I set "Fiel mein schpate mits varmints pleece..."

Hey hey, NOW we're getting some flakey action. Should be 8 inches on the ground by tonight, blowing around tomorrow, and another dose Thursday...Uh, you guys have Thursday in CanaDA, right?

zrct02 · December 20, 2010, 12:44:42 PM

75 deg F here.

stetto · December 20, 2010, 02:39:31 PM

Quote from: zrct02 on December 20, 2010, 12:44:42 PM
75 deg F here.

I'm sorry you have to miss out, Roger. And continue killing ants and other similar pests...

balsum fractus · December 20, 2010, 06:00:14 PM

Yeah, no bugs for miles and miles around here!!

QuoteUh, you guys have Thursday in CanaDA, right?

Generally .....yes...except for weeks with a lunar eclipse on the eve of the winter solstice...then we skip Thursdays and have two Fridays instead!!