Snow in NH

“Oct. 22nd, 2003. Day of the first official snow in my neck o' the woods! WoooHooo...ski season can't be far behind!”

“Yeah!!! Can't wait :)”

“86 today in Montana- go figgur...”

“Northern Maine already has/had snow, but we're supposed to get some tonight, yay!

I wish I had all my wood in. :(”

“Twig- I'm glad we added propane direct vent heaters this year. No more spending days hauling and stacking 6 cords of wood to keep the house warm for the winter months. No more wood debris all over the place. No more fine coating of that oily, black dust all over everything. No more getting up at 3 or 4 AM to feed the fire. No more worrying about leaving a roaring fire going in the woodstove when leaving the house. We've still got 2 cords of wood that we'll burn this winter with the wood stove doors open and the screen in place to enjoy a fire.”

“How cold was it this morning, ski?”

“2 inches last Saturday October 18th on TUG HILL. NY......
I'm a snow nut too and Tug Hill gets the most this side of the Rockies. I have a camp right in the middle of it....I have friends in NH who live in Pelham,NH... Close?”

“awesome! I am sooo jealous. Now that we're past peak foliage, snow is what I'm lookin' forward to.
:o)”

“Nigh 80 in SE MN yesterday, and today looks promising, too.

I'm actually kinda looking forward to my first snow encounter... which'll prolly be while I'm in the Northern Rockies.

Whoa! Fox News just did a snippit about the lack'o snow in C-O! What timing...
They mentioned that the peeps are making the best of it by hiking, etc, as opposed to skiing.

So, ski - did the steps hold up under the weight of the snow?”

“Violin- it was around 35 when I left the house this morning. Weird, huh? Temp is dropping and should get up to a whopping 42 today. Tonight and tomorrow morning we should see lots more snow.

snafu- Pelham, NH is down by Nashua, about 100 miles SSE of where I live.”

“SNOW,SNOW..aahhhhhhhhh,snow,NNOOOOOOOOOOOO.It`s to early,isn`t it please, some one tell me it`s to early.SNOW ...I can`t believe it.INDIAN SUMMER PLLEEAASSE ,OH PLLEEAASSEE INDIAN SUMMER TILL,May I`ll be good until then,NO SNOW, PLLLEEEAASSE,up here in Canada it never goes away!!!!”

“gojo- lol. It wasn't snowing when I left the house, just drizzle. Really strange since I come down nearly 1,000 feet in elevation to get to work. It was snowing at work. We'll see how the steps handle four feet of snow this winter. It was not uncommon for me to have to shovel that much off the deck at a time last winter.

Now, do you think you could come back and build a winch and hoist so I could get the snowblower up on the deck this winter?”

“Paddles...
GWN!

Great white Northern...lol

Gojo, if you ever wanna place to stay in the NE your welcome bud, I remember you from Pinchot hike.

Ski,
My one friend who live in Pelham has a cabin a 100 mile or so north of him I will have to get the exact location.”

“Same here, paddles. Last year we were snow covered from late October through Mid April.”

“ski, I really enjoy playing with the woodpile - throwing it in the cellar and stacking it and the satisfied and tired way I feel after. Plus I love the smell of cut wood and the cozy warmth the wood stove provides. I'm just working against a deadline this year.

My stove goes all night and then again all day, so I don't worry about it. I used to live in a farmhouse where we had to get up to load the stoves - also cut all the wood ourselves - from the tree in the woods to the stove.

It's 42 degrees here.
I love winter!
=D”

“I like playing with the woodpile, if I don't have to do it. Heck, just this summer I unstacked a cord and a half so I could put pallets down underneath the pile. It was almost fun to restack. Well, at least it was good, honest hard work.”

“And I thought this was going to be a trip report from snownymph!!!!”

“Heck ski racer up here is SNOW!! Heck last year our summer was a weekend,and it RAINED!!.Yah know I`m getting kinda tired of painting the ole igloo...maybe I`ll move somewhere warm,like Minneasota or North Dakota!!! EH!”

“Heck ski racer up here is SNOW!! Heck last year our summer was a weekend,and it RAINED!!.Yah know I`m getting kinda tired of painting the ole igloo...maybe I`ll move somewhere warm,like Minneasota or North Dakota!!! EH!”

“Do not listen to Paddles nor to his tribe. Grace us with your white wealth so that we can continue to play outside with our new, Christmas present headlamps. I need you especially as I'm getting the squeeze sexy new snowshoes for Christmas.

I am willing to sacrifice to you a person from Ontario (NOW I've done it - hey, this is my troll name, anyway).”

“But seriously, Paddles, you gotta come to FYAO IV and you won't be able to bear the wait for the next one. Besides, our cousins to the South need us. Some of them brought BEER to the last one, can you believe it?”

“I had all sorts of rude innuedno typed out to Bunny Boiler this morning. . ...I ht enter . . but it doesn't seem to have stuck.


I still love the combination of these lines:


"but we're supposed to get some tonight, yay!

I wish I had all my wood in."


Coupled with these:

I really enjoy playing with the wood . . . - throwing it in. . . stacking it and the satisfied and tired way I feel after. Plus I love the smell of. . .wood and the cozy warmth the wood . . .provides"



I had to . .I couldn't resist (forgive me bunny????!!!!)

But I gotta say . . .Bunny does have an awful lot going on with the whole sensory sensation of the wood phenomena!!!”

“On the snow note . . .I saw some on the Mass/CT border Sunday as I drove back to CT from visiting friends in Essex, MA.


Also had my first real snow up at Baxter a coupole of weeks ago . . not to speak of the ice pelting me in the face at 20 mph.”

“LMAO {and shaking my head} leave it to lee...
=D”

“CANUCK MONSTER.....yanks don`t know what real beer is!! Had a Kilkennys Irish creme the other day.Now that`s beer,heck a few of those and I might even like winter!!”

“=;-)”

“We have that on tap at my local in the paradisaical village of Rockburn (Crossroads of the Galaxy). I don't think our poor CttS made more than twenty paces before the beer froze. My wine froze too, but I could put the alu flask by the fire to thaw it out.”

“I had my first snowfall at the end of sept, on oct 1st the ground was white. I believe that's the first time i've seen snow in sept. I'm ready to get my snowmobile out.”

“Almost to the day.. the first snow of last year. I never thought we'd be first in NH. They're predicticting 1-3" where I am tonight and again tomorrow and 2-4" tonight and again tomorrow about 40 mile north. It will be interesting to see if any of it even sticks. It's supposed to get cold tonight, it's been snowing all day, so who knows?

paddles- next year, I hope you have a nice weekend for summer. Do you know which day they've scheduled summer for?”

“We got our skiis ready, can't wait.

There is nothing fun about stacking wood, especially if you don't have to. What is wrong with you people?????”

“I really don't know monkeyboy...but I'll be playing with my wood tonight, LOL!
=D”

“"stacking wood" - is that the new euphemism?”

“I guess the arm is all healed up!


Does anybody else here not turn on the heat in your home to accustom your body to cold temps besides me?”

“Damn you. Damn you ALL! I'm bummed about living in Florida and not having snow. Enjoy it, you bastages!”

“Weekend of summer?

Here's something to chew on:
"Houston, Texas has two seasons - summer and August."
~Lewis Grizzard”

“It's only a matter of months before "the thing" happens. Hold on, you'll be back in the land of shrinkage before you know it!”

“omigawd. I do that Buddha - I also try not to wear a coat until November and go barefoot as long as I can stand it.
Next year I was thinking I'd challenge my mom to swimming as late as we can.”

“I agree with paddles. Only, I think I need to move farther South, yet. See MN and ND are about the same as Northern Michigan, which is where I am. It's tooooo early. We had snow the last couple days in September. I went into major depression. I even quit my job. I'm better now that we had an Indian Summer. I told my boss I wasn't leaving. I'll probably kick my self late January. LOL

Playing in the snow is fun but having to push all that snow with a scoop so I can get to work isn't. I need a fourwheeler with a plow. Then I'd be happy.

Hey, skibaby, wanna loan me some money?

;o)”

“I dunno, having a plow guy sucks...they want money for the whole winter up front, they don't show up until 1pm OR if they do show up before you go to work, it's when you're in the shower, and then they plow the grass and everything...

Although having my own big rig with plow would be fun!

=D”

“shoveling snow builds upper body strength, and improves cardio vascular flow, not to mention the endorphine rush!”

“I know I only lived up north for six years (well, nine really, but three of those were when I was a wee young lad), but I never really minded shoveling snow that much. Granted, I lived in the NY metro area, and it didn't snow as much as other parts of the country. But still, everyone always b--tched and moaned about shoveling and what not. I found it kind of peaceful and good exercise to wake up early and dig out my car, even during the heavier storms. Overall, I actually kinda liked it. The only thing I didn't like about the snow was dealing with idiotic drivers, and since NY/NJ is very congested and the population is very dense, there were plenty of them. I'll take snow and frostbite over the hot sun and skin cancer any day.”

“"I'll take snow and frostbite over the hot sun and skin cancer any day."

Me too Artex. The plow guy that I got rid of 14 years ago told me I'd soon be sick of shovelling, but I'm not.
My grandkids each have their own snow shovel here and they love to go out and "help."
=D”

“Summer in Canada is offically scheduled,from July 1st to the 3rd.We are asking all of our American cousins to come north and see this rare but spectacular occurence.PS. due to the inclement nature of Canadian weather,it is recommended by the Ministry of tourism that you,bring a least one snow suit,as well as snow shoes. Free tukes will be provided.Book now by calling 1-800-summer-igloo and you could win a 15 pound slab of back bacon,soaked in Molson Canadian.You must be 18yrs or older to win!!.See you there it`s aweekend extraganzce that you don`t want to miss!!”

“Sheesh,forgot to mention that the Government of Canada,is not responsible for young children being carried off by mosquitos.All mad cows have been painted bright orange to give you advanced notice.Come and enjoy the week-end!!”

“Morning Bunny!!

Did you get all your wood stacked?



We got snow on my hill and field in CT. Just a selective dusting. IN some cases just the tops of leaves at the tops of trees at the tops of hills. .very cool looking . . .”

“Nope. I can't be getting sick right now, so I opted not to go out and sweat in the cold and rain we had last night. It'll hafta wait until Friday and Saturday when the weather's nicer.

It was snowing when I got up this morning, but I think it's all gone now. :(”

“We ended up getting about 2-3 inches of the white stuff last night and it's still snowing. It's beautiful outside.”

“Ah yes wood. It keeps you warm 5 times a season, cutting it, splitting it, stacking it, hauling it inside, and burning it.”

“Sure, sunshine. Check's in the mail.”

“Bunny . .just between us . .

I have a secret passion for splitting wood.

It is a great physical release. Wham, wham wham. I have been very frustrated this fall becuase I haven't had the opportunity to split as much as I would have liked.

I have some left from last year, and have slpit enough to get me through . . but I would like to do more.

The wood supply i have is boogered though. It is all hard wood, but really gnarly. None of it seems to split cleanly. It takes a few whacks to get it shattered across the top . . but then has lots of cross grain and stringy "tendons" that don't allow it to pop apart. Each piece is a struggle, often wth wedges and a sledge hammer.

I do love it though!!!”