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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Rafael Gonzalez on February 28, 2011, 12:48:45 PM
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I will be by the middle of June when we get to fly around here...Rain on snow makes fantastic ice mountains... I know, I almost tore my driver's side door sliding down my driveway this morning. I had it open to see out the back, the car would not stop and it got caught on a 4ft bank of ice from my snow thrower.... HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> R%%%%
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Lets see now, Move to the south and its hot and wet, large insects, hurricanes and if you move to Florida your living in a swamp.
Midwest, hot,dry/flood,boring,bad winters,lack of rain, too much rain
southwest, Hot, did I mention hot. pollution,bad water, grass is a luxury,some flooding whenever it decides to rain.
west,washington you see the sun 12 x's a year, don't miss it, rain,rain,rain,rain,did i mention rain.
cold,wet,rain,
Oregon not a whole lot more to say.
California, You have to wear a sticker on your forhead saying that exposure to you can and has been known to cause cancer, expensive, water wars are warming up, their really broke,expensive, oh i said that it's expensive..
The only place that i know of that is fairly ok is where I'm at. Why because this place is so bad that it really doesn't want to snow too much here or rain too much.Heck the sun don't shine unless someone gives it permission, cheap relatively,the bugs know better then to bite as we bite back. Yes indeed I wouldn't want to live anywhere else when I got everything else that you guys got. Well there is one exception. I don't have to wear that California warning sticker. LOL
Dennis
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Come on out to Seattle. You don't have to shovel rain.
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Come on out to Seattle. You don't have to shovel rain.
Hummm...Always wanted to attend the Bladder Grabber... Is that still around?
Lets see now, Move to the south and its hot and wet, large insects, hurricanes and if you move to Florida your living in a swamp.
Midwest, hot,dry/flood,boring,bad winters,lack of rain, too much rain
southwest, Hot, did I mention hot. pollution,bad water, grass is a luxury,some flooding whenever it decides to rain.
west,washington you see the sun 12 x's a year, don't miss it, rain,rain,rain,rain,did i mention rain.
cold,wet,rain,
Oregon not a whole lot more to say.
California, You have to wear a sticker on your forhead saying that exposure to you can and has been known to cause cancer, expensive, water wars are warming up, their really broke,expensive, oh i said that it's expensive..
The only place that i know of that is fairly ok is where I'm at. Why because this place is so bad that it really doesn't want to snow too much here or rain too much.Heck the sun don't shine unless someone gives it permission, cheap relatively,the bugs know better then to bite as we bite back. Yes indeed I wouldn't want to live anywhere else when I got everything else that you guys got. Well there is one exception. I don't have to wear that California warning sticker. LOL
Dennis
LL~ LL~
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I will be by the middle of June when we get to fly around here...Rain on snow makes fantastic ice mountains... I know, I almost tore my driver's side door sliding down my driveway this morning. I had it open to see out the back, the car would not stop and it got caught on a 4ft bank of ice from my snow thrower.... HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> R%%%%
Wuss! LL~
Can't wait for warm weather myself. Bad weather doesn't phase me as long as it gets warm enough by April to start flying at the Wrentham field. Where are you located?
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AND, we have the Northwest Regionals in Eugene Oregon, one of the premier stunt contests.
F.C.
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in socal you can fly all year around. Ive been here so long (1950) that I dont know any better, If there is better. I prefer the sacramento area, but so cal is the best for flying while your up to your S in snow, we're enjoying 70 + degree weather It snowed about 6 inches here in palmdale a couple weeks ago, in 2 days you'd have never known it was there. Warmed right back up again. Bob usta live here. I bet he misses whittier narrows. naner naner naner bob LL~ jim
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Ironically, my kid wants to go to college in New England so there'll be four discernible and evenly spaced seasons.
This is instead of Oregon, where a rainy fall often segues into a rainy spring, without a noticeable winter (or we get thick freezing rain that strips branches off of trees, but no snow). Unlike western Washington, the Willamette valley does usually dry out pretty thoroughly in August and September, when the brush that's been growing fast all year dries out and catches fire. (Both eastern Oregon and eastern Washington are high desert -- none of this 'rain all the time' stuff applies there).
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I can understand his frustration with New England weather. This morning, we looked out the bedroom windows and saw that the snow was up to the top of the glass, between snowfall and roof slides. Our last storm a day or so ago dumped almost another foot. I bought a snow blower this winter because the guy who plows us out needs to sleep sometime. This season, it has taken both of us to keep my driveway cleared out. HB~>
Still, I would not trade it for the world. I have lived in New Hampshire since 1976. It is my home. y1
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Yes, the Bladder Grabber is still in force. Cool contest at Harvey Field. I'd say look at Tucson. Better flying for a larger part of the year. Here in the Puget Sound area, we get into a pattern this time of year. 4 or 5 days of rain, then a break of a day or so between storms, then 4 or 5 days of rain (Howard's right, at least we don't have to shovel it). When those days between storms fall on the weekend, I get to fly even. When they don't, I look out the window of my office and sigh a lot.
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WOW Rafael!
And I thought I had it bad!
Looks like my circle will need MOWING next week! LL~ LL~ LL~
David
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Come to KANSAS or MISSOURI, If you don't like the weather today. Just wait a day or two. H^^
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Wuss! LL~
Can't wait for warm weather myself. Bad weather doesn't phase me as long as it gets warm enough by April to start flying at the Wrentham field. Where are you located?
Hey! I am in Andover now. Living with in-law HB~>. maybe I'll take a trip downthere (or across there?) My wife loves the outlets... Gives me a great idea... "Honey, why don't you go and shop for the whole day at IKEA and the Mall. Do you mind if I stick this plane on the trunk?
mw~ mw~
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WOW Rafael!
And I thought I had it bad!
Looks like my circle will need MOWING next week! LL~ LL~ LL~
David
Very funny.... :P
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I will be by the middle of June when we get to fly around here...Rain on snow makes fantastic ice mountains... I know, I almost tore my driver's side door sliding down my driveway this morning. I had it open to see out the back, the car would not stop and it got caught on a 4ft bank of ice from my snow thrower.... HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> R%%%%
Heck, we had the coldest day ever last Friday - 33 degrees. Come on out, it was sunny and 56 degrees today and it was in the mid-70's a few weeks ago.
Brett
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Brett. do you remember 1971 when we had that cold snap and it had rained then froze. Even the cable cars weren't running! They anounced on the news for people not to go outside in the city because they would slide downhill and wouldn't be able to get back up. they had an enormous amount of traffic accidents. That billboard for the san mateo times next to the bayshore said 18 f. I was driving the girlfriend to work at transamerica. I turned around at the airport rxit and took her home. when we went back I said I wish I had a camera to take a pic of that. No one would ever believe it was ever that cold here. I took the day off too. san francisco has it winters in the summer usually LL~ jim
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We do have 4 seasons here in So.Cal: Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Riot VD~
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They are predicting high 50s on Sunday... That is going to melt some of the 4 ft ice on the fields... #^
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Rafael,
As usual we have had our 6 weeks of winter here in Florida and its done. I have some really small bellcranks that can be adapted to mosquitos you ought to see them go inverted in a near zero radius turn not to mention fly backwards.
Today will be a really comfortable day high in the upper seventies light winds a very good flying day for those who do not have to work. The missus is freezing her butt off in Tenn. while I am looking for a nice light shirt for work found the shorts already. Now where is the tanning lotion had it yesterday.
#^ #^ #^ LL~ LL~ LL~ S?P S?P
Scott
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Hey! I am in Andover now. Living with in-law HB~>. maybe I'll take a trip downthere (or across there?) My wife loves the outlets... Gives me a great idea... "Honey, why don't you go and shop for the whole day at IKEA and the Mall. Do you mind if I stick this plane on the trunk?
mw~ mw~
[/quote I lived in Marlborough Ma. all my life and after retiring in 2008 moved to Arizona.
I've been out flying three times this week. I don't miss New England weather.
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Go West young man! Go West! #^ n~ <= y1 LL~
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Hi Rafael,
Is that Andover Vermont or the one just North of Boston? If it is the Ma Andover, where do you fly? I keep trying to catch up with C/L flyers in the Boston location and have failed on every visit!
Regards,
Andrew.
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Hi Rafael,
Is that Andover Vermont or the one just North of Boston? If it is the Ma Andover, where do you fly? I keep trying to catch up with C/L flyers in the Boston location and have failed on every visit!
Regards,
Andrew.
Andrew,
Let us know when your next visit is coming up!! I don't think we have a spring stunt contest but plenty of flying anyhow, and combat contests.
-Chris
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You would be better in Old England. we do have all the things mentioned above but in moderation. In a good year you can fly most of the summer and the rules are not as onerous as seems to be the case in California. One of the main problems is finding places to fly
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Old England is kind of like it is here in Seattle except we have pressure washers to knock the moss off of the houses. Not sure why that hasn't caught on over there. I get sent out to RR Derby on occassion but only when it rains.
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Hi Rafael,
Is that Andover Vermont or the one just North of Boston? If it is the Ma Andover, where do you fly? I keep trying to catch up with C/L flyers in the Boston location and have failed on every visit!
Regards,
Andrew.
Nope. Andover, Mass. I fly at a Haverhill field off of Rt121 in the Plaistow/Haverhill Border. We also fly at a soccer field in N. Andover. Basically, I start flying at a field that is not near any houses until the cops come and throw me out. If I was good enough, I could fly at the old Lucent building where I worked for 18 yrs as a Sr. Test Engineer. But it is a 1/2 mile sq. of paved parking lot. Not good for crashes! I've been building the guts to approach the owner to legally fly at a far away spot, but I do not have the skills to do it, representing AMA, and I do not want to ruin the possibility. It will be an ideal area to fly control line. Next time you come over, give me a note and I will make sure to hook you up for flying. The way the weather is going, it will be a while though... HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~>
LUCENT TECH Now gone to a small building in Westford. Employed at one time 15,000 on 3 shifts
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As far as Miami, we have 2 flying seasons, spring and fall. Winter, all 6 weeks of it usually isn't too bad, except windy. Never a single snowflake. Summers? That's another story. 95* with 99% humidity. The hurricanes can be fun, but no more so than a northern ice storm, or a midwest tornado. At least you can see a hurricane coming. Tornados, you come home from work and have no house.
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Hi Rafael and Chris,
I am over in the Boston area for most of May, so I hope I can catch up with a bit of stunt flying when I get there. I will PM both of you later and check to see what my schedule is...........that means ask my wife! I can't quite place Andover, but I think I have seen signs when I take the trip to Marblehead. I will do my geography and find it!
Regards,
Andrew.
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I've lived in Mass., Conn., NY, NJ (mostly), PA., Georgia, and Montserrat, West Indies.
AND I LOVE FLORIDA!
24 hour flowers, Palm trees, I hate the cold and can tolerate the heat. Humidity, forget it unless you've lived in Jersey. And we don't allow no stinkin' hurricaines near Tampa Bay!
W.
No, don't bother comin' down...
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Hi Rafael and Chris,
I am over in the Boston area for most of May, so I hope I can catch up with a bit of stunt flying when I get there. I will PM both of you later and check to see what my schedule is...........that means ask my wife! I can't quite place Andover, but I think I have seen signs when I take the trip to Marblehead. I will do my geography and find it!
Regards,
Andrew.
Andrew, how about Wrentham? It's close to Boston and has a huge outlet mall. You wife can go shopping while you play.
The field is easy to get to: goto maps.google.com and type the following in the search: 42.079475, -71.326064
It will points you smack in the middle of our field. You can even see two circles there.
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Hi Stephen,
Now that sounds a really crafty move, I never thought I would get my wife near a C/L circle when on holiday in the US! Absolutely pure genius on your part.
Hope to see you there.
Andrew.
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Hi Rafael and Chris,
I am over in the Boston area for most of May, so I hope I can catch up with a bit of stunt flying when I get there. I will PM both of you later and check to see what my schedule is...........that means ask my wife! I can't quite place Andover, but I think I have seen signs when I take the trip to Marblehead. I will do my geography and find it!
Regards,
Andrew.
Still quite aways from KANSAS. Times I wish this great country wasn't so big. H^^
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Hi Stephen,
Now that sounds a really crafty move, I never thought I would get my wife near a C/L circle when on holiday in the US! Absolutely pure genius on your part.
Hope to see you there.
Andrew.
Just let us know when you plan to come out. We typically come out on Sunday mornings.
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Here in Orygon we fly all year long....Great day today! y1
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Hey Rafael,
You have to admit, no trimming, no mowing the lawns, no other projects outside to attend to. I just gives me the reason to build, build, build.
During this time, it gives me a time to think of what I want to build and how to do it by springtime. Would't have it any other way. Oh, by the way, I live in Connecticut.
Sheldon
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AHH,Yes... Got to love it here.... Today, after a rainy night and thaw, I saw the car in front of me practically disappear in a puddle. Lost the tire and rim. New England, the only place where we slow down and go around a puddle... HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~>
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I think that Bedrock must've been somewhere in New England. How else would you explain those wide stone tires on Fred Flintstone's car? Perfect for potholes.
-Chris
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Well since I'm in New England, I got well over 2 feet of snow last night, so I got a snow day. I went out to shovel the driveway around 11, when my dad snow blowed it around 7 in the morning. I got rid of a foot of snow, and due to the extremely windy weather, along with 3 or 4 inches of snow that just fell. 2 hours later when I went to go work on the plane, it looked like I didn't even shovel the driveway earlier. Spring had better come fast HB~> HB~>
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Potholes on the road means the spring is coming! How else can you tell season change!? New England states spend a fortune on road repairs, yet the most bankrupt state has perfect roads year round. Where do you spend the money people!? Burn it to create smog over LA!?
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Reading the lastest posts to this thread, I got to thinking, We had more snow this year than the last couple of years put together. First time since being a crossing gaurd that we had three snow days off. It stayed on the ground longer too. Just today I am on duty in my coat, no gloves or stocking cap, not even the hood up on the coat. A year ago was using same overcoat, with stocking cap and heavy mittens trying to stay warm. No snow on the ground last year either. My co-worker said something about more snow or rain coming. I'll take the snow over the rain anyday. H^^
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I CAN SEE GRASS!!! I CAN SEE GRASS!!! #^ y1
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Dont smoke it, Dont smoke it.
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LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ n1
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Well, it pounding rain here again. 48°. Sigh. But hey, I just remind myself that it isn't snow. At least when it stops raining and the sun comes out (however briefly), there will be nothing on the ground to cause problems. Once it stops raining, it's largely gone (given decent drainage - and this area usually has that).
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Potholes on the road means the spring is coming! How else can you tell season change!? New England states spend a fortune on road repairs, yet the most bankrupt state has perfect roads year round. Where do you spend the money people!? Burn it to create smog over LA!?
California did one thing right. All tolls and fines etc go strictly towards road maintenance. Most states like Pa have the funds go to the general fund where every thieving member of you state govt has access to it for their own favorite pork project. So your always running on empty when it comes to road work.
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We do have 4 seasons here in So.Cal: Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Riot VD~
Fire,Flood,Earthquake and Oscars. H^^
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#^ #^ It is going to be in the 60's thursday.... Going to see if I get the 1st flight of 2011...
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Rafael, where in New England do you live? I still have glaciers in my yard. HB~>
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Where are you going to fly on thursday?
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Hey, spring has arrived in the the Puget Sound. 46°, sheets of rain, mild wind and occasional lightening. Sounds like flying weather here. Well, except for the lightening.
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Hey, spring has arrived in the the Puget Sound. 46°, sheets of rain, mild wind and occasional lightening. Sounds like flying weather here. Well, except for the lightening.
LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
I've flown combat in the rain, not by choice...
The drops kept hitting my eyes and could not find the enemy's plane; but the ground found mine LL~ LL~ LL~ H^^
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How can I convince the wife we need to stay in Tuscon? Balmy 80F with gentle breezes. This morning you could tell the guys from up North and those that have been in Tuscon for several years.
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Doc,
Vermont is now infested with killer attack squirrels, not sure where they are heading next. Will take them awhile to get to Tuscon, so you should stay there with the wife.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/03/16/squirrel_attacking_residents_of_vt_neighborhood/?p1=Upbox_links
-Chris S
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Doc,
Vermont is now infested with killer attack squirrels . . . . .
-Chris S
Oh, that's a flying squirrel - frustrated he's not able to get any flying in due to the bad winter.
He should be fine by tomorrow, perfect flying weather if he doesn't mind muddy landings.
LL~
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HB~> Tried to WALK to the center of the field. Not very much support for my 240+ lbs. Would have dug a hole turning... HB~> DID NOT FLY TODAY HB~>
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Flying? What's flying? :(
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Doc,
Vermont is now infested with killer attack squirrels, not sure where they are heading next. Will take them awhile to get to Tuscon, so you should stay there with the wife.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/03/16/squirrel_attacking_residents_of_vt_neighborhood/?p1=Upbox_links
-Chris S
Good thing I live a couple hours north of Bennington!!! But that's a funny story, but not for the ones who've been attacked <=
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AND I LOVE FLORIDA!
24 hour flowers, Palm trees, I hate the cold and can tolerate the heat. Humidity, forget it unless you've lived in Jersey. And we don't allow no stinkin' hurricaines near Tampa Bay!
W.
I'll make sure to send you the next one that comes thru Miami.
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Flying? What's flying? :(
THEY ARE PREDICTING 3-4 IN. TONIGHT IN THE MASS. AREA. MORE SOUTH OF.
#@^&#$**^%$!!! HB~> HB~> @@^
I CAN'T TAKE IT HB~>
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It is not funny... @@^ 4in on ground today...WHO DID THIS!!!! Not happy on the April Fools joke ''
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As Mark Twain once said -- "If you don't like the weather in New England, wait ten minutes, it will change". We got a half inch here in Bristol Ct.
"Billy G"
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OK. The few days that we have had of sunshine, we have had 50mph wind gusts or have been on workdays. Brodak's is in 6 weeks and I have not picked up a handle yet. I am getting P%$& off HB~> since, I've been planning to go. 1 day of sunshine and 6 days of wind, rain and 45 F every week doesn't cut it... DK^ DK^
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Don't rush it. Still a long time to Brodaks. H^^
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Rafael, I feel your pain!!! Everyday for the past month has been rain with the exception of about 7 or 8 days, and those days, we've had a soaked field to the point where we can't fly without floats, or the wind blows 100mph! I flew on the 1st of 2nd of April this year, and that was it!!!!!!!!!! >:( We leave for the NATS in 2 months yesterday, and I haven't had the least bit of practice yet, but at least I'm able to get the new plane done while it's raining.
And because of the soaked field, we can't get the lawnmower out to cut the grass (and it's approaching my ankles too I might add).
And furthermore, lake champlain is at it's highest level in over 100 years or something like that, and my grandparents basement flooded last Friday, and grandpa has been hard at work trying to keep it from flooding again (especially because there's more rain in the forecast!)
UUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~> HB~>
Edit: I just looked at the weather forecast, and assuming they're right, this week will be the last week of rain for a little while! #^
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Ha! Must be nice...
Local weather forecast in the Merrimack area (NE of Boston)
May 5th Showers 49F W at 13mph
5/6 cloudy 68F W at 17 mph
5/7 T-storms SW at 10 mph
5/8 Showers 63F SE at 8 mph
5/9 Showers 63F E at 9mph
5/10 Showers 61 F E at 10 mph
5/11 Showers 58F N at 10 mph
5/12 Cloudy SE at 7 mph
5/13 Showers 53F NW at 10 mph
5/14 Showers 54F Light winds...
At least we have little wind... HB~> HB~> j1 DK^ :X HB~>
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You guys don't want none of the Mississippi valley! H^^
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Not far North of the Gulf here. Tues Am 41deg F.
Wed Am 40deg F this AM 49deg F.
Almost the middle of the year ???
What we need is to turn off more of the world's cold climate temperature monitoring/recording stations and help give Global warming another much needed boost.
Apparently James and Al didn't turn off enough of these last time.
David
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Now come July and August plus part of September we will be wishing for rain of any kind. D>K
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Save all the H2O that you can Doc!
As more is trapped in the reflective cloud layer and once the variables settle down our lower atmosphere is gonna get very dry. The rain will stop.for a looong time.
All due to changes in from the current "neighborhood" that Sol System is currently traversing.
Root cause of climate change can be found here:
http://solstation.com/x-objects/chimney.htm
a little more..our travels.
http://www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net/2/53/2006/astra-2-53-2006.pdf
This info only begins to scratch the surface of what it all means.
Note
We do not orbit our galaxy in the plane as the spiral arms do. we pass through these arms.
The most interesting is that the sun will pass through the Orian arms center very soon.
We are no longer in open space above or below the plane.