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skdadl

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Re: March!
« Reply #105 on: March 21, 2011, 12:34:01 PM »
Oh, hey -- Happy Equinox, everyone! Happy Spring!

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Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
You wonder where
The boidies is.

Learned that from me mum when I were just a tad. Actually, I do hear boidies lately, just not close enough to identify.
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Re: March!
« Reply #106 on: March 21, 2011, 12:51:13 PM »
Happy Spring backatchya!  :))


Birdie, Birdie in the sky
Dropped a turdie in my eye.
I won't laugh and I won't cry,
But I'm sure glad that cows don't fly!

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Re: March!
« Reply #107 on: March 21, 2011, 01:04:43 PM »
Definitely a prairie pome. ;)
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Re: March!
« Reply #108 on: March 21, 2011, 01:32:43 PM »
We got a little dump of melty stuff for the first day of spring - snain? raow?

We were supposed to get a much bigger dump of heavy wet snow, but fortunately the weather system moved southwards. I just hope it didn't dump everything on brebis et famille.

Of course I'm not happy because I had Miep out :bike but it is much less of a pain than predicted, and should pretty much melt tomorrow unless the weather turns a degree or two colder during daytime. Miep is under a balcony, so she is fairly protected from the elements.

I did fall on my hip, putting out a bag of trash (catshit, mostly). Fortunately no damage, though I'm sure I'll have a nice achy bruise tomorrow.
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Re: March!
« Reply #109 on: March 21, 2011, 02:48:01 PM »
Just back from a long skidoo ride - the snow trail is very bumpy and bare in some sections. I'm tryiing to get to the section of new road that was built last year before the construction crew starts up again in two weeks, but everytime I almost get there (30 km by skidoo) I have to turn back because either my hernia starts acting up from the bumpy ride or I'm getting a headache. Will try again tomorrow, and will try to post some photos on my FB page. Very sunny here by the way, and temps in the -3C range. Gorgeous, perfect weather to be outside.
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Re: March!
« Reply #110 on: March 21, 2011, 03:37:56 PM »
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Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
You wonder where
The boidies is.

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Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
You wonder where
The dog poop is.
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Re: March!
« Reply #111 on: March 21, 2011, 04:20:44 PM »
Right beside the cigarette butt nests!

As most people here must remember, we endured months of structural work on one of the buildings of our co-op (triplex x 3 = 9 flats). For a while the building was on stilts - you could see through to the back. Very unsettling. So our front postage stamps are ugly - we moved all our perennial shrubs and plants to a spot in back, and there is nothing but muck in front (the other building is untouched). As a result, every shithead in the neighbourhood has used this beauty spot as a toilet for his or her dog (actually, I've only seen men doing this, but won't rule out female offenders) or for the damned cigarette butts. I've cleaned up some of the mess but since it snained today can't continue until it clears up.
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Re: March!
« Reply #112 on: March 21, 2011, 04:51:45 PM »
On St. Patrick's day, I was actually skiing (in Ontario).
 
I described it as akin to trying to ski on a daiquiri.  Very slick and slushy, with the odd patch of dirt showing here and there, and a big, deep, totally liquid puddle at the top of one of the chairs.  I saw one young lad snowboarding shirtless.  It wasn't really *that* warm, but I expect he got the attention he craved nonetheless.
 
By the 18th, it was clear that skiing is over.  Some diehards out there, but not me.
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Re: March!
« Reply #113 on: March 21, 2011, 05:54:51 PM »
Even though it's still pretty chilly, the sun has been brilliant -- and warm -- the last few days. Our crocuses are popping up all over the backyard -- you feel if you stood there and watched, you'd see the popping happen.  The lilies have also sprouted up.  I'll watch over the next couple of days for the chives.
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Re: March!
« Reply #114 on: March 21, 2011, 06:00:51 PM »
Oh, bloody hell!  We have a California Low moving in and it's supposed to bring a few inches of snow.  Spring on the prairies!
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Re: March!
« Reply #115 on: March 22, 2011, 12:31:08 AM »
Spring on the prairies
Comes like a surprise.
One minute there's snow on the ground
And the next the sun's in your eyes...
 
But this year Connie Kaldor has it backwards; sun, then snow.
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Re: March!
« Reply #116 on: March 22, 2011, 12:36:10 AM »
 :)) I was thinking that Kaldor song when I keyed in the turdie rhyme. 

There's no surprise here!  Just snow and water.

What does one pack for late March in Ontario?
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Re: March!
« Reply #117 on: March 22, 2011, 11:29:25 AM »
Just saw this on the Environment Canada site - guess the local media peeps will be going into full team snowmageddon coverage mode. 

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TonightCloudy. Snow beginning overnight. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Low minus 4. WednesdaySnow and local blowing snow ending in the evening then cloudy. Amount 5 cm. Wind becoming east 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. Temperature steady near minus 2.
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Re: March!
« Reply #118 on: March 22, 2011, 11:46:28 AM »
SNOW?!? It's going to SNOW again?!?  :panic

It's not fair.
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Re: March!
« Reply #119 on: March 22, 2011, 11:52:49 AM »
Of course. The day after spring equinox, the torment continues.
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