Big Top by Rob Harrell for February 01, 2011

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Smorgasbord menu this morning. Tribe, your breakfast wish is my command. Virtual servers are on duty just waiting for your orders!

Enjoy!

Good Show, Lonewolf I will take berry smoothie and head for bed!

Yeah Wink! You look a bit under nourished there.

Good Morning one and all and happy dreams of the islands and ocean waves gently lapping the shore!

Hmm! What to have….. Docs Nuclear Coffee to start off with, and maybe some biscuits and gravy with a side of sausage and some toast.

Yummy, yum, yum, yum.

Good night and sweet dreams everyone. :-)

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠, HopeandJoy♫ and ♥Little Sister♥!

I’ll just have a piece of chocolate cake to go.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Good morning Sojo, HoeandJoy♫ & Li’l Sister

Orders are up. Enjoy!

I too, am headed to the horizontal position.

Good night Sojo, HopeandJoy♫, Li’l Sister & all!

P&L

Wink ain’t got nuttin on me when it comes to hibernating and starving.. Back in school, I worried how much food I could balance on a plate. Now I worry how many plates I can balance. You’re ruining my diet LONEWOLF but I always forgive you. Gotta eat before I do my winter bruin impersonation. Nite all.

For my rare condition my doctor prescribed bedrest, but the script cannot be taken on an empty stomach.

But Doc T, now more and more studies and doctors are suggesting that it is better to spread your food out through five smaller meals a day to keep your blood sugar balanced. Of course, my goal is still to eat before noon. Somehow around two in the afternoon I usually seem to realize that I may have had coffee, but I never got around to eating.

Started snowing about an hour ago and not supposed to stop until sometime Wednesday. When I was a kid, I would have given anything for this. Now, UGH! Good Morning Everyone. Stay safe and warm.

Yes, you all stay safe and warm……… I might actually see blue sky today and tomorrow, they are predicting mostly sunny and highs around 50. I have my doubts about the mostly sunny part.

GM TRIBEANDALL

bizzybizzybizzy snOMG! it’s the end of the city of chicago as we know it! I have proof. Jim Cantore is here.

Piffle It’s gonna snow people. Get your essentials and stay home. Shovel 3 -4 ” at a time. Snowplow’s gonna come by 5 minutes after you finish anyway. Mine waits just around the corner and zips by as I take my coat off.

Wink’s hibernation idea is great.

Ya’ll stay safe out there. Quick toontour. May BBL

Pooph!

 Good Morning Peoples!

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠, ♥Little Sister♥, HopeandJoy♫. Sojourner, Doctor Toon, Lewreader, lakesnake & Ooops!*

Good Morning, PwB. That front ought to start pushing through in an hour. First we’ll start off with some severe storms & high winds. Then maybe overnight snow/sleet. Oh joy.

Hello, Ooops!

Good Morning, Tribe

About three inches on the ground so far. It isn’t snowing right now, but the storm is supposed to start late morning with the greatest intensity from 3-7pm.

Good morning, Plods with Beer. You might want to change your handle to “Plows with Beer”!

:^)

Good morning, LuvH8, Grog, Doc, Sir Lew & Lakesnake. Got to start getting ready.

Hello Lonewolf!

I’ve never understood how they can cut the wolf open and have people/animals come out alive. It just doesn’t make sense. Actually, when I was little I believed it was possible. Can you image how upset I would have been if a dog had eaten a small pet of mine, and no one would cut the dog open to retrieve my pet?

Hello Grog! Hello Plods With Beer!

Did you see the episode Winnie the Pooh where Rabbit was going to leave because of he was tired of everyone acting like they do? It is on one of the Christmas videos. Anyway Eeyore, in an effort to be less gloomy tries honey and becomes very much like Pooh. Only much much creepier.

Hello Doctor! Hello LakeSnake!

Good people, morning!

No snow in Darkest Saskatchewan, but the temperature is -34ºC. No wind, thank the appropriate deities, but once the breeze appears, the wind chill will be around -48.

Good Morning, Saskfan

Good Morning Doctor Toon, Ooops, Lonewolf, Grog, Plods with Beer & Saskfan. Good Morning Li’l Sister, HopeandJoy, Sojo and Lewreader. These happy warm morning wishes comming to you “Live” from inside my snow globe. Think I’ll have another cup of DTWFNC.

Good morning, Saskfan.

I’ve got a car to clean off, get some dogs out to do their thing and head on out into this beautiful world of white stuff.

Stay safe. Good luck with your winter stuff too, Grog.

Have a great day everyone!

P&L

Good Morning Saskfan!

It won’t be as bad as yours, ♠Lonewolf♠ and I think we’ll be spared from snow today. But later in the week is another story.

Stay safe.

Good Morning Lakesnake, Grog, Ooops, Lonewolf, Sojo,Doc Toon, Saskfan, PlodswB,Lewreader 600 national guard deployed. Comment here: Blizzard of Oz KS and MO State of emergency by governor. Only 12 inches now for our Burg…I’m happy (?)

Lonewolf A cheerful soul in CHICAGO was interviewed about the Huge Storm you are getting. He was in a grocery store which showed Produce Shelves (Doc) empty. He says, Look at these crazy people acting so excited. I am 70 years old and have been there and done that and got a T-Shirt

Yep, the grocers are all smiling here!

Wish I had gotten some Lasagna…sounds good

Lakesnake you are getting the heavier amounts…above one foot. Stay safe, girl.

Good Morning HopeandJoy!

I can do creepy Ooops! and yes I did see that one.

Yumm, lasagna & garlic bread… I think I’ve got some in the freezer, sounds like a good idea!

Okay then, I am just going to have to imagine you plodding along rather spritely with your honey-beer. In the original cartoon short version of Eeyore of course. No! That’s not right how about carrot-beer. Yes, you seem very busy, like rabbit. But I can also see you causing trouble like Tigger. Mendasock! Why aren’t people as easy to typecast as cartoons?

Good (if you’re inside) morning, friends!

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom , The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Saskfan,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye,King_Wolf, Ponytale56,greyhame,ChukLitl

I believe most of KS schools are closed. It’s 1° blizzard/windy out.

Hi, Doc! - Me too! However, I’ll probably have to go outside when the FedEx guy shows up and also to get the mail out of the mailbox, unless I can convince/bribe one of my sons.

Good Morning, Rmom

Hi, Grog! - Are you getting any of the nasty weather?

I found the most interesting book online……. the introduction is very entertaining. (giggling) You can find it several places online free.

Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Mary Elizabeth Hall

Hi, Oooops! Well, that’s one way to get veggies, but I’m not sure that even making them into candies would get me to eat them.

Good Morning Rmom & Kab Sister!

Kab - Will you have to go into work today? If you do, I feel sorry for you!

Used to bounce like tigger, but at my age I could throw out a hip. But I do have a knack for getting into trouble.

Hi, Plods! - I understand completely! It is usually my lower back that suffers from overactivity, but it doesn’t take much anymore to mess it up.

Grog - Last night I picked up “Raiders of the Lost Ark” at the library, and my sons watched after we got home. They’d seen “Temple of Doom” but not this one. I don’t remember why, unless my husband refused because of the snakes.

Good morning mellow, Ooops with the dulcet tones

Yes I have to. Wind is blowing across east and west roads. Now north and south might be different. The emergency roads usually okay. + I have cc payments. We also got notice from lending bank, we are locked on payment plan, our escrow needs help or payments will be more then we can afford. Next year may have to look for a smaller house. Hubby can’t afford to make higher payments.

ooops!

Rmom said *SNAKES*

Plods - Shhh!

See I can get into trouble….

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good morning, Everybody in sight–especially Ooooops!, DocT, ♥Kab♥, Rmom, Plods w/ Beer, Hopeandjoy♫ & Sojo!

Lewreader said, about 5 meals ago

Wink ain’t got nuttin on me when it comes to hibernating and starving.. Back in school, I worried how much food I could balance on a plate. Now I worry how many plates I can balance….

At least you can say you’ve always had a balanced diet!

Good Morning Doctor Toon and bmonk!

Snake? Snakes!!! SNAKES?!?!?

Good Morning Ooops!!

We didn’t get much accumulation yesterday, just some rearrangement of the drifts…

@Oooops!, come visit the Dakota tundra. I promise you that all the snakes are denned up and hibernating for the next few months.

Hi, Sojo! - Is BSF cancelled for tonight?

Hi ♥Kab♥, bmonk & Sojourner

Hello Rmom - Yes it is.

Ditto–Hi, Grog!

Helo Grog.

Hi, Doc & bmonk! Doc - Wichita has: Temp: 4.0 F (-15.6 C) & Wind Chill: -20 F (-29 C) I think that’s makes-your-lungs-hurt cold.

Sorry for the delay, Rmom. Busy day today.

No trouble getting in today. It maybe a different story tomorrow. But it is much colder right now than when I got into work.

Raiders is my favorite of the trilogy and Temple is my least. The last one with Sean Connery was good though.

You promise?

I’m scared, there is this bright thing in the sky. It hurts my eyes and I can’t see. How do I make it Go Away!?

Grog - No problem. You need to earn a paycheck. I prefer Raiders as well, although the melting faces gross me out. I hardly remember Temple - it was years ago. I think my sons really enjoyed Raiders - except they fast forward through anything that looks romantic.

“Snakes, Why does it have to be …….. snakes?”

I think that is the second most watched movie in our collection!

Didn’t like “Temple of Doom” at all!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck with the snow, guys

I promise–it’s far too cold for snakes. And too warm for the Furry Arctic Snakes.

But we do seem to have the same problem with that bright light in the sky today. Can’t help you there.

Greetings Sojo & Bmonk!

Ooops! & bmonk - That bright thing must have moved from here. All I can see is white - white ground, white sky. Ooops! - It is too cold here for anything except pictures of snakes.

Good morning, Sojo

Hello Montana Lady!

Good morning Plods with Beer!

That may be the sun. Tho I haven’t seen it in a while either, Ooops! I could use a dose of it here if you’d like to send it my way.

Good Morning Montana Lady!

Rmom! You stole my sky! My sky is supposed to be white! Instead it is this blue color! Oh! Give it back! (The snow and cold aren’t mine though.)

It is snowing and windy but the visibility isn’t too bad so were not in the worst of the storm here now and probably won’t be. We’ll have some accumulation though with drifting and will be cold.

Hi, Montana Lady!

Hello Montana Lady,bmonk and Rmom Good to see you since the last go-around.

Rmom You are much colder than we are…18° here. I went to the mailbox shortly after 10 and at 10:45 can’t see where I walked. Wind had been blowing briskly but not so much now…just lots of white stuff falling from the sky.

MontanaLady - I think our favorite part is where the guy wants to have a sword fight, and Indy just pulls out a gun and shoots him.

Rmom - That was the funniest part of the movie for me!

Hi, Hope&Joy! - The snow at my place is coming down sideways. The visibility isn’t great, but it is better than I’ve seen with fog - I can still see my next door neighbors’ roofs. It should be interesting to see how much snow lands where my hubby is at - he never believes the weathermen, so he was surprised it actually snowed, even though I’d been telling him what was forecasted.

Sweet dreams, Doc!

Have a good snooze Doctor Toon.

Sweet dreams, Doc!

My daughter in Longmont missed the grey skies and rainy days Missouri has more often than out there so I hear what you”re saying, Doc Toon

Thank you Peoples!

I never saw any of the Indiana Jones movies. Now its all ruined for me, but it is a funny scene.

It was down to 38 when I last checked, but we’ll only get what Dallas is getting now tomorrow. Oh, joy!

from Graffiti A little knowledge is a dangerous thing…don’t be a dropout.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠ - Glad you have work and the weather isn’t too bad for it yet. You make get to relax soon, like it or not! :-)

Good day Tribe

I’m at work. Have got several cars done already and the time is flying by. WooHoo. This is a tough time of the year for mechanics with people paying off their credit cards from the holidays and others waiting on their income tax returns. So I’m happy that’s it’s busy today.

Hi, ♠Lonewolf♠. Taking lunch at a normal time?

Hi, Everybody……

just checking in……Lonewolf, you could work on our car anytime……just a bit of a commute, huh.

Hi, MLady!

Hi, Montana Lady

Hello Montana Lady! - Will be interesting to see the amount of snow they say we have when it stops. Due to the wind it’s almost bare in larger flat ares but drifts are over 2 feet around some areas now. They usually measure the amount in flat areas which I think under-reports total snowfall.

Sojo - When I walk out to the mailbox, I’ll take a ruler and measure our snow. I measure in several different spots, so the readings aren’t thrown off much by the blowing. From what I hear on the radio, sounds like there are numerous cars stuck on major roads of Wichita. I’m sure glad we didn’t need to get out today!

Rmom - I think you’ll get more snow than we will. Drifting is the main problem I think (and cold temperatures). According to the radar I’m watching west Wichita is almost out of the snowing area. It’s moving very slow though so it will still be awhile and I don’t know if more will develope. Ths snow is very fine and dry so with the wind it will be hard at ground level to tell when the snowfall stops and what is just being blowng around.

Sojo - I’m pretty sure I’ll have more snow than you, from the forecast & radar. My hubby left work around 2, and got stuck getting home. Thankfully, some sheriff’s officer using his private 4-wheel drive truck gave him a ride home, after they couldn’t get his car out of the yard it slid into. I told him yesterday, he ought to get a shovel just in case, but he didn’t think he’d need it.

Rmom - I’m glad to hear he made it home okay. As cold as it is, being stuck can become a big problem if your stranded for a long time.

Sojo - Days like today is why when he first took the job, we bought a sleeper sofa for his office. That was when he was still commuting from our house everyday. I’m glad that he is staying in the same town now, because knowing him, he would have attempted to drive home anyway.

*Hey, Out there This is ceasing to be “fun” * It is still coming down and over my knees on what appears to be flat ground…(I had to wade out for a moment) I am 5’5”.

The official report was 5 inches at 11 o’clock here but I don’t know how they can get an accurate report. I know all you Snow bunnies and polar bears in Canada New England and Chicago get more snow than this all the time. I have great respect for you!

Hope&Joy - I reconsidered going out for the mail. It just doesn’t seem worth the effort. I haven’t heard what the official report is for my area, but 6-8 inches is my guess based on what I can see from my windows (and previous snowfalls.) There’s a reason I don’t want to live somewhere that gets snow like this often!

Me too! They say we now have 12-13 which seems close at 5 p.m. I have a picture from this morning but I am afraid it is too big. Will give it a try but may erase it.

snowy Burg

Guess this works The bushes around the door are covere now after 6 more hours of snow.

Good job, Hope&Joy! I looked out the windows to see if there was anything worth taking a picture of, but it is too windy for the snow to stay on the branches.

Well according to the lateset update our best chances for snow will occur Thursday on in to Friday as moisture moves in from the Gulf. Exact timing and accumulation are still unknown, but they think the worst of the accumulation will occur south of I10 which includes Pasadena and League City. So I guess I will be worrying about my commute then.

Good luck Grog, It’s about to stop snowing here. Only got 4” but it’s cold and windy.

Helllo everyone. I’m got home close to 5:30pm.

Hi, ♥Kab♥. It’s always good to get home in one piece, no matter how long it takes.

When I left I wasn’t sure I let alone had trouble getting out of the drive like so many others, but drive residential street. This one road getting on a different street from main road was worse. Getting to work I used headlights but looked for tire tracks. Now for relaxing. I was not to calm going in. Wednesday is another day.

This one road I take was in better shape then I thought. Mainteance has been working on parking lot at that dept I work at. School is closed for Wed. Everyone did get big thanks, the other facility manager didn’t do that, the new one did and we can wear blue jeans at no fee.

Hello ♥Kab♥!

Good afternoon/evening, Tribe.

The power went out as I walked in the door. I am posting with my phone. It is nasty out there. Snow is all over the place. Winds are blowing and gusting.

I hope you’re not without power for too long, ♠Lonewolf♠. You got strong winds or ice on the lines?

♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope your power is back on soon! STAY WARM!

Kab - Glad you made it home! The college my sons & I go to canceled classes for both today & tomorrow. I think they are more worried about wind chill than road conditions, from what their statement said.

Rmom your correct about the wind chill factor. I wasn’t sure how much snow we had weather reports 5”. My car had to trudge through it.

Wolfie - I hope your power doesn’t stay off for long. Do you have a way to heat your house without power?

I’d be more concerned with the road conditions. Windchill won’t keep me from going anywhere.

Lonewolf how is Chicago. Heard your area suppose to get dumped on by snow?

Grog - All I can figure is that they are worried about the students going to/from their dorms on the main campus. That, and administration probably wanted to stay in their warm homes.

Sounds scarey, Lonewolf Hope you have an alternate source of heat.

It didn’t keep me from going to Superbowl parties either. :-)

Well, working in Edmonton we had days where the high could have been -40 not factoring in wind chill. In Montreal, I walked to school in not much better. A very big dump of snow was the only thing that kept me out of school. It didn’t happen as often as we would have liked.

Power just came back on.

Hi Grog, ice on the lines, high winds and blowing snow.

HI Kab, The Chicago area is getting hit hard right now. Many areas getting 2-3 inches per hour with 40-50 mph winds.

Hi Rmom & HopeandJoy♫, no alternate source of heat setup here.

Well my second comment slipped ahead of my first, but I’m not fixing it.

Hi, Sojo. We conserve pretty well without the heat on! :^)

Well I’ve got a VHS movie tonight: Rio Bravo, so may as well call it a night now.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Good night, Grog!

Wolfie - Wow! Without an alternate heat source, that would be miserable if the power hadn’t come back on quickly. Even in Wichita, some people went without power for a week or longer during an ice storm about 5 years ago. At least my mom insisted on getting a wood stove for just such cases before the new addition was completed. It was a bear to keep it fed with firewood, but at least we could do that until it was safe to take her to our house.

Good night, Grog.

Good Night Grog.

♠Lonewolf♠ - Glad your power is back on.

Rmom, not to fear. I have access to more than one generator if needed and hooking one up is like playing checkers for me. We have never been with out power for more than 6 hours in the 9 years I have lived here. I have insulated this house myself and it will stay bearable for quite a while.

Thanks, Sojo.

Wolfie - Just be careful with hooking up a generator, but I believe you probably do know how to do that safely. We did extra insulation on this house too - 2x6 walls so we could have more insulation, best windows we could buy, but it still gets uncomfortable fairly fast. I’m glad your power hasn’t stayed off long, it is bad enough in the summer, but it is worse in the winter. Of course, when I’m cold, I’m really miserable.

Don’t worry Rmom. I’ve been zapped by electricity many times in the past. I used to install attic fans and I very seldom turned off the power. Same when I do minor electrical repairs here at the house. Nothing like a refreshing zap every now and then! LOL

Lonewolf I bet you have curley locks or else your hair stands on end from all the zapping! You are scaring me again. *: )

I am glad our house is cozy tonight. We have gas burning logs in case of an emergency but haven’t switched to a gas stove.

Wolfie - My hubby doesn’t like getting zapped, even with static electricity. But he wired our whole house, so I’m pretty familar with the basics of electricity. I wanted him to wire a separate circuit for the generator, but I don’t think he ever completed that project. The last couple of times he tried to start the generator, it wouldn’t work. I’m glad we’ve got the wood stove - I figure that will keep us warm enough to wait until it is safe enough to travel to family, friends or a hotel with power.

Winds right now are blowing at 35mph with gusts up to 45mph. I’m surprised the power is still on!

Thanks, HopeandJoy♫, no problems. :^)

Rmom, we do have a fireplace in the finished basement in an emergency.

Hi, Doc

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon.

I’m checking in real quick to say hello. Now I got to get back and keep my great grandma company, so I’ll see you all later. Hopefully by turnover.

Wolfie - That’s good to know. Even if you have to sleep all in one room to stay warm, at least you’ve got a way to do that, plus you can roast weiners and marshmallows.

I think a hot bath is calling my name. Good night!

Good night, Rmom. Rest well!

Good Night Rmom.

Power has gone off and on three more times now but only for 5 minutes at a time or so. I honestly do feel sorry for those repair people that have to be out in the cold.

Lonewolf!

You turn off the power before you play with the wiring! You unplug things before you stick knives in them! Use your brain! Don’t fry it!

 

OMG…..21 inches of snow. Good Grief, what a way to be #1 in our area. Have a Good Nite Ooops, Lonewolf, Sojo Little Sis

Lonewolf Your guardian angel needs a huge thank you from all the people who care about you.

You may be right, HopeandJoy♫. LOL

Good Evening, LuvH8.

All you young whipper-snappers better be careful with all this icky weather! And don’t be forgetting proper ventilation with alternative heat and electricity sources! And if you are warm when it is under 20° call emergency services. And BE SAFE!

Good Night HopeandJoy

Good Evening Lonewolf

Good Night HopeandJoy♫.

Nice old man Ooops!

Thank you Sojo!

Hey! You are not last anymore! Hobbes was last but he said my name (spelled wrong), so I couldn’t resist. When I was setting up my favorites I accidently set them to go to Jan. 26, so anyway the Calvin & Hobbes contest is still going on.

Aaaaaaah, Back To The Future!

Couldn’t resist temptation either, Lonewolf?