Maybe winter won't be so bad..........

I haven't checked out your article, but one I read on a guy that had researched the accuracy of this found that the striping seemed to be more of an indicator of the prior winter and the amount of time spent hibernating!

They are all black in my neck of the woods.We had a blizzard last winter!

imacman said:

Interesting story Smokey....didn't know the "rest of the story". BTW, I live about 15 minutes from Bear Mtn. State Park, so MY woolly bears are the originals and never lie!

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Your woolly's just might be flat landers from away.

One thing is for certain, they definatly ain't the originals.

I heard if you have a lot of these in and around your house, the winter will seem bad. See the little guy pointing at you? Ya, YOU! You're SCREWED!

acorns are low here too this year... but last year was brutal!

Melissa220 said:

I read on a guy that had researched the accuracy of this found that the striping seemed to be more of an indicator of the prior winter and the amount of time spent hibernating!

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The article makes note of that.

Warning, the big blue blob has arrived, I repeat, the big blue blob has arrived.

Big blue blob, Hmmm. Scratch-scratch-scratch, Oooh-oooh, I got it. The misses changed into her blue moo-moo?

NO thats not it!

jtakeman said:

Big blue blob, Hmmm. Scratch-scratch-scratch, Oooh-oooh, I got it. The misses changed into her blue moo-moo?

NO thats not it!

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Ohh, man! Hope you guys' little sweeties don't see this Daaaaaaaang!

BrotherBart said:

That is what I am guessing.

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it's going to be 80* in his neck of the woods tomorrow

Up here in the sticks we use big blue plastic tarps to cover equipment (and holes in roofs) that we don't want to get rusty (for water to come in). This is a long standing tradition, you judge the severity of storms by the number of blue tarps you need afterwards.

Today I was flubbing around moving equipment in the garage. I pulled the snowblower out of its off season location behind the generator. Put it outside and gave it a checkup, followed by filling the tank, and allowing it to turnover for a few minutes as I checked all of the control linkages. Then I shut it down, turned off the fuel valve, let it cool, and covered it with a (I'll let you guess). It is already to go and is sitting under the rear (well I'll call it the rear) deck. The slot the generator is in will then get the grill and the where the snowblower was the generator will sit.

Aren't you folks getting ready for winter?

SmokeyTheBear said:

Warning, the big blue blob has arrived, I repeat, the big blue blob has arrived.

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Soooooo....????? Smokey, you whip up an extra potent batch of the dark stuff?

Ahh, I see. Them Mainers are strange huh?

P38X2 said:

Ahh, I see. Them Mainers are strange huh?

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Just ask all of the from away people that show up around here during the summer.

P38X2 said:

Ahh, I see. Them Mainers are strange huh?

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Geez, I kina thunk it was the other way around.

I think an aerial shot of Maine would show Harbor Freight blue tarps covering a big % of the state.

It's not just in Maine. Got a few around here too. I even cover my toys with them except mine are green! Lil less noticeable or blends in a tick.

P38X2 said:

Soooooo....????? Smokey, you whip up an extra potent batch of the dark stuff?

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The last batch of dark stuff I whipped up was some Highland Heavy Ale, which isn't quite ready to consume. It isn't a particularly strong brew, my blackberry wine has far more kick to it, alas it is also not ready, nor is the apple/pear wine. So lately I've been working on some Angry Orchard stuff. The boss let me buy a variety pack.

imacman said:

Uh....NO....it's you guys, for sure. I been to a lot of the country, and you guys take the cake.

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I can't speak for subsailor but I prefer pie.

imacman said:

Uh....NO....it's you guys, for sure. I been to a lot of the country, and you guys take the cake.

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Remember that next time your eating lobster.