tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7074378100789707503..comments2024-03-28T18:36:50.250-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: A Winter's DayOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49600747787225418362017-01-10T09:10:13.102-08:002017-01-10T09:10:13.102-08:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23819301926648063792017-01-09T18:24:44.279-08:002017-01-09T18:24:44.279-08:00I have no idea. Apparently knobs will be all the r...I have no idea. Apparently knobs will be all the rage in the 25th Century.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41044412520294240002017-01-09T06:22:22.057-08:002017-01-09T06:22:22.057-08:00Well, I wasn't going to mention that, didn'...Well, I wasn't going to mention that, didn't want to betray my ignorance as to what the knob was for.<br /><br />Decorative? Functional? Still and all, Wilma's pretty.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60666566194715030912017-01-09T06:20:04.558-08:002017-01-09T06:20:04.558-08:00We have some who are here year-round, then we get ...We have some who are here year-round, then we get more in the winter. So it's a mixture of over-winter and resident geese.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4442646540577536532017-01-08T23:53:10.747-08:002017-01-08T23:53:10.747-08:00Not just a leather helmet, a leather helmet with a...Not just a leather helmet, a leather helmet with a knob on top!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16510196318150092212017-01-08T23:52:04.595-08:002017-01-08T23:52:04.595-08:00Over winter geese?
Over winter geese?<br />SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85440637484784029562017-01-08T12:59:42.816-08:002017-01-08T12:59:42.816-08:00I had my own pet wooly mammoth. His name was Sid.
...I had my own pet wooly mammoth. His name was Sid.<br /><br />Long after the dinosaurs. First Ice Age I think it was...<br /><br />😎OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70116689555907431092017-01-08T12:40:10.015-08:002017-01-08T12:40:10.015-08:00Easy with the "around the block" jokes t...Easy with the "around the block" jokes there, Big Fella! <br /><br /><i>"I remember when I was four (vaguely) I seem to recall liking snow a lot back then."</i> I stifled the comment that popped in my mind when I read that statement. Suffice it to say it used the words "Dinosaur" and "Extinction".juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27910117757753752562017-01-08T07:50:32.222-08:002017-01-08T07:50:32.222-08:00Skein: a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in ...<em>Skein: a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight.</em> Applies to swans as well, most swans I've ever seen in flight were two, they were in a loose combat spread...<br /><br />Those geese in the photos were but a fraction of the sixty or so who flew over the house. I only caught that last bunch with the camera. The others were too far down range.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36891022256291747902017-01-08T07:48:02.947-08:002017-01-08T07:48:02.947-08:00Wilma seems to be well equipped.
Love the leather...Wilma seems to be well equipped.<br /><br />Love the leather helmet!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69294892436745959642017-01-08T07:47:33.979-08:002017-01-08T07:47:33.979-08:00They're calling for rain later in the week for...They're calling for rain later in the week for us as well.<br /><br />Can't have things looking all white and clean now can we?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14694017336643359382017-01-08T07:46:03.594-08:002017-01-08T07:46:03.594-08:00Juvat? Around the block once? I'd go with more...Juvat? Around the block once? I'd go with more. Tee hee!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71608869954587566902017-01-08T04:04:35.157-08:002017-01-08T04:04:35.157-08:00juvat:
"We call them Texans down here."...juvat:<br /><br /> "We call them Texans down here."<br /><br />Well, were I to write down here what I calls them, Chris would be unhappy with me. But you've been around the block once ( or more times ), so you likely have some idea what that might be.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84543407023553529402017-01-08T03:26:06.530-08:002017-01-08T03:26:06.530-08:00I thought a 'skein' was a half of a V. Th...I thought a 'skein' was a half of a V. That whatcha got there is a bunch, as in a whole bunch of gooses.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79244831594041062992017-01-08T02:20:29.719-08:002017-01-08T02:20:29.719-08:00Wilma: http://pop-critica.com/wp-content/uploads/...Wilma: http://pop-critica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/go-hero-wilma-deering-sixth-scale-figure-07.jpg<br /><br />http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DHUAAOSw14xWIkON/s-l300.jpg <br /><br />http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/151851799666-0-1/s-l1000.jpgSCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79534627154471875672017-01-08T02:17:51.794-08:002017-01-08T02:17:51.794-08:00I bought a 1/6 scale action figure of Wilma Deerin...I bought a 1/6 scale action figure of Wilma Deering, Buck Rodgers henchwoman, the 1930's version. She arrived on Christmas Eve. I have already had her for half a month! The year is gonna go by as fast as the last one!<br /><br />Monday, it is supposed to get above freezing, and it is gonna rain. On the ground that has been sub zero for a week and a half. I hope that Sauk County gets the brine trucks out early. SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85736100488713041452017-01-07T21:27:02.628-08:002017-01-07T21:27:02.628-08:00Hahaha!
We have them here as well.Hahaha!<br /><br />We have them here as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82644623461225485132017-01-07T20:06:35.002-08:002017-01-07T20:06:35.002-08:00Don't tell me, let me guess! Two driving spee...Don't tell me, let me guess! Two driving speed, either 1.2 miles per decade or just under the speed of light. Throttles and brakes are binary switches, either off or on (full) with only milliseconds between each position. Lane changes involve one of those switch changes and at least one preferably two revolutions of the steering wheel, am I right? We call them Texans down here.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57879620380930125532017-01-07T18:41:10.393-08:002017-01-07T18:41:10.393-08:00"paflameingthetic" - has a nice ring to ..."<em>paflameingthetic</em>" - has a nice ring to it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1927053771157630422017-01-07T18:34:52.769-08:002017-01-07T18:34:52.769-08:00Ok, so we got snow today also. Not much, less than...Ok, so we got snow today also. Not much, less than an inch; but you should see the natives trying to drive in the stuff. We ( my family and I ) lived in Chicagoland for 14 years and a bit. Learned to drive in the white stuff, we did. These Portland creampuffs are paflameingthetic.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12901129301926234642017-01-07T14:35:24.530-08:002017-01-07T14:35:24.530-08:00I've never had to do that!I've never had to do that!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27822399864936007812017-01-07T14:21:31.028-08:002017-01-07T14:21:31.028-08:00It's not all fun and games, though! Sometimes ...It's not all fun and games, though! Sometimes I have to go out during the cold winter months and...mow the lawn!Mike aka Proofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931553845065187278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70794608669116627532017-01-07T12:39:44.833-08:002017-01-07T12:39:44.833-08:00Well, with all that wind it probably felt like 45°...Well, with all that wind it probably felt like 45°!<br /><br />It's all relative I suppose.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76184067017507270692017-01-07T12:34:38.846-08:002017-01-07T12:34:38.846-08:00Yeah, it's winter out here, too! When I walked...Yeah, it's winter out here, too! When I walked out this AM in my t-shirt to pick up my newspaper, I heard this strange sound. It was a bitterly cold 55 degree wind whipping the fronds on my palm tree! Brutal!Mike aka Proofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931553845065187278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27975142644074535672017-01-07T12:04:24.956-08:002017-01-07T12:04:24.956-08:00Juvat + Ball Peen Hammer = Pond De-Icer.
No fun a...Juvat + Ball Peen Hammer = Pond De-Icer.<br /><br />No fun at all! It's snowing like the end of time right now. We're fully stocked and as long as the power stays on, we're good.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com