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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:35 PM
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It is snowing HUGE snowflakes!

I came home from rehearsal an hour ago and thought that for the first time it felt like winter and now the biggest, wettest snowflakes are coming down and blowing around and it is beautiful! I always love the first snowfall.

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Left Is Write

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:37 PM
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1. Like Charlie Brown snowflakes?

I love that.

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:39 PM
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4. Yes, big, swirly,

fat snowflakes. The ones that make you feel dizzy when you look up into them.

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:38 PM
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2. Where are you?

It's been really mild here in Southern Ohio,but it's supposed to turn cold by Thursday. :hi:

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:39 PM
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3. Topeka in NE Kansas

heading your way.

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Mabus

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:47 PM
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12. Howdy neighbor

:hi: from down I-70 (Lawrence).

Last time I checked (before basketball game) it was sleety here.

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:54 PM
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19. So that is where you are!

I am in Lawrence all the time it seems. I get a lot of gigs there, mostly in the summer months. I adore Lawrence. Snows a commin!

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Mabus

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:46 AM
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33. It's here

It's slushy but here. I just got back from taking the dogs out. I, of course, had to wait until after my Jayhawk game.

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:49 AM
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34. Looks like we have

about 1/2 inch so far. Did the Jayhawks win? I never watch.

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Mabus

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Wed Nov-24-04 11:14 AM
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40. We've got about 6"

and the Jayhawks won decisively over St. Joseph.

Did you get long rolling thunder during the storm? There were several window rattlers here last night during the snow. It doesn't happen often and it was weird.

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:52 PM
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41. They say we got about

5 inches, it looks like less here at my house but my farm was pretty drifted and deep, maybe 5 there. We did not get thunder that I heard, that is always cool when that happens. Did you get pink lightning?

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Mabus

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Thu Nov-25-04 01:48 AM
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42. I didn't look

The thunder actually woke me up. Like I said, we got some long rumbling window rattlers but I was snug under the blankets by then. Thankfully it was the huge fluffy stuff and seems to have pretty much melted away as the day went on.

The Shih Tzu isn't particularly fond of snow especially when it is the as deep as he is tall. This morning I had to make ruts in the snow so he could walk. This evening it was much more pleasant of a walk for him (me and the other dog).

We may get hit again with snow Friday night/Saturday morning.

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MidwestMomma

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:41 PM
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5. You sound like my daughter

She's in Lawrence and just called me all excited as it's snowing there too.

Hope it reaches KC soon...I think we're just getting yucky sleet right now.

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:43 PM
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8. Boy I am glad my son

got home before it got slick in KC. You are getting sleet? YUK! I hope it turns into beautiful snow soon for you.

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MidwestMomma

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:50 PM
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15. My daughter has to take her GRE tomorrow,,,

She may be walking to campus!

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OldLeftieLawyer

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:56 AM
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35. Ice storms in KC

I've lived all over the US, but I never saw ice storms like I did when I lived in Kansas City.

We lived at 54th and Main, and I remember driving down Main Street under all the ice-coated trees was really pretty. I miss that weather.

But, be careful.........

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DenverDem

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:42 PM
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6. Same in Denver.

Beautiful stuff as it floats past the street light.

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:44 PM
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9. You have had some already this year

haven't you? Ohhhh, street lights do make them look even more beautiful. We do not have any of those where I live.

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DenverDem

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Wed Nov-24-04 01:26 AM
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36. This is like the fourth snow incident so far.

These big fluffy flakes are the most picturesque of the year, though.

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Turn CO Blue

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:42 PM
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7. It's starting to snow, but not big flakes yet Denver Colorado n/t

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:45 PM
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10. We are not expecting too much.

If the trends hold we could be in for a winter like we used to have.

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intheflow

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:35 AM
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31. I've seen big flakes on and off in Denver tonight.

Sticking to grass but not pavement, which is O-Kay!

Topeka must be getting the snow we had yesterday. (Or was it the day before?)

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:45 PM
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11. It's wonderful, isn't it?

I have memories like that. In high school, coming out of a basketball game, going down the long driveway to the road which was lit by faux gas lamps - and the snow, backlit -so beautiful. Snow has a kind of redemptive quality...clean slate or something.

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:49 PM
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14. Yes, at least at this time.

It won't be fun to drive in then it gets all dirty and slick and slushy and ugly but yes, right now it is redemptive and I do feel somehow clean. Do you get snow in the part of CA you are in? I had to drive through a terrible, scary snow in the mountains there once.

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brook

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Wed Nov-24-04 01:39 AM
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37. No...no snow.

I live across the street from the ocean so we don't get the right conditions. Fog is my snow now. It too has it's negative side - driving to work can be scary - but it has some of the cleansing and mysterious aspects of snow too. Still, unknown, soft.

The mountains here can be very treacherous - even just in rain - I know it's time for me to go to sleep because I'm now thinking of the two sides of life and nature - the beauty and the danger.

C ya later! Stay warm.

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 01:54 AM
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38. Goodnight.

I will stay warm. You are very lucky to live by the ocean. The ocean is my most favorite place to be. The fog can be very nasty. It used to scare my youngest, when he would see just the two lights of an oncoming car he used to scream, "Spookies!" Think of spookies and be careful.

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MnFats

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:48 PM
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13. hear you guys were going to be swamped.

maybe a foot in parts of missouri?
while we in minn. remain blissfully dry.

don't worry, we'll overtake those further south soon, probably before Christmas. and we have four months of cold ahead......

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:51 PM
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17. Yes you will.

I don't know about the report except for here, I was in rehearsal all evening. You will get gobs more than we do, even when we used to get a lot of it. We will have bitter cold and strong winds but not nearly the amount of snow you get. Sometimes, but just sometimes I am jealous.

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snoochie

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:51 PM
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16. Oooooh I'm jealous

I'm in TX and here we hardly ever get snow. When we do it's a couple of inches and only lasts a day or two.

Heck, I didn't even need a jacket today.

Enjoy the show!

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MuseRider

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:53 PM
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18. Dallas just gets cold and don't you get

ice more often than snow? The worst I have ever felt was when I was in Houston and it got cold. Yikes!

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snoochie

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Tue Nov-23-04 11:57 PM
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20. Yes, mostly ice

And yeah, no matter how bad it is, Dallas is still better than Houston. ;)

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:00 AM
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22. LOL

I love them both actually. I spent a lot of time in Dallas as a kid and in Houston when my brothers lived there.

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CO Liberal

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:00 AM
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21. We've Got a Dusting of Snow Outside Pueblo, CO

Little tiny snowflakes. The Princess's car is covered with snow and it's probably gonna be fun driving to Colorado Springs tomorrow...

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:13 AM
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24. I hate driving in it.

Any passes to negotiate? Be careful.

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CO Liberal

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:20 AM
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27. No Passes

I live at around 4,900 feet. Colorado Springs is a little over 6,000 feet. But it's gradual - over the 45 miles of my commute, it's hard to tell I'm changing elevation by 1,100 feet.

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:25 AM
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29. Isn't Pueblo where

Pat Parelli has his big horse training facility? I have often wanted to visit it.

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CO Liberal

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:21 AM
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39. It Didn't Sound Familiar, So I Did a Google Search

Pat Parelli's facility is in Pagosa Springs, which is in the Four Corners area of Colorado, near Durango.

Pueblo is the home of the Government Printing Office, where you can send for free booklets. ("Send to Catalog, Pueblo, CO 81009" - as they say on the public service announcements.) That's a special ZIP Code set up just for the Government Printing Office. We also have a B-24 museum, a riverwalk, and a convention center.

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MnFats

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:01 AM
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23. i complain about winter all the time but really...

...there is something great about lacing up some good boots and going for a walk in the new snow under a full or nearly full moon....and about the only sound is the crunch of snow under the boots....yeah, I can take that....might get pretty tired of it by the end of March though. ah, hell, there i go again...

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:16 AM
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25. It is so light

when the moon is out and there is snow on the ground. It is the best time to watch the wildlife around here. I can go about 1/2 a block away and count 30 or so deer in the bean field. It is a lovely thing to do. Yes, it is always nice at first but then it gets pretty old.

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MnFats

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:28 AM
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30. when i was a kid & a boy scout we'd camp in far northern mn....

...
and us kids would sit around the campfire all bundled up after the adults had gone to sleep and we'd hear the timber wolves howling at each other.
when you're 12 or 13 at a campfire and you hear that for a couple of hours it send chills down your spine. i think we all realized we were witnessing something rare and beautiful...

...to my knowledge we never saw them. they were smart enough not to get too close....but from hilltop to hilltop they'd talk and talk...

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:35 AM
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32. Amazing story, thanks

for sharing that. I got chills just being there for a second in my mind. I love wolves. We hear Coyotes all the time, hardly the same thing but they are here in large packs. They come down and run the fence with my dogs. I watch them as they breed and in the spring have their pups and have even seen them playing with deer.

Great story, thanks.

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SheilaT

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:19 AM
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26. It's still just rain here

in Overland Park. I think it's supposed to snow tomorrow and perhaps Thursday. I don't care. I've got almost everything already, except that I have to pick up a fresh turkey tomorrow. About 10 people are coming over, I've got plenty of wine. Let it snow!

Plus, I drive a Subaru, stick shift, and they're just great in snow.

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MuseRider

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:23 AM
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28. We are going to KC for Thanksgiving this year.

I hope it stays nice for you and the snow is gone so your guests can all make it. I will miss doing the big dinner this year but I get Christmas.

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:37 AM
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43. We moved from Long Island to Florida 3 years ago

and I miss the snow so much. Have a snowball fight for me.

:hi:

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