Now that snow-time is here...
The Lawn Tractor of Argghhh! has arrived!
*With* engineering attachments! (Singing) "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..."
Somehow, I don't think she will be a pushover for PapaGulf-17
Boys and their toys... *grin*
This was a *SWWBO-purchase!*
Gotta love that - machine guns and riding mowers!
My comment was in reference to the joy and singing it inspired, not who purchased/desired it originally. *smile*
John, watch that profanity. I don't think that it is right for you to throw around those four letters words like that
John, I think that one's broke.
Where's the turret? It ain't no damn good without a (*&#(%&$* turret. And what kind of traction you expect to get with wheels? You need tracks, m'man, tracks!
Sheesh, you'd think you'd know this stuff. . .
And... and... where are the pintles? For the GUNS!
Jeeze, Pop, it's gotta have PINTLES!!!
Jon - took me a minute... you must be a southron or a snowbird.
Sanger, Sergeant B: what part of "SWWBO-purchase" was confusing?
ooohhhhhh.... I WANT ONE!
Of course, I need a yard to mow first, and a drive to plow, but hey- who cares!
None, but c'mon, you tryin' to tell me you don't have some kind of control there?
heh...
Yeah, right. Probably same as me, I bet: = NONE
watch it, Sanger!
This is John's major Christmas present.
AFSister -- I have a quarter acre of lawn for you to mow. Come on over any time! Less snow, though. Maybe Sgt. B can oblige. ;-)
Fark! Ya didn't *tell* me that! I'da held out for more horsepower!
Hey! Does this mean I can buy you an appliance, like, say, a wood lathe, for Christmas?
I wanna make ClueBats!
Hey..I don't wanna hear no snow thing either. At least, not until closer to Christmas, then, a day here a day there. Little accumulation, quickly melting. that's my kind of snow. ;)
Okay, maybe one big day where we can go snow sledding and build snowmen, but then it's gotta melt within the week.
So, when do the training wheels come off?
Boy - are we all in a SNARKING mood today, aren't we? When even the reticent SangerM blasts away like a searless Glock, you know that everyone is frisky tonight.
On snow... lucky for us, here in So. Maryland, snow falls and quickly melts in 3-4 days max. Not like the white foecal matter that befalls upon Iowa: it falls around Thanksgiving and doesn't thaw until Easter.
Still, there's plenty of a-shoveling to do. There is about 200' of pathways I must clear, everytime there is a flaky fall.
At least you get snow. Here in Memphis we just get ice.
And I don't care how good a driver you are on snow, *no one* can drive well on ice. Helk, no one here can even drive in light rain.
BCR, you sure ya wanna go there? You don't even know my rates... *grin*
hey Sarge -- why should your rates bother me? I was offering AFSister to plow your driveway since I don't have any snow for her! Thoughtful, I am ...
Well, iff'n yer gonna advertize fer me, don't cha think ya should see what rates I'm willin' ta pay?
*backpedal-backpedel-backpedal*
'sides, with what's coming down right now, I don't think I'd want AFSis out in it...
...Nope, better to force her to sit in front of the fire, drink hot buttered rum, and read Christmas Stories to the LGAMs...
You, on the other hand, and Barb... I think you'd rather the hot mulled wine...
...Little Bear can handle the snow...
I thought Beth had her Christmas list posted... Something about a meat grinder...
I'll take some hot cider with spiced rum by that fire while you are at it.
Sears did have a darn fine sale this weekend. So did you use that thing to clear away last night's blizzard?
By the way. We had a lovely time visiting snow last weekend but were very glad to be back in the sunshine (well actually we were greeted with tornado)...
Did someone say Glühwein? Ah - the memories.
SWWBO likes Glühwein... and parbar - just a dusting. I'm still waiting for a good one to see how well she works!
Plowing drive ways? Going rates?
mmmm...if this was any place other than the castle, I'd believe you were talking about actually clearing snow.
My thoughts exactly... especially if the names in the comment had been reversed...
It reminds me of why I stayed in Tidewater, VA. We only get "drive-by blizzards". Snow on Sunday, no work on monday, slush by Wednesday, back on the golf course by Thursday. Enjoy it.
Sigh. Your minds aren't just in the gutter -- they are doing depth trials in the Marianas Trench!
At least now I know why guys get so excited about snowplows ...
I'm getting a ping back of 5000 ft. Let's hope we can go deeper.
Sheesh. What a weenie machine!
You should have gotten something powerful, like a Benford 2000, with dual headers and a turbocharger.
Nah, then I'd just burst through the hedges, destroy fences, and *still* lose to Vila...
no wonder my ears were a'burnin....
Sgt- I'll gladly take you up on that hot buttered rum and stories by the fire! Woot! Woot! Woot!
Or maybe some of Boq's Gluhwein.... man, oh man...
I do love a nice hot beverage in winter! Just as good as an icy cold one in summer.
Gluhwein, ahhhh, I'll let you all know how it was in two+ weeks, after I return from a short turn around Badem-Wurttemberg and Bayern!!
Ahhh, let's see... A few days in Rothenburg & Ansbach, a coupla-days in Erlangen, thence to the border, and from there back to Nuremburg to the Kristkindlmarkt, then home...
....Schnitzel Cordon Bleu mit pommes fritz, Jaeger schnitzel, Kartoffel Puffer mit Apfel sose, bier, café, brotchen, bratwurst on brotchen, Wiener schnitzel, schneeballen, rolladen, eier und schinken mit markenbutter, Apfelstrudel, jaegermester, Sauerbraten, apfelkorn, Sauerkraut heisse Schokolade, and Kathe Wohlfart's (on the 10th!!)....
And Schnee, lots of schnee, I hope!!!
YeeeeeeHaaaaaa!!!
Gowin' home for a few. . .
Bassid.
yeah. heh.
Big-ole-$hit-eating-grin on my face right now, too. . .
Want pics of anything/anywhere special (other than every cannon and old tank I happen to pass). . .?
I'll second that "bassid", and raise you a "do you think I'll fit in your suitcase, Sanger?"
Pinder, if you happen to swing by... the Armor and weapons in the Nurnberg museum.
You should get some good pics at the punishment museum in Rothenberg... I think the Denizens would probably breathe heavily...
Dang, sir, you mean, like, the *original* Iron Maiden, with the specially long spikes for the eyeball sockets?
And beheading swords, and badwifetongueholders, and iron boots, and thumbscrews, and the rack and...
Well, I've already got some o' the museum in Nburg, wasn't planning a reprise of that, but we'll see how close I get... And as for the Kriminal museum that was gruesome, you sure you want some of those... shudder (for real...)
As for bags, no AFSis, I already have a clown-car's load of folks waiting to climb aboard from work. I had to get some new suitcases today, just to make room for all the crap I won't be able to ship home. . .
Did I mention snow! I want snow! LOTS of snow. . .
BTW, John, I'll go to Zirndorf for you... but check this in the meantime:
www.zirndorf.de/english/experiences/newspaper.php
Speaking of badwifetongueholders... check out the pic on this page...
Know that website. Have been helping them with their pictures. Nice effort on the part of the guy running it.
All that's left of Pinder is the gate tower (which means all the millions spent on the washracks in the 80's and 90's were just torn up - it's now a Legopark!
Bassid! Yeah just my reaction when SangerM mentioned it to me a few days back
um...john,just what the heck is that long leather thing supposed to be used for? I mean, it looks like a tongue, but it doesn't appear to have any actual use.
"Let it snow," huh? Jon and others warned you about the use of such four-letter words. Now see what you did?
Stupid link above didn't work! *grmpf* Just go check out Sgt. B's blog (and mine too, while you're at it).
Kat - that's the wagging tongue of the gossip... what you don't see is the clamp behind it the held on to the real tongue....
Okay, so the link works! I'm just a techno-incompetent (again). :P
[Your words, not mine. There was something wrong, I just fixed it, though I have no idea what you did wrong... or if a blog-gremlin was funnin' ya]
Actually, must've been those Castle Elves cleaning up after me. :D
Hmmm... didn't know we had Castle Elves...
Your words, not mine.
Oh, but I'm just a lowly uneducated music teacher! I won't be forgetting my place again... ;)
Is the hitch strong enough? I assume you'll be using it as a prime mover for the trebuchet...
Heh. Fuzzy, ya still didn't quite get it... Academia is *full* of educated people, neh?
Hmmmm, Bill just gave me an idea.
And looking at that pic, realizing I've *already* done 40+ bags of leaves... makes me wish briefly that I lived in an *evergreen* forested area.
And looking at that pic, I suddenly realized that, if the seat is *your* size, the Castle CleanUp Wagon could probably handle towing Atomic Annie...
And you *still* underestimate me, John! Of course we're talking about the idea that there's education received in the classroom and there's education one can get elsewhere!
And I'm assuming you have been snarking me with the latter.
Duh!
But like I said, I'm just a poor, uneducated (in things other than what I've been spoonfed by my teachers) music teacher. So, what would I know? *snark*
I'm just a poor, uneducated (in things other than what I've been spoonfed by my teachers) music teacher. So, what would I know?
Ummmm--arts and crafts?
Aw, Sanger, just the 'fun' stuff at the Kriminal Museum. You know, the straw wreaths, chastity belts, stocks, neck violins, stocks, that sort of thing.
No Iron Maidens, wheels, or racks. I second the shudders on those.
Think of us when you hoist a heise Schokolade mit schlag.
Have fun.
As to the new toy, we have one a them. Lossa fun, especially when Child Labor Units hitched the Red Flyer wagon to the back and were taken for rides...
Lossa good memories too.
heh.
*Growling ball of fur, teeth and claws swoops down from the chandelier. BillT is left wimpering in the corner and tending to his wounds.*
Thinking to self:
Hmmm... Skin tears easier than paper.
FbL! Wake up, kiddo--it's time to go to work and you're still zonked out!
*peering closely at tenaciously-closed eyelids*
Whooo--got some major league REM going on. She must be dreamin' up a storm...
Heh. "Skin tears easier than paper." That really *is* a dream!
*holds out saucer full of hot chocolate and wafts it
under her nose*
You need the attachments for these John....Really, you do.
M151 FAV with the bits to keep John from falling out this time.
I kinda like the Red One! SWWBO?
Come to think of it, when I lived in the snow belt and had a 53 Willys I didn't have a plow. That would have spoiled all the fun!
You guys sharing that hot chocolate. I've got some peppermint schnapps and homemade marshmallows to go in it.
If anyone can get a video of the Armorer plowing the drive while wearing a Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, and sunglasses whilst singing 'Little Ol' Lady From Pasadena' I've got a left arm you might be interested in.
The red one is nice, John.
But way too big. It would take up the entire driveway!
John doesn't own a Hawaiian shirt, Ry - can't imagine what he would look like in one.
Fortunately for you, Ry, I don't own a Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, or sunglasses. The lyric I could google for...
I *am* an arms collector, y'know...
We could widen the driveway... less grass to mow!
Ooooh! Add a wash rack and a helipad--even *less* grass to mow!
Given the trees... that will be a *very* small rotor diameter. I think I'd rather put in a Multi-Purpose Range Complex.
Share away with the marshmallows...and if they are homemade, put the recipe up here! I love that kind of stuff...well, I am the Castle Chef.
John - Hover holes are where you find 'em and the firebreaks around Range 25 are fifty feet wide.
Main rotor diameter of the OH-6A is twenty-six feet. And if you find a nice, big hemlock with branches twenty feet long and twelve feet off the ground, you've got a hiding place...
Don't need a drive way for that one. Just put down some PSP. It'll be fine. Add some 1100x20 tires and chains in the storage locker and you'd have a truck that could go anywhere during those big blizzards, pull logs off the streets, be high enough that unless a semi slid into you, you'd never really feel it...
And it'll carry 4 tons of cargo in the bed. Very useful for going and getting gravel, plants, petunias, small artillery pieces, gun safes, etc.
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