Yesterday and today were beach days(80+F).

Tomorrow in not only a holiday but also another beach day.

Sometimes living in SoCal is tough duty but beach days make it
worthwhileG.

Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4d33a84e$0$19758
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Yesterday and today were beach days(80+F).

Tomorrow in not only a holiday but also another beach day.

Sometimes living in SoCal is tough duty but beach days make it
worthwhileG.

Lew



Looks like tomorrow or Tuesday it's going to get depressingly warm and
then freeze rain and ice. I'd rather it just stay cold and let things
be. Temperatures between 30 and 45F aren't fit for human consumption.

24'x64' ice rink frozen and skatable for 2 weeks now, and 2 weeks before
the thaw. The cold is so much more fun if you can play in it. :-)

Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.

Lew Hodgett wrote:
Yesterday and today were beach days(80+F).

Tomorrow in not only a holiday but also another beach day.

Sometimes living in SoCal is tough duty but beach days make it
worthwhileG.

I can't explain it. Californians LOVE the state's weather so much they're
willing to put up with high taxes, a dysfunctional government, brush fires,
mud slides, earthquakes, and a ban on outdoor barbecues.

They could eliminate all the problems by moving to, say, Maine and turning
up the thermostat.

On Jan 17, 8:59*am, "HeyBub" wrote:

I can't explain it.

You could stop right there with all of your posts without any loss of
information and with a bonus of improved veracity and self-
awareness. ~

R

Puckdropper wrote the following:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4d33a84e$0$19758
:


Yesterday and today were beach days(80+F).

Tomorrow in not only a holiday but also another beach day.

Sometimes living in SoCal is tough duty but beach days make it
worthwhileG.

Lew




Looks like tomorrow or Tuesday it's going to get depressingly warm and
then freeze rain and ice. I'd rather it just stay cold and let things
be. Temperatures between 30 and 45F aren't fit for human consumption.

24'x64' ice rink frozen and skatable for 2 weeks now, and 2 weeks before
the thaw. The cold is so much more fun if you can play in it. :-)

Puckdropper



Tonight
Cloudy. Snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Evening
lows around 16...then slowly rising temperatures overnight. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.

Tuesday
Snow and freezing rain. Total snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Ice
accumulation of up to one quarter of an inch. Highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Tuesday Night
Cloudy. Freezing rain and sleet likely in the evening...then a chance of
freezing rain...snow and sleet after midnight. Little or no additional
snow accumulation. Additional moderate ice accretion likely. Near steady
temperature around 30. North winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northwest
after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain...freezing rain and snow in the
morning...then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows around 15.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote

24'x64' ice rink frozen and skatable for 2 weeks now, and 2 weeks before
the thaw. The cold is so much more fun if you can play in it. :-)

I always wanted to do that. I grew up in NW Ohio, and played a lot of "sand
lot" hockey.

Did you line the bottom with plastic, or anything?
--
Jim in NC

RicodJour wrote:
On Jan 17, 8:59 am, "HeyBub" wrote:

I can't explain it.

You could stop right there with all of your posts without any loss of
information and with a bonus of improved veracity and self-
awareness. ~


I made you look, though.

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4d33d3e4$0$19261
:

Sounds like you should be talking to my neighbors, the Zamboni's.

BTW, your around Matoon, Il, if I remember.

Blaw-Knox and GE had facilities there at one time.

Are either of them still there?

Lew




I'm actually around Peoria. I've no idea if Blaw-Knox or GE have
facilities around Mattoon.

Puckdropper

"Morgans" wrote in
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"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote

24'x64' ice rink frozen and skatable for 2 weeks now, and 2 weeks
before the thaw. The cold is so much more fun if you can play in it.
:-)

I always wanted to do that. I grew up in NW Ohio, and played a lot of
"sand lot" hockey.

Did you line the bottom with plastic, or anything?

I've got 2 sheets of plastic on there. The rink should be able to
withstand a complete thaw and refreeze with the only water loss being to
evaporation. It's the only way to go for most of the country and a good
portion of Canada.

Puckdropper

On Jan 17, 3:50*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote



24'x64' ice rink frozen and skatable for 2 weeks now, and 2 weeks before
the thaw. *The cold is so much more fun if you can play in it. :-)

I always wanted to do that. *I grew up in NW Ohio, and played a lot of "sand
lot" hockey.

Did you line the bottom with plastic, or anything?

Some people do that, but it's not absolutely necessary. If the ground
is frozen, and not too sandy, it might take a bit more water, but it's
easier in the Spring - you don't do anything and the rink disappears!
You do need edging, of course.

R

"Puckdropper" wrote:

I'm actually around Peoria. I've no idea if Blaw-Knox or GE have
facilities around Mattoon.
--------------
My mistake.

Are they still running the paddle wheeler in the Illinois River at
Peoria?

Strictly a river ride, not a gambling version.

Got some customers who are in the ethanol business near Peoria.

Small world.


Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4d34e6d5$0$19597
:


"Puckdropper" wrote:

I'm actually around Peoria. I've no idea if Blaw-Knox or GE have
facilities around Mattoon.
--------------
My mistake.

Are they still running the paddle wheeler in the Illinois River at
Peoria?

Strictly a river ride, not a gambling version.

Got some customers who are in the ethanol business near Peoria.

Small world.


Lew




They sure are. The Spirit of Peoria goes up the river quite often. We
went on a cruise where they served dinner and headed up towards
Chillicothe. It was quite a nice trip. Way more fun than going on one
of those floating cities and being trapped for a week.

The gambling boat actually had to take a trip somewhere because of a new
state law. It hadn't gone anywhere in 10 years or more.

Puckdropper

HeyBub wrote:


I can't explain it. Californians LOVE the state's weather so much
they're willing to put up with high taxes, a dysfunctional
government, brush fires, mud slides, earthquakes, and a ban on
outdoor barbecues.

....and thinking.

--

-Mike-