ROI Results 1/28 @ Gulfstream

[DonGuido]

And I'll triple that suggestion!!!

[Real Quiet]

Feb. 1st and this morning we got our first snow of the season. It's been a weird winter here in NJ.

[RUFFIAN]

RQ
1st SNOW

TO HELP PHIL SEE HIS SHADOW TOMORROW

[Zippy]

Nice try everyone!!! Better days are ahead! Thanks for scoring Pete!!!

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN

RQ
1st SNOW

TO HELP PHIL SEE HIS SHADOW TOMORROW

I've never placed much stock in the prognostications of either Punxsutawney Phil or Chuckles XI (who is the current Connecticut official ground hog - yup, Ground Hog Day is big business in lots of places). The logic of his seeing his shadow on a bright sunny day meaning 6 more weeks of winter, but if it is cloudy or snowy or sleeting, then he won't see his shadow and spring will arrive early seems wrongheaded to me.

On the other hand, being a lifelong baseball fan, I use as a sure sign of spring the fact that Pitchers and Catchers Report on Feb 13 and position players report on Feb 16. With spring training beginning, can spring be far behind?

[DonGuido]

JB, I'm right there with ya on having this ground hog shadow thingy backwords but hey, "when you'fre up you're up and when you're down you're down but when you're only half way up your neither up nor down."

The above is credited to an old English Nursery rhyme ans song. Not many things ake this much sense anymore . . . and I must say one of my 7th grade educated father's favorite sayings to me when i was young . . . Another was "ya don't want to be dumb unless ya show it". Each presented in light of the basis of Grounhog Day!

[RUFFIAN]

RQ
“ It's been a weird winter here in NJ.“

I’LL SEE YOUR “ WEIRD “
AND RAISE YA WITH BIZARRE

ONE DAY SNOW ⛄️
2 DAYS LATER 60°

COLORADO HAS AVERAGE 300 DAYS OF SUNSHINE 🌞
AS FLORIDA HAS OVER 100 DAYS OF RAIN ☔️

SO WHO REALLY IS
THE SUNSHINE 🌞 STATE 🤫🙄😼

[cal828]

Wow, my Dad was down right educated compared to yours. Mine made it to the 8th grade then went to work in the oil fields at 14. I'm not sure that would even be legal today. I wonder whether that falls under laws that prohibit child labor. At any rate, it was good for my Dad as he was employed and even prosperous right through the Depression and when World War two came along, he didn't have to go to the military because the production of oil was an essential industry.

As for early signs of Spring, I think of it as vegetable and not animal. First signs of Spring in the South are some sort of blooming white trees. I've always wondered what they really are. It occured to me that they might be some sort of wild apple or plum, but internet says they are called Serviceberry trees which I have never heard before. Learn something new every day even when you're an old curmudgeon like me.

[RUFFIAN]

CAL
Serviceberry ( Amelanchier spp.) are large shrubs or single- or multi-stemmed small trees. They are used as specimen and key plants in landscapes as well as in group plantings as borders, backdrops and screens. Serviceberry provides year-round interest in white spring flowers, yellow to red fall foliage, smooth gray bark, and edible purple fruit.
Serviceberry | UMN Extension


MY DAD WAS A PRIVATE DETECTIVE 🕵️*♂️

KILLED BY MAN RUNNING STOP SIGN 🛑 💔

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

Wow, my Dad was down right educated compared to yours. Mine made it to the 8th grade then went to work in the oil fields at 14. I'm not sure that would even be legal today. I wonder whether that falls under laws that prohibit child labor. At any rate, it was good for my Dad as he was employed and even prosperous right through the Depression and when World War two came along, he didn't have to go to the military because the production of oil was an essential industry.

As for early signs of Spring, I think of it as vegetable and not animal. First signs of Spring in the South are some sort of blooming white trees. I've always wondered what they really are. It occured to me that they might be some sort of wild apple or plum, but internet says they are called Serviceberry trees which I have never heard before. Learn something new every day even when you're an old curmudgeon like me.

My dad went to work in his father's barbershop and later had his own shop, making enough to provide but not much more. He served in the Navy in WWII and the Korean War as the ships barber and was a "dfamage Control" team leader. He cut hair for just over 50 years, that's a lot of standing on your feet and talking and he loved to talk to his customers. He used to brag about my baseball playing years growing up to the point of annoyance I'm sure. After he quit, age 65, he moved from Endicott, NY to Clemson to be near us. I was happy thay he lived long enouhg to see me graduate from Clemson and go on to Rice University for my Masters. He passed away halfway through my second year at Rice, smoking all his life and cancer finally got him. My mother died when I was 10. Most importantly everyone that new Al the barber loved him. That in itself is special and something for me to be proud of.