-4 at my house this morning ....
Email from a friend in Nome.
I just got off the phone with a friend living in northern Alaska.
She said that since early this morning the snow has been nearly
waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way below zero
and the north wind is increasing to near gale force. Her husband has done
nothing but look through the kitchen window and just stare. She says that if it
gets much worse, she may have to let him in.
Stay warm, ya'll
-JD-
That's funny, JD!
🙂
Nate
Two yoopers were sittin' around in camp and old Rudy wandered out. He come back in with an icicle that was yellow. He looked at Toivo kinda puzzled, as he threw it on the fire. That created an odd odor in the room, kinda like a beer stained urinal.
A bit later Toivo goes outside to pee, and comes back in with a cloud like hunk of frozen brown ice. He tossed that on the fire and it went "..ppfffttt..." and soon the room smelled like somebody farted..
..Toivo looked at Rudy and said "..Sorry Rudy, I had some reports from your beans and just wanted to share 'dem wit' ya, just like you shared my peecicle... but now it's so damn cold even my farts are freezin.. doncha know.."
Winter Diary
Tried to clean this up, hopefully clean enuff! Apologies if anybody is offended.
Winter Diary
August 12: Moved to our new home in Alaska. It is so beautiful here. The mountains are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see snow covering them.
October 14: Alaska is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves are turned all the colors and shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They are so graceful. Certainly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.
November 11: Deer season will start soon. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon. I love it here.
December 2: It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snow ball fight (I won), and when the snow-plow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place. I love Alaska.
December 12: More snow last night. I love it. The snow-plow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here.
December 19: More snow last night. Couldn’t get out of the driveway to get to work. I am exhausted from shoveling. F--ing snow-plow.
December 22: More of that white s--t fell last night. I’ve got blisters on my hands from shoveling. I think the snow-plow hides around the curve and waits until I’m done shoveling the driveway. A--hole!
December 25: Merry F---ing Christmas. More friggen snow. If I ever get my hands on that son-of-a-bitch who drives the snow-plow I swear I’ll kill the bastard. Don’t know why they don’t use more salt on the roads to melt the f---ing ice.
December 27: More white s--t last night. Been inside for three days except for shoveling out the driveway after that snow-plow goes through every time. Can’t go anywhere, car’s stuck in a mountain of white s--t. The weatherman says to expect another 10 inches of the s--t again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow 10 inches is?
December 28: The f---ing weatherman was wrong. We got 34 inches of that s--t this time. At this rate it won’t melt before the summer. The snow-plow got stuck up in the road and that bastard came to the door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the s--t he pushed into the driveway, I broke my last one over his f---ing head.
January 4: Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on the way back a damned deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. Did about $3,000 damage to the car. Those f---ing beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters had killed them all last November.
May 3: Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from that f---ing salt they put all over the roads.
May 10: Moved to Arizona. I can’t imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever live in that god-forsaken state of Alaska.
Winter Diary
Maybe should try this guy
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And since I'm very biased about 'da UP... I've been to all the places in this little clip. Yes, it snows big time
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Yooper here
Raised in the Soo.
I don,t believe we had yet been identified as a separate species when I was young.
Only later would researchers discover our unique characteristics and be in awe of them.
Don
