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olddad56

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26. Groundhog day - my favorite holiday.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 01:58 PM

Feb 2014

no gifts to buy, no cards to send, no obnoxious in-laws, almost like a regular day.

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More winter! Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow [View all] underpants Feb 2014 OP

I've had enough Winter, this year, to last me the rest of my life!! Siwsan Feb 2014 #1

No shadow here, it's gray and raining. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2

I didn't see mine. Wet and cloudy. Solly Mack Feb 2014 #3

This whole tradition is based on German folklore, though there is some meteorology to it. NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #4

:-) underpants Feb 2014 #5

blessed candlemas/imbolc niyad Feb 2014 #20

It has been a strange winter Gothmog Feb 2014 #6

Tell me something I don't already know, Phil. another_liberal Feb 2014 #7

surprised he even would come out -lucky if it's only 6 weeks IMO lunasun Feb 2014 #15

Gray and gloomy here with temp near freezing. Rain, sleet and snow are forecast. Yuck! Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #8

Farmer's Almanac has been on the money this year, I think... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #9

re:More winter! Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow allan01 Feb 2014 #10

truck all this midwest snow away pleeeez!!! lunasun Feb 2014 #16

It's raining here in SF! displacedtexan Feb 2014 #17

Weather says several inches of snow tomorrow here in PA. onehandle Feb 2014 #11

no groundhog had to tell me that heaven05 Feb 2014 #12

So I went to mark the end of winter on my calendar AllyCat Feb 2014 #13

I love how other states try to get in on the groundhog action. TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #14

. jakeXT Feb 2014 #18

This has been an expensive winter for us here in the Texas Hill Country. Rozlee Feb 2014 #19

Living in Maine naturallyselected Feb 2014 #21

Woodchuck recipes James48 Feb 2014 #22

OK, let's not get too drastic with the poor fellow. Beacool Feb 2014 #24

LOL reposted MANY times on FB underpants Feb 2014 #30

If I get my hands on him, I'm going to kick his furry ass!!! Beacool Feb 2014 #23

So more 80 degree days with no rain? itsrobert Feb 2014 #25

Groundhog day - my favorite holiday. olddad56 Feb 2014 #26

the version i grew up with was a glass half full/half empty version. unblock Feb 2014 #27

You know it's bad when all I can say is Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #28

He has only been right 10 out of 25 years 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #29

Stick with The Farmer's Almanac, and you can never go wrong,,,,,, benld74 Feb 2014 #31

sigh... alp227 Feb 2014 #32

If he sees his shadow, winter lasts six more weeks; if he doesn't, it's only 42 days..... lastlib Feb 2014 #33

The game is fixed! bpollen Feb 2014 #34