HaHa! S. Maine has a cumulative 102 inches of snow so far

[Maine Mary]

Wonder what those urban yuppies think of that. :evilgrin:


The weatherman didn't say but I'm sure we've had as much or more. The difference is that we (folks in N. Maine) are used to it.


As some of the old timers around here often say, "If you can't stand a Maine wintah, you don't deserve her summah" :-)

Sidenote: I'm feeling Bad tonight! ;-)

[CanuckAmok]

1. I hadn't heard! I've been sleeping the the hammock all day.

In Canada.

[Maine Mary]

5. Oh My....

Well you and your chicky baby better get moving then! This is about survival! If it's a tough winter here then it's coming your way if it hasn't already! What is the matter w/you? And where are your winter whites?

[Political_Junkie]

2. Hey, who you callin' a Yuppie?

:) I lived in Wisconsin for awhile, so this ain't nothin'! :P

[WarNoMore]

3. Almost as much on

the Cape---100 inches. Actually, that was before yesterday, few more inches.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. The Cape got hammered this winter-usually the Cape doesn't get

much snow.

[cornermouse]

4. Thanks for the warning.

Note to self: Maine too much cold, too much snow. Avoid.

Don't see a smilie that shivers.

[NightTrain]

6. And my old friend Jack, like a damned fool, moved to Maine last year.

To live in a fucking trailer park, no less! :scared:

JACK, :wtf: WERE YOU THINKING???

[Maine Mary]

21. It's funny you say that because

I can remember MY first Maine winter. I was only 12 and just could NOT understand why this (seemingly) arctic weather was not making the national news. Where was Walter Kronkite?. Shouldn't the Governor declare this a "state of emergency"? We'd get 20, 30, and sometimes 40 below... we'd have weeks when it would'nt get above 0. Then we'd have monstor snow storms... the likes of which I had never seen in NJ yet we still had to go to school. What was wrong with these people? They were even building Shacks on the lake and driving to them!!!!! :wtf:

I eventually got used to it and your brother will too. If he hasn't yet spent a summer here, he'll probably think the long "wintah" was worth it. Well... after the blackflies are gone I mean. ;-)

[NightTrain]

23. Did I mention that Jack lives in Northern Maine, near the Canadian border?

I still can't believe he made that move from Connecticut. :(

[Malva Zebrina]

7. the snow is lovely, white and bright

and from shoveling, my back is tight. AT least two feet on the ground now.

It is quite pretty actually. The clumps of this snow are sticking to the flowering quince branches and remind me of cotton plants I saw in the deep south.

Saw a whole flock of wild turkeys parading by, in a straight line, no doubt their position in the line is assigned according to their age and rank-- going into the snow steeped woods down their familar path. Wonder where they sleep.

[jpak]

8. My brother called from Yarmouth last night

He kept saying "Holy Shit!...Holy Shit" the whole time we were on the phone.

The snow is up to his window sills and it was coming down at 2 inches an hour.

They're going to have to hire a truck and bucket-loader to clear his parking lot at work - there's no place left to put the snow.

Hope this stuff doesn't melt all at once...yikes!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. The snow is killing us city wimps, but we only got 2" last night

People in Northern New England are used to this, but there's nowhere to put the snow here. Boston has gotten 85"-3rd snowiest winter in history. Worcester has gotten 108" (their record is 120").

[Maine Mary]

11. Are you anywhere near Jamica Plain?

My uncle used to own a beautiful old Victorian home on a dead end Rd call Agassiz Park. Back then, my sisters and I lived in NJ and had never seen the kind of snow New England brings. It was SO fun... There is a park there, and a small lake. My Philly uncle came up and he as well as my Boston uncle took us tobagganing. What a blast!

Sorry to have gotten so off track. Do you attend college in Cambridge?My uncle took us all around the area and it's a great place for college kids. My daughter loves it. She's a sophmore @ Syracuse but spends her summers in Newton.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. I'm from Cambridge-a townie, not a student

:D

Cambridge is a great place to live. Expensive, but there's so much going on.

Jamaica Plain has some beautiful Victorians. I actually lived there for a year when I went to UMass Boston but moved back to Cambridge. It was pretty dangerous in 1990. Since then, it has gentrified, and some of those old houses have been lovingly restored.

JP is pretty hilly-it must've been fun sledding!

[jonnyblitz]

12. ayuh, nothing compares to the winters I endured in Maine

growing up. couldn't even get out the front door a few times. :P

[Maine Mary]

13. Oh you're just a baby. What do you know?

And probably a Southern-Maine one at that!

:P

[jonnyblitz]

14. I grew up in the shadow of MT. Katahdin

that isn't southern ME is it? :hi:

[Maine Mary]

18. Well......

Ok, you pass the north-of-Augusta test. But you're still a baby :P

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Good grief!! It's Maine Mary!!

Where have you been?



My portrait courtesy of Coyote calls

[Maine Mary]

17. My God, do I have to get on everyone tonight?....

You'd better be in a snowless climate buddy; or pull out your winter whites... NOW. Yes, your colors are handsome, and yes, I know you're fast, but you why risk it? You know those nasty predators are everywhere! This is an intervention hun, it needs to be said. We care about you.

;-)

Good to see you too!!!!!

[Jack Rabbit]

19. I'm in California

What's snow?

[Maine Mary]

22. Stop that!

And I was so worried about the predators....
:spank:

Anymore out of you, and I'll find NSMA. Perhaps she can help out with this little "issue" ;-)

[all.of.me]

20. exactly why i moved away from there ...

after the winter of 1986-87 - a foot of snow every other day! i was SO done with new england after that.....