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james terrio said:
And that, my friends, is why I love East Tennessee. It gets a little muggy in the summer but we don't have those insane weather fluctuations, or the brutal winters.
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You think 8 below and a little frost is brutal? It's not pleasant but not hardly brutal. Throw a good wind in there and maybe a foot or more of snow and we're starting to get into brutal territory. I remember one winter in Oregon where it snowed a foot or a little more and then dropped down to 20 below. You know it's brutal when you have to scrape ice off the inside of your windshield. Man I wish we had more winters like that. Maybe not 20 below cold but I could go for 12-18" of snow.
 
LeeBower said:
That is awesome, I may just take you up on that offer one day.. I have been to almost every state in the country, but I have wanted to visit the north eastern states for a long time and have just never made it.. and Idaho.. I have been to every state and Canadian providence around it, but never in the state.
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I think Trailbum is going to try and host the Northeast gathering in September this year....
I would like to visit a lot more states than I have...and more of the Americas (specifically Machu Picchu, Peru). I feel blessed to love where I live though. At least it doesn't involve a lot of travel. Here's one of Mount Chocorua, taken from it's eponymous lake:


And one of Mt. Washington:



.....just to add some eye candy to the thread.
 
bigghoss said:
You think 8 below and a little frost is brutal? It's not pleasant but not hardly brutal. Throw a good wind in there and maybe a foot or more of snow and we're starting to get into brutal territory. I remember one winter in Oregon where it snowed a foot or a little more and then dropped down to 20 below. You know it's brutal when you have to scrape ice off the inside of your windshield. Man I wish we had more winters like that. Maybe not 20 below cold but I could go for 12-18" of snow.
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Move to New York....at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, they regularly have to use their second story doors for egress. Plenty of outdoors stuff too, Adirondack State Park being the largest Park and the largest state park in the lower 48.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Move to New York....at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, they regularly have to use their second story doors for egress. Plenty of outdoors stuff too, Adirondack State Park being the largest Park and the largest state park in the lower 48.
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I like snow and the outdoors, but I also like guns.
 
Silverthorn said:
the Kojo Nnamdi show on NPR just had a great interview with three of the people from the Nautilus. Which in case some of you didnt know is our resident teckerhead, Daizee's ship. Well the ship hes been working on for months at any rate.
Was a pretty cool interview. For those of you into science and archaeology, and such you should look it up. Its, The Future Of The Past: New Frontiers In Exploration on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
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Ha! First I've heard. On the ship now finishing a big tear-out for renovation. Maybe you'll even see my area next season since it will be prettified.
 
The "Great White Apocalypse of Death" is almost here. They've driven this thing in the ground. Walmart and every store within a hundred miles is stripped bare, gas stations have lines around the block. Some guy was filling fifteen five gallon gas cans at Hucks and got in a fist fight with the guy behind him. People are nuts man.
 
tradewater said:
The "Great White Apocalypse of Death" is almost here. They've driven this thing in the ground. Walmart and every store within a hundred miles is stripped bare, gas stations have lines around the block. Some guy was filling fifteen five gallon gas cans at Hucks and got in a fist fight with the guy behind him. People are nuts man.
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Stuff like that happens here in OK too. I swear meteorologists have nothing better to do than to try and scare people... Folks will freak out when a little snow comes around, but they could say a tornado was going to hit with 100% certainty and everyone is like "Lets go to the lake!" Or, "Sounds like a nice day to sleep in, and not pay attention to the weather!" Or "ive liv'd ere for 60 ott yearsh an aint no nado guna git meh!"...... so far all its done is spit a bit of ice...
 
bigghoss said:
You think 8 below and a little frost is brutal?
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No. My friend, I was born in and spent nearly 40 years in North/Central Wisconsin. -8 and a little frost and a 20mph wind is "spring" up there, and cause for celebration :D

Been there, done that, have the scars to prove it. I love my home state dearly, and sometimes I miss it terribly, but I had enough. I am 100% OK with E TN "winters" being like the "springs" I grew up in, and summer lasting two-three extra months, and fall and spring being milder here, not watching half my income go into the furnace for 4-5 months, and wildflowers blooming in February, and harvesting veggies deep into October, and planting in March, and and and... :thumbup: :)

I do not miss waking up an hour early every damn morning just to shovel the car out of the driveway and chip the ice off it, just to get to work, and shoveling my way back into the driveway after work, because the plow came through and created a 3' solid ice drift barrier. I can live without making snowmen.

And yes, we get the beautiful changing of the seasons. It's really very much like WI here, except for the really sucky parts. :p

Although the soil sucks, I admit that. What passes for "topsoil" here would be considered useless clay where I was born... it takes lots of compost to build it up. I can deal with that, all things considered :)
 
GSO1962 said:
I also just finished "American Sniper" a couple months ago and have not yet started "American Gun." The first was an excellent book, so I'm looking forward to reading the second. The writing style is very conversational and makes for a great read. Kinda like sitting around drinking beer and telling war stories.
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I really like the way it's written as well. I don't care much to read a paragraph from his wife every couple pages, but that part's tolerable.
 
granitestateofmind said:
I think Trailbum is going to try and host the Northeast gathering in September this year....
I would like to visit a lot more states than I have...and more of the Americas (specifically Machu Picchu, Peru). I feel blessed to love where I live though. At least it doesn't involve a lot of travel. Here's one of Mount Chocorua, taken from it's eponymous lake:


And one of Mt. Washington:



.....just to add some eye candy to the thread.
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Damn, I would like to paddle out on that lake.. beautiful country up there..
 
stvpourciau said:
I too would like to get my Hands on a Reinhardt Kukri but i am not looking forward to the Cordura/leather crapfest that Kabar is likely to provide it in...

I hope they think up some new sheathing method or provide the option buy/sell without sheath
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Bringing this over here.
 
james terrio said:
No. My friend, I was born in and spent nearly 40 years in North/Central Wisconsin. -8 and a little frost and a 20mph wind is "spring" up there, and cause for celebration :D

Been there, done that, have the scars to prove it. I love my home state dearly, and sometimes I miss it terribly, but I had enough. I am 100% OK with E TN "winters" being like the "springs" I grew up in, and summer lasting two-three extra months, and fall and spring being milder here, not watching half my income go into the furnace for 4-5 months, and wildflowers blooming in February, and harvesting veggies deep into October, and planting in March, and and and... :thumbup: :)

I do not miss waking up an hour early every damn morning just to shovel the car out of the driveway and chip the ice off it, just to get to work, and shoveling my way back into the driveway after work, because the plow came through and created a 3' solid ice drift barrier. I can live without making snowmen.

And yes, we get the beautiful changing of the seasons. It's really very much like WI here, except for the really sucky parts. :p

Although the soil sucks, I admit that. What passes for "topsoil" here would be considered useless clay where I was born... it takes lots of compost to build it up. I can deal with that, all things considered :)
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Damn, Wisconsin winter sounds brutal! I guess you save money not having to buy ice for the beer though.. :D

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LeeBower said:
Damn, Wisconsin winter sounds brutal! I guess you save money not having to buy ice for the beer though.. :D

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Gotta be photoshopped, any man with kids in the house would have more than 6 daddy pops on ice. I have at least a case on reserve.
 
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