Um, did someone forget to hit a button? Or something?

[Attache]

Should we all be Flinging some Spring right about now? Did I miss an announcement?

[Snarky]

39 minutes ago, Attache said:

Should we all be Flinging some Spring right about now? Did I miss an announcement?

it's freezing.

[Attache]

31 minutes ago, Snarky said:

it's freezing.

 

Never has someone so appropriately named so appropriately commented.

And, hey, I'm with you - it always seemed a bit weird for something named the Spring Fling to be over by March 2nd but given that it centers around Valentine's Day, they are locked into having it on or around February 14th, no?

[Glacier Peak]

Groundhog said no, 6 more weeks. 

[Attache]

21 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

Groundhog said no, 6 more weeks. 

 

Groundhog the Dev? The one who always repeats themselves?

[WanderingAries]

Didn't you know? The Groundhog died and now we're in perma-frost forever. >.<

[Verfall]

16 minutes ago, WanderingAries said:

Didn't you know? The Groundhog died and now we're in perma-frost forever. >.<

Well it is minus 39 Fahrenheit outside right now so you're probably right.

[PeregrineFalcon]

2 minutes ago, Verfall said:

Well it is minus 39 Fahrenheit outside right now so you're probably right.

Fairbanks, is that you?  😁

[Luminara]

I almost pet a wild groundhog about three months ago.  It'd snuck into a greenhouse at a farm where I help out.  I cornered it and expected it to bolt past me, but it just huddled up and waited.  Poked it with a rod to get it moving, because I was trying to trap it on the other side of the greenhouse so I could release it, and it still didn't move.  I walked right up to it, my leg brushing against its fur, and, nope, just not moving from that spot.

 

If I hadn't seen what their teeth can do, I would've risked it.  Little bastard looked so soft and squishy.  Now, I'll happily grab a wild opossum and carry it around, because they're the least aggressive animal I've ever encountered, and they're incredibly soft.  Crazy soft.  Fur like down.  But they don't bite.

 

Those giant rats, though, scary teeth.

 

 

Yeah.  No touchy.

 

Plus, marmots can harbor Yersinia Pestis, and groundhogs are in the marmot family (which is in the Rodentia family, hence the giant rats reference (not to be confused with capybaras, which actually are giant rats (but not closely related to common rats (or lab rats (or the Rat Pack))))), and ain't nobody got time for no plague.

 

What were we talking about?

[Verfall]

13 minutes ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

Fairbanks, is that you?  😁

No they're warmer;

 

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/weather/saskatchewan/regina

 

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/weather/alaska/fairbanks

[Ironblade]

1 hour ago, Luminara said:

 

Yeah.  No touchy.

 

Plus, marmots can harbor Yersinia Pestis, and groundhogs are in the marmot family (which is in the Rodentia family, hence the giant rats reference (not to be confused with capybaras, which actually are giant rats (but not closely related to common rats (or lab rats (or the Rat Pack))))), and ain't nobody got time for no plague.

 

People consult the groundhogs for weather predictions, but marmots also have insight for us.

 

[Without_Pause]

We are predicted to get 10 inches. I tried to go to the store and our car got stuck. We did get it out though.

[WanderingAries]

15 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

We are predicted to get 10 inches. I tried to go to the store and our car got stuck. We did get it out though.

 

When I lived up north, I used to go practice in the grocery parking lot after midnight every winter to make sure I still had the reflexes down. :p

[SeraphimKensai]

I used my ruler on the yard to see how bad it was. The grass was 2.5 inches and still green but my neighbor across the street was wearing a parka while walking her dog (who was wearing some winter dog vest).

 

It's a balmy 63° with a high for 80° today. Maybe if it wasn't so cold, I'd throw my swimming trunks and boogie board into the back to swing by the beach after work. Instead I'll probably hunker down in the house with heat just in case it gets a little more chilly.

 

Our community can all come together in this time for our communal effort to stay warm. Hot cocoa all around.

[momentarygrace]

[Andreah]

I predict we will get one day of Spring on Feb 14th. Then, back to the cold dregs of Winter until next year.

[fitzsimmons]

On 2/3/2022 at 12:11 AM, Without_Pause said:

We are predicted to get 10 inches.

 

2 rounds my friend, 2 rounds.

[Frostbiter]

On 2/3/2022 at 3:15 PM, WanderingAries said:

 

When I lived up north, I used to go practice in the grocery parking lot after midnight every winter to make sure I still had the reflexes down. 😛

 

I think that's a time honored tradition. Whats a good snow without some good donuts?

[Marine X]

On 2/3/2022 at 12:11 AM, Without_Pause said:

We are predicted to get 10 inches.

Must not be too far from Me, about the same here in Mansfield, Oh. If I could get my hands on that cursed Whistle Pig, I would......nevermind.

[Without_Pause]

1 hour ago, Marine X said:

Must not be too far from Me, about the same here in Mansfield, Oh. If I could get my hands on that cursed Whistle Pig, I would......nevermind.

Michigan.