Symon
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15" and counting..
That's nice... we had 70 cm of snow (that's about 27") few weeks ago... not all of it is melted (big black-grey mountains of snow still persist on some sidewalks)...
I would bet!
Whas is your avg snowfall/moisture table a year? They say for every foot of snow, that is about an inch of moisture..
No idea... but we got 50 cm of snow in December and then another 70 cm of snow in January... this broke almost 200 year old snow fall record on both occasions...
Leo "Apollo11"
Rises, and studiously grasps lapels: “Now I have heard much nonsense, from the Opposition benches, about the American supposed moon landing, and their reports the moon seems to be made of a Gouda, when we all know that the best of our scientists have conclusively demonstrated, by the most elegant theory, that the moon is made of overripe Stilton.
This is clearly a case of empiricism gone rampantly wild. Who, in their right mind would believe the reports of Americans, over our government scientists, about cheese? Why that is almost as nonsensical as asking fishermen about historical climactic conditions. Now we all know that fishermen are uneducated, unwashed, and likely to be Irish, or some other such race, and those that support them, as they support this moon nonsense, are at best, misguided Home Rule enthusiasts, and at worst, frothing revolutionaries who wish to rape our women and devour our children.
I ask you, Gentlemen, is this empiricist nonsense, from the Opposition, to be quietly borne, or shall we not put forth all the power of Government, in support of our scientists and their paid-for scientific theories?”
Pompously grasps lapels and eases an oversized bottom into a too-small chair.
“Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph.”
Sorry Guys, just had to do that. I do believe in climate change, but I’m an empiricist.
Went to college in Maine in the very early 70s, and lived in Falmouth Foreside. There were still homes built by sea captains in the 1730-1760s, that escaped gentrification, that had doors off the 2nd story hallway for winter access. A snowfall level that New England has not seen for the past 300 years, till perhaps now.
The Indians who did speak to the Pilgrims told them open traps on their roofs, with ladders, so they could come forth in the winter snows.The Abenaki built lodges with a “cupola” on the end, so they could get in and out during winter. All built for snow fall levels that haven’t been seen in the area for the past 300 years.
Lief Erickson landed on what many believe to be Nova Scotia. He found such a profusion of grapes growing there that he named it Vinland. The native North American grape is vitus cornucopia. It has specific growth parameters. It can be cultivated in a region from about mid NY State, south wards. It grows wild in the warm, wet spots, like coastal Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and “parts” of Texas. It has not been seen growing in the wild in the NE US (or Canada) since 900 AD. And the Brits had a major Naval base at Halifax, and they knew the value of fruit, and reported everything they sent back to Old Blighty, but not a word about grapes, not even one single apocryphal account by ANY sea captain clearing this station.
Erik Thorvaldsson finds Greenland (ok, maybe Gunbjorn Ulfsson), somewhere around 975 AD. He calls it Greenland because it’s green. It has meadows. It can support goats and sheep and can give a home to many clans. Something Greenland has been unable to do for over 500 years.
Ingolfur Amarson finds Iceland. He finds Reykjavik and because of the season and the geothermal stream, names it Iceland. According to the Landnamabok, It was a paradise, and winter dripped it’s ice from the tree limbs. Iceland hasn’t had trees, or any kind of dripping ice for over 500 years.
There’s more; lots more. But then again, I’m an empiricist.
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Love those die-cast models. 
Have fun with your new toys.
I quite like the look of a Coastal Command Liberator and I'd like to get hold of another big Lanc, Admiral Prune. If they release a Lanc in her current scheme I'll be getting one of those as well. 
Their kids have off of school, so they should have off of work too.
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