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  1. Supposed to be low 60s today and tomorrow then cooling down Wednesday back into the 40s with 40% chance of rain. Thursday down into 30s again with 80% chance of rain and snow. Winter is not giving up here,the only good thing is it isn't jumping to solid days of 50s and 60s  that would cause our snow pack to melt quickly. All surrounding mountains are are at 120%+ snow pack. If it warms up too fast we are going to lose a lot of water really fast. Was hoping for a slower warm up

     

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  2. Well....... we woke up to 11 inches of snow this morning here in Belgrade do this through Monday and still coming down. Supposed to do this through Monday. We are 10 miles from Bozeman and they have 18" south of Bozeman and east of Bozeman in the foothills where my niece lives has 2 ft in her yard. She lives about 8 miles from us as the crow flies. Best get dressed and get busy😕.

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  3. I've driven in thousands of miles of horrible conditions. I can't imagine driving snow plows and clearing roads for people. Hats off to those folks They don't have snowballs they have another kind.

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  4. Very unfortunate. We have avalanches in our area as well. The sad thing is, The people that are caught in them are generally someplace they shouldn't be. We have skiers that get caught in them all the time because they are out of bounds from the regulated ski areas. There are crews that go up each day  with newly accumulated snow and shoot cannons to trigger the avalanches that could happen. The guys that go out on snowmobile's and get caught or killed go back into the mountains and are climbing areas that they should not be climbing and set them off. We know one guy that died about fifteen years ago, He and his buddies were way back into areas that were known for avalanches and they went anyway and we're climbing and riding steep north facing slopes.That's asking for it in my opinion. There are literally thousands of suare miles here where they would not run into anything that would be considered dangerous. I know guys right now that go out virtually every weekend and they are just flirting with disaster. I agree it is very sad when one loses their life And I am certainly not Downplaying the situation in colorado. Our area has avalanches frequently, If I rode frequently I would certainly choose To avoid those types of areas.

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  5. 13 hours ago, PROV said:

     

    My comment was "Those were great machines and easily handled challenging terrain"!

    Am I still invited back?😉

    Always😁

    All I know is, if the wife is comfortable she's happy, when she's happy usually everybody's in a better mood.🙂

    As far as covered in snow? Not here, under cover during the ugly months. Only out when when I have to get rid of the "magically delicious" snow cover.😇

    As far as windows open? Of course!!!! It's only been getting down to 18-20 at night. Sleeping with just a sheet on.😉

     

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  6. The Norwegians and the Irish....The reason the Irish celebrate St.
    Patrick's Day is because this is when St. Patrick drove the Norwegians
    out of Ireland. It seems that some centuries ago, many Norwegians came
    to Ireland to escape the bitterness of the Norwegian winter. Ireland
    was having a famine at the time, and food was scarce. The Norwegians
    were eating almost all the fish caught in the area, leaving the Irish
    with nothing to eat but potatoes. St. Patrick, taking matters into his
    own hands, as most Irishmen do, decided the Norwegians had to go.
    Secretly, he organized the Irish IRATRION (Irish Republican Army to
    Rid Ireland of Norwegians). Irish members of IRATRION passed a law in
    Ireland that prohibited merchants from selling ice boxes or ice to the
    Norwegians, in hopes that their fish would spoil. This would force the
    Norwegians to flee to a colder climate where their fish would keep.
    Well, the fish spoiled, all right, but the Norwegians, as everyone
    knows today, thrive on spoiled fish So, faced with failure, the
    desperate Irishmen sneaked into the Norwegian fish storage caves in
    the dead of night and sprinkled the rotten fish with lye, hoping to
    poison the Norwegian invaders. But, as everyone knows, the Norwegians
    thought this only added to the flavor of the fish, and they liked it
    so much they decided to call it "lutefisk," which is Norwegian for
    "luscious fish." Matters became even worse for the Irishmen when the
    Norwegians started taking over the Irish potato crop and making
    something called "lefse." Poor St. Patrick was at his wit's end, and
    finally on March 17th, he blew his top and told all the Norwegians to
    "GO TO !!" So they all got in their boats and emigrated to
    Minnesota---- the only other paradise on earth where smelly fish, old
    potatoes and plenty of cold weather can be found in abundance.
    The End

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