[Talk Host]

As some of you know, one of our administrators at Talk of The Villages, Tony, does not live in The Villages. He and his wife visit as often as possible.
They live in Erie, Pennsylvania and today, sent me this picture of how he is passing the time this December 11th.

He says that is him operating the snow blower and that his wife Bernie took the picture. You'll notice that conveniently the face is not discernible, so I'm guessing he is actually taking the picture.

JLK

[Russ_Boston]

I feel your pain Tony!

[tony]

That was nothing like the pain in the right hand from the cold wind. Now I am in front of a nice, glowing fire. With a little something to warm me on the table beside me. There are some things nice about winter.

Eat your hearts out, Floridians!

[Buckeye Guy]

Hi Tony,

I was born and raised in Ashtabula Ohio. I also know about Lake Erie snow.

[tony]

Eleven inches of snow fell today, but the winter hasn't been bad, really.

[Russ_Boston]

That's because winter starts next week!

[uujudy]

Originally Posted by tony

Eleven inches of snow fell today, but the winter hasn't been bad, really.

Really.

[Niels]

Originally Posted by tony

Eleven inches of snow fell today, but the winter hasn't been bad, really.

....soooo, what would a bad winter be like?

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by Buckeye Guy

Hi Tony,

I was born and raised in Ashtabula Ohio. I also know about Lake Erie snow.

Seriously Buckeye,,, is there really an Ashtabula?? OMG, I thought it was only in a song..wow!

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

That's because winter starts next week!

Very funny, Russ... 11 inches in the Fall, makes the winter look promising, LOL.... ???

[tony]

I measure snow for the National Weather Service. Its a long story. A bad
winter, for non-skiers, was the the 2000-2001 winter. We got 273 inches. (I
thought it was less. (How memory makes things better.) The people in the
snow belt around here got more. Almost 23 feet that season for me.

I went skiing.

[billethkid]

by Christmas it was considered a mild winter.
Who woulda thought that what we grew up in....walked to school in...played in...still went to work in....would be considered National newsworthy?

btk

[collie1228]

I wish I knew what a "mild winter" was. I live just north of Syracuse, NY, the perrenial winner of the "Golden Snowball Award", given to the major city in NY with the most annual snowfall. We average 121 inches a year (that's over ten feet annually for those of you without a calculator). Syracuse has won the Golden Snowball award nine of the last ten years. So I'm sitting here wishing for a mild winter, knowing that our definition of mild here in Syracuse is probably somewhat different from the rest of you TV'ers. I know, I know, no one makes me live here. But the good news for me is that I have two years to retirement, and TV here we come!

[Russ_Boston]

Same as me Collie - 750 days and counting.

[chuckinca]

Imagine how much you would get if it wasn't for global warming!

We had an inch in places around Walnut Creek, CA earlier this week - makes about one inch of snow in the past 10 years.



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[another Linda]

Originally Posted by collie1228

I wish I knew what a "mild winter" was. I live just north of Syracuse, NY, the perrenial winner of the "Golden Snowball Award", given to the major city in NY with the most annual snowfall. We average 121 inches a year (that's over ten feet annually for those of you without a calculator). Syracuse has won the Golden Snowball award nine of the last ten years. So I'm sitting here wishing for a mild winter, knowing that our definition of mild here in Syracuse is probably somewhat different from the rest of you TV'ers. I know, I know, no one makes me live here. But the good news for me is that I have two years to retirement, and TV here we come!

Ah, another Sybericusan! We are a tough lot, aren't we? But we have had so little snow this year that I fear we will get soft. Of course leaving for a brief visit to TV in a couple of days softens me up too.