Just curious....how is the weather in your neck of the woods?

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Spacehead

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Jun 2, 2002
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It was spitting some snow flakes when i was out earlier but i cleared up later on. I know this because the sun was in my eyes when i woke up from my nap :p
Tomorrow looks good but the rest of the week looks pretty gloomy.
 

Charmonium

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May 15, 2015
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First, NJ weather sucks cthulhu's bung hole. We have 2 seasons here - winter and summer. Spring and fall each only last around a week or two so if they're your favorites, tough titties.

So for us, today is nothing short of glorious. Mid 60's, breeze, clear sky but with a sun that is already starting to feel like the death rays of summer.
 

Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003
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This time of year sucks for walking. Went for a walk and the sidewalk got so bad in one spot that it was impassable so I had to climb over the snow bank to get to the road. Road is so narrow that when there is a car I need to move and push against the snow bank so it can pass. Kind of sketch as it gets pretty slippery trying to stick to the edge like that.

Only found one syringe so far this year. I presume more of them will show up as the snow/ice layers continue to melt.
 
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Charmonium

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This time of year sucks for walking. Went for a walk and the sidewalk got so bad in one spot that it was impassable so I had to climb over the snow bank to get to the road. Road is so narrow that when there is a car I need to move and push against the snow bank so it can pass. Kind of sketch as it gets pretty slippery trying to stick to the edge like that.

Only found one syringe so far this year. I presume more of them will show up as the snow/ice layers continue to melt.
First, why doesn't everyone in Canada outside of maybe Toronto, have crampons? But even if you don't want to go full 'Sir Edmund Hillary,' you can get short, 4-5 mm shoe spikes set in an elastic web that just stretch over your shoes. I haven't used mine in a while but that's mainly out of laziness. Plus I like to try to hone my gazelle-like reflexes even if that means the occasional face-plant.

Second, where is your entrepreneurial spirit? OK, I'm going to guess that Canada gives junkies free needles - since as a general rule, junkies don't tend to toss their "works." But that's fairly rare here in the US. I think NY State might do something similar but I don't think that's true of very many other states. Plus you've got like what, 6 other needy continents? Harvest those bad boys, set up a storefront on the dark web, profit.

I'm assuming that these are the nice, slender and almost invisible insulin needles - the fave of all junkies everywhere. I take 2 injectable meds and I swear, you can barely feel those puppies slide past your epidermis.

And of course being a moral, caring, normal human, you'd have to sterilize them. But a gallon of bleach should be good for hundreds of needles.

Normally I'd charge you a 10% finders fee, but since you're doing all of the work and it might be illegal in some countries, I have to allow for the additional overhead. ;) :)
 

Red Squirrel

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I always felt the health unit should make a game out of the needles. Bring 10 of them and get a free Tim's card. It's like a side quest while you're out for a walk leveling up.
 

Iron Woode

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going down to -6C tonight and Sunday's high is -6C

we have a snowsquall warning in effect and we might get up to 20cm of snow Sunday.
 

Spacehead

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Jun 2, 2002
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Tonight
Total nighttime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Sunday
New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Sunday Night
New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Yeaaa!

:(
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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-13C feels like -21, snowing. Basically back to regular winter now.

Did the driveway today, it's a pain now, everything under the snow is all jagged ice and rough and uneven from the melting a while back. Kept getting jerked around with the shovel getting caught everywhere. Probably best to just let a hard pack layer form again.
 

Spacehead

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Yeah, we got that 3-4 inches overnight & i just got home tonight & some places it was really hard to see very far. Another 1-3 tonught & a couple inches tomorrow.

My weather is the same! Maybe we are neighbors!!!
New Haven CT here ;) (about 1/4 mile from Yale bowl)
I'm in Northern NJ, about 15 minutes from Metlife stadium, so not quite neighbors, but close!
It's funny that Iron Woode & i have very similar weather even though we're in different countries, though in reality probably only about 100 or so miles from each other... as the crow flies.
 
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Spacehead

Lifer
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Holy blizzard conditions Batman!
Probably not really blizzard as the winds aren't quite high enough but jeez. This can stop now, please.
 

Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003
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-2C with winter storm warning. Snow starting to come down pretty hard.

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At some point I might take down my Christmas decorations.
 

Captante

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Partly cloudy and breezy but fairly warm @ 58f today.

Strong T-storms predicted for tonight.
 

Red Squirrel

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Still storming here. Lots of snow and no signs of it stopping.

I have a backhoe coming to do my driveway tomorrow. With the previous snow melt we had, everything is so jagged and uneven it's near impossible to do anything with it, can't shovel or snow blow or anything, just get caught everywhere. So they'll fix that up tomorrow.