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Us too. It was awful.Now that is ice fishing in style. We used to stand outside around holes.
I just spent 3 hours today, clearing driveways, roofs, and other crap. We got about 8" to 10" of drifting snow. Winds during the night, were between 40-50 mph. Winter has finally arrived here in Wisc. Single digits coming next week.
Mac
See my driveway above. Wisconsin winters really aren't a big deal, it's just the surprise of when it comes! This year has been really mild and then BOOM! Winter bitch!I just spent 3 hours today, clearing driveways, roofs, and other crap. We got about 8" to 10" of drifting snow. Winds during the night, were between 40-50 mph. Winter has finally arrived here in Wisc. Single digits coming next week.
Mac
I'm stocked up on Jack, cigars, Twinkies, deer sticks and peanut butter. Bring on the apocalypse, brother! MacSo… like us here in VT? Stocking up on beer, scratch tickets, unfiltered Camels, jerky and HoHo’s???
Because that is how we handle winter.
Sirhr
Life will carry on as normal. Normal includes beer, scratch offs, Marlboro, jerky, and milk.So… like us here in VT? Stocking up on beer, scratch tickets, unfiltered Camels, jerky and HoHo’s???
Because that is how we handle winter.
Sirhr
Actually, we've had a mild start here. 35-42 deg. up until 2 days ago. Like you said, BAAM! Had to pull on the ol' thermies. MacSee my driveway above. Wisconsin winters really aren't a big deal, it's just the surprise of when it comes! This year has been really mild and then BOOM! Winter bitch!
Perfect temperature with fresh clean snow to take the hand woven rug out for a snow scrubbing…..
Yeah, move to Tucson. Fuck this shit. It's 0 and I'm miserable,Glad to know us Snipers know how to handle winter.
Wind will ruin any dayMid-20s and windy. I mind the wind more than the cold part.
My '19 F250 did that at -30, all lights came on with the key but pooter said I ain't sending signal to the starter, nope no way am I goin out in this shitView attachment 8322677
40 Down...My truck did not like it. Pretty much every warning light I have has come on and things no workie....
Really? Tibetan? This one is wool hand woven 100 knot vegetable dye.I have a similar rug. How do you do a snow scrubbing?
Here's are a couple of my Tibetan carperts. the maroon/gold one is about an inch thick, solid wool. I rolled up in it once and talk about getting warm. It's so heavy I can move it myself but its a lot easier with help. The one on the wall is a Navajo corn Yei.Really? Tibetan? This one is wool hand woven 100 knot vegetable dye.
From memory: The cat like creature is a Tibetan “Tukdor”(sp?) and the “waves” around it, the “Sea of Samsara” (life’s suffering). The Tukdor hooks you with his hooked tail and pulls you from the sea of samsara……
The trick is a really cold day with fresh clean powdery snow. This is perfect weather.
Below is a picture of “rug cleaning day” in Poland
- Just lay the rug in a clean area of snow. Let it cool to snow temperature. You do not want snow melting.
- Cover with snow and rub it in with a broom
- Let it sit 15 mins
- Brush all snow off
- Flip and repeat
- Get rug as clean of snow as possible and bring inside. Again you do not want snow melting on it.
- Done
View attachment 8322855
Really? Tibetan? This one is wool hand woven 100 knot vegetable dye.
From memory: The cat like creature is a Tibetan “Tukdor”(sp?) and the “waves” around it, the “Sea of Samsara” (life’s suffering). The Tukdor hooks you with his hooked tail and pulls you from the sea of samsara……
The trick is a really cold day with fresh clean powdery snow. This is perfect weather.
Below is a picture of “rug cleaning day” in Poland
- Just lay the rug in a clean area of snow. Let it cool to snow temperature. You do not want snow melting.
- Cover with snow and rub it in with a broom
- Let it sit 15 mins
- Brush all snow off
- Flip and repeat
- Get rug as clean of snow as possible and bring inside. Again you do not want snow melting on it.
- Done
View attachment 8322855
Love the color. Those are traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastic colors. I actualy did a work study living at a Tibetan Buddist Monastery.Here's are a couple of my Tibetan carperts. the maroon/gold one is about an inch thick, solid wool. I rolled up in it once and talk about getting warm. It's so heavy I can move it myself but its a lot easier with help. The one on the wall is a Navajo corn Yei. View attachment 8322870
9x12 ft hand woven Persian rug made with Belgian lamb wool.
It is exquisite. I bought it for 550 bucks.
Yeah, as cold as it gets in Tibet then need a good floor. I spent a week at the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, a Trappist monastery. The days of silence punctuated by times of chant were really powerful.Love the color. Those are traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastic colors. I actualy did a work study living at a Tibetan Buddist Monastery.
It’s amazing we treat these rugs well but folks must remember they were originally used on dirt floors…..
We had silence every day until noon after morning chants. Then at one point we had a two week silent period of “retreat”.Yeah, as cold as it gets in Tibet then need a good floor. I spent a week at the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, a Trappist monastery. The days of silence punctuated by times of chant were really powerful.
The maroon one is for sale if you know of anyone. I'll likely never have another place big enough for it
I grew up in the middle of nowhere. I miss the silence and the dark sky terribly.We had silence every day until noon after morning chants. Then at one point we had a two week silent period of “retreat”.
One thing I learned, beware of living in the middle of nowhere, in quiet and peace. It is addictive.
North of the Red River where I am its showing 6% but wiht wind chill -7. No precip but fuck this cold. as much as I've come to love Oklahoma I want to leave this world warm. I'm looking towards Tucson.updated forecast. North of the Red River could see some precip. In Texas, Fannin County and east could see some stuff. For the rest of us, just bone-snapping cold.