Scarlet Pimpernel

Did @Jebman steal your account info?

You think that one hurts? You should have been here (maybe you were?) for the infamous "Storm Which Shall Not Be Named" in December 2010 (ahem...Boxing Day, oops, I said it!). I think that's what started @Bob Chill and many others harming bunnies and other cute furry animals of varying types when things go wrong!

Close to a lock for a solid #2 seed, I'd imagine? (Assuming things remain constant to selection Sunday).

@Bob Chill, today was an awesome day for a ride (which you probably knew already)!! Yesterday would have been fine too, but I was unfortunately busy and didn't get out. However, I wasn't going to let anything deter me this afternoon. Even to get out there for a relatively short time, it was great to go for a spin. I hope you were able to take advantage of this weather either yesterday or today yourself and hit some trails!

You've come to the right place, then!!

Don't let it bother you too much, though at the same time I might suspect Rvarookie might just be trolling for fun. Seems to happen a lot in here lately, hahaha! There have been a lot of crap posts or worthless ones for what's supposed to be a "discussion" thread here, but it is what it is. Yours are far from the "worst", and I'll admit to making my own snarky non-relevant comments in here too (rather than in Banter). Now, if we ever get a storm mode, different story!! (and at this point, fat chance we'll have reason for "storm mode" any time soon, haha!!)

Meh...Get Off My (snow-free) Lawn!!

Well, I can totally get that, when looking at what appear to be "dead zones" of snow events in the climatological record. It's an interesting phenomenon, not sure how much of that is "luck". Then again, we supposedly had no real events the middle 2 weeks of January either, historically speaking. Then 2016 happened... (ETA: I seem to recall some end of February events, even in the metro DC/Balt regions. Feb. 25, 2007...a 5-6" pasting that originally was supposed to be ice and rain. And in 2003, around that same date (25th, there about??), we got a decent event, a couple weeks after PD-II).

Heh! I was just about to say, maybe we could throw in some of your chips from Vegas along with the Monopoly money...if you walked out of there with any remaining, that is!!!

Ahhh, Monty Python's "Deja Vu" episode comes to the rescue!!! Perhaps record-breaking deja vu!!

Oh man, that looks *tasty*!!! (Any cookies for dessert??)

Well, we haven't failed at failing yet, as far as I know!!

One could say we're experiencing record breaking broken records??

Ji's groundhog saw the MJO phase plots...we get 6 more weeks in phase 6!

Yeah, been saving a lot of money this winter with free car washes! And very little salt on the roads this year, too, so my dark blue Honda Civic actually still looks...blue!

Awesome photos, @psuhoffman! Really impressive...almost wish I could have been there with my camera!!

Ha! That's what the subtitles said, too, in various languages.

Ten years ago today...the 2nd big storm in less than a week! Of the many photos I took that season, this is my favorite (and perhaps epitomizes that winter):

Whew! That oughtta save us from 90s in March at least!!

Haha! Man, I hear you there! Feel great and in shape at the time, but then the next morning it's like "what the hell did I do to myself?!?!" Not the same like many years ago where I could ride like there's no tomorrow and be completely fine! It's like the softball tournament in this alumni league I play for. It's a helluva lot of fun, and I can get up at 5AM Saturday for our 1st game (at 7AM!). But by 5PM at the end of the day, holy sh*t do I feel awful! And then have another game or two the next day! Of course, this past summer, I couldn't play in the tourney due to a broken finger (from an earlier regular season game!), which I still had a pin in place before being removed. But I still got up early to watch and participate. And by "participate", I mean drink beer and eat food all day!! And take photos. It was still a lot of fun anyhow, though I was unable to play!

Reminds me of an old "Far Side" cartoon, where this guy is in hell looking at two doors: one says "damned if you do", the other says "damned if you don't". The devil is prodding him saying something like "C'mon, c'mon, it's one or the other!!"

That does sound awesome! I agree, the warm/cold aspect when it's like this can be a bit annoying. I usually don't much care to get out on the bike if it's like in the 40s and cloudy, especially if it's breezy. Today would have been OK for sure. You may already have such a thing, but I invested in one of those thin hats that also covers your ears, which is designed to fit under a regular bike helmet. And some nice, grippy gloves that work well when changing gears (regular winter gloves suck for that purpose!). I've used both a couple of times this year. The ones I got are meant for moderately cool weather, not really cold. I've seen bikers out in the morning when it's frosty and downright cold out, and I could never do that myself but hell, more power to them!! I know they make more hard-core gear that covers your whole face and some really warm gloves that still allow for good handling with the gears, but that's a bit beyond what I personally would make use of (obviously the die-hard cyclist who rides nearly year-round, it would be required!!).

Nice!! I wanted to go out for a ride today, myself, but unfortunately was busy. But you're right, a great day for a bike ride! And beats the hell out of 45/rain.

That is a cool pic he posted, for sure. And I remember that event in March 2015...wouldn't consider that a 1 in 50 year storm by any means, as we've had a number of similar ones of late. Where I'm at on the northwest side of DC, we got 6.5" snow from that in about a 6-7 hour period, during daylight hours. It was very cold the next day, didn't crack freezing (and on the day of the storm, temperatures fell through most of the day after starting in the 30s with some light rain). Sure it warmed up a couple of days after, though not sure it was in the 60s that soon after. And sure, it didn't stick around for a long time, but man what a few days that was! There was even a light icing event in broad daylight (!!!) a couple of days before that March 2015 storm. Point is, you don't have to have a March 1993 type event to "make it worthwhile". But I understand, what one thinks about March snows vs. those in mid-winter, is subjective. My point is, they're far from rare, and we've gotten several good ones in the past several years.

LOL!! This is so true, I've actually had to check myself after wading through some of the comments, to be sure which thread I was actually in! I really enjoy your posts, @showmethesnow, whether things look great or bleak. You bring a boat-load of knowledge and information in your lengthy discussions along with the maps that you post to show/prove your points. Sure, sometimes it seems a bit too optimistic or like blowing sunshine up our asses when things are crap. But it's still nice to see and to read, because you base your thoughts on actual reasoning and not just making stuff up. And it beats the hell out of "this winter sucks!" post after post. Agree with what you're saying here RDM, and in your other related post. I know there's a certain amount of leeway and back-and-forth in the main discussion threads, but it's gotten way out there this year, and to some extent even last year I think. Unless there's a storm mode (if we actually *had* an event this year warranting that, haha!), it's kind of a free-for-all in there. I know the mods do what they can to keep it generally in the ballpark, but we cannot expect them to constantly go clean up everything when there's not much going on.