Jump to content

Birds~69

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    33,552

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Birds~69

    Philly Area Banter

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Mikeymac5306 said:

    Not sure what's going on with this team.  It's a lot of things.

    Team has no swagger like last year. They turned into a team that has about 4 predictable plays in their book.  Hurts only looks for one guy on his reads and forces the ball too much. He played a little better the second half but those turnovers... 

    The defense has been stellar.  You'd think that would spark the offense.  

    You're playing for the win. I was OK with the calls, but when you're that close to the end zone and you have time, you can draw up a run or two to slow it down.  That play you had two receivers going to the same side. The guy defending Goddert dropped back and intercepted it. 

     

    Anyway, unless a miracle happens this team is a quick exit out of the playoffs. 

    His field vision is horrible this year. He can't check off the primary receiver and hit someone who is usually wide open and camping out right in front of him in the middle of the field...usually Goedert. 

     

    • Like 1

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    1 hour ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

    Why not just run the ball there? We were already in field goal range. The only thing you can't do there is throw an interception.

    This is eerily similar to the 2023 collapse. That was the 3rd straight loss, also on a Monday night (in 2023, it was against the Seahawks, which also ended in Hurts throwing an interception).

    They wanted to win not tie. But I wouldn't have thrown into traffic...

    14F

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

    My dad used to say the same things to me about the 1940's and 1950's growing up in Philly. Then I showed him the data. We all believe it was snowier and colder when we were kids. This is why we have facts to keep it real...not discounting memories. I have mentioned this before but from 1967 to 1978 Philly had no significant snows over 6" at all! Imagine if that occurred today the kids who grew up in our snowy climate since 2000 would be crying daily....kind of like they are now. LOL!!

    Currently we only had two since 2018 of 6 inches or more so we're not exactly setting records. We also had that long-ass snow drought mixed in there...

    • Like 2

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

    Well if you only go back to 2020 for sure....but 2010-2019 was snowier than the 70's / 80's / 90's....would you believe the 1970's were the least snowy decade?? I do because it never snowed in the 1970's in Philly!

    image.thumb.png.b8bce291ce0468784d7d62ed1aaf623b.png

    Your idea of snowfall is different from mine. Snow that doesn't stick to blacktop I do not count. It's unproductive snow. And when it snowed back then streets stayed covered for several days if not a week plus. I would sled down a hill in front of my house on the street for several days after a storm. Now with brine and them salting the shit out of everything streets are pretty much black by the next day. In addition tons of private contractors plowing everything. Also back then I was 4 ft so everything seemed deep. Now 6 ft+ not so much. You can pull up all the graphs you like but winters were better in the past.

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

    My Saturday night TV line up as a kid in the 70’s:

    Emergency!

    Mary Tyler Moore

    The Bob Newhart Show

    And if I was lucky, I got to stay up for Carol Burnett’s monologue 

    Pretty much my/my parents line up but I was able to watch the entire Carol Burnett show if I was able to stay awake. Tim. Conway, Harvey McCormick, Vicki Lawrence etc

    Shooting for 13F tonight....

     

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    Just now, Ralph Wiggum said:

    Him with your tip of the day and Don Polec with Polec's World. If you were savvy you tuned in on Saturday night to "This is It" then maybe a nightcap of Lawrence Welk or Sha-Na-Na 

    Jim Gardner would always have a WTF look on his face after a Don Polec segment. He was a strange cat. To this day I don't know if that was the real him or TV persona...

    • Haha 2

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

    Yes, growing up these were so common. Herb Clarke, Dave Roberts, dare I show my age....Jim O Brien. "A disturbance will drop down into the Plains and spin up a bad guy off the Carolina Coast. Snow and mixing down the shore but we are looking at 2-4" right around the city with higher totals just to the North and West with bigger amounts up into the Lehigh Valley"

    Herb was Ch 10 and Robert's and O'Brien were Ch 6 back in the day. Who was the Ch 3 weather person, Tom Lamaine ?

    • Like 2
    • yes 1

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    4 hours ago, penndotguy said:

    As stated above it seems like we don’t see the 2-4 or 3-6” snowfalls that’s used to be the norm. Anymore it’s the 1-3” to slop variety, Heck out here in Western Berks County we only had one Warning criteria storm 6”+ that we just made the 6” last year. I also understand each winter has its differences but being in our Location and proximity’s to the coast can help or hurt our snow chances. Not sure what I’m trying to get at here but my 59 years of being in this location something changed. 

    Growing up during the 70s and 80s I remember snowfall predictions like this for a decent storm:

    SNJ/Shore: 1-3" w/some mixing

    Philly Immediate. S&E: 2-4'

    Immediate NW Burbs: 3-6"

    Lehigh Valley/Berks: 4-8"

    Poconos: 5-10"+ 

    We don't even sniff those type of totals any longer.

    Good old Herb:image.jpeg.64530a68c187c95e8853a616ef686375.jpeg

    • Like 2
    • 100% 2

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

    Truth!! as a NWS spotter I have to add them up and report each one. Most folks will say it didn't snow at all....heck I have 3 winter "events" and all it totals is 1.1" 

    I understand this but most people do not. And I understand their point of view as well. If you told the average person we had three events so far this winter they would think you're sniffing glue or huffing paint...

    • Haha 2

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    You have to remember the majority people are not snow weenies like us. We do not see 2-4/3-6 stuff that often anymore. We are dorks and calculate 0.4" snow falls and add them all up. Most people write that off as it didn't snow or not an actual snow storm. Those people are correct. And if it doesn't stick the road and inconvenience them they write that off as nothing as well where you will calculate that into our annual snowfall. Winters were definitely better years ago...

    • Like 4

    E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    2 hours ago, JTA66 said:

    Bottomed out at 21F. Cold and dry...33F and rain's ugly twin sister.

    Wow, Steve D. Forgot all about that guy. Anyone remember Ruggie weather??

    The Steve D character always had JB-ish type write ups. He always saw something in the weather pattern that the other METs were missing.

    And yeah, I forgot about Ruggie weather.

    • Like 2
×
×
  • Create New...