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lol...a long time ago in a land far far away. I stopped working in the field in the early 90s and became a computer programmer/maple syrup producer and didn't have anything to do with weather except keeping my daily record. It wasn't till a few years ago (2005) that I had the time to start getting into things a little more. I think once you're a weather weenie, always a weather weenie.

It had something to do with burger kings campaign at the time featuring a guy named Herb. People just started calling us Met Herbs because we were nerdy, geeky types that the rest of the school didn't know much about (I guess). The term I'd like to know the origin of if "weather weenie". The newscasters at a station I interned (ch. 22 in Springfield) at called us that and even went so far as to have "weenie alerts" but I don't know if they started it or used it from someone else.

Here's on of the Burger King Commercials for Herb:

Ahh...thanks. I was a bit curious about the origins of the term. Not sure if they still use it. Maybe a more recent LSCer could chime in.

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LOL, I still will go to them. But, no conference for me this year. Vacation time and money needs to be saved. Daycare will be an easy 12 grand a year.

Yup. It's expensive up there. My wife was a daycare director in Needham, and at the time it was about 300.00 per week per kid. When she worked in the Canton center the price was the same but there were a few welfare mom's from the Brockton area who somehow could afford the Luxury SUV, but get their childcare reduced via the state down to about 20.00 per week. Maybe you can pull some shady deal and go that route.

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Yup. It's expensive up there. My wife was a daycare director in Needham, and at the time it was about 300.00 per week per kid. When she worked in the Canton center the price was the same but there were a few welfare mom's from the Brockton area who somehow could afford the Luxury SUV, but get their childcare reduced via the state down to about 20.00 per week. Maybe you can pull some shady deal and go that route.

A friend of mine owns 2 centers in Wrentham and Norwood and the prices he says he gets per child are insane, But it goes with the cost of living depending where you live

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"Sleepover" for my 7-year old daughter's friend FTRPIAWGTWSL. (For the real pain in the ass with girls that won't sleep loss).

Scott-- you probably can't even envision such a thing at this point in time. But; these are the things that await.

We had a big sleepover for my daughter's last birthday. Holy Cow!! It was frightening. My forever bachelor buddy was visiting from AK and he gave me a look like "WTF were you thinking when you settled down and had kids."lol

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We had a big sleepover for my daughter's last birthday. Holy Cow!! It was frightening. My forever bachelor buddy was visiting from AK and he gave me a look like "WTF were you thinking when you settled down and had kids."lol

Yup. As I said to Scooter, marriage is signficant and all that. But, it really doesn't completely throw your life upside down. Once a baby arrives, one is never the same!

As a sleep-over update, the girls managed to wake up before 6:30 for the additional loss (ftal). The one upside could be a 'crash and burn' early tonight. Of course, that same thing might apply to Mom and Dad.

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Yup. As I said to Scooter, marriage is signficant and all that. But, it really doesn't completely throw your life upside down. Once a baby arrives, one is never the same!

As a sleep-over update, the girls managed to wake up before 6:30 for the additional loss (ftal). The one upside could be a 'crash and burn' early tonight. Of course, that same thing might apply to Mom and Dad.

Hoping for an early crash time so Mom and Dad can have their own little party can result in heavy heavy disappointment. It will be interesting to see how Scooter holds up under the relentless assault of fatherhood. Over/under on him losing his cool here due to sleep deprivation is 3months from the arrival of the little bundle of joy.

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Still haven't gotten a Sat phone call from the crew on Denali. I don't know if they've made the Summit or not. The planned extraction date is this coming week so I should know soon. The weather has warmed up a bit but heavy snow and low vis have moved in.

MOUNT MCKINLEY RECREATIONAL FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK

634 PM AKDT FRI JUN 8 2012

THE FORECAST FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF DENALI PARK IS

COVERED BY THE DENALI ZONE FORECAST FOUND ONLINE AT

HTTP://PAFG.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ZONEFCST.PHP?ZONE=AKZ225 (ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT AKZ225)

FLYING WEATHER FOR DENALI IS AT

HTTP://AAWU.ARH.NOAA.GOV/DENALI.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)

ALTITUDE FORECAST...

WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 14 THOUSAND FEET ARE FREE AIR.

TEMPERATURES ARE FAHRENHEIT.

SYNOPSIS...A MOIST FLOW OUT OF THE EAST WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

MOUNTAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. A DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN

MAY PRODUCE SOME HEAVY SNOW FROM INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

...7 THOUSAND FEET TO 14 THOUSAND FEET...

...WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MPH ARE NOT INCLUDED...

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 12 INCHES.

LOW AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...NEAR 10 ABOVE. EAST WINDS 25 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY

AFTER NOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION TO 6 INCHES.

HIGH AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...10 TO 15 ABOVE.

...ABOVE 14 THOUSAND FEET...

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 12 INCHES.

LOW AT 17 THOUSAND FEET...NEAR ZERO. WINDS FROM 17 THOUSAND FEET

TO THE SUMMIT...EAST 40 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY

AFTER NOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION TO 6 INCHES IN THE MORNING.

HIGH AT 17 THOUSAND FEET...5 ABOVE.

WINDS FROM 17 THOUSAND FEET TO THE SUMMIT...EAST 40 MPH.

.OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY.

SUMMIT WINDS...EAST 40 MPH SUNDAY BECOMING NORTH 30 MPH

MONDAY...AND NORTH 20 MPH TUESDAY.

$$

CF JUN 12

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Well I have some good news today. Looks like there will be a lil' scooter in the homestead come mid December. Pretty excited about it and so far so good as it looks right now.

Feeding the baby and watching the 00z Euro come rolling in FTW.

Just read this, nice! Congrats. Don't let anyone put worries in your head. Sure life changes things but it's awesome and opens your heart. I waited until my early 40's and it's a blast.

There are a few months of adrenal exhaustion but after that you've passed the first big test lol.

We opted for me to work part time the first two years so I could be the stay at home daddy so I'll have plenty to say to you next winter.

Get a copy of the book and video "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr Harvey Karp and memorize his techniques. Out of all the baby books we read and advice we got I liked his approach the best.

The bonus is I get to wow the young moms all the time with my baby skills. ; )

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Just read this, nice! Congrats. Don't let anyone put worries in your head. Sure life changes things but it's awesome and opens your heart. I waited until my early 40's and it's a blast.

There are a few months of adrenal exhaustion but after that you've passed the first big test lol.

We opted for me to work part time the first two years so I could be the stay at home daddy so I'll have plenty to say to you next winter.

Get a copy of the book and video "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr Harvey Karp and memorize his techniques. Out of all the baby books we read and advice we got I liked his approach the best.

The bonus is I get to wow the young moms all the time with my baby skills. ; )

Thanks man and I heard of that Dr before. I know my sleep will take a back seat for a while but it already has with my schedule anywys lol.

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Just read this, nice! Congrats. Don't let anyone put worries in your head. Sure life changes things but it's awesome and opens your heart. I waited until my early 40's and it's a blast.

There are a few months of adrenal exhaustion but after that you've passed the first big test lol.

We opted for me to work part time the first two years so I could be the stay at home daddy so I'll have plenty to say to you next winter.

Get a copy of the book and video "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr Harvey Karp and memorize his techniques. Out of all the baby books we read and advice we got I liked his approach the best.

The bonus is I get to wow the young moms all the time with my baby skills. ; )

What do you do after you wow them? Oh, that's right, nothing. Don't let him kid you Scott, life hasn't changed, it's over.

J/K, It's totally cool. Chris is right, after the initial baptism by fire, if you survive, it's really awesome.

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What do you do after you wow them? Oh, that's right, nothing. Don't let him kid you Scott, life hasn't changed, it's over.

I am not there yet nor that close (I'm 27) but I could see the kid thing in the next 5-8 years... my biggest issue is going to be how to not be able to ski every single day all winter long. It's such a big part of me that I need to be out in the elements on the mountain everyday...how do you turn down a surprise 12" upslope fluff day to sit and bottle feed?

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I am not there yet nor that close (I'm 27) but I could see the kid thing in the next 5-8 years... my biggest issue is going to be how to not be able to ski every single day all winter long. It's such a big part of me that I need to be out in the elements on the mountain everyday...how do you turn down a surprise 12" upslope fluff day to sit and bottle feed?

You find a good wife that's how lol. Although I'm younger than you my girlfriend and I have already discussed the possibility of marriage and children...and she agreed that on powder days she'd take care of any kids lol. Nice.

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You find a good wife that's how lol. Although I'm younger than you my girlfriend and I have already discussed the possibility of marriage and children...and she agreed that on powder days she'd take care of any kids lol. Nice.

I'd get that in writing with a lawyer present ;)

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