Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

[bigblue_dl]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

I'm watching a replay of game 6 between the wild and avs from 2003. I had forgotten how awesome that run was for the wild.

 

[JF_Gophers]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

I'm watching a replay of game 6 between the wild and avs from 2003. I had forgotten how awesome that run was for the wild.

Reminds me to put Game 7 on the greatest sports moments list!

That and the next round making Bertuzzi eat his words.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Homemade pizza sounds good; what did you put on yours?

Spicy sausage, tomato, zuchini, mushrooms and a blend of three cheeses.

 

[Bakunin]

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Sounds like I'm going to put in an offer for the farm, should cost a bit more than a half mil.

How the **** can you afford that? Are you getting ridiculously creative with the financing? Getting help from the old man...?

 

[The Rube]

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How the **** can you afford that? Are you getting ridiculously creative with the financing? Getting help from the old man...?

He's gonna get some Obama money, just like all those other people who bought homes they couldn't afford.

 

[bigblue_dl]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

How the **** can you afford that? Are you getting ridiculously creative with the financing? Getting help from the old man...?

Ag loans have ridiculouly low interest rates and there is the added advantage that you can make money off the land as opposed to the house. Given that I have access to all of the equipment that I can use in exchange for my labor, i'll have the ability to make money. More importantly i'll have a way to depreciate a new truck and I'll have the ability to write off other expenses. I'll also be able to take a loss on paper every year to reduce my taxes paid out of my normal paycheck. I don't understand it all, but my dad does and he'll walk me through it all. I should be able to pull down about 30k profit each year from this after taxes.

And Brent, no obama money. Loans will cover all but 5%, and I have access to that much if I want it.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Ag loans have ridiculouly low interest rates and there is the added advantage that you can make money off the land as opposed to the house. Given that I have access to all of the equipment that I can use in exchange for my labor, i'll have the ability to make money. More importantly i'll have a way to depreciate a new truck and I'll have the ability to write off other expenses. I'll also be able to take a loss on paper every year to reduce my taxes paid out of my normal paycheck. I don't understand it all, but my dad does and he'll walk me through it all. I should be able to pull down about 30k profit each year from this after taxes.

And Brent, no obama money. Loans will cover all but 5%, and I have access to that much if I want it.

I'm assuming you're going to lease the land out or something along those lines?

 

[Hammer]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Weather Channel website is still calling for 14-23" here over the next 36-42 hours. I don't believe the hype.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Weather Channel website is still calling for 14-23" here over the next 36-42 hours. I don't believe the hype.

Well, if it's any help, the local weather terrorists here have actually underestimated the snowfall until the last minute for the last few snowfalls for many of the areas (in general, the farther away from the nucleus of the Twin Cities, the more they adjusted). My suburb got just under 4" which was spot on for their forecast. Outlying areas got much more, and those were spot on with the prediction adjustments made last night.

 

[Hammer]

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Weather Channel is saying 2-4 tonight, 2-4 tomorrow, and then 10-15 tomorrow night. If I can add correctly, that puts us at 14-23". I'm guessing we get 8-12".

EDIT: And looking at the map, it's almost here.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Weather Channel is saying 2-4 tonight, 2-4 tomorrow, and then 10-15 tomorrow night. If I can add correctly, that puts us at 14-23". I'm guessing we get 8-12".

EDIT: And looking at the map, it's almost here.

The local guys said not too much in the first wave or two, but then you guys are getting whalloped. I don't recall the guesstimates, but that sounds like it's in line with the national guys.

 

[Hammer]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

I see what's coming over Chicago and the Great Lakes. Looking at the map, it looks like those about an hour south of us (like, just south of Toledo) are going to get pounded. That's an awful lot of dark blue down there. If that veers north, we're in deep doo-doo.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

I see what's coming over Chicago and the Great Lakes. Looking at the map, it looks like those about an hour south of us (like, just south of Toledo) are going to get pounded. That's an awful lot of dark blue down there. If that veers north, we're in deep doo-doo.

How's the lake effect for you? I would think that's a major factor in this storm.

 

[Hammer]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

Non-existant. I'm 40 miles SW of Ann Arbor, and about 2 hours east of Kalamazoo.

I'm here

 

[The Rube]

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Non-existant. I'm 40 miles SW of Ann Arbor, and about 2 hours east of Kalamazoo.

I would think you're fine. Better buy generators, water, canned goods, a harem to repopulate the planet, and some kerosene, just in case.

 

[Hammer]

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All right, I'm done for the night. 6:45 is going to be here earlier than I want it to.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I'm assuming you're going to lease the land out or something along those lines?

I could lease it to my dad, but I'll probably farm it myself. It would only be 2 weekends a year to plant and harvest, and I'll hire my dad to spray when he's doing his own. Farming this small acreage takes little to no time with the equipment we have.

 

[bigmrg74]

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Wait, are you two now going out with the farm girls AND a calf???

I thought those kinds of things only went on it Wisconsin and North Dakota!

Well, I' was only planning on taking which ever twin showed some interest with me, so BB_DL can do whatever he wants with the other twin, and if he wants to bring it along, the calf as well.

Farm girls, yes. There's not much better than a country girl, they know how to have fun. The calf, I'll leave that to someone outside of the sacred boundries of the Mississippi/St. Croix/Superior/Rainy/of the Woods/Red/Traverse bodies of water and the Iowa line.

I would hope so ya freak!!

Weather Channel is saying 2-4 tonight, 2-4 tomorrow, and then 10-15 tomorrow night. If I can add correctly, that puts us at 14-23". I'm guessing we get 8-12".

EDIT: And looking at the map, it's almost here.

I see what's coming over Chicago and the Great Lakes. Looking at the map, it looks like those about an hour south of us (like, just south of Toledo) are going to get pounded. That's an awful lot of dark blue down there. If that veers north, we're in deep doo-doo.

just as long as all of that ice stays well south of Toledo, we'll be fine here Hammer. Not really believeing its going to be that bad, its a light snow that should be easy to plow, just drifting a lot. But thats mostly going to be more of a problem on the back roads anyways. Still, I'm bringing a bag of clothes with me tomorrow for work, just in case.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Now they are talking about 20-25 here. Yikes. I have over 2 feet on the ground right now. Mr doesn't think the roof needs to be raked off. We will see. either really bad things are going to happen and I get a new porch or he is right.

You have over two feet on the ground? I thought that you had two feet like the rest us.

We're supposed to get 1" of snow with a lot of rain. This is the kind of forecast that can end up being a lot more snow when the temperature doesn't get as high as they expected, although with a high forecast of 50 deg for Wednesday, they have some room to work with.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 129: Still got those Winter Blues...

RalphPa:

The worst storms can be those types of storms. If it hovers around 32 degrees, you get that nice layer of ice before the temp drops and snow gets compacted on the ice. Roads are HORRIBLE then, and I don't care who you are, you're gonna slide a little. The non-idiot drivers will stay on the roads, while many others hit the ditch, at best.