You know it's spring because...

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  1. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    1. Most of my driveway is visible.

    2. One of the picnic tables has reemerged from the snow.

    3. There is a bright yellow thing in the sky.

    4. I can use our van again since the ice has melted from the steering linkage.

    5. Shredded newspaper has emerged from the snow.

    6. There are sap bags on the maple trees.

    7. The cat no longer turns around when I open the outside door.

    Tom
     
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  2. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    8. The snowdrops are almost done, the daffodils are up, and the grape hyacinths are just starting to turn colour. ;)
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Flowers? You have flowers? How cool is that. We have a little while before that happens.

    Generally our onset of flowers comes at about the same time that the ice breaker is no longer needed to get the fuel ship into harbor.

    Tom
     
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  4. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Water freezes? Like, outside, not just in that little box on top of the fridge? Good heavens, man, why do you choose to live in such an inhospitable climate? :rolleyes:

    Yes, Tom, we have flowers. Pretty much year round, if you count the Christmas rose at the base of the lilac. Which is also in bud, along with the roses and the magnolia...Did I mention it rains a lot here? You wouldn't like it at all. ;)
     
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    Today I saw a beautiful patch of crocuses that I admire every year.

    I do see some shoots coming up in our yard, but nothing even remotely flowering yet.

    I can tell it's spring because my dog keeps sneaking away from the back yard and running around the neighborhood. My cat had his first camp-out in several months!
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    9. You've progressed from cabin fever to spring fever. :)
     
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    Because I had to turn the AC on last night.....(insert gloating icon, again)
     
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    Scummer Eh?

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    Cycling racing season has started last Sunday! Woohoo. My bicycle is not crusty with salt anymore and the chain is clean and oiled.

    Oh, I love spring.
     
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    The bumble bees are flying about. A very nice, gentle, placid bee. We used to have a cat that caught them, you could hear the bee buzz in her mouth (we always wondered if she liked the sensation) and then she would bring the bee indoors and release it - so much nicer than the gifts of dead mice.
     
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    oops
     
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    DavePH......I'm feeling the same temps as you.......right now it is 75 and I have the windows open....... How do I know it's spring????? I CAN open the windows!!! By May it will be too hot to do that. But.........I don't want to shovel snow......so I'm here in Baton Rouge....10 minutes from Tiger Stadium - a mecca of college football!!!
     
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    ...You turn the key in the ignition and you no longer hear, "You're sh**tting me!"
     
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    That pretty much describes it up here Dec-Feb if you're stuck parking outside
     
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    Yep, by May well be into Amazonian climate and swimming through the air. The I won't be gloating so much.
     
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    JimN Let the games begin!

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    ...coolant temp hit 193F (at 61 OAT), the car is "in the zone" and I just want to keep driving.
     
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    84 today, able to go to the beach, more days of sun to come
     
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    I didn't bother hitting the garage door opener when I pulled in the driveway.
     
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    ...the neighbor dog leaves a calling card.
     
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    There has to be a good story behind that one
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    The frozen van story, you ask? It was a function of heavy snow and a poorly aimed snow blower. I don't use the van very often; only to haul big loads. Last time I tried to use it, it started fine and backed out of the snow pile, but the steering was locked. Turning the steering wheel produced moaning sounds from the power steering pump, and the distinct smell of burning rubber from the pump belt. That was a good indication that the front end was packed with frozen white stuff.

    I pulled back in before I did any serious damage, and there she sat until yesterday. I left it on the battery charger overnight, and now all is well.

    I really should sell it while it has some value. I keep it only for the big things that won't fit in the Prius. What I am thinking about doing is welding up a small utility trailer that I could tow with the Prius. That would let me move our sails and the boom for our boat. I could also use it to haul our smaller boats for fishing and camping, and the occasional piece of plywood.

    Tom
     
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