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I lived in Englewood Colorado for 3 years, loved it, hated the weather. I
heard the times over there now are difficult. Is that true? With the
housing and such.

Forgive me for a dumb question, but, are you a "Thud" Pilot?

Erik

"Erik "Falcon" Glascoe" wrote in message
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I lived in Englewood Colorado for 3 years, loved it, hated the weather. I
heard the times over there now are difficult. Is that true? With the
housing and such.

What was wrong with the weather?

Glenn D.

What was wrong with the weather?

Glenn D.



I moved there from Ohio in 86. Never experinced snow like in Colorado in
Ohio. After the blizzard I'll see sunny skies on the next day. Weather in
Colorado was weird for this Buckeye. Especially when I was going to high
school there, I was like "They want me to go thru that in my electric
wheelchair??" I still dunno how I went thru those winter storms without
being stuck. Guess I was lucky.

Erik

"Erik "Falcon" Glascoe" wrote in message
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What was wrong with the weather?

I moved there from Ohio in 86. Never experinced snow like in Colorado in
Ohio. After the blizzard I'll see sunny skies on the next day.

Heh. I have a south facing driveway. Unless we get more than four or five
inches it doesn't even pay to shovel as it will all melt by the next day.

Weather in
Colorado was weird for this Buckeye. Especially when I was going to high
school there, I was like "They want me to go thru that in my electric
wheelchair??"

Denver snow was deeper than Ohio snow?


I still dunno how I went thru those winter storms without
being stuck. Guess I was lucky.

I reckon so.

Glenn D.

I grew up in Northern Ohio and left to join the Navy in 1967. For the last
30 years (I'm a tad older now) I have lived in Colorado at 8750 feet and
10,000 feet (without oxygen) and would take a Colorado winter...or summer,
anytime over an Ohio one. I've lived through the big blizzard in the mid
80's and had a six footer a couple years ago and still wouldn't go back to
Ohio, although six feet of snow in a day and a half is not something you
want to do often. He's right about the change. Denver started the weekend at
104, or something, and was in the 60's today.

--
Jim
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http://www.southparkwx.com
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"Glenn Dowdy" wrote in message
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"Erik "Falcon" Glascoe" wrote in message
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What was wrong with the weather?

I moved there from Ohio in 86. Never experinced snow like in Colorado in
Ohio. After the blizzard I'll see sunny skies on the next day.

Heh. I have a south facing driveway. Unless we get more than four or five
inches it doesn't even pay to shovel as it will all melt by the next day.

Weather in
Colorado was weird for this Buckeye. Especially when I was going to high
school there, I was like "They want me to go thru that in my electric
wheelchair??"

Denver snow was deeper than Ohio snow?


I still dunno how I went thru those winter storms without
being stuck. Guess I was lucky.

I reckon so.

Glenn D.

"Jim" wrote in message
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He's right about the change. Denver started the weekend at 104, or
something, and was in the 60's today.

I"m in Fort Collins, and we got the same change. Thankfully.

Glenn D.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:39:07 GMT, "Erik \"Falcon\" Glascoe"
wrote:

I lived in Englewood Colorado for 3 years, loved it, hated the weather. I
heard the times over there now are difficult. Is that true? With the
housing and such.

Dunno what you mean. Denver is in a growth cycle. Ditto for Colorado
Springs. Anti-tax mentality means education, highways and
state-provided public services are in marginal supply.

The weather on the "Front Range" is pretty darn good. Warm but low
humidity in the summer, cool with low humidity in the winter. Not much
snow and often 55-60 degrees in January/February.

Forgive me for a dumb question, but, are you a "Thud" Pilot?

That would be F-105 Thunderchief pilot to you, sir.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

Ed Rasimus wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:39:07 GMT, "Erik \"Falcon\" Glascoe"
wrote:

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Forgive me for a dumb question, but, are you a "Thud" Pilot?

That would be F-105 Thunderchief pilot to you, sir.

Ed Rasimus

There now Erik, consider yourself 'put in your place'.

--
-Gord

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:22:43 GMT, Gord Beaman
wrote:

Ed Rasimus wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:39:07 GMT, "Erik \"Falcon\" Glascoe"
wrote:

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Forgive me for a dumb question, but, are you a "Thud" Pilot?

That would be F-105 Thunderchief pilot to you, sir.

Ed Rasimus

There now Erik, consider yourself 'put in your place'.

There's a generation of F-105 pilots that doesn't use the nickname.
The term Thud came into general use around '67 although there are
instances of derogatory use earlier. It was accepted by most of the
"retraining" course drivers of the airplane.

Wonder why Erik never took the necessary second or two to click on the
link in my sig? Saves a lot of questions.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

Ed Rasimus wrote in
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Dunno what you mean. Denver is in a growth cycle. Ditto for Colorado
Springs. Anti-tax mentality means education, highways and
state-provided public services are in marginal supply.

My mother who travels for business over there sometimes said the housing
there was very expensive and the houses were tighty together, no yards or
nothing. Guess she saw a different area.

The weather on the "Front Range" is pretty darn good. Warm but low
humidity in the summer, cool with low humidity in the winter. Not much
snow and often 55-60 degrees in January/February.

Yeah that is the norm for Colorado. I was talking bout the snow blizzards
and it'll be sunny on the next day. Weird.


That would be F-105 Thunderchief pilot to you, sir.

Sorry to offend you sir. Most Thunderchief pilots called the F-105 the
"Thud".

Erik