Ice storm!

The BBQ is always fired up, and the beers always cold!

Hey -- that's *my* line! I *knew* I liked you Ozzies for
something! :-)

We headed home after I started this thread last night, only to sit in
the dark. All of our camping gear sure came handy, especially those
"wind-up-dynamo" lights and radios that went on sale after the Year
2000 didn't become the disaster everyone predicted... ;-)

Came in at 5:30 this morning to start the clean up. The hotel looks
pretty much the way it did after the tornado last spring, except our
new fence wasn't demolished -- only broken where a big tree limb
smashed down on it.

I just got back from Menard's, where I bought a chain saw. There were
25 guys in line buying chain saws -- they'll be sold out in an
hour... We've got limbs the size of my leg down everywhere.
Thankfully, no one was hurt -- but a guest with a beautiful new Chevy
pickup truck learned that it wasn't wise to park under a tree in an
ice storm...

The good news is: They were wrong about the snow. It got too warm,
and it ended up just rain...thankfully. And, hey, our Governor has
declared our county in a "state of emergency"...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

For those not from Illinois or Iowa, Mendard's is a hardware
store/home center.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
| The BBQ is always fired up, and the beers always cold!
|
| Hey -- that's *my* line! I *knew* I liked you Ozzies for
| something! :-)
|
| We headed home after I started this thread last night,
only to sit in
| the dark. All of our camping gear sure came handy,
especially those
| "wind-up-dynamo" lights and radios that went on sale after
the Year
| 2000 didn't become the disaster everyone predicted...
;-)
|
| Came in at 5:30 this morning to start the clean up. The
hotel looks
| pretty much the way it did after the tornado last spring,
except our
| new fence wasn't demolished -- only broken where a big
tree limb
| smashed down on it.
|
| I just got back from Menard's, where I bought a chain saw.
There were
| 25 guys in line buying chain saws -- they'll be sold out
in an
| hour... We've got limbs the size of my leg down
everywhere.
| Thankfully, no one was hurt -- but a guest with a
beautiful new Chevy
| pickup truck learned that it wasn't wise to park under a
tree in an
| ice storm...
|
| The good news is: They were wrong about the snow. It got
too warm,
| and it ended up just rain...thankfully. And, hey, our
Governor has
| declared our county in a "state of emergency"...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

On 25 Feb 2007 07:56:17 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:

There were 25 guys in line buying chain saws

Sounds like a great opportunity to make some money.

I'll load up an 18 wheeler with some of our local "undocumented immigrants"
and a bunch of chain saws and be up there tomorrow.

--
Dallas

On Feb 25, 3:26 pm, Dallas wrote:
On 25 Feb 2007 07:56:17 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:

There were 25 guys in line buying chain saws

Sounds like a great opportunity to make some money.

I'll load up an 18 wheeler with some of our local "undocumented immigrants"
and a bunch of chain saws and be up there tomorrow.

--
Dallas

ROFL! Wait, don't do that, I'll load up the Aztec with 5 semi-
documented immigrants and be there tonight! no... wait... the snow
plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are now over 4"
deep.

We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity and heat.
Other than one of my mechanics, who drove out here in a Cat payloader,
we haven't seen a single vehicle, not even a snowmobile, drive by the
house.

Jay, how many chainsaws did Menards have? Glad you got one before
they sold the other one!

Jim

wrote:
no... wait... the snow
plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are now over 4"
deep.

We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity and heat.

Please tell me that was a typo, and you mean four FEET deep, not four
inches!

Being housebound in four-inch snow is kind of like having to spend the
night on an escalator due to a power failure.

.... Alan
--
Alan Gerber
PP-ASEL
gerber AT panix DOT com

yup should have read four feet.... dang shiftomatic keyboard

OR

the air compressor is shot on the family lowrider

Sounds like a good blonde joke.


"Alan Gerber" wrote in message
...
| wrote:
| no... wait... the snow
| plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are
now over 4"
| deep.
|
| We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity
and heat.
|
| Please tell me that was a typo, and you mean four FEET
deep, not four
| inches!
|
| Being housebound in four-inch snow is kind of like having
to spend the
| night on an escalator due to a power failure.
|
| ... Alan
| --
| Alan Gerber
| PP-ASEL
| gerber AT panix DOT com

"Alan Gerber" wrote in message
...
wrote:
no... wait... the snow
plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are now over 4"
deep.

We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity and heat.

Please tell me that was a typo, and you mean four FEET deep, not four
inches!

Being housebound in four-inch snow is kind of like having to spend the
night on an escalator due to a power failure.

Or locking your keys in the car with the windows open.

Or locks on a cloth top convertible.



"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...
| "Alan Gerber" wrote in message
| ...
| wrote:
| no... wait... the snow
| plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are
now over 4"
| deep.
|
| We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity
and heat.
|
| Please tell me that was a typo, and you mean four FEET
deep, not four
| inches!
|
| Being housebound in four-inch snow is kind of like
having to spend the
| night on an escalator due to a power failure.
|
| Or locking your keys in the car with the windows open.
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
Or locks on a cloth top convertible.


My brother locked his keys in his motorcycle.


"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...
| "Alan Gerber" wrote in message
| ...
| wrote:
| no... wait... the snow
| plow STILL hasn't been down our road and the drifts are
now over 4"
| deep.
|
| We've been housebound all day, but we have electricity
and heat.
|
| Please tell me that was a typo, and you mean four FEET
deep, not four
| inches!
|
| Being housebound in four-inch snow is kind of like
having to spend the
| night on an escalator due to a power failure.
|
| Or locking your keys in the car with the windows open.
|
|