[TheForge] Re: On the weather front.

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Mike" <mspencer at tallships.ca>



>
> Well, OUR Groundhog had an overcast and shadowless 
> Day.  Today, the
> sun is shining brightly at 4:40 PM and the 
> thermometer on the north
> side of the house reads just a tad under 40F.
>

A couple local DJs are trying to get a "tradition" 
going similar to groundhog's day. The got someone to 
donate a brown hog and celebrated the first ever annual 
(if they keep their jobs and remember next year) 
BrownHog's day.

Looking out the sliding glass door the thermometer on 
the sunny side says 8f. It's on the second floor and 
the one on the porch said 2f. when I came in from 
tending the goats a few minutes ago. it's about 
12:15pm.

> So when you're done with your High, why'ncha see if 
> some them folks
> down in East Texas can use it.  We don't need it here 
> in the
> Maritimes. :-)
>

I let the folk in the lower 48 decide what to do with 
our used weather but there are TWO highs so each of you 
can enjoy one and it wouldn't surprise me if Siberia 
has more in inventory.

> Lessee, how to keep this OnTopic?  Well, today the 
> mounds of snow
> melted off my big air hammer so if the rest of the 
> week is even
> vaguely similar, maybe I can get back to Plan C for 
> powering it:
> contrive a 
> coupling:u-joint:telescoping-shaft:u-joint:coupling
> affair to connect it to a Ford F-150.  The truck is 
> already hacked to
> have a 1-1/2" shaft on babbitt bearing sticking out 
> the back and can
> be driven around (slowly) by putting the front axle 
> hubs in.
>
>
> - Mike
>

On Topic? . . . Hmmmm. . . Well, I don't have a big ole 
power hammer thawing outO' the drifts. (NOTHING'S 
thawing outO' the drifts) The shop's still open to the 
stars and it's too cold to mess with it; not that Deb 
would let me start climbing around on ladders yet 
anyway. I've been plugging away at a couple newsletter 
articles but inspiration is lacking. <sigh>

I went over to Mark's shop, a local blacksmith, a 
couple weeks ago. I got play with his 90lb. Bull a bit 
and made myself a rounding hammer from a truck axel. 
Mark's truck, unfortunately. I'd put up a couple pics 
but it's been way too cold to do the finishing it 
needs.

Hey wait! The topic's WEATHER!

Sneaky Mike, very very sneaky; slipping blacksmithing 
stuff into a "bitching about the cold" thread!

Frosty
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