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I always forget how the shadow thing works...but i think were still gonna have a longish winter, normally I'd say, hope I'm wrong, but I really have enjoyed myself this winter, somethin that hasn't happened in a long time. so it's all good.
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OzJacko wrote:
He lied through his hairy nose last year.
I don't expect him to get it right this year either......
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milkman wrote:
Shadow or no shadow. What do you predict? What are you hoping for?
7:27am EST - the truth be told.
You are not allowed to participate in this discussion. Winter does not exist down there.
"It's 85°... blah blah"
gif.003Non hikers are about a psi shy of a legal ball. -
I was outside the other day contemplateing this warm week we have had.............isn't that crazy, we were up into the 20 and 30s-warm! Any how, if this is our normal January thaw/rain, then it is 1.5 weeks late!Cheesecake> Ramen
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rocksNsocks wrote:
OzJacko wrote:
He lied through his hairy nose last year.
I don't expect him to get it right this year either......
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And Phil Robertson is just the one to cook that sucker up. heehee. :lol: -
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BirdBrain wrote:
milkman wrote:
Shadow or no shadow. What do you predict? What are you hoping for?
7:27am EST - the truth be told.
You are not allowed to participate in this discussion. Winter does not exist down there.
"It's 85°... blah blah"
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It's only 81º and it only feels like 83ºChanges Daily→ ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ ♪♫♪♫♪♫ ← Don't blame me. It's That Lonesome Guitar. -
milkman wrote:
BirdBrain wrote:
milkman wrote:
Shadow or no shadow. What do you predict? What are you hoping for?
7:27am EST - the truth be told.
You are not allowed to participate in this discussion. Winter does not exist down there.
"It's 85°... blah blah"
gif.003
It's only 81º and it only feels like 83º
Yes, and I hope it is 83%...................... it's just sweatin'Cheesecake> Ramen -
BirdBrain wrote:
milkman wrote:
Shadow or no shadow. What do you predict? What are you hoping for?
7:27am EST - the truth be told.
You are not allowed to participate in this discussion. Winter does not exist down there.
"It's 85°... blah blah"
gif.003
Yeah, it does. I grew in South FL and we did winter, some days it would not ever get higher than the 50s and 60s.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Now you know the rest of the story........
Legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last another month-and-a-half. If he doesn't see it, spring will come early.
In reality, Phil's prediction is decided ahead of time by a group called the Inner Circle, whose members don top hats and tuxedos for the annual ceremony on Gobbler's Knob, the tiny hill in the town for which he's named about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
The prediction fell on Super Bowl Sunday for the first time. The closest the game previously came to coinciding with Groundhog Day was in 2009, when the just-down-the-road Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 the night before Phil's forecast.
This year's NFL championship pitting the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will be the Super Bowl's 48th installment, while Phil has been predicting the weather since 1886.
So, six more weeks of winter it shall be!
This year's Groundhog Day celebration marks a winter that has brought extreme cold to vast stretches of the country, including areas of the South wholly unaccustomed to severe winter weather. A snow and ice storm paralyzed Atlanta and other Southern cities last week.
Phil has now seen his shadow 101 times while failing to see it 17 times, according to the Inner Circle. There are no records for the remaining years.
The National Climatic Data Center has put Phil's forecasts to the test and found them sorely lacking, declaring the groundhog has "no predictive skill."
"It really isn't a `bright' idea to take a measure such as a groundhog's shadow and use it as a predictive meteorological tool for the entire United States," the data center says on its website, helpfully if somewhat obviously.
Other prognosticating groundhogs include Staten Island Chuck in New York and General Beauregard Lee in Atlanta.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
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hikerboy wrote:
Yeah well we have the polar vortex
I'd like to see one someday. Are they in the zoo?Changes Daily→ ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ ♪♫♪♫♪♫ ← Don't blame me. It's That Lonesome Guitar. -
milkman wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
Yeah well we have the polar vortex
I'd like to see one someday. Are they in the zoo?
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Storm wrote:
I think they should use their heads and bring the groundhog out at night. They are doing it wrong.
I watched it all one time (not the movie) and it seemed to me so many people were crowded around the poor thing was completely IN shadow the whole time.Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait. -
They are doing it all wrong. Did Pepe see his shadow? :woohoo:
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Mountain-Mike wrote:
They are doing it all wrong. Did Pepe see his shadow? :woohoo:
Pepe gets a bit paranoid when he does see his shadowSometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
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Rasty wrote:
Mountain-Mike wrote:
They are doing it all wrong. Did Pepe see his shadow? :woohoo:
Pepe gets a bit paranoid when he does see his shadow
I've noticed a bit of paranoia in Pepe's normal demeanour....
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OzJacko wrote:
Rasty wrote:
Mountain-Mike wrote:
They are doing it all wrong. Did Pepe see his shadow? :woohoo:
Pepe gets a bit paranoid when he does see his shadow
I've noticed a bit of paranoia in Pepe's normal demeanour....
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Rasty wrote:
Mountain-Mike wrote:
They are doing it all wrong. Did Pepe see his shadow? :woohoo:
Pepe gets a bit paranoid when he does see his shadow
then he needs three ingredients - pepperoni cheese and dough....Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
Somebody ought to make stew out of those darn groundhogs. gif.002
We're getting a real dose of winter right now, 32 degrees and snowing heavily. Maybe I'll get a chance to use my snowshoes, that would be an upside to 6 more weeks of winter. -
Maybe Rasty can come up with a recipe for groundhog/gator jambalaya.
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