HAPPY DECEMBER

[Templar]

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER--2009--HARD TO BELIEVE ANOTHER YEAR HAS SLIPPED BY US SO FAST--I SINCERELY HOPE IT WAS MAINLY A GOOD ONE FOR ALL OF YOU--LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED FRIENDSHPS AND MAY THE CASTLE KEEP US SAFE


      ALWAYS YOUR SERVANT----THE YEAR OLDER TEMPLAR!

[Triggersmob]

I'll second that!!

[Goose]

Happy December? Are you outta your mind? Now it's snow and cold....the snow blower doesn't start, the car barely turns over to start, my heating bills are sky high, I have to go out in boots instead of slippers to get the paper, and I'm cold all winter long with my thermostat set at 42 degrees F. Bah Humbug!

[Templar]

AND AFTER YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOUR PAPER--YOU GO BACK INSIDE AND GET NICE AND COZY NEAR THE HEATER WITH YOUR PAPER AND COFFEE AND YOU LOOK OUT AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SNOW LOOKS--SIP OF COFFEE---AND PONDER HOW YOU CAN CON THE KIDS IN THE AREA TO SHOVEL YOUR SNOW--ANOTHER SIP OF COFFEE--AND YOU REMEMBER THE FUN YOU HAD WHEN YOUNGER--SIP OF COFFEE---AND HOW EXCITED IT WAS WHEN YOU GOT A SNOW DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL--ANOTHER SIP OF COFFEE---YOU'RE NICE AND WARM NOW AND YOU START TO MELLOW--BEGIN READING THE NEWSPAPER---OOPS TOO MUCH COFFEE----NATURE CALLS--YOU SHOUDN'T HAVE DRANK ALL THAT COFFEE----NOW TELL ME YOU DON'T LOVE WINTER!

               FROSTY THE TEMPLAR!

[Triggersmob]

and you won't have to mow the lawn for a while. LOL

[Nighthawk]

A SNOW DAY??? We didn't have any of that when I was going to school. I remember me and my friends walking knee-deep in that stuff going to school. WALKING! Not riding a bus, not driving in a car. WALKING! The only time I like winter is on Christmas day when I know I don't have to go nowhere, and I just sit and watch it out my front window as I'm sipping my COFFEE! The next day, it can all GO AWAY thank you!!! 

[Goose]

Templar, you are right on many things you mentioned. No, I'm not really a whimp, I really like the winter....sorta. When winter comes, it denies me my driving somewhat (25K/yr) and metal detecting. But, I still have 20 more days of goose hunting and I'm out every Saturday and Sunday. I'm wondering how many people in the winter get up around 7am and be out on the 'harvesting field' at sun up in 6" of snow when the temp is around +5 degrees F and a strong N W wind? Few. I'm really looking forward to winter now....I have to merge my brother's coin collection with mine so I know what I really have. It should take me around 3 weeks working a few hrs a night. He started to hoard coins in the early '50s.

[Templar]

FIRST OF ALL I KNOW ALL ABOUT WALKING TO SCHOOL IN THE SNOW ONLY I HAD TO WALK HOME FOR LUNCH ALSO--YES SIR ALMOST A MILE -UP HILL--BOTH WAYS

   AS FOR GETTING UP EARLY TO GOOSE HUNT IN THE FREEZING WEATHER--WELL IN MICHIGAN IT IS CALLED "ICE FISHING"--ONLY ADD THE WIND AND MANY DON'T HAVE THOSE "SHANTYS" THAT YOU SEE IN GRUMPY OLD MEN

    AH WINTER--I LIVED FOR 2 YEARS IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA DUE TO MY FATHER BEING STATIONED THERE---WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE DARK--CAME HOME IN THE DARK

       LIFE'S TOUGH--BUT IT HAS ITS REWARDS---THE TEMPLAR