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Title: Smoke on the water...
Post by: Mainewoods on February 12, 2011, 07:43:27 am
...but no fire in the sky!  -2 degrees yesterday morning.  Shot this on the way to work.  I think the ground hog lied!!!
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Post by: Marcellarius on February 12, 2011, 07:55:19 am
what e great view! must be great to go to work  8)
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Post by: Rightarm on February 12, 2011, 12:45:51 pm
    Looks like the old iron bridge that crosses the Wabash. And yes, the ground hog is a liar! Dave 8)
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Post by: Dawie on February 12, 2011, 01:20:57 pm
Nice photo. Lossing you guys on the ground hog thingy. Must be something from around your neck of the woods.
David
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Post by: Muzzlemike on February 12, 2011, 10:25:51 pm
I have not seen one time that old Phil was right . I do like that pic.

Mike
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Post by: Becky on February 12, 2011, 11:53:55 pm
Dawie, February 2 is Groundhog Day.  There's even a designated groundhog up in Pennsylvania, named Punxsutawney Phil.  Tradition says if the groundhog comes out of his den in the morning and sees the shadow, it scares him and he returns to the den (to hibernate I guess) for another six weeks which means there will be six more weeks of winter.  

OTOH, if it is cloudy outside and there's no shadow to scare him, he stays out, indicating an early spring.

This year it was cloudy so we all want to see the weather warm up sooner rather than later.  When it doesn't, we blame the groundhog for being a dirty liar!

Makes perfect sense, right?  Um, right?  LOL

(http://www.groundhog.org/fileadmin/templates/images/rotator/phil-no-shadow-2011.jpg)
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Post by: Chachi on February 13, 2011, 02:40:34 am
Sorry Y'all but if you look on your calendar (American)  there will always be six more weeks of winter (find the first day of Spring) count back to Feb 2 and it will be 6 weeks (give or take a day or two.
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Post by: Russ C on February 13, 2011, 06:19:47 am
Mother Nature always decides how long and how hard of a winter we have. Not a Ground Hog named Punxsutawney Phil.  8)
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Post by: Marcellarius on February 13, 2011, 07:14:20 am
Groundhog day,   ;D my daughter is born on 2-2. 
so she's my 'groundhog' :D

I like the movie with Bill Murray.

@ David, you should see this one!