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    Re Journal "SURREAL" Sept 29, 2019:

    "Calumet Colosseum, the 2019 Kraft Hockeyville ice rink." :applause: There I was, looking at PastyCam, (click →) Cam Notes, Oct 01-19, and "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat, … er … John and Gracie!" :encouragement:
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    Re Journal "SURREAL" Sept 29, 2018: ()date)

    (Deleted by author.) Really having a fumble-fingers day today!!
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    Re Journal "SURREAL" Aept 29, 2018:

    (Deleted by author.) Really having a fumble-fingers day today!!
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    T-34!

    Whut, a new journal entry … on a Sunday??? ;) Happy T-34! That'll be a fun aircraft! Oh. "T-minus-34". In the immortal words of Gilda Radner (as Emily Litella, on Saturday Night Live, circa 1975-1978): "Never mind!". I can just feel your enthusiasm: It were? Just kidding. As the...
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    Winning $768Million Powerball ticket sold in Wisconsin!

    Okay, which one of you cheeseheads won the $768 Million Powerball in Wednesday’s drawing? :encouragement: (click →) “Winning $768Million Powerball ticket sold in Wisconsin …”.
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    March 3, 2019 Journal — EPIC….Revealed

    John, that has to be one of your best Journal entries in years. Stunning pictures! This really brings back memories of my days in Houghton at MTU (ca. 1958-1964). Particularly the picture of the sidewalks in front of the businesses in "beautiful downtown...
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    Feb 2019 Major Winter Storm — in Arizona!

    Just for the record, see this from NWS Phoenix: (click →) "Preliminary Storm Report for Feb 2019 Major Winter Storm". Including snow in the north valley, hail & graupel in the metro area. The last time snow was observed in the Phoenix area was Dec 31, 2014 - Jan 1, 2015
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    Things to do in the summer on Lake Superior

    Anyone up for an adventure this summer? :) Inspired by this from WLUC/TV6 Marquette: (click →) "Three stand-up guys to cross section of Lake Superior on paddle boards". (From Sinclair Cove, Ontario, to Whitefish Point (MI), total distance ≈40-45 miles? Hah! Pikers!) I want to see them do it on...
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    Alert: New malware in Facebook today!

    I'm not usually one to pass on rumors, but I just received this from a "usually reliable source". FWIW. (No surprise to me, I've never trusted "Farcebook"!) "There is a new malware that is really causing problems with Facebook today." Read about it (click →) here.
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    Mackinac Bridge is CLOSED - falling ice!

    You made it up to the eastern UP to ride? Now can't go back home again! As of 3:54PM (EDT) Mackinac Bridge is CLOSED - falling ice! See (click →) current Mackinac Bridge Conditions.
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    Polaris Sno-Traveler, 1964

    From the (click →) March 27, 2018, PastyCam (small 'w') "wayback machine"1 in the winter of '64, when the Polaris Sno-Traveler was the hottest trend on the trails (Picture is from March 27, 2005). (Click thumbnail for full size image.) (1 Not the real (click →) Wayback Machine. )
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    More Mackinac Bridge closures possible this week

    For anyone headed across the Big Mac bridge this week: This from uppermichiganssource.com, posted: Tue 12:36 PM, Feb 27, 2018, (click →) Additional closures possible on Mackinac Bridge this week. Quoted here in part:
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    Power outage

    Well it sure looked like much of the Copper Country had a 24-hour doozy of a power outage, at least from the look of the (click →) UPPCO outage map that I was looking at last night! I hope everyone's all OK! From the look of it at this writing, it ain't all over yet!: (Click thumbnail for...
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    February 11, 2018 Journal: "Such is Life"

    John said: Ahh but apparently you do know how to spell it; you nailed it! Next time ya can try Finnish: Sellaista elämä on. (Such is life.) Nailed "C’est la vie", but "quiet"? Not so much, unless you mean vewwy vewwy quiet, as while hunting wabbits. (You just give me these, don'cha? :devilish:)
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    Winter storm warning — Jacksonvilke, FL

    Ooops “Jacksonvilke”? — Darn iPad and its virtual keyboard! (And once posted the thread title can’t be changed). Arrgh! :sour: As a veteran of several winters in the Copper Country, and after reading John’s journal this week, with the pictures of the Dee family’s road trip back to snow country...
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    NWS Marquette Winter Monitor

    This looks like a good reference to keep an eye on: (click →) NWS Marquette Winter Monitor.
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    JD's Journal, Dec 10, 2017

    John, I generally greatly enjoy reading your journals, as you relate your boundless joy at your opportunity to live, work and raise a beautiful, wonderful family in the Copper Country. Having pretty much made the decision to not move back to finish my days there, I can at least put on my...
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    Are these bands ALL Lake Effect?

    What, is ALL this Lake Effect? Sort of a rhetorical question, but it sure looks like the typical Lake Effect banding! Intellicast Interactive Weather Map - "Future Radar" ≈ 2-4PM (EST) today.
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    Northwoods Cam Network

    Found on the (click →) Northwoods Cam Network page: I'm trying to resist … trying to resist … trying to resist … Aaaack, I can't do it! How kinky! "Get nekkid with us on any cams not updating"? Better than doin' that on cams that are working! :grief: (c.f. "bare" vs. "bear".)
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    Late September clinatology comparison

    Reading John's Journal today inspired this little climatological comparison between the Keweenaw and Phoenix, AZ this weekend: Something's just a bit Topsy-turvy here! :indecisiveness: <tbody> LOC DATE MAX MIN RH% DP(°F) CMX 09/23 88 62 57-93% 60-71° PHX...
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