Snow down South

[poolboy]

I bet a lot of people have heard about the snow in New Orleans yesterday. This is what it looked like around here, 75 miles North of there.

And today:

 

[tony barnhill]

Yep, Randi gave me a link to photos of St. Peter's Basilica, the squares & some other places with snow on them...amazing!

 

[Tinster]

I bet a lot of people have heard about the snow in New Orleans yesterday.

Poolboy- you have my sincere sympathy. Brings back horrid memories
of living in the northeast and wearing parkas and gloves and some
kinda funky LL Bean rubber shoe, I now forgot the name.

Cheer up- snow always melts.

d

 

[DART]

Duck shoes, Dale??

 

[poolboy]

Thanks, Dale. It's melting now and things are kind of mushy.
I bet I have a couple of pairs of those boots..the Maine Hunting Boot ?
Rubber bottoms with Leather uppers ? Old L.L.Bean's own invention.

 

[Tinster]

Duck shoes, Dale??

YUPPER- that's them- Duck shoes. Green rubber bottom
with leather tie tops and waterproof. The soles gripped mud
and slush like a magnet and then dropped the mess on the living room floor ever so fast.

I much prefer my Sperry sandals.

d

 

[roofman]

Luckily there must be some global warming along the South Carolina coast that kept that white stuff away from me. Thanks Al.

 

[coldplugs]

... Brings back horrid memories
of living in the northeast and wearing parkas and gloves and some
kinda funky LL Bean rubber shoe, I now forgot the name....

Bean Boots or Maine Hunting Shoes/Boots. I don't think Bean ever used the term "Duck Boots" although it's common today.

Sorry to hear about the snow.

 

[Tinster]

Luckily there must be some global warming along the South Carolina coast that kept that white stuff away from me. Thanks Al.

<span style="color: #990000"> Well, there ya go again getting all bolixed up with
yer historical facts. Al invented the internet and Sir Richard of Nixon
invented global warming.

d</span>

 

[DrEntropy]

... Brings back horrid memories
of living in the northeast and wearing parkas and gloves and some
kinda funky LL Bean rubber shoe, I now forgot the name....

Bean Boots or Maine Hunting Shoes/Boots. I don't think Bean ever used the term "Duck Boots" although it's common today.

Sorry to hear about the snow.

Scary enuff to induce th' need fer some Jimmy Buffett!!!

 

[JamesWilson]

Scary enuff to induce th' need fer some Jimmy Buffett!!!

That's really very nice music for driving in the usual Scottish winter cold & wet (not to mention the usual Scottish summer cold & wet), fantasizing about being some place warmer with appropriate liquid refreshment....