Talk about cabin fever, Happy holliday!

"Roger Ohlund" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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SNIP
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)


Saturday 20th December. 02.15 hrs. Dark of course! Sixty clicks due South of
Hamburg, on the edge of the Lueneburger Heide ( Heide = Moor). 5°C, no wind.
Weather has been very odd recently with a few warm sunny spells punctuated
by very cold spells. We were down to -11°C one night last week. One very
light snowfall up to now, which disappeared quite quickly. We also had some
very powerful wind storms which felled quite a few trees, and caused various
other damage.

Caught a bad cold while doing some small repairs to the roof, so have not
even been out of the house much for a few days. Once I get rid of the cold,
I may have a run up to the Baltic after cod, or with luck, maybe even a
seatrout. Have to get Christmas over first.

TL
MC

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:24:35 +0100, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

Hi all,

Just thought I'd give you a hint on what it is like where I live, at this
time of year. =)
The sun rises at about 10 am and sets at 1 pm which in theory gives us three
hours of daylight.

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

/ Roger
Daytime engineer
Lifetime fly fisherman
If you feel like it, visit http://www.imsoc.se/angler/ for info on fly
fishing in northern Sweden, Lapland,
or visit http://www.imsoc.se/ffgallery/ , the fly fishermen's gallery.


45.17N -89.73W Sunrise 7:33 Sunset 4:18

In Merrill we have about 8" of snow. Tonight we're supposed to be down near
0 degrees F. A few days ago I took a short evening ski with my 6 year old
son through the nearby state park. It brought back the realization of how
much I enjoy the quality of light we get this time of year. Skiing through
the almost totally silent woods (where were all the owls?), only the faint
outline of Mason was visible as he skied ahead of me, under the big pines,
through the dusk...very good, very, very good.

God Jul!

g.c.

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:koNEb.37673$hf1.27995@lakeread06...

...god bless us, everyone.

Oh, good grief, EVERYone?! O.k., o.k., it's Christmas.....what the hell.


tiny jeff

Leave it alone......it'll grow.

Wolfgang
august.....hm.....i hear august is a pretty month in sweden.....hm.......

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Roger Ohlund wrote:

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?

Check out

http://www.becher.com/photo_gallery.htm

and click through the images until you see the one with a silhouette at
Zuma Beach. That's me. That's what I'll be doing tomorrow morning.

Mu
from southern Calee-fore-nigh-ay

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:24:35 +0100, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

Hi all,

Just thought I'd give you a hint on what it is like where I live, at this
time of year. =)
The sun rises at about 10 am and sets at 1 pm which in theory gives us
three
hours of daylight.

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

/ Roger
Daytime engineer
Lifetime fly fisherman
If you feel like it, visit http://www.imsoc.se/angler/ for info on fly
fishing in northern Sweden, Lapland,
or visit http://www.imsoc.se/ffgallery/ , the fly fishermen's gallery.


45.17N -89.73W Sunrise 7:33 Sunset 4:18

In Merrill we have about 8" of snow. Tonight we're supposed to be down
near
0 degrees F. A few days ago I took a short evening ski with my 6 year old
son through the nearby state park. It brought back the realization of how
much I enjoy the quality of light we get this time of year. Skiing through
the almost totally silent woods (where were all the owls?), only the faint
outline of Mason was visible as he skied ahead of me, under the big
pines,
through the dusk...very good, very, very good.

God Jul!

God Jul!

/Roger

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
y.com...
Roger Ohlund wrote:
...
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Urbana, Illinois is at 40° North. On the solstice the sun will rise
at 7:11 a.m. and set at 4:30 p.m.

Today is partly sunny, 27°F as I type, and we have just enough snow
on the ground to change the morning run into the morning ski. Kipper
the hound much prefers skiing because he's on a skijoring belt which
is way more fun than his short running leash.

The little pond that just a few weeks ago provided some welcome casting
is now completely frozen over. The kiddies will be finished with their
finals tomorrow and will disappear for a month back to Chicago from
whence they came. It is SO nice around here when they're gone. Too bad
we can't have a University here without a whole bunch of bothersome
students. They're a bloody nuisance. ;-)

This weekend we will bring a dead pine tree into the house and hang a
lot of sentiment on it.

A pine tree?

/Roger
What happened to the old fashioned spruce?

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
...
Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)


Hey Roger, et al:
Here in Kinshasa (3 degrees S), today is just like almost every other day in
the year. The sun rose at precisely 6AM, the red-glow 'sunrise' lasted about
1 minute and then the heat came on. By 9AM, it was 70 degrees out, and the
day promises to peak out at around 85, with clear skies and low humidity.
Its officially the rainy season (the Short Rains) which means about every
third afternoon we get these torrential downpours and ripping lighting
storms, which keep the dust and the temperatures down, but make it important
not to be out in the dirt road section of town in the afternoon.

Tomorrow, I'm headed out to a local tilapia pond to try to catch some fish.
I'm changing lines from my Scientific Anglers 5WF to a Rio 5WF I have on
another reel, to see if the softer Rio line turns over better: the memory in
the SA is just getting too hard to work with. I'll be out fishing by noon,
since at precisely 6PM, the sun plummets below the horizon once again, just
like every other day in the year, and if there are afternoon rains I might
find myself stranded in a mud forest until dawn.

Anyway, happy Christmas everyone.

--riverman

"riverman" wrote

.. I'll be out fishing by noon,
since at precisely 6PM, the sun plummets below the horizon once again,
just
like every other day in the year, and if there are afternoon rains I might
find myself stranded in a mud forest until dawn.

if i were you, myron, i would run as hard as i could, get in the fastest
car i could find, get on the fastest airplane in the congo, and forever
leave that hellhole, right now.

obroff: do the tilapia fight as good as they taste? if so, you're
gonna need a marlin rig.

yfitons
wayno

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:15:16 +0100, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
gy.com...
Roger Ohlund wrote:
...
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Urbana, Illinois is at 40° North. On the solstice the sun will rise
at 7:11 a.m. and set at 4:30 p.m.

Today is partly sunny, 27°F as I type, and we have just enough snow
on the ground to change the morning run into the morning ski. Kipper
the hound much prefers skiing because he's on a skijoring belt which
is way more fun than his short running leash.

The little pond that just a few weeks ago provided some welcome casting
is now completely frozen over. The kiddies will be finished with their
finals tomorrow and will disappear for a month back to Chicago from
whence they came. It is SO nice around here when they're gone. Too bad
we can't have a University here without a whole bunch of bothersome
students. They're a bloody nuisance. ;-)

This weekend we will bring a dead pine tree into the house and hang a
lot of sentiment on it.

A pine tree?

/Roger
What happened to the old fashioned spruce?


I think its a familial culture thing. Some people grew up with pines, many
of them flocked with this stuff that looked like dried mold, some with fir
and some spruce. Our family usually tilted towards balsam fir. Mostly
because thats what grew in the woodlots around our farms. My grandfather
had the talent of cutting the scraggliest balsam that grew in the swamps
and then attempting to wire a branch or two into one of the bigger gaps. In
doing this he would work up a powerful thirst and then wander up to the
Wagon Wheel bar to alleviate it. Ah, the holiday memories...


g.c.

"Wolfgang" wrote in
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Hmph......Christmas in summer......and the 4th of July in
winter.....ya'll got some WEIRD customs down there.

Wolfgang

Naaah ...meteorologically challenged.


Steve (wondering about the logic in meteorological