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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread

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I'm not one to usually post sentimental stuff on a forum with people I have never met face to face. However, being on AccuWeather and Talk weather forums since 2010 and coming here once this site was created I feel like this is a family as we talk just about every day...last night was extremely hard when I found out my coworker, a brother that bleeds blue, was murdered doing the job he loves. He was only working for DeKalb for a little over a year and when I saw him he always had a smile on his face. I ask if you can please pray for his family during this hard time this holiday season. He would of been 25 Monday...
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I am so very sorry. Such a sad tragedy. Praying for his family and friends. Also praying for safety for all our police, firefighters and military. They all have a special place in my heart. They give so much and are not appreciated near enough!! God bless you all!!!
 
Just got to Gatlinburg. Y’all wouldn’t believe the snow fog coming up highway 25. Had to go 10mph couldn’t see the white lines on either side of the ditch. I’ve never seen anything like it
 
Finished my latest projects today.
Maybe you have already but check out Alex Steele on YouTube. He just moved from England to Montana and currently setting up his new shop. He has a lot of great forging videos from blacksmith to blade smith. He is only 19 or 20 but been doing it since he was a kid. Check him out.

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Maybe you have already but check out Alex Steele on YouTube. He just moved from England to Montana and currently setting up his new shop. He has a lot of great forging videos from blacksmith to blade smith. He is only 19 or 20 but been doing it since he was a kid. Check him out.

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I have, he is really good. Although to be fair, being able to afford ten thousand dollar power hammers and trips from England with take classes with a really good blacksmith in the US at 13 years old helps too. Haha.
 
I have, he is really good. Although to be fair, being able to afford ten thousand dollar power hammers and trips from England with take classes with a really good blacksmith in the US at 13 years old helps too. Haha.
True but I do like his enthusiasms and willing to get out of his comfort zone.

I wish I had the patience and the know how. Me and tools don't get a long.

What you were able to do with a lump of steel and some wood is very impressive and a feat that would take me a long time to learn but I do appreciate those that have the know how and the fortitude to do it. Nice work.

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True but I do like his enthusiasms and willing to get out of his comfort zone.

I wish I had the patience and the know how. Me and tools don't get a long.

What you were able to do with a lump of steel and some wood is very impressive and a feat that would take me a long time to learn but I do appreciate those that have the know how and the fortitude to do it. Nice work.

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It really isnt that hard. Blacksmithing has a mystic aura to it, but it is really just about 8 different techniques that are replicated. Sure, making an axe takes trial and error, but Im sure a novice could do it in some compacity in a day or two if they had someone to watch.

The key to blacksmithing is to understand you will hurt yourself and that you will fail miserably. Then you must go into the house aggrevated and figure out wht you failed and fix it the next time. Like I said, neither that knife or axe is anywhere near perfect, but the next ones will be closer.
 
I think it was more winter was basically over after about mid January...but that wasn't too surprising with the Nina. (given my memory I'd have to look to confirm this but I'm guessing around there)

Although conveniently we had the MJO go into colder phases in the spring. Spring had pretty cool temps.
 
Maybe in Atlanta, but there was plenty of winter weather in other parts of the southeast in January, March and even April of last winter.
This was especially true in central/eastern NC which did not get any measurable snow from the December 2017 system. Our winter was meh overall before Christmas. We had an active early-mid January with two winter storms and a week of subfreezing temperatures, including our coldest temperature in over a decade (4 degrees F).

This year, our temperatures have only been slightly below average, but we already have exceeded our average total snowfall for the winter. If we get another winter storm and reach the single digits once I would consider this winter a huge success.
 
Just read the December thread. Glad I've already punted.

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You’d think lessons would have been learned from past Decembers. However, cliff drive continues to happen every December around this time.


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JBs Saturday summary pretty much goes hand by hand with Web. If we can just survive until mid to late January we ALL have a better then ever chance to have a true winter to remember.
But the thing is, at least in Atlanta, by the time you get to late January you have maybe 2-3 weeks before spring sets in unless you get one of those very rare late Feb or March storms. I have always considered Feb 15 the cutoff date for winter along the I-20 corridor.
 
But the thing is, at least in Atlanta, by the time you get to late January you have maybe 2-3 weeks before spring sets in unless you get one of those very rare late Feb or March storms. I have always considered Feb 15 the cutoff date for winter along the I-20 corridor.
February and March storms are normal around here, I feel like my area always has a good 4-6 weeks. I’m ok with that.
 
February and March storms are normal around here, I feel like my area always has a good 4-6 weeks. I’m ok with that.
Living in Carrollton all of my life I havent seen a good Late Feb or March snowstorm since March 1993 ! Usually the late winter storms are those stupid ULL's that bring hit or miss snows. Didnt get much of anything in March 09 or 10. And nothing in Late Feb 15.
 
Living in Carrollton all of my life I havent seen a good Late Feb or March snowstorm since March 1993 ! Usually the late winter storms are those stupid ULL's that bring hit or miss snows.
True March isn’t common but I feel like the pattern is great if we still have cold around. February is my favorite because we ATL does great and February storms tend to give me more snow.
 
JBs Saturday summary pretty much goes hand by hand with Web. If we can just survive until mid to late January we ALL have a better then ever chance to have a true winter to remember.

Just watched. Surprised even he is calling for “30 day” warm period. Going to be rough around for a few weeks.
 
It’s always a close call in December and Jan is a toss up. Maybe I live to close to Sc and
Just watched. Surprised even he is calling for “30 day” warm period. Going to be rough around for a few weeks.
Today is the 15th and if he and Web are correct and I think they are it’s about a month. That’s why I said if we can survive this warm period we will end Winter feeling very satisfied of the outcome.
 
It’s always a close call in December and Jan is a toss up. Maybe I live to close to Sc and

Today is the 15th and if he and Web are correct and I think they are it’s about a month. That’s why I said if we can survive this warm period we will end Winter feeling very satisfied of the outcome.
I think mid January we will start seeing fantastic fantasy storms one after another. We will be breaking records on this site and in our backyards. As you can tell I’m very optimistic.
 
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