Old Geezers Out to Lunch

Old Geezers Out to Lunch
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A Dirty Sign of the Coming Spring...

The first sign that this brutal winter might eventually give way to Spring was seen in downtown Minneapolis today....

At the end of the day in the parking ramp where I park, the concrete floor was covered with hundreds of crusty, dirty globs of hardened of ice and snow born from automobile undercarriages and wheel-wells, loosened by the first above-freezing temperatures in almost two months.

In fact, the last month of winter in Minnesota is known by a native American word from the Dakota Sioux tribe that translates thusly:  "the time of the snow boogers."

Spring, it is out there somewhere.

9 comments:

  1. Ah...those indians, wise beyond their years :-)

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  2. Herman Turnip I came here to type, Ah, those Indians, such cards....We are almost on the same page. Not surprising, I do love turnip after all.

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  3. It is to be hoped that a great weather weariness is finally coming to and end. But the aftermath, for some people, must yet be dealt with.

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  4. As I watch the snow start coming down again......

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  5. I heard of a kid that actually eats snow boogers.

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  6. We're running out of places to pile it. Even the little village in the township, population 598, has their front end loader out, moving snow piles down toward the river. The EPA is taking no notice.

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  7. I hope for your sake that spring indeed plans an invasion soon! Seeing your photo brought back unpleasant memories.

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  8. "Snow boogers!"
    That is a classic.
    I can't even image it living through your winter. Not even once...

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  9. Watch out for the flooding. That's all I can say.

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