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Is it Spring yet?

Post by Professor Fate » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:16 pm

Now???
How 'bout now.....????
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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by MichaelPawelek » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:31 pm

Going to be in the low 80’s F here in S.E.Texas later on this week so lots of T driving in the near future! Summer is a beast but most Winter is great for driving. Lots of motorcycle and bicycle clubs out also…..😊


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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by Professor Fate » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:51 pm

Not so lucky in the northeast. We need to move south. My '26 project will sit all winter due to long work hours and bad weather. My "to do list" seems to keep growing...
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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by Steve Jelf » Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:53 pm

Northern hemisphere winter begins Tuesday and I will start my ninety day count-down to spring. Looking forward to the sun setting directly west, and all that implies.

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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by RajoRacer » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:25 am

Great photo Steve !


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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by TXGOAT2 » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:36 am

I think the Winter Solstice ought to be New Year's Day. That's when the new year really begins. Solsitce or no, it's heading for 80 F here, and the sun is still fairly bright on a clear day. Christmas day high temp records in this area have stood for 66 years, and are not expected to be reached this year. (Yes, Elvis caused Global Warming)


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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by MichaelPawelek » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:46 am

Steve Jelf wrote:
Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:53 pm
Northern hemisphere winter begins Tuesday and I will start my ninety day count-down to spring. Looking forward to the sun setting directly west, and all that implies.


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Steve, On Tuesday will you be dancing naked around Jelfhenge!


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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by John Codman » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:49 am

Will be 85 here in SW Florida today.

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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by Steve Jelf » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:52 am

Steve, On Tuesday will you be dancing naked around Jelfhenge!

I'm too much of a cold weather sissy for that. Cold air makes my nose run.
I don't have a circle of T's stuck nose-down in the ground...yet.
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Re: Is it Spring yet?

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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by ModelTWoods » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:50 pm

MichaelPawelek wrote:
Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:31 pm
Going to be in the low 80’s F here in S.E.Texas later on this week so lots of T driving in the near future! Summer is a beast but most Winter is great for driving. Lots of motorcycle and bicycle clubs out also…..😊
Same forecast on Christmas for San Antonio area, 78-80 degrees. If winter ever gets here (like it did, February 14, 2021, we'll still be driving until then.

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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by George House » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:46 am

Terry and Michael, don’t be bragging on our blue skies and warm winter temperature. Next thing you know we’ll have a herd of northern Model T guys moving to Texas.....come to think of it, that’s a Good idea !
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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by Norman Kling » Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:41 am

It is here in California. We have Spring, Summer, and Fall. Then Spring again. It was about 65 and sunny yesterday. We expect a rainstorm starting tomorrow and waning Friday. It could be wet or cold on Christmas. I have only seen it snow enough below the mountains one year in 1949 when the snow was about a foot deep and lasted 3 days in Los Angeles.
Yesterday I was actually helping a friend install a top on a 1914 T. He and his son are about 6'5" tall so they can reach it without a ladder! We got everything on except the actual top material and laid it out on asphalt driveway and It got hot. We laid it on top. I think if it remains warm next week we will tack it down, but before we put on the trim strip, we will wait a few months so that if it sags, we can stretch it tighter on a hot day. We are trying to get it ready so the grandpa can ride in it. He is ill and this car has been in the family for about 4 generations.
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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by TXGOAT2 » Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:53 am

Several days of 80-86 F are predicted here. This time of year, that's usually the lead up to a sharp cold snap. Thus are "average temperatures" constituted. T'was ever thus.


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Re: Is it Spring yet?

Post by ModelTWoods » Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:40 am

George House wrote:
Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:46 am
Terry and Michael, don’t be bragging on our blue skies and warm winter temperature. Next thing you know we’ll have a herd of northern Model T guys moving to Texas.....come to think of it, that’s a Good idea !
Yeah, George, Contrary to Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas still has open borders. :D

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