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Its Hot
As with any good satire, there are elements of truth in this blurb from Maine's version of The Onion...
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[TD][Hottest Temps of 2019 Prompt Maine’s Dads to Work on Their Woodpiles]('http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewMaineNews/~3/9CTPk-yIq30/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email')
Posted: 20 Jul 2019 01:11 PM PDT
Statewide – While much of the United States is in the grips of a heatwave, thousands of dads in Maine believe conditions are ideal for splitting and stacking wood.
“It’s the weekend and for once I got nothing else to do, nothing’s good on TV and there’s no holidays coming up,” said Maine dad Peter Levesque of Bethel. “Wood’s not going to stack itself.”
“All them unsplit logs have been driving me about crazy, so today’s the day they finally get taken care of.”
Gerry Smith of Houlton shares Levesque’s views on splitting, and neatly stacking, his enormous woodpile today rather than a different weekend.
“Might rain next Saturday for all I know. I’m not working outside in that,” Smith said.
“Sure, it’s hot today, but come February we’ll be begging for a day like today,” said Machias dad Rick Maker.
“Might just as well get things started sooner rather than later,” he added.
With severe heat advisories across much of the state today, Maine’s sons and daughters say they aren’t surprised at the overwhelming urgency of Maine’s fathers for tending the woodpile.
“He picks the hottest day of the summer just so he can tell everyone down to the store about how he worked stacking wood on the hottest day of the summer,” said Jennifer Thierault of Caribou.
Thierault said her father is planning to wait until a day when the forecast calls for 100% chance of afternoon rain to bale and stack hay “so he can tell everyone how fast we had to chuck the bales on the trailer to get ahead of the rain.”
The woodpile Levesque is working on today is for wood he plans to burn in the winter of 2024.
“Don’t want to fall behind,” he said.[/TD]
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Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
OMG , Funny as hell. Yesterday i was out there at Breezy's and we felled 3 big ones. Trimmed, hauled out and cut up and stacked. Doing none today because someone said it was going to be Hot. :p
I really didn't realize it was so hot until i drove back to the ranch. (My heater has been stuck on since April). :(
Tell your Children every day that you love them
I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
All that matters in the end is that we Loved
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
All that matters in the end is that we Loved
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,182 postsSince 2018
[SIZE=7]ONANCOCK, VA[/SIZE]
as of 8:58 am EDT
87°
SUNNY
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=5]feels like 100° :eek: [/SIZE][/COLOR]
H 97° / L 81°
UV Index 2 of 10
Humidity 63%
@ 8:58 in the morning!!!?!??!! Feels like 100?!?!!?!?
What the hell is it gonna feel like when it hit the high of 97?????!??????!?????!
o_O
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
[SIZE=7]ONANCOCK, VA[/SIZE]
as of 8:58 am EDT
87°
SUNNY
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=5]feels like 100° :eek:[/SIZE][/COLOR]
H 97° / L 81°
UV Index 2 of 10
Humidity 63%
@ 8:58 in the morning!!!?!??!! Feels like 100?!?!!?!?
What the hell is it gonna feel like when it hit the high of 97?????!??????!?????!
o_O
wader VERY HOT ?????:),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] ><))):>
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EAT FISH LIVE LONGER >
AdmiralOriginal Crew25,821 postsSince 2018
whatknot so far so good :) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] ><))):>
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melting here by LNB already, no breeze.:eek:???
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES !!!
CaptainOriginal Crew1,675 postsSince 2018
[SIZE=7]ONANCOCK, VA[/SIZE]
as of 11:44 am EDT
93°
SUNNY
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=5]feels like 110° [/SIZE][/COLOR]
H 96° / L 81°
UV Index 9 of 10
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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