This Whole Groundhog Thing

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02-02-2018, 09:34 PM
reckless toboggan

Do any of these groundhogs work at NOAA or NASA? Because it sure seems like they should.
02-02-2018, 09:54 PM
BmillsSkier

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Originally Posted by reckless toboggan

Do any of these groundhogs work at NOAA or NASA? Because it sure seems like they should.

No, he’s on the local community access weather beat.
02-02-2018, 10:00 PM
Benny Profane

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Originally Posted by DBdude

it's not a holiday douchebag

Sure was in college. Let's drink!
02-02-2018, 10:06 PM
The SnowShow

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Originally Posted by KQ

it makes no sense to me.

If the groundhog sees his shadow, presumably because it's not cloudy and dark (i.e. sun?), he gets scared and runs back in his burrow indicating it will be another 6 weeks of winter.

If it's cloudy and dark and he doesn't see his shadow he hangs out in the dank weather and calls it Spring.

Silly groundhog. Shouldn't the opposite be true?

I’ve thought this for decades. No fucking idea.
02-09-2018, 01:40 PM
deepsouthmafia

Next your going to tell me National Pizza Day is’nt a holiday. :nonono2:
02-09-2018, 01:41 PM
Supermoon

I thought every day was National Pizza Day
02-02-2021, 11:44 AM
BmillsSkier

https://media2.giphy.com/media/3o7WI...&rid=giphy.gif

When the hell did every other state get their own groundhog? I saw on the news this morning they have "Beau" here in Georgia (who according to this is the most accurate of em all), some wombat named Buckeye Chuck in Ohio and a whole mess of other weather predicting rats.

Is there big t-shirt sales money in this or something?

Too early for flapjacks?
02-02-2021, 12:09 PM
Ted Striker

Apparently, Wisconsin has "Jimmy the Groundhog". If he doesn't see his shadow, he'll send a couple of beavers and a porcupine to mess you up.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...ators-2/434145
02-02-2021, 12:25 PM
The AD

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Originally Posted by KQ

it makes no sense to me.

If the groundhog sees his shadow, presumably because it's not cloudy and dark (i.e. sun?), he gets scared and runs back in his burrow indicating it will be another 6 weeks of winter.

If it's cloudy and dark and he doesn't see his shadow he hangs out in the dank weather and calls it Spring.

Silly groundhog. Shouldn't the opposite be true?

And if the whole thing is based on whether or not the sun is out why do we need the groundhog at all?
02-02-2021, 12:27 PM
riser4

Same day same shit.
02-02-2021, 12:50 PM
I Skied Bandini Mountain

Just got text from darling daughter: "Just had the best powder day in honor of Punxsutawney Phil"
02-02-2021, 02:56 PM
KQ

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fb&oe=6040E8F7
02-02-2021, 06:49 PM
glademaster

Today felt like the first day of spring here. Must have been close to 60 degrees.
02-02-2021, 09:27 PM
BmillsSkier

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Originally Posted by KQ

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fb&oe=6040E8F7

What the caption does not show is that shortly after this meme was made, that imposter was shot dead in its tracks by a farmer in the Upstate who hasn't seen the sun in 67 days.
02-03-2021, 06:43 AM
gravitylover

I don't get how they pulled Phil out of his box and it was snowing but the determined he saw his shadow. I think the camera lights confused the humans...
02-03-2021, 11:12 AM
The AD

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

I don't get how they pulled Phil out of his box and it was snowing but the determined he saw his shadow. I think the camera lights confused the humans...

I guess it's whether Phil saw his shadow or not. It's not specified if the lighting that caused that shadow was from the sun or artificial lighting :)
02-03-2021, 11:15 AM
BmillsSkier

Why don't we just ask Phil?
02-03-2021, 11:29 AM
Timberridge

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Originally Posted by glademaster

Today felt like the first day of spring here. Must have been close to 60 degrees.

Campgaw is going off right now. Another storm coming Sun. NJ is the new powder capital of America.
02-03-2021, 11:44 AM
BmillsSkier

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Originally Posted by Timberridge

Campgaw is going off right now. Another storm coming Sun. NJ is the new powder capital of America.

If you don't start a run of NJ Powdercat Tours stickers this may be a missed profit opportunity.
02-03-2021, 12:48 PM
Timberridge

I need to start prioritizing all these new opportunities.

NJ is underappreciated for it's backcountry skiing. I was just eyeing some lines off of I-287 this am. We also have the women, and the food here is way better than the overpriced slop in VT.
02-03-2021, 12:57 PM
riser4

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Originally Posted by Timberridge

I need to start prioritizing all these new opportunities.

NJ is underappreciated for it's backcountry skiing. I was just eyeing some lines off of I-287 this am. We also have the women, and the food here is way better than the overpriced slop in VT.

I'll take a Hardwick skank over some Jersey shore bimbo any day of the week. Less maintenance and more appreciative.
02-03-2021, 01:08 PM
gravitylover

^^ Haha

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Originally Posted by Timberridge

Campgaw is going off right now. Another storm coming Sun. NJ is the new powder capital of America.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

If you don't start a run of NJ Powdercat Tours stickers this may be a missed profit opportunity.

We need a pic of a wacky dude eating an ice cream cone driving a Range Rover pulling a bunch of skiers/riders up a hill on 287 on a rope like behind the snowcat at Wolf Creek.
02-03-2021, 01:10 PM
BmillsSkier

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

^^ Haha

We need a pic of a wacky dude eating an ice cream cone driving a Range Rover pulling a bunch of skiers/riders up a hill on 287 on a rope like behind the snowcat at Wolf Creek.

Put that on a sticker and I'd buy a pack of 10.

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