The "IceBox" of the Nation, International Falls Minnesota claimed the "OFFICIAL NAME" from the US Gov. beating out Littleton Colorado! International Falls is where the cartoon "Rocky and Bullwinkle" were from, only they used "Frostbite Falls, Mn" for their name.
If you have not been able to gather by now, us Minnesotan's are proud of our Weather! We love it...in fact this weekend is another below zero party!!!! I'll take this over hirricanes ANYDAY! The Cold keeps the bugs down, some.
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
I thought the state bird in Minnesota was the mosquito.
-------------------- Ryan Culbertson The Sign Shop at Quick Copies Greenwood, SC
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I'm sorry. I'll take my chance with hurricanes. It's a cloudless sky today, brilliant sunshine, about 70 degrees... absolutely beautiful. It's hard to imagine PREFERRING below zero weather to what we have outside right now...
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I've said it before and I'll say it again; it was a sick twist of fate that had me born into an indigenous Georgia family. I'd be as happy in -30 weather as a moose in the kiddie pool. I watched the movie "Mystery Alaska" again last night; it's one of those movies that I live my life vicariously through. I love ice hockey, snow, ice, moose, caribou, boreal forests, glaciers, mountains, tundra, (oh no, it sounds like I'm writing a personals ad; might as well throw in "long walks on the beach" too). Eh? Doncha know.
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Ricky, we'll see you next February here in Mazeppa, we got all thos ethings and more... Jon.....hahah I shake my head. I feel sorry for you that you do not understand the beauty of the winter. Oh well, the beach places in Mexico have to have people to buy thier products too!
It's snowing HUGE flakes outside and I'm loving it!!!!! See the light Jon! and we'll see YOU here next Feb. as well..!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
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Mike, I have an two uncles and aunts who live in Wisconsin, so I'll definitely try to make it up there... wouldn't mind getting over to see them and then hitting the meet...
My wife is not a cold-weather person either, but she loves to ski. Maybe I can lure her up there by telling her it's a 'ski' trip.
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There ya go Jon! Bring her, the dog, the kids, uncles, homeless, circus freaks, griping old coggers,....... wait, we already got them. Furget it.
Stein, we love you too, but what was all that? Did you swallow too many herring this morning?
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
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Mmmmmmmm... muktuk and squaw candy! I ate some dried salmon (squaw candy) dipped in seal oil once (in Alaska). I had cats following me all the way to the airport, LOL. I'm getting the itch to go snow skiing!
-------------------- Ricky Jackson Signs Now 614 Russell Parkway Warner Robins, GA (478) 923-7722 signpimp50@hotmail.com
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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19 yrs in WESTERN PA, then uncle sam thought i needed to really find out what cold was...sent me to CARIBOU, MAINE!!!!!!8 YRS I WAS THERE!!! how stupid can you get?? now you can brag all you want about cold weather, BUT...you guys are woosies!!!! caribou maine has a weather station, only place colder then there on the east coast is MT WASHINTON N.H. i seen -75, 5-8 ft a snow, and it stayed that way for a month.....then we moved up to -20!!!!!!!!!! you wonder why i live in florida???? i got all the white real estate i wana see every time i go to the BEACH......WHITE SAND FOR MILES!!!!!!
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hahaha Old Paint...haha tough guy. All this time I thought you were a figther pilot in the AirForce? Wait....Figther Pilot in the Arcade in CARIBOU MAINE...Now the White Mullett Caribou roam WHITE SAND FOR MILES. "Mr. Natural" they call him now! How's retirement by the way?
Hey Stein, YES! Let's get a Meet in Norway going! I'll help you out! Henry can come over from Sweden and Marcus and Manfred from Germany as well! Old Paint, YOU STAY ON THE BEACH near yur dish.
Stein...What does "GullSkilt" mean? Gold Sign?
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
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Hey, Jon...where in WES-CON-SIN do you have family? I asked David Harding that question and got an answer about cheese...and a king or something!
-------------------- Nikki Goral Image Advantage Signs 4050 Champeau Road New Franken, WI 54229 920-465-4500 "Finish every day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day."-Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts: 928 | From: New Franken, WI (East Green Bay) | Registered: Jun 2007
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And ya's got that linnies keepin' cold too,fer me. I might just have come up summertime an do battle during the hatch wid em' B52 size blue ox skeeters over t' Black Duck Lake jes outta Bim-id-gee. Got skunked on walleye, ya surrree. On a count a' that early false spring an dem walleye ladies holden eggs an goin' at ketchin' time. Lordy...what stink, run up to Red lake, though and they got some nice fillets to save the day.
CrazyJack
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Up until about 2 years ago I was living and working in Menomonie, WI, My home town. It is located about 30 miles west of Eau Claire. I have cousins in the Barron area....well known for it's turkey and like most places in Wisconsin...Bars!
I think your wife might be a bit disappointed with the skiing in WI. Probably be better to ski off Mike's roof after a visit to the local saloon!
I suggest putting her on a snowmobile late at night and take her up to about 90 miles per hour on a frozen lake.....there are ski's involved so I guess you could call it skiing.
If you want to do some snow skiing come on up here we have lots of places to slide down hills.
How far you from Talladega? I'm thinking of coming down for the spring race.
You were a neighbor of a good friend of mine from Eau Claire, Herm Johnson, pinstriper and former first driver of John Menard, winnest stock block driver ever...crashed in four qualifing for Indy and put end to his driving career, replaced by that kid, you know, Tony Stewart, the rest is history....Herm's family ran the "White House" in Eau Claire, a really good, classy resturant...small world eh?
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Haven't seen a snowflake since early April 2007 and if the Lord is willing I will never see another one.
If warm weather is good enough for Si it is good enough for me!!!
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Frank...I remember seeing some of Herm Johnson's custom painted vans back in the day...they were really cool. Back when my cousin Punky was driving late models all over the midwest and Canada.
And I remember the very first Menards store on the west side of Eau Claire....now ol' John owns a boat load of stores and sponsors a few race cars. With his son driving one of them.
It is a small world.....and a cold world up north of Mike a ways....ya have to love it.
As far as snow goes...we just got a few more inches today....it helps to weed out the really poor drivers....I had to dodge a couple yesterday out getting groceries.....you have to pay close attention when pieces of plastic start hitting your grill!
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How is it that everyone either knows someone or is related to someone in Wisconsin? Are we cool or what???
-------------------- Nikki Goral Image Advantage Signs 4050 Champeau Road New Franken, WI 54229 920-465-4500 "Finish every day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day."-Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts: 928 | From: New Franken, WI (East Green Bay) | Registered: Jun 2007
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RUSS!!! I am re-doing my website and thought I'd check out a few to see what everyone is doing and LO AND BEHOLD you have the same background as I have on my new one!!!!!! DARN IT! Gotta find a new background pattern...here come the filters!!!
GREAT WORK BTW!!!
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Hey, Nikki, I've heard y'all have really great summers! Although you hope it falls on a Saturday, so you get to enjoy it...
Edited to add: Dale, we are quite a ways south of Talladega. In fact, we are just across the state line north of Pensacola, FL. Also, we really do want to come up to your area to hit the slopes sometime. We went skiing up in the Poconos in Pennsylvania last year...
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Holy cripes, Minnesota is an awesome place to live! That's why I chose to live here. They got the bestest women folks, too. I gots me oe... a sign chick, beside! Oooofda! Life is swell in the Nort land!
Hey, Mr. Meyer, ain't this great weather? Youbetcha bygolly!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
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We have a "Winter Storm Warning" here today. We're supposed to get 1-2 inches of snow this afternoon with an additional 2-4 inches tonight. Could shut the town down for a few days, cause it's not supposed to get above 30 before Thursday.
Saturday the high was 64, and I was outside in shirtsleeves all day.
We get 4 or 5 "winters" each year with a short "spring and fall" between them. Works well for me, cause I like to see the snow falling, and I like to see it on the ground in the morning with no tracks in it, then I really like to see it leave.
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Yes Bruce i really enjoy this weather! Oops, aaa Yah hey, OFFDA, holy cripesthen, what other minnesota things are we suppose to say? I don't remember, I'll watch "Fargo" to see how I am suppose to talk. How's that New York Taxi cab attitude and accent workin out for ya in St. Cloud? or as you New Yawka's say
What are you lookin at? I'm freezin ova here ya tink I enjoy dis? Fa heaven's sake dis weatha is fo da boyds.
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
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What's the matter with you, Meyer? Next thing ya know you'll be talking about signs! What I think is cool about your little burg is that it has its own schnow schoveler! Typing from PA where it is 0° this morning. Love....Jill PS I loved Bullwinkle and Rocky. A true icon of the Cold War! Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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