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http://www.fullervision.net/groundhog.html (http://www.fullervision.net/groundhog.html)
All in all, the vast majority of groundhogs (including the notoriously shadow-happy Punxsutawney Phil) have not seen their shadow this morning. Ostensibly, this is supposed to be a harbinger of early spring, but if the rodents' track record is any indication, it's more likely that we have more winter coming.
- Punxsutawney Phil: no shadow
- Dunkirk Dave (western NY): no shadow
- Three downstate NY groundhogs (Staten Island Chuck, Malverne Mel, Holtsville Hal): no shadow
- Shubenacadie Sam (Nova Scotia): shadow seen
- Fred the Marmot of Val-d'Espoir, Quebec: shadow seen
- Buckeye Chuck (Ohio): No shadow
- Woody (Howell, Michigan): No shadow
- Wiarton Willie (Ontario): No shadow
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I didn't realize there was more than one winter forecasting groundhog.
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I didn't realize there was more than one winter forecasting groundhog.
Most are silly knockoffs, but in central Pennsylvania, there are several... and although Punxsutawney's believed to be the first, there are a few that go back almost as far. The Germans brought the tradition over from their native country when they came here.
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More are coming in.
Most of the ones in the midwest (Jimmy in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; Woodstock Willie in Illinois) are not seeing their shadows. The South seems to be a clean sweep: all the ones I've found saw their shadows.
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Santa's helpers.
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Quit worrying about what the damned groundhog did or didn't see and go spent 5 minutes (7 pages) educating yourself!
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350127.msg1907684.html#msg1907684 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350127.msg1907684.html#msg1907684)
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Quit worrying about what the damned groundhog did or didn't see and go spent 5 minutes (7 pages) educating yourself!
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350127.msg1907684.html#msg1907684 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350127.msg1907684.html#msg1907684)
Chill. It's a piece of silliness, nothing more and nothing less. If you want to goad me into a fight, start ranting about the FairTax or birtherism on some other thread.
P.S. I "educate myself" just fine without others trying to force their wrong viewpoints on me, thank you very much.
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I didn't realize there was more than one winter forecasting groundhog.
We're up to our a$$es in prognosticating rodents.
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We're up to our a$$es in prognosticating rodents.
And none of'em are all that good, either.
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Staten Island Chuck is famous because he bit then Mayor Bloomberg.
@mountaineer
@Sanguine
I’m sure you can find the clip on you tube,
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Staten Island Chuck is famous because he bit then Mayor Bloomberg.
@mountaineer
@Sanguine
I’m sure you can find the clip on you tube,
Oh, yeah, I remember that!
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And then there's the groundhog that NYC Mayor Bill von Wilhelm Mao Lenin DeBlasio killed... (https://nypost.com/2014/09/25/groundhog-dropped-by-de-blasio-died-of-internal-injuries/)
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Staten Island Chuck is famous because he bit then Mayor Bloomberg.
@mountaineer
@Sanguine
I’m sure you can find the clip on you tube,
Actually it was Jimmy the Groundhog an' he bit the Mayor of Sun Prairie.
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