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Absolutely brutal today, never hit 60 degrees and 20 MPH winds. This is the earliest I have ever worn long pants and multiple layers on my upper body.

Glad I am not playing tomorrow as it appears that it will be in the low 40s at 8AM.

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Florida bound on Saturday, woo hoo!  Getting away form the crappy weather.  Going to be playing lots of golf. 

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Sunday actually surprised me here. Saturday was pretty crappy, but I poked my head outside and saw the sun burning the frost off the grass. The big thing was no wind. So nine holes was in the offing before football kicked off.

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Sunday actually surprised me here. Saturday was pretty crappy, but I poked my head outside and saw the sun burning the frost off the grass. The big thing was no wind. So nine holes was in the offing before football kicked off.


I spent Saturday shoveling gravel, then fixing my father-in-laws sink. Sunday I raked about 20,000,000,000 leaves at my house and my mother-in-laws. At least I'm getting the big projects done while the weather is crappy.

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I spent Saturday shoveling gravel, then fixing my father-in-laws sink. Sunday I raked about 20,000,000,000 leaves at my house and my mother-in-laws. At least I'm getting the big projects done while the weather is crappy.

I remember doing something like that before. I lived on 2.5 acres and had a forest in the back. The wind blew them towards the house, of course.

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I spent Saturday shoveling gravel, then fixing my father-in-laws sink. Sunday I raked about 20,000,000,000 leaves at my house and my mother-in-laws. At least I'm getting the big projects done while the weather is crappy.


I spent a good portion of Saturday doing leaf removal at my mum's place in Beavercreek. As for the Troy homestead, I'm waiting for the last two trees to shake the last few leaves. Maximize efficiency ya know.

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I spent a good portion of Saturday doing leaf removal at my mum's place in Beavercreek. As for the Troy homestead, I'm waiting for the last two trees to shake the last few leaves. Maximize efficiency ya know.

I tried to use this argument before with no success, but I see you have more reasonable family members. ;-)

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Had my first round that really felt wintery yesterday.  Temps were around 50 and it was very windy.  Lots and lots of leaves everywhere, making it difficult to find the ball even in the fairway.  As fate would have it, I had a horrible ball-striking round.  Adjusting to the weather may have had something to do with it.  The old bones get stiffer in the cold.

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I spent a good portion of Saturday doing leaf removal at my mum's place in Beavercreek. As for the Troy homestead, I'm waiting for the last two trees to shake the last few leaves. Maximize efficiency ya know.


The grass grows, which sucks, because it's tougher to rake them then.

The absolute best method if you have the capacity is a big mulching riding mower with big bags.

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Today, sunny, barely reached 50, with a steady wind if 20-25mph, gusting to 35 at times, leaves covered the green, some helped the putts. 39 on the front, 41 on the back, a little snow in shade areas, left over from Sunday.
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Playing tomorrow morning, might be interesting.

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The grass grows, which sucks, because it's tougher to rake them then.

The absolute best method if you have the capacity is a big mulching riding mower with big bags.

What I actually have to work with is a push mower with a small bag. Labor-intensive and time-consuming. On the other hand, it burned up at least four or five beers-worth of calories. I enjoyed those beers while watching OSU throttle Illinois.

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What I actually have to work with is a push mower with a small bag. Labor-intensive and time-consuming. On the other hand, it burned up at least four or five beers-worth of calories. I enjoyed those beers while watching OSU throttle Illinois.

You might be surprised. Running for 30 minutes barely burns 250 calories…

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You might be surprised. Running for 30 minutes barely burns 250 calories…

I have for a 200 lb person running at 6 mph for 30 minutes will burn 450 calories?

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My local course closed after this weekend. Lack of recent sunny days and slow course load was the culprit. I guess it is time to travel south to play @boogielicious

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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Your age and size plays a role in calories burned.  According to healthstatus.com, I would burn 410 calories for a 30 minute run at 6 mph.

When you relate calories eaten to minutes that you would have to work out, sometimes, that Snickers isn't so attractive.   A Snickers and a 12oz can of Pepsi requires a 30 minute run at 6 mph for me.  Usually it isn't worth the splurge.

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mcanadiens Super Member

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Well, I'm tipping the scales at 230. I think that pushing around the old mower, wrestling with bags of chopped leaves and the like for 4 hours probably burned 500-600 calories. That would be four to five Yuenglings at 128 calories per. Not worth popping the last brain cell over.

Saturday looks possible if slightly uncomfortable with a high of 46. Sunday, we won't see 40 degrees and that's where my hands cease to cooperate. That'll be the day to deal with leaves in Troy.

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