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NQ6U
02-02-2016, 09:20 AM
Happy Groundhog Day to all!

In answer to the age-old question of how much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground, the answer is:


"The average groundhog has been estimated to move approximately 1 m3 (35 cu ft), or 2,500 kg (5,500 lb), of soil when digging a burrow"

VE7DCW
02-02-2016, 12:36 PM
The honest question is which groundhog is the real spring prognosticator,that Punxsutawney Phil rodent,or Ontario's Wiarton Willie........the world may never know :chin:

W5BRM
02-02-2016, 12:39 PM
The honest question is which groundhog is the real spring prognosticator,that Punxsutawney Phil rodent,or Ontario's Wiarton Willie........the world may never know :chin:

Staten Island Chuck!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island_Chuck

And just like Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver, when ya tickle him under the chin, the bastard tries to bite....

Ask DeBlasio...lol

XE1/N5AL
02-02-2016, 07:47 PM
Does an ungrounded hog present a lightning hazard?

K7SGJ
02-03-2016, 01:25 PM
Aqua Fria Freddy

14490

NQ6U
02-03-2016, 01:27 PM
Aqua Fria Freddy

14490

Who'd probably eat Punxsutawney Phil.

W3WN
02-03-2016, 01:41 PM
The honest question is which groundhog is the real spring prognosticator,that Punxsutawney Phil rodent,or Ontario's Wiarton Willie........the world may never know :chin:
Well, which one starred in a hit movie with Andie MacDowell and that guy from SNL?

If they put it in a movie, it has to be real, right? Hollywood wouldn't, you know, like, LIE to us or anything...

NQ6U
02-03-2016, 02:43 PM
Well, which one starred in a hit movie with Andie MacDowell and that guy from SNL?

If they put it in a movie, it has to be real, right? Hollywood wouldn't, you know, like, LIE to us or anything...

Of course not. From the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil#In_media_and_popular_culture) on Punxsutawney Phil:



"Phil and the town of Punxsutawney were portrayed in the 1993 philosophical comedy film Groundhog Day. The actual town in the film is Woodstock, Illinois."

W3WN
02-03-2016, 03:18 PM
Now, now, your holeyness... I didn't say that the movie was FILMED there. The point was, which critter starred in the movie (obviously via an actor-critter, not the real one). Which you just confirmed, and I think you.

KG4NEL
02-03-2016, 05:06 PM
Nice marmot.

KG4CGC
02-04-2016, 12:09 AM
Well, which one starred in a hit movie with Andie MacDowell and that guy from SNL?

If they put it in a movie, it has to be real, right? Hollywood wouldn't, you know, like, LIE to us or anything...

Ask BBC Over Yonder.

W3WN
02-04-2016, 08:38 AM
Ask BBC Over Yonder.
You mean that isn't something that I should ask the WIK?

NQ6U
02-04-2016, 08:39 AM
You mean that isn't something that I should ask the WIK?

The WIK invented Groundhog Day. He might have invented groundhogs, even.

W3WN
02-04-2016, 12:15 PM
The WIK invented Groundhog Day. He might have invented groundhogs, even.
THERE you go!

You know, I just realized that I didn't see any mentions anywhere of the allegedly annual GHD Special Event Station from Punxy. I'd mention the call of the station that has (had) run that in the past, but it's probably best not to awaken the interests of the dearly (or not so dearly) departed, especially when they wield the Golden Screwdriver so frequently...