Winter?

[Lionclaw]

-10C, snowfall and wind biting in my face. That's more like it! :yeah:

[Wolferz]

Snow and Cold are four letter words.

Me mum would give ya the stink eye if you uttered them.:huh:

[Lionclaw]

What weather is it outside?

Uhm... It's raining water in frozen form and someone turned the thermometer upside down. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Not too bad here 6C, cloudy but no wind.

[swamprat69er]

It is forecast to hit 7C here today, but I don't think it will get much over 5C. I would rather see snow than this rain. the laneway is mush and I can't go anywhere. IF I really had to get out, then i would drive on it, but I don't need to and I would prefer to have it fairly smooth for the next snowfall. Makes it much easier to work with if it is smooth rather than rutty.
Got my new LED spotlights on Friday and I will install them today.:yeah:

[Wolferz]

Back in the deep freeze here again.
-7 Fahrenheit when I awoke this morning.:down:

[swamprat69er]

Back in the deep freeze here again.
-7 Fahrenheit when I awoke this morning.:down:
The night before last and last it was -40*F. I just got back from North Bay and it wasn't much warmer up there.

[Jimbuna]

The night before last and last it was -40*F. I just got back from North Bay and it wasn't much warmer up there.

It's at about those temperatures when us geordies put a vest on :O:

[swamprat69er]

It's at about those temperatures when us geordies put a vest on :O:
For the second time this winter I put my heavy coat on. Carry it with me, but very seldom put it on.

[swamprat69er]

Michigan 1938 A little dusting of snow. :D

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[Jimbuna]

Michigan 1938 A little dusting of snow. :D

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Now looking at that I'd probably put a pair of gloves on :)

[swamprat69er]

I am glad I was still in bagdad.:) Or is that dads bag?

[Jimbuna]

I am glad I was still in bagdad.:) Or is that dads bag?

LOL :)

[Wolferz]

I am glad I was still in bagdad.:) Or is that dads bag?

You were just a wee little swimmer looking for a port of call.:haha::up:

Any false starts?
As was I.:rock:

[Aktungbby]

Here little Ova! come to Daddy!:gulp::woot:

[August]

Now looking at that I'd probably put a pair of gloves on :)

Alarmist! :)

[Schroeder]

It's at about those temperatures when us geordies put a vest on inside the house:O:
Fixed that (again) for you.:smug:


:O:

[swamprat69er]

You were just a wee little swimmer looking for a port of call.:haha::up:

Any false starts?
As was I.:rock:
False starts? I don't know.
I didn't happen until January 1946, musta been cold. I got tired of the free ride in September.:D

[Armistead]

Only got one inch last night, but it was pretty for about 10 minutes..

[Madox58]

Dealing with temps near 0 on the job in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
It's an inside job but We need to move the demo trash outside.
:nope:

[u crank]

Got a little blizzard going on here. Snow blowing around. Winds gusting to 77 km/h. Restrictions on the big bridge for trucks and high sided vehicles. Guess I'll stay in. :D

[Jimbuna]

Alarmist! :)

Fixed that (again) for you.:smug:


:O:

-2C overnight...might put a couple of loungers out on the patio :)

[Wolferz]

-2C overnight...might put a couple of loungers out on the patio :)

That's not a sun tan. It's wind burn! Coupled with frostbite.:huh:

[swamprat69er]

It is warming up!

-14*F this morning. Yay!:up:

[Jimbuna]

Time for a swim in the local river then :)

[swamprat69er]

Time for a swim in the local river then :)
That might be a little hard.:D Only three feet of ice to chew through.

[Lionclaw]

-21°C, now it's a bit cold. :)

[Sailor Steve]

We're having the same relatively mild weather we've had for several weeks now - tonight's expected low will be around 21/-6, today's high was 40/4. I wouldn't want to be out for long without a jacket (except in the early afternoon) but I've seen colder and I've seen warmer.

[swamprat69er]

-24*F this morning. I haven't looked at the forecast this morning, yet. I think we will be climbing out of the deep freezer soon and get a lot more snow. This is a good thing.
According to Environment Canada we can expect an inch today, 2 inches tonite and another inch tomorrow. Last time they forecast 2 inches we got 7, that was a good thing, too. Temperature is going up to 7*f and rising.

[Ducimus]

Old man winter hasn't stayed very long here in my neck of the woods in Utah. It's REALLY warm this winter from my experience. I think temperatures are averaging in the 30's. We haven 't had a good snowfall in my neck of the woods since early December I think. My front yard is frozen, but the snow is completely thawed. I think i see green coming back to the lawn, and buds are starting to appear on the trees. This shouldn't be happening until the end of next month at the earliest i think. Ordinarily, i'm shoveling snow every 2 or 3 days. I've shoved snow 2 or 3 times total this winter.

Of course my backyard still has snow, and my neighbors accross the street have snow on their front yard. Ode to having a house sitting on a south facing lot. As an aside, somehow I don't think california is going to be getting as much water from us this year. LOL

[swamprat69er]

Here is a snow blower for you guys that actually get snow.

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/snowblowvch1

[Jimbuna]

I doubt I could trust myself being in charge of one of those :o

I know the pup certainly couldn't :)

[Onkel Neal]

Houston shut down, iced over bridges and overpasses. Good day to stay home and play SH4.

[frau kaleun]

Houston shut down, iced over bridges and overpasses. Good day to stay home and play SH4.

Saw this on the news today and wondered how you were getting along, any heat in your shipping container?

It's sticking right around 0 deg F here, with wind chills below that - supposed to get a couple " of snow tomorrow and more on Sunday. I'm ready for winter to be over already!

[Aktungbby]

Perfect day sailing the 25' Catalina on the north bay at the confluence of the Napa river and the Sacramento as it empties into San Francisco Bay. 69 degrees, some haze, lots of ship traffic and sailors out. Surfs up and small craft advisories; waves are 40' just down at Mavericks for the surf championship!! We hit 8 knots before losing our nerve!!! One 20' log off Alcatraz reported by CG. We were on a newly resewn main sail and didn't want to press our good luck. New Garmin GPS radar interface overlay hanging just inside the hatch way on the slider roof works to perfection...a piece of cake for any one whose played with a SHV TAC screen actually.( Ipad nav does it too) Ships with transponders-give you name, speed etc. No errors, problems or mishaps from launch to docking- a rare day...and why I left Minnesota!:arrgh!:

[Buddahaid]

I thought you lived nearby. I'm in San Rafael.

The weather has been so warm the bears are not hibernating. I wonder what effect that will have come spring? Cranky bears? And what about gestation of embryos as I believe that happens during hibernation?

[Onkel Neal]

Saw this on the news today and wondered how you were getting along, any heat in your shipping container?

It's sticking right around 0 deg F here, with wind chills below that - supposed to get a couple " of snow tomorrow and more on Sunday. I'm ready for winter to be over already!

Not much. I have a space heater and an electric blanket. When I get it insulated, that should help a bunch.

[Wolferz]

Not much. I have a space heater and an electric blanket. When I get it insulated, that should help a bunch.

Suffering a bout of Enuresis would be bad about now.:03::huh:

Any ice forming on the interior walls yet?

[Onkel Neal]

Everything is shut down again in Houston. The freeways look like something outta zombie movie, few cars. When they tell Texans it's not safe to drive on icy roads and stay home, we do!:woot:

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[Admiral Lutjens]

It's colder than Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in a staring contest here in Michigan. Currently -1*F here. Not sure what that value is for our Celsius friends here. Haha.

[Jimbuna]

-1*F = -18.33*C

[Wolferz]

No temperature here in NE Pa this morning.

-end report-

[swamprat69er]

We are having a heat wave, a tropical heatwave.:) Temperatures are warming up +1F and snowing.:) Got about 4" overnite. Gonna have to blow again today.:yeah:

[Wolferz]

We are having a heat wave, a tropical heatwave.:) Temperatures are warming up +1F and snowing.:) Got about 4" overnite. Gonna have to blow again today.:yeah:

You must have incredible lungs! :03:

Oh, wait. You have a tractor with a snow blower. The lazy man's tool for snow removal.:stare: I'm jealous.:D

[swamprat69er]

That's a big 10-4 on the lazy.:D That is why I am also a tanker yanker.:haha:

Shoveling snow might be good exercise, but it is also a good way to have a heart attack. NOT for me. I could afford the tractor and the blower so I went for it.

[swamprat69er]

I just measured that 4" we got overnite. Ha, ha, it is more like 8" and still snowing.:up:

[Sailor Steve]

Same pattern we've been in for the past month or so - 38F/3C looking at a high of 49F/9C, no snow expected. At the nearby resorts conditions are also low: Alta has only had 181" so far this season and currently has 56" on the ground, which is about half of normal.

[swamprat69er]

Same pattern we've been in for the past month or so - 38F/3C looking at a high of 49F/9C, no snow expected. At the nearby resorts conditions are also low: Alta has only had 181" so far this season and currently has 56" on the ground, which is about half of normal.
Are the ski hills making snow?

[Sailor Steve]

Are the ski hills making snow?
I can't find any specific information on daily activities, but I'm sure they are, just to put some fresh powder on top of the snowpack.

The sparsest Utah winter I'm aware of was 1976/77, when the resorts got a total of about 300" and Salt Lake City had no snow at all.

On the other hand in 1991/92 the ski resort at Alta got more than 900" of snow, and the road up Little Cottonwood Canyon was closed two or three times per week. The following winter, 1992/93 started off fairly mild, then in March it started snowing and didn't stop until mid-May, finally ending up nearly as heavy as the previous year. After that the reservoirs were full and the snow melted all at once, resulting in the infamous '83 floods.

[Wolferz]

It's colder than Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in a staring contest here in Michigan. Currently -1*F here. Not sure what that value is for our Celsius friends here. Haha.
This...


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/Better-Left-Unpublished-1.png
should warm things up for you.:03::har:

[Admiral Lutjens]

This...


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/Better-Left-Unpublished-1.png
should warm things up for you.:03::har:

:rotfl2:

[Wolferz]

Snow express is wound up and ready to go, again.:timeout: We got about five or six inches yesterday and more on the way tomorrow.:-?

I wish I had a tractor like Swamprat's.

[Jimbuna]

Snow express is wound up and ready to go, again.:timeout: We got about five or six inches yesterday and more on the way tomorrow.:-?

I wish I had a tractor like Swamprat's.

No need, I'm sure you'd look fine with a snow shovel and a pair of angel wings :)

[swamprat69er]

Snow express is wound up and ready to go, again.:timeout: We got about five or six inches yesterday and more on the way tomorrow.:-?

I wish I had a tractor like Swamprat's.
If you don't want it, send it back. :D

I wish we had more than the current 25" for the season so far.

[Wolferz]

If you don't want it, send it back. :D

I wish we had more than the current 25" for the season so far.

OK. We'll get the south to blow while you guys suck and you'll get all you can handle.:D
You just want to play with your Tonka toy.:salute:

[swamprat69er]

You just want to play with your Tonka toy.:salute:

You got that right, Ollie.:yeah:

[Wolferz]

You got that right, Ollie.:yeah:

Get a skateboard and bring it down here.:O:

[swamprat69er]

Get a skateboard and bring it down here.:O:
Sorry, I can't. I let my fast card expire and I don't have a passport.

[Wolferz]

Sorry, I can't. I let my fast card expire and I don't have a passport.

In that case...
Mother Nature put it there and she can take it away again.:O:

[swamprat69er]

In that case...
Mother Nature put it there and she can take it away again.:O:
That is pretty much the attitude I had before the days of snow blowers. My Dad smacked me upside the head for this statement when he wanted me to shovel the driveway, 'the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away'.
I guess he didn't much care for my smart mouth. Never talked back to him again, though.

[Sailor Steve]

Reminds me of the running conversation I used to have with my dad when I was a teenager.

Dad: "Steve! You want to cut the lawn for me today?"
Steve: "No sir."
Dad: You going to do it anyway?"
Steve: Yes sir."

[swamprat69er]

Ya, whether you want to or not yer gonna do it anyway.:)

[Wolferz]

Reminds me of the running conversation I used to have with my dad when I was a teenager.

Dad: "Steve! You want to cut the lawn for me today?"
Steve: "No sir."
Dad: You going to do it anyway?"
Steve: Yes sir."

"Sorry Dad, it's covered with snow":D

[swamprat69er]

We got -12F this fine chilly A.M. Going to a high of 6F
How is the snow down in the Poconos?

[Sailor Steve]

"Sorry Dad, it's covered with snow":D
That doesn't work in Redondo Beach, CA.

[swamprat69er]

That doesn't work in Redondo Beach, CA.
Too bad, eh?

[eddie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Great_zpse95f2916.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/Great_zpse95f2916.jpg.html)

[swamprat69er]

We got a couple of inches of snow between yesterday and now. I think I might go out and blow some later, before I go to town. Temperature is -2F
That is warm enough for more snow, too.

[Wolferz]

Snowed again today. Dang it! It took me half an hour to clean the snow and ice off my truck yesterday, now I have to do it again.:-?
C'mon springtime!

[swamprat69er]

After 50 years of cleaning snow and ice off my vehicle, I got me a portable garage that I keep my Heep in now. Spotlessly clean even after the heaviest snow falls. :yeah:

We got a couple more inches today. YES! I gotta go out tomorrow, so I will clean up the windrow the plow leaves in the morning at all 4 driveways I do.

[TarJak]

38c yesterday and only 26c today. Summer is being a bit inconsistent.

[swamprat69er]

I hear you guys down there in Oz are having a bit of fun with forest fires.

[TarJak]

Yeah about a thousand klicks south of where I live. It's that time of year.

[Rhodes]

Another storm to hit the Azores (they expect 150 km/h winds and waves that may reach 25m of hight??!!:huh:) and possible in the week-end it will reach the continent!
http://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/saisons/automne/vilorageux.gif

[Tribesman]

Another storm to hit the Azores (they expect 150 km/h winds and waves that may reach 25m of hight??!!:huh:) and possible in the week-end it will reach the continent!
http://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/saisons/automne/vilorageux.gif
That should keep the surfers happy.

[Aktungbby]

That should keep the surfers happy.

Gnarley Dude! Totally rad 'combers!:up:

[Rhodes]

That should keep the surfers happy.

Gnarley Dude! Totally rad 'combers!:up:

:haha::haha::haha::up:

[Sailor Steve]

After weeks of semi-spring weather, winter is finally back! It's currently 35/1 and snowing like crazy. No complaints from me.

[August]

I'd bet you'd like winter a lot more if you had one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIwrdeP21s

[Sailor Steve]

Cute. I like all the different uses it has, even in summer. :sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

Oh look, the sun's out again. Temperature back up to 41/5, humidity 51% (was 98% while it was snowing).

[Jimbuna]

Clear blue skies, 54/12 Humidity 82% Precipitation 20% Wind 23mph

Not too bad for February :sunny:

[u crank]

Snow, snow and more snow. Second day in a row schools are canceled Island wide. It's starting to pile up.

[swamprat69er]

We got 1-2" of snow coming and some freezing rain. + another inch tomorrow. YES! No wind right now. Temp. 23F The back roof unloaded yesterday. The front one will most likely unload today.

Update, the 1-2" of snow is going to come overnite as freezing rain.:(

[swamprat69er]

The freezing rain ended up straight rain. Temp was about 36F. Temp now down to 28F and it has been snowing since about 3PM. I think we will get that 3" they've been promising.:D

[Wolferz]

I went out this morning to make a trip to the store and found my passenger door window shattered into many little pieces.:huh: Victim of the latest arctic blast I think. The cold is rough on batteries and glass.:down:
My buckboard is getting old. (19)

[Sailor Steve]

Moderately cool and raining right now. I see the east coast is getting blasted again. Not us.

[Wolferz]

Moderately cool and raining right now. I see the east coast is getting blasted again. Not us.

I guess we got a consolation prize. The snow missed us south the other day.:up:

[swamprat69er]

I went out this morning to make a trip to the store and found my passenger door window shattered into many little pieces.:huh: Victim of the latest arctic blast I think. The cold is rough on batteries and glass.:down:
My buckboard is getting old. (19)

You got glass insurance, don't you?

[Wolferz]

You got glass insurance, don't you?

No, just liability. $300.00 bill to get it fixed. Even a comprehensive policy wouldn't cover it with the standard $500.00 deductible.

That's life on this rock.:arrgh!:

[swamprat69er]

No, just liability. $300.00 bill to get it fixed. Even a comprehensive policy wouldn't cover it with the standard $500.00 deductible.

That's life on this rock.:arrgh!:
Time to go to the wreckers and get one.

[krashkart]

It's been an interesting winter this year. We had temperatures spike up into the 40's and 50's, melt all the snow off, then the temps plummeted into the minus double digits and the ground froze solid 26 inches down. Plays hell with some people's connections to the municipal water supply (pipes buried too shallow). Then the snow comes back, it stays ultra cold for a few weeks, then we get another temperature spike. Overall this winter hasn't really bothered me, but it's obvious that others are ready for spring.

[swamprat69er]

It is a good thing that my well is 176' deep and the water line is buried down 5' with a 2" layer of styrofoam directly over top of it (1" of styrofoam is equal to 1' of dirt, so in theory my water line is covered with 7' of dirt). The cold water comes out of the tap at 40*F. :up:

[krashkart]

I'm guessing whoever buried those pipes didn't anticipate a winter like this one. :hmmm:

[Wolferz]

It is a good thing that my well is 176' deep and the water line is buried down 5' with a 2" layer of styrofoam directly over top of it (1" of styrofoam is equal to 1' of dirt, so in theory my water line is covered with 7' of dirt). The cold water comes out of the tap at 40*F. :up:

I think the standard depth for water supply lines in a temperate climate is 18 inches. My well is down 90 feet and last year we had the feed freeze up where it comes into the house. Easily thawed with a drop light.
It's been much colder this year and it hasn't frozen once. I guess I got enough insulation in there to prevent it from freezing again.:up: That or the water is cleaner.

[swamprat69er]

Either that or you are using more water this year. Running water is 'not' supposed to freeze. But Niagara Falls froze twice this past winter.

[Jimbuna]

No, just liability. $300.00 bill to get it fixed. Even a comprehensive policy wouldn't cover it with the standard $500.00 deductible.

That's life on this rock.:arrgh!:

A little surprised tbh because all glass is covered in my vehicle insurance.

[Wolferz]

A little surprised tbh because all glass is covered in my vehicle insurance.

If I had a comprehensive policy it would be covered. But, you can only buy what you can afford.

[Jimbuna]

If I had a comprehensive policy it would be covered. But, you can only buy what you can afford.

Ah, right...same over here, my cover is comprehensive.

[swamprat69er]

If I had a comprehensive policy it would be covered. But, you can only buy what you can afford.
Did you get a window? Did you try the auto wreckers?

[Wolferz]

Did you get a window? Did you try the auto wreckers?

The only salvage yard around here is a U-pull it and they're bandits. Besides, pulling a door glass out of a junk vehicle is asking for trouble. I've never been keen on putting used parts on my sled. My dad was cheap that way and I refused to put used parts on his vehicles.
When you get used parts, you get used, hosed and raped. Then you end up making the same repair again. I'll be taking it to my local auto glass shop on the 18th. That was the earliest I could get an appointment so I guess mine isn't the only one that popped.:hmmm: Most salvage yards prefer selling the whole component(door) and clips. A factory glass is out of the question due to obsolescence. The auto glass shop provides lifetime nationwide warranty. Seems the only logical choice for this repair. Eh?:)

[swamprat69er]

The only salvage yard around here is a U-pull it and they're bandits. Besides, pulling a door glass out of a junk vehicle is asking for trouble. I've never been keen on putting used parts on my sled. My dad was cheap that way and I refused to put used parts on his vehicles.
When you get used parts, you get used, hosed and raped. Then you end up making the same repair again. I'll be taking it to my local auto glass shop on the 18th. That was the earliest I could get an appointment so I guess mine isn't the only one that popped.:hmmm: Most salvage yards prefer selling the whole component(door) and clips. A factory glass is out of the question due to obsolescence. The auto glass shop provides lifetime nationwide warranty. Seems the only logical choice for this repair. Eh?:)
That was the other option.:up: OEM is way too pricey.:down:

[Wolferz]

That was the other option.:up: OEM is way too pricey.:down:

Funny you should mention that. General Motors was always kind of pricey with their parts. Then they began importing them from foreign manufacturers, getting them cheaper but still charging domestic prices. Makes me wonder why they needed to be bailed out when the recession started. So they had trouble selling their cars but still made bank on parts.
Greed from their investors and management?

[swamprat69er]

Funny you should mention that. General Motors was always kind of pricey with their parts. Then they began importing them from foreign manufacturers, getting them cheaper but still charging domestic prices. Makes me wonder why they needed to be bailed out when the recession started. So they had trouble selling their cars but still made bank on parts.
Greed from their investors and management?

Back in the day when one could actually fix a car/pickup themselves I ran GM's exclusively. 64 Pontiac, 2 59 Pontiacs, 65 Chev, I could get all my parts from the wreckers. (you need to remember that I had 6 Auto wreckers with 30 miles of me, plus all the farmers that always had one or two derelicts laying out in the field.) Parts were easy to get and easier to match up. Parts were cheap. Parts were also made in either the USA or Canada. Now the parts are made in Mexico or another third world country and they are expensive. I think Corporate greed is involved there, big time.

My money bailed out Generous Motors, but I haven't seen one thin dime of it back in interest. As far as I am concerned, I will never own another GM vehicle again.

My Jeep Wrangler has been really reliable and the parts are expensive, but when this one is no longer fit, I will get me another one.

I think that the only truly greedy ones there are the corporate management.

I don't see a problem with investors getting dividends on their money IF the company is making money. But if it is not, then why not cut the dividends a bit? It has been done before and companies have survived.

[Wolferz]

GM = Government Motors.:03: A former GM CEO was once quoted as saying...
"If it's good for General Motors it's good for America. If it's good for America it's good for General Motors."
I've always been a GM guy. I was a GM Parts guy for close to twenty years. My first car was a Dodge and it was a rag. I've been driving Chevys ever since. Mainly because they are, or were, engineered with the mechanic in mind. Heck, even the weapon I carried in basic training was made by GM.:haha:
Every Ford I ever worked on made me cuss and throw tools. :-? Chrysler products weren't much better.:down:

[swamprat69er]

GM = Government Motors.:03: A former GM CEO was once quoted as saying...
"If it's good for General Motors it's good for America. If it's good for America it's good for General Motors."
I've always been a GM guy. I was a GM Parts guy for close to twenty years. My first car was a Dodge and it was a rag. I've been driving Chevys ever since. Mainly because they are, or were, engineered with the mechanic in mind. Heck, even the weapon I carried in basic training was made by GM.:haha:
Every Ford I ever worked on made me cuss and throw tools. :-? Chrysler products weren't much better.:down:

F'n' Old Rebuilt Dodge [edited to keep from getting in trouble, again.]
Chrysler products in general IF the dog pees on the tire, they won't start. The only Chryco product that has been any good to me has been my Jeep.

I will not buy any car/truck that hasn't been built in North America. Keep Canadians/Americans working, buy Canadian/American.

I used to get my GM parts at 'dealer trade', but that fell by the wayside when my favourite parts guy retired and I bailed on GM vehicles.

[Wolferz]

Fess up Swamprat. You drove a Corvair back in the day, didn't you?:03::haha:
Or a '58 Chevy with the floorboards rusted out. The modern day Flintmobile.:haha:

[Armistead]

What a mess, another 5 inches of snow and it's a blizzard out there now...but will be near 70 degrees tomorrow.

[Wolferz]

What a mess, another 5 inches of snow and it's a blizzard out there now...but will be near 70 degrees tomorrow.

Only one day for skiing? Bummer!:wah:

Our snow had gotten solid enough to walk on top of it without sinking. Low 40's today has softened it a touch.:yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

Fess up Swamprat. You drove a Corvair back in the day, didn't you?:03::haha:
I learned to drive in a 1962 Corvair Monza convertible. I liked that car. :sunny:

[swamprat69er]

Fess up Swamprat. You drove a Corvair back in the day, didn't you?:03::haha:
Or a '58 Chevy with the floorboards rusted out. The modern day Flintmobile.:haha:

My first car was a 1950 Ford. It was almost all there. No floorboards, you could literally see the road going past. Sat on a milk can.
2 nd car was a 1961 Morris Oxford. Painted British Racing Green. Nice car, fast. Was way faster after I put the Austin Healy motor in it.
Never owned or drove a Corvair.
My buddy had a '58 Chev that was an auto matic 283, he changed it to a 4 spd standard 348 and 2x 4bbls progressive linkage. Now that was a fast car.:yeah:

The first car I ever drove was a 1947 Plymouth. I stole (took it without the owners' permission) it from our driveway while Mum & Dad were out of town getting drunk at a Grey Cup party. I did that twice. I was in my 40s when I fessed up to Dad. He admitted that he figured it was me, but he didn't care because the car was back where it was supposed to be (backed in the driveway) and with more gas in it than when he parked it.

[Jimbuna]

The first car I ever drove was a 1947 Plymouth. I stole (took it without the owners' permission) it from our driveway while Mum & Dad were out of town getting drunk at a Grey Cup party. I did that twice. I was in my 40s when I fessed up to Dad. He admitted that he figured it was me, but he didn't care because the car was back where it was supposed to be (backed in the driveway) and with more gas in it than when he parked it.

Fingers crossed my kids don't ever read this, although the putting of fuel back in would probably be enough to scare them off :)

[Wolferz]

Mine was a '62 Ford Galaxy 500 that dad bought for my older brother and I. But in his eyes it was his car. So much so that he thought he could prevent me from using it by removing the power steering pump. Fooled him though. I didn't want to use it. I preferred dad's 67 Plymouth Sports Fury. That was a nice car. So I waited until I got a job and bought a '72 Dodge Charger practically new.:up: It was a demo that the dealer owner's wife had driven for a year. I put that car through hell.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Wait for it...wait for it.

[Armistead]

I thought this was winter....

anyway, my first car was a 69 olds 442, give anything to have that back. Had a few clunkers, but had a 72 Dodge Charger I later totaled....

Back to winter, 200,000 people without power in the triad area, most are being told 4-8 days before fixed. Glad we missed all the ice 30 minutes away, just snow...

[Sailor Steve]

Beautiful day here in the mountains - high was 59F/15C. Expected low tonight will be a little chilly. More of the same for the next two days, then possible snow Tuesday.

[swamprat69er]

I thought this was winter....



Back to winter, 200,000 people without power in the triad area, most are being told 4-8 days before fixed. Glad we missed all the ice 30 minutes away, just snow...

Where is the triad area?

[Armistead]

Where is the triad area?

NC...mid-state

[swamprat69er]

Thanks

[Wolferz]

Heralded by daylight savings time.
Spring your clocks forward at 02:00 on Sunday here in most of America.

Time travel. You gotta love it.:D
People complain about losing an hour of sleep. Well, go to bed an hour earlier for Pete's sake.:-?

Update: I decided, at the behest of a friend, to check around on replacing my passenger door glass and got a much better price than the one I scheduled with Safelite. Like $200.00 less and they're coming to my home to effect the repair. Safelite wanted me to bring the truck to their shop because they were scared of the cold. They also couldn't get to it until the 18th.:-? Now I'll have it fixed this coming Tuesday. A whole week sooner.:up:

[Jimbuna]

Same lifetime nationwide warranty?

[swamprat69er]

Same lifetime nationwide warranty?

5/5, 5 seconds or 5" of movement and the warranty is gone. BUT it is cheaper and I don't blame him at all.
I busted the back window out of my Jeep Wrangler TJ 4 years ago. Chrysler wanted $400.oo for the replacement glass and another $200.oo for the hinges. So far I have put in 2 pieces of plywood and two hardware store hinges....Total cost $50.oo I have outside rear view mirrors, so I don't need to see out the back window.

[Wolferz]

Same lifetime nationwide warranty?

Probably no better than the warranty on a Midas muffler. One dent and it's done. I wouldn't put it past them to ding the thing themselves when you're not looking.:-?

So, I don't really care about the warranty in regard to the glass.
I probably rolled it up too tightly for the temperatures and POP! It busted.
:huh:

29 and clear here in the Poconos today.:up:

[Lionclaw]

Nice sunny day today, around 11°C in the sunlight. :sunny:

Could take my cap and gloves off when I was out walking.

[swamprat69er]

I always leave my windows down about 1/16" when i am parking in the portable garage. it helps with the icing and steaming thing.

[Skybird]

Northwest Germany, close to the Dutch border: first bicycle tour of the year today under a friendly, golden sun. In T-Shirt and shorts. I found it almost too warm already (I have troubles with warm temperatures).

[Jimbuna]

Probably no better than the warranty on a Midas muffler. One dent and it's done. I wouldn't put it past them to ding the thing themselves when you're not looking.:-?

So, I don't really care about the warranty in regard to the glass.
I probably rolled it up too tightly for the temperatures and POP! It busted.
:huh:

29 and clear here in the Poconos today.:up:

I always leave my windows down about 1/16" when i am parking in the portable garage. it helps with the icing and steaming thing.

I simply give thanks we seldom get temperatures anywhere as low as you both do.

Mind you, I have seen neighbours throw a pan of hot water on a frozen windscreen on rare occasions and look puzzled as to why the glass shatters :)

[swamprat69er]

I'm glad you Brits don't get the sub zero temps that we in Canada get. Even down south in PA, they hardly ever get as cold as we do. I see no point in the rest of the world having to endure the -40+ temps we get.
For you grammar buffs, is it expressed as the temperature is down to -40 plus? Or down to minus 40 negative?:)

[Madox58]

For you grammar buffs, is it expressed as the temperature is down to -40 plus? Or down to minus 40 negative?:)

Steve will be along shortly.
:D

[Wolferz]

I simply give thanks we seldom get temperatures anywhere as low as you both do.

Mind you, I have seen neighbours throw a pan of hot water on a frozen windscreen on rare occasions and look puzzled as to why the glass shatters :)

Not to mention hot water freezes just as fast or faster than cold water.:rotfl2:

It's almost as intelligent as pouring cold water in a radiator without the motor running.:huh: Why did my motor block crack?

[swamprat69er]

Yup. Cold water in a hot block will do the same as hot water on a cold windshield. Mess up the rest of your day.:wah:

[Sailor Steve]

For you grammar buffs, is it expressed as the temperature is down to -40 plus? Or down to minus 40 negative?:)
I'm not sure on that one, and I couldn't express it properly to get a good reading off of Google, but I believe that "plus" or "minus" in this instance is slang, and doesn't come under grammar rules. I think it should be <any temperature> "or lower", "or higher".

[Madox58]

in this instance is slang, and doesn't come under grammar rules.

I was thinking math rules myself.
So -40+ would be proper depending on what comes after +. Which would affect the final results with the proper up or down Brass Monkey rateing.
:D

[swamprat69er]

So -40+20 would be -60 N O T -20?:)

[Sailor Steve]

I think my way removes any confusion. :D

[Madox58]

So -40+20 would be -60 N O T -20?:)

No.
-40 + 20 = -20
Do it in Calculator.
:D

-40 + -20 = -60

If your like me? Stick to numbers you can use your finger and toes to count on. Like 5 or 10.
:haha:

[nikimcbee]

2 days ago, pruned roses in shorts and a t-shirt.:sunny:

[swamprat69er]

How about, 'the brass monkey says it was 40 degrees below zero last nite, but it was 20 degrees colder the nite before.'
Using that reasoning, negatives go down and positives go up.

[Madox58]

Ya it is a nice 70+ here in Hayward, Californication. :sunny:

[Madox58]

How about, 'the brass monkey says it was 40 degrees below zero last nite, but it was 20 degrees colder the nite before.'
Using that reasoning, negatives go down and positives go up.

Correct.
It also opens the door to grammer judgement.
Which would again be Steve's department.
:D

[swamprat69er]

Ya it is a nice 70+ here in Hayward, Californication. :sunny:
:sunny:Gotcha beat!:D 74F here in the man cave. 18 outside and snowing.

[Wolferz]

:sunny:Gotcha beat!:D 74F here in the man cave. 18 outside and snowing.
Time for a swim in a great lake?:O:

[swamprat69er]

Time for a swim in a great lake?:O:
The closest Great Lake is over 4 hours away. Lake Nipissing is still solid as is the only Lake in North America that does NOT have an island in it. lake Bernard.

[Aktungbby]

2 days ago, pruned roses in shorts and a t-shirt.:sunny:

Ya it is a nice 70+ here in Hayward, Californication. :sunny:

:sunny:Gotcha beat!:D 74F here in the man cave. 18 outside and snowing.:rock::salute::sunny:

[Jimbuna]

:sunny:Gotcha beat!:D 74F here in the man cave. 18 outside and snowing.

Similar here (must have the same man cave heating system) :)

Only difference being 48 outside :sunny:

[swamprat69er]

Similar here (must have the same man cave heating system) :)

Only difference being 48 outside :sunny:
We let the basement wood stove go out. Just using the main floor stove now. We got pepper plant seedlings growing right beside it.

Temperature here this fine AM, 28F and we got 3" of snow for me to blow.:up:

[Wolferz]

We let the basement wood stove go out. Just using the main floor stove now. We got pepper plant seedlings growing right beside it.

Temperature here this fine AM, 28F and we got 3" of snow for me to blow.:up:
Break out the Hufflepuff. :up:

[swamprat69er]

Break out the Hufflepuff. :up:
Block heater has been plugged in for an hour, now. I will go out after breakfast.

[Skybird]

Around 30°C over here, in the garden. Ich glaub ich spinne. News says its a record, warmest March since almost half a century. Still 25°C in the shadows.

[swamprat69er]

I went out at 11 this morning and blew my drive way and 3 neighbours too. Got back in 1 1/2 hours later to find out the hydro went out. The genny isn't ready to go to work yet.

[Wolferz]

I went out at 11 this morning and blew my drive way and 3 neighbours too. Got back in 1 1/2 hours later to find out the hydro went out. The genny isn't ready to go to work yet.

Translation: Your well pump went out because the generator wouldn't start?:06:

[swamprat69er]

Translation: Your well pump went out because the generator wouldn't start?:06:
I haven't wired the genny into the house yet. Way too much snow.

[Wolferz]

I went out at 11 this morning and blew my drive way and 3 neighbours too. Got back in 1 1/2 hours later to find out the hydro went out. The genny isn't ready to go to work yet.

I bet the neighbors looked at you funny.:03::haha:

[Armistead]

After our bad ice and snow storm last week, the ground still soaked we had storms with high winds 40-60mph. So all those damaged trees came down again and more power outages. One poor fellow was killed driving by a falling tree..I'll be out with the chainsaw again all weekend.

[Wolferz]

9 degrees this morning headed for a high of 19 and blowing snow.:-?:down:

[swamprat69er]

After our bad ice and snow storm last week, the ground still soaked we had storms with high winds 40-60mph. So all those damaged trees came down again and more power outages. One poor fellow was killed driving by a falling tree..I'll be out with the chainsaw again all weekend.

Almost makes you want to clear cut the whole place. At the start of winter I lost two trees from beside the house. I had the snow blower on the tractor so I had to move them with the Jeep instead. Shoved them to the back of the field and I will deal with them this spring. I will deal with the stumps when I put the loader back on.

[Armistead]

Almost makes you want to clear cut the whole place. At the start of winter I lost two trees from beside the house. I had the snow blower on the tractor so I had to move them with the Jeep instead. Shoved them to the back of the field and I will deal with them this spring. I will deal with the stumps when I put the loader back on.

I've got 3 big trees that concern me, one on the hill that leans towards my house....Got to get that sucker down and at least trim the big oaks way down.

[swamprat69er]

I've got 3 big trees that concern me, one on the hill that leans towards my house....Got to get that sucker down and at least trim the big oaks way down.
Look at all the firewood you will have with those Oaks!:up:

[Wolferz]

Still have some winter left to endure. Although yesterday marked twelve hours of sunlight, thanks to daylight savings time. Now the days get progressively longer with the spring equinox scheduled for 16:47 hours UTC on March 20th.:yeah:
It's still colder than a witch's heart and a well digger's heel around hyere.:nope:

[swamprat69er]

Still have some winter left to endure. Although yesterday marked twelve hours of sunlight, thanks to daylight savings time. Now the days get progressively longer with the spring equinox scheduled for 16:47 hours UTC on March 20th.:yeah:
It's still colder than a witch's heart and a well digger's heel around hyere.:nope:
Its' not all that warm up here either. 10 above right now, tomorrow we will get a little above freezing, but not much. Forecast got changed. Low; 3 high;31wind;ESE 10-20mph

[Armistead]

Another ice storm here in NC today and worse tonight, mostly black ice and 100's of wrecks everywhere...

[swamprat69er]

Another ice storm here in NC today and worse tonight, mostly black ice and 100's of wrecks everywhere...
You stay safe!
Re the leaning Oak, maybe you had better get a professional tree removal company to come in and take it down.
The rest of them for trimming I still say look at the firewood you will get.

[Wolferz]

You stay safe!
Re the leaning Oak, maybe you had better get a professional tree removal company to come in and take it down.
The rest of them for trimming I still say look at the firewood you will get.


Cut them in the AM and you'll have morning wood.:03::har:

[swamprat69er]

Cut them in the AM and you'll have morning wood.:03::har:
:har::har:

[Armistead]

You stay safe!
Re the leaning Oak, maybe you had better get a professional tree removal company to come in and take it down.
The rest of them for trimming I still say look at the firewood you will get.

Guy wanted $1200 to take it down, so it'll stand until my friend can cap it enough that it doesn't hit the house.. I have the house highly insured, one I'm fixing up. It's about 50% done and the side not finished is the kitchen area. If it lands there it shouldn't harm my wife, she's never in there.

[swamprat69er]

Guy wanted $1200 to take it down, so it'll stand until my friend can cap it enough that it doesn't hit the house.. I have the house highly insured, one I'm fixing up. It's about 50% done and the side not finished is the kitchen area. If it lands there it shouldn't harm my wife, she's never in there.
Is that 1200.oo and he keep the wood?

[u crank]

It's about 50% done and the side not finished is the kitchen area. If it lands there it shouldn't harm my wife, she's never in there.

http://i.imgur.com/wJDiyyw.jpg

[Armistead]

Is that 1200.oo and he keep the wood?

Leaves it all here, but a big mess for me....

[swamprat69er]

Leaves it all here, but a big mess for me....
Then you get the wood. Bonus for you.

[Jimbuna]

Leaves it all here, but a big mess for me....

Don't do it...many years ago I was charged £250 to rid me of a tree in the rear garden. I wanted the stump left standing about 4' from the ground to act as a base for a feeding table for the birds.

The guy and his helper came and chainsawed the tree branches off. putting them into his wagon bit by bit and leaving the main section of the trunk lying on the lawn saying he'd be back at the weekend to collect it, he wanted it to make garden furniture out of.

Muggins (me) paid him and the twunt never returned!!!

[Armistead]

Then you get the wood. Bonus for you.

No,big mess....take me a week to saw and cut up all that...He wanted another $1000 to do it and chip up the branches...taking all the wood of course..

The tree will stand for now until my friend can get up here and cap it for dinner and beer..

[swamprat69er]

No! If he wants the wood he can 'do' the tree for the wood.

[Sailor Steve]

We had a light dusting of snow last night. Now it's warming up again.

[Aktungbby]

No,big mess....take me a week to saw and cut up all that...He wanted another $1000 to do it and chip up the branches...taking all the wood of course..The tree will stand for now until my friend can get up here and cap it for dinner and beer..

NAH! take the Minne$ota way out (a little Brigg$ and $tratton BBY) and $ave on the grand; you'll need a Hamm'$ fer $ure "you Betcha"! Ju$t bu$ine$$... nuthin per$onal!:Dhttp://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/fAOeBDuWa3FAWGOXV8L3VA/l.jpg

[Wolferz]

I agree with bby. Spend the money on a chainsaw, or better yet, an ax. Then you can get some exercise other than walking by the Dan.:03::up: Make sure that Bear stays out of the way.

I had a Birch tree in the back corner of the lot. It got sick and ate up by Saprobes. After it had been sufficiently consumed, I just pushed it over.:O:

[swamprat69er]

chainsaw might come in handy for threatening the cook to cook.:D

[Wolferz]

chainsaw might come in handy for threatening the cook to cook.:D
Use it on himself?:O::haha:

[swamprat69er]

Use it on himself?:O::haha:
Traditionally, the wife cooks and the hubby works. But I guess we are not talking a 'traditional' household here.:doh:

[Armistead]

Traditionally, the wife cooks and the hubby works. But I guess we are not talking a 'traditional' household here.:doh:


My wife only believes in traditions that apply to men...My wife cooks with a phone.

[swamprat69er]

My wife only believes in traditions that apply to men...My wife cooks with a phone.
Yummy and crunchie.:haha: Tastes a bit like plastic?

[Armistead]

Yummy and crunchie.:haha: Tastes a bit like plastic?

She orders out, cept on grocery night we use the microwave..

[Jimbuna]

My wife only believes in traditions that apply to men...My wife cooks with a phone.

Love it :sunny:

Will show the wife that when I'm UTI and feeling brave :)

[Wolferz]

...I feel for ya Armistead. Maybe you should have found an Aunt Bea instead of the trophy wife.:03:

Now, let's dis cuss the weather. &*^%$#@

[swamprat69er]

If that Oak is big enough in diameter and straight it would make nice boards. If not, then firewood.

[August]

Don't do it...many years ago I was charged £250 to rid me of a tree in the rear garden. I wanted the stump left standing about 4' from the ground to act as a base for a feeding table for the birds.

The guy and his helper came and chainsawed the tree branches off. putting them into his wagon bit by bit and leaving the main section of the trunk lying on the lawn saying he'd be back at the weekend to collect it, he wanted it to make garden furniture out of.

Muggins (me) paid him and the twunt never returned!!!

That'd not likely happen around here. They're getting $250 bucks a cord for firewood.

[swamprat69er]

That'd not likely happen around here. They're getting $250 bucks a cord for firewood.
Most of the ones around here even sell punky wood for their $300.oo/cord. The guy I have gives it to me for $270.oo/cord mainly because I am never in a rush for it and he can deliver me a pickup load (1/3 of a cord) on his way to town. He knows that if I should run short I have no problem going to his place to grab a third myself. I have never found any punk in his wood. All Maple, Oak, Beech and Yellow Birch.

[Wolferz]

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.:D:up: I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.:rock:
I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.:haha:

[swamprat69er]

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.:D:up: I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.:rock:
I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.:haha:
You also live where the coal is cheap. That helps.

[Gerald]

This weekend 10-12 degrees Celsius and sunny,payback time. :cool:

[Jimbuna]

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.:D:up: I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.:rock:
I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.:haha:

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal :o

[swamprat69er]

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal :o
Last time for me was wwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in the '50's.

[Jimbuna]

Last time for me was wwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in the '50's.

For me I think the 80's ish.

[Aktungbby]

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal :o

LORRIES! my GANDU! some of us are older (pit ponies); but I recall the coal haulers in West Viginia and eastern Kentucky from my driven' days!:O:http://coalgeology.com/photogallery/var/resizes/Coal-Gallery-at-American-Museum-of-Science-%26-Energy-Foundation-/065.jpg?m=1358477033https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/p206x206/734272_326786850758795_512238916_n.jpg

[Jimbuna]

We get coal delivered to the Port of Tyne and transferred onto railway trucks to be transferred to the odd power station but that's about it these days.

[swamprat69er]

I ran with coal haulers when I hauled down to the 'states. Don't do that no more.

[Wolferz]

Didn't they close all of your coal mines over there, Jim?

I can relate to sharing the road with those eastern Kentucky coal trucks. Those drivers are all nutz! :doh:

My coal guy hauls straight from the breaker here in the northern Appalachians and he supplements his income by hauling fuel oil too. He's a German immigrant descendant named Streit.

[Jimbuna]

Didn't they close all of your coal mines over there, Jim?

I can relate to sharing the road with those eastern Kentucky coal trucks. Those drivers are all nutz! :doh:

My coal guy hauls straight from the breaker here in the northern Appalachians and he supplements his income by hauling fuel oil too. He's a German immigrant descendant named Streit.

Yep, just a few opencast left as far as I am aware.

When I was a kid just about every terraced house had a coal bunker in the backyard.

[TarJak]

The steam powered UK of Jim's day is long gone. his tv is still steam powered though.

[GT182]

... Makes me glad I use coal.

Makes me even gladder I use natural gas for heating. :D

I just know what the the response will be to that one. So no, it's not methane.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Invested in two heat pumps this past year, has cut our heating bill almost in half.

[Wolferz]

You also live where the coal is cheap. That helps.

From what I hear, if the Chinese keep buying it up to run their foundries, that could change.:nope:

[swamprat69er]

Invested in two heat pumps this past year, has cut our heating bill almost in half.
How is your hydro bill?

[Wolferz]

How is your hydro bill?

Zero.:up: Except for the few pennies of electricity it takes to pump it out of the ground.

Edit: Doh! You're talking about electricity, eh?:D
I don't get my power from Hydro One like you do. So I didn't know what you were referring to until I looked it up.:haha: Solid proof that one's IQ can only be accurately measured by where you happen to be standing at the time.:know:
My electric bills run around $200.00 a month. It would be cheaper if my stepson wouldn't stay up all friggin night!:stare: Plus, we have baseboard electric heat on the main floor. The coal stoker only supplements that heat by warming the basement and the floors. The coal stove operates off a thermostat placed @ half way up the basement steps, controlling the feed and the convection fans according to temperature. It actually heats the house well enough that the electrics rarely come on. Towards the end of January I ran out of coal and the wife waited a few days before calling the supplier and we had to run the electrics for a couple of weeks during that polar vortex.
Women! Can't live with' em, can't depend on' em, can't kill' em.:hmmm::03:

[swamprat69er]

Zero.:up: Except for the few pennies of electricity it takes to pump it out of the ground.

Edit: Doh! You're talking about electricity, eh?:D
I don't get my power from Hydro One like you do. So I didn't know what you were referring to until I looked it up.:haha: Solid proof that one's IQ can only be accurately measured by where you happen to be standing at the time.:know:
My electric bills run around $200.00 a month. It would be cheaper if my stepson wouldn't stay up all friggin night!:stare: Plus, we have baseboard electric heat on the main floor. The coal stoker only supplements that heat by warming the basement and the floors. The coal stove operates off a thermostat placed @ half way up the basement steps, controlling the feed and the convection fans according to temperature. It actually heats the house well enough that the electrics rarely come on. Towards the end of January I ran out of coal and the wife waited a few days before calling the supplier and we had to run the electrics for a couple of weeks during that polar vortex.
Women! Can't live with' em, can't depend on' em, can't kill' em.:hmmm::03:
Sorry for the confusion. The way you say 'eh' at the end of a sentance I thought you might be a misplaced Canadian. I forgot that down there in the sunny, snowy south you call hydro electricity 'electric'.
My 'electric' bills were $100.oo+/- $20.oo twenty years ago. Now they are $196.oo/month. I heat with wood almost exclusively and when the wood stove upstairs in the main part of the house goes out, then the oil furnace kicks in. I also have a wood stove in the basement. One winter I tried heating totally with the oil furnace.....$3,000.oo later I never tried that again. Firewood costs me $2,000.oo/season, cut, split and delivered.
If I was 30 years younger, then would go with a heat pump and probably see a return on my investment, eh?

[Wolferz]

...the Great White North and I kind of picked up on the lingo a bit.
I paid my first visit to your country before I was even born and I've been back many times since.:up::O: I've always enjoyed my brief stays.
I take it your power supplier generates via Agua and gravity. Mine comes from fission just over a neighboring ridge.:sunny:
Fuel oil boiler? Heaven forbid!:huh:

[swamprat69er]

Hydro One uses nuclear energy, now. The 'fuel oil' boiler is just a forced air hot air furnace.
during the times that we stupid Ontarions don't use enough electricity to suit Hydro One, they (HO) give it away to Michigan and New York states and we Ontarions pay through the nose for it. Win, win for the hydro company. Lose, lose for the rest of us.

[ReallyDedPoet]

How is your hydro bill?

In January of this year our bill was $350.00 Canadian. That is two heat pumps, domestic electricity and an electric hot water heater. Very happy with them.

[Wolferz]

Let's face it guys, winter SUCKS!

Really cold winters SUCK double. Because it sucks all your money out of your wallet.

[swamprat69er]

Let's face it guys, winter SUCKS!

Really cold winters SUCK double. Because it sucks all your money out of your wallet.
That is why I pray for lots of snow. When the temps are below zero F, very seldom does it snow. The temperature must warm up to snow.

[BrucePartington]

The Winter/Spring equinox took place today. Days are now growing bigger than nights.

It's been a harsh Winter. It rained so much and for so long here, I thought I was living in Asia during monsoon season. Even thought of growing rice in my backyard.
Spring is very welcome.
Cheers:Kaleun_Cheers:

[swamprat69er]

The Winter/Spring equinox took place today. Days are now growing bigger than nights.

It's been a harsh Winter. It rained so much and for so long here, I thought I was living in Asia during monsoon season. Even thought of growing rice in my backyard.
Spring is very welcome.
Cheers:Kaleun_Cheers:
:haha: I think they are doing that in Somerset.:haha:

[Armistead]

Yet another possible bad winter storm for us starting Monday...I hope not.

http://www.ncpiedmontweather.com/2014/03/20/noreaster-now-likely-324-325/

[swamprat69er]

Pray for snow! None of that freezing rain crap.

[swamprat69er]

I paid my first visit to your country before I was even born

Oh!No! You Dad wasn't one of the guys I partied with in Yorkville, was he?:haha:

[Jimbuna]

:haha: I think they are doing that in Somerset.:haha:

LOL :)

[Wolferz]

Oh!No! You Dad wasn't one of the guys I partied with in Yorkville, was he?:haha:

You never can tell.:haha: My pop was a truck driver and he did like to party in his younger days.:up: I, myself have partied in Alberta with the Moose Army.:up: I like their medium tents. Warm and cozy they were.:woot:
Not like that cold and leaky canvas crap we were issued.

[swamprat69er]

I ran out of Medicine Hat, Alberta from 1977-79. A great time was had by all:up:.

[Wolferz]

I ran out of Medicine Hat, Alberta from 1977-79. A great time was had by all:up:.

Did your legs get sore?:O:

[Jimbuna]

Did your legs get sore?:O:

Oh dear me :)

[swamprat69er]

Did your legs get sore?:O:
I was in good shape for the shape I was in.:haha:

[Wolferz]

I was in good shape for the shape I was in.:haha:
I know. The clutch leg is a force to be reckoned with but, it makes us run funny.:O:

My CDL instructors were in awe because I could hold the clutch at a traffic light without getting the shaky leg. Then they accused me of having prior experience.:shifty:

[swamprat69er]

I know. The clutch leg is a force to be reckoned with but, it makes us run funny.:O:

My CDL instructors were in awe because I could hold the clutch at a traffic light without getting the shaky leg. Then they accused me of having prior experience.:shifty:
Lock your knee and anything is possible.:D

[Wolferz]

Lock your knee and anything is possible.:D

Didn't have my knee locked.:hulk: My legs are too long.:rotfl2:

Weather forecast is calling for a warm up into the mid sixties next week.:up:

Spring will be here....for a minute.:hmm2:

[swamprat69er]

We wont see any decent weather until at least next Sunday, so they say.

[Jimbuna]

Should allow this thread to thaw out then :)

[swamprat69er]

It has been a little chilly.:D

[Wolferz]

Should allow this thread to thaw out then :)

Cool.:up::03::O:

[Armistead]

Our big blizzard called last week hopefully now is just a dusting...1-3 inches.

[swamprat69er]

After what you've put up with this past winter, you should be able to handle 1-3" standing on your head in the corner whistling dixie.:D

[Armistead]

I put grass seed down today...:D

[ReallyDedPoet]

Big blizzard heading towards the Maritimes for Wednesday, lots of snow and high winds.

[u crank]

Yep. Nor'easter here on the Island. 30 to 40 cm and high winds. Sounds like fun.

You live on the good coast RDP?:hmmm:

[swamprat69er]

I put grass seed down today...:D

A little bit of snow wont hurt it. The snow will also give the seed water to germinate.

[Armistead]

A little bit of snow wont hurt it. The snow will also give the seed water to germinate.

that's the hope...

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yep. Nor'easter here on the Island. 30 to 40 cm and high winds. Sounds like fun.

You live on the good coast RDP?:hmmm:

Yes :yep::rock:

[u crank]

Yes :yep::rock:

Cool. I guess we're gettin' some snow. My grandson asked at supper tonight while discussing the coming storm..does it snow in summertime? :D

[ReallyDedPoet]

Cool. I guess we're gettin' some snow. My grandson asked at supper tonight while discussing the coming storm..does it snow in summertime? :D

:haha:

With the winter we have had :o you could see why he would ask :yep:

[swamprat69er]

You guys down east are also looking at hurricane force 3 winds along with the snow. Stay safe!

[ReallyDedPoet]

You guys down east are also looking at hurricane force 3 winds along with the snow. Stay safe!

Thanks :yep:

http://s28.postimg.org/7hqpv21h9/batten_down_the_hatches_1250x1096.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

845

In preparation for tomorrow : o

[August]

I'll be heading right into the teeth of it when I drive out to Cape Cod tomorrow morning.

[ReallyDedPoet]

I'll be heading right into the teeth of it when I drive out to Cape Cod tomorrow morning.


Noontime start here. Drive safe.

[swamprat69er]

I'll be heading right into the teeth of it when I drive out to Cape Cod tomorrow morning.
Is it life or death that you go?

[August]

Is it life or death that you go?

Good point!

[swamprat69er]

Yesterday there was a 50% chance of snow. We got 3.5". So today I will have to blow it.
Todays' temperature is -12F going for a high of 22F 60% chance of a few snow showers. Does this mean that we will get another 3.5"? I hope so.

[u crank]

The storm has hit in all it's fury. Can't see the houses across the street. Current wind speed here, Charlottetown, is 73 km/h. Predicting gusts up to 110 km/h over night and 15 cm more snow. Also a big danger of storm surge on the north shore during high tide. Really bad now along the Bay of Fundy. Weather Network reports gust there at 190 km/h. That's a hurricane. Safe to say no work or school tomorrow.

I hate winter.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Not to make light of the situation, but this is pretty funny: http://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU

Sorry if it was already posted.

[Wolferz]

Not to make light of the situation, but this is pretty funny: http://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU

Sorry if it was already posted.

:haha: That's actually not far from the truth when you go to the grocery and find the bread and dairy aisles ransacked by the thunderous hordes who stock up on more perishables than they can eat before the goods expire. :roll:

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://s30.postimg.org/mgtpg9qvl/PCH.jpg

Not much to see :o:o

[u crank]

Not much to see :o:o

Looks the same out my windows.:D

Restrictions are posted for the Confederation Bridge. No high-sided vehicles.

If there is an upside..... we're going to Cuba in three weeks. If it was today...:wah: