More snow!

[Armistead]

They say we could get 10-12 inches here in NC...many already losing power along the trek.....prepare now...

[Wolferz]

Cry baby.:wah::haha:

[Jimbuna]

Stay safe matey :salute:

[Alex]

I wish it would snow, so I could complain about it. :hmph:

( :88) )

[nikimcbee]

They say we could get 10-12 inches here in NC...many already losing power along the trek.....prepare now...

at least you've got your cooking skills down.:D

[nikimcbee]

I've had my fill of snow for the year. 7 inches was enough thank you. Thankfully it rained and it is all gone now.

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[Peter Cremer]

They say we could get 10-12 inches here in NC...many already losing power along the trek.....prepare now...

Just 15 miles South of Greensboro, and daring it to snow. Not really. I do have a snow shovel I bought several years ago and have never used. Now may be the time.:down:

Edit: Now it's Thursday and snow storm is about over. Went out to shovel snow/ice with new shovel. Quit after only 10 minutes when 'new' shovel broke. Chinese plastic. Can't fix it. Can't return it. Can stay inside and play games on the PC until Spring.

[Red October1984]

I've been out of school for a week and a half. It's finally warming up.... You're getting what gave us half an inch the other day.

My family in Wilmington are freaking out because of the ice.

[swamprat69er]

Stay safe people and enjoy the beauty of it falling.

[Oberon]

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Yeah, if it would stop snowing and screwing with the Jet Stream, thus putting most of South-West England under water and giving us hurricane force winds, that'd be great...


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[Red October1984]

All you Brits do is complain about the weather. :O:

[TarJak]

You could send some snow over to Sochi.

[Onkel Neal]

thank goodness for global warming, can you imagine how cold it would be without it?

[Jimbuna]

You could send some snow over to Sochi.

Nope, not much in the way of snow but plenty of wind and rain.

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[AVGWarhawk]

Busy with FEMA today...generators, water, MRE. Sadly, this storm was called into play a week ago. Today was the day the big switch was hit to start moving supplies. This should have been done 2 days ago.

[fireftr18]

All you Brits do is complain about the weather. :O:

Doesn't everyone?

[Betonov]

Half of the snow melted already. After a week it fell under a meter in 4 days.
And now half the country is flooded.

And a thanks to all the Yenks here. The US army donated 10 heavy duty generators to our civil defence. They'll be needed :up:

[Red October1984]

Doesn't everyone?

If everyone does, I guess i'm the exception. I'm not complaining about this at all. :D

[Oberon]

I really think that our government needs to get on the phone to the Dutch, if there's anyone who knows how to handle water it's them. :yep:

[Platapus]

I don't know about the rest of the East Coast, but in my neighbourhood it is guaranteed that we will get no snow.

Data points

1. Earlier this week, I pulled out my snow blower and found it dead. Weather forecast changes to heavy snow. Makes sense with my luck.

2. The last time I bought a snow blower, we did not have snow for the following three winters.

3. Last night, I purchased a new snow blower. After spending all that money, there is no way it will snow!


Coincidence?
Or just my usual bad luck? :D

I can influence the weather!

[swamprat69er]

I don't know about the rest of the East Coast, but in my neighbourhood it is guaranteed that we will get no snow.

Data points

1. Earlier this week, I pulled out my snow blower and found it dead. Weather forecast changes to heavy snow. Makes sense with my luck.

2. The last time I bought a snow blower, we did not have snow for the following three winters.

3. Last night, I purchased a new snow blower. After spending all that money, there is no way it will snow!


Coincidence?
Or just my usual bad luck? :D

I can influence the weather!

So can I. In 2012 I bought a new snow blower and it hasn't snowed a significant amount since then. :wah: $31,000.oo down the drain.

[u crank]

2. The last time I bought a snow blower, we did not have snow for the following three winters.


So what you are saying is....

I am not buying a snow blower.

:O:

[Armistead]

Yea, I bitstrip my wife for fun on FB....My new one for today...


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[nikimcbee]

All you Brits do is complain about the weather. :O:

...and cricket results.

[GT182]

Just started snowing here in northern Delaware. We're supposed to get up to 10"s where I am..... about a mile from the I-95 corridor that the weather guys are talking about.

And here's how I'll take care of that white stuff, as it's all ready to go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/GT182/KubotaWithSnowblower.jpg

[swamprat69er]

How do you like those chains?

[GT182]

I love em. They're the lug chains I bought back in 1992 and still have some life left in them. Only bad thing is that they're hard on the driveway..... especially cement. Not all that good for the blacktop driveways either.

Before I bought the 50" snowblower in '97 I had to push snow with the landscape blade. Without these chains and extra weight I couldn't have done it. Especially when the the driveway was ice covered under the snow. For 75.00 they were a very good investment, as were the Farmal A model front wheel weights.

[TarJak]

...and cricket results. And the Tory party.

[swamprat69er]

I've got a set of skidder chains I had on my Farmall C. I'm gonna put them on my tractor for next winter along with the chains I have for my Jeep.

[GT182]

That'll work. :up: :yeah:

[Red October1984]

...and cricket results.

:haha:

[Jimbuna]

All you Brits do is complain about the weather. :O:

Well that makes us consistent if nothing else.

[raymond6751]

Canadian style winter - globally.

Summer is coming!!!

Bundle up everyone...great money-making time for tow trucks.

[Oberon]

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[IOldBoyI]

All you Brits do is complain about the weather. :O:

That is part of our life :)

[Oberon]

That is part of our life :)

It's part of the British Constitution, enshrined within the Magna Carta, you can take away our freedom, but you cannot take away our terrible weather! :rock:

[Platapus]

So can I. In 2012 I bought a new snow blower and it hasn't snowed a significant amount since then. :wah: $31,000.oo down the drain.

$13,000!!! Yikes! what kind of snow blower do you have???

one of these?

http://www.traceyroad.com/Portals/112710/images/unimogsnowblower_med_35038-2-resized-600.jpg

[swamprat69er]

I've got a two stage self propelled with cab and heat.

http://s261.photobucket.com/user/swamprat69er/media/WillSnowBlowing_zpsb3c1235b.mp4.html

[Wolferz]

I am seriously thinking about getting a plow for my truck.

It's snowing groundhogs out there and the weather service says it's going to last until tomorrow morning.:down:

How's it look down your way Armistead?

[swamprat69er]

Wolferz,

you are just a little bit late for getting a plow.

How much have you got so far?

[Wolferz]

Wolferz,

you are just a little bit late for getting a plow.

How much have you got so far?
Not much...


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We can still see the deer.:O:

[Jimbuna]

LOL :)

[TarJak]

Well that makes us consistent if nothing else. Yep consistent whingers. :O:

[Armistead]

I swear, roads clear, wife wrecks turning into driveway and slides in ditch...I told her she had to get a run before she came up drive, stead she turns in slow, gets stuck, and keeps trying until it slides over in the ditch....Course it my fault because I didn't shovel snow off drive.....even though I've been up and down it numerous times without issue...

[swamprat69er]

I swear, roads clear, wife wrecks turning into driveway and slides in ditch...I told her she had to get a run before she came up drive, stead she turns in slow, gets stuck, and keeps trying until it slides over in the ditch....Course it my fault because I didn't shovel snow off drive.....even though I've been up and down it numerous times without issue...

I am going to sound like a male chauvinist pig, but it needs to be said, men drive....women cook.

You still got power I see.

Looks like Wolferz doesn't. Most of Pa. is out.

[Jimbuna]

I swear, roads clear, wife wrecks turning into driveway and slides in ditch...I told her she had to get a run before she came up drive, stead she turns in slow, gets stuck, and keeps trying until it slides over in the ditch....Course it my fault because I didn't shovel snow off drive.....even though I've been up and down it numerous times without issue...

Womens logic...something many of us will never ever fathom out :doh:

[Wolferz]

I am going to sound like a male chauvinist pig, but it needs to be said, men drive....women cook.

You still got power I see.

Looks like Wolferz doesn't. Most of Pa. is out.

No, no I still gots power.:up:
PP&L actively trims trees away from their lines around here.

[swamprat69er]

According to Intellicast weather you could be getting some more later today.

[Armistead]

I am going to sound like a male chauvinist pig, but it needs to be said, men drive....women cook.

You still got power I see.

Looks like Wolferz doesn't. Most of Pa. is out.

Women cook? That's funny, good one!

[swamprat69er]

Did you get that driveway shoveled? maybe get yourself a walk behind snowblower.

[nikimcbee]

Women cook? That's funny, good one!

So how was your cooking adventure?:D

[Wolferz]

Womens logic...something many of us will never ever fathom out :doh:
I think we covered this oxymoron in another thread.:haha:

Heck, my wife got stuck on a flat road in my 4x4 pick up.:stare: At least she didn't visit a ditch.:timeout:

Though her idiot son tried to pull into the snow and ice covered driveway with his Yaris and high centered the thing. I had to go out and show him how to free it without smoking the transmission.
Rocking horse baby.

[Aktungbby]

That is part of our life :)

Womens logic...something many of us will never ever fathom out :doh:

I think we covered this oxymoron in another thread.

Truly deep subject matter here!:hmmm: My quip To Cybermate awhile back: "A like-minded girl is an oxymoron!" @ And to IOLDBoyI..A warm welcome (considering the frigid subject matter) to :subsim: on your first post!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

That is part of our life :)

Apologies for overlooking you previously....always good to see another Brit on here :sunny:

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[Wolferz]

Did you get that driveway shoveled? maybe get yourself a walk behind snowblower.

Called a neighbor who has a plow on his truck. Twenty bucks and we can get a car out of the driveway. I still need to go out and unbury my truck.:down:
It's 4x4 so I'm not worried about getting out of the back driveway.:D

Getting more snow now. Forecast is for another two to four inches piled on top of the foot we already have. I'm going to start shooting Groundhogs.:-?

[swamprat69er]

I really don't think it is the groundhogs' fault you got all that snow. You should be up here, then you wouldn't get as much.:D

[Wolferz]

I really don't think it is the groundhogs' fault you got all that snow. You should be up here, then you wouldn't get as much.:D

How did we swap climates? Wait, we didn't. This has been overdue for awhile now.

[swamprat69er]

You know, for about $1,000.oo you can get a really good walk behind snowblower

[Jimbuna]

You know, for about $1,000.oo you can get a really good walk behind snowblower

Mine cost me £6....a snow shovel from ASDA :)

[Oberon]

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[swamprat69er]

Mine cost me £6....a snow shovel from ASDA :)
A good way to have a heart attack. That is why I have a snow blower. I am not as young as I once was, nor am I in as good a shape.

I am in good shape for the shape I am in, though. :har:

[Wolferz]

You know, for about $1,000.oo you can get a really good walk behind snowblower

A good idea.:up: Only one problem. It's $1000.00 I don't have.:wah:

[Jimbuna]

A good way to have a heart attack. That is why I have a snow blower. I am not as young as I once was, nor am I in as good a shape.

I am in good shape for the shape I am in, though. :har:

That's why the first thing I did after purchasing it was train my wife in the efficient use of said item :03:

[swamprat69er]

That's why the first thing I did after purchasing it was train my wife in the efficient use of said item :03:
I will just bet that you look real good (in her eyes) with that snow shovel shoved up where the sun doesn't shine.:-?

[Jimbuna]

I will just bet that you look real good (in her eyes) with that snow shovel shoved up where the sun doesn't shine.:-?

She doesn't even know where it's stored never mind which end to hold :)

[swamprat69er]

I would think that pontoons would be better for you than a snow shovel. How about a canoe?

[Wolferz]

I would think that pontoons would be better for you than a snow shovel. How about a canoe?
He's got a pair of those spiffy Union Jack duck boots. No need for watercraft.:D

Maybe a Sump pump?

[Jimbuna]

Quite lucky up north atm, no flooding, just wind and rain.

[Wolferz]

It's the same as eating dirt so I never did it as a kid.
Without a speck of dirt or other microscopic matter, water won't freeze into the crystalline lattice that creates snow and ice.:huh:
Oddly enough, most of the dirt is actually micro-meteorites as well as dust blown into the atmo by wind. The rest is microorganisms.

Oh, also don't eat the yellow snow, but it's good for a laugh in a snowball fight.:O:

[Wolferz]

Blech!

Shovel, shovel and more shovel.:stare:
I went outside yesterday and cleaned two feet of snow off my truck, got it freed from the driveway without shoveling. Love that four wheel drive!:yeah:
Then I discover that the blower motor in the heater had given up the ghost and I can't go anywhere with a foggy windshield.:wah: A blizzard of expletives soon followed.:haha: So, I spend the rest of the day carving a path for my stepsons' car, cleaned two feet of snow off his buggy and went grocery shopping. I fell into bed last night totally spent with my left wrist aching like the dickens. I broke that one during my teen years and now it comes back to haunt me.:-?
Add insult to injury...more snow on the way.:down:
Anybody have a pair of snowshoes?

[swamprat69er]

When we get up in years that is when we pay dearly for our folly in our junior years. My left knee lets me know when it is going to rain, big time, to the point where it wont support my weight and will give out. So I can feel your pain and there is nothing we can do for it unless we want to be all goobered up and I wont do that. (Did more than my share when I was younger).

We are getting the snow that was forecast yesterday for today. I will no longer use Environment Canada for a weather forecast, they suck. I used Intellicast yesterday and they were right on the money. It looks real pretty out there right now. All white on the ground and all the little brown piles the dog leaves around covered up. I will go out and blow in a couple of hours, the brown will get 'relocated' into the bush and the snow scraped down to the ice underneath.

[Platapus]

Sears had a really nice two stage powered drive blower for $640. I picked one up and it was a life saver. I am too old, fat, and out of shape to be shoveling the two sidewalks I am "responsible" for. :O:

[Madox58]

Out side for awhile shoveling snow till the back hurt.
Inside to warm up for a bit.
Then back at the shoveling!
:o



I felt really bad when Nancy told me that seeing as I'm in California suffering.
:haha:

[TarJak]

He says sitting at the hotel pool bar, beer in hand.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Snow here for the next three days....

[Wolferz]

Snow here for the next three days....


Stocked up on Le Batts? Drink enough and you won't care.:03::D

[swamprat69er]

Snowed about an inch the other day. Hardly worth the fuel, but I needed to scrape down to the ice and poke holes in the banks for the water to run off.
It was nice and warm here today. 34F.

[Madox58]

He says sitting at the hotel pool bar, beer in hand.

It's a dirty job. But someone has to do it.
:nope:
:03:

[Wolferz]

Temporary reprieve here for a couple of days.:up: Temps going up to the lower to mid 40's. Here comes the flood. :haha:
Then back to the freezer next week.:wah:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Stocked up on Le Batts? Drink enough and you won't care.:03::D

:up:

[Jimbuna]

Stocked up on Le Batts? Drink enough and you won't care.:03::D

The downside being you may end up looking like this...

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[Wolferz]

The downside being you may end up looking like this...

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Somebody get this man some coffee, STAT!

[swamprat69er]

Blew 4" off the laneway today and will need to blow another 3" off tomorrow morning BEFORE church.

[Wolferz]

Blew 4" off the laneway today and will need to blow another 3" off tomorrow morning BEFORE church.

You're the big bad Wolf?:O:

[swamprat69er]

I will Huff and I will Puff and i will bbbbbbllllllooooooooowwwwwwwwww your driveway clean!:haha:

[Sailor Steve]

I'd say that makes you the big good wolf! :D

[swamprat69er]

That is all the snow blowing done for today. Unless one of the irregulars calls in a panic. That is not likely to happen, given all the snow plows and front end loaders that live around here. I am the only one that I know of with a 68" blower.

[Wolferz]

That is all the snow blowing done for today. Unless one of the irregulars calls in a panic. That is not likely to happen, given all the snow plows and front end loaders that live around here. I am the only one that I know of with a 68" blower.

It's not how big it is that counts. It's how you use it.:yeah:

[swamprat69er]

Everybody else has little 24" freeze your 'nads off blowers. I've got one too. It hasn't been started since I got this one, complete with heated cab and no more wrestling.