Winter 2014-15

[Eichhörnchen]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2281976&postcount=16312

[Onkel Neal]

Whoa, mamma! It's cold in South Dakota. Thank god there is no rain or snow for tomorrow.

[swamprat69er]

It is going to -24F tonite. Now that is a little cool. The high tomorrow is gonna be 0F. I might have to put on my winter coat.

[ReallyDedPoet]

-27 Celsius with the wind chill :-o

[Betonov]

+5°C, rain, ruining my ice :/\\!!

[swamprat69er]

It didn't get quite as nippy as was forecast last night. -26F or -36C but there is a wind chill factor, I'm not going outside to check that out.

[Aktungbby]

Reservoirs are full in Napa officially so the summer drought is alleviated after three days and 6 inches of rain. Sunny in the high 60's today so off to sail on the bay with brand new Dacron sails and a new auto-furler 150% sized jib. so my job just got easy. Winds are a tepid 5 knots though so we'll probably just be motoring against a wicked outtide in the Carquinez Strait. Lunch is on the captain today!:arrgh!:

[Wolferz]

Temperature at the moment...
0°F and a wind chill of -16° F.

I'll stay in the house.:timeout:

[swamprat69er]

Temperature at the moment...
0°F and a wind chill of -16° F.

I'll stay in the house.:timeout:

That is a little frosty for P.A.

I'm not going anywhere today. No snow to blow until maybe tomorrow and the grub was bought yesterday. I just looked at our temp. -20F a good excuse to stay in.

[Wolferz]

That is a little frosty for P.A.

I'm not going anywhere today. No snow to blow until maybe tomorrow and the grub was bought yesterday. I just looked at our temp. -20F a good excuse to stay in.



You don't need to tell me.:haha:
It's supposed to be like this until next Tuesday. :down:

[swamprat69er]

We are going to warm up tomorrow.


Observed at: North Bay AirportDate: 10:00 AM EST Friday 13 February 2015
Condition:Partly CloudyPressure:30.2 inchesTendency:fallingVisibility:15 miles Temperature:-20°F Humidity:74%Wind: SSW 5 mph Wind Chill (http://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=FC34F41B-1): -28









Graphic forecast

Fri
13 Feb (http://weather.gc.ca/forecast/hourly/on-139_metric_e.html)
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/04.gif
5°F


Sat
14 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/16.gif
10°F
7°F

Sun
15 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/00.gif
-2°F
-18°F

Mon
16 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/16.gif 40%
9°F
-13°F

Tue
17 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/16.gif 60%
12°F
-2°F

Wed
18 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/00.gif
5°F
-8°F

Thu
19 Feb
http://weather.gc.ca/weathericons/00.gif
10°F
-9°F

[u crank]

Looks like we are getting another hit on Sunday . Up to 30 cms. and very strong winds. :down:

[Wolferz]

Frigid February = November babies.:haha:

[CCIP]

http://i.imgur.com/fCFnpX1.jpg

With blowing snow, plenty of which fell yesterday.

And it's just my luck that I have to go home after midnight tonight :dead:

[swamprat69er]

CCIP, drive careful!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Looks like we are getting another hit on Sunday . Up to 30 cms. and very strong winds. :down:


Doesn't stop does it. Bought a snowblower though, finally broke down and did it....

[swamprat69er]

Doesn't stop does it. Bought a snowblower though, finally broke down and did it....
Just watch out for the neighbours' cat.:)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Just watch out for the neighbours' cat.:)


:-)

[Jimbuna]

Red hot Indian Summer over here...Mostly cloudy and dry, with a few mist patches in places and hill fog in the west. A few brief breaks in the cloud may develop at times. Southeasterly winds will be mainly light, but breezier along the coast. Maximum Temperature 8C. :sunny:

[swamprat69er]

Red hot Indian Summer over here...Mostly cloudy and dry, with a few mist patches in places and hill fog in the west. A few brief breaks in the cloud may develop at times. Southeasterly winds will be mainly light, but breezier along the coast. Maximum Temperature 8C. :sunny:
It is about time Britain got some decent weather.:up:

[Jimbuna]

It is about time Britain got some decent weather.:up:

Oh I don't know, we had a warmish season a hundred or so years back so can't complain :)

[Aktungbby]

Sailed yesterday in a t-shirt! weather sunny in the 70's; mowing the lawns today. Still shivering over my trip east to the 'blizzard of century' Don't know how you guys stand it...I prefer earthquakes and the 6 inches of rain we just got in two days! Boston where my wife hails, looks a total mess.

[swamprat69er]

Sailed yesterday in a t-shirt! weather sunny in the 70's; mowing the lawns today. Still shivering over my trip east to the 'blizzard of century' Don't know how you guys stand it...I prefer earthquakes and the 6 inches of rain we just got in two days! Boston where my wife hails, looks a total mess.
I would rather have the snow and freezing cold than the constant specter of earth quakes. I have experienced an earth quake or two in my 68 years. My D-I-L had not ever experienced one until the one that was centered north of Ottawa, ON a few years ago.
We are having a heat wave today.....0F and breezy.

[nikimcbee]

Sunny and 60 here.:yeah:

[u crank]

Sunny and 60 here.:yeah:

:D

Same here.

http://i.imgur.com/B0YHGWi.jpg?1

[swamprat69er]

:D

Same here.

http://i.imgur.com/B0YHGWi.jpg?1
I see whiskey clouds!:D

[CCIP]

here comes the train :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yja2VmZOfdA

[Jimbuna]

^Saw this a couple of days ago on a friends FB account but couldn't expand the picture.

Yours makes it much more viewable :cool:

[u crank]

This storm won't quit. 24 hours and still going. Snow has eased up a little but the wind is still very strong. Confederation Bridge is closed to all traffic. That doesn't happen very often.

View out our front window....

http://i.imgur.com/XGQ49cr.jpg?1

[swamprat69er]

Another whiskey day. By the time this winter is over you could become a full blown alcoholic, given all the snow days. Your road to work doesn't look any better either.

[u crank]

Another whiskey day.

I prefer Vodka. :03: And never 'till after supper.

Your road to work doesn't look any better either.None of them do. Just came in from a walk about. Had to climb over 3 feet at side door just to get out. This is our street. Help! :O:

http://i.imgur.com/vDPR9rk.jpg?1

[swamprat69er]

I prefer Vodka. :03: And never 'till after supper.

None of them do. Just came in from a walk about. Had to climb over 3 feet at side door just to get out. This is our street. Help! :O:

http://i.imgur.com/vDPR9rk.jpg?1
You need a snow blower.

[u crank]

How soon can you get here?:haha:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Snowblower put to good use. In weather like we have had well, worth the $$.

[ReallyDedPoet]

New mode of transportation in the Maritimes ( Canada ) :o:o:yep:

http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/databank_tauntaun_01_169_b7307446.jpeg?region=0%2C 0%2C1560%2C878&width=768

[swamprat69er]

How soon can you get here?:haha:
RDP is closer to you.:sunny:

[Red October1984]

Sitting on 10-12 inches of snow with 2 ft drifts today.

I'd say nobody is going anywhere for a couple of days.

Now to find my roque mallet.... :hmmm:

[Jeff-Groves]

Why did I read that as 'Red Mullet'?
:o
http://images.asadart.com/sources/com/halloweenexpress/images/imagecache/678-768-mr179032.jpg
:har:

[Onkel Neal]

I prefer Vodka. :03: And never 'till after supper.

None of them do. Just came in from a walk about. Had to climb over 3 feet at side door just to get out. This is our street. Help! :O:

http://i.imgur.com/vDPR9rk.jpg?1


Dang!

I may get some of it tonight/tomorrow. I'm parked at a Pilot on the north side of Baltimore (had 8 more hours on my clock but no way I'm going though all that traffic), and I may just take a day off tomorrow, and get to Atlanta on Weds.

[swamprat69er]

Dang!

I may get some of it tonight/tomorrow. I'm parked at a Pilot on the north side of Baltimore (had 8 more hours on my clock but no way I'm going though all that traffic), and I may just take a day off tomorrow, and get to Atlanta on Weds.
Are you loaded or empty going to Atlanta? Not that it matters, but if you are loaded and the load will freeze, then you could be in all kinds of caa-caa. I think myself I would wait it out. IF all you got left on the week is 8 hours, then why not reset in Baltimore and then have all kinds of hours.

[Onkel Neal]

I'm running Heat in Transit, meaning I have my tractor coolant lines connected to the tanker internal heater coils. So, no worries about the product cooling off.

I meant, I left 8 hours of my 11 driving on the table. I pick up 10:30 hours at midnight, so I will check the weather and traffic in 8 hours. If the roads are ok, I'd rather keep moving south...this is a bad place for me :) Too many people per square mile. :arrgh!:

[swamprat69er]

Once you get past Washington, it should be clear sailing/trucking.

[Sailor Steve]

Why did I read that as 'Red Mullet'?
:o
I think it's time you were keelhauled.

Again.




Or maybe dipped in a vat of boiling chocolate. :O:








Don't we have rules about posting offensive pictures?

[u crank]

Winter wonderland. I've had enough. :timeout:

After over 48 hours, a plow.

http://i.imgur.com/L3x8eEV.jpg?1

Three passes later...

http://i.imgur.com/N9q22yL.jpg?1

Thanks. :O:

http://i.imgur.com/zZ8ZjKY.jpg?1

I can move. Just not very far.

http://i.imgur.com/jizVgUo.jpg?1

[swamprat69er]

Look at all the free insulation you have for the gardens, not to mention the water.

[STEED]

Winter is over in the UK and spring is here. :huh:

Winter in the UK what is that? A day or so and its all over before you get to put your willy warmer on.

[u crank]

I like this guy. :yep:

http://i.imgur.com/iEan42X.jpg?1

[swamprat69er]

And you should.

[u crank]

And you should.

Well....I do pay him. :O:

[swamprat69er]

For that little driveway I would charge 20 bux.

[u crank]

It actually bigger than it looks. I pay for what they call a 1 1/2 driveway. We park 3 cars and can get out without moving another vehicle. I have a contract for the winter, $325.00. He lets us out in the morning and comes back to clean it up. Up until a month ago I hardly saw him. It's a big outfit. My guy, who just works for someone else lives just 3 houses down the street and keeps the machine there. It's a good setup, although we were one of the last ones blown out.

[swamprat69er]

Being the last to get blown out has its' perks.

[u crank]

A week after storm the clean up continues.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p759/marcelanthonypineau/5b9e665d-df2c-4924-80de-69d2afc6ec39_zps43cvcgar.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/marcelanthonypineau/media/5b9e665d-df2c-4924-80de-69d2afc6ec39_zps43cvcgar.jpg.html)

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p759/marcelanthonypineau/d0668757-0185-48b8-acfa-55964886a9b1_zpsvbvbh463.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/marcelanthonypineau/media/d0668757-0185-48b8-acfa-55964886a9b1_zpsvbvbh463.jpg.html)

[Betonov]

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p759/marcelanthonypineau/d0668757-0185-48b8-acfa-55964886a9b1_zpsvbvbh463.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/marcelanthonypineau/media/d0668757-0185-48b8-acfa-55964886a9b1_zpsvbvbh463.jpg.html)

The amount of snow in this picture equals the amount of snow in my entire country.
+4°C and rain. April weather with an added amount of depression :zzz:

[swamprat69er]

At least they got the right blower for the job. You can't beat a big rotary blower for moving snow.

[u crank]

At least they got the right blower for the job. You can't beat a big rotary blower for moving snow.

Those photos were taken in the western part of the province where we used to live. We were there yesterday for a wedding if you can believe that. At the reception I talked to a guy who had just spent 25 straight hours in one of those things for a private contractor. He seemed a little hyper. :O: Despite the constant work there are still a lot of secondary roads like those in pics that are still one lane tracks.

Have I ever told you how much I hate winter?

[Aktungbby]

Have I ever told you how much I hate winter?Nah! think positve!you can wash and rinse all your speedo swim trunks! Spring is just around the corner!!:wah:

[swamprat69er]

Have I ever told you how much I hate winter?

Personally, I love winter....NO bugs!

[Jimbuna]

Personally, I love winter....NO bugs!

Depends how you define the term 'Bug' :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/DFdC9jK.jpg

[swamprat69er]

No difference between that and our black flies except the colour. They take a big chunk out of me and I swell up. Trouble is that when I swell up I also get dopier than I already am. It only lasts for a day or so, but I can't afford that.

[August]

I love winter too and i'm getting lots of love this year!

http://home.comcast.net/~rdsterling/pwpimages/20150215_163227%20R25.jpg?PHPSESSID=99e719f1957484 9672ccad14abeef220

[swamprat69er]

Winter sure is pounding you guys hard this year.
We've had almost all of January and most of February in the deep freeze, with no January thaw. I had to scrape the 2' of snow off the roof today, the first time in the 21 years I have owned this place.

[Aktungbby]

I love winter too and i'm getting lots of love this year!

http://home.comcast.net/~rdsterling/pwpimages/20150215_163227%20R25.jpg?PHPSESSID=99e719f1957484 9672ccad14abeef220That is a splendid red color on the house. My front door is bright red for good feng shui! Helps with the earthquakes when the epicenter is two hundred yards to your NW:yep: Sometimes I control the energy in 'my space'....some times the energy controls my space:/\\!! Bottom line: my shack is still standing!:up:
http://fengshui.about.com/od/fengshuicures/qt/colorred.htm (http://fengshui.about.com/od/fengshuicures/qt/colorred.htm) http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347811774l/1188062.jpg (http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/1188062.Feng_Shui_For_Dummies)

[Jimbuna]

I love winter too and i'm getting lots of love this year!

http://home.comcast.net/~rdsterling/pwpimages/20150215_163227%20R25.jpg?PHPSESSID=99e719f1957484 9672ccad14abeef220

If I ever see that amount of snow on my property I'll seriously consider moving to a warmer climate

[Aktungbby]

Moscow temperatures are around 0 degrees centigrade, so not all that bad.Depends on your point of view! :Dhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Napoleons_retreat_from_moscow.jpg

[August]

I had to scrape the 2' of snow off the roof today, the first time in the 21 years I have owned this place.

Did the same thing this past weekend. It gave me a chance to use my snow shoes so it was pretty cool although I was sure tuckered out by the time I finished.

[ReallyDedPoet]

I had to scrape the 2' of snow off the roof today, the first time in the 21 years I have owned this place.

I have cleared out roof a couple of times this year, probably six to eight feet of the stuff.

[swamprat69er]

I'm not sure what I am going to do, my crapper froze up. Nothing is going into the septic tank.

[Eichhörnchen]

Not sure how much help I'll be, but we have a septic tank set-up. I would guess that the problem, if it's caused by freezing, is most likely at the top end where the pipe is nearer the surface; how many inspection covers between your toilet and the tank?

[swamprat69er]

None. Just the pump out hole in the tank. I am going to Home Despot in the morning to see if I can score a snake.

[Sailor Steve]

Winter came back today. After several warm days we got a little snow. A little more is expected over the next week, but overall it's not very much, though it is a little on the cold side.

[soopaman2]

V8 4 wheel drive. Ford American Steel. I wont beat you in a race, but I can trash your car in an accident, with little damage to me

I bumper pushed 10 people this winter in their cute little Hondas and Mazdas. Slippin and sliding, stressing with their coffees in their hands, and back tires spinning. Ties all loose on the neck, late for work because they did not allow for extra time. You know the typical jerk off who makes winter driving harder.


Same jerk offs who burn past me off a stop light and smile at me smugly while holding the same cup of coffee in the summer time.

[swamprat69er]

V8 4 wheel drive. Ford American Steel. I wont beat you in a race, but I can trash your car in an accident, with little damage to me

I bumper pushed 10 people this winter in their cute little Hondas and Mazdas. Slippin and sliding, stressing with their coffees in their hands, and back tires spinning. Ties all loose on the neck, late for work because they did not allow for extra time. You know the typical jerk off who makes winter driving harder.


Same jerk offs who burn past me off a stop light and smile at me smugly while holding the same cup of coffee in the summer time.

Now you know why I won't ever get rid of my '01 Jeep Wrangler/TJ. it may only be a 6 but it is an almost bullet proof 6. She doesn't burn a drop of oil, only gets me 18mpg, but it goes where I want to go, now.

[Betonov]

I guess I'm out of this thread :03:

http://i.imgur.com/W7FyMAC.jpg

Spring is here :woot:

[swamprat69er]

Lookin' good!

Right now it is a whole -13F and going for a high of +19F. I might have to turn on the air conditioning when I come back from North Bay.

[Eichhörnchen]

So has your bog thawed out now??

[Betonov]

So has your bog thawed out now??

I don't know if you mean me, but probably yes. I'll wait another week before hiking there, the valley is still covered with a white/brown slippery mess that used to be snow.

[Eichhörnchen]

That was a very beautiful photograph you posted, and you paint a lovely bucolic mental picture of your valley, but no: I meant swampy's crapper...

[Betonov]

Sorry bout that, I also own a swamp :) (better yet :/\\!!)

[Eichhörnchen]

I've seen pictures of your swamp and it looks... sticky

[Betonov]

I'll make some more pictures and post them under the DIY thread under ''SEEKING ADVICE ON DRAINING'' :/\\!!

Panama had less mosquitoes before Roosevelt

[swamprat69er]

So has your bog thawed out now??
I bought a 50' drain snake, and when I got home the D-I-L said that it was going down somewhat better. Not perfect but a little better. I plunged it a couple of times and it seems better. No leaks into the unfinished basement that we can see. We've also got the downstairs wood stove on, pumping the heat that way. Time will tell. The good thing is that running water will thaw frozen whatever.

Update; the bog is working more or less okay. We've got another 4" or so of snow coming along with 30 mph winds. I can expect a fair amount of drifting. This is a good thing.
There are plans in place to dig up the sewage line and put 2" styrofoam on both sides and 4 or 5 layers on top of it this summer. We just need to wait until the ground thaws.

[Sailor Steve]

After several weeks of warm spring-like weather, winter has returned to the Salt Lake Valley. I'm looking out the big window in the patio door at a very nice snowfall. :rock:

[swamprat69er]

Spring is on the way. Overnight temperatures are above zero F and inching their way up to the freezing point. Next Tuesday through Friday the highs forecast are in the thirties with none of them going below freezing.

I am going to build a new wood room (26'x8'x7') downstairs, directly in line with the window we throw the wood through. That way I can get a hay bale elevator and lower it to its' lowest point and just chuck the wood onto the elevator and it will carry the wood into the room. As the room gets full, pull the elevator back from the window.

[Sailor Steve]

After our brief snow we're back to spring - temperature in the low 50s today, expecting 60 by mid-week.

[swamprat69er]

We've got about 4" of snow so far today. Tomorrow being Monday and the snow plow will have filled in the mail boxes (which I keep cleaned out), I will blow it tomorrow. Besides, today I am too lazy to do it and still have to go out tomorrow after the plow goes by.

Update; We got another inch coming tonight. In the morning I can kill two birds with one stone. I'll be up at 5 and blowing by 6, have it all done by 8:30 and eat breakfast and then off to North Bay.

[swamprat69er]

Well, all the driveways have been blown and scraped. my own has bare gravel showing in three places. It has been warm the past couple of days. Now we just have to wait for the spring flooding.

[Wolferz]

My basement...
A river runs through it whenever the water table rises from rain or melting snow.:-?
Having an aquifer directly under the house doesn't help but, it's good for the well.:up:

[swamprat69er]

My sump pump will be running every 5 minutes, soon. I have a spare (new) and a portable pump (2" Honda) mounted on a hay wagon with a couple of tanks and a discharge hose as well.

My neighbours' house burned down three years ago in the summer and over the course of the wet fall, his basement filled up with water and froze. Come the spring he tried to borrow my spare sump pump to pump out the basement. He was going to run it off a generator. I looked at the situation and took him the wagon mounted water pump and 12 hours later the water was gone.

[Aktungbby]

My basement...
A river runs through it whenever the water table rises from rain or melting snow.:-?
Having an aquifer directly under the house doesn't help but, it's good for the well.:up:
have you 'French drained' the house perimeter or basement slab perimeter? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain) Had to do my parent's basement and run dehumidifiers constantly in Pennsylvania; my bother still has the problem along the Schukyl River in Royersford...along with his cancer causing radon gas filtering unit. http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/radon-abatement-zmaz87sozgoe.aspx (http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/radon-abatement-zmaz87sozgoe.aspx). I stay out of basements; they can kill ya'!

[u crank]

This was after the storm on Monday. Had another one last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK7HkjdE_Gg

[swamprat69er]

Life is going to get interesting when all that snow melts!:sunny:
Stay safe!

[Wolferz]

Scraped another six inches of snow off the walks this morning.
It fell yesterday between 10:00 and 15:00.:-?

March snows are usually wet and heavy but, not this one. Temps were in the upper twenties so it was all light and fluffy.

[swamprat69er]

We got about 3" today. I'm not gonna do anything about it until Monday, unless one of my customers calls.

[Sailor Steve]

Current temperature 65/18. Expected to reach 70/21.

:O:

[STEED]

Spring was here back in Dec last year, even the weather forecasters wrote off winter. :har:

Lighter days now and the birds are chirping and that bloody ice cream van with its bloody music is back to drive me mad!

[swamprat69er]

Current temperature 65/18. Expected to reach 70/21.
:O:
Although those temperatures are inviting, IF we were to get those suddenly we would have wide spread flooding of epic proportions. Nova Scotia would have it a lot worse. Their only consolation is that the extra water could go into the ocean.
I would much rather have a slow warmup, a little below freezing at night and a little above in the day time.

[swamprat69er]

that bloody ice cream van with its bloody music is back to drive me mad!
Two options without resorting to violence.
(1) turn your hearing aid off,
(2) wear headphones with your choice of music.:D

[Sailor Steve]

Just go buy some ice cream. It won't make the noise stop but you will feel better. :yep:

[u crank]

And it's not over. Snowing out right now. :/\\!!

There’s another number that puts this winter into perspective.

That 159 centimetres of snow sitting at the airport is 10 times the normal amount of snow on ground for this time of year. Cote said the Charlottetown average for this time of year is 16 centimetres.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/section/2015-03-19/article-4082875/Charlottetown-sets-new-record-for-snow-on-ground/1

[swamprat69er]

And it's not over. Snowing out right now. :/\\!!



http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/section/2015-03-19/article-4082875/Charlottetown-sets-new-record-for-snow-on-ground/1
and there is more coming your way. We got 3" yesterday.

[Tango589]

that bloody ice cream van with its bloody music is back to drive me mad!

At least you had a break, the one round our way never stopped! Every weekend throughout winter, come hell or high water bloody 'Teddy Bears Picnic' got played. It makes me wonder if he's selling stuff other than ice cream in winter?:hmmm:

[STEED]

Two options without resorting to violence.
(1) turn your hearing aid off,
(2) wear headphones with your choice of music.:D

1. I'm not that old. :haha:
2. Pointless it's far too loud, I can hear the dam thing van three blocks away! :o

[STEED]

At least you had a break, the one round our way never stopped! Every weekend throughout winter, come hell or high water bloody 'Teddy Bears Picnic' got played. It makes me wonder if he's selling stuff other than ice cream in winter?:hmmm:

True got a three month break just wish it would sod off for good. The days of the ice cream van going up and down streets is over this is not the 1970's anymore.

[swamprat69er]

1. I'm not that old. :haha:
2. Pointless it's far too loud, I can hear the dam thing van three blocks away! :o
You don't have to be old to be deaf, but it helps.
Like anything else, you will eventually learn to ignore it. Kinda like 'listening' to your wife nag at you.

[STEED]

You don't have to be old to be deaf, but it helps.
Like anything else, you will eventually learn to ignore it. Kinda like 'listening' to your wife nag at you.

10 years now and I can still hear it! :huh:

[Jimbuna]

Two options without resorting to violence.
(1) turn your hearing aid off,
(2) wear headphones with your choice of music.:D

Oh, definitely (1) I reckon :)

[swamprat69er]

On my dead end road there are no garbage* trucks, real or imagined.
*ice cream trucks

[Onkel Neal]

And it's not over. Snowing out right now. :/\\!!



http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/section/2015-03-19/article-4082875/Charlottetown-sets-new-record-for-snow-on-ground/1

Wow, more snow?

We got 3" of rain yesterday. I am really tired of winter :/\\!!

[swamprat69er]

I would rather have snow than rain and a slow warm up.

[ReallyDedPoet]

And it's not over. Snowing out right now. :/\\!!



http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/section/2015-03-19/article-4082875/Charlottetown-sets-new-record-for-snow-on-ground/1

Running out of places to put it.....

[swamprat69er]

The 3" we got yesterday, I will back blade it to the road and then pick it up with the loader and dump it into the ditch.
I've got an area(50x50') beside my hen house that I am going to turn into a 'snow dump' next fall.

[u crank]

Man, what a day. Right now it's snowing hard and the wind is howling. Plows have been taken off the roads and they have canceled school for tomorrow. A person could get depressed.:O:

Now the good news. Wife and I and my brother and his wife are headin' south. On April 3rd we'll be on the beach in Montego Bay. After a very short discussion we all said, yep, lets get out of here. Something to look forward to amidst all this snow. Can't wait and hang the cost.:D

[ReallyDedPoet]

The 3" we got yesterday, I will back blade it to the road and then pick it up with the loader and dump it into the ditch.
I've got an area(50x50') beside my hen house that I am going to turn into a 'snow dump' next fall.

The snow-blower I purchased over a month ago has helped. But even that
is getting harder to do.

http://www.journalpioneer.com/media/photos/unis/2015/02/17/photo_2812745/article_large.jpg

[Aktungbby]

The snow-blower I purchased over a month ago has helped. But even that
is getting harder to do.

http://www.journalpioneer.com/media/photos/unis/2015/02/17/photo_2812745/article_large.jpg
HMMM:hmmm: That is not how a snow storm looks fellas; That is a mini ICE age! I'd be moving to California already. Here we only get six inches deep of hail the size of peas and earthquakes.

[swamprat69er]

It looks to me like you didn't get the right snow blower.
Maybe you should have got this one. Toasty warm and no walking.
http://s261.photobucket.com/user/swamprat69er/media/10530006_zps89igzqdx.mp4.html

[Aktungbby]

Some of us go way back! My dad had one of these for our 200' foot drive in Minnesota; shoveling was a task assigned for all of us 4 kids and it was so grueling I refuse to live where there's snow to this day...Even stayed home in balmy CA one Xmas when all the inlaws-my wife included- were at Tahoe for the holiday. Sure enough they had to shovel their way into the rented chalet!!! "and gentlemen abed in Napa were accursed they were not there"...to shovel!:/\\!!http://scotlawrence.smugmug.com/Other/Snowbird/i-jbmBdK4/0/O/Model%20S.jpg

[Harvs]

could someone send me some of that snow please, we only get 2 seasons here, the wet and the dry.

[swamprat69er]

It is raining now. Bye, bye snow. The rain will strip the snow off and suck the frost out of the ground.

[swamprat69er]

I got up this fine spring like day at 6 A.M. to find 4" of snow on the ground and more coming.
YEAH SPRING!

[Aktungbby]

https://cdn-assets.answersingenesis.org/img/cartoons/after-eden/375.jpg

[swamprat69er]

https://cdn-assets.answersingenesis.org/img/cartoons/after-eden/375.jpg
LOL Global warming at its' finest.:haha:

[Wolferz]

APRIL FOOLS!



Got this yesterday..http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/DSCF0001.jpg

[swamprat69er]

WOW! i guess P.A. is all of a sudden north of North Bay, ON.:D I had my air con in the Heep on today for the first time since last fall.

[Wolferz]

WOW! i guess P.A. is all of a sudden north of North Bay, ON.:D I had my air con in the Heep on today for the first time since last fall.
LOL:haha:
Not really. We usually get a false spring in late February or early March that causes the trees to bud too early and then we get a snowstorm and one last freeze. The snow in the picture above had fallen off the trees by noon the next day and melted off the roof causing a gutter to overflow. Six handfuls of Maple seeds were promptly removed from the downspout. It sounded like a toilet flushing when all that water drained out.:D
Temps forecast to be more seasonable at 59 F today and tomorrow.:yeah:

[swamprat69er]

We were supposed to get freezing rain last night, changing to rain this morning. We got a inch and a half of snow and it is raining now.

[Wolferz]

After a high of 62 yesterday...
The morning greeted me with the carbon monoxide alarm.:timeout:

Shut down heat source!:dead:

[swamprat69er]

What are you heating with? Coal as I recall?

[Wolferz]

What are you heating with? Coal as I recall?

Yes, good old petrified carbon anthracite.:up:

Side effect: My stove operates off a thermostat. If the air isn't cold enough outside, along with solar heating of the house, the stove goes to a low burn and the chimney stops drafting or it back drafts from the wind.:huh:
Hence the functioning carbon monoxide detector.:dead:

[swamprat69er]

How did you fix it?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice, another storm :/\\!!

Hopefully the last one ....

[Wolferz]

How did you fix it?

Simple, flipped the switch to the off position and reverted to electric baseboard heat for these chilly spring nights.:D

[swamprat69er]

My woodstove doesn't do that very often, but when it does we just cut the intake air damper down a bit and eventually she will draw again. Sometimes a handful of wadded up newspaper stuffed in the chimney and lit will work. Other times corrugated cardboard. I don't have a damper in my chimney. She's straight up.

[Wolferz]

My woodstove doesn't do that very often, but when it does we just cut the intake air damper down a bit and eventually she will draw again. Sometimes a handful of wadded up newspaper stuffed in the chimney and lit will work. Other times corrugated cardboard. I don't have a damper in my chimney. She's straight up.
So is mine. There is a barometric damper in the exhaust pipe leading into the chimney though.
I hope that the heating season is over until fall.:up:

[swamprat69er]

Do you need to sweep your chimney every heating season?

[Wolferz]

Do you need to sweep your chimney every heating season?

Nope! :D
Anthracite doesn't produce creosote. The fly ash stays mainly in the pipes. I disassemble the pipe system in the spring and wash them out with baking soda and water to cut back on the rust. I'm considering going with double walled piping that has the stainless steel inner sleeve before heating season begins again this fall.

[swamprat69er]

That double wall pipe is about $100.oo a 2' section up here. EXPENSIVE! I've got a 6"diameter chimney in the kitchen 15' long and a 7" in the basement 23' long and they both must be swept every summer without fail. As the oil furnace gets cleaned every year as well. I sweep my own wood chimneys and hire the furnace out. Every 5 years I get a pro in to sweep the wood chimneys and do an inspection on them as well.

[Wolferz]

That double wall pipe is about $100.oo a 2' section up here. EXPENSIVE! I've got a 6"diameter chimney in the kitchen 15' long and a 7" in the basement 23' long and they both must be swept every summer without fail. As the oil furnace gets cleaned every year as well. I sweep my own wood chimneys and hire the furnace out. Every 5 years I get a pro in to sweep the wood chimneys and do an inspection on them as well.

We must endeavor to maintain.:up:

Our chimney got an inspection not too long ago after the lightning strike/fire.:huh: Tech told us it could stand to go up a couple more blocks but, was serviceable as is.

A 4 ' section of double wall pipe runs @ $76.00

[swamprat69er]

That $100.oo a piece is double wall insulated. And that is only the 6" stuff. The 7" is about 110.$ each.

[Onkel Neal]

Winter is over, I tells ya. I have the AC running now :)

[swamprat69er]

I had my A/C on when I ran down from North Bay on the first.

[swamprat69er]

Wednesday daytime and Wednesday evening we are supposed to get about 3/4" of snow both during the day and into the evening.:( Winter just will not let go.

[Wolferz]

Wednesday daytime and Wednesday evening we are supposed to get about 3/4" of snow both during the day and into the evening.:( Winter just will not let go.

Just another opportunity to play with your snow blower.:up:

Spring has sprung here and winter is over.:D

[Jimbuna]

A pleasant 15c here in the north east of the UK :sunny:

[swamprat69er]

Just another opportunity to play with your snow blower.:up:

I took the snow blower off back in March and put the loader on.
The only good thing about this is it will slow down the melt and maybe the basement wont get as wet.

[swamprat69er]

A pleasant 15c here in the north east of the UK :sunny:
Last week we had highs in the 8-12c range. One day it did get up to 14c.
That was the day I got 100 bags of potting soil, 30 bags at a time on my little army trailer. I probably could have upped it to 50 bags but the trailer only has wally-world 4 ply rated tires on it. I took the original 6 ply by 16" tires off.

[swamprat69er]

I got up this morning to a half an inch of snow, old man winter is not done yet. It wont stay, the frost is coming out of the ground.

We dug up the carrot bed yesterday and the carrots that were in it all winter were good!

[Jimbuna]

A blistering 20C atm so it may be time to consider putting on the mankini :sunny:

[swamprat69er]

A blistering 20C atm so it may be time to consider putting on the mankini :sunny:
Oh! Gawd! NO! NO! Anything but that!

NO pictures, please!

[Jimbuna]

Oh! Gawd! NO! NO! Anything but that!

NO pictures, please!

MWUAHAHA :D

http://i.imgur.com/Z2uoNKL.gif

[STEED]

I'm freezing my buttocks off here, at this rate I'm going to get a frost bitten buttocks! Have to get the heater out again and put the fan away.

[Wolferz]

I got up this morning to a half an inch of snow, old man winter is not done yet. It wont stay, the frost is coming out of the ground.

We dug up the carrot bed yesterday and the carrots that were in it all winter were good!

Carrots don't rot.

[Jimbuna]

Mine must have been 'different' over the years or where they potatoes :hmmm:

[STEED]

Carrots don't rot.

But governments do.


Hey that sounds good I may have that printed on a T-Shirt. :DL

[swamprat69er]

Carrots don't rot.
When they freeze and then thaw, they turn to mush just like the Canadian Goobermint. Ontario goobeermint isn't much better. They add 1 cent/bottle to the price of beer, let some grocery stores sell 6 packs (WTH good is a 6 pack) and jack up the price of hydro electric power by $10.oo/month.

[Aktungbby]

Actually I just pulled everything out of the planter boxes for this year's new crops and the carrots were still good! As for California's government with Jerry 'moonbeam' Brown at the helm....I'm off to sail today and get a handle on my own tiller...:D

[Wolferz]

It was snowing here this AM:-?:down:

But, I've seen snow flurries in Kentucky in May before so, not that unusual here I guess.

[swamprat69er]

We got a little dusting in the wee small hours today, too. It has melted now.

During the afternoon about 3 I went for a walk on the back yard, (remember there is still 2' of snow in the bush) and on the side of the hill the septic bed is under I caught me a Copper Bellied Water Snake. It was a little dopy as it didn't slither away when I stopped over top of it, so I picked it up and took it into the house so the D-I-L (she's a Brit) could see one up close. They do bite, are not venomous and have a nasty disposition. I had it by the sides of the head. He that controls the head of a snake controls the snake.

[Wolferz]

We got a little dusting in the wee small hours today, too. It has melted now.

During the afternoon about 3 I went for a walk on the back yard, (remember there is still 2' of snow in the bush) and on the side of the hill the septic bed is under I caught me a Copper Bellied Water Snake. It was a little dopy as it didn't slither away when I stopped over top of it, so I picked it up and took it into the house so the D-I-L (she's a Brit) could see one up close. They do bite, are not venomous and have a nasty disposition. I had it by the sides of the head. He that controls the head of a snake controls the snake.


It's not like a snake has arms and hands to punch you with.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

It's not like a snake has arms and hands to punch you with.:haha:

Aye but some do have nasty dentures :)

[Mr Quatro]

Close the thread winter is over :woot:

82 degrees today and forecast is same all week ... no rain in sight.

Honey do list getting bigger and bigger :yep:

[Jimbuna]

If we close the thread there is a chance the older guys will slip back into hibernation mode :)

[u crank]

Close the thread winter is over :woot:


I wish. Tomorrows forecast... 10 cms of the white stuff, high winds and cold.

If we close the thread there is a chance the older guys will slip back into hibernation mode :)

That's a good idea. :O:

[swamprat69er]

Wherever Mr Quatro is, it might be summer. Where we are it is still winter/barely spring.

U crank will bugger off back to Jimaiker again.;)

[Aktungbby]

85F. degrees here and down on the boat; pulled motor and motor mount off to replace mounting. positively balmy!:sunny:

[swamprat69er]

In two weeks time will be on my boat on the weekends.
I go north hopefully at the beginning of June and I heard that I might be hauling out of Winnipeg, MB this year.