November 16, 20187 yr Actually looks quite peaceful Doug.....the good part of snow. We got maybe 3-4 inches, I'm a tiny bit Southwest of Nate. Not bad, even side roads look fairly clear, and it's projected to be in the 40's later and tomorrow Working from home today anyway, I was also up a few hours with congestion.... ☹️
November 16, 20187 yr We just had an inch+ of snow yesterday with maybe a bit more tomorrow. I of course was too lazy to shovel the driveway yesterday and still do not have the winter wheels and tires on so I will get to see how Pirelli P-Zero summers do on snow/ice when I try to get out of the driveway this morning.
November 17, 20187 yr We got around 4" overnight, then a bunch of sleet/rain, then a bit more snow before it left town. Now it's back below freezing and cleanup is basically impossible. Here's to hoping that it's warm enough tomorrow to soften things up to clear some of the driveway.
November 18, 20187 yr Winter Mode: ACTIVE Between snapping a 3/8 to 1/2 drive adapter and finding a nearly-stripped lug nut it wasn't the smoothest transition but it got done. Test drive went fine and tires roll smooth so I'll chalk it up as a win. Damage lug will be replaced tomorrow. Also converted the tractor to winter duty which went pleasantly well. Now, if it'll just consistently start for the next 5 months that'd be great.
November 23, 20187 yr Doing a much milder version of winterization on the Audi today. Wheels showed up this morning and entirely unwinter-like 265 45 ZR 20 Continental Extreme Contacts go on this afternoon. Should be good enough for this area. I also wish I had a garage that was as clean as Nate’s. Winterizzzzed. The best thing is, since I happened to change my appointment from tomorrow to this afternoon, I got 20% off because of Black Friday. Edited November 23, 20187 yr by VPI
November 24, 20187 yr Ran my RE71R race tires in snow the other day. Went fine but I will put the winters on at some point. Buying new race rubber for next season so have been daily driving these before they go in the trash.
January 13, 20197 yr Well that was surprisingly easy -- I picked the perfect time to shovel: just warm enough that it wasn't sticking to the pavement or sticking to itself in large blocks of ice, but cold enough that I wasn't shoveling water.
January 19, 20197 yr We're pretty much on the southern edge of the 10-18 range with the bonus of being near the coast with significant potential for ice after the snow stops tomorrow morning. In other news, the tractor shit the bed so I had to buy a walk-behind snowblower for now.
January 19, 20197 yr Here's to hoping you have enough push-blower-fuel to get you through your tough times. Also: pretty colors! (Dusty semi-swoons)
January 19, 20197 yr Last I heard it was going to be less snow, but more sleet/freezing rain....then a massive chill coming Monday..... My wife and mother-in-law were supposed to fly to FL tonight, when we first saw the snow delaying until later Saturday night, she decided not to try and get an earlier flight. She just found out this morning it was cancelled. They are now tentatively going out Monday morning....hoping the roads will be OK and they can make it....
January 21, 20197 yr We got about 4-6" of snow before it turned to sleet. It never got above freezing so everythign that fell was, well, frozen, but it made for a nasty day. Now it's decided to get colder and the wind has picked up.
February 4, 20197 yr Meanwhile ... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/honeywell_remote_service_down/
February 4, 20197 yr A guy I know had trouble getting to the studio (to record their first album!) this weekend, and used the term, "snowfucked", which will hereafter be known to mean, "prevented from doing something by snow".
February 4, 20197 yr Technically, shouldn't that be "snowblocked"?As in "That polar vortex is a real snowblocker" ?Or is it the difference between the effect of animate and inanimate things?
February 5, 20197 yr "snowblocked" sounds like the snow was blocked (as in cockblocked means the cock was blocked, not that something was prevented by cock). No? His status that started it all (which was not his first status about recording, he previously had posted how looking forward to recording he was). Him: "Fuck it, day 1 of recording cancelled. Fuck fuck fuckitty fuck. " 3rd person: "Why, what happened? " Him: "Outlying roads around Bristol snowfucked. " Me: "I'm stealing, 'snowfucked'." Him: "It's my word of the day." He managed to get all the rhythm section and some of the guitars recorded during the latter portion of one day, and the rest of the guitars and vocals recorded on the second day, so ... yay him!
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