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snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

You know it's a bad day when your weinermobile is in the ditch. Ketchup please.

Ketchup on a hot dog? God forbid.

stickguy

been snowing heavily here for a couple hours. grass pretty much fully covered. Weaher app screwed up, and I got unlucky. the snow/rain line is literally about 2 miles from me. Really hoping the line and temps move soon as predicted and it cuts over to rain and stays that way. I am in no mood to shove real amounts of snow.

oldfarmer50

fintail said:

View from my home office desk yesterday - warming up again for the next week-10 days, so it will be a slushy mess - but I sense snow on the horizon. Bring it on! This reminds me of childhood winters in the Columbia Basin, I still get excited about snow.

If that was all I got I’d be excited too.

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

imidazol97 said:

You know it's a bad day when your weinermobile is in the ditch. Ketchup please.

Ketchup on a hot dog? God forbid.

That’s the price you pay for even thinking about putting ketchup on a hot dog. The Superior hot dog shop in your hood won’t do it. They provide packs so you can do it but they won’t disgrace a dog by doing it for you.☹️

EDIT: I think I screwed up the name. I’m now pretty sure it’s the Superdawg place.

jmonroe

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

dino001 said:

ab348 said:

imidazol97 said:

Some people thrive in this kind of weather.

Loony people, mostly.

Aka Canadians?

Nah, most of us hate the cold and pine to go someplace warm in the winters.

They estimate 30% of the Canadians who head south for the winter will still go. Half a million go to Florida other years. You can't cross the border on foot, by car or by boat, so the ones who go are flying. Travel insurance covers us for covid....but, the logistics of trying to get care or getting back if we got it would be difficult, so we are staying here even though temps around 32F are ridiculous.

Niagara Falls has frozen a few times....one of the most famous times was 1911:

Where’s your racket?😗

jmonroe

Today it was 25 and the windchill made it feel like 0 F.........we decided not to play today. It was even too cold for us diehards.

driver100

imidazol97 said:

I always wanted to go back to the Niagara Falls to see it when there was lots of ice. That one will never
happen most likely.

I like watching the big chunks of ice flow along the river, before reaching the edge. Now that is fun!

driver100

imidazol97 said:

You know it's a bad day when your weinermobile is in the ditch. Ketchup please.

That thing just doesn't even look like it was built to go through ice and snow.

explorerx4

The bun must be stale, it didn't sag at all.

imidazol97

I saw the weinermobile driving on I70 several years ago. It did not seem stable. It was like a car with the alignment off. It would move to one side of the lane then back to the center. It was windy that day, so maybe the wind was affecting it and its stability.

imidazol97

explorerx4 said:

The bun must be stale, it didn't sag at all.

Can you imagine how much meat it takes to make that hot dog?

stickguy

trick question. There is no actual meat in a cheap hotdog.

roadburner

In the ALCAN we had an autocrosses on two frozen lakes. One was really long.

Michaell

roadburner said:

In the ALCAN we had an autocrosses on two frozen lakes. One was really long.

I know there are auto events on a lake up in Georgetown in the mountains outside of Denver.

snakeweasel

Michaell said:

roadburner said:

In the ALCAN we had an autocrosses on two frozen lakes. One was really long.

I know there are auto events on a lake up in Georgetown in the mountains outside of Denver.

Never a good idea to put a couple of tons of weight on a frozen lake.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cars-fall-through-ice-at-lake-geneva-winterfest/

fintail

I think it averages around 50" annually here, so not lake-effect land, but I can't imagine volunteering to move there anyway

So far this year we had a nice ~6" dump one day in October, then just an inch or two every week or two, hopefully there's a good snow event on the horizon.

oldfarmer50 said:

If that was all I got I’d be excited too.

explorerx4

Weather Channel reporter said snow will not be good for making a snowman, so it's the dry stuff.

stickguy

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

driver100

stickguy said:

trick question. There is no actual meat in a cheap hotdog.

Aren't cows lips counted as meat?

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

Weather Channel reporter said snow will not be good for making a snowman, so it's the dry stuff.

I’m way past the age for making snowmen. Too bad too, I just looked at the table on the deck and there is a good 8 inches on it. Snow blowing the driveway tomorrow should take a while. And no, I ain’t calling The Guy.☹️

jmonroe

cdnpinhead

roadburner said:

In the ALCAN we had an autocrosses on two frozen lakes.

Did you run some of that far north stuff with Satch?

roadburner

cdnpinhead said:

roadburner said:

In the ALCAN we had an autocrosses on two frozen lakes.

Did you run some of that far north stuff with Satch?

Yes I did. He was navigator from Seattle to Tok, then we dropped him off at the airport in Valdez. I navigated the rally stages from Fairbanks. We went to Prudhoe Bay and back to Fairbanks and caught up with him for the last two days in Anchorage.

laurasdada

Saw a new BMW 4 today. The grille, at least as ugly in person as in pix. Perhaps more atrocious.
YMMV

tjc78

stickguy said:

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

Yeah it’s really heavy. Cleared the back steps for the dog. Association did the sidewalks, so all I have to do is the driveway. I’m not in any rush.

explorerx4

Usually, here someone, or several people would be out at around 5am to clear the snow, so they could get to work. Not today. Guess they can work from home instead. What a difference a year makes.

jmonroe1

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

Yeah it’s really heavy. Cleared the back steps for the dog. Association did the sidewalks, so all I have to do is the driveway. I’m not in any rush.

The table on the deck now has about 12 inches of snow (up from around 8 inches yesterday). So I presume that is what is in the driveway. I have a routine foot doctor appointment at 9 this morning. I’m going to see if the Subie can plow through it. It should work because my driveway is as flat as our dining room table. That is rare for this area but I’ll take it.

jmonroe

driver100

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

explorerx4 said:

Weather Channel reporter said snow will not be good for making a snowman, so it's the dry stuff.

I’m way past the age for making snowmen. Too bad too, I just looked at the table on the deck and there is a good 8 inches on it. Snow blowing the driveway tomorrow should take a while. And no, I ain’t calling The Guy.☹️

jmonroe

We have about 4 inches and The Guy is doing it as I speak. I don't need a heart attack when the hospitals are filled with covid patients.

dino001

laurasdada said:

Saw a new BMW 4 today. The grille, at least as ugly in person as in pix. Perhaps more atrocious.
YMMV

That's bad news . I was hoping it will look a little better live and will it grow on me by the time 4 Gran Coupe rolls out. Otherwise, all is left for me is A5/S5 Sportsback, Stinger and perhaps V60. I like them on paper, but somehow my current 430 GC seems like more compelling choice. There are A7 or V90, but I don't want them be so big, even if I can afford them and am willing to shell out that kind of money. Still holding on hope I won't have to take these small SUV that are everywhere. Some look OK, but every time I sit inside of one, I find more reasons to stick with conventional wagon/hatchback, which of course almost disappeared.

BTW, talking about car buying process, check out this last SNL. I couldn't stop laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

venture

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

Yeah it’s really heavy. Cleared the back steps for the dog. Association did the sidewalks, so all I have to do is the driveway. I’m not in any rush.

The table on the deck now has about 12 inches of snow (up from around 8 inches yesterday). So I presume that is what is in the driveway. I have a routine foot doctor appointment at 9 this morning. I’m going to see if the Subie can plow through it. It should work because my driveway is as flat as our dining room table. That is rare for this area but I’ll take it.

jmonroe

How much has the plow put in front of your driveway? You can probably blast through that.

Mrs. venture is nuts about clearing snow (and raking leaves). We have to go out every hour or two to clear the driveway and sidewalks. I insist, to no avail, that I can just use the snow blower after it stops.

For some odd reason she agreed to let my daughters "guy" come this morning to plow the driveway; even after we removed more than half of it last night. We are still waiting.

explorerx4

The snow is taller than my snow blower, but I cleaned off the sidewalks and most of the driveway, took about an hour.
Should stop around 1pm, so I'll go back out there after that.
Bonus was that I found some new gloves I bought last year but never used.

driver100

Are they serious or is this some kind of joke?

Looks nice if only viewed from the rear;

driver100

That might be a temporary working grill for the 4 door model above. It could look good if it is like the 2 door models, and if you see it from the right angle....a little higher up;

ab348

driver100 said:

That might be a temporary working grill for the 4 door model above. It could look good if it is like the 2 door models, and if you see it from the right angle....a little higher up;

You must have posted the wrong picture link for the ones that look good.

stickguy

my son has been sending pictures of his front yard (in Albany) with a tape measure in the snow. Latest said they were up to 21", but at least it is light and fluffy! Better than Binghamton, where reports are up to 40" fell.

tjc78

We got about 2” at my house... which is now of course solid ice.

At least it’s sunny today. No plans to go anywhere until tomorrow afternoon.

kyfdx

I'd call it a dusting, here... but, that would be generous..

fintail

Never gets old:

driver100 said:

Are they serious or is this some kind of joke?

ab348

dino001 said:

That's bad news . I was hoping it will look a little better live and will it grow on me by the time 4 Gran Coupe rolls out. Otherwise, all is left for me is A5/S5 Sportsback, Stinger and perhaps V60. I like them on paper, but somehow my current 430 GC seems like more compelling choice. There are A7 or V90, but I don't want them be so big, even if I can afford them and am willing to shell out that kind of money.

We may be getting to one of those stages where it is better to hold on to the car you have if you really like it as nothing newer is better and may well be a step backwards. That happened before around 1972 when the '73-up cars all became strangled with emissions controls and cowcatcher bumpers for well over a decade. I am seeing the same thing right now with Cadillac and my ATS. The new models all look worse and have poorer performance than the one I have unless you shell out really big bucks.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

Usually, here someone, or several people would be out at around 5am to clear the snow, so they could get to work. Not today. Guess they can work from home instead. What a difference a year makes.

My company texted me at 5am that we were closed because it was too dangerous. I didn’t argue. My “guy” came too early so another 6 inches of snow came down. Once I uncovered the Kia and shoveled out by the road twice (thanks town plow) it made it out without too much drama.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

explorerx4 said:

Weather Channel reporter said snow will not be good for making a snowman, so it's the dry stuff.

I’m way past the age for making snowmen. Too bad too, I just looked at the table on the deck and there is a good 8 inches on it. Snow blowing the driveway tomorrow should take a while. And no, I ain’t calling The Guy.☹️

jmonroe

We have about 4 inches and The Guy is doing it as I speak. I don't need a heart attack when the hospitals are filled with covid patients.

I shoveled for about an hour this morning in 15 degree weather. I was thinking about heart attacks the whole time.

oldfarmer50

dino001 said:

laurasdada said:

Saw a new BMW 4 today. The grille, at least as ugly in person as in pix. Perhaps more atrocious.
YMMV

That's bad news . I was hoping it will look a little better live and will it grow on me by the time 4 Gran Coupe rolls out. Otherwise, all is left for me is A5/S5 Sportsback, Stinger and perhaps V60. I like them on paper, but somehow my current 430 GC seems like more compelling choice. There are A7 or V90, but I don't want them be so big, even if I can afford them and am willing to shell out that kind of money. Still holding on hope I won't have to take these small SUV that are everywhere. Some look OK, but every time I sit inside of one, I find more reasons to stick with conventional wagon/hatchback, which of course almost disappeared.

BTW, talking about car buying process, check out this last SNL. I couldn't stop laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

I’m guessing that’s closer to reality than most would admit. The one that gets me is where the guy surprises his wife with his and hers SUVs and the wife tells the wimpy husband she likes his better and is taking it away from him.

jmonroe1

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

Yeah it’s really heavy. Cleared the back steps for the dog. Association did the sidewalks, so all I have to do is the driveway. I’m not in any rush.

The table on the deck now has about 12 inches of snow (up from around 8 inches yesterday). So I presume that is what is in the driveway. I have a routine foot doctor appointment at 9 this morning. I’m going to see if the Subie can plow through it. It should work because my driveway is as flat as our dining room table. That is rare for this area but I’ll take it.

jmonroe

How much has the plow put in front of your driveway? You can probably blast through that.

Mrs. venture is nuts about clearing snow (and raking leaves). We have to go out every hour or two to clear the driveway and sidewalks. I insist, to no avail, that I can just use the snow blower after it stops.

For some odd reason she agreed to let my daughters "guy" come this morning to plow the driveway; even after we removed more than half of it last night. We are still waiting.

I had no trouble backing out of my driveway when I went to the foot doctor this morning. That little bit of buildup the plowed left at the street was no match for the Subie. Almost as if it wasn’t there.

As for “waiting” for the plow Guy, this is why I don’t call guys. By the time they get there I could have done it myself and that includes water heaters and stuff like that. FWIW, I can’t remember the last time I had to call myself back to do the job again.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

dino001 said:

laurasdada said:

Saw a new BMW 4 today. The grille, at least as ugly in person as in pix. Perhaps more atrocious.
YMMV

That's bad news . I was hoping it will look a little better live and will it grow on me by the time 4 Gran Coupe rolls out. Otherwise, all is left for me is A5/S5 Sportsback, Stinger and perhaps V60. I like them on paper, but somehow my current 430 GC seems like more compelling choice. There are A7 or V90, but I don't want them be so big, even if I can afford them and am willing to shell out that kind of money. Still holding on hope I won't have to take these small SUV that are everywhere. Some look OK, but every time I sit inside of one, I find more reasons to stick with conventional wagon/hatchback, which of course almost disappeared.

BTW, talking about car buying process, check out this last SNL. I couldn't stop laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

I’m guessing that’s closer to reality than most would admit. The one that gets me is where the guy surprises his wife with his and hers SUVs and the wife tells the wimpy husband she likes his better and is taking it away from him.

I like red.

I’m pretty sure this is the same commercial they had last year. Must have been popular.

jmonroe

driver100

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

That might be a temporary working grill for the 4 door model above. It could look good if it is like the 2 door models, and if you see it from the right angle....a little higher up;

You must have posted the wrong picture link for the ones that look good.

....just saying, I think it will look better in real life than it looks in a picture - which is usually taken from straight on which is a view you don't see very often unless you are hit by one!

bwia

I just logged in to check out the Genesis GV70 but suddenly I founded myself having a man-crush on this Korean reviewer who calls himself "Asian PetrolHead". I like his voice, accent, sense of humor, and his 6' 2" handsome physique. Please don't tell my wife; but am I suddenly becoming gender fluid in my senior years? or just an innocent man-crush. Still, he offers a very nice (but very long) review. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a24MKHXxCi0

graphicguy

driver100 said:

That might be a temporary working grill for the 4 door model above. It could look good if it is like the 2 door models, and if you see it from the right angle....a little higher up;

I just can't fathom these. And, you know they must be bad because I liked the Acura TL's "beak" grill.

oldfarmer50

bwia said:

I just logged in to check out the Genesis GV70 but suddenly I founded myself having a man-crush on this Korean reviewer who calls himself "Asian PetrolHead". I like his voice, accent, sense of humor, and his 6' 2" handsome physique. Please don't tell my wife; but am I suddenly becoming gender fluid in my senior years? or just an innocent man-crush. Still, he offers a very nice (but very long) review. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a24MKHXxCi0

Can’t help you with your identity crisis. 6’2” is pretty impressive for a native Korean and from the license plates it appears to be a Korean production. Asian cars have often been criticized as being too small for tall (or fat) Americans. Maybe if the Korean population is trending larger they’ll adapt.

explorerx4

Even from a distance in real life, that grille looks bad.

venture

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

not down here. It was very wet and heavy.

Yeah it’s really heavy. Cleared the back steps for the dog. Association did the sidewalks, so all I have to do is the driveway. I’m not in any rush.

The table on the deck now has about 12 inches of snow (up from around 8 inches yesterday). So I presume that is what is in the driveway. I have a routine foot doctor appointment at 9 this morning. I’m going to see if the Subie can plow through it. It should work because my driveway is as flat as our dining room table. That is rare for this area but I’ll take it.

jmonroe

How much has the plow put in front of your driveway? You can probably blast through that.

Mrs. venture is nuts about clearing snow (and raking leaves). We have to go out every hour or two to clear the driveway and sidewalks. I insist, to no avail, that I can just use the snow blower after it stops.

For some odd reason she agreed to let my daughters "guy" come this morning to plow the driveway; even after we removed more than half of it last night. We are still waiting.

I had no trouble backing out of my driveway when I went to the foot doctor this morning. That little bit of buildup the plowed left at the street was no match for the Subie. Almost as if it wasn’t there.

As for “waiting” for the plow Guy, this is why I don’t call guys. By the time they get there I could have done it myself and that includes water heaters and stuff like that. FWIW, I can’t remember the last time I had to call myself back to do the job again.

jmonroe

The plow guy didn't come. He had some kind of excuse about a belt breaking, blah blah blah and he would come this evening. At least he called. Mrs. venture told him we would do it ourselves.

It took about an hour, at the most, and included the sidewalks that he couldn't do anyway.

stickguy

my son sent a picture of his driveway that he shoveled by himself. took 2.5 hours and it is pretty short and only 1 lane. The walls look higher than his car most likely.

they got 23". My BIL in Saratoga got 35". I would be researching rentals in SC instead of shoveling.