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kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

We had 3-4 inches of soft, fluffy snow at 20 deg F south of town overnight. A few areas claimed 6 inches. No wind. No drifts.

The morning 5 am TV talking head was in an SUV driven by someone else giving a report about how awful the conditions were for driving. She was practically hysterical in her word choices. The multilane main road they were on had tracks where some were melting down to pavement due to the pretreatment most townships and municipalities put down during the day yesterday.

She told people not to go anywhere unless they had a 4-wheel drive large vehicle. I guess she never heard of front wheel drive and good A/S tires or better.

But the drama some of these media stations put out would scare anyone. I guess she's never heard of 36 inches of snow further east once or twice already this year. LOL

The snow prediction was 1-3 inches so the usual Kroger rush didn't develop. That's changed this year where all the snowflakes weren't scared into clearing the shelves of bread, eggs, and milk on any prediction of the "white death" as was used in previous years. The different shopping patterns with the China Virus have changed things.

This gal, barely out of her teens, would have died when I was a teenager driving a rear wheel drive vehicle that skewed sideways anytime too much power was applied to the rear wheels to push through snow, especially in turns and on curves. Somehow I'll bet she's never driven a rear wheel drive vehicle in snow, not even a BMW.

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

imidazol97

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

Beats me... a neighbor saw my wife shoveling and finished it off with his snowblower. I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

My son commutes to Oakley, and the interstates were a mess this morning. 20 minute commute took him over an hour, mostly because of the backups.

Our local streets have been plowed

roadburner

imidazol97 said:

We had 3-4 inches of soft, fluffy snow at 20 deg F south of town overnight. A few areas claimed 6 inches. No wind. No drifts.

The morning 5 am TV talking head was in an SUV driven by someone else giving a report about how awful the conditions were for driving. She was practically hysterical in her word choices. The multilane main road they were on had tracks where some were melting down to pavement due to the pretreatment most townships and municipalities put down during the day yesterday.

She told people not to go anywhere unless they had a 4-wheel drive large vehicle. I guess she never heard of front wheel drive and good A/S tires or better.

But the drama some of these media stations put out would scare anyone. I guess she's never heard of 36 inches of snow further east once or twice already this year. LOL

The snow prediction was 1-3 inches so the usual Kroger rush didn't develop. That's changed this year where all the snowflakes weren't scared into clearing the shelves of bread, eggs, and milk on any prediction of the "white death" as was used in previous years. The different shopping patterns with the China Virus have changed things.

This gal, barely out of her teens, would have died when I was a teenager driving a rear wheel drive vehicle that skewed sideways anytime too much power was applied to the rear wheels to push through snow, especially in turns and on curves. Somehow I'll bet she's never driven a rear wheel drive vehicle in snow, not even a BMW.

I put Michelin winter tires on my wife’s RWD BMWs and we never had a moment’s trouble. One time I was driving her 3er down the interstate and I didn’t think the road conditions were all that bad until a couple of SUVs spun into the median in front of me.
The talking head(for some reason I’m thinking "bubble headed bleach blonde”) is just another example of the dumbing down of the typical US vehicle operators(calling them “drivers” is far too generous). These imbeciles think RWD is lethal on any road that isn’t perfectly level, ruler straight, and bone dry.
More excellent candidates for a lifetime supply of bus tokens...

stickguy

venture said:

I took the Legacy in for a software update. It is supposed to help with over the air updates. One of the things it added was a button to turn off the stop/start so you don't have to dig through a few menus.

If it had that a year ago, we might own an outback now.

roadburner

As for leaving information in your car, when I worked at BMW the GM had me give a 15 minute training session every week and I used to emphasize to the salespeople that they needed to delete any personal information stored in the car. It only took a couple of minutes. Of course no hood deed goes unpunished; I wound up doing 95% of the deletions.

qbrozen

per my wife's research, we are supposed to get snow everyday this week.

as for the officiating discussion, I won't say TB would have won anyway. Butterfly effect and all. One call can lead to a score (like changing a field goal to a TD), which deflates spirits, etc. So we really have no idea what would have happened.

stickguy

I thought it was normal for winter tires to lose a lot of effectiveness around half tread, by design. Since the outer tread is softer and more siped. Once that’s gone, more of a normal tire. Wes I think says he just runs them over the summer once they get like that, to get full use out of them.

kyfdx

@imidazol97 Sorry, not much news. 28 F here, and the streets have all been plowed. What was left in the parking lot seemed fairly heavy. When my wife told me we got 10" I scoffed at her. But, sure enough. It is pretty slick, if you get into any of it.

Also, the idiots driving around with 300 lbs of snow on their roof.

driver100

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

kyfdx

Chai tea latte. YOU tell her.

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

per my wife's research, we are supposed to get snow everyday this week.

as for the officiating discussion, I won't say TB would have won anyway. Butterfly effect and all. One call can lead to a score (like changing a field goal to a TD), which deflates spirits, etc. So we really have no idea what would have happened.

Excellent choice of words my friend!

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Stop/Start.....interestingly, the “feature” really hasn’t activated at all for months. I’ll assume that’s because as it’s become colder around these parts, the engine stays running to keep the heat flowing.

SuperBowl....I know there is some Brady “distaste” that has run rampant for years. Gotta admit, he’s probably the best QB I’ve ever seen play the game. And, right now, he’s still playing at the pinnacle of QB performance, at an age most NFL players have long retired. I admire him.

The outcome? Whenever there’s so much at stake, people are going to somehow claim they were cheated (hmmmmmmmm????!!!!!) if they lose. Bottom line, maybe a little question here or a call there, but overall, Tampa Bay flat out beat KC, and did so convincingly and soundly.

Don’t bet against Brady.

You got that right. You’re not going to make a living doing that.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

venture said:

I think I mentioned before: One day I was leaving Lowes and I was behind a young lady at the red light. The light turned green and she didn't move. There was nobody behind us so I just sat there too. She sat through two changes of the light before she looked up from her texting, or whatever she was doing, and noticed a green light.

That's why God invented horns.

I was behind two women in a small SUV, heavily darkened windows, with cute stickers on the rear window. Didn't turn right out of a business service driveway. Didn't move. Horn. Waited 20 seconds again. No move. Horn again. Then lady gave me the finger. I don't know if she was eating her Chick Fil A or City Barbeque order sitting at the stop sign or on phone or what. Cross traffic was light.

We need IQ tests to get a driver license, I think.

You mentioned ‘heavily tinted windows’.

That reminds me of what my Son told me when he went have his windows tinted after he bought his Q37 a few years ago. The guy at the shop was showing him the different tints and when he saw the darkest tint he asked, “who would get their windows tinted that dark”? The guy said, “I think it’s popular with people who don’t want to be seen when they’re at a light texting”.

jmonroe

tjc78

nyccarguy said:

qbrozen said:

per my wife's research, we are supposed to get snow everyday this week.

as for the officiating discussion, I won't say TB would have won anyway. Butterfly effect and all. One call can lead to a score (like changing a field goal to a TD), which deflates spirits, etc. So we really have no idea what would have happened.

Excellent choice of words my friend!

I see what you did there....

fintail

Get a dashcam, upload the video with the license plate number and vehicle info in the description, maybe eventually her kids or friends will find her and be embarrassed.

Driveways around fast food places tend to be the worst, I think the food puts the "driver's" mind in a haze. My old jogging route took me by a Wendy's and Starbucks, always had to be on guard, as people would be completely oblivious.

A really loud horn is fun, too. Honking at someone in the fintail is always an experience, I swear people two blocks up the street will turn around to see what is going on. Regarding snow, I drove that old car in the snow several times when I was younger, never had an issue. I drove my powerful heavy RWD E55 AMG in the snow too, even on low profile tires and marginally maintained suburban Seattle streets, barely any issues. Shopping patterns here don't seem to have changed much either, if one needs to go to Wally World or Costco, go as early as possible, as it becomes a zoo or a page on "People of Wal Mart".

imidazol97 said:

That's why God invented horns.

I was behind two women in a small SUV, heavily darkened windows, with cute stickers on the rear window. Didn't turn right out of a business service driveway. Didn't move. Horn. Waited 20 seconds again. No move. Horn again. Then lady gave me the finger. I don't know if she was eating her Chick Fil A or City Barbeque order sitting at the stop sign or on phone or what. Cross traffic was light.

We need IQ tests to get a driver license, I think.

ab348

imidazol97 said:

We had 3-4 inches of soft, fluffy snow at 20 deg F south of town overnight. A few areas claimed 6 inches. No wind. No drifts.

The morning 5 am TV talking head was in an SUV driven by someone else giving a report about how awful the conditions were for driving. She was practically hysterical in her word choices. The multilane main road they were on had tracks where some were melting down to pavement due to the pretreatment most townships and municipalities put down during the day yesterday.

She told people not to go anywhere unless they had a 4-wheel drive large vehicle. I guess she never heard of front wheel drive and good A/S tires or better.

But the drama some of these media stations put out would scare anyone. I guess she's never heard of 36 inches of snow further east once or twice already this year. LOL

The snow prediction was 1-3 inches so the usual Kroger rush didn't develop. That's changed this year where all the snowflakes weren't scared into clearing the shelves of bread, eggs, and milk on any prediction of the "white death" as was used in previous years. The different shopping patterns with the China Virus have changed things.

This gal, barely out of her teens, would have died when I was a teenager driving a rear wheel drive vehicle that skewed sideways anytime too much power was applied to the rear wheels to push through snow, especially in turns and on curves. Somehow I'll bet she's never driven a rear wheel drive vehicle in snow, not even a BMW.

It just seems to get worse with the media every year. Last week we had the usual drumbeating about the "massive storm" (some outfit always uses that phrase) heading our way. So we got about 8"-10" of snow in the afternoon, then it changed to car wash-level rain which kept up overnight. By the morning everything was bare and even the older snow/ice that had been on the ground was gone. My thermometer read 50 degrees F when I got up that morning.

Nevertheless our local CBC morning show host tweeted that morning as she walked from home to work about dire conditions to watch out for with icy stretches on the sidewalks.I'm pretty sure the nearest icy patches were in the local hockey rink.

Then starting Thursday of last week the "massive storm" alarms started going off again for Sunday night. It kept up all week with predtictions of "up to 50cm of snow" (that's 20 inches). They key words there were "up to". Here on the coast we weren't getting 50 cm, maybe 50 or 100 miles inland that could be possible, not here. Sure enough, we got about 10" here, a PITA but quite manageable. But that had the masses all whipped up for days on social media. I honestly cannot understand how people live in such fear and let themselves be such drama queens all the time over this stuff. This is winter in Canada, and 10 inches of snow is normal, not the end of the world.

driver100

kyfdx said:

Chai tea latte. YOU tell her.

No problem:

andres3

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

Is their a survey function on here? I'd like to tally everyone here on whether they've been guilty of speeding in the year of 2021. Then I'd like to find out if anyone is guilty of driving without a seat belt on in the exact same sample time frame of the year 2021 to be fair.



I'll go first, guilty on the first count, not guilty on the latter.

I routinely do 72 in a 65 as that’s the flow of traffic. So guilty.

But is it really speeding if you don't get a ticket?
Isn't that some kind of philosophical question?

According to "rule followers" you must come to a "complete stop" even at 3AM in the middle of nowhere for a Stop Sign. So I'd say those people would say yes.

venture

imidazol97 said:

venture said:

I think I mentioned before: One day I was leaving Lowes and I was behind a young lady at the red light. The light turned green and she didn't move. There was nobody behind us so I just sat there too. She sat through two changes of the light before she looked up from her texting, or whatever she was doing, and noticed a green light.

That's why God invented horns.

I was behind two women in a small SUV, heavily darkened windows, with cute stickers on the rear window. Didn't turn right out of a business service driveway. Didn't move. Horn. Waited 20 seconds again. No move. Horn again. Then lady gave me the finger. I don't know if she was eating her Chick Fil A or City Barbeque order sitting at the stop sign or on phone or what. Cross traffic was light.

We need IQ tests to get a driver license, I think.

I've told my wife a few times, when that happens, "I wish I was driving an old beat-up pickup truck."

I get yelled at every time. You would think a guy would learn.

andres3

fintail said:

I speed every time I drive. Seldom more than 10 over, but 5-10 over, every time. I probably hit 10 over on a few roads today, but these 30 zones on wide open 4 lane roads are moronic at best anyway, and with lax enforcement, there you go.

andres3 said:

Is their a survey function on here? I'd like to tally everyone here on whether they've been guilty of speeding in the year of 2021. Then I'd like to find out if anyone is guilty of driving without a seat belt on in the exact same sample time frame of the year 2021 to be fair.



I'll go first, guilty on the first count, not guilty on the latter.

And you always wear your seat belt? Does the Fintail only have a lap belt?

andres3

tjc78 said:

I was bad today. An idiot was blocking the left lane at 5 under..:. Passed on the right at XXX speed.

Didn’t get caught so it doesn’t count.

Wait, you mean you sped rather than prolong your pass and be in the vicinity of said idiot for a longer period of time increasing his chances of colliding with you? If he was 5 under you should have been able to pass and keep to the speed limit

venture

andres3 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

Is their a survey function on here? I'd like to tally everyone here on whether they've been guilty of speeding in the year of 2021. Then I'd like to find out if anyone is guilty of driving without a seat belt on in the exact same sample time frame of the year 2021 to be fair.



I'll go first, guilty on the first count, not guilty on the latter.

I routinely do 72 in a 65 as that’s the flow of traffic. So guilty.

But is it really speeding if you don't get a ticket?
Isn't that some kind of philosophical question?

According to "rule followers" you must come to a "complete stop" even at 3AM in the middle of nowhere for a Stop Sign. So I'd say those people would say yes.

A stop sign is only to define right of way. The legislators did the rest.

venture

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

venture said:

I think I mentioned before: One day I was leaving Lowes and I was behind a young lady at the red light. The light turned green and she didn't move. There was nobody behind us so I just sat there too. She sat through two changes of the light before she looked up from her texting, or whatever she was doing, and noticed a green light.

That's why God invented horns.

I was behind two women in a small SUV, heavily darkened windows, with cute stickers on the rear window. Didn't turn right out of a business service driveway. Didn't move. Horn. Waited 20 seconds again. No move. Horn again. Then lady gave me the finger. I don't know if she was eating her Chick Fil A or City Barbeque order sitting at the stop sign or on phone or what. Cross traffic was light.

We need IQ tests to get a driver license, I think.

You mentioned ‘heavily tinted windows’.

That reminds me of what my Son told me when he went have his windows tinted after he bought his Q37 a few years ago. The guy at the shop was showing him the different tints and when he saw the darkest tint he asked, “who would get their windows tinted that dark”? The guy said, “I think it’s popular with people who don’t want to be seen when they’re at a light texting”.

jmonroe

I think the dark tinted windows are dangerous. You can't see the drivers eyes to see if s/he sees you. I don't like pulling out in front of a car with windows like that. Chicken.

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

We had 3-4 inches of soft, fluffy snow at 20 deg F south of town overnight. A few areas claimed 6 inches. No wind. No drifts.

The morning 5 am TV talking head was in an SUV driven by someone else giving a report about how awful the conditions were for driving. She was practically hysterical in her word choices. The multilane main road they were on had tracks where some were melting down to pavement due to the pretreatment most townships and municipalities put down during the day yesterday.

She told people not to go anywhere unless they had a 4-wheel drive large vehicle. I guess she never heard of front wheel drive and good A/S tires or better.

But the drama some of these media stations put out would scare anyone. I guess she's never heard of 36 inches of snow further east once or twice already this year. LOL

The snow prediction was 1-3 inches so the usual Kroger rush didn't develop. That's changed this year where all the snowflakes weren't scared into clearing the shelves of bread, eggs, and milk on any prediction of the "white death" as was used in previous years. The different shopping patterns with the China Virus have changed things.

This gal, barely out of her teens, would have died when I was a teenager driving a rear wheel drive vehicle that skewed sideways anytime too much power was applied to the rear wheels to push through snow, especially in turns and on curves. Somehow I'll bet she's never driven a rear wheel drive vehicle in snow, not even a BMW.

Most media these days is pure emotional manipulation. Watch any morning news and they’ll have you swinging from rage to weeping to going awww at kittens.

We got a few inches this morning and the streets were very slick. Had to remind myself to slow down and turn carefully.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

andres3

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Stop/Start.....interestingly, the “feature” really hasn’t activated at all for months. I’ll assume that’s because as it’s become colder around these parts, the engine stays running to keep the heat flowing.

SuperBowl....I know there is some Brady “distaste” that has run rampant for years. Gotta admit, he’s probably the best QB I’ve ever seen play the game. And, right now, he’s still playing at the pinnacle of QB performance, at an age most NFL players have long retired. I admire him.

The outcome? Whenever there’s so much at stake, people are going to somehow claim they were cheated (hmmmmmmmm????!!!!!) if they lose. Bottom line, maybe a little question here or a call there, but overall, Tampa Bay flat out beat KC, and did so convincingly and soundly.

Don’t bet against Brady.

Unless there's a Manning on the other team playing QB

andres3

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

I can just imagine getting back from a trip after couple of weeks (not that ppl are traveling much these days) and not having your registration/insurance/GDO/whatever in the car and then getting stopped on your way home or not being able to get into the garage. You simply cannot eliminate all risks entirely.
Besides, that's what insurance is for.

Insurance helps but having your car stolen and house broken into is not something people want to have to deal with. I don't think I would actually do this but it would probably be smart to put papers with your address in a little plastic case and take it with. They suggest not putting your own home in your GPS and use a neighbors home.....might not be nice if the neighbors house gets robbed!

I don't have my home in the GPS as I know where I live and I know how to get home. I may be getting old but I'm not that old.

GPS can find new routes and shortcuts you might never consider or think of. At least that's what I've found, but then again, I've only lived in certain parts of San Diego County for a few years when I started using GPS. Of course, once you realize the GPS found a better route, then you don't need it anymore.

fintail

Seatbelt use is muscle memory for me, my parents were of "this car doesn't move until you're buckled up" mindset.

Fintail has lap belts, IIRC shoulder belts were not mandatory until the MY 1968 safety regs (and then only the fold up type most people never used).

andres3 said:

And you always wear your seat belt? Does the Fintail only have a lap belt?

jmonroe1

venture said:

imidazol97 said:

venture said:

I think I mentioned before: One day I was leaving Lowes and I was behind a young lady at the red light. The light turned green and she didn't move. There was nobody behind us so I just sat there too. She sat through two changes of the light before she looked up from her texting, or whatever she was doing, and noticed a green light.

That's why God invented horns.

I was behind two women in a small SUV, heavily darkened windows, with cute stickers on the rear window. Didn't turn right out of a business service driveway. Didn't move. Horn. Waited 20 seconds again. No move. Horn again. Then lady gave me the finger. I don't know if she was eating her Chick Fil A or City Barbeque order sitting at the stop sign or on phone or what. Cross traffic was light.

We need IQ tests to get a driver license, I think.

I've told my wife a few times, when that happens, "I wish I was driving an old beat-up pickup truck."

I get yelled at every time. You would think a guy would learn.

Learning can be done by the other side also but I know what you mean.

jmonroe

imidazol97

fintail said:

Seatbelt use is muscle memory for me, my parents were of "this car doesn't move until you're buckled up" mindset.

Fintail has lap belts, IIRC shoulder belts were not mandatory until the MY 1968 safety regs (and then only the fold up type most people never used).

andres3 said:

And you always wear your seat belt? Does the Fintail only have a lap belt?

I've always used my seatbelt since my 1957 Fairlane 500. I installed seatbelts in it.
IIRC there were pads for belts on the floor.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

Michaell

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

And, you could be driving a couple of Hybrids instead of gas guzzling ICE vehicles.

Everybody should be allowed to spend their money any way they want.

dino001

dino001

dino001

driver100

Michaell said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

And, you could be driving a couple of Hybrids instead of gas guzzling ICE vehicles.

Everybody should be allowed to spend their money any way they want.

I couldn't agree more.....just offering a more convenient, cheaper option.
Sometimes I really wanted a great coffee, so I would stop at Tim Hortons, wait in line, get out my money or card, race home to have a superior coffee.......but, with a Keurig and Tim Horton K-Cups I can make an equally good if not better coffee in the comfort of my own home whenever I want.
Getting a coffee at the source might be a guilty decadent pleasure - and that is something you can't duplicate at home!

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

Wow, you rich guys and your expensive tastes. Drive to Starbucks to shell out $5 (probably more) for a coffee which IMO tastes like transmission fluid? No thanks. I buy 5 pound canisters of Maxwell House at the warehouse store and make gallons of the stuff at home for $5.

snakeweasel

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

I can just imagine getting back from a trip after couple of weeks (not that ppl are traveling much these days) and not having your registration/insurance/GDO/whatever in the car and then getting stopped on your way home or not being able to get into the garage. You simply cannot eliminate all risks entirely.
Besides, that's what insurance is for.

Insurance helps but having your car stolen and house broken into is not something people want to have to deal with. I don't think I would actually do this but it would probably be smart to put papers with your address in a little plastic case and take it with. They suggest not putting your own home in your GPS and use a neighbors home.....might not be nice if the neighbors house gets robbed!

I don't have my home in the GPS as I know where I live and I know how to get home. I may be getting old but I'm not that old.

GPS can find new routes and shortcuts you might never consider or think of. At least that's what I've found, but then again, I've only lived in certain parts of San Diego County for a few years when I started using GPS. Of course, once you realize the GPS found a better route, then you don't need it anymore.

Yes they can, they can also take you down dead end streets, bad neighborhoods and unkept roads. Many times the GPS has said to make a turn I replied "I don't think so". I know one route I take that the GPS has you turning off a road making a left, going to the next road and making a right and taking you right back to the road you were originally on. And that road is perfectly straight so it's not a short cut.

ab348

How people spend their money seems to be in the stars today. I just finished listening to an interesting podcast by 2 construction contractors who had a Toronto homeowner and his reno contractor as guests, discussing the homeowner’s experience with the contractor in a 10-month major renovation. Apparently the renovation cost was in the $500K range in the overheated Toronto market. The owner made it clear that money was no issue for him but didn’t want to get taken advantage of. Fine. He spent a lot of time bragging about some of the expensive things he spent money on, fine also. But what didn’t sit well with me was when he began bragging about his kitchen appliances (Wolf & Sub-Zero) and then congratulated himself for his wise purchases. He made everyone laugh uproariously when he said that if he hadn’t been so sharp that he would have ended up with Samsung or GE appliances, god forbid. Apparently the Wolf guy was about to visit him to teach him how to turn on his stove. It doesn’t bother me to hear people talking about how much they spent on something but please don’t make fun of those who don’t or can’t do that.

oldfarmer50

andres3 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Stop/Start.....interestingly, the “feature” really hasn’t activated at all for months. I’ll assume that’s because as it’s become colder around these parts, the engine stays running to keep the heat flowing.

SuperBowl....I know there is some Brady “distaste” that has run rampant for years. Gotta admit, he’s probably the best QB I’ve ever seen play the game. And, right now, he’s still playing at the pinnacle of QB performance, at an age most NFL players have long retired. I admire him.

The outcome? Whenever there’s so much at stake, people are going to somehow claim they were cheated (hmmmmmmmm????!!!!!) if they lose. Bottom line, maybe a little question here or a call there, but overall, Tampa Bay flat out beat KC, and did so convincingly and soundly.

Don’t bet against Brady.

Unless there's a Manning on the other team playing QB

You mean the guy who sells insurance?

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

Wow, you rich guys and your expensive tastes. Drive to Starbucks to shell out $5 (probably more) for a coffee which IMO tastes like transmission fluid? No thanks. I buy 5 pound canisters of Maxwell House at the warehouse store and make gallons of the stuff at home for $5.

That begs the question of how do you know what transmission fluid tastes like?

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

10" here, 3 miles S of Downtown

Is it Light and fluffy and easy to drive on or is it the heavier, wet snow with temps closer to 32 and harder to
drive in.

I'm getting ready to make a Starbucks run for my wife, so I'll let you know.

Save the planet and your car and time and your wallet..........for about $60;

How does that save the planet? I’d rather save my wallet and not buy overpriced coffee.

By not paying $5 at Starbucks, using your car to drive there when you want a coffee........and basically K-Cups cost about the same for McCafe or Starbucks...maybe 40 cents a cup compared to $5.

Wow, you rich guys and your expensive tastes. Drive to Starbucks to shell out $5 (probably more) for a coffee which IMO tastes like transmission fluid? No thanks. I buy 5 pound canisters of Maxwell House at the warehouse store and make gallons of the stuff at home for $5.

That begs the question of how do you know what transmission fluid tastes like?

If you drove hoopties you wouldn’t have to ask that question. Those guys don’t throw anything away.

jmonroe

28firefighter

Seattle is supposed to get up to 20" of snow Thursday-Monday. I'm sure that won't end terribly.

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

Unless there's a Manning on the other team playing QB

You mean the guy who sells insurance?

Is that Jake? from State Farm?

fintail

That's how it is in the fintail too, anchored to the floor, airplane-style latch.

I remember when my dad bought the 60 Ford, it had no belts, he installed them.

imidazol97 said:

I've always used my seatbelt since my 1957 Fairlane 500. I installed seatbelts in it.
IIRC there were pads for belts on the floor.

fintail

If you guys get 20" of snow and we miss out, I swear...

28firefighter said:

Seattle is supposed to get up to 20" of snow Thursday-Monday. I'm sure that won't end terribly.

cdnpinhead

oldfarmer50 said:

I buy 5 pound canisters of Maxwell House at the warehouse store and make gallons of the stuff at home for $5.

I'm with you all the way, but a bit more expensive (but nothing compared to the "gourmet" guys) since I buy my Folgers at Safeway.

tjc78

We buy Dunkin Donuts coffee to brew at home. It’s good but not as good when you get it there. The brewers they use are set to higher, more consistent temps than what I have at home.

Now if I make it in the French Press it’s much closer.

Keurig is very convenient and we use ours a lot, but no K-cup is as good as a brewed pot IMO.

FWIW we do drink our coffee black, so maybe fussier than those who add creme and/or sugar.

imidazol97

fintail said:

That's how it is in the fintail too, anchored to the floor, airplane-style latch.

I remember when my dad bought the 60 Ford, it had no belts, he installed them.

imidazol97 said:

I've always used my seatbelt since my 1957 Fairlane 500. I installed seatbelts in it.
IIRC there were pads for belts on the floor.

I believe I've got the right memory but it seems there were heavier square plates in/on
the floor pan with screw threads in them. The aftermarket belts had a bolt
that screwed into that threading.