View Full Version : Prepping for the snowpocolypse OCT2018
thedave1164
10-13-2018, 13:06
Mowed the lawn for the last time.
Dug out the snow thrower from under the summer time stuff that gets thrown on top of it.
Changed to oil in the snow thrower, new gas, and flushed the carburetor bowl, ran good and was able to shut off the choke in a couple minutes.
Put out the NO on 112 signs.
Locked the hubs on the Sidekick, threw the snow brush in it.
Put the mower up for the year.
Yes!!!
Blew out the sprinkler lines yesterday. Don't have the right compressor so it's not complete but should hold me until the lawn guy comes in a few weeks.
Shovel at the ready but I don't think it will stick in the metro, we'll see.
Lawnmower stays out until the leaves are down. Cause I'm lazy like that! Aeration in a few weeks too.
This year's lows have caught me a bit by surprise but I should have seen it coming with the mild summer we had.
Probably won't ride my motorcycle tomorrow. Maybe Monday. I'll mow when I get home. Hoses and swamp cooler take care of a couple of weeks ago. Halloween decorations up. I'm good.
SideShow Bob
10-13-2018, 14:53
Don’t forget the bread & milk !
https://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU
Will mow for the last time after the Halloween decorations come down.
Then put up the mower, pull out the plow/4-wheeler/blower.
Then the Christmas decorations come out...
I'd have figured you would have posted something about the time you were in Greenland and how this is nothing. :D
thedave1164
10-13-2018, 16:43
I'd have figured you would have posted something about the time you were in Greenland and how this is nothing. :D
LOL
thedave1164
10-13-2018, 16:44
Got the new dog door in, the old one was letting a lot of air through.
kidicarus13
10-13-2018, 17:50
This year's lows have caught me a bit by surprise but I should have seen it coming with the mild summer we had.
Third hottest summer on record
https://kdvr.com/2018/09/06/3rd-warmest-summer-on-record-for-colorado/
GilpinGuy
10-13-2018, 18:22
I'm seeing a forecast of 5 inches over 2 days up in Black Hawk. BFD Is it supposed to be bad in Denver?
SideShow Bob
10-13-2018, 18:49
You know the first snow in Denver people drive like idiots, like they drive when the roads are dry.
KevDen2005
10-13-2018, 18:50
You know the first snow in Denver people drive like idiots, like they drive when the roads are dry.
And every snow after that
hollohas
10-13-2018, 19:07
Came down from FtCo to Littleton about 5:00. No storm in sight. Some lanes had been sprayed already. Every CDOT sign said winter weather advisory.
This entire week the weather folks were saying it was going to drop below freezing every night. But it never did. Heck, Monday night they kept saying it was going to be 28'ish and it never got below 38. So I'm a little skeptical still that we're going to get any noticable snowfall at all tonight. I'll believe it when I see it.
With the forecast calling for global warming, what's everybody worried about? [Sweat]
Third hottest summer on record
https://kdvr.com/2018/09/06/3rd-warmest-summer-on-record-for-colorado/
idonbelevit
Our Xcel bills were very low. I think we used a/c at night for maybe a week.
Did NOAA massage produce the data?
Great-Kazoo
10-13-2018, 20:27
Too bad, weather here has dropped to the mid 50's overnight. The rain that we usually see late july - 1st of sept. during monsoon season has reared it's ugly head again. Last week there was maybe 2 dry days.
Bailey Guns
10-13-2018, 21:40
Too bad, weather here has dropped to the mid 50's overnight. The rain that we usually see late july - 1st of sept. during monsoon season has reared it's ugly head again. Last week there was maybe 2 dry days.
We don't get a lot of snow or really cold days here, either. But the rain... It starts raining some time in Nov and won't really stop until the end of April. You don't see the sun here much in the winter. But, on the other hand...I don't have to shovel rain. And I don't have to chain up for it.
beast556
10-13-2018, 22:29
Been snowing here in wellington for a few hours. Started sticking about an hour ago, everything is solid white now. Windy as shit too
OtterbatHellcat
10-13-2018, 22:42
There isn't anything about snow that doesn't suck.
15 degrees on Monday morning?.....F.O.
That about sums it up I think.
hurley842002
10-14-2018, 05:38
There isn't anything about snow that doesn't suck.
15 degrees on Monday morning?.....F.O.
That about sums it up I think.I agree! I used to enjoy driving in it, and then all the nutters moved to CO, so it's not even enjoyable anymore.
My dog discovered snow for the first time this AM. She's a big fan. Me, not so much.
ChickNorris
10-14-2018, 07:19
I remember the first time I saw a tropical island in the AM. I was a BIG fan. Palm frond big.
No snow here in Southlands. So disappointed.
We've got a measured 11 inches and the snow is still falling. It's 14 degrees so the moose quarters will do fine.
thedave1164
10-14-2018, 09:02
Well, got the 3-6 inches predicted, had to shovel the snow since it was before 8am and I don’t want to that neighbor.
Daughter was dropping off the grandson early today so I did not want her to deal with the snow and ice carrying a baby.
Some of it was 3” some of it was 6” LOL
StagLefty
10-14-2018, 09:16
Cold and snow are clearing the trees off this morning.
Nothing sticking to the roads in HR (for now). Roads are wet.
I've got maybe 2" on the north side of the house.
ChickNorris
10-14-2018, 09:20
Clearing branches off trees too
Cold and snow are clearing the trees off this morning.
Yeah, almost as much leaf fall as snow.
SideShow Bob
10-14-2018, 11:28
Weird, the only snow left on the driveway or sidewalks are on the leaves that blew there before the snow stared piling up......
Guess it's my turn to be that guy. High 80's here.
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GilpinGuy
10-14-2018, 14:07
Guess it's my turn to be that guy. High 80's here.
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LOL Where is that? Its gorgeous here in Vegas also. Sucking down beers by the pool.
Given the severity of the storm, my wife and I are actively speculating which of our neighbors to eat first...
Given the severity of the storm, my wife and I are actively speculating which of our neighbors to eat first...
Start with the vegans. Grass fed is better and you won’t have to listen to them tell you about their veganism anymore.
thedave1164
10-14-2018, 15:30
Start with the vegans. Grass fed is better and you won’t have to listen to them tell you about their veganism anymore.
ROFL
GilpinGuy
10-14-2018, 15:33
Given the severity of the storm, my wife and I are actively speculating which of our neighbors to eat first...
Start with the vegans. Grass fed is better and you won’t have to listen to them tell you about their veganism anymore.
People are looking at me while I litteraly laugh out loud at this. [LOL]
ChickNorris
10-14-2018, 15:35
Um, I'm pretty sure pork is a vegetable & technically a grain too.
Are vegans technically fruitcakes?
ChickNorris
10-14-2018, 16:23
Yes, if pork is a vegetable then yes vegans are fruitcakes & probably taste just as nasty because of being steeped in their righteous, half starved smug & sour disposition.
Whoops, was that outloud?
Sort of kidding... sort of not.
Every vegan/militant vegetarian I've ever known looked sick and weak. I don't think they'd be at the top of the list.
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Every vegan/militant vegetarian I've ever known looked sick and weak. I don't think they'd be at the top of the list.
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1. They’re easier to catch and overwhelm
2. They will lose body mass fast in a crisis, so eat them early, save the others for later
3. You can tell your other neighbors that it was just about them being annoying vegans, “nothing to see here”
Excellent points.
I’ve done this math before.
Always eat the vegans first
Aloha_Shooter
10-14-2018, 21:19
Third hottest summer on record
https://kdvr.com/2018/09/06/3rd-warmest-summer-on-record-for-colorado/
Funny since I never dug the A/C out of the shed at all this year and I had some tomato seeds that never started until the end of the summer (imagine my surprise finding newish tomato plants with blooms in the planter at the end of Sept). Maybe if they didn't take their record temps from thermometers located in heat islands but then the Left has shown falsifying records is the least they will do in their ideological war on Common Sense and our mutual Heritage.
OtterbatHellcat
10-14-2018, 21:25
People are looking at me while I litteraly laugh out loud at this. [LOL]
I've experienced this phenomenon more than once being a member of this community.
:)
I don't question this being a hot summer for one second. I've never had A/C and this year was absolutely miserable.
Start with the vegans. Grass fed is better and you won?t have to listen to them tell you about their veganism anymore.
When SHTF, Grass fed canabalism.......for the discerning diet [Coffee]
Yeah, but do you cook em on a flat top grill, or open flame?
I'd say bbq but you better marinate in milk before hand to remove the game taste
thedave1164
10-15-2018, 05:30
brine overnight to get rid of the gamey/hippie taste, then the smoker for 12+ hours till the meat falls off the bone.
Hmm that begs the question, what would go best with yuppie hippies a hickory or maybe apple wood?
Great-Kazoo
10-15-2018, 08:18
Hmm that begs the question, what would go best with yuppie hippies a hickory or maybe apple wood?
A competition blend of oak, pecan and hickory. Or if it's like most of the protest community, probably fatty from not doing anything but protest. Then i'd go with a cherry since they've never experienced the real world.
Hmm that begs the question, what would go best with yuppie hippies a hickory or maybe apple wood?
Whatever covers the scent of patchouli the best. I'm thinking hickory/cherry blend.
jerrymrc
10-15-2018, 08:57
I am surprised this year over last. Last year on 1 sept the skies turned grey and the temp dropped. It is supposed to cool off later this week but we have had sun and 75 almost every day since the first of sept. 60% of the trees have turned and it has been a fantastic fall here. 5 PM and I am wearing my shorts and T shirt. The locals can't believe it. Still picking the last of the tomatoes.[Flower]
Snowpocalypse my ass.
All the weather is extremier these days. You must be one of those 'deniers' I hear about. [Sarcasm2]
68Charger
10-15-2018, 18:08
I’ve done this math before.
Always eat the vegans first
Man, I'm really going to have to search for them here... not sure it would be worth a trip into the metro.
no snow here of course, but we've had 9.5" of rain from Friday noon until Sunday night... and it barely stopped raining all day today.
OtterbatHellcat
10-15-2018, 19:52
That was some funny stuff, guys.
Man, I'm really going to have to search for them here... not sure it would be worth a trip into the metro.
no snow here of course, but we've had 9.5" of rain from Friday noon until Sunday night... and it barely stopped raining all day today.
Texas is the home of that tick that makes people allergic to red meat, so more vegans may be coming your way.
A competition blend of oak, pecan and hickory. Or if it's like most of the protest community, probably fatty from not doing anything but protest. Then i'd go with a cherry since they've never experienced the real world.
Careful to maintain your distance while cooking or you might get a contact high
Texas is the home of that tick that makes people allergic to red meat, so more vegans may be coming your way.
This would be so horrible!
Which one of you guys is coming to my house to finish me off if this happens to me?
ChickNorris
10-16-2018, 08:48
I'll be your huckleberry if you'll be mine.
Great-Kazoo
10-16-2018, 09:02
Texas is the home of that tick that makes people allergic to red meat, so more vegans may be coming your way.
Actually, that's any tic "may" cause the reaction that makes one allergic to red meat. Caught that discussion saturday from the local c/college
I'll be your huckleberry if you'll be mine.
Deal!
Actually, that's any tic "may" cause the reaction that makes one allergic to red meat. Caught that discussion saturday from the local c/college
"May" As is, they're not sure?!?!? What the hell do I have to look out for then?
Shake Shack is calling me for lunch now...
If I develop an allergy to red meat, I'll be dead by hamburger poisoning within a day...
I'll be your huckleberry if you'll be mine.
That's a difficult feat when it comes to reciprocation.
Texas can keep the chiggers, fire ants, and roaches (aka waterbugs).
The Farmers Almanac has forecast a cold and wet winter. With my bad back, knees, and ankles and the wife slated for new knees soon, anyone got any recommendations for a snowblower that won't break the bank or fill up half the garage? My driveway is pretty small and I just need to do that and the sidewalks in front of the house.
If I become allergic to red meat, I'll bequeath the snowblower to someone that isn't.
ChickNorris
10-16-2018, 10:31
We ain't sharing ticks or knockin boots, so I think we're good. No reciprocity necessary other than a pledge.
Great-Kazoo
10-16-2018, 11:18
Deal!
"May" As is, they're not sure?!?!? What the hell do I have to look out for then?
Shake Shack is calling me for lunch now...
It's the usual IF you get any tics, there may be a reaction. Like 110% of pharma advertisements on tv. May cause diarrhea, swelling of limbs, nose eyes, heart attack or prove fatal to user. Consult with your physician before using .
ChickNorris
10-16-2018, 11:53
I should probably clarify. There is some research data that suggests there is a possible risk of alpha gal reactions in folks who have no chance of tick exposure, though no specific examples of 'other' sources to the introduction of the carbohydrate have been offically determined.
My humor isnt always humoured, ba dum tss
It's the usual IF you get any tics, there may be a reaction. Like 110% of pharma advertisements on tv. May cause diarrhea, swelling of limbs, nose eyes, heart attack or prove fatal to user. Consult with your physician before using .
Ah, okay. So if I get bit I shouldn't call ChickNorris right away. Give it some time. Eat more steak.
I thought you were hinting at another cause of red meat allergy. As if we needed another...
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