Hoodies and shortsQuote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Its 74 outside right now
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Hoodies and shortsQuote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Its 74 outside right now
So, remote started my truck today and after a couple of minutes it shut off. Weird. Whatever. Got in and started it and left the house and noticed I had a check engine light. Pulled a code P0125 out of it which essentially has something to do with low coolant temperature and the temperature not coming up quick enough. I just chuckled as I cleared the code. I?m guessing it will remedy itself by tomorrow.
It?s still cold outside boys and girls.
Found out today that all our Dept. CDL bucket trucks and attenuator trucks (total of 4) got diesel anti gel treated before the Coldageddon , but the idget tasked with the job, (pronounced ?yob?) didn?t run the vehicles to get the additive distributed throughout the fuel system. Now all 4 are gelled up in the fuel lines, filters and injectors.
Edit, before you ask…. Yes, the trucks were plugged in, and the cords tested before And this morning when the trucks wouldn’t run.
On Thursday morning, I recorded -22 degrees at the house, with -18 degrees at the NOAA weather station upstream a mile.
Fun working the snow thrower and the plow. Squeaky shards of hard dry snow made for minimal slippage.
I took an unplanned snow day Thursday as the wind blew the valley created by clearing last weeks snow drifts, full of drifts.
The poor old tractor sitting out in the cold and wind told me to piss off when I asked it to help. Knew I should have parked it out of the wind but had a case of hub after clearing the storm last week.
UPS guy saved the day when blasted thru the 30' wide 2' deep drift to deliver our new smoker. We had just enough room to get him turned around and up to speed to blast thru the other way. I just had to spend couple hours knocking down the center ridge and good to go.
Was a little worried when he honked his horn and got on the throttle coming down our driveway but snowpacked drift was no match for the 20,000lb beast at 30mph and the frozen piles on each side kept him in the middle and out of the field. The snow cloud was cool and would have made a good pic.
Now that Coldaggedon is over I get to spend several hours clearing the mess we made and make sure to park the tractor where it is supposed to be.
And your next Supervisor will be…..Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
Or did they re hire Bayo?[LOL]
Rolling blackouts to conserve power.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ea...ht-disruptions
If only we had some fuel source that would allow plants to ramp up and generate more power during high usage times...
Yep, wait till there is hundred million vehicles that need to be charged added to the already over taxed system.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
Luckily for me I?ll probably be dead before 2040 when Colorado is going to run on 100% renewable energy.
No way, thats only 17 yrs, we should probably finally be able to take time to go to the range or shoot some matches.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Deal. I need to get through the holidays and I have a trip or two to make dealing with some of my dad?s estate. Maybe once that?s all done I?ll have to shoot you a message.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
But the magic grid will fix all that because they can use the electric cars as batteries to power the home ...Quote:
Originally Posted by beast556
[LOL] [ROFL3] [ROFL2] [facepalm]
https://youtu.be/fq0RAjJ1PKQ
Interesting take on cold charging. Based in Loveland CO
We're going to need a grid of fusion energy plants very soon.
Ukraine and all of the EU needs them yesterday.
Our betters will always have petroleum fueled vehicles at their disposal. The hoi polloi can make do.
Commander in Chief is going to the US Virgin Islands. Anybody got any pain pills they don't want? VA has failed me.
Not sure how a senior citizen taking a tropical vacation is causing you pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
As far as your pills, any high school kid can score some oxycodone if he wants it so maybe just hang out in a van outside a school or something?
The point is that people are dying in New York and their President is off to a warm place. Disabled veterans get the same treatment. We are basically told to go pound sand. On a warm beach...Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
What do expect them to do at that level? Take a tour and campaign on thier suffering?
We don't have a micromanager-in-chief.
I personally hate when they show up at disasters to show they care. When in reality thier caring is detrimental to the effort because of the added security.
I am more disturbed by the fact that the very media that made all kinds of hay over Ted Cruz going on a preplanned vacation (and thereby lessening the load on Texas' energy infrastructure) during their regional storm is utterly silent about Biden leaving for a warm beach when half the country is socked in. As a Senator, the only thing Cruz could have done for Texas was interfere -- something he wisely did NOT do. Biden in theory could be coordinating resources to help the afflicted regions. In theory. In all practicality, we'd be better off if he took Harris with him.
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric P
Is the President supposed to grab a shovel and start digging?
There are agencies full of people that are supposed to manage problems like that. I doubt the President would be doing anything differently regardless of his location. I have been to the Virgin Islands. They have phones.