19richie66 17,500 #26 Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Days off is a good plan. Obviously you need a nice big new workshop. Make sure you get enough land to build something around "indoor arena" sized. We have 5 acres waiting for us. Just want to get a house situated first, then the arena 😂 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge 3,463 #27 Posted January 27, 2019 -17*F here this morning, warm compared to what is coming after Monday. More snow - almost 4" the last two days again with another 4" predicted for tomorrow morning along with 30mph winds, again. Wednesday, high of -13*F, without the wind chill. It's open Prairie here, so nothing stops the winds and this last year has been brutal with a lot of tree damage. We already have warnings out about next week and wind chills hitting somewhere around -50*F. There are a lot of times it is actually warmer in Alaska, figure that one out. I've threatened to move to the desert Southwest, the older I get - the better it looks. Sarge 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clueless 2,976 #28 Posted January 27, 2019 In northwest Florida, we just have two seasons summer and winter, and some times it can happen in 24hr. Saturday 05:30, 27 degrees, by 14:30, 63 degrees, did a little rattle can painting . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,776 #29 Posted January 27, 2019 14 hours ago, 953 nut said: Well down here in SUNNY Franklin NC it was 28 this morning and only got up to 40. Talked to @19richie66 down in Florida and he is suffering through a brutal 50 degrees! However, we will be getting snow on Tuesday and are likely to be at or below zero on Wednesday. Hay Jim @WHX21, is that Zuehls Heating and AC guy any good? Naww....the guy that runs it is a real bozo... Employees are glad he's gonna sell out and retire in couple of years! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Gman 476 #30 Posted January 27, 2019 We all have are limits but....... I think we should all agree that -26c (-14f) should be about it. After that my Jack Daniels starts to freeze. 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,127 #31 Posted January 27, 2019 1 2 1 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6wheeler 603 #32 Posted January 27, 2019 This is an odd winter for sure. We have only 2 inches or so of snow on the ground. It was unusually warm here early this winter. Most of our moisture so far? Has come in the form of rain . If it had come as snow? We would have about 2 feet . Last nights low here was -13f. Today? We are up to +10f. The price we are going to pay for this heat wave? 7 to 10 inches of fresh powdery snow, starting this afternoon. Then strong winds. Just when I thought it was going to be a "Lucky" winter. Then straight into the dumper. With, air temps in the mid to upper 20's BELOW zero f. And wind chills in the -50' to -60's . We are still hauling concrete in this weather and pouring outside. BRRRRRR. Hold on folks. Its almost spring..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #33 Posted January 27, 2019 Agreed...fed up with the cold weather. What do I do beside go to work?? I like riding my motorcycle ( warm weather) and fishing (from my boat, not thru a hole in the ice). For exersise I like taking my bicycle on some rail trails near me and do 12-15 miles. I love picking thru outdoor flea-markets! All activities that require better and warmer weather. But Im stuck here in Connecticut til I retire 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,478 #35 Posted January 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, 953 nut said: 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,071 #36 Posted January 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, Digger 66 said: I am a cat lover and would never do this, but it seemed to fit here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,127 #37 Posted January 27, 2019 Appears our Chloe is getting pretty tired of these cold temps too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ztnoo 2,298 #38 Posted January 28, 2019 6 hours ago, The Gman said: After that my Jack Daniels starts to freeze. You need to raise the proof of your adult beverage to prevent your stated concern. At least during winter months, in the northern US states, if severe low temps threaten. The "proof" (my example shown below) is acceptably consumable at higher ambient air temperatures, however, but offers additional protections in more hostile arctic-like temperatures. I've had this consumable in the freezer and it doesn't freeze. FYI. What Is the Freezing Point of Alcohol? https://www.thespruceeats.com/will-liquor-freeze-760302 75.5% alcohol: (Unfortunately Bacardi is no longer producing this proof rum, but remarkably there's always someone to fill a market vacuum.) Skoal! If in doubt, and things are really digressing quickly, grab the Everclear. First Aid of Last Resort. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,776 #39 Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, 953 nut said: He's joking Digger 5 hours ago, Sparky said: Agreed...fed up with the cold weather. What do I do beside go to work?? I like riding my motorcycle ( warm weather) cause I am a sally and fishing (from my boat, not thru a hole in the ice) Again cause I am a sally..... For exersise I like taking my bicycle on some rail trails near me and do 12-15 miles. I love picking thru outdoor flea-markets beacuse I am hen pecked and my wife won't let nme buy any more horses!!!! All activities that require better and warmer weather. But Im stuck here in Connecticut til I retire Then I go down to live with @19richie66 and schooomz with him! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #40 Posted January 28, 2019 Come on down👍 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #41 Posted January 28, 2019 14 hours ago, 19richie66 said: Come on down👍 Careful!! Just might happen....my parents are looking at a condo in Lakeland. Not to far from you right? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #42 Posted January 28, 2019 About an hour south of me now. About 13 hours south of where we plan to move later this year. 👍 You can stop in for a rest when you head to the condo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,776 #43 Posted January 28, 2019 Winter wonderland my rear ...this it what we are getting today. MN boys @Shynonare getting hammered too. A foot down already and blowing. Guess I picked a bad year to do a refresh on the deuce. Earlier I couldn't see the sign on the police station and its only twenty yards away from my shop door! Really powdery and drifting. The snowmobilers will be happy first time the trails will be open around here in a couple of years. Least its up to a balmy 14 degrees. Wind chills to -50 by Wednesday they say. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,271 #44 Posted January 28, 2019 Yeah we've had a bit of a cold snap here and there in Maine as well. I went out the door this morning to start the car and I thought to myself it really wasn't that bad out there. Then I realized it's only 18 degrees. When you think 18 degrees is really not that bad you know it's been toooooo cold. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #45 Posted January 28, 2019 18 hours ago, 953 nut said: Reminds me of a Border Collie a hill farmer I knew had some years back. It never went in the house and wouldn't sleep in a kennel or one of the buildings. Always on the house doorstep. Rain or snow. Open the door and there he would be. Soaking wet or under a pile of snow. Nothing bothered that dog and he lived to a good age. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dells68 7,498 #46 Posted January 29, 2019 As far south as good ole Virginie we’re supposed to have the coldest temps in over two decades. Crappy part is I stayed home from work with a stomach bug and couldn’t even get out today - 56 degree high! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #47 Posted January 29, 2019 8 hours ago, WHX21 said: police station and its only twenty yards away from my shop door! By design or coincidence? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,271 #48 Posted January 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, roadapples said: By design or coincidence? I think we all know the fuzz moved in next to Jim to uhhh... keep him safe.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,776 #49 Posted January 29, 2019 They heard I was rustling horses ...... nawwww they heard I got a fleet of 520's with deuces and can keep their drive clear better than the city! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #50 Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 6:51 PM, ztnoo said: You need to raise the proof of your adult beverage to prevent your stated concern. At least during winter months, in the northern US states, if severe low temps threaten. The "proof" (my example shown below) is acceptably consumable at higher ambient air temperatures, however, but offers additional protections in more hostile arctic-like temperatures. I've had this consumable in the freezer and it doesn't freeze. FYI. What Is the Freezing Point of Alcohol? https://www.thespruceeats.com/will-liquor-freeze-760302 75.5% alcohol: (Unfortunately Bacardi is no longer producing this proof rum, but remarkably there's always someone to fill a market vacuum.) Skoal! If in doubt, and things are really digressing quickly, grab the Everclear. First Aid of Last Resort. Don't let the Jack Daniels freeze! room temp for the JD good Tennessee Whiskey ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
