Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! The low was 25, going up to 55° today. Down right tropical weather compared to most of you guys. Maybe hit 60° tomorrow, but snow is forecast for Thursday with highs being only in the low 30's. Now we begin the late winter temperature roller coaster......

BEF, sorry to hear about your friend... condolences.

Drew, it's tough to try and do a job with all that opposition. Hang in there....

RNG, glad you got a nice ride in over the weekend and you now know just how far you can push it.....well, in your case, NOT pushing it....

I was coming out of town last Friday morning and saw a massive congregation of police vehicles on the parallel frontage road at one of the exits. At least 40-50 vehicles including heavy armored SWAT vehicles, then more on the freeway, then more at local intersections. A couple of helicopters circling too......

Ended up there was a short 6 mile police chase turning into a shootout with a State Police officer being shot. They had a massive manhunt for 2 suspects. They had a perimeter / roadblock set up for around 10 miles in all directions. We were about 2 miles outside of the perimeter, but I still locked and loaded our weapons just in case.

They ended up capturing the male and female drug addicts back in the big city (about 30 miles away) 6 hours later.... along with the druggie accomplice that they called and picked them up. All facing some serious charges. The officer was in stable condition and should make a full recovery. He was lucky.

Then on Sunday, the news reported a guy on a bike was riding down Central Ave in Albuquerqu, stabbing 11 people as he went. Left a 5-6 mile long crime scene. The police finally caught him, surprisingly without him putting up a fight. Fortunately, no one was killed.

This world is becoming crazy....

After starting the weekend with all that action, the rest of the weekend was mundane, running the new powerline out to the shop. Got the trench dug, new wire installed, and reburied (With the great help of my son and GS). I was able to finish connecting the line to a new outdoor disconnect box. Today, I'll get it tied into the subpanel in the shop. It took longer than I expected, but soon will be all good.

Everyone stay safe, have a great start to the week!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Took a closer look at my emissions test notices I got last week. Thought I had a couple months like usual, it said due this Saturday or they suspended my license.

Now, this Saturday is an extended date due to that crap we can’t name, but a week, come on man. So I took one in this morning (Honda that I just changed plugs on, codes were gone after driving it yesterday).
It passed, but they charged me a $15 late fee.

Now I gotta fuss with MVA.

Oh, the spark plugs from Amazon, 2 of 6 were the wrong plugs. Dropped them off to return today. 2nd time lately Amazon sent wrong item.

Very late to work. Our snow didn’t last long and sun came out.

 

[daugen]

the Albuquerque stabber made front page news here

Buckeye, you are a very capable mechanic and I am baffled by how a spark plug can cost 25 dollars, not including the coil.
what is so special about them? Or was that 4 for 25? 6 bucks sounds like the dealer price tag for a four dollar spark plug.

 

[Rich B1]

I heard about both of those NM crime sprees this morning as well. Strange times

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Only real reason I stopped was because I was scraping frost of the inside of the windshield. Temperature was -55°F and a North wind blowing. Now that is cold.

That's cold alright!

I drove an old VW Squareback through a couple of Ohio winters. It never got that cold, but I was always scraping frost off the inside of the windshield. I just couldn't hold my breath long enough to avoid it.

 

[Rich B1]

That's cold alright!

I drove an old VW Squareback through a couple of Ohio winters. It never got that cold, but I was always scraping frost off the inside of the windshield. I just couldn't hold my breath long enough to avoid it.

Driving any air cooled VW in an Ohio winter resulted in frost on the inside. I used to keep an ice scraper handy to keep the windshield clear in the winter.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

the Albuquerque stabber made front page news here

Buckeye, you are a very capable mechanic and I am baffled by how a spark plug can cost 25 dollars, not including the coil.
what is so special about them? Or was that 4 for 25? 6 bucks sounds like the dealer price tag for a four dollar spark plug.

$25 each at autozone, $18 each on Amazon, except they sent 2 of 6 totally different plugs.

Inflation is real.

I requested a refund from Amazon, I just checked and they are sending me 6 new plugs.
Unreal.

 

[Thomas]

13F few clouds here and there windchill 2F,temps dipping just below -0F tonight.

8 hours at pt, job than feed the feeders,not much plan for the evening good chance early to bed out the door before day break.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[RoyJackson]

Driving any air cooled VW in an Ohio winter resulted in frost on the inside. I used to keep an ice scraper handy to keep the windshield clear in the winter.

Used to be, you could add a gasoline heater...same with the air-cooled Porsches

 

[PJSprog]

Driving any air cooled VW in an Ohio winter resulted in frost on the inside. I used to keep an ice scraper handy to keep the windshield clear in the winter.

Yup, same around here. I had two Super Beetles back in the mid-'80s and early '90s; a '74 and a '73, respectively. The '74 was in great shape, and had heat. The '73 had rusted out channels, so it only had heated running boards. I bought one of those 12V heater fans to help keep the windshield defrosted on that one. Still did a lot of wiping, though.