Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Just settling in after a 4 hour snowmobile ride. Newark to Island Pond and spaces in between. Hope this isn't the end of the season, snowfall hasn't been the greatest the last few years. 8+/- " of fluffy powder on top of ice wasn''t the ride I was hoping for, but sunny and warm 14* with mountain views all around, can't ask for much more...

I've never been on a snowmobile...really not much interest...love watching snow and enjoy snow blowing in a cab tractor, but being cold and wet/damp at my age isn't much fun anymore...
Is powder snow or wet snow a better ride?

 

[wngsprd]

Left before light to go Old Rag...talked with one family who started on the trail at 5am. They had a 6 year old daughter who was a real trooper. First time I've ever had someone pull a 5th of rye whiskey from his coat pocket and offer me a swig...it was only 9am and only about a third of the bottle left...I guess he was sharing with his friend since his wife and daughter were hiking ahead of him about 100 yards.

 

[Dftodd]

Went over the drive and walks...still enough snow to use the tractor and walk-behind snow blowers
The self-propelled EGO snow blower in in the truck's bed. At ~150 lbs. (65kg) and being a bit awkward, it's not a one person job lifting it out...wish I had 6' ramps. I left a message for my neighbor to come help...no response yet, so he's probably working some OT
I need to charge the batteries and read the manual...also, register the warranties for the snow blower, batteries, and charger.

I purchased a set of aluminum bifold ramps probably 25 years ago after purchasing a 4 wheeler. I later sold the wheeler but kept the ramps.

I've had people try to snag them before saying I don't have any use for them. I quickly put the stop to that.

25 years later they are still in the garage. They haven't gotten used much. But they do get used when the need arises, and I'm very thankful that I held onto them on those occasions.

 

[RoyJackson]

Did my first trial of the EGO snow blower...only about 20 feet in about 10" (or so) of snow.
Works as advertised and, for our purposes, should be a worthy addition to our snow clearing tools.
Probably overkill for most of our work, but better a little extra than not enough

Primary reason I bought this was my heart...ain't working as well as it used to (welcome to old age). Using the single-stage non-self propelled blower was getting my ticker racing after15-20 feet...not fun and you older guys know what I'm writing about.

Not sure what I'll do with the little snow blower...light snows (3-5 inches of powder), it would work fine and not stress me. We'll see...

 

[sodamo]

Sorry about loss of your friend, Paul.

 

[Thomas]

Popgadget, sorry to hear about the crash and that your friend was involved. Weather related?

Popgadget sorry for loss of your friend...thoughts prayers to family.

 

[PJSprog]

19°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 34° today. We've had a fair amount of sunshine today, and it's melting a lot of the ice from earlier in the week. The concrete pad in front of the garage has cleared itself.

Got oil changed in my car this morning, and picked up a new (used) bass speaker cabinet, which I'm planning to modify into a powered cabinet for use in my studio.

Hope you can stay dry and powered, Doug.

Sorry about your friend, Paul.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I've never been on a snowmobile...really not much interest...love watching snow and enjoy snow blowing in a cab tractor, but being cold and wet/damp at my age isn't much fun anymore...
Is powder snow or wet snow a better ride?

Powder on top of ice, not much control. In "normal" conditions, powder, less effort to steer.
I will say that powder is better also when snow blowing. I have a walk behind and it's pretty much effortless.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

up to 40°. Cool in the breeze.

Cleared a whole lot more stuff out of the shed, but only filled 1 trash bag full. I left a bunch sitting outside. Why did I ever keep this crap.

Found 18 more gallons of old oil buried under stuff on the other side of the shed. 18. Holy cow.
I’m filling the pickup for another recycle run next week.

I did pull my 6 ft ramps out of shed and moved to barn.

Did get shelving unit out, left it outside for now. It needs a good rain on it.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Sorry about your friend PopG.

Pretty much a couch day. Cold, rainy, damp outside. No baseball game today. Reschedule for tomorrow.

 

[rswyan]

For those who asked:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497224624270188547

Can't vouch for any of them, do your own due diligence.

Edit: Corrected Link Above

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, didn't go out to the shop... except for a bag of pellets.
The high temp didn't get anywhere near the forecast, only 43°, not the mid 50's as the guessers predicted. And.... it got breezy at 15-20 mph. Not sure what the "feels like" temp was.

We decided to have an early dinner. The steaks were the best we have had in a long time. They were 'Prime' but I got them at 40% off due to being close to the 'sell by' date. They were far thicker than I thought, we both only ate 1/2, so left overs are on the future menu....

Thinking a bowl of ice cream later..... I can splurge... officially lost 30lbs. My goal is another 15 lbs, slow but steady..... I think the docs will be happy next week.

BEF, sounds like you're making good progress. Have you found anything that you forgot about?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, sounds like you're making good progress. Have you found anything that you forgot about?

A lot of jugs of old oil

And I only recently started changing my own oil again, I took them in for years, so this is from way back.

The snow plow for my old wheel horse mower is in there. I really need to get that engine rebuilt and get it running again. It’s in barn with engine removed, then I stopped. Can’t find a replacement engine that fits.

Found old milk jug. Paint is peeling.

I disassembled an old hughesnet sat dish.

 

[Popgadget]

Popgadget, sorry to hear about the crash and that your friend was involved. Weather related?

Thanks for the condolences everyone.

My friend was giving flight instruction to the aircraft owner, who was working on his commercial license. The owner was an experienced private pilot, and they were working on maneuvers required for the commercial pilot certificate. Weather was not a factor, but at the moment, there is no clear cause, the two pilots were experienced, the airplane was well maintained.

 

[JDZ735M]

Thanks for the condolences everyone.

My friend was giving flight instruction to the aircraft owner, who was working on his commercial license. The owner was an experienced private pilot, and they were working on maneuvers required for the commercial pilot certificate. Weather was not a factor, but at the moment, there is no clear cause, the two pilots were experienced, the airplane was well maintained.

Very sorry to hear of this tragic loss.

 

[Popgadget]

On the positive side Emily is doing quite well in my opinion. She is at my feet as I sit on the sofa. Doesn’t look like she is nearly 10.

 

[PJSprog]

Wife read on a local community Facebook page that people in town have been getting their Starlink orders shipped within the last two weeks. So, I signed up and put us on the order waiting list today.

One guy commented that he got 100-150Mbps with it sitting on his driveway, but it dropped to 40-50Mbps when he mounted it on an existing pole, due to tree interference. Geez, even 40-50 would be 13-17 times faster than we currently get from HughesNet (we are usually between 1-3Mbps). Others said they are getting about 100Mbps. I'll take that, either way.

The end is near for our HughesNet travesty.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The end is near for our HughesNet travesty.

Oh man, I wish I was, too. When I checked my Starlink account yesterday, it was still saying mid-2022 for my installation. I put my deposit down over a year ago...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I disassembled my old hughesnet antenna today. I replaced them years ago with Exede, then got rid of Exede a few years back when the LTE mobley proved to work well. Hughesnet only wanted the modem back, Exede only wanted the LNA from the dish.

 

[sodamo]

Oh man, I wish I was, too. When I checked my Starlink account yesterday, it was still saying mid-2022 for my installation. I put my deposit down over a year ago...

Still 2022 for me as well, only 10 months left. I remain hopeful.