Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Is this a significant event for your area?

I think Kyle said it was the first time his kids have seen snow?

Yes, yes it is. We had 600% of our yearly snowfall in 5 hours.

South Central Texas
Yearly snowfall averages
Days Place Inches
0.5 Austin 0.6

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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Very pretty!

How much snow did your Tempest measure?:laughing:

 

[Rich B1]

Got everything done today I had planned! Tired tonight. Even added a fuel shut off valve to the snowblower so I can run the carb dry now! Cab is installed as well. See if the weather guesser is accurate about a more active pattern later this month.

You Texans stay off the roads! That is a foreign substance for you to drive in! :laughing:

Was nice sunny day, got to the upper 30痴.

 

[txdon]

Very pretty!

How much snow did your Tempest measure?:laughing:

:laughing:
.42" rain before the vibration plate was covered in snow. The rain gauge next to it shows .4" with the top funnel still full of snow.
Just got back from walking Whipper there is still snow on the streets and it turns to slush when you walk on it, still 33˚F.

 

[txdon]

Can you se the blue flag where the golf hole is at?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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Can you se the blue flag where the golf hole is at?

That's so the die-hard golfers can find the cup, Don. They break out the hiVis orange balls so they don't lose 'em in the snow.:laughing:

 

[toppop52]

My two brothers, cousin and I played golf in Chesapeake, VA in about 1985-6, started out sunny, was snowing by the ninth hole. We played until every time you hit the ball it looked like a baseball from its snow collection.

 

[Rich B1]

I know I am tired.....forget the excitement of the day. We were coming home from town, about 5 miles from the house actually driving sensibly..... Then thud, I hit something, got on the brakes and a deer went sliding down the road in front of us. Neither one of us saw it before I hit it, almost seems like it was sunning itself on the bank beside the road.

Deer did a lot of flopping about until it was across the road, got up and stumbled some, then took off running, seemingly no worse for the wear. No damage to the truck at all which is good, must have caught the deer with the bumper.

That was enough excitement for today

 

[Dftodd]

I know I am tired.....forget the excitement of the day. We were coming home from town, about 5 miles from the house actually driving sensibly..... Then thud, I hit something, got on the brakes and a deer went sliding down the road in front of us. Neither one of us saw it before I hit it, almost seems like it was sunning itself on the bank beside the road.

Deer did a lot of flopping about until it was across the road, got up and stumbled some, then took off running, seemingly no worse for the wear. No damage to the truck at all which is good, must have caught the deer with the bumper.

That was enough excitement for today

I had one bounce off the side of my truck once. Deer came flying out of the woods as I was going by and it slammed into the truck bed.

It lost it's footing, fell over, got back up and hot footed it on up the hill. A couple dogs came running out of the woods a second or two later in pursuit.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34F for the start, overcast, had spotty sleet in area, calm wind. Light wind, dusting of snow early afternoon, high temp of 36F. Chapel to start day, made wife's breakfast, cleaned ashes and started fire, and cleaned up kitchen. Watching football feeding insert and napping took up rest of day.
Covid update: Cooke, Montague , Grayson, local unchanged.
Kyle awesome pic, bikes always were a chick magnet.
Ron Nice you got some items sold and seat time. Have not had any leakage with the coin batteries. Squirrel looks like he feels neglected
Drew have fun cleaning out fridge. Remember to follow delivery instructions
Roy sorry to hear about spreader, enjoy the rest of the movies
Thomas fox has Mrs trained
Mike good luck with truck choice. Good luck finding new Dr.
Bill mirror is on helmet so I can see who is about to run me over. No reverse :laughing:
Don I got a good dusting today, early afternoon.
Chris my dusting was gone in less than an hour. even the wife enjoyed watching it, sitting next to the fire inside
Ron, scooter will roll on anything if no one is watching, stepdaughter would call him a rat $$#$#^ when hi did.
Paul sounds like a nice day yesterday, and another nice day today
Ron good to hear you have a tentative install date.
Mike that was a big trunk!
Rich sounds like a great deal
DF not sure if skunk is much better.
Rick good luck sorting through everything
RNG good to hear some rain, glad groove cutting is done Sorry to hear about your fiend's GF dad.
David enjoy your football.
Dennis the tech geek strikes again. remember when Dogburt was doing tech support?
Drew have fun with your snow blower outside with no snow!
Dennis good pics, with all the ash issues surprised he did not take it all.
David cool pic had to enlarge to see the ISS then find after reshrunk.
Don I did my share of motorcycles in the snow
DF priceless story
Don neat pics you got way more than us, never had any snow accumulate on roads. smart dog
Ted you should get a light duty day every now and then.
DF nice day.
Thomas not enough snow or last long enough for Roy to want to clean up.
Mike up here near Red river, we have had 4 or 5 snows last 5 winters I have been in Texas
Rich spent 60 years in Missouri prior to Texas move, rusty on snow but have not forgotten
Randy that is some die hard golfing!!
Rich glad no damage to vehicle or deer.
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/family of uncle, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My son, in just 1 tank of gas, has gone from never riding a m/c before, to now....he's jumping small hills, shifting up and down (keeping the bike in a good rpm range), and having a blast. He was disappointed that he didn't get to ride in today's snow.

My oldest daughter, got to play the hollow body Gretsch at church today for 3 songs. She did awesome. She has "it", and I don't.

Middle daughter had a blast in the snow today.

Drew, I would say to bring your new blower over, but I don't have any concrete drive or walks....so maybe not...will probably be mostly gone by the Am.

Many times, people don't see the deer before it runs out and hits them. Glad all is alright Rich.

SUPERCROSS starts on the 16th!!! You can subscribe to the Peacock channel for $4.99/mo or cut most commercials for $9.99/month. They usually start off with 3 races in Cali, but moved them all to Texas due to Covid rules in Cali.

We had "breakfast for supper", fresh farm eggs, Jimmy Dean Natural pan sausage (drained after cooking), and home made biscuits.

Prayers for the USA, Buppies, Drew, Ron, those with hurting backs, and the sick.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-01-11, 0305

13 right now...high, about 30 today...

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Cold morning, 21 out now only going up to high 30's today, but fair weather.
This is what we used to call that clear cold Canadian air.

up kind of early, nothing planned for today other than grocery shopping this morning.
Surprised myself, the beets that had taken up residence in the fridge turned out just fine, hard as rocks, and
were nice and sweet when baked. The small red cabbage that has been in there at least a month looks ok but I bet
it's totally dried out inside. So before groceries come in, will organize the fridge and do some cleaning. Also have to run wash so
looks like a domestic morning.

One interesting thing I discovered on the snow blower is that the throttle is electronic. That round knob on the panel is the throttle and it is just as
smooth as can be, little friction, like turning a potentiometer. Never had that before, must be part of the electronic circuitry built in for EFI.
I still haven't figured out what the "auto steering" is. Probably will find a factory Youtube video on it.
Kids in Texas yesterday must have been all smiles in the snow. I bet even Whipper had fun.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Nice to be able to step outside this morning without going for a slide on ice. Westerly winds have flipped it to a couple of degrees above freezing, just a pity they are set to bring rain too by the afternoon. Hope that Texas snow also melts before it arrives on our shores.

Mole hills have been popping up everywhere over the last month, I better make a start on trapping them before they think of breeding.

The news is reporting that due to Covid-19, some hospitals have not only running out of beds, their morgues can no longer cope with the quantity of people dying. Police forensic specialists are helping to provide the manpower in the temporary body storage facilities that have been set up in the south of the country.

Dire times indeed.

 

[mpham]

Good Morning!
22 going to a partly sunny 30 today. Working on first cup of coffee.
Things are going good here for winter time. Not much planned for the week. Need to get some fuel for the tractor and kerosene for the space heater in the garage. Will top off the truck too. Seems strange going from filling the tank every other day to now learning to check the gauge.
Still no retirement check from the state. Good thing we planned on a long wait. Nothing goes as slow as government!
Stay safe and healthy all!

 

[Looking4new]

Good Morning!
22 going to a partly sunny 30 today. Working on first cup of coffee.
Things are going good here for winter time. Not much planned for the week. Need to get some fuel for the tractor and kerosene for the space heater in the garage. Will top off the truck too. Seems strange going from filling the tank every other day to now learning to check the gauge.
Still no retirement check from the state. Good thing we planned on a long wait. Nothing goes as slow as government!
Stay safe and healthy all!

Except when they want to piss your tax money up against the wall.

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Good morning, the temperature is 23°F and going up to 32. Wind S 3 mph. Cloudy.
I wont see the sun for at least a week.

I am going to see what kind of trouble I can get into today.

It is kinda hard to see a blue flag in a black and white picture.


Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Phil, in this area I don't see any evidence of kerosene being sold. Down in NC a few of the gas stations had
pumps off to the side with kero. Freshness of fuel in supplier tanks is a real issue. I guess as kero got stale it would just burn with
less btu's. My understanding is that propane puts out more heat as a fuel but of course is much more volatile. And you need some form of ventilation for
both.

Now that I'm back North, I'd love to have a shop with a wood stove in it. And a couple of chairs. There is so much firewood in this area just laying around here due to storms, and lots of
local firewood providers. Saw a sign for 175 a cord, probably a undelivered price.
I bet 300 years ago when the original farmers settled this area, likely there would be a lot less "free wood" laying around.

I'm sure some of you, and certainly your parents, grew up in a home where there was no thermostat on the wall. More wood on the fire or coal in the kitchen stove/oven.
Honeywell hadn't invented the "comfort zone" yet. No knobs to twirl for instant heat.
I think this is one reason generator sales are so strong. When you lose power you lose hvac and folks don't have cross flow ventilation any more, they have hermetically sealed houses,
and when temps start dropping and kids start whining not having heat is a major upset. Those electric fireplaces make heat but not like a wood stove for sure.
The dial on the wall is supposed to work...

now if you grew up "in the city", you were used to these modern conveniences even earlier. The outhouse behind the farmhouse where I grew up
thankfully was only for decoration but had been there a long time and was once in service for sure. A three holer, could have quite the party in there. Not.

 

[daugen]

this would make a fun separate thread, but have any outhouse pictures?
this was before ours got rehabbed, came back with a door, all fixed with a moon crescent on it, and my father used it to store garden tools.

 

[Buppies]

Nice outhouse had one in the 60s

28 high of 45 maybe some flurries maybe not

Prayers for all

Prayers for our Country

 

[Looking4new]

When we would go out to the family farm, there was an outhouse. A chamber pot under the foot of the bed for if you got to 'go' overnight.