Nah theres a bloke called Gus, I can call 'em on my didgeridoo to see if they've seen any red blokes.
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I think the closest you are going to get is that big fat red bloke we saw a few weeks ago but he buggered off.
The second most likely candidate for a red guy with horns is chopper read (the ripoff of him), warning prodigious swearing. I won't link to it but he's not that hard to find.
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You're lucky.
It was -6 early and is still only up to -1 after sunshine all morning.
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From the looks of things today's exercise routine will be snow shovel repetitions..... There was 3 inches that has been on the ground and growing since Christmas day. I had cleared the driveway when we returned from a road trip last weekend. The 110 foot driveway is an inch deep in snow already at 8:30 AM with another 2 or 3 inches predicted for this morning. I have a cheap single stage snow blower, but wasn't smart enough to fill my gas cans, so I don't have much fuel for it.
On the plus side it's the warmest it has been in a couple of weeks at 28F, with no blowing winds.......T-shirt weather for continuous work.
On the plus side it's the warmest it has been in a couple of weeks at 28F, with no blowing winds.......T-shirt weather for continuous work.
beach attitude, it'll warmup someday
Hi there: Day 6 of being isolated in house, since city does not plow, salt or otherwise attend to snow/ice on residential streets. Wondered why every one here has a 4 weel drive vehicle in the drive way. The 4wd's packed the 6" of snow into glare ice last Wednesday, so only the brave now drive around the city. Schools, government offices closed course. hoping for warming today and get out tomorrow. ...regards, Michael
Hi there: Day 6 of being isolated in house, since city does not plow, salt or otherwise attend to snow/ice on residential streets. Wondered why every one here has a 4 weel drive vehicle in the drive way. The 4wd's packed the 6" of snow into glare ice last Wednesday, so only the brave now drive around the city. Schools, government offices closed course. hoping for warming today and get out tomorrow. ...regards, Michael
Three days ago (Friday) I had to put on boots, gloves and a thick (for me) jacket to go outside, up on a ladder and take down the Christmas lights. It was -5F with a 20 degree wind chill. It has been below freezing for over two weeks. I lost count at 15 days a few days ago.
Today I find it quite comfortable outside in a pair of jeans and flip flops shoveling snow.....until it started snowing again. It is currently 30 degrees.
The creek out back behind our property has been frozen over for most of those two weeks. I haven't been down there in about 10 days, but back then I tossed a brick up in the air and it bounced when it hit the ice.....now it's buried under all the snow that covers the ice. I was wondering how thick the ice is. I still don't know, but there is a place about 1/4 mile down stream where the 4WD pickup truck guys drive through the creek to get to the campground on the other side......now they are driving on TOP of the creek. I guess it's pretty thick!
The view from my back yard. There is (frozen) water down there.
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Beware. I have a pond and ditches. After it had been real cold for a week, I figured I'd walk the ditch-ice. There has been one odd spot of no snow on the bank. Got there, my foot went through.
The ditch is 6" wide and deep so no drowning, not even wet boot (which can be brutal in this cold).
Apparently there is an under-"ground" seepage here, water 18 inches under the peat and stones did not freeze, and the ditch-ice was just slush. Also explains the "no snow" spot on the bank.
I knew there was seepage near here, but had ditched about 4 feet over where it seemed to be. In this glacial debris, water does not go where you think it goes. Probably a ridge of clay in there.
Yes, even in WV you should probably want a 2-stage snow blower. If you know air-compression, analogy can be made. You want to compress a large volume of light snow down to a heavy stream which can be thrown. Rough numbers, 30:1 to 100:1 compression ratio by volume. Air compression, you generally won't go over 10:1 in one stage. Gearing also, spur gears generally do not go 10:1 in one pair, a 2-stage gearbox starts to make sense even past 4:1. Snow, same, even though the contraption looks very different.
There are a few spots where there is no snow on the ice. They are where the creek isn't very deep and the water flows faster. The ice is thinner there. The creek is normally 1 to 2 feet deep, so it would be hard to drown in it, but it has been done. I have walked across it during the summer, but I wouldn't want to play in that water today......it would suck the heat out of your body in a matter of minutes.
The blower I have is a $359 model from Sams Club in one of their online only sales events. My wife ordered it for me as a Christmas present. The FedEx man couldn't lift the box, so he rolled it off the back of the truck and took off.
I have used it 3 times. It's not the typical blower, it has a flap of what looks like tire material that smacks the pavement like the beater brush on a vacuum cleaner and slings the snow up and into the chute. It only works on pavement or concrete, which was stated in the details in the ad. That's all I need it for anyway.
It stopped snowing, so I went outside to clear the driveway. I had my cheapie blower, and my neighbor has an expensive two stage blower. Mine worked quite well, out performing my neighbor's once the snow started melting. His chute kept clogging, and I wound up finishing his driveway after doing mine.
Andrew...you live in the wrong part of the Borders!......or - perhaps - I get up later than you!
Have a great year AndrewT
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