Knuckles 904 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 For work it's a 4 x 2 Ford Econoline Van....usually the cargo area is crammed full of heavy stuff so traction isn't too bad once I'm on the highways. If I'm at a tower site it's usually just a small trail cut into the woods and up a hill. So if it starts accumulating there, I'm gone fairly quickly. My personal vehicle is a Dodge Ram 2500 4 x 4 which is excellent in the snow once I weigh down the bed with concrete blocks or sand bags. Though by this time next year I should have a 4 door Jeep Wrangler 4 x 4. Funny thing is I bought the Ram new in 2004. Thru all the sicknesses and surgeries I've had, the truck only has 25,000 miles on it lol. Should get a great trade-in on it. Link to comment
Aegis 256 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Congrats on getting your white Christmas, Knuckles. Meanwhile, I think mine will end up sunny. :/ Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 For work it's a 4 x 2 Ford Econoline Van....usually the cargo area is crammed full of heavy stuff so traction isn't too bad once I'm on the highways. If I'm at a tower site it's usually just a small trail cut into the woods and up a hill. So if it starts accumulating there, I'm gone fairly quickly. My personal vehicle is a Dodge Ram 2500 4 x 4 which is excellent in the snow once I weigh down the bed with concrete blocks or sand bags. Though by this time next year I should have a 4 door Jeep Wrangler 4 x 4. Funny thing is I bought the Ram new in 2004. Thru all the sicknesses and surgeries I've had, the truck only has 25,000 miles on it lol. Should get a great trade-in on it. If it carries on like this in England, I'll be after yer Dodge mate, especially with that mileage. Could do with something that doesn't go sideways in the snow, lol ! Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Congrats on getting your white Christmas, Knuckles. Meanwhile, I think mine will end up sunny. :/ A sunny Christmas in Canada ?!?! Seems odd, what part of Canada is that, Hawaii ? Hehe. Link to comment
lelopexa 0 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 No snow here, all melted...it's 18 degrees Celsius..it was minus 11 three days ago...strange weather... My car battery was completely gone...I hate having to drive in winter conditions.. Link to comment
chattius 2,512 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Talking about snow. One of the best commercials showed a snow plow on a highway. And then text was underlined: Have you ever wondered how the snow plow driver arrives at work? Nothing else, no company mentioned. But everyone remembered the commercial running 10 years earlier: Link to comment
Aegis 256 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Congrats on getting your white Christmas, Knuckles. Meanwhile, I think mine will end up sunny. :/ A sunny Christmas in Canada ?!?! Seems odd, what part of Canada is that, Hawaii ? Hehe. Would be nice if it was warm enough for hula skirts. This is Toronto, where our weather tends to be on the mild side. The perks of living near a Great Lake. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Ended up getting 15 inches from the last storm, getting another 3-4 tonight and they're saying we got a mammoth storm coming Sunday/Monday , looking at 1-2 feet there Link to comment
wolfie2kX 528 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Congrats on getting your white Christmas, Knuckles. Meanwhile, I think mine will end up sunny. :/ A sunny Christmas in Canada ?!?! Seems odd, what part of Canada is that, Hawaii ? Hehe. Would be nice if it was warm enough for hula skirts. This is Toronto, where our weather tends to be on the mild side. The perks of living near a Great Lake. Er... Perks? Tell that to the folks who live on the south side of those same Great Lakes... Had a friend who lived in central NY near Auburn, and he would tell tales of the positively frigid weather that came off of the lakes. Positively epic freezing weather. Chicago also gets some seriously nasty weather - and that's also on the south side. Link to comment
Aegis 256 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 And since I'm living North of that lake, I consider that a 'perk' for those who would rather have a green holdiay. ;p Honestly, I use the term loosely, because the weather looks quite bland, then the snow would hit the city at the worst possible time. The true perk for me and living near a lake is in the summer. I hate heat more than the cold, and having a big body of water absorb some of that heat is real nice. Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 No snow here, all melted...it's 18 degrees Celsius..it was minus 11 three days ago...strange weather... My car battery was completely gone...I hate having to drive in winter conditions.. I'm with you. I think I'll change my allegiance from human to squirrel and hibernate for a few months ! ( I know not all species hibernate, but I'll be one that does ) Hope you get your car sorted out. Bloody expensive things though, cars. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,042 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Car dead in middle of winter, stuck at at store, 5000 people all calling in to the same CAA lines during that day, 4 hour wait for a boost. Not this year, but a past one. Good ole montreal gogo Link to comment
Bondbug 32 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Yeah, but think of all the interesting people you meet in the queues, over-nighting at the airport, sitting in traffic jams ... all the new lifelong friendships made pushing people out of snowdrifts. Think positive you lot. I can say that safely now that we are back home in front of the fire. Edited December 24, 2010 by Bondbug Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Yeah, but think of all the interesting people you meet in the queues, over-nighting at the airport, sitting in traffic jams ... all the new lifelong friendships made pushing people out of snowdrifts. Think positive you lot. I can say that safely now that we are back home in front of the fire. Good to hear from you Bondbug, and I'm glad that you made it home safe. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,042 Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 Yeah, but think of all the interesting people you meet in the queues, over-nighting at the airport, sitting in traffic jams ... all the new lifelong friendships made pushing people out of snowdrifts. Think positive you lot. I can say that safely now that we are back home in front of the fire. I like your take on this. It's happened to me a few times where me and my family had gotten stuck overnight in a strange airport and the only thing we had were the other passengers to hang out with. My mom was the inventive type and could always come up with games for us to play with, and sooner or later the other kids from the area would join in and before we knew, seemingly before we even wanted to...it was time to once again fly. Simple, easy fun. Childhood! gogo Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Deadly walking to/from from midnight mass last night.I went early for the extra carol service, but was a bit gutted that they did several of them in Latin ! The pavements were like an ice rink ! What is usually a 15 minute walk to my church took well over half an hour. At least I made it back without any bruises or breaks ! By the looks of it this morning, it's gonna take a blow torch to defrost my car, lol ! Steve. Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 I drove out to get a paper this morning. At around 10 am, it was minus 10 degrees celcius ! Waaaaay too cold for little me ! I just want to stay cuddled up under my duvet. Steve. 1 Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Just went under blizzard warning here, until 6pm tomorrow. Forecast is for 1 to 2 feet of snow and 50 mph winds Link to comment
Aegis 256 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Minus 5 Celsius, I believe, windchill at about minus 11, slightly overcast during parts of the day... I should make a correction. It wasn't a green holiday. It was a brown one. >.o; Link to comment
gogoblender 3,042 Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 lol, brown Knuckles, hope you're holding out, let your net stay strong ... eek, if the net goes...tv? horrors! gogo p.s. on a good note here though, not too much snow last coupla days... deserved rest! Link to comment
Stormwing 40 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Steve: You should've tried couple of days before christmas and the eve here. Around -30 degrees celsius. That is way too cold... Really, for the love of the goddess, whoever made our ancestors migrate here from the warmth af Africa... Nearly froze my **s off when we took candles to the graves. dang... Good thing is, not too much snow around here. And next thing to get exited is whether it's around that -30 on new years eve... Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I might have lucked out with my cable gogo. A few weeks ago they mistakenly cut my cable while working on the poles. They came back the next day and ran a temp line on the ground to get me going. I've been nagging them for 2 weeks now to hang the cable, but I guess it's a good thing they haven't yet Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) Steve: You should've tried couple of days before christmas and the eve here. Around -30 degrees celsius. That is way too cold... Really, for the love of the goddess, whoever made our ancestors migrate here from the warmth af Africa... Nearly froze my **s off when we took candles to the graves. dang... Good thing is, not too much snow around here. And next thing to get exited is whether it's around that -30 on new years eve... Minus 30, that's just insane. I think I would spend the whole day cuddled up to the radiator, with the duvet wrapped around too. Sad news on the local. They found 10 dead swans on the Somerset levels, and had to rescue 21 others who were both frozen and starving. I am gutted, as I love swans. Edited December 27, 2010 by cider_steve Link to comment
lelopexa 0 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Sad news on the local. They found 10 dead swans on the Somerset levels, and had to rescue 21 others who were both frozen and starving. I am gutted, as I love swans. Poor creatures, I love swans too. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,042 Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Sad news on the local. They found 10 dead swans on the Somerset levels, and had to rescue 21 others who were both frozen and starving. I am gutted, as I love swans. I love swans too, there's a bunch that feed on these ponds near my parents house in the states. Some were kind of fierce, but they are very elegant, classy animals. Sad to hear about this Steve gogo Link to comment
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