2011 Blizzard in Wheaton

[wheatonFJR]

Wheaton - is that your FJR wrapped in garbage bags out in the snowstorm?! OUTSIDE the garage...?!

Nope, its a Weber grill. The FJR is comfy under a cover inside the garage. However, it is hard to get psyched up go out there and do the maintenance during the winter in that unheated garage.

...and was that a coffin I saw in one pic in the backyard?! :blink:

Nope...picnic table.

...and why all the wussy from-inside-the-house shots?

Just got back inside from 3 hours of snow shoveling. How bout I put a boot up yer arse!

Wheaton has been a great place to grow up, get married and have a family in...but I am counting the days...3.5 years x 365days/year = 1278 days till I/we move down to upstate SC.

Less than 4 hours to the beaches at Myrtle Beach or Charleston, 1.5 hours to mountain riding, 8 hours to Tampa, Florida. Riding 10/11 months out of the year.

 

[beemerdons]

Yeah, well your grass sucks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynodon_dactylon Bermuda grass is dormant in Winter, required by AZ Homeowners Associations because it requires very little water in Summer!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Interesting camera work. You got the outside and the screen pretty much in focus. What was the f-stop?

Screw you. :lol:

 

[beemerdons]

Interesting camera work. You got the outside and the screen pretty much in focus. What was the f-stop?

Screw you. :lol:

Very interesting, Forum *** on a Wednesday; usually we wait until Friday, must be a bad Winter Thing!!!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Yeah, well your grass sucks!

Gunny on the AZ grass suckage.

 

[rushes]

I have been out trying to clear my driveways since about 7:30 this morning. After breaking two drive-belts on the 42" snow-thrower I usually use, I have opted for using the box blade on my large tractor as a plow. The snow at the end of the drives is about 3.5 FEET deep from the plows clearing the street.

More snow is in the forecast for Friday and Saturday....great.

Might be time ta git serious...

https://www.gizmag.com/for-the-man-with-everything-the-v8-snowblower/4889/

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

Yeah, well your grass sucks!

https://www.google.com/images?q=pea+gravel&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1748&bih=1049 Bermuda grass Pea gravel is dormant in Winter, required by AZ Homeowners Associations because it requires very little water in Summer!

Yeah, I fixed your link too Mr. Sunshine.

:****:

 

[Bustanut joker]

Not too bad here.. Maybe a foot is all.

4 foot drifts suck though :glare: Spent 5 hours shoveling the drive to get out of the garage.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Ya, this ***** sucks donkey balls.

After driving to work on a solid sheet of ice yesterday, we had a nice wintery-mix last night. Now the temperature is dropping, it's snowing and we're getting wind gusts up around 50 miles per hour.

But, Sooze and I are heading to Florida for a week of R&R in 3 1/2 weeks, so there is something to look forward to.

Screw you. :lol:

Sounds like SOMEbody has a case of the Mondays.

 

[wnyfjr]

Here in western New York, they closed everything at the thought of the storm, so before a flake fell, all schools were closed and many business as well. And of course, overnight,...nothing happened. Maybe a 1/2 inch. It was fine all morning, no snow, no wind but finally about two hours ago, the winds started picking up and we're now getting quite a bit of blowing and drifting. And of course I had a business trip cancelled by the airlines for the second week in a row, so it's a great winter so far.......

 

[zzzzip]

I have been out trying to clear my driveways since about 7:30 this morning. After breaking two drive-belts on the 42" snow-thrower I usually use, I have opted for using the box blade on my large tractor as a plow. The snow at the end of the drives is about 3.5 FEET deep from the plows clearing the street.

More snow is in the forecast for Friday and Saturday....great.

Might be time ta git serious...

https://www.gizmag.com/for-the-man-with-everything-the-v8-snowblower/4889/

That is sooooo baaaaad..... I want one. Think they make a heated Corbin for it?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Mark...don't look like yer goin anywhere fast

You know me...I rarely go anywhere fast.

 

[zzzzip]

Yeah, well your grass sucks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynodon_dactylon Bermuda grass is dormant in Winter, required by AZ Homeowners Associations because it requires very little water in Summer!

I used to live in Florida and Bermuda still sucks.

On the other hand, at least you can at least SEE how sucky your grass is....

never mind.

 

[sportsguy]

The Grand C is in the garage so I don't have to shovel snow off it to use it. You'll notice it is parked facing out--- at least i will be able to get down the hill, if not back up.

Momma didn't raise no dummies.

Maybe, if yer real nice and polite, I'll explain what that little handle down on the console, near your right knee is for. When you fiddle with it, Jeeps are GREAT at getting up pretty much any hill - snowy or otherwise...

Grand Cherokee, uphill, in snow...

- yes, that's the diesel version out playing int he snow...
You CAN do it!

 

[dcarver]

Interesting camera work. You got the outside and the screen pretty much in focus. What was the f-stop?

EXIF Sub IFD

* Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/50 second ===> 0.02 second

* Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 7/2 ===> ƒ/3.5

* Exposure Program = portrait mode (7)

* ISO Speed Ratings = 64

* EXIF Version = 0220

* Original Date/Time = 2011:02:02 09:06:51

* Digitization Date/Time = 2011:02:02 09:06:51

* Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr

* Exposure Bias (EV) = 3/10 ===> 0.3

* Max Aperture Value (APEX) = 5357/1482 ===> 3.61

Max Aperture = ƒ/3.5

* Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)

* Light Source / White Balance = unknown (0)

* Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

* Focal Length = 63/10 mm ===> 6.3 mm

* FlashPix Version = 0100

* Colour Space = sRGB (1)

* Image Width = 2592 pixels

* Image Height = 1944 pixels

* Image Source = digital still camera (DSC)

* Scene Type = directly photographed image

* Custom Rendered = normal process (0)

* Exposure Mode = manual exposure (1)

* White Balance = auto (0)

* Scene Capture Type = portrait (2)

* Contrast = normal (0)

* Saturation = normal (0)

* Sharpness = normal (0)

bet you never knew all that info and more is readily available, eh?

 

[dcarver]

Wheatie, you really moving to SC?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Wheatie, you really moving to SC?

...in 1278 days.

 

[fjrrider]

Good grief Mark! If your on the fence about movin that ought help make up your mind!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Good grief Mark! If your on the fence about movin that ought help make up your mind!

Nope, not on the fence about moving. Made that decision years ago. Wife just thought it would be good for my daughter to finish high school with her friends here in Wheaton first. I'm a very patient man, but it's getting hard to wait.

This snow is just another reminder that we need to get our butts out of dodge when the time comes.

 

[TomInPA]

How about an update on your snow clearing skilz? I figure you must have dug a hole in the driveway by now. Grab the camera and show us the fruits of your labor.

Don't you love it when you just clear out a driveway and the plow comes by?

I just walked outside and threw a ball for the old dog. Winter sucks.