What's the Weather like where YOU are today?

[RichDoyle]

Yeah, very nice day, around 55-60 degrees and dry. I had to go today and retrieve my plane from Boeing Field, as I had a bit of new avionics put in, so took the bike over and got flown down.

 

[FJRay]

Gray and drizzle here. I'm sick of it. If I wanted this I could have stayed in Puget sound. I like the clear cold winter of the high desert.

 

[Bugnatr]

Raining to pouring to drizzling and back here. It crossed my mind to take the bug killer up on his offer (in 1281) and show up at his nearby doorstep on the FJR. But then I considered that he probably would insist on riding in this downpour. So I went back to the couch to watch the golf tournament in San Diego while praying for even more precip in the north state.

Hell yes Rich, we could have ridden today- what's a little moisture? I did get out yesterday late afternoon on the KLR for a nice back road 30 mile ride before the rain today.

 

[audiowize]

I cleaned my gutters

 

[dcarver]

I cleaned my gutters

Wow. Good job. Just in time for next Summer!

 

[beemerdons]

Crappy day here today in Arizona, it barely broke 80F degrees. Leaving Tombstone, after a weekend of drinking, dancing and partying! JSNS, Los Borrachos!

 

[escapefjrtist]

Great day for sure!

Back to regular [at least warm] rain tomorrow...

--G

 

[Hudson]

I taught a 3rd grader about dirt bikes today. He had a report to write and chose his own topic. I sent him home with a helmet and gear that my boys had barely used, plus a bunch of rides around the ranch on a small TTR 50 put bike, then a few laps on the Husqvarna. His folks were real cool with it and even his younger sister decided she had to get a ride too.

No FJR rides today for me, but it was worth missing to see the look on that kid's face. Probably still smiling, I bet.

 

[Saddletramp]

Seeing that I am a CFI myself, may I inquire what kind of aircraft you fly?

I went down to Idaho last week & looked at Kitfox. I have lot of Super Cub time so a" can land anywhere" taildtagger is a bit tempting.

This was meant for Richdoyle. I thought I did it as a quote.

 

[RichDoyle]

Seeing that I am a CFI myself, may I inquire what kind of aircraft you fly?
I went down to Idaho last week & looked at Kitfox. I have lot of Super Cub time so a" can land anywhere" taildtagger is a bit tempting.

This was meant for Richdoyle. I thought I did it as a quote.

A Diamond DA40 - picture in my avatar. The work done was that I had an ADS-B Out Transponder installed - a KT74.

 

[Fred W]

So now New England is stuck in a snow storm conga line with a cold front running along the Canuckian border funneling the storms over us every day. Off and on light snow all day for the past couple of days. Yesterday was 5-6", this morning cleared another 5-6". Today 5-6", tonight even more. I feel like we are in friggen Buffalo.

Might stop for a while on Tuesday-Wednesday and then ramp up again on Thurs. Oy!

PS - South Carolina is sounding really good.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Man...Blue skies and 69 degrees today. The only bitch is, come summer, we're gonna roast and maybe burn down. I guess either way, it's a trade.

 

[Panman]

I taught a 3rd grader about dirt bikes today. He had a report to write and chose his own topic. I sent him home with a helmet and gear that my boys had barely used, plus a bunch of rides around the ranch on a small TTR 50 put bike, then a few laps on the Husqvarna. His folks were real cool with it and even his younger sister decided she had to get a ride too.
No FJR rides today for me, but it was worth missing to see the look on that kid's face. Probably still smiling, I bet.

Sounds like time well spent Dave, good on you!

 

[wheatonFJR]

So now New England is stuck in a snow storm conga line with a cold front running along the Canuckian border funneling the storms over us every day. Off and on light snow all day for the past couple of days. Yesterday was 5-6", this morning cleared another 5-6". Today 5-6", tonight even more. I feel like we are in friggen Buffalo.
Might stop for a while on Tuesday-Wednesday and then ramp up again on Thurs. Oy!

PS - South Carolina is sounding really good.

Problem with SC...you won't get much $$ when you try to sell your old snowblower here. I kept the snow shovel...just because. You never know when one year you might need it to shovel three inches before it melts the next day.

EDIT-Let's see, Saturday, we got the tandem bike (Schwinn old style two-speed) out and rode along the trails to Falls Park down town...mid 60s and sunny. Then Sunday, took a power walk with Louanne around the neighborhood for about 3 miles, just because sitting behind a desk all day does not burn off the calories. Then took Louanne out on the FJR for a backroads ride over to US 178 where I made the mistake of getting her seasick on that road. Made the mistake of letting an old smoker pass me buy as we were ambling on towards home. Smoking oil and seasick stomach-not good. She didn't complain too much and will be raring to go next time she says.

 

[RossKean]

So now New England is stuck in a snow storm conga line with a cold front running along the Canuckian border funneling the storms over us every day. Off and on light snow all day for the past couple of days. Yesterday was 5-6", this morning cleared another 5-6". Today 5-6", tonight even more. I feel like we are in friggen Buffalo.
Might stop for a while on Tuesday-Wednesday and then ramp up again on Thurs. Oy!

PS - South Carolina is sounding really good.

We usually get this time of year that but not for the last week or so; its all been passing by to the south. (We got hammered with snow/blizzards the couple of weeks before that.) Unfortunately, we have had brutal cold for the past week instead and for at least the next week as well. I think I would rather the cold than the repetitive snow storms although I'm sure we will get those well into March.

 

[petey]

Nice Yesterday (high 70's) did a loop in southern -MO and NW -AR

 

[Bounce]

Merged the "Out" thread with this pre-existing "weather in your area" thread.

 

[ionbeam]

The last time I ran my snow blower two totally unrelated things happened simultaneously. The chute direction control linkages sheared off a shaft pin and let all the worm gears, bushings, spacers and washers fall into 18 inches of snow (someplace) and the auger/blower belt broke. One second everything was fine and the next I had 100 lbs of useless, rusted scrap metal. I spent a day and a half crawling around on the floor of my 6ºF garage fixing it so I could go out and do another 2 hrs of snow blowing in the afternoon. Now I'm waiting for the daily dump of another foot or two of snow and will go back out and do another 2 hrs of snow blowing. Tomorrow morning I get to do another 2 hrs of snow blowing before I go to work. Our cars are 4wd and can churn through deep snow, it's the mountains that the street plows pile up at the end of the driveways that is insurmountable and make snow blowing a whole body workout.

I couldn't wait the 2 weeks the local shops would have needed to fix my 'blower and besides, I would have needed to use my snow blower to dig out my utility trailer so I could have taken it in for repair

Rant: Every cap head fastener on my Simplicity snow blower is just a tiny bit smaller than a standard cap head so a 12 point socket will strip the head, you have to use a 6 point socket. Plus, much of the bolt spacing is so tight that a socket won't fit over the bolt and there isn't enough room for a wrench. And, whatz with all the square head screws? I had to use a lot of special tools like crowfoot wrenches and do a lot imagineering to fabricate tools to change the belt. Since when do you have to remove the wheel traction locking shaft, pull out the axle and wheel, remove the engine drive gear, unhook the traction drive friction disk and the chain drive sprocket just to slip a belt over the bottom of a pulley? If there had been just 1/4" more space the belt would have slipped on without all the other BS. Evidently the Simplicity engineering staff used to work for a Detroit auto company.

 

[FJReady]

Never has a machine been so mis-named.

 

[exskibum]

The last time I ran my snow blower two totally unrelated things happened simultaneously. The chute direction control linkages sheared off a shaft pin and let all the worm gears, bushings, spacers and washers fall into 18 inches of snow (someplace) and the auger/blower belt broke. One second everything was fine and the next I had 100 lbs of useless, rusted scrap metal. I spent a day and a half crawling around on the floor of my 6ºF garage fixing it so I could go out and do another 2 hrs of snow blowing in the afternoon. Now I'm waiting for the daily dump of another foot or two of snow and will go back out and do another 2 hrs of snow blowing. Tomorrow morning I get to do another 2 hrs of snow blowing before I go to work. Our cars are 4wd and can churn through deep snow, it's the mountains that the street plows pile up at the end of the driveways that is insurmountable and make snow blowing a whole body workout. I couldn't wait the 2 weeks the local shops would have needed to fix my 'blower and besides, I would have needed to use my snow blower to dig out my utility trailer so I could have taken it in for repair :wacko: Rant: Every cap head fastener on my Simplicity snow blower is just a tiny bit smaller than a standard cap head so a 12 point socket will strip the head, you have to use a 6 point socket. Plus, much of the bolt spacing is so tight that a socket won't fit over the bolt and there isn't enough room for a wrench. And, whatz with all the square head screws? I had to use a lot of special tools like crowfoot wrenches and do a lot imagineering to fabricate tools to change the belt. Since when do you have to remove the wheel traction locking shaft, pull out the axle and wheel, remove the engine drive gear, unhook the traction drive friction disk and the chain drive sprocket just to slip a belt over the bottom of a pulley? If there had been just 1/4" more space the belt would have slipped on without all the other BS. Evidently the Simplicity engineering staff used to work for a Detroit auto company.

Not the same machine or the exact same problems, but a familiar story of frustration. Living in the lee of Alpine Meadows on the west shore of Lake Tahoe ~25 years ago, my nemesis was a Craftsman 8 or 8.5 hp track drive snowblower. I swear I coulda been certified as a snowblower mechanic. It was always something. A few years later, I bought a Honda.

I think everyone living in heavy snow areas has heard this, but most of us have to learn it the hard way before we heed it: when it comes to snowblowers, BUY A HONDA !!! There is a reason they're so much more expensive, . . . and worth every extra dollar.