IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: motorhead on December 09 2016, 08:44:08 PM
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Since we are BSing about snow I thought I would show what nonsense I have to deal with, and why I own a snowblower - but, still pay for someone to plow our driveway. I just cleared about 1-1.5" of powder off of this whole thing by hand - mostly because I hate myself.
How bad do you have it?
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It's 45F outside with a slight breeze. I had to bring my tomato plants inside to keep them from freezing the last two nights.
I hate winter!
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Yeah, it's about 64 here, had to wear a jacket last night.
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It's 45F outside with a slight breeze. I had to bring my tomato plants inside to keep them from freezing the last two nights.
I hate winter!
By tomato do you mean pot? :smokin: :icon_weed:
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Damn, Mike that is one huge biatch! How long and wide is your driveway?
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Damn, Mike that is one huge biatch! How long and wide is your driveway?
Hmmm... I haven't measured it before. But the garage is 40' long sooo... guessing about 150' long for the driveway by looking at the picture; and it is about as wide as a standard 2 lane road.
I imagine we could do 60' launch testing on it.
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Doesn't show the grade but you get the idea....
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I refuse to live in another home with a sloping driveway... been ass over tea-kettle too many times in my life.
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I hate plowing.
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15+ cm and growing. So looking forward to clearing the deck - not.
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About 10" here - I've ran my blower 3 times so far
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We got 20+cm yesterday.
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Cold front blew through around noon today. It'll be down in the low 40's tonight. Man I really HATE this cold weather!
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Over by Base Borden got a bunch sunday night, and in barrie we only got like maybe 8cm in one fall. Only had the snowblower out once so far this winter.
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Cold front blew through around noon today. It'll be down in the low 40's tonight. Man I really HATE this cold weather!
Damn you! :icon_lol: It's -32'C, -39'C with the wind. Sure wish I bought heated seats for the truck. It is like sitting on a brick of ice.
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We will be down to -23*C tomorrow night... then another 20+cm of the wet heavy stuff this weekend.
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Got hit with 40cm last night. That is 16". Almost didn't make it home from work this morning. Good thing I have winter tires and a posi!
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MAD ICE this morning. Could have skated to any destination as the salt trucks appeared to be on holiday as well.4x4 or you don't go anywhere.
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Damn yall, I had to run my ac for a few hours today. I think I'll have to again tomorrow but after that I think we'll get a day or two in the 60s.
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it was so icy yesterday that when my wife's car got on the road in front of our house it wouldn't move anywhere, and that's with snow tires. I was able to push it by hand sideways to the curb while the car was in park.
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I had to put ice-cleats on when we got home... the driveway is an ice rink. And our 4x4 with snow tires still struggled. I am not amused.
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I prefer ice tires over snow tires for that reason. My winter tires suck on ice but are great in the deep snow. My old Michelin Ice X were amazing on the ice even glare ice. No comparison between them and my winter tires!
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I can stud our Hankooks... and I should.
I just finished "shoveling" the ice off the deck, and chipping paths out on the driveway. FML. Thank goodness I keep my ass in shape - it is an inch thick in places.
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I shovelled 3/4 of my roof of yesterday. And in one spot the snow had drifted to 3 feet! And it was heavy! Now it snowed again over night. So I am glad I got most of the snow of the roof. But shovelling today sucked because it is -25 out. :x
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Damn that sucks. We are getting our latest blast of freezing rain. Good times.
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Here are a couple shots. You could see the singles on the roof yesterday after I finished clearing it. And that is what I woke up to this morning. There is a shot of the snow I piled on the side all by shovel. That is basically 1 month of snow fall.
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Good gawd!
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I do appreciate this house having a steel roof. Though it definitely wakes you up in the middle of the night when the snow starts to slide off.
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What sound does snow sliding off a roof make?
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it sounds like a bunch of kids are tobogganing off the roof. Then when it hits the ground it is a really loud dead thump. Probably kill children if it landed on them. We have stops to keep the snow from all coming off where the entrance doors and where we park the cars.
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What sound does snow sliding off a roof make?
Come on, Rich! It sounds like an avalanche. :P Heavy snow can easily collapse a roof. And another thing that is dangerous is icicles. Especially falling from real high places. It's like being stabbed by a sword, actually spear. And those things can stick to your tongue if you lick them. Two years ago we had ice fall on 2 guys vehicles, broke the windshield of one, dented the hood of the other and put a hole in the bumper.
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Our snow rarely lasts a day and isn't really snow like I remember growing up in the seventies in Marshfield, WI. Big drifts up to the eves of the house and being able to tunnel around in the snow. It barely gets an inch or two here . The ice on the road ways and bridges are what causes the most problems. People think they can drive like normal then they get to the bridge or over pass and slam on the brakes. Of course, those behind try to do the same and the vehicles go every which way, into each other and the side barriers. I just call work and tell them I'm not coming as it isn't worth bending up a car for a days wage. Rarely lasts more than a day. I watch it on tv. It is a riot to hear what some of them have to say on camera.
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Wtf?! It's 24 degrees right now.
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We saw 1*F yesterday... we're not even close to "cold" yet.
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Few years back I was hauling commercial fuel in B train fuel tankers. One night I had to make a couple of drops in Sudbury in Jan. As I headed north the temps were around -30 to -35 on the outside temp gauge. By the time I arrived in Sudbury the temps were -46 and windy! :O This is approx midnight to 1am with nobody........ I mean NOBODY around! That night I was a tad bit nervous to say the least. That's brisk baby!!
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Jim, that is an average northern temperature. When I lived up north we would get -53 to -55 and warm up to -45, with no wind. When I worked in the Territories it was -60 and -67 with the wind. Needless to say I did get frost bite under my eyes that were exposed from my face mask.
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Jim, that is an average northern temperature. When I lived up north we would get -53 to -55 and warm up to -45, with no wind. When I worked in the Territories it was -60 and -67 with the wind. Needless to say I did get frost bite under my eyes that were exposed from my face mask.
I understand that.........w as just pointing out that these temps can get very dangerous in certain situations.
And I completely lost focus in my post, which was to mention that when I got to my locations I had to shovel 6" of snow off the fill lids in the ground in order to find them, and access the fills. When ya gotta shovel this crap on the job as well it sucks!
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Jim, I was just joking around. But at -55 if you don't have two block heaters it is like starting a car at -40 without one. Either way cold and lots of snow can be a big pain especially at work!
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:) no worries.....al l good. Burrrrr
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We have 10cm on the way!
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I shoveled twice yesterday and once today. A total so far of 40" of snow for the last two months. :(
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Yall are kinda making me wanna shovel so today I used a shovel and leveled the dirt around a rotten stump till I started to sweat. It's going to be beautiful and in the 70s again for the next few days.
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The driveway was plowed before I got up this morning, a good start for certain.
Now time to do some "detail work" before the freezing rain comes... again.
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Last evening was annoying , rain coming off the roof had no where good to go with the eaves and downspouts (and ground) still frozen. Lake daveismissing.
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Got a record 28cm last night. And stared down a snow plow to have a discussion with the plow truck driver (told him to call his supervisor) about the need for snow removal as our snowbanks are over 6' high and the snow being pushed off the is too heavy/awkward to manage. Frozen boulders are not acceptable contibutions to the municipal snow management effort.
10-20cm more tomorrow.
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HAHA Did he tell you to rotate? Probably a private contractor is it Carrilion? Call your gov rep.
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HAHA Did he tell you to rotate? Probably a private contractor is it Carrilion? Call your gov rep.
I don't think he wanted to risk it. It was a city marked truck. Natasha started the formal complaint process today with a visit to City Hall as a follow-up to a plow driver who was displaying aggressive behaviour toward her on Sat while loading our daughter in the Colorado - proper channels and all that. But, this is one of the worst managed and corrupt townships in Ontario.
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i dunno our one former mayor owned both night clubs and the next one sued the city when he fell at city hall. not sure crooked is exclusive to one township in ontario
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Cool let us know how you make out. You know what they say "you can't fight city hall".
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Well, they keep reassessing us up, twice in 5 years so they pull in tons of money here. However our elected municipal officials are pretty responsive and fight the bureaucrats on our behalf.
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What does it mean when they reassess you up? Is them raising the taxes.
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We have " market value assessment" Taxes are mill_rate x property_valua tion.
Used to be you would get reassessed when the property sold or once in a blue moon.
Now we have rich immigrants and and DINKS/YUPPIES pushing up the surrounding prices and the assessment folks jump on it quick.
One gets these "congratulation" letters -your property has been reassessed, yes we know it is a big increase so we will phase it in over 3 years. I don't think the first one was fully phased in when the second letter came.
Told my boss I need a big raise- but he can phase it in over 3 years.
Didn't go over so well....
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When you say 'immigrants', are you talking about all the people that
moved to Canadia from Murica after Trump was elected?
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Whoopi is moving in next door and Rosie is across the street. Was hoping Samuel Jackson would stop by for a cup of sugar but......
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Do you have any recourse to deny or defeat the assessment going up? Or do the sales of homes in your area dictate the rise in their valuation?
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You would have to prove you house was worth less than their list of "comparables".
Some municipalities have adjustment plans for seniors, The income tax system gives you a bit of a break if your taxes are way disproportiona te to your income but its got to be pretty bad before it kicks in.
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We have " market value assessment" Taxes are mill_rate x property_valua tion.
Used to be you would get reassessed when the property sold or once in a blue moon.
Now we have rich immigrants and and DINKS/YUPPIES pushing up the surrounding prices and the assessment folks jump on it quick.
One gets these "congratulation" letters -your property has been reassessed, yes we know it is a big increase so we will phase it in over 3 years. I don't think the first one was fully phased in when the second letter came.
Told my boss I need a big raise- but he can phase it in over 3 years.
Didn't go over so well....
We have the same problem here! I think they should do the same thing as Vancouver does. If you are not a Canadian citizen or the house you own in Canada is not your primary resident, then you should pay more taxes. Immigrants are driving up the prices of real estate and pricing Canadians out of their own market. Got my pay stub today and I took home 1/2 of my gross pay, then I have to pay taxes on everything else I buy! :013:
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Good thing the winter season isn't that harsh in Vegas.