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Re: [MA] Where is the snow!! Rained last night. Driveway is dry and sun is out. |
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Wormtown | said by capecoddah:Rained last night. Driveway is dry and sun is out.
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 HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
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fyi: it's gonna snow again the middle of next week.
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 jabarnutLight Years AwayPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | Yeah, I heard the same thing.
And as if the snow isn't enough (I'm about buried up to my neck in it), Sunday night is supposed to be -15F with wind chills as low as 30 degrees below zero. 
Heck, even today (Saturday, which is sunny), it's only 10 degrees at 10:14am...and it's all down hill from here. 
I guess I better get the brass Monkey inside asap.
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said by vaxvms:said by capecoddah:Rained last night. Driveway is dry and sun is out.
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Not like I went golfing or the beach.
OK, a short bucket at the range and stopped in the parking lot. |
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kudos:8 | reply to Midgard
said by Midgard:On a side note: What type of snow blower does everyone use? I had a POS 21" Toro single stage that came with the new house but it's not made for actually handling a NE winter storm. I sold it over the week-end since a shovel is just as effective. I'm looking at 24-30" 2-stage 8-11hp machines now. Consumer reports has the 30" Troy-bilt 357cc as #1 consumer model but my co-workers say get a smaller model Ariens instead. They say the 28" 249cc Ariens for the same price is a better deal.
21" Toro single-stage is ok as long as you keep up with snow as it comes down. But you have to push it. Short driveway it's ok, but it would never keep up with the heavy stuff we got last week. I had one of those for a couple of years because it was a step up from straight shoveling. But I've gotten old enough to need either snow shovel slaves (illegal and immoral), kids in the neighborhood willing to earn a few bucks (can you say snowball in August?), or something bigger than a single stage.
I picked up a 22" Ariens from Home Depot last October. It's one step up from a single stage. It might have to go slow in heavy snow, but it hasn't choked yet, even on the berm plowed up at the end of the driveway. The larger the area you need to clear, a larger size machine would finish quicker. The sweet spot in the area/machine size equation would be to finish up 30 minutes before frostbite sets in. 
Hot chocolate tastes best right about then. |
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MORE F'N SNOW WEDNESDAY!!!!
Happy, happy- Joy, joy.
Not really. I very much need to get snow off my roof. I am sitting inside hearing the beams snap and crackle under the stress of near 2 feet of snow on it.
My chore tomorrow, is to get some, if not all, the snow off the roof before I have a bigger problem on my hands. |
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 ebgbjoSewing is cheaper than therapyPremium
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USA | I know!! I heard up to 20"!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!! |
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| Please tell me you're kidding 
Current plan is traveling Wednesday and Thursday BOS>NYC>BOS... I am going to freaking throttle somebody if I have a major storm to deal with while traveling for the third time in a month...
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| said by Sarah:Please tell me you're kidding
Current plan is traveling Wednesday and Thursday BOS>NYC>BOS... I am going to freaking throttle somebody if I have a major storm to deal with while traveling for the third time in a month...
You know you can move this is New England after all Anyways I saw bring it on the more snow the merrier although it will be another screw job for the cape. Bare lawn atm and only 16.5" on the season
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| "If you don't like it, GTFO" - there's the old New England charm for you....  I have lived here my whole life, thank you very much. I understand that travel will sometimes be impacted by weather, but when it happens literally EVERY TIME I go somewhere it starts to get on my nerves.
I'm out of pocket $500 due to weather so far this month because of storms impacting my travel plans. Sorry if I am not as happy about it as you are.
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vaxvmsferroequine fanPremium
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Wormtown | reply to ebgbjo
What I heard is snow and rain and freezing rain and sleet for Wednesday. Maybe there will be some lightning and thunder too.
Good luck getting to NYC. |
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I wouldn't mind the snow as much if I could find an Ariens #$@% snow blower in stock somewhere to buy. Right now it's shovel or pay someone to plow and be at their mercy so not really great options. Who'd have thought it would be next to impossible to spend $1,000 bucks? |
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kudos:2 | got link?
»www.ariens.com/corporate/pages/d···tor.aspx
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| I called 4 master dealers and 8 home depots every day last week at 9-10am. They all kept saying no idea when they'd get any in so call back later. |
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ebgbjoSewing is cheaper than therapyPremium
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USA | reply to Sarah
no, not kidding at all. This has been a weak winter IMHO. I keep hearing mixed news on Wednesday. First up to 20", then just 1-2", now on way home from work today it was "too early to tell" |
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| I didn't mean kidding as in you were kidding about wanting snow, I know that  I meant kidding about the 20" because I hadn't heard anything close to that.
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Today they are saying 8-12" for tomorrow night and Thursday. |
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 MsTerraCallipygianPremium
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You're probably living too close to the coast to get the real accumulation. If I could send you our snow from Cambridge, I would. We have a growing pile in our yard where we have to put the snow when we shovel the walk. We could probably carve a cozy little igloo into it at this point.
Oh, and don't get me started about the hassles of street parking. My husband and I did a really nice job of digging our car out after the January 12 blizzard, but unfortunately we're too nice to "reserve" our spot (with a trash bin, piece of old furniture, whatever) so after the first time we had to use the car, we've had to cruise the neighborhood for parking because of course someone else grabbed the spot we'd worked so hard to clear.
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kudos:2 | hope you learned your lesson about shoveling street parking for yourself.
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