This Winter Weather - Rant!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Damascus MD
Winter- 5 things
1. Up here its like an off season to work on our cars and we take advantage of the down time.
2. Global warming means the whole globe, not just North America where its actually cooler than normal (99% of the world is warmer)
3. We had a high of 10 today and tonight's low will be minus 14 with wind chill at minus 25
4. Wisconsin has more bars per capita than any other state for the above condition
5. Refer to #1
1. Up here its like an off season to work on our cars and we take advantage of the down time.
2. Global warming means the whole globe, not just North America where its actually cooler than normal (99% of the world is warmer)
3. We had a high of 10 today and tonight's low will be minus 14 with wind chill at minus 25
4. Wisconsin has more bars per capita than any other state for the above condition
5. Refer to #1
This weather does stink. Baseball season was supposed to begin for the high schools and colleges. They won't be playing for at least another week or two.
Front and rear suspension work on hold pending warmer weather.
Bill
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Syracuse NY
I put the car up for storage in late October and dropped the oil pan to fix a leaky rear main seal. Well, as luck would have it, I discovered my block was cracked, internally and I couldnt repair it. Through the generosity of another member here, Ive obtained a replacment short block and should have the new engine back in the car next weekend. Then begins the tedious task of hooking everything up. But hey, seeing how this thread is about winter.....the engine swap has been keeping me real busy in my garage while its -5 and snowing outside.
Team Owner
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From: Western NY
Back in '68, one of my friends/neighbors bought a '66 Corvette with a bad engine (big block). He got the car reasonably inexpensively, located another short block, and we were going to do the swap-out over one weekend and a couple of evenings..........................
Turned out the car had other problems, primarily in the ignition system (early GM transistorized), that we didn't know about, until we swapped the engines, and couldn't get the "new" engine to fire up. After a few weeks of "troubleshooting", we finally got the engine to fire, but it didn't run right. Turned out a less than honest "engine builder" threw a bunch of odd rods, pistons, and a crank into a block, and called it rebuilt.
Long story short, we started this project in mid-November, and screwed with it until mid-January, in an unheated garage. What a "character builder"...............
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Drifting
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From: Central Wisconsin
Human Global warming is a Global farce backed up by cooked numbers. The Guardian in the UK let the cat out of the bag when an unbiased scientist compared actual weather Station data to data input. Researcher found out nearly 100% of the data entered was higher than actual data measured at the weather stations. The media in this country won't report this because they are total liberal boot licks.
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Another 6 inches of snow here in Northern Jersey,closed my Caffe early AGAIN ,bad month with this crappy weather.Cant drive the my 70 454,but my H3 is a BEAST.
Melting Slicks
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From: Midland Ontario
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[QUOTE=1974ta;1589109876]Human Global warming is a Global farce backed up by cooked numbers. The Guardian in the UK let the cat out of the bag when an unbiased scientist compared actual weather Station data to data input. Researcher found out nearly 100% of the data entered was higher than actual data measured at the weather stations. The media in this country won't report this because they are total liberal boot licks.
This weather does stink. Baseball season was supposed to begin for the high schools and colleges. They won't be playing for at least another week or two.
Front and rear suspension work on hold pending warmer weather.
Bill[/QUOT
This weather does stink. Baseball season was supposed to begin for the high schools and colleges. They won't be playing for at least another week or two.
Front and rear suspension work on hold pending warmer weather.
Bill
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Drifting
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From: Hamilton Virginia
We got about another 6" on Thursday. Now it will start warming up slowly, slow enough that we will be looking at the chit for atleast two weeks before it all melts. We were supposed to have my sons baseball field cleaned up. Cant do it will all the snow and the mud underneath. Today we are doing skills assesment, inside !
I cant do a gosh darn thing in the shed or workshop, because the yard is so wet,muddy, and messy. Vette will be closed up for atleast another couple weeks.
I cant do a gosh darn thing in the shed or workshop, because the yard is so wet,muddy, and messy. Vette will be closed up for atleast another couple weeks.
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Yes, it does get annoying at times, as this winter has been much colder that winters in the past, but it hasn't stopped me from getting around.....
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That looks familiar Brian. We got about 12 inches in the Sandwich area. It's going to warm up but it will be a while before the snow is gone.
Drifting
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From: Syracuse NY
For some of us, it's sort of "normal", in a perverse sort of way. We're more or less used to it, and equipped to handle it. For instance, my "local yokel" town, has better snow removal equipment that some of what I see other states trying to plow the interstates with. Many people here have snowmobiles to play with, and ski areas are plentiful. My Corvette "sleeps" for the winter, and I have a 4x4, as a winter DD.
Yes, it does get annoying at times, as this winter has been much colder that winters in the past, but it hasn't stopped me from getting around.....
Yes, it does get annoying at times, as this winter has been much colder that winters in the past, but it hasn't stopped me from getting around.....
Me and the wife ran a 4.2 mile charity event today. The best part was standing in a line for a porta-john in 25 degrees.
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Do you ever get that sick sense of relief when the first snow of the season hits? No more wondering 'how much longer' you have to mow the lawn, do outdoor housework, fix the gutters....its just time to settle in and spend the next 5 months on the internet searching for Corvette parts.
Me and the wife ran a 4.2 mile charity event today. The best part was standing in a line for a porta-john in 25 degrees.
Me and the wife ran a 4.2 mile charity event today. The best part was standing in a line for a porta-john in 25 degrees.
Having said that, I also have to say that winter didn't bother me as much in the past, as it has for the last several years. For a number of years, I had the use of a fully insulated, heated, and well-lit, 2 car garage, at my mother's house. I'd plan the "upgrades" and maintenance work for the winter, and had plenty of time to do it. Sadly, about 10 years ago, she developed Alzheimer's, and had to be admitted to a nursing facility, so the house had to be sold, to cover her living expenses. In the process, I lost my "shop", and winters haven't been the same.
I was able to build an addition to the garage at my own home, but the zoning regulations didn't allow me to build as big an addition, as the place I had lost, so it's really been a bittersweet deal. Yes, I at least have indoor space for the toys, but due to the lack of width, I can't do much more than get them inside, out of the elements. There's really no room to work on them. I initially had plans for a 4 post lift, which would have helped out a LOT, but when all was said and done, the budget wouldn't allow for it. Maybe in my next lifetime, things will work out better....