Scott NC Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Here, the roads get wet and people freak out. Back in Nebraskee we didn't bother with snow tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Did everybody wear snazzy caps too? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Scott, that's similar to south vs north BC. In Vancouver they had 4-6 inches and have lots of trouble, crashes, people stranded, etc., here I know people who run little cars through drifts to get to work. i think it mainly boils down to how you were trained if you did all your learning and tests in fair weather, you will have trouble if you run into bad weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I admit, I swiped that photo from a website, "Modern Alaskan Transportation and The Well Dressed Gentleman". Homburgs and Stetsons are more popular on the plains. My great grandfather once stopped a train to retrieve his hat, which blew off his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 MJ, back when we lived in the countryside, my mom (late fifty years old) had an old Lincoln Continental and plowed through drifts like nothing to get to work. She said "I just hit the gas". I hit a drift once in my c-10 4x4 so hard it packed the engine compartment solid with snow. Stalled it right out and it was hard to get the hood open. But it had a lift kit on it. The roads took a while to be plowed. So you are spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Scott NC said: I hit a drift once in my c-10 4x4 so hard it packed the engine compartment solid with snow. One job i took burning brush piles we went into a block (area the company had logging) and had to turn around because the air filter was stuffed with snow, and we wouldn't be able to get through the 2ft of snow with the 4-wheeler we had along so we turned around and went to a lodge the company had connections to so we could thaw the filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Brouwers Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Every time I carry my post vise upstairs and outside to forge, for some reason I feel like I am carrying a machine gun, so here is a picture lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 And you've been trying to figure out why the police come to watch you forge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I like to invite the LEOs and VFD folk to the forge myself. Far fewer negative interactions! (And some positive ones too; like my neighbor who used to call me in to the FD all the time till they mentioned a US$1000 fine for "false" alerts..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I like the way you think Will, if we got many door to door types I'd be thinking of a porch emplacement and sign. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Ah, shades of the M2 Browning Ma Deuce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 iron dragon I immediately thought of that when i saw how he was holding it but its not quite bulky enough on the backside more to the size of the 1919 M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 Christmas! Very cold - 25 C. But cold doesn't scare people. Recreation area on the territory of the former electrical equipment plant. St. Petersburg, Vasilyevsky Island. In Russia, from December 31 to January 8, days off. VID_20230107_173644.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Thanks for the look Alex, I LOVE winter night lights. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Frosty said: Thanks for the look Alex, I LOVE winter night lights. Frosty The Lucky. Hi Jer! Merry christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 MERRY CHRISTMAS ALEX!! It's nippy here but not COLD, about -19C. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Got to about 13 degC here today; but lots of sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 A week ago, the snow in the city almost all melted. But winter came again, it snowed, the frost was below 20С. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Having a blizzard here today, visibility about 25 yards/meters, around 0 degrees F (-18C), and wind around 30 mph (48kph) with higher gusts, wind chill around -25 F. To get out to the shop today I'd have to convice our little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that he is really a husky and hitch him to a dog sled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Winter is not going to leave. The fifth day it snows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoGoodWithUsernames Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 That first photo makes me think of Narnia. Looks lovely from here in sunny California! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Last night was full-moon and a nice clear sky caught this we have just over 2 feet of snow on top of 3-4 inches of ice from a few early melts their calling for positives next week again M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Winter again. It is snowing for the third day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 The picture of your dog looks just like our Axle the weather dog. If he comes in with his fur all messed up it's windy, wet it's raining, white it's snowing. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails. ~ Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Typical March weather, eh Alex? It'll be above freezing for a couple weeks, you start to think the snow is on it's way out early and POOF you get a dumped on but good. Fingers crossed, Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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