whoze bin messin' wif da weather ?

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stetto

#2865
January 14, 2025, 12:05:31 PM
We're forecast the same, Buckaroo. Down as far as -20°Sunday & Monday mornings.

Nothing like we used to get in NW MN, but yeah, bad enough.

jetmex

#2866
January 15, 2025, 03:52:17 PM
You guys need to quit talking about that sssnsnnnn.....nnnnniiiessss.....schh.....because now they're forecasting that stuff for us next week!  52 degrees and raining here now, but temps are supposed to drop into the 20s and 30s early next week.

Did I mention I hate winter?   :sadness:

Onepoint

#2867
January 17, 2025, 05:53:27 AM
I have been lazy since my mid 30s about the middle of Nov, about when the temps started to drop to where it wasn't comfy to be out, and found a lot of excuses to procrastinate on doing stuff.  It was mostly unimportant like a lot of fence maintenance, vehicle repair and corral cleaning.  You know, stuff no one who is blind, and maybe deaf would not notice. Some turned into real projects, that were still ignored, because well, I have become good at procrastination. Yesterday rolled around and was the 1st really nice day in long time, so of course I try and cram 3 weeks of jobs into one day to get ready for the coming blistery cold.  For some reason everything hurts this morning, I got about 2 weeks worth done though.  :thumb: 

For starters, the bulls got to pushing and fighting last winter and broke off 6 or 7 several apparently rotted railroad ties in the corral that have probably been there like 75 years or more.  I don't know if you have ever had to dig out a broken off post, especially a RR tie, but that's is one job I hate, I mean haaaaate.  I have been picking away digging them out, one by one for like 3 months now, finally before Xmas I got the posts reset.

I bought some used oak ties last fall and they apparently made them heavier now. A few I could not lift, like could barely get an end up to get a chain around, WTF, that's just rude.  Then last week I went and bought some 2x8s from Menards (a chain store like Home depot), that felt a lot like balsa, so had to double them to make them cow proof.  I thought, well that won't de so hard to handle right?  Well yeah, but nailing into the those fricken concrete like posts, not so much.  It was warm enough I think I sweated beating the poor nails until the post or I relented, it was close, but I think I won. The board are on the posts ready for cows to show how wrong I am about "cow proofing" anything. (And they wonder why they get ate)

Anyway, back to a regularly scheduled whining about the cold.

stetto

#2868
January 17, 2025, 06:28:20 AM
Wow, Menards. Brings back a lot of memories. Like spending 3 hours going through AC2 2x8s & 2x6s to find enough straight ones to build a 12' by 35'deck. Most of their lumber was bonfire grade...

Yesterday was nice though. Supposed to get a good snow tonight before the roller coaster starts its downhill run. Can't wait to initiate procrastination mode.

jetmex

#2869
January 17, 2025, 09:26:37 AM
Being old and cold is a fine reason to procrastinate.  Not like I do that or anything... :icon_lol:

stetto

#2870
January 18, 2025, 10:39:32 AM
Quote from: jetmex on January 15, 2025, 03:52:17 PMYou guys need to quit talking about that sssnsnnnn.....nnnnniiiessss.....schh.....because now they're forecasting that stuff for us next week!  52 degrees and raining here now, but temps are supposed to drop into the 20s and 30s early next week.

Did I mention I hate winter?   :sadness:

Dood! I have a Webcam shot of Port Aransas under a healthy layer of nieve, taken just a few years ago. You guys oughtta be used to this...

jetmex

#2871
January 18, 2025, 11:41:55 AM
It can go ahead and schnitt in Port Aransas, or anywhere else.  Just so it doesn't do that here!   :sadness:

City is already in panic mode.  The usual runs on water and toilet paper are under way, even though this is only supposed to be for a few days.  The state's failure to keep the grid running a few years ago weighs on everyone around here and not many trust them completely to keep it going this time, either.  I think a lot of people who routinely go through winter storms don't quite understand how bad it is when those storms hit a place like this that doesn't normally see and is not equipped or prepared for them. This is a result of that global warming, right?

I found my parka and mukluks, by the way!   :disturbed:

Onepoint

#2872
January 20, 2025, 08:11:24 AM
I didn't get up until late this morning, sun was coming up already, but we had -7 and -20 windchill. I did not spend a lot of time out there so far, but didn't feel that bad to me, but I was not in the wind either. Coldest day in a year so far though.

jetmex

#2873
January 20, 2025, 03:52:27 PM
37 degrees and dropping. It's supposed to be in the teens tonight, with the snnn.....sssnsnnns....niiiii....scchhhhh.......nitt starting early tomorrow. 

Onepoint

#2874
January 21, 2025, 05:28:25 AM
When I went to bed last night it was -9 and -28 windchill got up to 14 above and only 0 windchill, supposed to be in the 30s today but windy, but at least the tractors will start and waterers thaw out.

 But Jaimie I feel for you guys, 28 in Houston right now and radar says 1/2" of snow. I can imagine aside from those running around driven insane and frolicking in it, most people are huddled like gnomes around camp fires in their living rooms.

jetmex

#2875
January 21, 2025, 03:35:41 PM
The sun is out!!

3 inches of snow on top of a quarter inch of slush last night.  It's starting to melt off now, but we have a hard freeze into the teens tonight before it starts warming up.  There are schnittmen and schnitt angels all over the place and the kids are having a ball.  The Houston airport authority had to hire out of state contractors to clear the runways at all three airports.

I do happen to be equipped with decent cold weather gear, but could any of you give me a recommendation for a good pair of wind and waterproof gloves that aren't too bulky?  I sure could use them...

Tried to download a pic, but it won't take for some reason...

Onepoint

#2876
January 21, 2025, 07:02:32 PM
A guy I know in Louisiana, west of New Orleans had over 5". 

For gloves when its really cold, I have some heavy leather insulated, otherwise just some cheaper leather ones from the farm store, once they get wet, swap em.  Sometimes I use the knit ones with the rubberized grip palms too. I have no magic answer for that, if I have to do something tedious, they come off. There is no trade off, bulk is warmth.  Fancy ones made from neoprene or whatever wear out too quick around here.

jetmex

#2877
January 22, 2025, 07:40:34 AM
Cold night, for here anyway.  It was 19 about an hour ago, but the sun is out and we're up to 24 now.  Thankfully the wind isn't blowing. The wind chills were supposed to be in single digits last night.  Some parts of Houston north and east of us got up to six inches of the white stuff, and Beaumont, which is 70 miles east of my got their first ever blizzard warning.  Spring can't come fast enough this year!

stetto

#2878
January 22, 2025, 08:50:38 AM
I've had a pair of cowhide choppers with wool mitt liners for over 20 years. Most faithful pieces of snow gear I've ever owned. I don't think they cost more than 20 bucks.
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