"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

screened porch said:
I can't believe Buffalo. 27 dead so far from snow, in a great American city that isn't exactly a stranger to snow.

We were pretty well shut down Friday-Sunday, but I haven't needed my fireplaces, and it's supposed to be in the 40s for a few days starting tomorrow.

The sun is being coy,
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but my walk and drive are ready for it.
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The walk and drive look good, Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup: I decided I wanted to get the snowpack on my sidewalks and driveway as thin as possible before the warm weather arrived later this week, so I did a couple of shifts yesterday trying to scrape down to bare concrete. But each time I went out, the snow flurries began again, so I worried that the neighbors would get upset with me, since we'd already had 24.5" of snow Thursday through Sunday (according to the NWS station at the airport). I did manage to get the front sidewalk and front stairs in pretty good shape, but the driveway not so much (cleared only 1 of 4 quadrants down to concrete).
Here are photos of the front sidewalk and front stairs that I took this morning:
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Here's a photo of the snow pile in the garden where I throw most of my driveway snow. It's only late December, but the pile looks like a mid-February pile (which makes sense, since we've had over 67" of snow this season so far, and the 21st century average snowfall has been 77.1" per entire winter season). Fortunately, I didn't lose that bright yellow toothpick in the snow.
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- GT
 
jc57 said:
Weird times, weather-wise. We did not get much snow down here in SW Tennessee, enough of a dusting to look pretty and give us technically a white Christmas.

But the brutal cold took its toll on the utilities. We did not lose power but some did. The TVA grid (Tennessee Valley Authority) was overwhelmed at a time when two power plants were offline, and had to implement rolling blackouts in some areas. The impact we felt was that the water pressure dropped significantly due to multiple water mains breaking and the city has issued a "boil water before drinking" advisory. Water pressure is slowly improving as they fix the leaks.

And the weather forecast has the temperature rising into the mid 60s by Thursday. So we got our 5 days of Winter this year, time for Spring I guess. 🤷‍♂️
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Speaking of weather. I went to school in Millington, Tn. (USN) and got to experience my 1st tornado. Give me snow any day!
 
screened porch said:
I can't believe Buffalo. 27 dead so far from snow, in a great American city that isn't exactly a stranger to snow.

We were pretty well shut down Friday-Sunday, but I haven't needed my fireplaces, and it's supposed to be in the 40s for a few days starting tomorrow.

The sun is being coy,
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but my walk and drive are ready for it.
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I'm hoping my snowblower's transmission is literally frozen, and I'll be able to get it out of slow reverse soon.
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Looks like you might need a roof rake!
Peregrin said:
I do hope Buffalo can dig out soon, and begin restoring services. They say this storm is the largest since the storm of 1977. I was in the middle of that one.
We're about 150 miles east of Buffalo in the Syracuse area, and got the cold weather and some snow, but nothing like that storm. Plenty of snow north of us also, around Watertown. We get our fair share of lake effect snow here, but we dodged this one.
I've got some nephews that live in Buffalo. They are pretty much housebound. One had no heat or power for quite awhile.
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For me, I remember the blizzard of '78 living in NH at the time. My parents dropped me off at my grandparents home and we were snowed in for almost a week. No power for many days, but they had a nice woodstove. Me and my youngest uncle would wade out through the snow to the barn to haul in fresh wood. That stove provided a nice hot surface to cook on too. When pépère was done snowblowing the driveway, the banks were 5-6 feet!
 
5K Qs said:
The walk and drive look good, Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup: I decided I wanted to get the snowpack on my sidewalks and driveway as thin as possible before the warm weather arrived later this week, so I did a couple of shifts yesterday trying to scrape down to bare concrete. But each time I went out, the snow flurries began again, so I worried that the neighbors would get upset with me, since we'd already had 24.5" of snow Thursday through Sunday (according to the NWS station at the airport). I did manage to get the front sidewalk and front stairs in pretty good shape, but the driveway not so much (cleared only 1 of 4 quadrants down to concrete).
Here are photos of the front sidewalk and front stairs that I took this morning:
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Here's a photo of the snow pile in the garden where I throw most of my driveway snow. It's only late December, but the pile looks like a mid-February pile (which makes sense, since we've had over 67" of snow this season so far, and the 21st century average snowfall has been 77.1" per entire winter season). Fortunately, I didn't lose that bright yellow toothpick in the snow.
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- GT
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Nice work on a handsome property!
I get a break on my driveway because it faces straight south.
But yeah, if the weather gods continue to smile, we're in for a pleasant few days.
 
sitflyer said:
Looks like you might need a roof rake!
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I have one, which I used last month despite my six feet of ice/water shield. (It would be too bad if the meltwater backed up seven feet.) This time it was so windy that the roof didn't hold much, and there are thin areas to let the melt run off. But that's when they get you, of course. I'll keep an eye on it.
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screened porch said:
I have one, which I used last month despite my six feet of ice/water shield. (It would be too bad if the meltwater backed up seven feet.) This time it was so windy that the roof didn't hold much, and there are thin areas to let the melt run off. But that's when they get you, of course. I'll keep an eye on it.
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Nice old iron and trivet! Stay warm up there.
 
I remember when I lived up in NH there were a bunch of roofers that would make some side cash shoveling roofs after a big storm, somebody had to do it.
 
screened porch said:
Smart.
I'm pretty happy to be in a single-storey house now.
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Me too, we downsized about six years ago, no more stairs to climb, except the ones to get in and out. I made countless trips to the thrift store during the great purge, and that's when I unloaded my vinyl collection to a used record store. It took him three days to go through them and make an offer, he was impressed at the variety and how well cared for they were. My Subaru Forester was a bit light in the front end on the way there LOL.
 
My parents had 5-600 albums by my estimate. I brought maybe 2/3rds of them home, to add to the couple of hundred I already had. I donated the rest to a local charity. I've been considering selling them to a used record store and divesting myself of my turntables. They do take up a lot of room and I do not have a big house. I've also got several hundred cd's. I could probably get rid of half of those.
 
mbkr said:
My parents had 5-600 albums by my estimate. I brought maybe 2/3rds of them home, to add to the couple of hundred I already had. I donated the rest to a local charity. I've been considering selling them to a used record store and divesting myself of my turntables. They do take up a lot of room and I do not have a big house. I've also got several hundred cd's. I could probably get rid of half of those.
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Similar situation for me, back in the day folks knew I collected records, so several smaller collections got added to mine. I kept them meticulously alphabetized with few sub-groupings like blues, comedy, and show tunes. Most were popular to obscure rock with smattering of reggae and punk/alternative. I'm sure those floor joists let out a creak of a sigh of relief when that weight was gone.
 
knarfeng said:
"the storm of the century"
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Well I sure do hope that was, in fact, the storm of the century. If that's the worst we see in the next 78 years, then I am looking forward to a smooth ride into the sunset.

If all of those predictions about weather and climate come true by the end of this century, that little cold snap we just had is just going to be a footnote on page 53 of the 21st Century Weather Almanac.
 
I went searching on the web for a book by Mark Laita, it's a collection of portraits of the fringes of our society. Sadly, for me it is out of print, and copies are being listed for $800 to up to $4,000!!! And people gripe about knife flippers LOL. I just wanted to see his photographs, guess that's never going to happen. I don't believe any local libraries would have a copy. It is titled Created Equal.
 
sitflyer said:
I went searching on the web for a book by Mark Laita, it's a collection of portraits of the fringes of our society. Sadly, for me it is out of print, and copies are being listed for $800 to up to $4,000!!! And people gripe about knife flippers LOL. I just wanted to see his photographs, guess that's never going to happen. I don't believe any local libraries would have a copy. It is titled Created Equal.
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I once found an expensive old book at an estate sale for a couple of dollars.
What surprises me is how many beautiful old books are worth only a few dollars. Saddens me, too. I have a lot of them.
 
screened porch said:
I once found an expensive old book at an estate sale for a couple of dollars.
What surprises me is how many beautiful old books are worth only a few dollars. Saddens me, too. I have a lot of them.
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I had a bunch of books at one time, even had some of my HS textbooks. Dropped them off at a thrift store prior to one of my moves. They can pile up on one before they know it.
 
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