What…no Death Storm thread? NM

[Improviser]

Can you get gas there? Lol

Yes, if the food is too spicy.

 

[superjohn]

It’s remarkable the way supposedly capable adults fail to prepare. Oh no, we must buy milk and bread and ice melt. The roads will be fine by Sunday night. Meanwhile you should have what you need anyway. I always treat Thanksgiving weekend as my winter prep weekend. Get the snowblower from the shed, check the gas, change the oil, make sure I have ice melt in huge quantities.

There's nothing to prepare for in the places we live other than having a shovel. We go entire winters now with just a dusting here and there. It's not like we like in Tahoe or Quebec.

 

[uconnfan68]

I never run mine dry, always use 93 or trufuel in my outdoor power equipment....never had a problem starting at the beginning of the season.

Use TruFuel now, after replacing the carb in my 1yo snowblower. The previous one (25yrs?) never ran the fuel out (87 unleaded), never even changed the oil, or sparkplug. Replaced the augur pins with bolts too. Ate a few newspapers over the years. Should have kept it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

There's nothing to prepare for in the places we live other than having a shovel. We go entire winters now with just a dusting here and there. It's not like we like in Tahoe or Quebec.

You talking about Chicago? We on the board live in lots of places. I can tell you Simsbury gets a lot of snow. Manchester did when I was a kid. Here in eastern Mass it’s been light the last two years, but we can get big snowfalls.

The point is that people freak out about it for no reason. The stores today were insane. So were gas stations.

 

[Conquistador]

NM

Sorry for not staying up with the lingo, but what does “NM” stand for? Genuinely curious.

 

[superjohn]

Sorry for not staying up with the lingo, but what does “NM” stand for? Genuinely curious.

No message

 

[Travelman6]

Sorry for not staying up with the lingo, but what does “NM” stand for? Genuinely curious.

I'm used to the NT for No Text.

 

[HooperScooper]

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I wish some of the posters on here would just post that rather than the stuff they actually post.

 

[Khal Drogo]

Sorry for not staying up with the lingo, but what does “NM” stand for? Genuinely curious.

Naked Monkey

 

[formerlurker]

Sorry for not staying up with the lingo, but what does “NM” stand for? Genuinely curious.

Need Milk

 

[mauconnfan]

Bought a new condo, no worries other than no golf for a while lol.

 

[Excalibur]

You talking about Chicago? We on the board live in lots of places. I can tell you Simsbury gets a lot of snow. Manchester did when I was a kid. Here in eastern Mass it’s been light the last two years, but we can get big snowfalls.

The point is that people freak out about it for no reason. The stores today were insane. So were gas stations.

We’ll get the occasional dumping, but nothing like the frequency we used to have even 10 years ago.

 

[Kolumbo]

Mice invaded my shed and ate my primer hose on my Troy-built snow blower. For the first time I actually did something right and checked the thing beforehand, ordered the parts, and fixed it yesterday during lunch. Now it’s running like a gem.

My family and I are patiently waiting for this storm to dump a crap load of snow.

My wife works in the OR Monday morning so she relies on me to make sure she’s plowed just in time oh yeah!

I usually wait until the first snow to check the blower and then grab the shovel and say, well, I need the workout anyway.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Bought a new condo, no worries other than no golf for a while lol.

I’m going to look at a house on the Cape next weekend. Super short driveway and right near Waquoit bay. I’m guessing I’d never need my snowblower again. Too old to deal with this crap much longer.

 

[jdb50]

I have an 89 Ariens 2 stage blower. As it has aged I add some extra Stabil to the gas and run it out dry every Spring. Used to keep the gas tank full and just turn off the valve and run the gas out but the ethanol just sucks for carburetors. Clean the plug or replace it if we've actually had a few storms to deal with. Same with the oil. Change it only after busy Winters. Add fresh gas and it starts on the first pull after priming it. No mice issues as they are happy to invade my car. They love packing the cabin air filter which I now change every year. Moth balls, drowning pail, and they still keep coming the buggers. Still just a dusting in the Mansfield area.

 

[uconnfan68]

I’m going to look at a house on the Cape next weekend. Super short driveway and right near Waquoit bay. I’m guessing I’d never need my snowblower again. Too old to deal with this crap much longer.

You know it still snows there?

 

[Shamon30]

There's not that much snow here, but my pizza delivery took 2.5 hours to get here. They also got my order completely wrong with the exception of one soda

 

[HuskyHawk]

You know it still snows there?

I know. But it is often rain instead and it melts quickly. Temps don’t stay below zero for weeks at a time.

 

[CL82]

I drove by the car wash this morning. There was a fairly long line. Are these people cleaning their cars to make room for fresh salt?

They probably were there mostly for the conference realignment news.

What did you hear?

 

[Hoophound]

I know. But it is often rain instead and it melts quickly. Temps don’t stay below zero for weeks at a time.

It seems we’re getting to the point where significant snow in New England won’t be an issue much longer. It’s really sad and for those of us that believe in climate change, scary. Things have changed an awful lot.

 

[mauconnfan]

We have about 5-6 in WesMass just over the CT line and more expected. We will see.

Bastards at my new condo haven’t been out to clean yet and I have my dog as well as babysitting my son’s dog w t f. Have to still blaze my own trail?

 

[willie99]

We have about 5-6 in WesMass just over the CT line and more expected. We will see.

Bastards at my new condo haven’t been out to clean yet and I have my dog as well as babysitting my son’s dog w t f. Have to still blaze my own trail?

I'm in the Berkshires at least 2 weeks a year

Wineries, breweries, distilleries, restaurants... I love it up there

 

[RichCTBB]

We have about 5-6 in WesMass just over the CT line and more expected. We will see.

Bastards at my new condo haven’t been out to clean yet and I have my dog as well as babysitting my son’s dog w t f. Have to still blaze my own trail?

We’ve been shoveling a section of our yard for our small dogs for 17 years….i hate to say it, but I will be relieved when my oldest and last living dog crosses the rainbow bridge. He’s a walking vet bill waiting to happen.

 

[RichCTBB]

Wet heavy stuff in Glastonbury….already ran the snownblower and I’ll probably run it again this afternoon. I hate the sloppy stuff.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can still see the grass here in S. Windsor