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turbo-1 said:You might be confusing Mr. Astro with Chuck Norris. There are similarities...
turbo-1 said:You might be confusing Mr. Astro with Chuck Norris. There are similarities...
You should spend a bit of time with Astro. He can eat more food than Chuck Norris, and then ask if there is anything else. Not kidding!nismaratwork said:
turbo-1 said:You should spend a bit of time with Astro. He can eat more food than Chuck Norris, and then ask if there is anything else. Not kidding!
Astro is not the dog. That's Duke. Astro can out-eat Duke on his best day. Guaranteed! And Astro's son can rival him in capacity. Couple of skinny guys who can put away more food than you'd ever expect.nismaratwork said:I believe it, I've seen the pic! He looks like a good dog.
turbo-1 said:Astro is not the dog. That's Duke. Astro can out-eat Duke on his best day. Guaranteed! And Astro's son can rival him in capacity. Couple of skinny guys who can put away more food than you'd ever expect.
turbo-1 said:Thanks. Apparently, she had an exciting ride, since she ended up pointing opposite her direction of travel, and her car was thoroughly buried in the ditch. There is very little solid stuff to hook onto with modern cars, so I dug out her car as best I could before towing her out of there. The Legacy is a nice little car and the last thing I'd want to to is bend a critical structural member by applying too much force. She took only main roads all the way to work and called me once she got there. Most people at her place of work live much closer than she does, but she ALWAYS makes it to work, even in the worst conditions.
Astronuc said:I spun out one time between two lanes of cars and ended up going backwards on the shoulder. I hit some ice or slush on the road while going ~ 50 mph. The traffic ahead was stopped! My rear started sliding around and I lost traction. I was lucky.
Oh Yea. I've seen some of his profile pictures over the years.turbo-1 said:You might be confusing Mr. Astro with Chuck Norris. There are similarities...
That must have been something to witness.AlephZero said:I once saw somebody do the ultimate version of that trick in the UK on a 4-lane road with a center crash barrier. It was still snowing, the traffic was keeping one lane clear but the other lane was covered in snow and slush.
I was the last of two or three cars driving along the clear lane at a boring but safe 30 mph. Somebody came up behind is traveling at the around the speed limit (70) and changed lanes to overtake. This caused a slow 360 degree spin. He overtook me and the other cars traveling backwards up the outside lane, and having finished the spin disappeared into the distance accelerating back up to 70.
A nice demonstration of Newton's laws of motion, unless you were of a nervous disposition
Astronuc said:That must have been something to witness.
Right now the wind is roaring in the trees on the hill behind the house. We're expecting 40+ mph winds with gusts up to 55 mph.
Please! May this be the first piece of storm-crap to miss us in a while. We seem to be in the target of everything that happens in the south.Astronuc said:Right now the wind is roaring in the trees on the hill behind the house. We're expecting 40+ mph winds with gusts up to 55 mph.
We're in the same region. I'm west of you. Same system.nismaratwork said:Same here... with possible light hail, and torrential rain, moving east. Astronuc... do we live in the same area?! (if so, don't say so here, PM or not at all please)
Astronuc said:We're in the same region. I'm west of you. Same system.
It sucks to be us...nismaratwork said:Oh! In that case... Holy explative deleted... it's really getting quite interesting isn't it?
turbo-1 said:It sucks to be us...
I'll be quite happy and relieved in the morning not to find one of my trees on top of my neighbor's cars. Their cars are downwind from my trees. I'll be taking them down soon.nismaratwork said:Oh! In that case... Holy explative deleted... it's really getting quite interesting isn't it?
Astronuc said:I'll be quite happy and relieved in the morning not to find one of my trees on top of my neighbor's cars. Their cars are downwind from my trees. I'll be taking them down soon.
I know the temperature is going to drop like crazy, I'm sure I'll close it before I go to bed.dlgoff said:Bet you'll close it by morning Evo. My forecast show 24F by morning. With tomorrows high @ 37F.
Evo said:I know the temperature is going to drop like crazy, I'm sure I'll close it before I go to bed.
It's just so nice to have fresh air after months of recirculated central heating.nismaratwork said:Ooooh, famous last words before waking up in the middle of the night, freezing your tuckus off.
Evo said:It's just so nice to have fresh air after months of recirculated central heating.
You're right, I don't want to close the window, but I have the heat on.
hypatia said:8 inches of snow today, now tonight its turned into freezing rain. Its one nasty mess here in Michigan!
lisab said:Hang in there; spring will conquer winter eventually, I promise !
Unfortunately, winter has its last flings in April here, and spring (March in some climes) comes in May, at best. If we can plant by Memorial day, it's a good year, and if we don't get blind-sided by a late frost, that's a great year!lisab said:Hang in there; spring will conquer winter eventually, I promise !
Evo said:Ah crud, the temp just fell 20 degrees in the last 10 minutes. Window closed.
I'm crying. I am so sick of weather extremes that require I shut off all fresh air.nismaratwork said:Ahhh... the angels are... um... crying LN2?