What's the Weather and Temperature like where you live ? - 2024

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How did you like the new snowblower?
It's another Ariens, and they make good machines. My old one, also an Ariens, was 40 years old, and still worked just fine, but the engine company (Tecumseh) was bought out by Briggs & Stratton, so those parts are no longer available if something breaks. What's nice is that the store where I bought it gives a 10% veteran's discount, plus in the mail I got a $30 gift card, so it totalled to almost a $200 savings. I'll take that.
 

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It's another Ariens, and they make good machines. My old one, also an Ariens, was 40 years old, and still worked just fine, but the engine company (Tecumseh) was bought out by Briggs & Stratton, so those parts are no longer available if something breaks. What's nice is that the store where I bought it gives a 10% veteran's discount, plus in the mail I got a $30 gift card, so it totalled to almost a $200 savings. I'll take that.
Fantastic- thats a HUGE savings!

Gee,40 years and running well- let's hope the new one does the same for ya!No reason why it shouldn't becausd you take care of your tools & equiptment....I think many people do not maintain things as required - wouldn't you agree?
 

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Fantastic- thats a HUGE savings!

Gee,40 years and running well- let's hope the new one does the same for ya!No reason why it shouldn't becausd you take care of your tools & equiptment....I think many people do not maintain things as required - wouldn't you agree?
Oh, yes. You would not believe the number of lawn mowers or snow blowers I've rescued over the years. Someone hits a rock with their mower and it quits running and won't restart. Throw it out, where a 25 cent shear key on the flywheel would fix it. An almost-new snowblower won't run, and floods. They left old gas in it, it collected water in the carburetor, the water froze, and collapsed the float. Again, an easy fix. That one I gave to a co-worker. At the time, I believe it was a $700-800 machine.
 

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Friday into the night, we got about 3 inches of snow. I went out yesterday morning to clean the car-- it was in the 20's and windy.

This morning, around 7:30am, when I went left for Mass, it was about 8 degrees. Right now it is 15 degrees.. with a high of 21 degrees. BRrrrrrrr...

Finished all my Christmas errands.. I can stay home tomorrow, just Vegg, and pass out gifts. I should wash some throws, but I am not into it. Getting up at 5am, and running out so early, is not for me..
I did make 6 stops on the way home: Grocery Store, Italian deli, Italian pasta shop, gas up car, Italian bakery, then to pick up a script at CVS. I should have picked up a bottle of wine, but I had a trunk full of stuff. I was home by 10:45 am.. stuff put away by 11:30 am... sitting with second cup of coffee and a small piece of coffee cake..

It was really too cold to go anywhere else...
 

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Oh, yes. You would not believe the number of lawn mowers or snow blowers I've rescued over the years. Someone hits a rock with their mower and it quits running and won't restart. Throw it out, where a 25 cent shear key on the flywheel would fix it. An almost-new snowblower won't run, and floods. They left old gas in it, it collected water in the carburetor, the water froze, and collapsed the float. Again, an easy fix. That one I gave to a co-worker. At the time, I believe it was a $700-800 machine.
That could be a nice little side business!
 

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20 degrees this morning when I got up 29 now suppose to be 13 tonight. Not great but checked where we used to live it was 4 degrees. One of many reasons why I was ready to move the temperatures plus the 3- 5 ft of snow on a long driveway. People would move there and after the first winter there would be a for sale sale in front of the house.
 

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It was 8 degrees when I got up... now, 13 degrees... high of 28 degrees today.. I will believe that when I feel it!

More snow for Christmas Eve. Do not know if I am going to my family's Christmas Eve.. sigh.. driving.. sigh...wonder how much an uber would be?
 

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Currently 32F/ 0C. Earlier today it was snowing while I was visiting SW Wisconsin. Glad the weather improved on the drive home.
 
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