Winter Weather 2018 - 2019

Harvey wrote

Open Snow seems to agree.

On my tires... I just happened to hit a nail when the temp dropped from 2 to minus 12 in 10 minutes?  On brand new tires?

I admit that the first time I ever had experience with a sensor I didn't know what it was and I ignored it in a rental car and I did get a flat.

When this happens to me I get out my tire plug kit (which you can get at Advance auto) drive to Stewarts, pull the nail, insert the plug, cut it off clean with the tread (a sharp knife) and refill the tire. Never fails. (Although now I do this at home because I have an air compressor).

https://www.carfax.com/blog/7-tpms-facts

Our neighborhood is kind of up and down.  Right across the street from me is "Al's Body Shop."

Al is a great guy and super sensitive about being on the right side of the neighbors as a business in a residential neighborhood.  That shack has been a business since before "zoning" was a word. I think it was an icehouse originally.

Anyway Al totally hooks me up.  Oil change? I walk out the front door at 8:30 am and into Al's.  I find Al or his son, and say "Can you guys change the oil? Here's the key.  Then I walk the two blocks to work.

They'll walk over to my house, grab the car, do the work and leave it back in the driveway at end of day. It's up to me to find him and beat a price out of him.  He was a full $200 cheaper for four new tires last month. He sold them to me at cost and charged $40 to spin balance 4 tires!  His brake jobs are half the dealer price.

This is why I don't have a tire pressure gauge.  I have grown lazy!

Lazy??? Nah, lucky to have a good neighbor such as Al

Harvey wrote

 It's up to me to find him and beat a price out of him.  

I have a neighbor like that as well. When I was building my shop I had his mini excavator and skid steer at my place for 2 full weeks. All he would do is let me pay for fuel. To rent those things it's 300/day/machine.

Harvey wrote

This is why I don't have a tire pressure gauge.  I have grown lazy!

Yeah, I was just bustin’ balls again. Of course, you can’t fit Al in your pocket and take him with you!

I gave Al an extra hundo on the tires.  There's no way you should be paying $550 for work and the mechanic only gets 40.  How long does it take to spin balance a tire?

I'm like water I flow downhill.  Life is fucking complicated and Al is consistently helping me giterdone.

Can you get Al to paint your house?

No but he painted my radiators.

I sand blasted the latex off and he painted them up in a nice rust color from a 1972 Datsun B210.

Gave Terry a massive bottle of Crown --- he liked that

You have a 72 B210?

campgottagopee wrote

You have a 72 B210?

No. Al gave me a big book of colors to choose from and told me he could mix any of the colors in the book. I wanted something that LOOKED like old metal, and the B210 color fit the bill.

I never forget riding the bus in the early 70s. The bus driver smoked(!) and also listened WOR-AM. The commercials:

"Drive a Datsun, then decide!"

Not much.  Today only 10 trails are open, and this weekend they're only blowing snow on Wizard.  I'm debating even going this weekend, and I'll ski on dirt most times.    

So Harv - saw this and thought of how appropriate it was to your deflation gate:

Finally snowing again here in CNY --- phew

Any idea what they’re calling for?

D to 3 for us tonight

Still don't know what is going on with the tires. They were one lb down. Topping them off it did it. I guess we'll see if it leaks.

Back on topic, light lake effect falling at Gore...

Next weeks dumper now has a name - winter storm Maya, we might see 18” to 24” by next Saturday.