djMot Posted December 21, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 21, 2012 Apocalypse Day 12.21.2012; Day After the Blizzard. Middleton, Wisconsin. This area was hit the hardest by the blizzard that meandered through here, dumping over 20" of snow over an 18 hour period. As my snowblower broke down right at the onset of the storm, I had the pleasure of shoveling all of this mess by hand. As I type this, my right hand keeps falling asleep and I can't make a fist with it due to the load that arm has been forced to carry over the past 24 hours. The temps were near, at, or above freezing the entire time the snow was falling, so it was particularly heavy. I also got to do battle with Newton's equal and opposite forces law. The pavement under the snow was slick, so as my arms thrust the shovel into the snow, my feet tried to slide backwards away from the shovel. Not the way I wanted to spend the last day before the end of the world. But hey, it's after 5pm central, the sun has set, and so far we still seem to be here. But the night is young and anything can happen, right? hxtr, simplemod, tsw 8.5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted December 21, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted December 21, 2012 holly crap... better you than me man. that is way to much snow. then again one flake of snow is too much for me. it is only going to be 63f tomorrow. Cant wait till Sunday.. back to 75 for a high. Now that is more like winter. lol btw nice house and great cleanup work. I hope you had a snow blower.... that would be a lot of shoveling. BigPapaDean and djMot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3157 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 221 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 160 Achievement Points: 1489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/25/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 31, 2017 Birthday: 11/09/1977 Share Posted December 22, 2012 we had the same thing over here last weekend. As long as everone is ok, just look at it as good excersise djMot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsw 8.5 Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 514 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17098 Content Per Day: 3.25 Reputation: 42093 Achievement Points: 148665 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 678 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 'now you know why i live in florida ..we dont have the shit here ...but it will be down in the 20 s tonight ..and that is to f/n cold for me djMot, BigPapaDean and hxtr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
vipersniper Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 854 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 382 Achievement Points: 6772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2020 Birthday: 04/02/1962 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) holly crap... better you than me man. that is way to much snow. then again one flake of snow is too much for me. it is only going to be 63f tomorrow. Cant wait till Sunday.. back to 75 for a high. Now that is more like winter. lol btw nice house and great cleanup work. I hope you had a snow blower.... that would be a lot of shoveling. lol HIS BLOWER BROKE HXTR LOL ...... o that's right your an idiot lol . o ya nice clean up there dj . hope i don't get snow broke hose on old bobcat yesterday but i know a guy that is handy with a shovel . Edited December 22, 2012 by vipersniper djMot and BigPapaDean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 holly crap... better you than me man. that is way to much snow. then again one flake of snow is too much for me. it is only going to be 63f tomorrow. Cant wait till Sunday.. back to 75 for a high. Now that is more like winter. lol btw nice house and great cleanup work. I hope you had a snow blower.... that would be a lot of shoveling. lol HIS BLOWER BROKE HXTR LOL ...... o that's right your an idiot lol . o ya nice clean up there dj . hope i don't get snow broke hose on old bobcat yesterday but i know a guy that is handy with a shovel . we could have send Google over to blow it for him. lol bobcat... just used one a few months ago... I can pick up some huge rocks with that thing.. can make your drive on 2 wheels though. What a blast! lol vipersniper and djMot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Yaa Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 22349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 766 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 4612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Bummer DJ--I'm just a tad west of Milwaukee and we only got about a half inch or a Hxtr. djMot and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.11 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Share Posted December 22, 2012 When I was a kid, in the winters I would go door to door looking for drives to shovel...One the size of yours would have made me $0.75... :) hxtr, vipersniper and djMot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 Bummer DJ--I'm just a tad west of Milwaukee and we only got about a half inch or a Hxtr. Yeah, you guys got a lot of rain, didn't you? Funny how it's 20+" here and rain there with only a little over an hour drive between us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 When I was a kid, in the winters I would go door to door looking for drives to shovel...One the size of yours would have made me $0.75... :) Kids nowadays would be looking for a fiver, if not more. Blackbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 give it up for the clans new drama queen.n1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 give it up for the clans new drama queen.n1 Um. Wow. Thanks for that. Whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
vipersniper Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 854 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 382 Achievement Points: 6772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2020 Birthday: 04/02/1962 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) When I was a kid, in the winters I would go door to door looking for drives to shovel...One the size of yours would have made me $0.75... :) ya i remember going on a field trip at school we all stopped at the teachers house ( can't remeber why but ) 2 of us shoveled the driveway out i was maybe 8-9 years old at the time . the next day the teacher gave us 25 cents each and we never asked for anything . it was just good to do something for someone . it was her father that told her to give us the money she told us . guess she still lived at home . dam at 8 , it was 1969 for me grade 3 . Edited December 22, 2012 by vipersniper hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Warthog Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3769 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 27 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 17 Achievement Points: 208 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 19, 2023 Birthday: 12/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 You poor guys, a beautiful 25c in Australia but expected to reach 38c on Christmas Eve. Cheers hxtr, DEEJAYKEG and BigPapaDean 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapaDean Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1199 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6528 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63435 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 When I was a kid back on the farm in Colorado we use to have a minimum of 2 ft and usually about 3ft. The winter when it snowed 8 ft in Winslow (Arizona we were driving thru there as we did every winter) it snowed 4' plus at home. papa had to walk thru the snow into the house about 100 yrds off the road and get the tractor and snowplow and grade the road so we could get into the hose at midnight. Beings we lived on the end of the county road the county was several days getting to us so Papa plowed the roads off and the banks were about 8' to 12' high after he cleared them. It was cool driving down thru those banks as it was a new experience. Dj I want to thank you posting this as it took me back to a lot of fond childhood memories! vipersniper and simplemod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Nice neat job Dj.Now get your snow blower fixed.In fact I'll bet you'll be out looking for that pin to fix that broken auger.Better hurry before the next dump comes.Oh real nice place you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2660 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4123 Achievement Points: 22968 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 7 Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 Sorry i don't buy this story and i have an idea why your right hand is hurting so bad..... JohnnyDos, vipersniper, DEEJAYKEG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Sorry i don't buy this story and i have an idea why your right hand is hurting so bad..... Now this is funny. vipersniper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted December 22, 2012 That's proper snowfall. Over here, the country is paralysed as soon as an inch falls. We don't do snow very well as the really heavy stuff is quite rare and requires a certain wind direction to bring it in from Siberia and Scandinavia. Coincidentally, there's a magazine article on the BBC News web site about the Big Freeze of 1962 that lasted four months (I was 4-5 years old at the time and remember it well): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20785406 "Surprisingly", here in England, it has been raining continually for the past couple of days... I don't think we shall have another drought in 2013! Flooding's really bad around Mikey1799's home area. Is it true that you are obliged to clear the footpath (sidewalk) outside your property or the city fines you? djMot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hogan Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 249 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 36 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 429 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 7397 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thats enouph snow to go sledding . witch never came hear last year . send us some djMot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 That's proper snowfall. Over here, the country is paralysed as soon as an inch falls. We don't do snow very well as the really heavy stuff is quite rare and requires a certain wind direction to bring it in from Siberia and Scandinavia. Coincidentally, there's a magazine article on the BBC News web site about the Big Freeze of 1962 that lasted four months (I was 4-5 years old at the time and remember it well): http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-20785406 "Surprisingly", here in England, it has been raining continually for the past couple of days... I don't think we shall have another drought in 2013! Flooding's really bad around Mikey1799's home area. Is it true that you are obliged to clear the footpath (sidewalk) outside your property or the city fines you? Yes, DeeJay, that's right, we are fined if the snow is not cleared in an timely manner. Within 24 hours following a snow event, I believe is how the city ordinance reads. Also, they say the "public" owns the sidewalks, but the property owner adjacent to the sidewalk is responsible for its upkeep and maintenance. So basically, the public, who owns the sidewalk in the first place, gets to sue the property owner for any calamity the befalls them while walking down your piece of the sidewalk. Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thats enouph snow to go sledding . witch never came hear last year . send us some We hardly got any last year either. Warmest winter on record I think it was. Not even rain. It was just mild and dry. As for this year, you can have all I get. You pay shipping, okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Bogleg Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 907 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 96 Topic Count: 126 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2731 Content Per Day: 0.52 Reputation: 3928 Achievement Points: 26177 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 19 Birthday: 02/10/1969 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 I live in Sun Prairie, Mot. And I got stuck in Indianapolis until yesterday thanks to the blizzard. I spent 4 hours removing snow last night. Thankfully my neighbor felt pity on me and came over with his snow blower. I had a 4' drift in front of my garage door and another 4' pile at the end of the driveway thanks to the plow. I have drifts in the back yard that go over the fence. hxtr and djMot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hemps Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 1482 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 37 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2018 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 1440 Achievement Points: 15303 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Birthday: 07/13/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 we where thinking we be getting hit by that storm here by Chicago, but it all blew north, just got a dusting and some big winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 107 Topic Count: 1048 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 8812 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 3298 Achievement Points: 62176 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 29 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 I need to go mow lawn now. Catch ya later. LOL hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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