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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel View Post
    ... Outside 5 hours, temp was about 15 F.
    ... 1 1/2 hours outside. Temp about same as yesterday.
    ... Outside total of 3 hours, high of 12 F.
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    ... I hate Murphy.
    ^+1 - I used to like working on cars. ...Worked on '71 Grand Prix and a '75 CJ all the time. You could open the hood and see the driveway!

    Then one time, circa 1990, I dropped a screwdriver under a hood. Kept the car for several more years and sold the screwdriver with the car. Never came out. Oddly, the buyer didn't seem to want to pay the adder for the tool? Today things in cars are jammed so tight you skin a knuckle picking your nose, so I pretty much let someone else feel the joy nowadays.

    And Tom, in Texas there's a special coat for people that work outside in that weather. Its white, laces in back, and has funny sleeves.

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    Just in case anyone is curious, the song lyrics referenced in the original post come from Randy Travis's song "Forever and Ever, Amen". Here is an excerpt:

    "Oh, baby, I'm gonna love you forever
    Forever and ever, amen
    As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
    As long as old women sit and talk about old men"

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    You guys have it easy.... it only got to 77 today in Southern California.... the low was a mind numbing 65. Then at around 2:30pm some clouds covered up the sun for about 18 minutes. I thought I might as well tough it out and threw an extra t-shirt in my truck just for an emergency. Like if my pit sweat got a little unruly while driving for 3 hours to go 15 miles on the 405 freeway.

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    104 -108F is the forecast high in my area of Australia tomorrow.

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    Tom, You bring back fond memories of lying on the ground, or bent over on a cold winters day fixing my car. Praying to the Gods above to help me see the thing that dropped from my cold unfeeling fingertips into the crevices of the unknown.

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    Stewie,

    You forgot to mention that it is the Summer season where you live

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Waldron View Post
    Sitting here waiting for the ice to build up on the heat pump compressor and its cage -- again! Freezing rain since some time last night, temp around 28 F. Need a service call, but lots of luck today/this week. When the ice builds up enough to hit the fan blades, we turn to ac until it melts clean (and inside temp drops to around 58-60 F) and then back to heat. Works, but it's supposed to be automatic and not require the cold air blowing in.
    Is it possible to install a window awning over the unit to keep the weather off it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Myk Rian View Post
    Is it possible to install a window awning over the unit to keep the weather off it?
    Might be, but a service call to replace an out-of-spec capacitor has it fixed. First freeze up of the system in all the time we've been in the place, since 1995 (the unit in place when we bought here wore out after a 25 year service life and was replaced 7 years ago) so we don't have a recurrent problem here.
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    I keep hoping this Arctic air will leave, but the forecasters keep pushing it back. Two days ago the forecasters said today would be 39 degrees, but now we are sitting below zero again with a high expected of 15. Apparently the model now says it will warm up starting on Tuesday or Wednesday.

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    Survived the BOMB. Had 3' of snow in the driveway with 4' drifts in the apron area. Took ~4 hrs to clear everything: driveway, apron, walkways, steps, mail box, walkout & runoff paths for melt drainage. Got the snowblower stuck in one of the paths-couldn't back it out-had to shovel out the snow blower-1st time that's happened. Temperature at 8-9° with wind gusts up to 40 mph. Sure glad that one's over!

    Went out late this morning to clear out new drifts in the driveway so we could run errands. Started up the snow blower easily, but it wouldn't go forward or backwards. Was running well when I parked it yesterday. What the heck?

    So, all I could think of was to try adjusting the pressure between the drive plate & the friction wheel. Several turns on the adjustment screw & Bingo! Back in business. Don't know why it held up through the storm only to refuse to move the next morning??? But I'm glad it now works - will check it out more thoroughly in a few days when it's forecast to be in the 40's to be ready for the next one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Launier View Post
    Went out late this morning to clear out new drifts in the driveway so we could run errands. Started up the snow blower easily, but it wouldn't go forward or backwards. Was running well when I parked it yesterday. What the heck?

    So, all I could think of was to try adjusting the pressure between the drive plate & the friction wheel. Several turns on the adjustment screw & Bingo! Back in business. Don't know why it held up through the storm only to refuse to move the next morning??? But I'm glad it now works - will check it out more thoroughly in a few days when it's forecast to be in the 40's to be ready for the next one.
    You too! Mine did the same thing. I'm hoping it's just some trapped ice. I'll lift it up onto the table and take it apart today. No snow forecast for at least a few days.
    We actually had it pretty easy in my part of CT. A little wind and maybe 8" of snow. Nothing like Boston, or the Cape. They got hammered! Streets turned into rivers of frozen slush! Reminded me of the mudslides in Cali' when I was a kid.
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    I haven't read every word here, so it may have already come up.
    It was not until a few years ago that I had read somewhere that there is a separate weather system that exists from the ground up ~ 30 feet up.

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    While you guys are experiencing record cold, yesterday Sydney was the hottest city on the planet, topping out at 47.3C which is 117F. A bit of averaging out would be good. Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Riddle View Post
    I keep hoping this Arctic air will leave, but the forecasters keep pushing it back. Two days ago the forecasters said today would be 39 degrees, but now we are sitting below zero again with a high expected of 15. Apparently the model now says it will warm up starting on Tuesday or Wednesday.
    It's finally warm enough here to snow again.

    First day back at work, big snow storm, yucky driving and a large power outage. We're on diesel at work as power was flickering...............Rod.

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    Went to bed last night, there was 8" of snow. Woke up this morning, there was none. In the 50s all day.
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