What Happened to Winter this Year

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by flynbuick, Dec 5, 2013.

  1. tufbuick

    tufbuick RIP

    I has a sweet 1974 Split Bumper Coupe, in Corvette Yellow, Black Leather, L-48, 4 Speed, A/C, P/Windows, all stock, beautiful condition. Sold it to some guy who just had to have it for big bucks for that year.

    Said he was going to send it back to his country, left it parked in the same spot for months and it got vadalized and picked apart. Broke my heart as I passed by it every day.

    *last pic is of my #matching 72 LT-1 w/AC......got rid of all my Vettes......sold those last two and got into Buicks.....

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  2. kenm455

    kenm455 Gold Level Contributor

    6" of snow in 2 hours this morning.no signs of a plow on the way to work at 6am.added about 30 min to commute.
     
  3. htrdbuick

    htrdbuick Gold Level Contributor

    We've gotten 2 feet in the last week and its snowing again. Its a good thing i have snowmobiles to keep me occupied until the bucks come out of hibernation because i think its going to be a while.
     
  4. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    Low 70s today. I hear the frogs calling from the creek. Spring is finally here I hope.
     
  5. crazychevy

    crazychevy Gold Level Contributor

    Keep up the braggin Jim :Dou: We still got lots to send Ya EH:eek2:
     
  6. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    Mid 40's and sunny here today. Thursday, mid 40's late in the day, but low 30's in the morning with freezing rain the rain. go figure!!
     
  7. Mister T

    Mister T Just truckin' around

  8. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    I hope not. We are in a string and 60s and 70s degrees days so they are calling out thinking spring is finally here. We would not want to disappoint them (or me). Many of our trees are budding and some are already in bloom. We hope you are intending to send some more Canadian air this way.
     
  9. wkillgs

    wkillgs Gold Level Contributor

    Guess where I live...
    Hint: Here it comes again!
    Philly is headed toward the 2nd highest winter snowfall total in recorded history.
    It's been quite the winter. Good thing I picked up a 4wd Cherokee 2 years ago and a snowthrower attachment for my Kubota last year!
     

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  10. woodchuck2

    woodchuck2 Well-Known Member

    I have had enough of winter. I have made great money this yr plowing/sanding but man it sure gets to you. My driver helps a lot as i have expanded his route this yr. My only downfall has been the maintenance costs this yr. I had to replace the transfer case in the GMC1500, couple tie rods on the GMC1500 and the Chevy2500HD, upper/lower ball joints on the 2500HD and now i just did all new semi-loaded calipers/rotors/pads for both trucks.

    I just picked up another commercial lot "convenience store" that should net me another $5-$6k a yr for plowing and i am after the commercial lot "another store" next to that. If i get both, those two alone should net me almost another $10k in plowing. I have already warned my helper that he will be taking over the residential route and i will be doing just the commercial. I have another 8' Stainless sander to buy from a friend and i am working a deal right now with another friend to barter electric work for his 1976 F-600 AWD cab/chassis so i can put a big sander on that.

    Yesterday i went to my buddies place and stuck a new battery in the Skylark, cranked the hell out of it until it fired on its own without setting the choke to oil the block. After it fired it quit, i tapped the gas and refired it. Engine fired right up, no ticks, no knocks, ran perfect. 1st time running since i believe November.
     
  11. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    On Thursday Friday, they were predicting 4-8" here in NYC. They started backing off that over the weekend. Woke up to a dusting this morning. All that cold air pushed the storm south. We caught a break.
     
  12. kenm455

    kenm455 Gold Level Contributor

    woke up this morning to -23c after being in the -30's over the weekend.supposed to get snow today.predicting above freezing temps by the weekend.i'll believe that when I see it.
     
  13. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    Yesterday it was 75degF
    This morning when I woke at 4:15am it was 54degF
    45 min later at 5am it had dropped 11 degrees to 43degF
    It's been dropping steady since then, it's now 28degF at 10pm
     
  14. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    Same here. 70s and shorts Sunday. 50s Monday morning. Sleet in the afternoon. Canadian air this morning.
     
  15. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    Snow on my Durango this morning
     

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