What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Just went out and got in a round of disc golf before our weather turns to crap. Gotta fix the light above the garage door and set up some outside decorations for Kathy. Had a great weekend and the wife even surprised me with a birthday dinner with some of my.friends and family there last night.

 

Storm total here, right about 6 1/2".

 

Probably about 9-10" of snow back home. Only about 3" way up in northern Wisconsin. It took me about 2 hrs to snowblow the driveway back home. I must have shared a shear pin last year on the blower. That's the first one I've snapped since I've had this ariens blower. I didn't know when it happened either. Oh well, I had 2 spares. I'll need to order another just in case.

 

Right?

Most people suck. Present company( all FHC) excluded.

 

Not as eventful as yours! Glad your all good! Yeah a house generator is on the list here as well. Flushing lake water for the toilets is a great use of it. You could use it for other things as well, dog water, showers etc. I've got some recent experience with that lol.

 

Oh yeah, our gas clothes dryer officially died. The motor went. I smelled the funky electric smoke smell when I went down stairs after my wife said the drier wasn't working. She didn't smell that smell and I knew exactly what it was. It also made a weird buzzing/ humming noise when you tried to start it. I repaired the drier a few years ago with a new sensor / switch. This dryer came with the house, and we have owned the house since 2008. Not worth fixing it. I've found a few on FB marketplace. I'll get one this week. No hurry.

 

Glad you two came through that safe and sound!
And got your power back after a few days. Probably won’t be the only time you lose power this winter. Keep your ideas going for preparation for the next time. I hope not. But. May be sooner than you think.

 

You're right, I should have one! I despise having to run cords out windows or doors or what have you and then having to roll out a portable hoping that it starts. There is some sort of weather proof connector that mounts to the outside of the house that a genny can plug into. It feeds a chosen 6 or 8 circuit panel that you switch over manually from the main breaker panel. That would run the well, kuuma furnace, fridge, some lights and outlets. That would have been a lot better than nothing at all.

 

I was off on my snow total. I didn't measure. The national weather service did though. 12.5". Only one area in SE Wisconsin got more at 12.7".