The Weather Thread.

[wagyl]

I still want for the voodoo of resistance wire embedded in the concrete with proper drainage from the getgo....some rather easy work and small amount of $$

I keep saying it because I am never confident that you remember

then and melt that shit at the flip of the switch for constant $$ throughout the season every single year from now until Armageddon whenever necessary. I'll rake leaves for my manual labor therapy!

and yes I do recognise that the manual labour version is also throughout the season every single year from now until Armageddon. It is just that I have seen many built-in snow melting apparatus used for the first two years until the reality of the operating budget becomes apparent. So many of these systems are sold on fraudulently optimistic operating cost estimates, and by the time that becomes apparent it is too late.

[matsuki]

Fair enough but my backup plan involves my year-round waterfall flow, some hosing, and gravity

[legion]

My old man told me he bought a sack of gritting salt a few of years ago and magically it has refused to snow enough each winter since for him to bother getting it out.

[wagyl]

Fair enough but my backup plan involves my year-round waterfall flow, some underground piping from a dam at the top of the waterfall to my driveway to prevent intermediary freezing hosing, and to harness that gravity

just finessing.

[matsuki]

Not so sure it needs to go to the top but yes...and needs to be threaded so it can be capped off to prevent it clogging when not in use.

[Coligny]

My old man told me he bought a sack of gritting salt a few of years ago and magically it has refused to snow enough each winter since for him to bother getting it out.

I think I got my bear repellant stone at the same place...

[Wage Slave]

Black ice out there this morning. One very nasty little skid moment for me and lots of kids dumped off their bikes. Poor things - that shit hurts. I suppose chains/studs would help in that stuff but I don't think because there are patches of black ice it is sensible to fit them. And I don't want to get fined. Keep speed right down is about all you can do. Thankfully I was going slowly when I skidded so was able to recover it.

[wagyl]

Nothing helps with black ice, not even medieval metal spikes protruding from soft tacky rubber.

Sometimes I wish that people would let those ideas about being able to conquer black ice just slide.

[Wage Slave]

Nothing helps with black ice, not even medieval metal spikes protruding from soft tacky rubber.

Sometimes I wish that people would let those ideas about being able to conquer black ice just slide.

Thought as much. Just be wary, alert and keep speed your right down. Haven't had a lot of experience on ice but thanks to Australia and oil rigs I've had skid practice on mud and sand. More than I wanted really.

[Coligny]

Ehm... metal spikes are for the ice and compacted snow... paddle like thread is for the loose snow. That's why you can also tie thick fabrick or paracord perpendicual to the tire rotation through the alloy holes.
That also allows this abomination to exist:

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The "mud and snow" capability... and notice that it don't extend to ice...

On expressway snow chains might be illegal because they have a speed limit of 40kph while minimum legal speed is 50kph.

As for the fines... not much said on the rulebook. But as long as tou have slush on the road the back and forth lliability issues would be interesting to follow in case of accident...
Dry road... sure... noone want to drive with chains on anyway... (well aside from few toddlers that i heard of)

[matsuki]

Nothing helps with black ice, not even medieval metal spikes protruding from soft tacky rubber.

Sometimes I wish that people would let those ideas about being able to conquer black ice just slide.

[Mike Oxlong]

20 degrees and muggy at nearly 0200. Thus far winter has had very little bite. Happy Chinese New Year, yadayadayada.

[Coligny]

20 degrees and muggy at nearly 0200. Thus far winter has had very little bite. Happy Chinese New Year, yadayadayada.

Yes... same weird here... concrete building way colder than outside...

[canman]

Fuck winter, I'm tired of it already. Boiler broken, and have to wait another 10 days for a new one. Bring on the heat!

[Grumpy Gramps]

Tropical winter here, 11°C right now. Lukewarm winters with no snow are not fun.

[Takechanpoo]

Tropical winter here, 11°C right now. Lukewarm winters with no snow are not fun.

guess you are super debu.

[Grumpy Gramps]

Scary stuff happens:

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First time since I have the app that the air quality is so low (100 = all is well, 0 = you die now)

[Takechanpoo]

damn strong wind ruined my weekly holiday

[Grumpy Gramps]

Plucked a cherry blossom from a tree and stuck it on my hat. Spring, I guess.

[Coligny]

Soo.. ehm... just had unimogs drive by with P.A. system warning of incoming doomz...
And flow of emails from the city hall asking an evergrowing list of wards to prep for evac...

[matsuki]

38.5 according to my van's outside temp gauge.....hot as

[Taro Toporific]

.....hot as

Hot enough to make these guys
happy.

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[legion]

Didn't know Vegas was built on an incline

[matsuki]

It's just hangin' a lil low to the right.

[legion]

Well, the older you get the more pronounced that gets

[Coligny]

You get a room you two please...I have enough issues with the humidity for keeping my lunch

[Taro Toporific]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!~

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[Coligny]

Can I have your stuffs ?

[Taka-Okami]

Pfff. Wake me up when its 48C in the shade.

[Coligny]

Pfff. Wake me up when its 48C in the shade.

How can we know you are not dead then ?

I don't like touching dead stuff...
And what if a necrophyliac comes around ?

Beware of the french in those case... look at macron... this bitch is younger than me and he married someone now older than my mom


EDIT: holy shit, I wrote this for shit and giggles without checking the math... but it's fucking spot on true... she's 1 year older than my mom... look younger though thanks to not being a crack whore/meth head combo...