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I'll bite, welcome to the thread Wildman. Not sure how much you've viewed this thread, but posts pile up quick and the topic changes often, so don't try too hard to stay up to date.
.. but it is possible! just not too probable.

and yes, welcome :cool:
 
Temps dropping like a rock here ... from 50 to near 20 in no time flat, and VERY windy!

I have power, but my brother in Carmel NY lost it.
800,000 homes across US this morning w/o power!

bit N of town when the front got here, took power down hard for 14k homes. by 10 pm news.... local utility still trying! cold, no elec and no heat! :omg:
 
Colder than a clam digger's ass at high tide in the Yukon, as my grandfather would say.

Luckily I'm missing y'alls cold weather. It was probably as warm today as it's been in weeks. I think I saw low 50's at one point.
at my camp, we been on critical Frozen Pipes aAert! none allowed! by going the distance, so far we have won!!! 👍

and future prognosis looks good, too. current:

1671914407615.png 40f! our high for the day. i may head on out in a T..... ;)
 
Not a lot of BTU's but burns ok. I sell most of it to a lady for her fireplace. She likes the colored flames.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year to all!
yes! ... to all! we like fireplace lights. colored lights, too. colored orange and yellow flames as well... sign of the times, sign of the Season...

colored flames and lights down at my camp from the other nite...

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Not a lot of BTU's but burns ok. I sell most of it to a lady for her fireplace. She likes the colored flames.
The cold (24F now) and wind finally made it to my area. Earlier this morning was in the 50's with some rain, then sideways rain turning into sideways ice and then sideways snow flurries. I haven't burned much this season, 3 or 4 stove loads when occasional nights got down in the 20's, but this looks like a solid week of feeding the stove which I prefer.
I bought a heavy hand truck earlier this year and wanted to try trash cans instead of a wheel barrow for hauling wood to my basement and I like it so far. The ground is iced over now but I brought 3 cans into the basement a few days ago. I also found a use for the cheapo HF miniature dollies that I bought on a whim years back. The gray can already has wheels on it and the concave barrel shaped back of the hand truck keeps the cans from rolling off sideways.:cry:

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nice shop/pix! an engine lathe with chips in the bed... and none of the floor! amazing. 👌
 
‘The State government is asking people to stay off the roads’.

People in ditches: ‘Message received.’
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front door! this in this morning from friends in Buffalo, NY... they can't even get to the roads, even if there was no road ban!
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and neither can the snow plows! 'worst blizzard since '77!' and forget any vaca flights out of the local airport....
 
So here's the thing I grew up in remote Alaska in a very small tight nitch community That's me!👍 Take it or leave it, because to be a character. ☝️First one must have character!
some here are definitely characters! lol ;) 👌

and... some of this ( stuff ) i would hate to miss!!! 😋
 
As I mentioned in the War Wagon Chronicles. I picked up a plow from a neighbor that had no use fir it. Being as it is raining and blowing outside. Todays project is to fab a mounting bracket fir the plow, make sure it fits and functions. Dismount the plow and bracket then prep and clean fir primer and paint. Then wire the new winch. 👍View attachment 1042964View attachment 1042965

Right now I just have the plow mock mounted fir mounting bracket measurements.
This is one of my two Honda 420 4x4 Ranchers and has a 2" lift kit. I don't use the machine that often.View attachment 1042966
shop pix, great! any plow pix in action??? :)
 

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