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Yeah, we've got another 3-6" or so in the forecast tomorrow and it's bordering on depressing. We're paying big time for some recent, very mild winters I guess. The only hope is that this means that we might have something approaching a normal spring and not go from freezing to frying overnight. And when did they start naming winter storms? That has to be the lamest weather-related thing they've come up with in a long while. Next thing you know every time in rains in the summer it'll be "SUMMER STORM JOEY JO JO" or some bs. Good grief.

Way to go, Raffy. When time permits I'll definitely donate again this year. I'm quite jealous that you've not only been able train already but that you're able to ride in an event in March.

We got another 3 or so inches last night. Pretty hard to tell with the 20+mph winds that were blowing most of the time and continued through the morning. The depths in the driveway ranged from bare pavement to 12" deep. Tomorrow is supposed to be pretty fracking nasty too. Highs in the single digits and wind chills in the double-digit below 0 category.

Happy Birthday, Ed!

I'm with Ari, there is very little point in "fixing" this amp. You'd likely invest far more than this is worth in fixing it and still be left with a turd with a presumably nicer transformer.

The first four weeks that Andrew went to daycare he came home with a black eye or head wound of some sort. So I'm with Dan, he'll never remember it and you shouldn't sweat it.

I woke up to half as much snow as we had when I went to bed. It pretty much rained all night making cleanup this morning a bit of a chore. And the driveway is covered in a layer of slush because the snow got so saturated over night. It's always a toss-up as to whether or not to blow the snow before the rain or after.

Happy birthday, penguin man.

I'd actually defer to CJ. I think Dan is looking for a freebie and I'm working on that.

The forecast overnight here is for continued snow/wintery-mix so there's no point in clearing the driveway at this point. Might as well leave the snow there to soak up any rain/ice so that the driveway is that much less of a skating rink tomorrow morning. I expect that there will be a delayed opening for school as it isn't really supposed to wind down until 5/6am. We've gotten about 8" of pretty heavy, wet snow so far.

Time for Mr. Plow?

I might also like to re-adopt the SimpleSE...

Good news Chris. I had a major meeting today get cancelled because of weather and I'm psyched. I was going to be covering for someone else and potentially asked about topics that I am only tangentially involved in all wrapped up in a politically charged atmosphere.

School cancelled and we're already in th 12" band in the updated forecast.

Here we go again.. 6-9" predicted tomorrow with high winds and the possibility of some ice thrown in for good measure.

He hasn't listed it for sale so a PM would be the way to go and I don't remember it running very hot.

You might think about talking to the local aardvark about the SimpleSE that he has kicking around. It's very basic (from an aesthetic and function standpoint) but puches well above its weight.

Glad to hear that you're back in the saddle, V. I'm itching to get back out on the road but winter seems to have other plans. It was -6 at the house this morning and there's more snow in the forecast later in the week. Ugh. Jeff, what's this about you giving up?

Peter, What would you recommend as a starting point for Seanan's work? I'm guessing Rosemarry and Rue. I'm currently reading this:

Honestly, why? It doens't seem like it's so much smaller as to make a huge difference and since you've already invested in the 800 setup the $$ doesn't seem to make much sense to me either. I'm also having a hard time imagining that image quality is a big problem on the 800.

Just made some chocolate and coconut biscotti so at least the start of days should be good this week.

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

Larry, That sucks and sorry to hear that you're going through this again. We had a similar (but more minor) issue a few years ago where a pressure relief valve went bad on our boiler and started spewing hot water all over our storage room. We caught it within an hour or so of it starting (my best guess) but it still took days to clean up. Thankfully I had most everything on shelves off of the floor so we didn't lose too much.

This and given the OP's nonsensical treatment of good advice in the past I'm hard pressed to find motivation to offer more.

I was going to film it but it was too dark and when I started I wasn't planning on doing the whole driveway. Shortly after I started it stopped snowing so I just kept going.