Scorpio64

And, it's not funny.

Buzzkill.

I wonder how many guys she suckers into doing the work for her. She goes out with shovel, looks like a damsel in distress, guilts a a couple guys into doing most of the work, then she rings doorbell and collects. Hmm.. I bet she's a democrat.

Dude... Lesson A. Options, you need to offer options, not ultimatums. Don't be a jerk. B. Use subjective language. Technically, you are still going out for "donuts". Never lie to your wife, but there is no law that says you have to spill your purse. C. Using Scorpio's handbook of family science, you will avert much conflict, she will literally hand you the keys and push you out the door. Pro tip. Be sure to return home before the locksmith arrives.

Do you have that green chick's number? Original series or movie, either one is fine.

Don't forget clear the tail pipe. Don't want anyone getting CO poisoning.

Peel, there is nothing "pervy" about hot chocolate or a lovely warm buttered roll. Sheesh, where do you come up with this stuff?

In the 90's I had a Toyota 4x4 PU and a well used single stage snow blower I bought for $75. Whenever there was at least 4" (people just didn't want to pay if it was less) I'd drive around and knock on doors. My best night I made just under $900.00. That was when we had a storm that dropped around 10" then it rained, then it froze, so there was a thick crust of ice most snow blowers could not eat through. That whacky single stage spat flames from the muffler, sputtered, backfired and made all kinds of frightening noises, but it just munched up that crusty snow. Clearing gravel driveways was especially fun, lots of sparks. What could possibly go wrong. Ah... good times.

I took the truck out a little while ago. Just drove over the plowed-in apron like it was nothing. Went to home depot on a snipe hunt, then to Auto Zone for new wiper blades, then to a large unplowed parking lot to test 4x4 and handling. The Silverado does not handle as gracefully as my 89 Toyota SR-5 4x4 used to, but it is more of a juggernaut. I performed a couple 20 mph emergency brake checks in the unplowed lot, better than I thought it would handle, but it has a bias to go right when ABS engages. Rt36 spur and county roads are in pretty good shape, all others probably passable in an average fwd car. 1415 It's just sleet now.

The first snow related SOE I can recall was 96. I'll never forget that one, I was stuck working a trade show in Pennsauken.

SOE has not been about safety since the 90s. Now, it's all about getting Federal aid to pay so they can move NJ tax dollars to more important things like, I dunno, safe spaces.

looks like we got around 6-7 overnight, changing to wet snow/rain mix now (1030)

I'll use exit 105 GSP as a point of reference. We are at about 2" now, maybe a touch more, and it's coming down fine and granular.

Midway has a pretty good selection of A1/A2 accessories. I have not looked at current pricing, but from what I remember their prices are reasonable.

No, we were ALL set up, by Tex. You just happened to be the one that flinched first. I was going to post ITI but I have several other projects on the front burner. If nobody took it by morning, I'd have likely been in your shoes.

Yesterday, the forecast predicted start time of 1800hrs here. They were wrong. It started around 1100. We got less than 2" so far. It's been going from fat light clusters to regular snow, no heavy or wet snow. Falling slow, but steady.

I would not say they are created equal, but they are all the same dimensions. Some are made pretty cheaply, but they are not very common. Any milspec pin should work unless you have some exotic BCG.

Maybe. I'm in 07724, about 4 miles from the ocean. It could go either way.

Nice big fluffy flakes falling here. Not heavy yet.

calcium chloride. It works better, does not poison soil and does not eat up carpets or concrete like rock salt.