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Post by cigrmaster on Jan 27, 2022 13:23:49 GMT -5
I hated winters at certain times because of how much money it cost me to have my plaza lot get plowed and sanded. A normal snow fall cost me 250.00 or so. I had a long driveway at my house and I would just charge it to my business. It was around 40-50 bucks or so. My plow guy was great at getting me cleared out before employees and customers came in.
Rhode Island is the king of the slip and fall state. We had a few people try that shite at my plaza but not once did my insurance company pay out. I told my insurance company to never pay out as my lot was cleaned up before anyone should have been on the lot at anytime.
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Post by puffy on Jan 29, 2022 13:36:43 GMT -5
Got a little more snow last night.Not usual to get snow so often here in Carolina
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Post by urbino on Jan 29, 2022 15:05:13 GMT -5
Got a little more snow last night.Not usual to get snow so often here in Carolina Yeah, you and bonanzadriver have had a bit more winter than usual. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 29, 2022 17:24:38 GMT -5
My brother lives in Eastern Ct., Woodstock and it looks like they are getting hammered. He just put the livestock in the barn, I am sure they will be happier.
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 31, 2022 21:12:24 GMT -5
I must have jinxed central Illinois. I earlier posted here that we hadn't had any snow so far this year to amount to anything.
Now I hear we are going to get around 16 inches Wednesday and Thursday.
Everyone is out buying everything on the shelves at all the grocery stores and there isn't a generator to be found anywhere.
As a "prepper" I'm laughing at them.
One of the first things I did when I bought my "new" house in 2016 was install a whole house Generac generator.
And I've got enough food for a year. (And wine for 3 years.)
I tell people they need to prepare (especially friends and family), but they don't listen.
Funny thing is, I'm vacationing in Florida!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 31, 2022 21:14:26 GMT -5
I must have jinxed central Illinois. I earlier posted here that we hadn't had any snow so far this year to amount to anything. Now I hear we are going to get around 16 inches Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone is out buying everything on the shelves at all the grocery stores and there isn't a generator to be found anywhere. As a "prepper" I'm laughing at them. One of the first things I did when I bought my "new" house in 2016 was install a whole house Generac generator. And I've got enough food for a year. (And wine for 3 years.) I tell people they need to prepare (especially friends and family), but they don't listen. What are friends for, anyway? |
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Post by urbino on Jan 31, 2022 21:18:21 GMT -5
I must have jinxed central Illinois. I earlier posted here that we hadn't had any snow so far this year to amount to anything. Now I hear we are going to get around 16 inches Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone is out buying everything on the shelves at all the grocery stores and there isn't a generator to be found anywhere. As a "prepper" I'm laughing at them. One of the first things I did when I bought my "new" house in 2016 was install a whole house Generac generator. And I've got enough food for a year. (And wine for 3 years.) I tell people they need to prepare (especially friends and family), but they don't listen. Funny thing is, I'm vacationing in Florida! In thinking about building a house in a few years, I figured I'd like to do that. Then I read somewhere that they last "up to" 10 years. I was expecting, um, better. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 31, 2022 21:23:43 GMT -5
I must have jinxed central Illinois. I earlier posted here that we hadn't had any snow so far this year to amount to anything. Now I hear we are going to get around 16 inches Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone is out buying everything on the shelves at all the grocery stores and there isn't a generator to be found anywhere. As a "prepper" I'm laughing at them. One of the first things I did when I bought my "new" house in 2016 was install a whole house Generac generator. And I've got enough food for a year. (And wine for 3 years.) I tell people they need to prepare (especially friends and family), but they don't listen. Funny thing is, I'm vacationing in Florida! In thinking about building a house in a few years, I figured I'd like to do that. Then I read somewhere that they last "up to" 10 years. I was expecting, um, better. It's more like 20 years plus. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 31, 2022 21:30:30 GMT -5
I must have jinxed central Illinois. I earlier posted here that we hadn't had any snow so far this year to amount to anything. Now I hear we are going to get around 16 inches Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone is out buying everything on the shelves at all the grocery stores and there isn't a generator to be found anywhere. As a "prepper" I'm laughing at them. One of the first things I did when I bought my "new" house in 2016 was install a whole house Generac generator. And I've got enough food for a year. (And wine for 3 years.) I tell people they need to prepare (especially friends and family), but they don't listen. Funny thing is, I'm vacationing in Florida! In thinking about building a house in a few years, I figured I'd like to do that. Then I read somewhere that they last "up to" 10 years. I was expecting, um, better. I got 20 years from a portable Coleman generator at my previous house - and it was still going strong. I just left it when I moved. In 20 years all I had to do was have the carburetor replaced. It probably didn't need replaced. The float went bad (sank) and I had gasoline running out of the exhaust, so I just changed the oil and shut off the gas when it wasn't in use - but the repair shop didn't work on carburetors, they replaced them. Too complicated for them to simply replace the float I guess. Anyway that one is still running. The one on my present house is maintained quarterly by the people who installed it. It'll last more than 10 years. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 31, 2022 21:48:48 GMT -5
Good to know. Pretty sure I read that on one of the big box stores' web site, and they sell the things. Weird for them to undersell the product.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 31, 2022 22:05:05 GMT -5
Good to know. Pretty sure I read that on one of the big box stores' web site, and they sell the things. Weird for them to undersell the product. Probably a 10 year warranty. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 31, 2022 22:26:39 GMT -5
Good to know. Pretty sure I read that on one of the big box stores' web site, and they sell the things. Weird for them to undersell the product. Probably a 10 year warranty. No, it was a FAQ kind of a thing about them. "How long will a generator last?" "Up to 10 years if properly maintained." That sort of thing. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 31, 2022 22:59:26 GMT -5
Probably a 10 year warranty. No, it was a FAQ kind of a thing about them. "How long will a generator last?" "Up to 10 years if properly maintained." That sort of thing. Humph. We're looking at a natural gas Champion. They're supposed to last almost forever. Not that it makes that much difference for us. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 31, 2022 23:10:21 GMT -5
No, it was a FAQ kind of a thing about them. "How long will a generator last?" "Up to 10 years if properly maintained." That sort of thing. Humph. We're looking at a natural gas Champion. They're supposed to last almost forever. Not that it makes that much difference for us. Interesting. I've seen propane ones. Hadn't seen one that runs on natural gas. Makes total sense, though. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 31, 2022 23:11:36 GMT -5
Humph. We're looking at a natural gas Champion. They're supposed to last almost forever. Not that it makes that much difference for us. Interesting. I've seen propane ones. Hadn't seen one that runs on natural gas. Makes total sense, though. They can run for weeks if needed. Never run out of gas. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 1, 2022 10:35:28 GMT -5
Interesting. I've seen propane ones. Hadn't seen one that runs on natural gas. Makes total sense, though. They can run for weeks if needed. Never run out of gas. As long as the gas supply remains... |
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Post by Gandalf on Feb 1, 2022 20:15:47 GMT -5
They can run for weeks if needed. Never run out of gas. As long as the gas supply remains... If anyone plans to install a generator - some things I learned: - Propane "contains" more energy than natural gas. My Generac generator says it's max output is 22kv - BUT that's on propane. My Generac is "hard piped" into the natural gas to my house. Using natural gas, it's max output is 19.5kv. - When I had my Generac installed, I had to contact my power company and have the gas meter changed out to one that was capable of passing more gas, enough gas to support the generator. An additional $350 cost. - There have been cases, like in Texas last winter, where natural gas flow was interrupted/failed. If I understand the stupidity of the situation correctly - the US government forced(?) Texas (and other states, I'm sure) to switch over from diesel driven pumps/compressors to electric pumps/compressors on their natural gas supplies. When they lost electricity, they lost gas too. Probably not isolated to Texas. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 1, 2022 20:41:19 GMT -5
They can run for weeks if needed. Never run out of gas. As long as the gas supply remains... So far I've never heard of any homes losing natural gas in Texas. The distribution centers that froze last year were in the Permian Basin, where it gets a lot colder than it does here. We're surrounded by gas wells, but there's always the problem that our government would rather we sell it to Europe than burn it here. In other words, if the gas and electricity supply fails at our house, and it's that cold, then our number is up. I like our odds. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 1, 2022 20:52:02 GMT -5
As long as the gas supply remains... If anyone plans to install a generator - some things I learned: - Propane "contains" more energy than natural gas. My Generac generator says it's max output is 22kv - BUT that's on propane. My Generac is "hard piped" into the natural gas to my house. Using natural gas, it's max output is 19.5kv. - When I had my Generac installed, I had to contact my power company and have the gas meter changed out to one that was capable of passing more gas, enough gas to support the generator. An additional $350 cost. - There have been cases, like in Texas last winter, where natural gas flow was interrupted/failed. If I understand the stupidity of the situation correctly - the US government forced(?) Texas (and other states, I'm sure) to switch over from diesel driven pumps/compressors to electric pumps/compressors on their natural gas supplies. When they lost electricity, they lost gas too. Probably not isolated to Texas. There's really no reason why the natural gas equipment couldn't run on natural gas. I used to work for a company that built steam generators for blowing steam down oil wells to soften the thick oil. They turned 3500 gallons hinto steam, with an input of 117,162,500 BTUs per hour. That's from one average well. We have all the natural gas we can use if the government would just get out of the way. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 1, 2022 21:10:37 GMT -5
We'd have a lot more if the distribution network wasn't so incredibly leaky.
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Post by urbino on Feb 1, 2022 21:28:22 GMT -5
Sounds like the NWS may have talked itself into my neck of the woods getting some amount of sleet or ice on Thursday. First they were predicting no precip that day. Then we got a Winter Weather Advisory. Then a Winter Storm Watch. Now it's a Warning.
Real, or just title inflation?
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 1, 2022 21:29:37 GMT -5
Sounds like the NWS may have talked itself into my neck of the woods getting some amount of sleet or ice on Thursday. First they were predicting no precip that day. Then we got a Winter Weather Advisory. Then a Winter Storm Watch. Now it's a Warning. Real, or just title inflation? In the past, the NWS wasn't known for hyperbole. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 1, 2022 21:31:23 GMT -5
Sounds like the NWS may have talked itself into my neck of the woods getting some amount of sleet or ice on Thursday. First they were predicting no precip that day. Then we got a Winter Weather Advisory. Then a Winter Storm Watch. Now it's a Warning. Real, or just title inflation? In the past, the NWS wasn't known for hyperbole. Yeah, I was mostly joking. I do predict, though, that we get nothing or something so near to nothing that it might as well be. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 1, 2022 21:33:40 GMT -5
In the past, the NWS wasn't known for hyperbole. Yeah, I was mostly joking. I do predict, though, that we get nothing or something so near to nothing that it might as well be. I would rather be forewarned than surprised. Galveston, September 8,1900 |
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Post by toshtego on Feb 1, 2022 23:46:47 GMT -5
If anyone plans to install a generator - some things I learned: - Propane "contains" more energy than natural gas. My Generac generator says it's max output is 22kv - BUT that's on propane. My Generac is "hard piped" into the natural gas to my house. Using natural gas, it's max output is 19.5kv. - When I had my Generac installed, I had to contact my power company and have the gas meter changed out to one that was capable of passing more gas, enough gas to support the generator. An additional $350 cost. - There have been cases, like in Texas last winter, where natural gas flow was interrupted/failed. If I understand the stupidity of the situation correctly - the US government forced(?) Texas (and other states, I'm sure) to switch over from diesel driven pumps/compressors to electric pumps/compressors on their natural gas supplies. When they lost electricity, they lost gas too. Probably not isolated to Texas. There's really no reason why the natural gas equipment couldn't run on natural gas. I used to work for a company that built steam generators for blowing steam down oil wells to soften the thick oil. They turned 3500 gallons hinto steam, with an input of 117,162,500 BTUs per hour. That's from one average well. We have all the natural gas we can use if the government would just get out of the way. Sadly we do not have the distribution system. Much of the west does not have access to it. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2022 0:27:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I was mostly joking. I do predict, though, that we get nothing or something so near to nothing that it might as well be. I would rather be forewarned than surprised. Galveston, September 8,1900 "You may have been a little surprised by the weather over the weekend, especially if you caught my forecast Friday night. First, I'd like to apologize to the former residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma. That thing caught them cats nappin', man. Now, tonight, expect to see increasing darkness. But look for it to transition overnight to partly light by morning." - The Hippy Dippy Weatherman |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 2, 2022 0:29:14 GMT -5
There is a major gas pipeline behind the house. I saw the inspectors looking at it last year. I don't think there is anywhere in Texas that is far enough from a pipeline for safety if it goes up. The odds are low though.
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Post by jeffd on Dec 22, 2022 19:18:10 GMT -5
Lots of snow outside right now! Snowing heavily. No snow on the site.  I miss it. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 22, 2022 20:02:34 GMT -5
I'd forgotten all about the site snow. Maybe sparks has just been too busy to think of turning it on. I looked outside an hour ago to see wet and rain. Now there's probably .25-.50" of snow on the ground, and it's still coming down.  |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 22, 2022 20:33:21 GMT -5
Bummed to see Cigarmaster's post about the snow and know that he is no longer with us.... a great guy, I hope that the holiday season allows his kids to celebrate the life he lived, instead of being bummed about his passing.  |
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I miss it.
