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Might be June before my 911 sees the road!

You may have seen the weather forecast for New England over
The past few weeks.

Only one word; snow, snow & more snow. Two official blizzards in
3 weeks, plus 16" of flurries in between. Oh yea & -20 wind chill on
Saturday. Now ice dams & even worse, roof collapses.

80+" of snow in 3 weeks, insane. Meanwhile my SC is sitting quietly
In my newly renovated garage with a long list of to do items.

So, after all the snow blowing, shoveling and plowing, plus honey do list
I haven't had a minute to spend on her. Oh, and close to 3+ hours commuting,
When the train is running.

Not complaining, a lot of other people have bigger weather related issues.

Come on spring!

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Yah, it's been pretty rough here too. It was over 30 degrees C yesterday and quite humid. I had to take a dip in the pool before bed.

Tee hee.

I have to enjoy it because our house is a CAVE when the winter comes. I cut a hole in the wall and just gently feed a eucalyptus tree in through it to the fire.
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Oh, and close to 3+ hours commuting
I hate winter. Which is just perfect since I live in Norway.

But a 3 hour commute would kill me, mine is 8 minutes on foot, downhill, so my biggest hardship is having to walk back uphill to get home. That and not driving the 911 all winter.
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-22F up here last night... -35F reported north of here in state. Wife's car wouldn't start... block heater needs to be left on overnight at these temps. Absolutely brutal winter.
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Its global warming! (oh sorry, Climate Change). Seriously, it is going to be 2 F in Southern North Carolina! I moved south to get away from this kind of weather.
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Took my daughter back to college in Beverly, MA. yesterday...........yup.........you've got plenty of snow down there.
Not huge amounts of snow up here but plenty of cold.
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I pretty much gave up starting any of my stuff this winter. Normally i leave all the batteries in and they are fine I just start stuff every few weeks. Well all the batteries started dieing and cars wouldnt start even if they were good so I now have 8 batteries in my basement charged up and waiting for spring. lol Even my daily driver wouldnt start today and had to use two of those batteries to boost it. The oil was so thick it barely cranked with 3 batteries on it. 4 degrees yay
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66F and sunny here in the PNW. Putting lots of miles on this winter. We are in a rainfall drought.
Don't want to start any projects because of the nice weather.
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It's been brutal cold here in northeast Ohio also. Our problem in the spring will be trying to find nice roads to drive on. Most of them are full of put holes and broken pavement. Someone needs to create an app for finding pot-less roads to drive on. I need to move way south or southern California so I can drive the car all year long.
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Its bad here in South Carolina too... calling for 3 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow night, 9 tonight. Roads are salted/sanded and messy.
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Living in Colorado I get winter at least once a week. Spring usually right after the winter storm. occasionally summer shows up for a day or two in January and February. The snow usually stops around mid june, though.

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