Stijn!!

[Porsche-poor]

Last time I drove the 911 the clock ran fine for 39 years old.

[Jim Richards]

We just emerged from the jungle. We saw howler and white-face monkeys, iguanas and other lizards, white-tail deer, and some other critters I don’t know the name of. And tourists, lots and lots of tourists!

I’m drenched in sweat after a few miles of hiking. Time to cool off in the hotel.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

We just emerged from the jungle. We saw howler and white-face monkeys, iguanas and other lizards, white-tail deer, and some other critters I don’t know the name of. And tourists, lots and lots of tourists!

I’m drenched in sweat after a few miles of hiking. Time to cool off in the hotel.

So you are in downtown Las Vegas?

I just got a Facebook friend request from someone that I went to her funeral about a year ago. I think I will deny it.

[Jim Richards]

You know a “real, live” zombie? Whooaaa!

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Rode our bikes to a nearby frozen large pond. Got going fast, jumped off the bike and skitched holding our bikes. When slowed down but not quite stopped, hop back on the bike, turn around and do it again.

Did the same thing on icy roads when in HS with the station wagon.

One deep snow a road had a pretty deep bar ditch that went into a culvert. IThe snow, and drifting snow made the area area look flat, but the bar ditch was about 7 ft deep. Stopped the car, ran and jumped in the middle of the bar ditch, disappearing in the snow that looked flat and even with the curb. Crouched down and ran into the culvert making a tunnel under the snow. Then skittered into the culvert until I bumped into a ladder going up the side with a lid. Slid the man hole open and popped up out of the hole. Freaked everyone out. It was like I disappeared into about 6 inches of snow, then popped up 30-40 ft away. Of course, then everyone had to pile out and jump in the snow filled bar ditch.

We also had a local lake freeze over. A friend and I walked across the lake. Ever so often we dug a hole to see how thick the ice was. It was thicker than our tire iron was long. might not sound like a big deal to northerners, but in Oklahoma we thought it was really daring.

We used to go out on a frozen lake and ride a 2x4 behind the race bikes with the studs. Going 60mph 1.5 inches off the ice feels really fast. So does 70mph on an inner-tube in the snow. We would also get in the way back of my uncle's Blazer and he would do donuts in 4WD and it was like the spinning ride that the floor drops out at the fair. Those were the days.

[RKDinOKC]

You guys have a LOT more of that white stuff than wee ever see around here.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

You guys have a LOT more of that white stuff than wee ever see around here.

And that is a very GOOD thing!

[flipper35]

We got 8" or so last night again. The roads weren't bad, but there is a town I go through and turn north to get home. It is about 2.5 miles and it was sheer ice on that northerly road last night. Someone didn't see or could not stop in time for a large drift and was 5' up on a plow drift and another car just past that one. Good thing the police were out there to direct traffic around the drift by the tie I got that far. I was lucky to be behind a semi truck. We were going just under 10mph and I kept the truck's Blizzaks close to the centerline where there was snow. The wind would blow and the trailer would slide over to the shoulder. Got off that road onto our road and it was just snow and small, maybe 2-3 foot deep, drifts to go through that 1/2 mile to the house. Then I got to clear the drive in the blizzard like winds.

I hate ice. I really, really hate ice.

[Porsche-poor]

we currently have wet sloppy piles of slush. Oh and they are heavy as in roofs are caving in on people.

[GH85Carrera]

Yep, ice is the worst. The worst we had was a thick coating of ice on everything, and then it got up to 32.5 degrees, so the ice was wet. It was just stupid slick. My parked car slid sideways from the slight very crown in the middle of the road to drain water to the curbs. Thet was in the bad old days when I had to commute to and from work.

[flipper35]

That sucks David. So is it unusual precipitation this year for you all also? We seldom get ice like this.

[Porsche-poor]

No not really. I heard we set a record for Feb snow totals.

[flipper35]

So just a lot of slush at once this month?

I have to finish the drive tonight since last night there was one section where I could not throw snow without it blowing back everywhere. Not much wind today so I should be able to knock it out in an hour or so.

[GH85Carrera]

I head Maui had snow at just over 6,000 feet. They have never seen it down that low.

Our airplane had to go to the instrument hospital. It started having issues with the flight computer. Only $1,400. Cheaper than a lot of cars computers.

[flipper35]

At least it didn't happen during an IFR flight!

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by flipper35

At least it didn't happen during an IFR flight!

Yea, but we avoid IFR because if the weather or visibility is that bad, we can’t take good photos. Kinda pointless to fly around in cloudy or low visibility conditions if we can make pretty pictures.

[GH85Carrera]

I sometimes wonder if some Government web sites try hard to make using the web portal klunky and hard to use. Filing sales taxes is just silly complex, and illogical. I just had to renew the annual Secretary of State corporate filing to keep the company in good standing. It cost $25 per year and there is a "convenience" fee for using a credit card of a dollar. So $26 bucks per year for the honor of staying in business. Of course if you go past three years, the corporate name is available to anyone, so they could grab the same name and have legal rights to it. As it is we own our name and could sue anyone that opened with the same name. Pretty unlikely, but possible.

Anyway, you log in and are supposed to just know your filing number. So the real first step is look that up, and it changes on each visit. SO find the filing number, fill in all the blanks that are the exact same as last time. Go through all that, and then you long in with a username and password, and then wind through a maze to find the place where you can tell them to use a credit card, then enter the document number for the filing you just requested, then enter the CC number, then you "sign" the document by typing in your name one more time. That generates an email, and the send me a link to download a zip file, that has the new certificate buried 5 folders deep. Why in the heck do they put 5 folders of nothing to put in the certificate?

Oh well, it is done.

[Porsche-poor]

Mourning all. Not much to report on here. Cold again but no snow.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

Mourning all. Not much to report on here. Cold again but no snow.

Well, ya know is is February, and you are pretty close to the Canadian border. So yea, snow and cold is kinda normal for this time of year.

[Porsche-poor]

Normal yes but not this much of it.