Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

Well I scrounged up something today that I have wanted for a long time (note, I did not say needed.) Cheap enough by the pound at the scrapyard that I now have to decide whether to keep or flip. It's one of those opportunities that doesn't come up often so it may be a tough choice. I'm sure I can make several times my investment whenever I decide to sell, so I may keep to see how often they get used - probably not as much as in my younger years. And it could just be a chance to find out how many friends I have.
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Awesome scrounge that you got there Sir.

 

[GrizG]

My daughter had a cheer competition today down in Baltimore. I was hoping they would cancel, but they didn't. So my wife ran her down. Of course the snow was worst by the time they were coming home. They made it back around 3:00. My daughters team placed 4th, so they will get to move on to the next competition.
After they got back I went out, just in time to see my daughter jump out of the escape and into snow deeper then her sneakers. she was not happy lol. Looks like we had a good 6" at that point. It's supposed to let up around 8:00, I'll go out then and clear the drive way. Looks like the weather man actually got the forecast right for once.

We’ve got 3” at this point.

Today there was a bird bonanza! All at one time there were flocks of starlings, chickadees, and dark eyed jenco; a pair each of mourning doves, cardinals, and blue jays; and a lone crow in the backyard. Then a couple juvenile deer walked through. We don't feed them... it's the variety of plants, natural and ornamental that attracts the wildlife.

Pre-storm behavior...?

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Our area won’t get any snow for the month of January. Seems weird but the locals who have grown up here say that’s more normal than the last few Januarys. Go figure…
We’ll Finally get into the teens for lows this week.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Sean, my one guy from work, his daughter competes in Cheer too

They’re slated to head to Florida in February

He is so happy she is a senior and no more trips he has to fund

 

[sean donato]

Sean, my one guy from work, his daughter competes in Cheer too

They’re slated to head to Florida in February

He is so happy she is a senior and no more trips he has to fund

ugg, don't remind me.... just booked a room for virginal beach. There went another $350.00...... we're not hard up for money, but dang this competition cheer really sucks up money.

 

[sean donato]

Snow stopped around 8pm. My unofficial measurement was 9". Really need to get a plow for the kubota. Didn't take long to clear the driveway. I ended up pushing the center of the lane open with the kubota and using the snow blower to finish it. Actually worked out better then I thought it would.

 

[SS396driver]

We have about 6 inches of very powdery snow still snowing lightly. Not the norm here at all

 

[MechanicMatt]

ugg, don't remind me.... just booked a room for virginal beach. There went another $350.00...... we're not hard up for money, but dang this competition cheer really sucks up money.

He is probably my highest earning tech and his wife’s a teacher. So they do alright. But he still is tired of the $$$ for all the trips

 

[MechanicMatt]

Have the alarm set for 4am to go plow the dealership

Hopefully it goes smoothly

 

[GrizG]

We have about 6 inches of very powdery snow still snowing lightly. Not the norm here at all

Same here... not used to powder! I just measured it again and we are up to 4". The roads were very slick while driving from mom's back to my house. This as earlier this afternoon it got up to about 35° and the snow that was falling melted... then it froze. Fortunately I was able to use well salted "designated snow routes" for much of the trip. On the other roads any stop or go, or even accelerating a bit out of a curve, resulted in the anti-lock brakes and traction control being triggered.

 

[GrizG]

Have the alarm set for 4am to go plow the dealership

Hopefully it goes smoothly

What? No people to do that? I guess times have changed... at the dealerships where I worked in the '70s and '80s we had one or more "lot boys" to do the shoveling and plowing. They did a lot of other things too... e.g., check in new car deliveries, plate changes, DMV, clean snow off the inventory, ferry customers, etc.

 

[chipper1]

Look up the word “sarcasm”.

Will we see hemlock firewood for sale

 

[MechanicMatt]

What? No people to do that? I guess times have changed... at the dealerships where I worked in the '70s and '80s we had one or more "lot boys" to do the shoveling and plowing. They did a lot of other things too... e.g., check in new car deliveries, plate changes, DMV, clean snow off the inventory, ferry customers, etc.

They crash into to many cars

So the managers that get paid on net profit have more to lose. So, we do it to ensure no damages

 

[chipper1]

They crash into to many cars

So the managers that get paid on net profit have more to lose. So, we do it to ensure no damages

You better get to bed then lol.

 

[MustangMike]

Figures the bird flu came from Green Chimneys!!! And that is NOT a wild goose.

I would not mind getting stuck at the cabin, but we did not have any problems getting out. Timing would have been bad ... I have a dental appt tomorrow and my wife's aunt (103) fell and fractured her hip and is in the hospital. My wife is the only family member looking out for her and is pressuring the hospital not to release her prematurely. Plus, I have to shovel and plow the driveway.

As for food, my daughter brought extra, lots of canned stuff and oatmeal up there, and good deer sign on the property. We also spotted a weasel going in and out from under the woodshed, which explains why we did not see any evidence of mice!

It was cold, windy, overcast and kept snowing each day. About 8" when we got up there. Since there were 4 of us, I put the ATV on the trailer (instead of in the bed). The Bizzaks had to work a bit, but they got us up there!

We cleared some of the trails with the ATV and chainsaw, brought a lot of wood into the cabin, went for a hike, and shot several guns. My little granddaughter is quite the Annie Oakley! At about 25 yds, with my 10/22, she was able to hit tiny toy soldiers almost every shot! Her brother and I were shaking our heads!

 

[GrizG]

They crash into to many cars

So the managers that get paid on net profit have more to lose. So, we do it to ensure no damages

I've been there... One time the lot guys had a long handle squeegees for clearing the snow off vehicles. After one storm the sun came out and the remaining snow melted and the surfaces dried. It was discovered that dozens, if not hundreds of cars had scratches on them. It turns out someone replaced a bolt on one of the squeegees with one that was too long. They pretty much burned up a used late model Caddy one time too while cleaning snow... I don't recall all the details but the short story is they forgot to turn the car off and with the snow restricting air flow around the catalytic converter it got so hot the carpet caught on fire and it was down hill from there.

And yes... things got hit by the plow operators. By spring the plow trucks almost always had to go through the body shop. As I recall they were new vehicles and showed on the floor plan as new vehicles in demo use. They were sold as such.

We had a rash of VIN plates stolen over a period of months when I was maybe 20 and worked in the sales office. Every time it happened the dash pads had to be replaced as the thieves wrecked them. DMV also had to assign a new VIN to the vehicles. The cost of each instance was below the insurance deductible. Cumulatively the theft related losses added up the many thousands of dollars per month... That came out of the net profit. As such management was eager to stop that problem! Part of my pay was based on the net profit too so it mattered to me too! Managers and state police staked the place out at night repeatedly and never caught anyone. I happened to drive through the lot with my girlfriend on a Sunday afternoon to show her a unique car that came in. As we were going through the lot she saw someone inside a car and told me... I looked and could see the dash pad was off. I kept going and circled around the building so as to not alert the thief. I used a pay phone in a nearby hotel to call the state police (this was WAY before cell phones!). While I was making the call my girlfriend observed the guy walk through the lot and drive off in a Caddy that was parked near the back of the lot. I met a swarm of troopers and deputies in the lot and gave them a vehicle description. They caught him with tools and VIN plates... and the Caddy was a stolen car too! He talked. It turns out that the thieves were almost always doing the thefts during day light hours! Brazen!! Ultimately a stolen car ring was broken up. The thefts and forged paperwork was done in NY (and NJ I think) and the cars had been ending up in NC and SC. One thing that kind of pissed me off was the owner was mad that I didn't detain the thief on the spot... yeah right! That was a few years before I got my CCW and I was basically a kid. I saw that the thief was easily 6" taller than me when I identified him...

Stupid and expensive stuff! LOL

 

[JimR]

We got 6" of new snow last night. The puppy loves playing in it. Yesterdsy a 2 1/4 mile walk for him was nothing. He was still full of energy afterwards. He did sleep very well last night.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Just about done