TOTALLY GEEKED!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The frozen Thursday

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Good morning, everyone! I have to go to work today, and I have very little motivation.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

All surgeries are cancelled. It's just too dangerous to get people on the roads since nothing is plowed. I think they might be dumping sand on some of the bridges. Last snow was about an inch 8 years ago.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Oil delivered! Yay. Snow in the air. Trudy is getting hammered right now

Good Morning!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Hunker down Northerners! Grayson is coming for you next!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

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I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Divine Geek · Guru

We are having a heat wave, car said 14*. Which is 25 degrees warmer than when I got to work yesterday.

FNW · Guru

We are experiencing wind gusts so it feels much colder than the low 20's they are reporting. Got an inch of snow so schools closed (eyeroll) and government is on optional telework schedule. So of course, I'm teleworking. DH is shoveling the driveway.

Lindley · Guru

Good morning! 7 degrees here.

Forever Sunshine · Guru

Good morning! I awoke to a dusting of about half an inch. It's flurrying now. Maintenance was around the complex with the leaf blower to clear the sidewalks. Temp is hovering around 20* with a real feel of 5*. I'm sure with the wind chill it's below zero. Being just about three hours inland from the Atlantic coast, I'm surprised we're not seeing more snow but it doesn't look like we'll be getting much. I was kind of hoping for a foot or more. I kept hearing about all these "major Nor'easters" we were going to get massacred with but I'm still waiting. hahaha

Be safe out there! The wind is really whipping here now.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

So weird. It's cold here, but no snow issues - it's happening all around, but not here.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Yesterday, Anchorage Alaska was warmer
than San Antonio! Crazy, crazy weather.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Momala wrote:

Yesterday, Anchorage Alaska was warmer
than San Antonio! Crazy, crazy weather.

Actually, this is not unusual during the winter. The rollercoaster jet stream accounts for some of the difference, the rest is due to Anchorage being on the coast and warmer water coming up from the south.

The weather stations do use this for drama effect though. lol

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I hate January.

That's all.

Ohfour · Hooker

Lawyerlady wrote:
So weird. It's cold here, but no snow issues - it's happening all around, but not here.

Right? It's FREEZING here. It has broken some sort of record for longest time with below freezing temps. Yet, no snow! ARGH!!!!!

Our NY offices are closed. Lots of schools here are closed. It's 12 degrees right now...

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

We will get to 40 today so everything will start melting. Then 20 tonight. Oh happy, icy roads for the morning commute!

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Copied from Yawn Wednesday - don't know
why is posted there?

SB (and any others expecting snow &/or ice
storms) ~

If your car doesn't have a garage or carport,
wrap your side view mirrors with plastic wrap,
several layers, and use a small amount of
duct tape to secure it.

Also stretch plastic wrap over your front and
rear windshields. This is a two person job.
Do the bottom of the windshield first, and
overlap the next layer, like shingles or
siding. Secure the wrap with duct tape.

When you come out in the morning, and are
greeted with ice/snow all over your car, and
your neighbors are fighting with ice scrapers
and brooms, you will blithely lift off the plastic
wrap and have perfectly clear windows and
mirrors. Just be sure to remove the snow/ice
from the roof of your vehicle first!

FNW · Guru

My technique? Throw on a jacket, boots, get in car, start, turn on defroster, go back in house. Drink coffee, use the bathroom, apply lipstick. Finalize wardrobe layers, check yourself in the mirror. Get in car, run windshield wipers & rear wipers (if included), drive off.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

FNW wrote:
My technique? Throw on a jacket, boots, get in car, start, turn on defroster, go back in house. Drink coffee, use the bathroom, apply lipstick. Finalize wardrobe layers, check yourself in the mirror. Get in car, run windshield wipers & rear wipers (if included), drive off.

It's illegal to leaving an empty car running in Texas.

We would get fined for that, if the police happened by, and caught us. cry

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Momala wrote:

Copied from Yawn Wednesday - don't know
why is posted there?

SB (and any others expecting snow &/or ice
storms) ~

If your car doesn't have a garage or carport,
wrap your side view mirrors with plastic wrap,
several layers, and use a small amount of
duct tape to secure it.

Also stretch plastic wrap over your front and
rear windshields. This is a two person job.
Do the bottom of the windshield first, and
overlap the next layer, like shingles or
siding. Secure the wrap with duct tape.

When you come out in the morning, and are
greeted with ice/snow all over your car, and
your neighbors are fighting with ice scrapers
and brooms, you will blithely lift off the plastic
wrap and have perfectly clear windows and
mirrors. Just be sure to remove the snow/ice
from the roof of your vehicle first!

My mother bought us these for Christmas - they are frost guards for the windows.

http://www.qvc.com/FrostGuard-Windshield-and-Wiper-Cover-w-Mirror-Covers.product.V34186.html?colorId=012&sizeId=420&ref=GAS&cm_mmc=GOOGLESHOPPINGFEED-_-Gshopping|H|Proven+Winners-_-pla-_-seu1ls8mh|dc_386799025609__V34186-012-420_&mkwid=seu1ls8mh|dc_pcrid_386799025609_pkw__pmt__productid_V34186-012-420&TZ=EST

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
FNW wrote:
My technique? Throw on a jacket, boots, get in car, start, turn on defroster, go back in house. Drink coffee, use the bathroom, apply lipstick. Finalize wardrobe layers, check yourself in the mirror. Get in car, run windshield wipers & rear wipers (if included), drive off.
It's illegal to leaving an empty car running in Texas.
We would get fined for that, if the police happened by, and caught us.

Even in your own driveway?

Forever Sunshine · Guru

I never leave the house to start my Wrangler in weather like this. I have a remote starter! I would never buy a vehicle without one. Even in summer it's great because I can set the AC and it cools it off before I get out there. LOVE IT!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lawyerlady wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
FNW wrote:
My technique? Throw on a jacket, boots, get in car, start, turn on defroster, go back in house. Drink coffee, use the bathroom, apply lipstick. Finalize wardrobe layers, check yourself in the mirror. Get in car, run windshield wipers & rear wipers (if included), drive off.
It's illegal to leaving an empty car running in Texas.
We would get fined for that, if the police happened by, and caught us.
Even in your own driveway?

OK - I looked it up. Geez. But you can get around the law with a remote starter b/c the key is not in the ignition. biggrin

(b) The requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) do not apply to an operator who starts the engine of a vehicle by using a remote starter or other similar device that:

(1) remotely starts the vehicle's engine without placing the key in the ignition; and

(2) requires the key to be placed in the ignition or physically present in the vehicle before the vehicle can be operated.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

My Jeep is old. A 2004.

No remote starter, for me. cry cry cry

Kermit doesn't even have one. He's a 2012. cry

We're screwed. wink

Forever Sunshine · Guru

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
My Jeep is old. A 2004.
No remote starter, for me.
Kermit doesn't even have one. He's a 2012.
We're screwed.

They're easy enough to have installed and not that expensive either. Well worth it.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
My Jeep is old. A 2004.
No remote starter, for me.
Kermit doesn't even have one. He's a 2012.
We're screwed.

They are usually installed after market. It's usually $250-$400 installed.

FNW · Guru

It's illegal in Montgomery County, MD, too, if idles longer than 5 minutes.

I checked into a remote starter on my old Jeep but it would interfere with the security system.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I would love remote a start . Illegal in this county too.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I have a garage.

Boston is flooding due to extraordinary high tides plus they will have 12" of snow when the storm is done. Full moon + nor easter = very high tides.

Lindley · Guru

Is it illegal due to easy theft or environmental issues?

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lindley wrote:
Is it illegal due to easy theft or environmental issues?

Probably both.

I know in Fort Worth a few years ago, warnings went out during cold weather, not to leave you car running in your driveway, because car thieves would go out looking for easy pickings.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Absolutely LOVE the remote start for my car!

I don't know how I survived without it before this car.

Oh, wait....that was DH.

He still works in a pinch. lol

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
My Jeep is old. A 2004.
No remote starter, for me.
Kermit doesn't even have one. He's a 2012.
We're screwed.
They are usually installed after market. It's usually $250-$400 installed.

I know it's possible to install them in a manual transmission vehicle.

I just don't think I could ever get used to leaving Belle in neutral, and trusting the emergency brake to hold her.

Nope. I'm too old school. I couldn't do it. wink

Ohfour · Hooker

We have a remote start on the new truck. But, it can't be stolen that way. You still have to put the key in to shift.

FNW · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I have a garage.

Boston is flooding due to extraordinary high tides plus they will have 12" of snow when the storm is done. Full moon + nor easter = very high tides.

I have a garage, too, but I like the car warm and bun warmers hot when I get in!

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

FNW wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I have a garage.

Boston is flooding due to extraordinary high tides plus they will have 12" of snow when the storm is done. Full moon + nor easter = very high tides.
I have a garage, too, but I like the car warm and bun warmers hot when I get in!

Mmmm, bum warmers. biggrin

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

just Czech wrote:
FNW wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I have a garage.

Boston is flooding due to extraordinary high tides plus they will have 12" of snow when the storm is done. Full moon + nor easter = very high tides.
I have a garage, too, but I like the car warm and bun warmers hot when I get in!
Mmmm, bum warmers.

I have those plus a heated steering wheel.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

3 FT of water on many streets in Boston. That is all going to freeze. Will be impossible to get rid of it unless we have many days of above freezing.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
3 FT of water on many streets in Boston. That is all going to freeze. Will be impossible to get rid of it unless we have many days of above freezing.

Wow! I can't imagine 3 FT of water in downtown Boston.

FNW · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
just Czech wrote:
FNW wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I have a garage.

Boston is flooding due to extraordinary high tides plus they will have 12" of snow when the storm is done. Full moon + nor easter = very high tides.
I have a garage, too, but I like the car warm and bun warmers hot when I get in!
Mmmm, bum warmers.
I have those plus a heated steering wheel.

I'm starting to hate you.

(J/K, My DH's new car has that, too. I'm jelly!)

Ohfour · Hooker

Three of our cars have heated seats, 1 of those has a heated steering wheel. The brake and gas pedals also rise up and down for short/tall people on the one with both.

Guess which car I drive 99.9% of the time... hmm

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

just Czech wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
3 FT of water on many streets in Boston. That is all going to freeze. Will be impossible to get rid of it unless we have many days of above freezing.
Wow! I can't imagine 3 FT of water in downtown Boston.

Astronomically high tides. It's crazy. I've experienced such tides, but in a town. This will cripple Boston for a long time.

Divine Geek · Guru

Lindley wrote:
Is it illegal due to easy theft or environmental issues?

I think it’s mostly due to safety issues. Leaving a running vehical unattended it could cause injury if it would “pop into gear” get moving. This is not as much a concern in newer vehicles and most of these laws have been on the booksnfor a whole.

it is illegal in Ohio to leave your car running also. not sure about an exception for remote start. But, the law is very rarely enforced. However, we are not allowed to start our cars at work, even with remote start. I love my boss, but sometimes he goes a little too far with the rule following.

Divine Geek · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
Three of our cars have heated seats, 1 of those has a heated steering wheel. The brake and gas pedals also rise up and down for short/tall people on the one with both.

Guess which car I drive 99.9% of the time...

I dated a guy with a Jeep that had the moving pedals. I ended up just moving the seat anyways. I wasn’t used to sitting that far back and I was all disoriented on where to look and spotting stuff out the window. I supposed I would have gotten used to it, but I didn’t drive his car much.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

The mound in the middle of the deck is my grill. 2 hours or so to go.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

A little snow, IKWTDS?

LOL

Oh, sorry. ;)

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I break the law every time I have to go out in cold weather. I go out, start the vehicle, lock it, cause I have more than one key, let it run for 5-10 minutes. If I get a ticket, I'll pay it and keep on doing what I do.

We have a neighbor who is an officer, he does the same thing.

With his cruiser no less.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

That's a lot of snow, IKWTDS!

cry