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**theholycow** · 12-18-2016, 03:12 PM

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Saturday...

Looked like just a couple inches of snow and a light amount coming down. Went out to clear it, there was like 4 inches and it was coming down pretty hard. Cleared

and wife's car and shoveled small path to her car and to street. Placed plastic chest near street with "deliveries" sign attached so USPS worker needn't trudge up driveway.

Bathroom electrical circuit was dead. Luckily it was just the breaker, popped because we accidentally ran two space heaters on it...who knew the outside outlet at the patio door would be on the bathroom circuit? (Was pre-heating

.)

Got in

, with hitch-haul loaded with 8 wheels and tires for wife's car. Cali lean? Had to be down to the bump stops. Front end way up in the air, no weight on front tires, I hit the road. Fucking roads were shit. First real snow of this winter, we didn't have a whole winter's worth of salt already embedded in road. Since this storm came early, plowboys weren't ready.

Made my way to father in law's shop 35 miles away or whatever, dropped off tires to be dismounted/mounted. Proceeded on to junkyard to return a wrong part. Made a wrong turn, all fucked up.

Got on short connecting highway, left lane and left shoulder was plowed, right lane had all that snow on it, was 6-12 inches deep.

Somewhen around then, noticed

's heater fan not working.

Got there, it looked closed because parking lot was empty and couldn't see lights in office. Couldn't park in empty lot to check because humongous loader was clearing snow in it. Parked in unplowed overflow lot across the street.

Trudged across street onto glass-ice lot where loader had finished by the time I parked.

Despite the shitty boots I was wearing I made it across safely because I am a fucking mountain goat.

Returned part. Joined their new rewards card program. Part credit is supposedly on my new rewards card.

Back to shop to pick up tires. Loaded 4 wheels/tires and 4 bare wheels (old tires were trash). Sittin cali a lot lately even without anything on the hitch haul, so no surprise that it was draggin' real bad again even without the weight of the 4 bad tires. Shitty roads mean I'm WAY behind schedule.

Had planned to do some light IT work for someone after that, and got a text asking if I just butt-dialed. Yes, I did, but now I'm available anyway, so let's get to it. With ass draggin', drive 20 miles down the interstate (at least the roads were finally improving) and do the most basic stuff...help one person log in to email, help another delete email because mailbox full, turn on new TV and set input to HDMI for Fire TV Stick, show them around Fire TV Stick with old folks not understanding the completely different way of watching TV and such. Made good money anyway!

Drove 35mi (or whatever) home, couldn't get up driveway...not unexpected. USPS trudged up dangerous driveway to leave boxen out in the snowstorm rather than leave them in the plastic chest at the end of driveway.

Got to plowing, snowblowing, and shoveling in the dark. Got up driveway, then mounted the wheels/tires on wife's car in the dark, plowed coldness. At least air impact wrench wasn't freezing up the way it did the other day when I mounted

's studded tires. Brought the day's shit in, collapsed on bed, and wife wanted me to be interactive and alive and shit.

Wife wants to stay up late and has TV on.

It's hot in the bedroom. I'm not fucking dealing with it.

Wake up this morning, it's 53F outside.

Gonna be mud city out there.

Been procrastinating writing this post up, but I gotta get out there and do 3 muddy oil changes, then remount some windshield moldings on

.

12-18-2016, 03:12 PM	#123106
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Nu shooz? Video page Full screen ---------- Post added at 09:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 AM ---------- Saturday... Looked like just a couple inches of snow and a light amount coming down. Went out to clear it, there was like 4 inches and it was coming down pretty hard. Cleared and wife's car and shoveled small path to her car and to street. Placed plastic chest near street with "deliveries" sign attached so USPS worker needn't trudge up driveway. Bathroom electrical circuit was dead. Luckily it was just the breaker, popped because we accidentally ran two space heaters on it...who knew the outside outlet at the patio door would be on the bathroom circuit? (Was pre-heating .) Got in , with hitch-haul loaded with 8 wheels and tires for wife's car. Cali lean? Had to be down to the bump stops. Front end way up in the air, no weight on front tires, I hit the road. Fucking roads were shit. First real snow of this winter, we didn't have a whole winter's worth of salt already embedded in road. Since this storm came early, plowboys weren't ready. Made my way to father in law's shop 35 miles away or whatever, dropped off tires to be dismounted/mounted. Proceeded on to junkyard to return a wrong part. Made a wrong turn, all fucked up. Got on short connecting highway, left lane and left shoulder was plowed, right lane had all that snow on it, was 6-12 inches deep. Somewhen around then, noticed 's heater fan not working. Got there, it looked closed because parking lot was empty and couldn't see lights in office. Couldn't park in empty lot to check because humongous loader was clearing snow in it. Parked in unplowed overflow lot across the street. Trudged across street onto glass-ice lot where loader had finished by the time I parked. Despite the shitty boots I was wearing I made it across safely because I am a fucking mountain goat. Returned part. Joined their new rewards card program. Part credit is supposedly on my new rewards card. Back to shop to pick up tires. Loaded 4 wheels/tires and 4 bare wheels (old tires were trash). Sittin cali a lot lately even without anything on the hitch haul, so no surprise that it was draggin' real bad again even without the weight of the 4 bad tires. Shitty roads mean I'm WAY behind schedule. Had planned to do some light IT work for someone after that, and got a text asking if I just butt-dialed. Yes, I did, but now I'm available anyway, so let's get to it. With ass draggin', drive 20 miles down the interstate (at least the roads were finally improving) and do the most basic stuff...help one person log in to email, help another delete email because mailbox full, turn on new TV and set input to HDMI for Fire TV Stick, show them around Fire TV Stick with old folks not understanding the completely different way of watching TV and such. Made good money anyway! Drove 35mi (or whatever) home, couldn't get up driveway...not unexpected. USPS trudged up dangerous driveway to leave boxen out in the snowstorm rather than leave them in the plastic chest at the end of driveway. Got to plowing, snowblowing, and shoveling in the dark. Got up driveway, then mounted the wheels/tires on wife's car in the dark, plowed coldness. At least air impact wrench wasn't freezing up the way it did the other day when I mounted 's studded tires. Brought the day's shit in, collapsed on bed, and wife wanted me to be interactive and alive and shit. Wife wants to stay up late and has TV on. It's hot in the bedroom. I'm not fucking dealing with it. Wake up this morning, it's 53F outside. Gonna be mud city out there. Been procrastinating writing this post up, but I gotta get out there and do 3 muddy oil changes, then remount some windshield moldings on . __________________