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#21
Getting sick of winter this side of the pond too. Highs of around 37 lately, lows hovering at or just under freezing. Average high should be more like 50 around now.
I ride every day regardless and at least it's dry but I'm looking forward to parking the winter bike and getting the Harley out the garage as soon as they stop putting the salt down!
I ride every day regardless and at least it's dry but I'm looking forward to parking the winter bike and getting the Harley out the garage as soon as they stop putting the salt down!
#22
Snow, Salt, Sand, Snow, Salt, Sand, Snow, Salt, Sand......maybe Spring is just an extension of the winter stuff. Maybe Global Warming is only happening in warm places and the rest of us are on a different Globe. Maybe I need to hurry up and start riding before what is left of my mind just melts away.
#24
I didn't know we were supposed to stop riding. Been riding all winter here in Philly. Layers and Gerbings G3 gloves have gotten me through so far. I only stopped for about 2 weeks when I had the flu and a couple of days when my gallbladder forced me. Rode over 300 days in the past 12 months.
I put less than 1500 miles on my car during that time.
I put less than 1500 miles on my car during that time.
#25
As I look out side it is snowing hard and looks like it may snow all night ? It has been a bad winter no sun but lots of wind . Im ready bike is serviced i,m hot to ride but no weather . I,m thinking about moving south (no really) I,m retired so is the wife . If I can talk her into moving I,m gone . Indiana sucks .
#26
Its a little long, but I found it funny and also appropriate for the this unusually long cold/snowey season
A SOUTHERNER MOVES UP NORTH
JAN 10 5:00 PM. It's starting to snow. The first snow of the season and
the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered
rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down,
clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!
Jan 11 We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white covering the
landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a
beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years, and
loved it. I did both our driveway and our sidewalk. Later a city
snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with
compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved
back and shoveled it again.
Jan 12 It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temperature has
dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs
snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our driveway again.
Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of
the snow is now brownish-gray.
Jan 13 Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon
became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both
cars. Fell on my *** in the driveway. $145 to a chiropractor, but
nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.
Jan 14 Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4x4 in order to get
to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway, and did considerable amounts of
damage to the right quarter panel. Had another 8 inches of the white sh*t
last night. Both vehicles covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in
store for me today. That snowplow came by twice today.
Jan 15 2 degrees outside. More f**kin' snow. Not a tree or shrub on our
property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night.
Tried to keep from freezing to death with candies and a kerosene heater,
which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the
flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost all my
eyelashes and eyebrows. 4x4 slid on the ice on the way to the
emergency-room and was totaled.
Jan 16 Mother f**kin' white **** keeps coming down. Have to put
all the clothes on we own just to get to the f**kin' mailbox. If I ever
catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow I'll chew open his
chest and rip out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits
to plow shut our driveway again. Power still off. Toilet froze and part
of the roof has started to cave in.
Jan 17 Six more f**kin' inches of f**kin' snow and f**kin'
sleet, f**kin' ice and who knows what other kind of white f**kin'
sh*t fell last night. I wounded the f**kin' snowplow ******* with an ice
axe, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going
snowblind. I can't move my toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More
snow predicted. Wind Chill -22 f**kin' degrees. I'm moving back to
North Carolina!
A SOUTHERNER MOVES UP NORTH
JAN 10 5:00 PM. It's starting to snow. The first snow of the season and
the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered
rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down,
clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!
Jan 11 We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white covering the
landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a
beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years, and
loved it. I did both our driveway and our sidewalk. Later a city
snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with
compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved
back and shoveled it again.
Jan 12 It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temperature has
dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs
snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our driveway again.
Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of
the snow is now brownish-gray.
Jan 13 Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon
became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both
cars. Fell on my *** in the driveway. $145 to a chiropractor, but
nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.
Jan 14 Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4x4 in order to get
to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway, and did considerable amounts of
damage to the right quarter panel. Had another 8 inches of the white sh*t
last night. Both vehicles covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in
store for me today. That snowplow came by twice today.
Jan 15 2 degrees outside. More f**kin' snow. Not a tree or shrub on our
property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night.
Tried to keep from freezing to death with candies and a kerosene heater,
which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the
flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost all my
eyelashes and eyebrows. 4x4 slid on the ice on the way to the
emergency-room and was totaled.
Jan 16 Mother f**kin' white **** keeps coming down. Have to put
all the clothes on we own just to get to the f**kin' mailbox. If I ever
catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow I'll chew open his
chest and rip out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits
to plow shut our driveway again. Power still off. Toilet froze and part
of the roof has started to cave in.
Jan 17 Six more f**kin' inches of f**kin' snow and f**kin'
sleet, f**kin' ice and who knows what other kind of white f**kin'
sh*t fell last night. I wounded the f**kin' snowplow ******* with an ice
axe, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going
snowblind. I can't move my toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More
snow predicted. Wind Chill -22 f**kin' degrees. I'm moving back to
North Carolina!
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