On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:15:37 GMT, Tom Francis
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:23:34 -0500, John H
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:02:39 GMT, Tom Francis
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:42:34 -0800 (PST),
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On Dec 31, 7:40*pm, Tom Francis
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:05 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:34:28 -0500, "Eisboch"
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:18 GMT, Tom Francis
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:17:31 -0500, "Eisboch"
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'nuff said.

What snow? It's sunny, 65F and beautiful out where I am.

Wonderful weather.

We just did the snow thing. Took the grand kids skiing for Christmas
at 7 Springs Pa.
Perfect snow conditions. No snow anywhere but the manmade stuff on the
hill.

My grand kids doing great the first time in the snow.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...petra_ski2.jpg

And one old fart with snow in his hat.
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...reg_skiing.jpg

You have that "old school" skier look.

My wife says I haven't bought any new clothes since the Carter
administration (that is certainly true of winter clothes) but Nixon
was still in the White House the last time I was on skis.
I was surprised how quickly it comes back. I was ready for anything
Pennsylvania could throw at me by the end of the first day. I would
still be on the green slopes out west tho. Those boys are crazy.

I'm quite proud of the fact that I've never, ever been on snow skies.

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Errrr.. how fast did you say that 'vette goes?

All thing are relative. :)

'Scuse me for butting in. Tom, I picked up eight Hess trucks yesterday new
and in boxes for $240. They are the 94 - 99, 01, and 03. Now I'm trying to
make a deal on the ones missing through 07,. The 08 was a big hit with a
grandkid who tells his mom not to play with it too long or she'll wear the
batteries out.

You let them play with them?

NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Yup. And even throw the boxes away.They are, without doubt, their favorite
toys, and the damn things are built to take it. The parts that would
normally break off are made to snap off and be replaced. So far, I'm very
impressed with the things.
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** Good Day! **

John H

Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:



Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

Eisboch


Why are you so concerned about removing the snow from your driveway?

:)


Good question. It ends up turning into a sheet of ice anyway. Earlier
today I told Mrs.E. that we'd be better off not plowing it because both
her Navigator and my truck have better 4x4 traction in snow than on
ice. She looked at me like I had two heads.

The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. There is
quite a steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. If it's
not plowed, the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.
After the last storm which was about 18 inches of snow, then some sleet
and brief rain the temps dropped that night to about 10 degrees. The
only way to get from the house to the barn was sitting on your ass and
sliding down the hill. Behind the barn (actually in front of it looking
from the road) there's another driveway section that circles around the
barn and up to the house from the other direction. That section also is
a fairly steep hill that turns to solid ice unless you can get it down
to bare blacktop first.

I had to spread 9 bags of rock salt after the last storm. I hate using
that stuff, but the "environmentally friendly" stuff is about 17 bucks
a bag versus 7 bucks for rock salt.

Eisboch

In Essex we had a flat driveway, we never shoveled it. We just blasted
through with the Blazer. Now that we are up state taking care of dad we
have to clean it and spend mucho bucks on rock salt as his friends are
older and drive cars in the winter.. Sucks.
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:37:20 -0800 (PST),
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On Dec 31, 7:33 pm, Tom Francis
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:11:57 -0500, "Eisboch"
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"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
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"BAR" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
'nuff said.
Lucky you.
This will make some people I know down south happy.
Don't knock the pictures. They were taken *through* glass windows. I
didn't convert them to black and white either.
HEY!!!
This will make Harry happy. Nature as it appears. Colorless.
Um...er...
Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this time.
Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.
I hear you. I did some leaf blowing this afternoon and the wind kept
blowing the leaves back.

Damn leaves.

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Hey Tom, are you home in CT?

I'll be back Saturday evening.

What's up?

Anxious to get that boat out of my driveway....
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:33:26 -0500, "SmallBoats.com"
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Tom Francis wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:37:20 -0800 (PST),
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On Dec 31, 7:33 pm, Tom Francis
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:11:57 -0500, "Eisboch"
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"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
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"BAR" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
'nuff said.
Lucky you.
This will make some people I know down south happy.
Don't knock the pictures. They were taken *through* glass windows. I
didn't convert them to black and white either.
HEY!!!
This will make Harry happy. Nature as it appears. Colorless.
Um...er...
Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this time.
Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.
I hear you. I did some leaf blowing this afternoon and the wind kept
blowing the leaves back.

Damn leaves.

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Hey Tom, are you home in CT?

I'll be back Saturday evening.

What's up?

Anxious to get that boat out of my driveway....

10-4.

Eisboch wrote:

Just came in from doing the driveway. Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.


The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. There is quite
a steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. If it's not
plowed, the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.


Here's the driveway section I was referring to:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow3.jpg

When that freezes, it's slide-on-your-ass-down-to-the-barn-time. Also,
notice that I even plowed Mrs.E's horse riding track in the paddock. The
little Gator does pretty good for having a little 20 hp engine. It was
pushing snow about 16 inches deep:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow2.jpg

This morning was the first time in 7 years that the tractor (diesel)
wouldn't start. It was 5 degrees and it just couldn't turn over fast
enough to fire. Needs a new battery.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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'nuff said.

Eisboch

we need more of it. But we are luckier out here, we store it in the
mountains.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenN5DVuLtw

Uh-oh... They switched the diesel out for an eTec:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2ZPRmocs4

On Jan 1, 12:13*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

Just came in from doing the driveway. *Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. *There is quite
a steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. *If it's not
plowed, the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.

Here's the driveway section I was referring to:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow3.jpg

When that freezes, it's slide-on-your-ass-down-to-the-barn-time. *Also,
notice that I even plowed Mrs.E's horse riding track in the paddock. *The
little Gator does pretty good for having a little 20 hp engine. It was
pushing snow about 16 inches deep:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow2.jpg

This morning was the first time in 7 years that the tractor (diesel)
wouldn't start. * It was 5 degrees and it just couldn't turn over fast
enough to fire. *Needs a new battery.

Eisboch

I got cold looking at those!

On Jan 1, 2:07*pm, wrote:
On Jan 1, 12:13*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:





Eisboch wrote:

Just came in from doing the driveway. *Got a little over a foot this
time. Wind is just blowing it all back to where I've plowed, so I quit.

The pictures you see of our driveway are a bit deceiving. *There is quite
a steep hill coming up from the horse barn to the house. *If it's not
plowed, the snow packs down into ice and it becomes very slippery.

Here's the driveway section I was referring to:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow3.jpg

When that freezes, it's slide-on-your-ass-down-to-the-barn-time. *Also,
notice that I even plowed Mrs.E's horse riding track in the paddock. *The
little Gator does pretty good for having a little 20 hp engine. It was
pushing snow about 16 inches deep:

http://www.eisboch.com/Jan1snow2.jpg

This morning was the first time in 7 years that the tractor (diesel)
wouldn't start. * It was 5 degrees and it just couldn't turn over fast
enough to fire. *Needs a new battery.

Eisboch

I got cold looking at those!- Hide quoted text -

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Damn my doctor.. he said I can shovel if I feel like it...!!! Just
did my driveway with the kid... ugh.. I hate snow...

"Boater" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenN5DVuLtw

Uh-oh... They switched the diesel out for an eTec:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2ZPRmocs4



Unreal. I've never seen that done before.

Eisboch