after 2 days of 90 km/hr winds, my neighbours gutter section got torn off and blown on my roof. I was able to get out to the roof through my window and get the thing off...

Supposed to be nice weather for a bit

 

Absolutely, "You gotta hate Florida" weather this week. 55F to 75F all week. Sunny, no rain.
I swapped out the pumpkin in my car today. Two people, less than 4 hours work, and the growling noise is reduced by about 30 db to 40 db. Not quite perfect, but anybody who isn't a mechanic won't even notice it. I expect I won't notice it at all after I put the sound deadening material back in the rear of the car where it's supposed to be.

 

Absolutely, "You gotta hate Florida" weather this week. 55F to 75F all week. Sunny, no rain.
I swapped out the pumpkin in my car today. Two people, less than 4 hours work, and the growling noise is reduced by about 30 db to 40 db. Not quite perfect, but anybody who isn't a mechanic won't even notice it. I expect I won't notice it at all after I put the sound deadening material back in the rear of the car where it's supposed to be.

And turn up the radio...

 

http://kutv.com/news/local/salt-lake-city-has-the-worst-air-quality-in-the-nation

Absolute worse air in the country, today.

Salt Lake City and South where I live, they didn't include us but they say Provo is worse than Salt Lake.

kv

 

And turn up the radio...

That was last week!
Seriously. I had to turn up the radio to hear it over the rear end growling.
This junk yard pumpkin is much better than the original differential.
I got it some new output shaft bearings, but the ring and pinion and the other gears inside were pristine, so they didn't get any help.
Ford had a better idea...they used a needle bearing with only half the needles that would fit in the carrier. They go bad at about 70K miles. My car is at 137,000 miles, so this is its third differential.
Thanks to Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, the excess quality can be removed very precisely.

 

Though, of course, my observation is probably not an objective one... 'cause I'm married to a smart beauty...

Don't you hate it when your wife watches you type at the computer?

 

Don't you hate it when your wife watches you type at the computer?

My... you caught red-handed! ...

 

just before sunset

 

just before sunset

You can post that one here, too.

http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/picture-this.110947/

 

I did not know if I should have posted this in the Now for something weird thread or here.

Anyway thanks to Gopher's cousin, we are getting 6 more weeks of winter.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017...-on-gobblers-knob-for-groundhog-day-forecast/

 

I did not know if I should have posted this in the Now for something weird thread or here.

Anyway thanks to Gopher's cousin, we are getting 6 more weeks of winter.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017...-on-gobblers-knob-for-groundhog-day-forecast/

That thing was dying a few years ago and they somehow revived it. NBC even carried it live this year after taking a few years off. Hotel rooms were going for $450/night (compare with rooms near the Super Bowl for $350/night this weekend).

 

We had an ice storm here -- In normally super-dry Colorado.

The sidewalk was so slippery I couldn't walk more than a few feet without slipping and fearing I would fall.

My sister would say something like "Ho, hum what's so odd about that". She once sent me a picture from her place in central Missouri where they had ice over 2 inches in diameter frozen around power and phone lines. Yikes.

 

That thing was dying a few years ago and they somehow revived it. NBC even carried it live this year after taking a few years off. .

The event or the groundhog? I don't ever remember the event not being hugely popular. You have to hand it to the people of Punxy. They are marketing geniuses.

As for the groundhog, he drinks a special elixir to keep him alive all of these years.

http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_642782.html

 

We had an ice storm here -- In normally super-dry Colorado.

The sidewalk was so slippery I couldn't walk more than a few feet without slipping and fearing I would fall.

My sister would say something like "Ho, hum what's so odd about that". She once sent me a picture from her place in central Missouri where they had ice over 2 inches in diameter frozen around power and phone lines. Yikes.

That's why we called that state "misery". Cold and humid. I left Minneapolis and it was -20F there. I felt colder in St Louis and it was +20 by the time we got there.

 

That's why we called that state "misery". Cold and humid. I left Minneapolis and it was -20F there. I felt colder in St Louis and it was +20 by the time we got there.

I first visited my sister in Misery when in my teens. Having grown up in Colorado, I had never experienced humidity before. I was miserable in the humid summer heat. It finally rained. In my ignorance I expected it to cool down. Wrong! It only got hotter. The final lesson was when I saw steam rolling off the blacktop in parking lots. At that point I _knew_ I was in Hell. Since then I always refer this situation as 90 and 90. That is 90 degrees and 90% humidity.

 

I saw steam rolling off the blacktop in parking lots.

I've posted this before but...
I moved from Florida to California and it took me about a year to quit doing the, "drenching sweat" procedure at the first sign of heat. California is so dry that my sweat would take my skin temperature down to the threshold of pain! After a few years I moved back to Florida and acclimated back to Florida weather...90 and 90.

You get so accustomed to being wet in Florida that we don't even slow down for light rain. It doesn't make any difference in how wet we are during the summer. We stop for tropical downpours because it gets our shoes wet. Light rain? No problem.

 

I've posted this before but...
I moved from Florida to California and it took me about a year to quit doing the, "drenching sweat" procedure at the first sign of heat. California is so dry that my sweat would take my skin temperature down to the threshold of pain! After a few years I moved back to Florida and acclimated back to Florida weather...90 and 90.

You get so accustomed to being wet in Florida that we don't even slow down for light rain. It doesn't make any difference in how wet we are during the summer. We stop for tropical downpours because it gets our shoes wet. Light rain? No problem.

Same thing in the Albuquerque area. I visited my brother in the winter. Took his dog for a walk around the block. I HATE the cold. It was 25F that morning. All I had was a pull over sweater. I was very comfortable. The air was so dry it really did not feel cold.

Contrast that to winter in Port LaVacca which is right on the Gulf. So far south you think it would be nice a warm in the winter. Wrong! Even in the 40s if was so damn humid it was uncomfortable to be outside.

 

Even in the 40s if was so damn humid it was uncomfortable to be outside.

Ah, yes. Humidity makes the air more dense. It feels more like a liquid (than dry air) in that it conducts heat (away from you) better. It works the same for air conditioners. They like humidity outside the house because it makes the condenser more efficient.

 

Another ice-rink today with very high winds.
This was not a FATAL accidente thank goodness.

Huge fire at Camping World pushed by the high winds near Fairview Oregon.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/fire-destroys-rvs-at-camping-world/396411810

http://www.kptv.com/clip/13076279/two-large-trees-come-down-in-ne-portland-neighborhood-no-injuries

 

Another ice-rink today with very high winds.
This was not a FATAL accidente thank goodness.

Huge fire at Camping World pushed by the high winds near Fairview Oregon.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/fire-destroys-rvs-at-camping-world/396411810

http://www.kptv.com/clip/13076279/two-large-trees-come-down-in-ne-portland-neighborhood-no-injuries

As a Florida driver who cannot even imagine the helplessness these drivers must feel while experiencing this, please explain to me: how does this happen? Are they driving faster than conditions warrant? Or is there no way to know in advance that there is no traction on the road?