The journey into the abyss of no return
- Thread starter Weldman
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Ridgetop
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Amazing that you were able to do all that you did. The Countymay be to broke to stump up for repairs to the dozer, but a "thank you" wouldn't cost anything.
Cabin at 4:20?So let’s see, in last six months we have had blizzards, -40° or colder temperatures, hail, tornadoes, wildfires… who wants be my neighbor out here now?
Baymule
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I think I’ll stay in Texas. We have fires, floods, thousand degrees with ten thousand percent humidity and drought. BUT we don’t have -40 degrees!
Mini Horses
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I don't have -40 either!! No complaints. No desire to sample 
I've never experienced -40°, but once in Connecticut we had a few days of -20°. I won't forget...the screech of car door hinges, the crunch of the vinyl seat cracking underneath me, the intense cold of that seat, and the shaking of the car's engine when it cranked. It was a '68 Buick, 350 v8, started almost immediately.I don't have -40 either!! No complaints. No desire to sample
rachels.haven
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You forgot the feeling of the skin on your butt and thighs quickly freezing UNDER all the insufficient layers and its cold fingers crawling rapidly towards your bones...Grrrr, it's enough to make me crabby just thinking about it. And frozen hair and ears (that does it, now I'm crabby). And the windows randomly shattering when it got even colder at night. Life in thermals and wool socks under all the normal clothes and sweaters yet still being too cold. Ducks freezing to the ground. Nope, toasty coastal where I am is fine even if the locals are pathetic entitled weather weenies. Zero desire to be as extreme as Mr. Weldman.
Our (newer) cars would only start if they were heated garage kept or had a plug in heater thinger under these conditions. Your car must have been a well kept beast.
@Weldman , did all the locals make it out?
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Our gas cars always started in CT when I was a kid growing up.. and in my early 20's in the 70's... NO garages... we had to shovel/push the snow off and we got quite a bit back then.... Had a plymouth duster and then my 79 Ford supercab 2wd p.u....... Now diesel trucks would get plugged in at least an hour or more before wanting to start them... the fuel would gel in the tank and lines, so you cut it with kerosene... Oil/fuel tanks for the fuel oil heat systems were buried in the ground in order to keep them from gelling....
It was my grandmother's car, had been well maintained, and she gave it to me when she went into hospice. The Buick had NO pollution control devices, not even a pcv valve. There was just pure mechanical ability. It was 20 years old, only thing wrong was body rot due to salt. We sold it to a young man who wanted the drive train...55k original miles on it.
You had to remind me of the shooting pains I experienced in my fingers despite warm, insulated gloves. Ugg.
SageHill
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Ohhh, those were the days - no heater in my first car - the heater box rusted out, driving to work in moonboots and electric socks (9 volt battery on each sock) and long down coats ruled. Might've seen -25, but definitely a lot of -20.
So now - in the land of fruits and nuts but damn the weather is nice. Guess one has to pay a price one way or another.
So now - in the land of fruits and nuts but damn the weather is nice. Guess one has to pay a price one way or another.
