Winter has been declared here!

I wonder if they still have any. I heard they were talking shortages again.

David, here's the Federal Weather website. Only runs for a 7 day stretch though. I set into Farenheit, but you can change it to centigrade by clicking on the blue 'F' next to the big temperature number:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?ab-52&unit=i

Like this:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-52_metric_e.html

 

One day of snow here and it's a gong show of idiouts. I went for a drive, theres more cars than parking spots at fod stores and the tire shop a mile away from....I've never seen so many cars there ever. Last minute panic....REDRUM, REDRUMREDRUM

 

They've probably never skated until they started driving.

 

Dang! It's freekin' cold here! It's all of 2 degrees!
David

 

We had a little flurry activity today...it was actually very pretty. Big fluffy flakes, covered everything but the road. We were trying to get cars moved around in the driveway. Jimmy and I doing the towing, Hubby's freezing his fingers off attaching the tow rope, steering the towies. Then the only one that will start, won't:banghead3:...had to boost it with Jimmy. He goes to get in Fannie, forgot when he switched the doors he didn't attach it to the car...it fell off when he opened it She's finally getting into the garage tomorrow. Hubby's done removing parts from the donor. Gotta get him out of the garage and back on Kijiji...the donor not hubby Weather is suppose to be a little warmer tomorrow so might started with the xmas decorating outdoors after we get Fannie in the garage

 

It was 0 this morning in Frostbite Falls Calgary. I was so happy to get back to Dallas, where it was 80 today. Wonderful! David : )

 

Summer just reappeared here.

around 6:30 PM tonight it was 60F

just after 4am and its 63F

Yea global warming

 

Didn't you get the memo? They're planning to transfer your office to Edmonton. 200 miles NORTH! j/k'g.

 

It's 5:30 AM now, I just got back from a little walk with the dogs. Ice evrywhere and it's freeken cold. I'm gona leave a little early today as I know the back roads I take to work will be slick, and I also want to avoid the idiout monday drivers

 

We're way down in the Temperature basement at -14C, but it made it to -21C then warmed up. Walked the wife to the busstop. Cold, but no wind. Heck they even drove by with the sidewalk grader (42" wide blade) and cleaned off the sidewalks. Sometimes my taxes do work for me.

 

i was really counting on global warming. i have a nice selection of sago, coconut and royal palms picked out for my yard.

 

1st off....DAVID?...why were you in Calgabush??
...little cold huh??

you were only 12 hours from me


so anyhoo...the weather...the weatherman actuallly was right for once

they said it was gonna snow...and holy crap...it did !!
like 6+ inches in about 4 hours!!!!

i was sitting at the gilrs and she says...'hey its snowing'....that was my cue to leave and go drive like an IDIOT

the street in front of my house looked like something out of a disaster movie...cars on curbs...semi's jacknifed...it was freekin hilarious...and heres me...sideways...50mph ...in the Roadkill

I woke up in the morning and there were 3 cars just abandoned on the street.....wussy's

i took some pics...i'll load them later

 

I believe ya Rev, hell your street must be the longest toboggan run in BC

I left this morning, no dout I was the oldest truck/car on the road today. Dam icey but I got to work....just to basicly have no work because.

I'm glad I had the truck backed into the drive way and had it in second, the colom on the 3 on the tree was frozen and I got to work with a 2 on the tree. No first and no reverse, It made parking interesting. A couple miles before I got home it freed it self up enouph for first gear. Who needs 4x4 when ya got old school 1965 engenering, the old truck just digs in and goes. I passed several newer truck even 4x4's in intersections because they had no grip.

Started snowing apx 9:AM and all hell broke loose, crashes every where and they closed the island highway for a few hours.

Go figure, we were so busy at work for the last few years that I loved this kind of weather because it was the only time I could stay home. Now I'm back to work for one week, and I'm not going in tommorow because no field guys are working means no work for me.

 

Well, I made two mistakes - umm, let's change that to miscalculations.

First one was I could tackle a swap of axle and all the appendages on the trailer in one fell swoop. Almost crawled to the house.

Second one was that we also got the snow Rev was playing in, and picked up a snow shovel just to get the snow off the deck steps I use to ge to the shop.

What I didn't bugger up on the first attempt I completed on round two.

Had to dig in to the wonder pills and if nothing else, I've slept like crazy. Surprised to wake up and find the rest of the house totally decorated. Every room has been Christmas'ized by the love of my life. She is a major domo Christmas fan.

Maybe, just maybe, tomorrow I can get back to the shop. I've got some measurement commitments to tackle, if I can climb the ladder to the wagon (it's on top of the hoist this time with the Chevelle underneath).

Geez, now I really feel like a DA. Again:banghead3::banghead3::banghead3:

And Rev, in Mission they got no snow on the ground that stayed. Don't know about you but we've got about an inch left, and a lot of ice.

 

Another 4 to 8 inches from this afternoon until tomorrow. But much warmer. We went from -22C to -4C today. AKA, FREAKIN' COLD to Bearable cold! Did you see that Calgary hit -31C and -40C with Windchill. David (wixom) got home in time! He'd be singing soprano today!