Thanks Deane, sounds like you have been really busy helping out the neighbors. Good stuff . It's great to have helpful neighbors .

 

Thanks Wayne. It's nice to help when you can. Despite my protests my neighbours often refuse free help though. It's not why I do it of course but they keep repaying me with beer, wine, salmon, massage certificates etc..

 

We got 34 cm yesterday, but it was better than the 60 cm they forecast. We got no rain with it, so I'd say we did all right.

I got up this morning and the house was 14 C.
Turned out to be two AA batteries in the thermostat that shut down a new $10,000 HVAC system. Go figure.

 

Good to hear on the reduced white stuff Craig.

Been there on the batteries on the thermostat for our $$ system too.

 

Had to replace the battery in my alarm system recently. Looks just like the one out of my 1977 Yamaha TY175 trials bike...

 

we were lucky here, i suppose, no rain, don't think it got above -10, did get 45cm though... had to dig myself a parking spot 3 times yesterday, all in 3-4 ft snow banks, and then had to dig the car out of 'em.

still, i love winter, the one time you can have fun driving, legally.

and the g is a great car in the snow, and i have to admit i turn the vdc off most of the time, car's so well balanced and easy to control even in a foot of powder, or slush it doesn't really need it. When it's on though, rather than plowing through the snow bank, it applies the brakes and stops the car half-way through... who ever designed it never spent a winter in montreal in a rwd car.

overall, i'm looking forward to the next storm,

 

& You think *your* driveway was bad...
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WOW , amazing how that puppy can move snow.

 

Nice, now that's one mod that's worth getting.
Must be the Siberian G35ski pkg.

 

Wow, now that thing can move snow!

 

Woohoo, wicked! I wouldn't want to be standing beside the tracks watching it go by, though....

 

Good one, Ian....that baby sure moves the snow well.
Have you seen the huge blowers they use out in the Rockies? They're also quite a 'spectacle'.

C.

 

All these snow pics make me jealous! I love a good snowstorm!

 

C'mon down. I've got a big driveway that always seems to need some snow removal.

 

Another nor' easter scheduled to hit today. It's been upgraded from 5-10cms of snow and 20cm of rain to freezing rain to start and 20-30cms of snow with high winds. Nice.

Shane, it sounds like you guys will be getting a little piece of this too.