Batesmotel Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 No pizza tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Clean it off and get cookin'! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4494 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Fog said: Clean it off and get cookin'! Just turn the gas on and light it!!! It should melt and dry out quickly.... I smell steaks for dinner now!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 12:32 PM, M&P15T said: Chicago just got over 2.5' of snow. Texas is frozen and largely without power. Weather forecasting isn't perfect. In fact it's usually wrong. I was without electric service from Sunday from about 01:00 hours until Tuesday at around 19:00 hours. Temperature in the house went from 68F to 42F. I survived. I could read while there was daylight, but at night I was pretty much left with nothing but my mind to entertain me. I shall engage in the useless, but again assert: let engineers, not politicians, solve engineering problems. Politicians can set policy. If they believe, or more likely it is to their advantage, they can propose a policy that the country transition from fossil fuel-powered power plants to so-called green solutions. Politicians then should determine a schedule, come up with a budget and then get the Hell out of the way. That is how we got fellers walking around on the Moon. Yes, I am old and tend to engage in unattainable fantasy. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, tous said: I was without electric service from Sunday from about 01:00 hours until Tuesday at around 19:00 hours. Temperature in the house went from 68F to 42F. I survived. I could read while there was daylight, but at night I was pretty much left with nothing but my mind to entertain me. I shall engage in the useless, but again assert: let engineers, not politicians, solve engineering problems. Politicians can set policy. If they believe, or more likely it is to their advantage, they can propose a policy that the country transition from fossil fuel-powered power plants to so-called green solutions. Politicians then should determine a schedule, come up with a budget and then get the Hell out of the way. That is how we got fellers walking around on the Moon. Yes, I am old and tend to engage in unattainable fantasy. Good to see that you made it thru that nastiness. tom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, tous said: I was without electric service from Sunday from about 01:00 hours until Tuesday at around 19:00 hours. Temperature in the house went from 68F to 42F. I survived. I could read while there was daylight, but at night I was pretty much left with nothing but my mind to entertain me. I shall engage in the useless, but again assert: let engineers, not politicians, solve engineering problems. Politicians can set policy. If they believe, or more likely it is to their advantage, they can propose a policy that the country transition from fossil fuel-powered power plants to so-called green solutions. Politicians then should determine a schedule, come up with a budget and then get the Hell out of the way. That is how we got fellers walking around on the Moon. Yes, I am old and tend to engage in unattainable fantasy. As I recall Ted Kennedy kept windmills away from the coast of Cape Cod because they would spoil his view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I gave up being angry at dishonorable folk many years ago. They weren't going to change just because I though that they should, so any time spent wishing that were so is useless and wasted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, tous said: I was without electric service from Sunday from about 01:00 hours until Tuesday at around 19:00 hours. Temperature in the house went from 68F to 42F. I survived. I could read while there was daylight, but at night I was pretty much left with nothing but my mind to entertain me. I shall engage in the useless, but again assert: let engineers, not politicians, solve engineering problems. Politicians can set policy. If they believe, or more likely it is to their advantage, they can propose a policy that the country transition from fossil fuel-powered power plants to so-called green solutions. Politicians then should determine a schedule, come up with a budget and then get the Hell out of the way. That is how we got fellers walking around on the Moon. Yes, I am old and tend to engage in unattainable fantasy. Need some good old nuclear power . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Dric902 said: Need some good old nuclear power . I agree, but that is politically and culturally unlikely due to the public's fear of so-called China Syndrome. They ignore the facts that very few people have died as a direct result of a nuclear plant failure and more folk have died as the result of fossil-fueled plant failures by a large margin.. If they just get that cold-fusion thing working, we'd be saved. That is, until people begin to believe that the cold fusion facility was so dangerous that it could kersplode the planet. Ban them!. It's for the children! Edited February 17, 2021 by tous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Batesmotel said: 18” on the deck. 22”+ in the yard. My little dog is only is only about 17” tall. I had to shovel the deck, stairs and a part of the yard so they could go poop. Looking out the front I can’t even see that there is a road between me and my neighbors. But it’s just a good heavy storm for us. We really need the water. I hear that. I own a beagle puppy. It turns out beagle puppies ain't built for foot deep snow. It sure is fun to watch them try, but gotta get inside before too long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Batesmotel Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, kerbie18 said: I hear that. I own a beagle puppy. It turns out beagle puppies ain't built for foot deep snow. It sure is fun to watch them try, but gotta get inside before too long. I’ve had 13 dogs. 3 beagles. 2 beagle mix. 3 poodles. 2 terriers. 1 cocker. 1 boxer. 1 golden- husky mix. The beagles are my favorite. They seem to hate the snow more than the others. And they are the hardest to train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Dric902 said: Need some good old nuclear power . Maybe... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power According to some sources thorium was initially rejected as reactor fuel because its waste could not easily be refined into bomb material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I ordered some medicine on Monday, I usually receive it Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest. Fedex hasn’t picked it up yet. They are crying weather. Is this the first time it has snowed in the United States? Is this the first time it has gotten below zero in the United States? We have become a nation of excuses. i reject the race card, the bat soup croup card, the weather card. Shut the **** up and do you job card, how about that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: Maybe... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power According to some sources thorium was initially rejected as reactor fuel because its waste could not easily be refined into bomb material It’s a shame that France is leading the world in nuclear power. America should be developing 4th Gen reactors . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 5 hours ago, tous said: I was without electric service from Sunday from about 01:00 hours until Tuesday at around 19:00 hours. Temperature in the house went from 68F to 42F. I survived. I could read while there was daylight, but at night I was pretty much left with nothing but my mind to entertain me. I shall engage in the useless, but again assert: let engineers, not politicians, solve engineering problems. Politicians can set policy. If they believe, or more likely it is to their advantage, they can propose a policy that the country transition from fossil fuel-powered power plants to so-called green solutions. Politicians then should determine a schedule, come up with a budget and then get the Hell out of the way. That is how we got fellers walking around on the Moon. Yes, I am old and tend to engage in unattainable fantasy. i got more then enough room Tous, i don't have a Wood Stove any more but we can sit by the Heater and Grumble about the Feel good B.S. that caused such an Energy Rich place to be at the Mercy of Do Gooder nonsense. Stay Warm Brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Sent from my Jackboot using Copatalk 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Wore shorts most of the day... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 You get no sympathy from me. Welcome to my world for 6 months of the year. Went out ice fishing again today. Yesterday too. And the day before that. Oh, and the day before that too. Riding the Polaris Dragon. It's a rough life. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 6 hours ago, crockett said: Every time I've been there, my visit has been chock full of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 We’re about to get Round 2 here in Central Virginia... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alabusa Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 We got 5 inches last night here in NorBamaSent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Texas quit the "National electric grid," except for El Paso County. Below is what Texas' electrical grid would look like to the space station on a flyover. (I labeled the pic "Estupido gringos on facebook and was promptly labeled "Hate speech") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, Paul53 said: Texas quit the "National electric grid," except for El Paso County. Below is what Texas' electrical grid would look like to the space station on a flyover. (I labeled the pic "Estupido gringos on facebook and was promptly labeled "Hate speech") Paying paying paying... Seems the Enron lessons have been forgotten. https://news.yahoo.com/5-152-power-bill-texas-192316981.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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