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John Fruits

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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2018, 09:08:11 PM »

Gave away my snow shovel before leaving, as a statement.
Perhaps you should have reenacted that bit from Homer (NOT Simpson) and taken it with you till someone said, "Hey mister, what's that thing" then you would know you had come far enough.
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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2018, 10:56:09 PM »

Another storm tomorrow and it's supposed to bring another 12" or so. Well this time I'm ready GD it. 20 shear pins, genny and snow blower full of gas, trucks full of gas and a brand new Husqvarna chain saw also full of gas and chain oil. Come on at me mommy nature, I'm ready to tweek your tits.
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« Reply #42 on: March 22, 2018, 11:33:57 AM »

Another storm tomorrow and it's supposed to bring another 12" or so. Well this time I'm ready GD it. 20 shear pins, genny and snow blower full of gas, trucks full of gas and a brand new Husqvarna chain saw also full of gas and chain oil. Come on at me mommy nature, I'm ready to tweek your tits.
You sound ready to take her head on.  Don't forget the salt bags on the roof - ice dam(damn?)-ing.  Of course, you learned that a couple years ago.  Good luck.  We got about 8" from the storm yesterday, but we had nothing but Crocus' on the ground beforehand.  Work smart, and take care of the ol' ticker.
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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #43 on: March 22, 2018, 02:06:50 PM »

Well, for me it wimped out. About 2” and that was half gone an hour after it stopped. There was almost nothing on the front walk.  More time to finish my taxes


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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2018, 09:46:07 PM »

Well, for me it wimped out. About 2” and that was half gone an hour after it stopped. There was almost nothing on the front walk.  More time to finish my taxes


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Wimped out is an understatement Rob. We scared it south and damn glad of it.
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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #45 on: March 24, 2018, 10:08:43 AM »

Wimped out is an understatement Rob. We scared it south and damn glad of it.
Didn't snow here in MS and damn glad of it.  ;D

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« Reply #46 on: March 27, 2018, 12:25:21 PM »

O'Conner's is great when you need something no one else has. My father and Jerry O'Conner were great friends and back in the early 50's the store was in one of the big Victorian houses in Billerica Center. Seemed like every Saturday my father and I would go their for one thing or another. The big prize was being brought into the basement to look for something in one of the hundreds of boxes of stuff Jerry had down there. eventually you always found what you needed.

We had a store like that in my hometown (pop. 1500). One time Dad needed some oddball fasteners -- some kind of stove rivet or something -- and had been all over the neighboring town (pop. 30,000) without success. Went to the local hardware store, asked the owner, who though for a minute then said "follow me." They went down into the basement (where customers normally didn't go) and found exactly what Dad was looking for.
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Re: This weeks Nor’easter
« Reply #47 on: March 27, 2018, 12:44:28 PM »

 We were driving cross country from SF to the races in NH, when the axle bearing on the trailer toasted, melting the spindle right off the axle.  Other than a mysterious puff of smoke, the first indication was a thump and the wheel passing us on the highway.

Sunday evening. Middle of Kansas. :-\

Chased down the wheel.  Took off the axle.
Went in to town, the auto parts guy was at the restaurant and opened up the store to get a new bearing.
The junk yard guy pointed us to a trailer builder down the road who let me scrounge through his junk pile.
I found THE EXACT spindle NEW under a pile of parts (he only had one).
Sawed off the melted spindle and welded on the new one.
Only charged us $100 for the spindle and to use his shop.

I think all told we only lost about four hours.
Nicest, most helpful people. 
Crazy bunch of luck.
Great story to tell.
I've been trying to pass it forward ever since.
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