The reason for the hobby

[Sandy G]

Wow...Dat's a LOT of Snow...I've seen it like that here-Well, ALMOST-only oncet or twicet in my life. One time, in '85 or '86, it did that in like late April-REAL freakish-And then a day or 2 later it was up to 65-70 or so..Took awhile for it to melt, we were ridin' around in convertibles w/the tops down & havin' the time of our lives...

[compu_85]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

I always wanted to use an electric one in the house to launch the kids' toys back into their rooms. I bet it'd work wonders with legos

That sounds dangerous... Stepping on them is bad enough, I imagine that would impale the wall or anyone standing in the way :crazy:


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[Ohighway]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Wow...Dat's a LOT of Snow...I've seen it like that here-Well, ALMOST-only oncet or twicet in my life.

We usually don't get much. But since I've been in this house (1991) we had a big snow event in 1996, 2003, and 2010. Seems like every 7 years we get SMACKED with a boatload of snow.

[Kamakiri]

It won't be long until we see that....ugh.

I used to repair snowblowers, I've done HUNDREDS of them. My favorite were always the Snowbirds, they were built with more metal guards and shields than an up-armored Humvee, and weighed about 200 lb. Problem with those is that while they'd shoot snow awesomely to the right, the chute would clog when shooting to the left, because of the design of the discharge chute being similar to a conch shell.

I was sold on Ariens Sno Thros for MANY years, because of their ease of serviceability and their absolutely infinite lifespan, but when I got my hands on a trash-picked Craftsman that was falling apart, I was shocked and embarrassed to see that it tossed snow better than anything that I'd ever had. Polypropylene plastic chutes make a ton of sense too, as snow just can't stick to them, even the wet stuff.

So now I have a nice newer Craftsman

[earlyfilm]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

. . . . Consumer Reports back in 1955 was saying that the cars that year were thrown-together junk with style over substance. Coming from someone that owns (and loves) a 1955 Buick Century, I have to admit that they're right.....holes twice the size of the screws, chrome hung haphazardly everywhere . . . .

Back in the late fall of 1957, the shop where I worked did radio warranty work for the local Ford dealer and in comes the first Edsel to be sold in the town, with a dead radio. True to nature, it made it to the shop before the servicing information did.

My boss went out to look at it, confirmed it was dead and saw how deeply buried in the dashboard the radio was, and since I was the smallest one in the shop, called me out to pull it.

I walked over and hooking an arm on top of the dash, slid under the dash, just as the dash came down on top of me. It seems that most of the few screws holding the dash to the firewall had missed their holes and were just wedged between the trim and the firewall. We wound up having remount the dash before the customer could pick up his car.

Ford learned the quality lessen in a hurry and their next new make, the Falcon, was one of the best assembled cars for the era.

James.