💬 OT ❄️ The Official TCG Complains about Snow Yearly Despite Living in the Midwest and it never snows here anyway.

[blakbearddelite]

We got at least 4" and it's still coming down. And of course my snow blower wouldn't start. I'm going to order a new carb and see if that does it. I know my wife doesn't want to spend $200 getting it fixed if we're moving somewhere we won't need it.

 

[radioguy6]

got about 5" so far in schaumburg, maybe another inch or so before its done.

 

[Yaj Yak]

im break "small engine maint" outta this thread, we're taking away from spongebob memes.

 

[Yaj Yak]

blower maint thread:

Snowblower & small engine maintenance and repair thread - brokeout of SNOW thread

We’ve got at least 4” in Aurora and still coming down. I woke up at 6am to my neighbors 2 stage blower running. I looked out and saw my sidewalk was cleared and was horrified that they would do my driveway too. I have only gotten to use this thing once, don’t take my satisfaction away. 2 days...

www.thechicagogarage.com

 

[GLADIATOR]

1.75” in new lenox. Busted out the Honda SB because manly man.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

We seem to have at least 6 inches in Mount Prospect and its still going.....

 

[DanJ]

im break "small engine maint" outta this thread, we're taking away from spongebob memes.

 

[SirMarco]

About 4"-5" in Pingree. I took out the snow blower this morning and went for round one. We have another 1"-2" already back down. I won't go back out until this afternoon when it stops.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

It’s also not blindly listening to what they say for the area as a whole, you have to do a little work and look at your specific area because this system wasn’t gonna lay down the same amount throughout the entire area. Here’s what the National Weather Service posted on Sunday:

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Yaj Yak

I'm right in the middle of 5-8"....got 2

 

[Yaj Yak]

Yaj Yak

I'm right in the middle of 5-8"....got 2

sounds like a personal problem

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Sun!

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

sounds like a personal problem

You and skilling can jerk each other off while in the snow naked.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Really waa hoping for a foot so i can build an igloo

 

[Yaj Yak]

Sun!

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not here, it only stopped snowing here about 20 minutes ago.

 

[Yaj Yak]

You and skilling can jerk each other off while in the snow naked.

i never said skilling here.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

i never said skilling here.

*Insert favorite weatherman

 

[Yaj Yak]

*Insert favorite weatherman

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

It was over ham radio. Ill record it for you next time. It waa 5-8", then 1-3", then at 9 they changed it to 3-7". I was expecting to wake up to a lot more then what we got.

HAM radio or do you mean the 162Mhz channels that the NWS uses?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

HAM radio or do you mean the 162Mhz channels that the NWS uses?

correct. 162mhz. I just said HAM radio because saying radio people think car radio station

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

correct. 162mhz. I just said HAM radio because saying radio people think car radio station

I usually say VHF since that’s the band it’s in. You can pick up the weather broadcasts on a cheap $50 scanner that has a pre-programmed “WX” button.

I used to use 162.550 all the time since the transmitter was in Romeoville. But they changed the .550 to the marine forecast. Forgot what the terrestrial freq for this area is now, like .475?

 

[Yaj Yak]

correct. 162mhz. I just said HAM radio because saying radio people think car radio station

you sound way cooler saying HAM radio too. definitely.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i mean shit, my 2011 bmw had that weather band shiiiiit

 

[DanJ]

My grandparents had a weather radio. That’s all it did, you turned it on and the NWS channel was playing.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I know it’s amateur radio talk, but my Kenwood 2m/440 has a 2m RX range of 135-170Mhz, and “somehow” has the ability to transmit anywhere in that range too, even though it shouldn’t.

If one were to spin the dial to 162.550Mhz and key the transmitter I expect they could provide narration or commentary to the NWS marine weather forecast.

Just spit balling here, wouldn’t want that FCC fine.

 

[Dave M]

We got a shitload of snow. Just finished clearing the driveway for a second time.