Freakin snowstorm this weekend...seriously? - Page 5

32green · 10-30-2011, 09:41 PM

[QUOTE=Timmy®;4211942]Just drove two hours to get my next door neighbor who was on an amtrak train that was delayed by two trees that fell on the tracks. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4211961]was this before or after you shoveled his driveway?[/QUOTE]

:applause:

:alien:

Fishooked · 10-30-2011, 10:08 PM

[QUOTE=Timmy®;4211695]This yard needs boulders.[/QUOTE]

I haz them...i'll trade them for the pool.

Fishooked · 10-30-2011, 10:11 PM

We were very lucky here, but I think the hurri**** Irene thinned out the old sick and weak trees not too long ago, so we were lucky enough to still have power...just got internet back a few hours ago.

My kids are off tomorrow because the schools are closed so Im taking the day off with them...sleep late, hit the movies, then go trick or treating until their wee legs are tired...

RazorJet · 10-30-2011, 10:54 PM

Hope the team gets some work in the snow. Playoffs could go thru Pittsburg or Foxboro...he'll they could go thru New York and snow practice could be valuable.

jetstream23 · 10-31-2011, 09:57 AM

[QUOTE=JStokes;4211426]Who cares about the snow?

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Bitburger.jpg[/IMG]

_[/QUOTE]

You guys know that's a shot glass, right?

JStokes · 10-31-2011, 10:29 AM

Now THAT'S a shot

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Snowpic2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/1792New.jpg[/IMG]

Shepards pie on the grill--no oven

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Snowpic.jpg[/IMG]

Dinner by candlelight

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/SnowPic4.jpg[/IMG]

My house

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/House.jpg[/IMG]

Driveway

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Driveway.jpg[/IMG]

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JStokes · 10-31-2011, 10:29 AM

Street pics

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/StopSign.jpg[/IMG]

My house

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/House2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/TreeMailbox.jpg[/IMG]

Maibox gone

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Mailbox2.jpg[/IMG]

Last of the bourbon

[IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/MoreBourbon.jpg[/IMG]
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GMCJETS · 10-31-2011, 10:51 AM

Nice house looks like you can afford a generator and a chain saw. Good luck.

JStokes · 10-31-2011, 11:02 AM

[QUOTE=GMCJETS;4212544]Nice house looks like you can afford a generator and a chain saw. Good luck.[/QUOTE]

Power is back--we have underground utilities so in 18 years at this house we have never lost power, so I've never even though about a generator. As it happens, a tree took out the power station and knocked out the neighborhood.

Those trees are technically town maintained, so THEY do all the cutting and disposal. Will probably take a month for them to get to us--the entire town is a wreck.

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crasherino · 10-31-2011, 11:06 AM

Stokes, just curious....what do you tell your GF when you snap pics of every drink/meal you are about to consume? "Before I have a sip of this frosty Bitburger, let me snap a pic so the online idiots can see what I'm doing."?

Warfish · 10-31-2011, 11:11 AM

[QUOTE=JStokes;4212554]Power is back--we have underground utilities so in 18 years at this house we have never lost power, so I've never even though about a generator.[/QUOTE]

+1, Underground is reliable as hell and wouldnt think of buying a genny either tbh.

JStokes · 10-31-2011, 11:13 AM

[QUOTE=crasherino;4212558]Stokes, just curious....what do you tell your GF when you snap pics of every drink/meal you are about to consume? "Before I have a sip of this frosty Bitburger, let me snap a pic so the online idiots can see what I'm doing."?[/QUOTE]

I try to be stealth. Also send them to my buds in Cal and some of them to my kids.

I also have a friend in Hackensack who sends me pics of every new micro-brew he tires, so I reciprocate.

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JStokes · 10-31-2011, 11:15 AM

[QUOTE=Warfish;4212565]+1, Underground is reliable as hell and wouldnt think of buying a genny either tbh.[/QUOTE]

My lights have flickered a dozen times in 18 years.

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Big L · 10-31-2011, 11:37 AM

I used to live in a neighborhood with underground utilities. I don't remember losing power. Now I live on a dead end street with utility poles. Didn't lose power once during Irene, but my town is a wreck. Still have tree limbs leaning on powerlines in my neighborhood. I don't think they can even turn the power back on until the limbs are cleared off the lines. Once the limbs are cleared, then they can start to patch. Looks like I'll be w/o power for a few more days.

I'm a big proponent of burying utilities, have been for some time. Many years ago, my electricity provider asked what I'd like to see improved the most on a list of about 4 items, and I marked the "underground utilities" as #1. Obviously, they didn't take my response seriously!

PlumberKhan · 10-31-2011, 11:41 AM

[QUOTE=Stokes][IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/House.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Jeez, dude. Rake your friggen lawn. It looks terrible. You're gonna end up with a strongly worded letter from the homeowners association...

PlumberKhan · 10-31-2011, 11:44 AM

[QUOTE=Big L;4212596]I'm a big proponent of burying utilities, have been for some time. Many years ago, my electricity provider asked what I'd like to see improved the most on a list of about 4 items, and I marked the "underground utilities" as #1. Obviously, they didn't take my response seriously![/QUOTE]

Can't bury them all...you end up needing much larger transmission cables if they're all buried due to increased resistance from heat.

GMCJETS · 10-31-2011, 12:13 PM

Regardless of whether your utilities are buried or not Id still have an auxilary gas powered generator ready to go. For $1200 you can buy a Generac unit with enough power to run your entire house. Its a piece of mind fee. With all this crazy weather we've been having im glad I bought 1.

Fishooked · 10-31-2011, 01:02 PM

[QUOTE=PlumberKhan;4212608]Can't bury them all...you end up needing much larger transmission cables if they're all buried due to increased resistance from heat.[/QUOTE]

They would never too it up by where I live, too rocky. Seriously, there really are boulders everywhere, especially underground. When gardening it feels like the bedrock is only a foot down LOL

GMCJETS · 10-31-2011, 01:30 PM

When the power goes out heres what I use. 1 of the best investments I ever made.

[IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2crkqxh.jpg[/IMG]

bitonti · 10-31-2011, 01:31 PM

this thread is making me thirsty

10-31-2011, 11:02 AM	#89
JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	[QUOTE=GMCJETS;4212544]Nice house looks like you can afford a generator and a chain saw. Good luck.[/QUOTE] Power is back--we have underground utilities so in 18 years at this house we have never lost power, so I've never even though about a generator. As it happens, a tree took out the power station and knocked out the neighborhood. Those trees are technically town maintained, so THEY do all the cutting and disposal. Will probably take a month for them to get to us--the entire town is a wreck. _ Last edited by JStokes; 10-31-2011 at 11:05 AM.

10-30-2011, 09:41 PM	#81
32green The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus. Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The depths of Despair. Posts: 37,672	[QUOTE=Timmy®;4211942]Just drove two hours to get my next door neighbor who was on an amtrak train that was delayed by two trees that fell on the tracks. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Dirtstar;4211961]was this before or after you shoveled his driveway?[/QUOTE] :applause: :alien:

10-30-2011, 10:08 PM	#82
Fishooked dealin' out shithands Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: teh interwebz Posts: 24,661	[QUOTE=Timmy®;4211695]This yard needs boulders.[/QUOTE] I haz them...i'll trade them for the pool.

10-30-2011, 10:11 PM	#83
Fishooked dealin' out shithands Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: teh interwebz Posts: 24,661	We were very lucky here, but I think the hurri**** Irene thinned out the old sick and weak trees not too long ago, so we were lucky enough to still have power...just got internet back a few hours ago. My kids are off tomorrow because the schools are closed so Im taking the day off with them...sleep late, hit the movies, then go trick or treating until their wee legs are tired...

10-30-2011, 10:54 PM	#84
RazorJet W P S! !!!! no, i mean it. Veteran Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atkins, Arkansas Posts: 1,615	Hope the team gets some work in the snow. Playoffs could go thru Pittsburg or Foxboro...he'll they could go thru New York and snow practice could be valuable.

10-31-2011, 09:57 AM	#85
jetstream23 recovering from turf toe Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ (New Jets Stadium Section 246) Posts: 31,548	[QUOTE=JStokes;4211426]Who cares about the snow? [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Bitburger.jpg[/IMG] _[/QUOTE] You guys know that's a shot glass, right?

10-31-2011, 10:29 AM	#86
JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	Now THAT'S a shot [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Snowpic2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/1792New.jpg[/IMG] Shepards pie on the grill--no oven [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Snowpic.jpg[/IMG] Dinner by candlelight [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/SnowPic4.jpg[/IMG] My house [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/House.jpg[/IMG] Driveway [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/Driveway.jpg[/IMG] _

10-31-2011, 10:51 AM	#88
GMCJETS Been there done that. Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,658	Nice house looks like you can afford a generator and a chain saw. Good luck.

10-31-2011, 11:06 AM	#90
crasherino Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 16,804	Stokes, just curious....what do you tell your GF when you snap pics of every drink/meal you are about to consume? "Before I have a sip of this frosty Bitburger, let me snap a pic so the online idiots can see what I'm doing."?

10-31-2011, 11:11 AM	#91
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	[QUOTE=JStokes;4212554]Power is back--we have underground utilities so in 18 years at this house we have never lost power, so I've never even though about a generator.[/QUOTE] +1, Underground is reliable as hell and wouldnt think of buying a genny either tbh.

10-31-2011, 11:13 AM	#92
JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	[QUOTE=crasherino;4212558]Stokes, just curious....what do you tell your GF when you snap pics of every drink/meal you are about to consume? "Before I have a sip of this frosty Bitburger, let me snap a pic so the online idiots can see what I'm doing."?[/QUOTE] I try to be stealth. Also send them to my buds in Cal and some of them to my kids. I also have a friend in Hackensack who sends me pics of every new micro-brew he tires, so I reciprocate. _

10-31-2011, 11:15 AM	#93
JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	[QUOTE=Warfish;4212565]+1, Underground is reliable as hell and wouldnt think of buying a genny either tbh.[/QUOTE] My lights have flickered a dozen times in 18 years. _

10-31-2011, 11:37 AM	#94
Big L Plus six thousand posts Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It's all relative Posts: 1,052	I used to live in a neighborhood with underground utilities. I don't remember losing power. Now I live on a dead end street with utility poles. Didn't lose power once during Irene, but my town is a wreck. Still have tree limbs leaning on powerlines in my neighborhood. I don't think they can even turn the power back on until the limbs are cleared off the lines. Once the limbs are cleared, then they can start to patch. Looks like I'll be w/o power for a few more days. I'm a big proponent of burying utilities, have been for some time. Many years ago, my electricity provider asked what I'd like to see improved the most on a list of about 4 items, and I marked the "underground utilities" as #1. Obviously, they didn't take my response seriously!

10-31-2011, 11:41 AM	#95
PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,013	[QUOTE=Stokes][IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/jstokes719/House.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Jeez, dude. Rake your friggen lawn. It looks terrible. You're gonna end up with a strongly worded letter from the homeowners association...

10-31-2011, 11:44 AM	#96
PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,013	[QUOTE=Big L;4212596]I'm a big proponent of burying utilities, have been for some time. Many years ago, my electricity provider asked what I'd like to see improved the most on a list of about 4 items, and I marked the "underground utilities" as #1. Obviously, they didn't take my response seriously![/QUOTE] Can't bury them all...you end up needing much larger transmission cables if they're all buried due to increased resistance from heat.

10-31-2011, 12:13 PM	#97
GMCJETS Been there done that. Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,658	Regardless of whether your utilities are buried or not Id still have an auxilary gas powered generator ready to go. For $1200 you can buy a Generac unit with enough power to run your entire house. Its a piece of mind fee. With all this crazy weather we've been having im glad I bought 1.

10-31-2011, 01:02 PM	#98
Fishooked dealin' out shithands Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: teh interwebz Posts: 24,661	[QUOTE=PlumberKhan;4212608]Can't bury them all...you end up needing much larger transmission cables if they're all buried due to increased resistance from heat.[/QUOTE] They would never too it up by where I live, too rocky. Seriously, there really are boulders everywhere, especially underground. When gardening it feels like the bedrock is only a foot down LOL

10-31-2011, 01:30 PM	#99
GMCJETS Been there done that. Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,658	When the power goes out heres what I use. 1 of the best investments I ever made. [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2crkqxh.jpg[/IMG]

10-31-2011, 01:31 PM	#100
bitonti searching Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 38,786	this thread is making me thirsty