Look at what you guys are missing.
Our electricity survived the blizzard so far.. Some people have none .
The temp in Boston is 01 degree with a wind chill of about 15 to 25 below zero.
We rec. about 14-16 inches of snow.
The winds are 48-60 MPH
Looking out the window I can't see the street because of the blowing snow.
I just saw a vehicle drive past the house and I could barely see the tops of the wheels, so that means the plows have plowed me in as usual.
Just got plowed out at 4:00 PM. That's my driveway and my shop to the right of it behind the trees.
Rich Is this the reason that you left Mass?
I am in Mass too. We are west and it wasn't as bad as east, but still sucks! So cold it is painful to be outside! :005:
Don't know how you guys do it.
80 degrees today in Southern California...we pay extra.
Quote from: robhaerr on 2014-01-03 19:38
Don't know how you guys do it.
80 degrees today in Southern California...we pay extra.
January and still in shorts, I don't know how you guys in the east can do it either.
That is exactly why I left mass. The last winter I was there we had back to back storms three days apart that both dumped 24-30". I was young, married, had a newborn. Had a new '68 Dodge Charger, parked on the street during the first storm...24 inches of heavy and wet. Snow plow completly buried the car, and it froze overnight. Spent 3 days breaking the ice away and finally got ot out. Went and got groceries, parked back in the same spot. That night we got the 2nd storm...2 days to dig and pick that one out. I said never again, and was in Socal before the next winter....and besides that, that's where the jobs were.
Funny, I remember going to Redondo Beach..the actual beach, shortly after we arrived in Socal..it was late November. I couldn't understand why the beach wasn't packed..after all it was a wonderful 60 degrees!
Stay warm! I promise I won't bitch about the low teens were going to have tommorrow night.
Quote from: jdlafayette on 2014-01-03 19:31
I am in Mass too. We are west and it wasn't as bad as east, but still sucks! So cold it is painful to be outside! :005:
jdlafayette
You are the first person from Mass. that I've met on this site. Where's Middlefield? I'm from the Plymouth area.
On the East coast you name your blizzards, around here its called January :icon_rendeer:
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-01-03 19:59
That is exactly why I left mass.
Funny, I remember going to Redondo Beach..the actual beach, shortly after we arrived in Socal..it was late November. I couldn't understand why the beach wasn't packed..after all it was a wonderful 60 degrees!
Stay warm! I promise I won't bitch about the low teens were going to have tommorrow night.
Well Rich I'm glad that you don't think that 60 is cold. I remember one night at the Pavillion in Az. when it was 50 and everyone said that it was was cold. You made the right decision to leave. I can't fault you for that.
After a few years in Socal, 60 was cold.
I knew there was someone else from Mass. on the site...couldn't remember who it was. I think Jd and I did a little pm'ing back and forth a few years ago..don't remember for sure..memory problems. We need to get JD to post some more!! There may be one other also.
Second winter in North Carolina and I am loving it. It may only be 30 degrees right now but in about 15 minutes I will be in my 55 Tbird on the way to the auto parts store.If I was still in CT I would be looking at my cars in the garage, near zero temps on the thermometer and ice, salt and sand on the roads. Best thing is the end of next month we will start seeing flowers.
It is a little "airish" here in B-Ham right now! Clothes I put on the line yesterday are still frozen, going to freeze hard Monday - Wednesday (over 60 hours below freezing) and then warm up to a balmy 54! Still beats the heck out of what I left WI in, -14 in Pardeeville at 0630 on the 30th, was -10 at the tole gate in Rockford and 0 in Bloomington/Normal......
Rich and Ecode, I live in Middlefield, Ma. , A town of about 500 people on top of a mountain. It's about an hour west of Springfield, Ma. Sorry I don't post more, but I like to just soak up information. My Fairlane is still aways from driveable. My old high school car that was really rough. I have a lot of health problems lately so that doesn't help.
Maybe this summer I could catch up with Ecode when I am at that end of the state. Also going to SanDiego on tues for a well deserved vaca.
Quote from: jdlafayette on 2014-01-04 09:39
Rich and Ecode, I live in Middlefield, Ma. , A town of about 500 people on top of a mountain. It's about an hour west of Springfield, Ma. Sorry I don't post more, but I like to just soak up information. My Fairlane is still aways from driveable. My old high school car that was really rough. I have a lot of health problems lately so that doesn't help.
Maybe this summer I could catch up with Ecode when I am at that end of the state. Also going to SanDiego on tues for a well deserved vaca.
I sure do hope that we can hook up some time. That will give me a chance to show you my bottom of the line plain Jane cheapo 57 custom and the rest of my cars.. I'm just a few miles from Plymouth Rock. Do you come to the eastern part of the state very often? I don't get out to the Springfield area as often as I used to years ago.
What type Fairlane do you have and how is it coming along? I plan on registering mine and driving the wheels off of it this summer. Jay
Jay, Sounds like a plan. I am out on the east coast quite a bit so I will keep in touch when the weather is a bit better. My car is a Fairlane 500 2 door hardtop. I built a 390, dual quads, toploader 4 speed and 3:70 locker. I am not too far from firing it up, but have to finish the paint, interior and glass. I bought it in '81 and sold it in '87 to my cousin. I bought it back in '07 and have been working on it since.
I read about your car awhile back. Sounds cool. I never had luck posting pics. on this site, but will try again.
John
Try to post my car
In '81 when I bought it
That will be a great project. I sure wish I had your wheels, slotted mags were always my favorite..
John
It looks like you have the body work under control. Will the final paint be blue and White?
The 390 and Four speed top loader are naturals for that car. Sounds like you have been at it for a few years. It is going to have a stock type interior or custom? You stated that you have health issues, but try to stick with it and do something whenever you can.
I hope that you managed to get a Mass. title for it during all this time because you know how tough they made it the past few years. Are you missing anything that I can help you with?
Keep in touch and I'll PM my contact informaion to you. Jay
Quote from: hiball3985 on 2014-01-04 14:42
That will be a great project. I sure wish I had your wheels, slotted mags were always my favorite..
Jim + John
I was so busy looking at the body that I missed the wheels. I flunked observation.
The car is looking good, JD. Did you have to do much rust repair?...sure looks solid now.
Thanks for kind words! That picture is from the middle of last summer so I have quite abit more done to it. It's Eastwood paint Wimbleton white and metallic blue two tone like it was stock. I love aluminum slots and my friend and I were buying them up at swap meets. They are real tight in the quarter panels. Hopefully they won't rub. I want to use Lebarron Bonney interior in it. The paint and body work have been the biggest project. It was rusty and required tons of work. I have been painting it in my garage and have had lots of issues there too!
I have the paperwork from the 80's when I drove it. Mass didn't have titles for cars over 10 years back then. Hope that goes smooth. It should it's 100% legit but then again this is Mass! Can't wait to tear up the roads!
Quote from: jdlafayette on 2014-01-05 07:11
I have the paperwork from the 80's when I drove it. Mass didn't have titles for cars over 10 years back then. Hope that goes smooth. It should it's 100% legit but then again this is Mass! Can't wait to tear up the roads!
John
We just got our power back on and the house is starting to heat up. It's below 0 degrees outside. I hope that you guys in the western part of the state are holding up OK.
That's right "This is Mass and you know how things happen".
I'm a retired Mass. RMV Cop. As you know the Capital Police ,MDC Police, Registry Police and State Police all merged together. Now it's the Dept of State Police.
If you have an old registration in "your name", you should have no problem and you "should not have to pay taxes again". When you do register it, I suggest that you apply for a "title". You will never regret it. A lot of things have changed and It's too much to type. I emailed you my contact information so you can call me. Jay
wow Jay, How long were you out of power for? Hope all your water lines stayed fluid
Sprink
I heard two loud boom type sounds very close to the house and we lost our power this morning.
Shortly after that I saw the police and fire vehicles arriving right out front. Something exploded a utility pole next door two poles away from me They had the road blocked to one way traffic. The utility truck arrived in about a half hour. The temp outside was below zero so I didn't go out and watched from the window. The house was getting cold and I was just getting ready to start the wood stove when the power came back on. It was out for a little over three hours.
During last year's blizzard we lost the power for about a week. Thank God for the wood stove because that's what kept us warm and kept the pipes from bursting. With the wood stove were also able to cook hot meals and have hot coffee. If you're accustomed to coffee, you will never know how much you miss it until you can't get it. Lots of people around me without some sort of auxilliary heat lost their pipes and had flooded cellars.
So things are looking good.
Thank you very very much for asking. Jay
Minus -37 here with the wind Chill, We got about a foot of snow in the last 24 hrs.. no big deal. throw a log on the fire and hit the coffee.
ha ha ha
It's like you guys up there invented snow and cold weather. This stuff that we're getting down here is just a walk in the park for you our northern brothers.
I'm just outside of Chicago and we what we got was pretty bad... about -10 to -15 for about a week and over a foot of snow but not as bad as some places, it shut everything down for a few days even the highways hell even the bars were closed, you know it's bad then. I think my next move is gonna be florida.