The all-season tires that came on my '19 Subaru are pretty good for three seasons, but they are pretty sketchy in the snow. After the first winter, I considered getting a set of plain steel wheels and some dedicated winter tires, like the Blizzaks. I talked myself out of that because the car was a lease. After the second winter w/ the lousy Yokahama's, I thought 'why don't I just buy a set of rims/winter tires that are slightly used? they'd still have enough life on them because I barely drive 100mi./week, and then when the lease is over, I can sell them for close to what I paid for them.' But then I got lazy and gave up on the whole idea; there was only a year left on the lease. So, the lease ended 11/21 and since I kinda like the car and it's been bullet-proof I bought out the lease. This last Sept. the idea popped into my head that I should do something about the tires. The smart route would be to have the dedicated winter tires on their own wheels, but that was going to cost a grand, and I had been down that road for years with a previous car. The winter tires are great, but one of the reasons they're great is their soft-rubber compound, which means they wear quickly when the temps get warmer, and I decided I'm tired of storing the off-season set and jacking up the car, etc, twice a year. Enter the All-Weather tire... All-Weathers are a sub-category of All-Season; they have the compound of an all-season so you can run them all year long, but they have the tread pattern of a winter tire so their snow traction is superior to the all-season. A win-win, I thought. I found a little car-repair shop on one of my bike routes and stopped in, back in the fall to find out what they'd charge to install some tires and was quoted $25/tire. I bought some Hankook Kinergy all-weathers from Tire Rack not long after that, and yesterday I took the car in to get it done. I went for a walk instead of sitting around for the two hours it would take. When I got back from my walk, the guy apologized, saying that they can't do low-profile tires. My Impreza is a Sport model w/ 40series tires, and their machine doesn't do well w/ less than a 50series sidewall. Today, I stopped in at a family-run car repair shop to get a quote, and this fella knew enough to ask if the tires are low-profile, which raised their price to $216. My bright idea of having tires that are better suited for the snow is looking a little less bright.
I am watching my neighbor snow blowing his driveway with a 40V Ryobi snow blower. I won't say much about how he's faring other than to say it looks like that Ryobi would make a good broom...
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
I just achieved Silver Status on CCOM. I would like to thank AJ Fernandez, the person/people that select the Daily Deals, and @Yakster for always keeping me apprised of the Daily Deals. I couldn't have done it without you.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Time stops for no one. I've been at this for a long time now, and I'm posting this with a heavy heart..
As much as I love cigars, bourbons and other fine whiskies, herfing, and everything that comes with it...it is taking up too much of my time. I am struggling to keep up with the everyday basics of cleaning, cooking and maintaining my home, not to mention coffee roasting, so something has to give. I will be getting rid of my collection.
Below is a list of what's available. Serious inquiries only, and please don't insult me with low offers.
Thanks for reading and understanding this was not an easy decision and I feel bad about breaking the news to y'all like this...
@peter4jc said:
Time stops for no one. I've been at this for a long time now, and I'm posting this with a heavy heart..
As much as I love cigars, bourbons and other fine whiskies, herfing, and everything that comes with it...it is taking up too much of my time. I am struggling to keep up with the everyday basics of cleaning, cooking and maintaining my home, not to mention coffee roasting, so something has to give. I will be getting rid of my collection.
Below is a list of what's available. Serious inquiries only, and please don't insult me with low offers.
Thanks for reading and understanding this was not an easy decision and I feel bad about breaking the news to y'all like this...
Dustpan and broom
Sponges
Toilet spray
Mop and bucket
Window cleaner
Vacuum
Dishwashing liquid
Laundry detergent
Fabric softener
Laundry baskets
Toilet brush
Cleaning sprays
Listening to the radio this morning, some guy was promoting cleaning products as Christmas presents.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
My Wife still tells the story of an ex getting her a coffee pot when he was the one who drank coffee. Don't buy your wife a vacuum cleaner, coffee pot, or dustpan unless she asks.
Join us on Zoom vHerf (Meeting # 2619860114 Password vHerf2020 )
@Yakster said:
My Wife still tells the story of an ex getting her a coffee pot when he was the one who drank coffee. Don't buy your wife a vacuum cleaner, coffee pot, or dustpan unless she asks.
Also make sure you get the correct color, you don’t want to find out your wife hates the color red the hard way. @Stubble
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill. MOW badge received.
I found a shop to install my new tires without dinging me too badly for the lower profile nonsense. They're a good 10min. away, and I didn't want to bother anyone with a ride there - it would mean a half hour for them, to leave their house, pick me up, drive to the shop and then back home, and then do the same when the car is done - even though the guy who set my appointment said it could be 4-5 hours.
So I found a really cool little coffee shop, which just happens to be across the street from the repair shop. It looks like a couple of older ladies took a two-story house and converted most of the ground floor into this lovely little eclectic space. I'm starting off with their "light roast" which the lady says is Costa Rica... it's not half bad, realizing that it was never going to measure up anyway. It's in a paper cup, which is a dumb way for a coffee shop to serve a coffee in-house. I'll end up w/ a soup and sandwich for lunch and hope the car is done shortly thereafter; I have a nap to take, don't ya know.
@cbuck said:
That was one of Marty’s favorite sayings! Don’tcha know! @peter4jc
Maybe that's where I got it from, don'tcha know.
Got home w/ my new tires just now, 1pm. It was great fun. The old gals at the coffee shop were great. The guy running the repair shop is the son of the original owner. I remembered that as a kid, I and my pals would ride our bikes here (it would've been about a half-hour bike ride) and pester the guy for STP stickers - for some stupid reason, back then you had to have STP stickers on your bike and books and everything or you weren't cool.
The fella who owns/runs it now turned out to be a very nice person. I explained how hard it was to find a shop to install the tires at all, or at least at a reasonable cost. He said when I called initially he was going to not even schedule me because they're very busy this time of year, and how until a year ago if they tried doing a low-profile tire on their old machine it would take at least two hours and would've turned me away. On the new machine it takes about an hour, and today he had two guys waiting for parts to be delivered so he could them both on my job, which is why it was ready so soon; I was halfway through my bowl of excellent chili when he called to say I could pick up the car. Then I found out they'll take 5% off the bill if you pay in cash, and I just happened to have enough of Patrick's cash (or should I say Colleen's) on me from Sunday to get the discount. When asked what I planned to do w/ the tires I said I'd probably put them on Facebook Marketplace and see what they bring, to which he said they're always buying/selling used tires, and when he offered me $80, I said giddyup. They're worth twice that, but to not have to mess w/ the hassle of selling them, $80 was good enough to not think twice about it. So the day is turning out waaaaaaaaaaay better than I could've imagined. And now, you not only know the rest of the story, you also know it's nap time.
I’ve been dealing with a ton of work calls today. Seems I’ve been out too long. I asked my boss to think about what it’s going to be like when I actually take a vacation or quit, then I hung up.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill. MOW badge received.
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
"In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
"Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you've essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature," said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston."
...
"Not only do masks protect you from the direct inhalation of viruses, but it's also like wearing a sweater on your nose," he said.
Patel agreed: "The warmer you can keep the intranasal environment, the better this innate immune defense mechanism will be able to work. Maybe yet another reason to wear masks!"
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
"In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
>
I dunno. I can drop the temp in my nose by 100 degrees just by stepping outside some days. Given this hypothesis, I oughta be sick all the time. There has to be more than just that….
I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
When it's colder in my house in the winter, 64* typically, I tend to have a runny nose more often and the boogers and snot give the viruses more gooiness to stick to.
Spent the morning making a paper pattern for a painting from four or five sketches I did last night. Put carbon paper on a 30"x30" canvas and transferred the pattern. Now I've got to chose colors. Spent a hour cleaning garlic from our garden to get away from art for awhile.
Comments
guess I'll skip desert.
The Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars were great. Somebody said they had a faint background aroma of Pennzoil but I told her that was impossible.
The all-season tires that came on my '19 Subaru are pretty good for three seasons, but they are pretty sketchy in the snow. After the first winter, I considered getting a set of plain steel wheels and some dedicated winter tires, like the Blizzaks. I talked myself out of that because the car was a lease. After the second winter w/ the lousy Yokahama's, I thought 'why don't I just buy a set of rims/winter tires that are slightly used? they'd still have enough life on them because I barely drive 100mi./week, and then when the lease is over, I can sell them for close to what I paid for them.' But then I got lazy and gave up on the whole idea; there was only a year left on the lease. So, the lease ended 11/21 and since I kinda like the car and it's been bullet-proof I bought out the lease. This last Sept. the idea popped into my head that I should do something about the tires. The smart route would be to have the dedicated winter tires on their own wheels, but that was going to cost a grand, and I had been down that road for years with a previous car. The winter tires are great, but one of the reasons they're great is their soft-rubber compound, which means they wear quickly when the temps get warmer, and I decided I'm tired of storing the off-season set and jacking up the car, etc, twice a year. Enter the All-Weather tire... All-Weathers are a sub-category of All-Season; they have the compound of an all-season so you can run them all year long, but they have the tread pattern of a winter tire so their snow traction is superior to the all-season. A win-win, I thought. I found a little car-repair shop on one of my bike routes and stopped in, back in the fall to find out what they'd charge to install some tires and was quoted $25/tire. I bought some Hankook Kinergy all-weathers from Tire Rack not long after that, and yesterday I took the car in to get it done. I went for a walk instead of sitting around for the two hours it would take. When I got back from my walk, the guy apologized, saying that they can't do low-profile tires. My Impreza is a Sport model w/ 40series tires, and their machine doesn't do well w/ less than a 50series sidewall. Today, I stopped in at a family-run car repair shop to get a quote, and this fella knew enough to ask if the tires are low-profile, which raised their price to $216. My bright idea of having tires that are better suited for the snow is looking a little less bright.
I am watching my neighbor snow blowing his driveway with a 40V Ryobi snow blower. I won't say much about how he's faring other than to say it looks like that Ryobi would make a good broom...
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
^maybe he just wants a challenge
Meanwhile, in December, I haven't seen a whiff of snow in MA. Very strange
Shhhhh! I like it that way.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
I just achieved Silver Status on CCOM. I would like to thank AJ Fernandez, the person/people that select the Daily Deals, and @Yakster for always keeping me apprised of the Daily Deals. I couldn't have done it without you.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
I just got that too.
I must be doing something wrong.
Time stops for no one. I've been at this for a long time now, and I'm posting this with a heavy heart..
As much as I love cigars, bourbons and other fine whiskies, herfing, and everything that comes with it...it is taking up too much of my time. I am struggling to keep up with the everyday basics of cleaning, cooking and maintaining my home, not to mention coffee roasting, so something has to give. I will be getting rid of my collection.
Below is a list of what's available. Serious inquiries only, and please don't insult me with low offers.
Thanks for reading and understanding this was not an easy decision and I feel bad about breaking the news to y'all like this...
Oh, you... !!!
Got down the smaller large Christmas tree yesterday and the family threw some decorations on. Gingerbread house is on for today.
Listening to the radio this morning, some guy was promoting cleaning products as Christmas presents.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
My Wife still tells the story of an ex getting her a coffee pot when he was the one who drank coffee. Don't buy your wife a vacuum cleaner, coffee pot, or dustpan unless she asks.
I thought women love getting appliances and cleaning devices.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Also make sure you get the correct color, you don’t want to find out your wife hates the color red the hard way. @Stubble
MOW badge received.
I found a shop to install my new tires without dinging me too badly for the lower profile nonsense. They're a good 10min. away, and I didn't want to bother anyone with a ride there - it would mean a half hour for them, to leave their house, pick me up, drive to the shop and then back home, and then do the same when the car is done - even though the guy who set my appointment said it could be 4-5 hours.
So I found a really cool little coffee shop, which just happens to be across the street from the repair shop. It looks like a couple of older ladies took a two-story house and converted most of the ground floor into this lovely little eclectic space. I'm starting off with their "light roast" which the lady says is Costa Rica... it's not half bad, realizing that it was never going to measure up anyway. It's in a paper cup, which is a dumb way for a coffee shop to serve a coffee in-house. I'll end up w/ a soup and sandwich for lunch and hope the car is done shortly thereafter; I have a nap to take, don't ya know.
That was one of Marty’s favorite sayings! Don’tcha know! @peter4jc
Maybe that's where I got it from, don'tcha know.
Got home w/ my new tires just now, 1pm. It was great fun. The old gals at the coffee shop were great. The guy running the repair shop is the son of the original owner. I remembered that as a kid, I and my pals would ride our bikes here (it would've been about a half-hour bike ride) and pester the guy for STP stickers - for some stupid reason, back then you had to have STP stickers on your bike and books and everything or you weren't cool.
The fella who owns/runs it now turned out to be a very nice person. I explained how hard it was to find a shop to install the tires at all, or at least at a reasonable cost. He said when I called initially he was going to not even schedule me because they're very busy this time of year, and how until a year ago if they tried doing a low-profile tire on their old machine it would take at least two hours and would've turned me away. On the new machine it takes about an hour, and today he had two guys waiting for parts to be delivered so he could them both on my job, which is why it was ready so soon; I was halfway through my bowl of excellent chili when he called to say I could pick up the car. Then I found out they'll take 5% off the bill if you pay in cash, and I just happened to have enough of Patrick's cash (or should I say Colleen's) on me from Sunday to get the discount. When asked what I planned to do w/ the tires I said I'd probably put them on Facebook Marketplace and see what they bring, to which he said they're always buying/selling used tires, and when he offered me $80, I said giddyup. They're worth twice that, but to not have to mess w/ the hassle of selling them, $80 was good enough to not think twice about it. So the day is turning out waaaaaaaaaaay better than I could've imagined. And now, you not only know the rest of the story, you also know it's nap time.
Awesome. I remember STP stickers.
The band Stone Temple Pilots picked the name so they would be called STP.
MOW badge received.
I’ve been dealing with a ton of work calls today. Seems I’ve been out too long. I asked my boss to think about what it’s going to be like when I actually take a vacation or quit, then I hung up.
MOW badge received.
Careful folks:
Ahh, the flu. I miss it. Na masks, no pressure to get vaccinated.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
"In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
"Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you've essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature," said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston."
...
"Not only do masks protect you from the direct inhalation of viruses, but it's also like wearing a sweater on your nose," he said.
Patel agreed: "The warmer you can keep the intranasal environment, the better this innate immune defense mechanism will be able to work. Maybe yet another reason to wear masks!"
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/health/why-winter-colds-flu-wellness/index.html
>
I dunno. I can drop the temp in my nose by 100 degrees just by stepping outside some days. Given this hypothesis, I oughta be sick all the time. There has to be more than just that….
When it's colder in my house in the winter, 64* typically, I tend to have a runny nose more often and the boogers and snot give the viruses more gooiness to stick to.
Spent the morning making a paper pattern for a painting from four or five sketches I did last night. Put carbon paper on a 30"x30" canvas and transferred the pattern. Now I've got to chose colors. Spent a hour cleaning garlic from our garden to get away from art for awhile.