Do we have an 'Official Gripe About Winter Thread' yet?

[culcune]

We have been in the 40's and 50's, but major wind=major sand blowing all over. You literally crunch sand in your teeth! Plus, the ride home is usually in a headwind, with sidewinds, and wind from all over (except of course my back!!) blowing me all over the road on my scooter. Winter has sucked here in the desert--maybe it will keep the snowbirds away ??

[FastDoc]

A mountain pass in nearby Oregon. It is opened just to bicycles for two weeks every Spring. It's a lot of fun and a 4,000 foot climb.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

I don't think I can do that the way mine's set up. I'd probably have to reset the pots on the main board to accommodate. It only costs me about 350-400.00 in pellets between October 1st and April so that's pretty cheap heat. The programmable stat makes all the difference. We have it off when we aren't home and have it fire a half hour before we arrive after work. If it's DAMN COLD, I'll fire the HVAC for a half hour to warm the house fast and help the pellet stove reclaim. It's all in the plan............. I'm cheap.

Now if it would only smoke that chicken

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Traeger-P...&wl13=&veh=sem

Saw this yesterday for $499 plus tax...tempted, but not so much. Knock off a hondo and now we're talkin.

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

I don't think I can do that the way mine's set up. I'd probably have to reset the pots on the main board to accommodate. It only costs me about 350-400.00 in pellets between October 1st and April so that's pretty cheap heat. The programmable stat makes all the difference. We have it off when we aren't home and have it fire a half hour before we arrive after work. If it's DAMN COLD, I'll fire the HVAC for a half hour to warm the house fast and help the pellet stove reclaim. It's all in the plan............. I'm cheap.

Are you some kind of electronics guru? I could go out the garage, grab my soldering iron and replace those Potentiometers in the main board is all I heard.

[Mudflap]

Fewer Canadian snowbirds this year because of the exchange rate. Weather has been pretty nice 75 miles north in Quartzsite. 54 degrees and calm wind right now at 5 am.

Originally Posted by culcune

We have been in the 40's and 50's, but major wind=major sand blowing all over. You literally crunch sand in your teeth! Plus, the ride home is usually in a headwind, with sidewinds, and wind from all over (except of course my back!!) blowing me all over the road on my scooter. Winter has sucked here in the desert--maybe it will keep the snowbirds away ??

[Mudflap]

Looks like highway 242 near Sisters. Great motorcycle road that I ride several times per year.

Originally Posted by FastDoc

A mountain pass in nearby Oregon. It is opened just to bicycles for two weeks every Spring. It's a lot of fun and a 4,000 foot climb.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by hertz9753

Are you some kind of electronics guru? I could go out the garage, grab my soldering iron and replace those Potentiometers in the main board is all I heard.

LOL! Nah....but I did spend 20 years in "business machine". Mainly, if you've ever had experience with the real old pellet stoves, they were so finicky, you had to reset the pots on the main board just for switching brands of pellets! Between the old stoves attitude and the quality control of the old pellets, you did the best you could to stick with the same brand.

Pellet stoves are very cool. If you understand internal combustion and how an engine works, anyone can work on one.

[FastDoc]

Originally Posted by Mudflap

Looks like highway 242 near Sisters. Great motorcycle road that I ride several times per year.

You got it!!! Also great on a motorcycle!

[hertz9753]

It started with freezing ran today at about 11AM and now visibility is down to less that two blocks where I live. They closed the gates on I-94 and Highway 83. It's a good thing that I decided not to leave town after the blizzard warning for several days. Right now I'm worried about power lines breaking and having to put the food and beverages outside, if I can get the door open...

[Sullybiker]

Remind me not to complain about out weather any time soon.

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by Sullybiker

Remind me not to complain about out weather any time soon.

That is 3 hours later. I raised the flash so you can see the snow that falling from the right to left or from the north if you prefer because of the wind.

[cheesy]

Ouch. Where we were with the previous weekends' weather. Hunker down.

Now to add insult to injury. I woke up this morning and our snow is nearly gone. It is supposed to hit 51F so I will be out on the Ural this afternoon.

[Bruce's]

We have freezing rain and going up to the low 40's .

[BlackBike]

Hertz...thanks for the update. I was thinking about you while watching the weathermap. The only thing that can be said is thank God for the weather machine and all the good that comes from it that is our beautiful and bountiful country.

Iraq

[FastDoc]

Thanks for the extra perspective black bike. I would imagine that any place in this free country of ours (or Canada of course) on its worst day is better than Iraq on its best today. Thank God for our freedom.