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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:16 AM
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It’s been unseasonably warm up here lately, with very little snow until today. We got about 9 inches today, and it’s supposed to get much colder later this week. I can’t really say I’m looking forward to it, but some of the people I live with are thrilled
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 07:02 AM
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I would like a nice even 24" of snow for Christmas.
i want a few feet to trap me at the other house while im down there..
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 01:12 PM
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I would take snow fall to the train we had fall onto I-5 today.
Sad.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Yahiko
I would take snow fall to the train we had fall onto I-5 today.
Sad.
Was it like this...

 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 02:47 PM
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hey shaun do you know if the passenger side batt is charged directly from the alternator or is it the driver side one?? trying to figure out which one i should connect the winch to for best results.. Both sides seem to have enough room near the batts for me to connect my switch to. i get that they should be equal since theyre in parallel with each other but just not sure which would be better..
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:02 PM
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Alt cable goes to the pass batt, but with the factory swaged positive cable for a winch it should be irrelevant especially if your negative is tying to the frame in the rear.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:17 PM
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thanks Jack.. thats what i thought but wanted to be sure..
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:21 PM
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Maybe. They ended up with a few of the train passenger cars on the roadway.

Now we wait for NTSB to tell us what was the cause.
Was it equipment failure, Human error or did they hit something that was on the tracks?
Some reporter made a comment about hitting something on the tracks. Lets see what
NTSB has to say after they get a chance to look things over.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:27 PM
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Jack that tree is stunning -- looks like it is right out of a magazine!

That, a cozy fire and a nice cup of eggnog and I'd be all set...

Scott
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 03:39 PM
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I would take snow fall to the train we had fall onto I-5 today.
Sad.
Saw that too Sean, wondered how far away that was from you but not that far I'm guessing.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 04:19 PM
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Jack that tree is stunning -- looks like it is right out of a magazine!

That, a cozy fire and a nice cup of eggnog and I'd be all set...

Scott
Thanks Scott, I’ll let her know. Her displays at her salon are always top notch, get a lot of compliments.

But that’s why it’s best I just step out of the way and wait for what support she needs. And not everything made it on the tree this year. We’re missing the Enterprise (dilithium crystals might short), I haven’t found Jack’s red truck yet (expected since it’s been holding down concrete from floating away). I thought more was going to done outside today but she went shopping.





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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Yahiko
I would take snow fall to the train we had fall onto I-5 today.
Sad.
When I first saw your comment I hoped it was a typo... "rain on the I-5". Sad and scary!
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 04:37 PM
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I took 4 kids to the local tree farm Saturday. It was our first time wandering through the ones that were still in the ground. Acres and acres of trees all different sizes, some seemed to be pruned, others not so much. Mainly fir (Douglas?) and spruce ("regular" and blue). It's a blurry shot, with a fingerprint on the lens, but you get the idea.

 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 04:46 PM
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Saw that too Sean, wondered how far away that was from you but not that far I'm guessing.
I was just under that on Friday. With normal traffic that is about 20 minutes from the house.

So sad to start the season with that happening. The last report from WSP was 6 killed.
Lets just hope that it does not go any higher.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 05:18 PM
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Train accidents are never a minimal incident with all that mass and therefore kinetic energy.

I realize the undertaking would be massive, but I never understand why there is never a push to widen the track width and do other modern upgrades. Rail had such a potential to address a number of issues, but as a society for the last 150 years we've hindered ourselves by going away from rails, stifling private ownership and direction of them. But then I could get started on how we've politically pushed away from what a city should be. Trying to separate residential from business and industry, I'm not sure has been that good of a societal experiment.
 
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