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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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I really hate driving to work in the dark and then coming home in the dark.
But it's better than when in the early '80's I worked in a basement with florescent lighting and never saw daylight from November to February.

Freezing cold is ok, though my hands are arthritic after abusing them so long. I'd still rather that than being wet and cold.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:04 AM
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I really hate driving to work in the dark and then coming home in the dark.
But it's better than when in the early '80's I worked in a basement with florescent lighting and never saw daylight from November to February.

Freezing cold is ok, though my hands are arthritic after abusing them so long. I'd still rather that than being wet and cold.
I hear ya there. when I work for my uncle I leave the house at 6am and dont usually get home till like 7pm or so.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:06 AM
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Good morning CT...Happy Monday!!! It's a great day to be above ground!!!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:10 AM
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Good morning CT...Happy Monday!!! It's a great day to be above ground!!!
mornin BK!!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Good morning Brian & Ken!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:17 AM
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good morning Jim. how did your dog like the snow? lol
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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The first thing she does is put her nose down and "plow" around.
Likes to hop through it like a bunny and then race in circles.

With her short fur and little body fat she gets cold after a few minutes and that's fine with me.
Maybe I'll buy her a fleece coat for Christmas.

She HATES the rain, but loves the snow.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ArdWrknTrk
The first thing she does is put her nose down and "plow" around.
Likes to hop through it like a bunny and then race in circles.

With her short fur and little body fat she gets cold after a few minutes and that's fine with me.
Maybe I'll buy her a fleece coat for Christmas.

She HATES the rain, but loves the snow.
haha. my aunt and uncle have 2 westies, I can only imagine what they were thinkin when the went outside to do their business. "crap, the snow's taller than me!! what do I do now?"
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ArdWrknTrk
The first thing she does is put her nose down and "plow" around.
Likes to hop through it like a bunny and then race in circles.

With her short fur and little body fat she gets cold after a few minutes and that's fine with me.
Maybe I'll buy her a fleece coat for Christmas.

She HATES the rain, but loves the snow.

I have two dogs that love the snow; a 1/2 German Shepard 1/2 Australian Cattle Dog & my Pomeranian. The big one plowed through like your dog it sounds like, and the little one tried to hop through it and make her own pathways but she kept dissapearing b/c the snow was so deep. :P
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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We used to have a Pomeranian Dream, she was a white and tan.

Evening folks.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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I'm dog sitting 2 Westies over Christmas/New Years. Rocco & Abby are a very special couple.

Dream, Somewhere I have to find the picture Of my friend Brenda's Pom/Papillon mix riding through the snow on the shoulders of her husbands Malamute.
It's funny to think that little guy bosses around a dog that is nearly 200 pounds.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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Good evening everyone.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Hay guys, a friend of mine asked me if I had heard of balancing beads for tires. He said his 35" tires keep going out of balance. The beads go inside the tire and spin as you drive and balance the wheel.
Andy, I'm having Centramatic Wheel Balancers installed with my 35.4" tires on 19.5" rims, this is a disc that sandwiches between the rim and the brakes.

Centramatic doesn't have a perfect fit for the 19.5" rim for my 8 on 6.5 bolt pattern, they told that there are not that many of these rims out to justify the set-up costs.

So, for me I still need to have my wheels balanced with lead weights, and the Centramatic's will only serve to fine-tune the wheel balance. With a 21/32 tread depth I will pick up stones and the Centramatic will compensate for that out of balance until the tire throws the stone.

Hope this helps your friend.
 
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Hi Dave!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Hi there Jim

I had fun shoveling the snow

Sunday I dug out my driveway.

Today I dug out my street, figuring that the snowplows weren't coming back.

My street is only about 18 feet wide at the widest, so a foot or two of snow encroaching the road from each shoulder really makes it tight.

Now at least the snowplows will know where the true shoulder of the road lies.
 
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