Want to contract
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Topic: Want to contract
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Subject: Want to contract
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 5:39pm
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I am thinking I would go to Minneapolis tomorrow and see if anyone would like to earn a few extra dollars for Christmas and travel to Nebraska and blow up a machine and maybe even to it's operator if he's a problem. It started snowing here around noon and blowing at about 40 miles an hour since the temp has dropped to almost zero and is supposed to blow until tomorrow A.M. I 90 in southern MN is closed for 120 miles and I 94 is closed for 40 miles. They are telling us no travel, duh that's a no-brainer.
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Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 5:42pm
| Just in time for a white Christmas. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 5:45pm
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GEES... i was working outside in a tee shirt today !! .......... central Ill. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 6:22pm
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I'd love to see some of that blizzard action here! I don't need to go to work or the store! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 6:51pm
Uh Oh! Darrell you are on the watch list now!  ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 8:19pm
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Yep green grass and 40 F this AM , then some rain , then few flakes and wind - now drifts across back yard , will need to go out in a bit and check of plow truck will run so I can plow church . last time i drove it was Nov 12 for a snow dusting and before that was Oct 20 when i plowed for 2 hours . ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 at 10:31pm
| Our power was off for 4 hours and just came back on. I just can't imagine what it must be like to be out repair electrical problems in this weather, god bless those hard working crews. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2020 at 10:15am
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We had 48 this morning temp falling all day rain changing over to snow supposed to be a high around 20 Christmas Day and 3" to 5 " of snow by the time it's all over. Darrell maybe you should start on of them fund me acounts on Facebook to help with your project that you mentioned you never know how much you might be able to raise to help pay for your trip
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2020 at 11:59am
| If somebody wants to stop by and pick up a couple of wore out monkey wrenches to toss in the turbo on that danged old thing, I'll start looking for them. High of 13 here today. Dang, I hate winter. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2020 at 9:11pm
| WOOHOO! ya'lls are gittin a white Christmas for the Children! i'm sooooooo happy! Darrell....now you can take the Grand Kids out and show them how to play in the "pretty"! fire up them snowmobiles! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2020 at 10:16pm
| It actually surpassed the forecast high today, gots up to a whole 17° here today. We had to deliever 75 bottles of honey to a store in Valley Junction West Des Moines today. Old gal needed some paper to print pictures. So we stopped at a Walmart. I got thru the store in good time but it took her 45 min to an hour to get outta the dang parking lot. Guys this was at 1:30 this afternoon. It was absolutly silly. Good thing I didn't have to P. Gonna head down to my 99 year old moms tomorrow, take her a good Christmas dinner. Hoping everyone has a Great Christmas tomorrow and a healthy/happy New Year this upcoming year. |
Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2020 at 12:37am
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Darrell, just turn the nozzle so it points west, we need snow so bad here, was 57 today about the same tomorrow. We's way short on moisture this fall and winter isn't looking much better. Can't do much about the weather but I can wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2020 at 9:14am
| We ended up with 7" or more and more supposed to fall this afternoon and evening so I am not going anywhere or going to worry about getting snowblower out till tomorrow |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2020 at 11:11am
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Shameless had the speed just right on that machine so it only reached about 150 miles south of us here. Previous load of pretty from his tune-up run has all melted away. Sittin' out on the deck yesterday PM and the deck thermometer was reading, at 60 deg F. grandson said it felt like late August!! |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2020 at 11:34pm
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John, it's about the same here. Driest summer, fall and now winter. I don't mind though, maybe it'll dry out the swamp I have in the back 40. It filled up 2 years ago and has only gone down SOME this year. I want to know WHO stole my wind machine?? JC and I had it all tuned up just right, but now somebody has gone and put a turbo on it! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2020 at 12:33pm
| Less blame it on Shameless he done it. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2020 at 11:21pm
| JohnCo....i ain't gonna sends you any....cuz then one of the stockholders would enjoy it to much at the slopes.... |
Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2020 at 2:04am
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Hey Dale, what kind of friend are you? I go out of my way to pay you a visit and I didn't even go looking for the pretty machine to "fix"! Can't you just send the pretty a little north so I get lots of snow on my watershed but not on the ski slopes. I thought your had it that machine so finely adjusted that you could put the pretty exactly where you want it.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 12:28am
| well i thought i did have it all set too...but for some reason....oh....wait....i did set it in a dif spot....maybe that's it! but John...i was watching you when you was here and i saw you looking around and straining yer neck a bit to look around....you can't fool me! |