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Posted by: klink Nov 21 2004, 06:44 PM

OK, this isn't supposed to happen! Woke up this morning to snow. It snowed for atleast three hours and stayed on the ground for most of the day. Only snows in this part of So. Cal. about once a decade. We are not in the mountains here, we are in the flatlands. Glad I worked on the car yesterday. Got it out of the barn, cleaned it up, and took it for a drive to get fuel and parts. Installed a solenoid on the rear trunk release and a momentary switch in the engine compartment to activate it. Also lowered the front end (it was obscenely high). Guess I need to get it aligned but plan on getting some new high poudage coil springs for the rear and lower it again in the front so I will probably wait. Is there a quick camber adjustment I can do to bring it in close? I did a search on alignment but came up with mostly technical dimensions rather than exactly how to make the adjustment. I feel for you people in the snow part of the country. Really didn't feel like going outside to do much today. Although I did have to go out and get the snow off the Direct TV dish so we could atleast watch the NASCAR finale.

Posted by: MattR Nov 21 2004, 06:47 PM

Where in socal are you? I didnt see any snow except for the mountains.

Posted by: Cloudbuster Nov 21 2004, 06:55 PM

maps.yahoo.com


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 21 2004, 06:59 PM

snow here in corona...up in the hilss where i live.,...very wierd

Posted by: spare time toys Nov 21 2004, 07:06 PM

Somebobys gotta say it

Posted by: morgan Nov 21 2004, 07:19 PM

Posted by: SLITS Nov 21 2004, 07:28 PM

Bad picture, but 24" measured @ 10 AM, snowed about another 2" - took me 5 hours to dig out.

Posted by: klink Nov 21 2004, 07:39 PM

Here's pics.


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Posted by: klink Nov 21 2004, 07:41 PM

More pics. . .


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Posted by: bernbomb914 Nov 21 2004, 07:49 PM

thats what I said

Bernie

Posted by: Rhodes71/914 Nov 21 2004, 07:52 PM

Ha Ha!

Posted by: TimT Nov 21 2004, 07:57 PM

That aint snow...

thats slush.. maybe some hail... freezing rain...

Posted by: klink Nov 21 2004, 08:15 PM

I know this isn't snow like most of you are use to, but for us it is quite unusual and we would call it snow. I work up in the mountains around here in real snow. A real pain to deal with. We have had freezing rain and such here before but I think this really qualified as snow this time. We took these pictures early and it just kept coming. It is good in a way, puts you in the Holiday Spirit. Happy Holidays to you all!

Posted by: seanery Nov 21 2004, 08:34 PM

i remember when it snowed a couple years ago, it was all over the news people were driving to it so their kids could make snowballs

Posted by: Howard Nov 21 2004, 08:42 PM

And I thought I was just a wuss for freezing my ass of this morning

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 21 2004, 09:45 PM

Heat wave here..... +6C tomorrow....dam deer aren't moving. You have to step on them to get them up. I almost dove over one pulling into a red willow thicket Saturday.

Posted by: Howard Nov 21 2004, 09:59 PM

Sure, go kill Bambi's mom

Posted by: Mrs. K Nov 21 2004, 10:05 PM

Oh no! Not Bambi's Mom!!!!!!!!!
Say it ain't so!

Lisa

Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 21 2004, 10:06 PM

kill bambi too!!!

Posted by: ThinAir914 Nov 21 2004, 10:06 PM

When it's snowing is the best weather to be in the spa. You should be thankful for the snow and get out and enjoy it!

Here's the view at my house right now.


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Posted by: Toast Nov 21 2004, 10:11 PM

Yes it did!! Check my avatar. 3 feet in big bear! I took that pic after shoveling the driveway.

I'll post another pic after I get some grub....

Posted by: dlo914 Nov 21 2004, 10:14 PM

the two 14s look like frosted bananas.... deeeelicious

Posted by: Toast Nov 21 2004, 10:32 PM

ok, im done grubbing.

Here is that pic I promised.

HUmmmm........tomorow looks like the perfect day to go skiing. Anyone insterested in joining me?


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Posted by: Toast Nov 21 2004, 10:39 PM

I agree. I went to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho one winter. It was great.
It was hot and dry in the mountains on Saturday and the ski resorts were closed because there was not enough snow. When I woke up at 7am this morning and saw that it had snowed at least a foot, my first thought was "I wonder if the Snow Summit will be open today.

Ok, so i'm joinsing....

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 21 2004, 11:00 PM

In farm country deer aren't the cute little cartoon creatures that Disney and others have made them out to be. They are 4 legged rats. Try growing a garden. They will nibble on your plants, not eating a whole plant but taking bites out of pieces of it ruining the whole garden in short order. Or try raising cattle. The deer will get into your hay bales. Climbing on top of them eating and peeing on what they don't eat, then the cattle won't eat the hay. At $100 per bale that can add up to big $$ in a very small time. Not to mention the fact that cattle farmers here haven't been able to sell any cattle for the last 18 months. Could you go without a paycheque for 18 months? And still have to pay to feed your cattle (fuel, mantainance of equipment, ect) not to mention feed yourself and your family. Deer also move into green areas around a city. Where they will eat all those nice trees and shrubs you planted in your yard. Last time I priced some Blue Spruce trees they were about $100 per foot. Not to hard for deer to bite the top of a 4' tree or several of them in a night, which stops the tree from growing. I know of one person who spent over $10,000 on their yard which was ruined in one season. Then there is the problem of hitting one with your car or truck. Last I heard the average accident of this type costs some where near $2,500 per.

Because of global warming the winters aren't as harsh as they used to be and when conditions are right (like now) deer will have two fawns a year, which means that their populations are nearly doubling each year. Add in the fact the fuel costs (I spent $200 on fuel in the last 3 days), ammo, licences and government regulations are the main reason there are less and less hunters each year. The deer populations keep going up.

And finally meat doesn't really come in neat little styrofoam packages with plastic on top.

Darn rights I shoot bambi and his mom.

Posted by: skline Nov 22 2004, 12:04 AM

"It's begining to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go...................

It was cold and windy here this morning, I even dug out my down jacket to go outside. It was only 54 in the garage. I feel sorry for you guys anywhere it snows, I cant stand the cold. To me, 65 is too cold. I got that California blood running through my veins. From toasts picture, it looked like Slits was ready to shovel some snow. Snow is nice to visit, but I could never live there again.


"Insert shivvering smiley here"

Posted by: Howard Nov 22 2004, 02:03 AM

Wow. Bambicide? If you lived in the US you could be accused of being a conservative. That is political and not allowed on this forum, uh BBS, uh garage. Oh, fuck it!

Posted by: MattR Nov 22 2004, 02:12 AM

Who is gonna be the first person to write "914 club" in the snow?

Posted by: Howard Nov 22 2004, 02:31 AM

I thought you did, but it was in Aaron's handwriting.

My Bad. Corona joke. Sorry.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Nov 22 2004, 08:09 AM

Weather Forcast for Dallas/Fort Worth Texas......

Lows in the mid 40s.. Highs in the mid 60s....
Thunderstorms through Wednesday.

Clear and WARM for Thanksgiving.


Hey So Cal...... I am going driving on Thanksgiving in a 914 WITH THE TOP OFF!!!!!


Be jealous... be VERY jealous.

Posted by: scooter311 Nov 22 2004, 09:10 AM

Now this is wacky - right now, Upstate NY - no snow! Y'all gots the white schtuff, an' here it's clean as a bean. I'm cherishing every moment of it, cause I know in a short while, Mother Nature's comin home, and she's bringing enough bad attitude and luggage to stay for a loooong time. Then BAM - deep freeze! For like, 5 months. Then the usual ice storm, power outtage for a couple days, then toss out any food after your fridge thaws (in my case some old chinese food and a jar of mayonaisse).
I actually like the cold - I love driving my Jeep in the snow, I can camp , I can work on my car with no rush, ride my quad on the ice on the bay, and now someone's building an indoor motocross arena really close by. Woohoo!

Posted by: Mark Henry Nov 22 2004, 10:19 AM

WIMPS!!

No snow here in Canada!
Been quite nice out, but a tad cold at night.

Posted by: Steve Thacker Nov 22 2004, 11:11 AM

Snow....The worthless white substance. Hate the shit. Would love to move to the southern portion of the ROK. Just can't afford the living expenses and smog nazis.

Posted by: Root_Werks Nov 22 2004, 11:23 AM

This is what we get this week. About the same as the last 2-3 months.


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 22 2004, 11:57 AM

man.... havent laughed that hard in a while! also..hard to tell whos crackin jokes (you or slits) both you guys have the same avatar

Posted by: DrifterJay Nov 22 2004, 02:42 PM

dude, I had to drive to ft irwin last night....no way just on the base of the 15fwy at the bottom of the Cajon pass snowing hard....was fucking nuts...made it too the top and pulled off at a gas station...lady said it had been snowing since 6am....it was 9pm...couldnt see 30 feet in front of me......about 18 inches on the ground....obviously I didnt make it too post last night ....Ft Irwin is supposed to be snowed in.....

Posted by: GTeener Nov 22 2004, 02:49 PM

Send some snow to the Bay Area

We haven't had any on the Peninsula since 1976 when I was a kid.

Posted by: SLITS Nov 22 2004, 02:55 PM

I "wrote" in the snow!!!!!!! And I "wrote" Howard, Mike, A-A-ron Admin in yellow!


I improved Howard's avatar - I was to lazy to take an image of my own.

And BTW, it was still snowing this AM and from the reports, it is still snowing at 1 PM. Oh my frozen cajones - Will my "mocha" hat say "got frozen........."?

Posted by: GTeener Nov 22 2004, 03:02 PM

Yummy... frozen mocha...

No, but when you get it, feel free to edit your hat to your frozen cajones delight

Posted by: Howard Nov 22 2004, 03:05 PM

Aaron, I'm the good looking intelligent one.

Ron, you wrote all that with that extra fine point marker of yours?

Posted by: Toast Nov 22 2004, 03:11 PM

chestNuts roasting on an open fire........

Posted by: balljoint Nov 22 2004, 04:01 PM

Enjoy your snow. We get the odd earthquake up here but it is usually only 1 on the Richter (sp?) Scale. I always think they are neat, provided there is nothing to shovel off my driveway.

Posted by: d7n7master Nov 22 2004, 04:15 PM

Add my Hale report from Buena Park, Ca. on Sat nite.

Posted by: Brando Nov 22 2004, 05:04 PM

Some light rain in the afternoon here in Rivercide, but up the hill (canyon crest area) there was some snow.

Wish I had a hot tub.