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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 14 Jul 11 - 05:27 AM Moncton, NB, Canada : 8.7C at 6:30AM! High of 18C today. Yesterday, 16C and a stiff breeze! And I am lovin it! For today... back to 30C stuff tomorrow. Has only been too hot 4 or 5 days so far and THAT is unusual. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: JohnInKansas Date: 14 Jul 11 - 01:30 PM A day or two ago, local reports were that the 116F (46.7C) at Hutchinson KS - about 50 miles west from us, was the "highest in the nation." Wichita reports 20 days of >100F daily highs in June, which is a bit more than usual for that early in the warm season, and those were not all strictly consecutive. (A couple of 98s crept in.) Forecast is for another week of mostly similar, depending on w-i-d-e-l-y s-c-a-t-t-e-r-e-d cloudiness. It sounds like the weather radar is showing 10 or 11 droplets floating over Kansas, but they can't predict where (or if) they'll fall. Last night's local TV had a picture sent in by a local resident showing that the (structural plastic?) post holding up a mailbox had melted and bent about 90 degrees off plumb. (All that bulk mail advertising probably contributed?) (Ours is on a wooden post, but I haven't seen any indication of combustion - yet. Maybe I should go out an wet it down?) John |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 14 Jul 11 - 01:45 PM Holy moly! Me, my arthritic fingers are locking up. It's cold here! 16C and windy. NEVER seen a July (even tho it's only a few days) like this. But better than last summer which was hot like I have never seen (felt? I am not a spring chicken) it before. JiK... better you than I. I can put on a sweater. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: pdq Date: 14 Jul 11 - 02:27 PM For those who live in the United States, the figure 16o C is about 61o F. I looked at the temperature for San Francisco a few days back and it had a high of 62o F, but that place has a constant flow of air from a cold Pacific Ocean. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 14 Jul 11 - 03:19 PM 81F and sunny here in Midcoast Maine. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 14 Jul 11 - 06:29 PM Well... this is freaky! I was just out scraping and painting after supper on July 14 and I had hoody on! A hoody! July 14! I absolutely love it! So, full moon on the morrow, maybe a month of hot weather, then cooling to new moon and then ??? early fall? looong and cold winter with little snow? Could be. I hope so. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 10 Aug 11 - 02:26 PM Anybody following the "Effing" thread will know about our wet and much cooler than normal summer. But, yesterday I saw a Hairy Woodpecker in my yard. Now, that just don't happen until a month from now. Full moon in three days and I am keen to see what happens in the week or so after that. Could go either way but I am hoping to keep my windows open as they have been for well over a week save two days. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 04 Sep 11 - 03:48 PM So, SRS is between the griddle and the frying pan. Yesterday at 7AM I could see my breath and I had to turn the heat on in the truck. I now have both ACs running full tilt. I can't wait to see what happens after the full moon on the 12th. I expect an early fall here. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 10 Sep 11 - 04:26 PM Now... I haven't seen THIS in years in earlt September... Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Clearing overnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low plus 4 except 7 along parts of the coast. Risk of frost. I gotta move the fleurs around ta tha lee! |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Penny S. Date: 10 Sep 11 - 06:25 PM We are apparently expecting the tail end of Katia. A few squalls today, but only Cardiff was washed out of the open air Proms. Penny |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Bettynh Date: 17 Sep 11 - 09:17 AM First frost for much of northern New England last night, so Indian Summer has begun. There wasn't frost here in the city, but I'm sure the tomatoes are done in the local farms. I saw a monarch (butterfly) yesterday, and there'll be a steady flow for the next few weeks. My Seven-sons tree/shrub (at 15 feet tall it's hard to think of it as a bush, but it has multiple weak stems that arch over a diameter of about 30 feet) is in full bloom. The monarchs gather in the afternoon on it, and in the morning they'll warm up and be gone. It's time to watch for hawks moving south. And the local goslings are now flying around. They'll be gathering in flocks soon, flying in circles, and then move south. The northern geese are quieter, and they'll arrive later. We're the breeding grounds for one group, the "southern" wintering grounds for another, so there are always geese here. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 19 Dec 11 - 12:43 PM Sunny, calm, -3C. Rain on Thursday with 9C. We are heading for a green Xmas. >:-D |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Jack the Sailor Date: 19 Dec 11 - 12:48 PM About 60 (15 C?) warm breeze, It was in the 20's last night (-5c) |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 19 Dec 11 - 01:21 PM -5F/-21C here this morning. Johnny-Jump-Ups can still be found in bloom. Two year anniversary of the fire, and like that night, last night was the coldest of the season so far. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 20 Dec 11 - 05:22 AM At the moment in Bristol UK it is quite mild for the time of year after just one or two mornings of a slight frost (we escaped the snow that fell elsewhere) it looks like that the temperatures might go to double figures in the run up to Christmas. The weather has been strange since April up in temperature one minute and down the next, heatwaves in October, the winter so far is nothing like the severe snow of last year or the year before. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 24 Dec 11 - 10:37 AM They were just teasing. -10C and about 12.cm of sn... sn... you know... that white stuff down. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,mg Date: 24 Dec 11 - 04:30 PM It is an extremely rare kind of weather we have here on the SW coast of Washington USA...sunny, warm..no wind at all. I am so grateful because that wind was hard to walk in..now we have turned the corner on dark days but it has been a great reprieve not to have to face winter storms this year..yet... |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 24 Dec 11 - 04:55 PM For Cape Breton Island about an inch of snow is on the ground, and it looks kike our Christmas will at least be tinged white. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 24 Dec 11 - 05:17 PM Far as I am concerned, this fantastic weather results in one thing... every day that's "good" is one day closer to spring without s***. I recall winters where we were over arse deep by now. And, I can't forget the birds. I watched one I could not name yesterday eating maple seeds off the pave. Made me smile. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Crowhugger Date: 24 Dec 11 - 06:08 PM Things are still green here east of Toronto but I'm relieved all is FINALLY frozen! That "fantastic weather" nets me 14 filthy things for each day it lasts: 12 paws sometimes muddied right up to the elbows & knees, plus 2 bellies. It's nice that one of our 3 dogs is a large standard poodle, plenty tall enough that he never splashes mud up onto his tummy hairs. While the dogs themselves are thoroughly indifferent to the cold mud (two seek it out and shove their heads into the mud of the creek banks during warm weather), I get the task of cleaning them up before they come back in the house. [groan] It's supposed to get warm again tomorrow so I'll be back to cleaning up mud for a while. I have one question: Where the heck is that snow?? I need snow!! Ahh, the joyful thought of 12 clean feet and 3 clean tummies... |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 12 Jan 12 - 06:45 AM That's some snowfall in Alaska! http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1113763--alaska-town-pummeled-by-storms-runs-short-of-snow-shovels |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Crowhugger Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:09 AM Alas the freeze up didn't last long, periodic precip. continues to make the back yard and walking trails a mess. So I've been cleaning up muddy feet and tummies again for at least 10 days, which feels like forever. Today's wet sloppy snow and temperatures just above freezing will make everything an even BIGGER mess. Oh. Yippee. I keep telling my husband we're going to retire to somewhere north enough to get reliable real winter every year, north of 60 if that's what it takes! This time of year is supposed to be my break from dog-related laundry (towels over the back of the SUV to collect dirt & mud, towels by the front door for dirt & mud, towels by the back door...) but no real respite yet this year. I don't usually complain about weather but this is getting annoying. Where's my winter?? I WANT MY WINTER!! Wahhhhh!! Ahem, thank you, I feel much better now. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 12 Jan 12 - 02:19 PM Here, bare ground, it was -BRR last night, 10 cm of snow tonight and rain and 10C tomorrow. Then, -BRRRR for a while. Re Alaska... "Since November the fishing community of Cordova has received 447 centimetres of snow" ??? Doesn't seem like much. HOWEVER, tack on all that rain they had and THAT is nasty. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ebbie Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:41 PM Here is today's "Special Weather Statement." Since early December we've had a mild winter- but it appears that is ending. The mentioned winds are our 'Taku winds' that consist of strong, swirling winds straight off the icefields that surround us, while the air is clear, the sky sunny, and temperatures range from minus zero to about 10 above. Each incident of Taku wind lasts anywhere from three days to two weeks. They can be brutal, as they were last winter. THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALASKA WILL TURN VERY COLD AND WINDY STARTING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL BUILD OVER THE YUKON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE SATURDAY. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL SEND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ACROSS THE AREA CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO THE 20S OVER THE NORTHERN AREAS AND LOWER 30S OVER THE SOUTHERN AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE PANHANDLE TO THE MID 20S TO MID TEENS OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF TO LOW TEENS OVER THE SOUTH THIRD. THE COLD AIR WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF AND NEAR 20 OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF. LOWS WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGITS. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO KEEP PIPES FROM FREEZING SINCE MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALASKA ARE SNOW FREE. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ebbie Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:52 PM (BTW, the previous post with its all-caps is a simple cut-and-paste; it isn't meant to be a howl. But here is a bit more Alaskan weather. If they think Cordova has it bad, take a look at Valdez: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Another Prince William Sound community could argue it's been hit even harder with snow than Cordova this winter. Valdez normally has 149.7 inches of snow by this time of the year. This year, the National Weather Service says Valdez has had 318.4 inches of snow-- or 168.7 inches more than usual. Valdez resident Kathryn Hawkins says the scary part is it's only mid-January. There's three more months of snow to be had in Valdez, and she has no idea where it's going to go. If there's a plus side to all this snow, her 12-year-old son Trevor has found it There's so much snow, it up to the eaves of their house, and he's spending a lot of his free time sliding off the roof into their yard. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 13 Jan 12 - 02:15 PM 26.5 feet? and it's up to the eaves ?... must be a BIG house! |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,999 Date: 13 Jan 12 - 02:26 PM "What's the weather like where you are?" Blowing snow, freezing rain, gig tonight out of town: what's the weather like? In a word, it's the f#ckin' sh#ts. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 13 Jan 12 - 02:32 PM Had to cover my geraniums in the greenhouse this evening with fleece, it's below freezing just now. But honestly, it's been like Spring for most of this winter up 'til now. My husband is moaning, he's fascinated by snow, and feels thwarted that we haven't seen any yet. I tell him to shut up! |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Becca72 Date: 24 Jan 12 - 10:33 AM January 24, southern Maine - it's currently 43° LOVE that January thaw! |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 01:14 PM A few days ago it was -20C. Now it's 10C and the rain has taken most of the snow. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Elmore Date: 24 Jan 12 - 01:23 PM New Hampshire: 47 degrees and sunny. Headed for the beach. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 03:46 PM A walk on the beach sounds great! Just don't swim in the salt water... salt water and a cool temp make for excruciating nipple pain. Been there, ain't goin back. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Elmore Date: 24 Jan 12 - 04:48 PM Actually I'm headed for Miami Beach. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: freda underhill Date: 02 Feb 12 - 07:44 AM 2 days ago boiling hot. now - soaking, bucketing, pouring with rain. Rain on the roof, rain in the gutters, rain in the roads, rain all over the garden, rainy, rainy, rain. the skies have opened - for some hours now. and flooding further up north, as usual. freda (sydney, australia) |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 13 Feb 12 - 09:22 AM Hope the flooding isn't too bad this year. My furnace is hummin almost constantly. At daybreak, it was -22C with -34WC. Even when it hits the forecast high of -12C, still a -34WC. At least it's sunny. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:30 AM It rained hard Saturday, turned to sleet overnight Saturday night, last night it dipped down to -18C. A small bit of white sleet and ice remains on the ground. Supposed to be cold today, gradually warm up to rain again on Tuesday or Wednesday. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:33 AM My mini split heat pump was still pumping out heat at -18 C. Only went through about 1/8th of a 100 litre tank of furnace oil this year yet, because of the trusty "mini split" heat pump. These things really work. Second year for it and it has been amazing, heating and air conditioning my open concept two level house. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 13 Feb 12 - 11:33 AM How much did that run ya, Ed. Been thinkin one for Mum's house. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 13 Feb 12 - 12:28 PM I bought it for 1300. plus a hundred for the outside wall bracket, the cover for the lines will cost about a hundred (a rip off, but it looks much better-though cheaper stuff may be available than what I got). I got it installed by an electrician (needed for the warranty) for about four hundred- Cuts a hole in the house, attaches it to the wall inside, puts a bracket for the compressor outside and electric box, snaps the compressed lines to the compressor and hooks up the electric to the indoor panel. I suspect I could have gotten it a bit cheaper. Most companies want to sell them to you installed. That is anywhere between 2500 to 3500 (depending on the size, area that you want to heat, and the company). Napoleon pushes their model alot. Even Sears carry them now. Mine is UHF, imported by a firm in Moncton from China and distributed mostly through pluming shops. It cost me about $100. a day to operate in the winter(depending on the temperature). On cold days it could be a few pennies more. It works very well for me, as I have a energy efficient house that is open concept. There is a government grant, but I did not apply for it. To be eligible, you foist have to arrange for an energy audit, that costs from 150 to 175. What seems to be the difference in various brands is the compressor. There are a few different ones, mostly made in Japan. The warranty can differ, as well as service level). My indoor unit is warranted for two years and the compressor for five-hich is about standard. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 13 Feb 12 - 01:18 PM "It cost me about $100. a day to operate in the winter"... assuming you meant $10 a day... that's $300 a month. How much has your heating cost dropped? My electric furnace runs about $300 per month from October to March. Today might be a "little costlier". |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 13 Feb 12 - 03:57 PM Sorry. Not one hundred, not even ten. But, about one dollar (Loonie) a day to operate the unit. My heating bill went from about 1600 down to about three or four hundred last year, which was a colder year than this year. This year my furnace rarely kicks in, even in today's cold temperature. Under $two hundred for extra electricity, and about $ one hundred and fifty dollars for oil. I expect it to be slightly cheaper this winter, as it was a warmer winter. Heat rises, so, I also benefit on the upper house level, which also benefits from daytime solar heat. Air conditioning benefits in the summer is limited to the lower level, as cold stays low, and does not rise much. If I ever need to replace my forced air oil furnace, I would buy a full heat pump furnace replacement. I could then use my air ducts to put it all around the house. These are about 5 K at Home Depot, and they claim you can get a 1k subsidy back - though I have not looked into that. It is only the power to run the compressor and indoor fan. No wires are heated. The inverter technology makes them much more efficient over the past two or three years, than earlier models . |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 14 Feb 12 - 08:00 AM We were lucky in the South West the short winter snap didn't last and it seems that we missed the heavy snow that the east side of the UK had. With the amount of snow we had we got off quite lightly much to the disappointment of a number of children hoping to use their sledges and to get time off school! For once it didn't happen and everything didn't grind to a halt like it normally does. It is now back to milder temperatures again with the odd glimpse of springlike sun. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 14 Feb 12 - 02:33 PM -20 this AM. +4 tomorrow. I expect another snowstorm by weekend. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: kendall Date: 01 Mar 12 - 02:52 PM Snow is almost up to the tops of the car tires and more on the way. Now they tell us that it is supposed to rain! |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 01 Mar 12 - 03:06 PM Kendall... THAT sucks! Rain on snow... yuk! Is the snow you have fluffy? We ain't supposed to get squat here. It must be headed for Ed and Sandy, which, personally, I don't mind. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Joe_F Date: 01 Mar 12 - 08:37 PM Today, in eastern Massachusetts, it was a light wet snow, not accumulating -- dreary, but could be worse. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 02 Mar 12 - 06:12 AM The weather has been very strange since December we have had some very short cold spells followed by very mild for the time of year. Again we are having mild sunny summery temperatures but next week cold and snow is expected. It seems to have been the pattern since the very hot spell in October that we had, so unusual of the UK. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: kendall Date: 02 Mar 12 - 02:11 PM On top of that, my snow blower snuffed it! The gears that drive the auger wore out. Definition of time: Just one damn thing after another. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 02 Mar 12 - 03:02 PM Kendall... best buy on the market is a Troy-Bilt 420 cc 45-in OHV Snowthrower. Go to Canadian Tire, paste that in the search and read the specs. It's STEERABLE! and you know what THAT means.... worth every penny. They are selling for just under $2000 here now. I bought a Honda a while back that cost over twice as much because it's got tracks and can climb stairs... dumb move on my part on accounta after my back gets bad using the shortass thing I don't care about it climbing steps. |
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Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 02 Mar 12 - 03:16 PM Oh... yeah... don't forget the reviews. I just read them and some of them are nightmares. Still, I'd take a chance on it. |
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