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Ok I wanted more snow and we got it

Up plowing at 7 yesterday, sprout got stuck trying to get out of driveway where state had filled it in as they cleared roads

Got him out contd to plow

And then I lost the tranny

Well at least any forward gears. Tried backing up hill but with no chains on back and only one plow pass to negotiate stuck it hard in the ditch

So now our driveway is impassable

Ok let's pull this bewitched bastid out, broke a plow bracket doing so

Ok other son came with his boss's plow truck and made us a narrow pass where A: bit too far off to left and you're rolling over downhill or B: you get to swap paint with the plow truck

Or C : you just squeak thru and wonder why folks retire to Florida

Well I'm running late 4 work now grab a bag with some town clothes head to work and get there 3 mins after we're sposed to open

4 of 7 people actually made it to work

Spend 10 hours there head home change clothes grab chains outa the connex only to find I've 1 new chain, and two that need repaired, fix the prettiest of the ugly sisters, chain up attach the plow and we're off to the races

Only threw a chain once. Of course it was while I was pushing berms so I'm stuck

Sprout comes to pull me out and damn near gets stuck himself

But by god he got me out and found my chain, for whatever reason it didn't wrap around the axle this time but was thrown clear,
Did I mention I love that kid?

hook it up to tire resume plowing and at mid nite decided to call it a day and get something to eat

Had a hot dog and a whiskey and slept like a baby.

Wind is howling. I see a shovel that was leaned up against the garage about 15 feet out in driveway, wind chimes sound like a marching band

And YES Virginia I still love Alaska

Gotta head to work now, would appreciate you boys keeping your fingers crossed that we don't lose power due to trees blowing down

Looking forward to having some daylight to work with tomorrow.

Happy New Year everyone

The joys of AK livin'

Give up on that money grubbing and move down this way to relax and enjoy winter.

"Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?!)

We lucked out, and the big snow passed us by down here in the banana belt.

Happy New Year Randy!

Jeff

Lol the play is great

Would like to go do some playing on snow machines.

Vern that sounds great, I'd love living down there with ya where the wind never blows.

Do you have room for 5 of us?

Yup!....lotsa room.....bring the chickens too as freezer #3
is empty.

Freezer would be a good spot for those damned birds.

told the sprout the other day "better hope this hair gig works out for us, gonna be pretty meager if we have to sell eggs for a living"

Working on day 3 of blizzard here. About damned time! But then, I don't have to plow- I go to work by ATV or snow machine anyway. Gonna make tundra travel a whole lot smoother.

Ok, I had to go dig my wife's duty car out yesterday. Apparently after growing up in MT and 40 years in Alaska, she has yet to learn that a 2-wheel van with street tires isn't the thing to try to power through a 2 foot deep wind packed drift in the parking lot. Gotta get close to the door, you know....

And then, since I had the shovel on the snow machine on the way home via the PO anyway, I helped release another vehicle similarly overcome with snow-remorse.

Laughing out loud!!! Love the "Whizzer of OTZ" signature.

randy-

As my pard says...
If it ain't one thing...its two.

As warm as yall are, be glad it ain't raining! You're warmer than the nanner belt here!

Truer words never spoken, other plow gave up the ghost during Sunday mop up endeavors.

F me running

Take off

Watched closely there to see if you bitched about the weather. I was prepared to out you as a snowbird, Mr. Sandy Pants.

Well, it's about 85* colder than a week ago!

My turn Mike

Me and sprout loaded one plow,into back of truck and I dropped it off yesterday

Also put the old plow truck on a flat bed roller and took it to get tranny worked on

Hope to get em both back this week. Hope to anyway

Cause Saturday I'm turning into mr sandy pants

Put my toes in the water and azz in the sand

If'n you moved south to Delta, all that would be mo better!

No snow plows needed as the wind blows the snow to Fairbanks...or maybe it's sucked up there!

There's a farm for sale here at $7.2 million.....fenced too!
A great place to raise chickens.

Ima betting you enjoy it!

ya could come visit down here....

We have had 20, then 90 and then 30s again.

Yesterday it was 87, low this morning, 46, high today 60s, Thur same, friday high 40s, lows in 20s on the weekend, highs Monday upper 80s... Ugh, I think thats worse than just hot or just cold.

Enjoy the toes!

Vern, It's not that big hay farm outside of town where the bison sometimes congregate is it?

It's out off Sawmill Creek Road......about 6K acres....mostly high fenced. About half of the bison harvest was on this land prior to fencing.

Ok. I think I know that place. 7.2 million is a bit out of my budget. 😬

Randy has that in pocket cash.

That's what I figured. He was a guide in Alaska and those dudes are loaded. 😉

Oh I needed a good laugh today fellers!

I'm obliged to ya

On a serious note, what I wouldn't give to have an extra 7.2 million

I could be a neighbor of Vern (that's worth at least 3.4 mil right there)

Ironbender could set me up with a good cuttin horse

And I could spend the rest of my years herding chickens, roping them and branding them


Ahhh that'd be the life eh, a chickenboy!


Sammo would be jealus as F (worth another 2.2 mil)


Mom we need to go to the bank and borrow some loot

The boys have given me a capital ideer!

Was by that place in September, didn't see a for sale sign but then were not looking either.

May be a bit of 500 acres for sale there too in the area that I"d love to afford buy can't at this point. LOL. Life. When you can afford it, its generally to late.

Randy, there was a chicken ranch down here in La Grange too... made good money too from what I heard.

Randy's Chicken ranch.
We specialize in breasts and thighs.

If he needs a ranch hand I'm always available for the wealthy. 😉

Bender beat me to the punch Nice one LOL

Jeez!.....WTH did ya do in FBX today to give us this NW storm. You wouldn't have had to pick your chickens today....Ma Nature did it for ya.

The board of directors is filling up fast!

Some good ideer men on here

Vernesto my apologies. Momma made black eyed peas and cornbread for New Year's Day

It was windy around our place for a couple days and now appears to have migrated to the big D

And yes I had seconds, again my apologies

Damn it was larripin tho

Aren't you about due for a big city trip?
Bit surprised you ain't snowbirding

Ya'll could swing down to SW Idaho to snowbird. We've gotten over a foot of snow and it was about -15 the other night. Guess about the most snow since 1985; unusually cold too.

Worse part is I had to hire snow removal as I had back surgery a few weeks ago and am lucky to put my johnnies on by myself......I look like some kind of [bleep] ballerina with them dangling off my big toe while I dance in circles.

Stay warm & dry and keep a good eye on those thighs and breasts!