Snow day

Winter seems to have arrived a tad early. It dropped about 4″ of snow here in the valley bottom overnight. That means it dumped a lot more up in the hills. Fortunately, I was pretty much prepared for this. I had just gotten the snowblower back from its annual tuneup a few days ago so at 8am this morning I was doing my mitzvah for the neighborhood and cleared the snow from the neighbors sidewalks and driveways. Do they ever thank me? Rarely. Do they ever offer to pay for gas? Never. But, being a glutton for abuse I continue to do it anyway. I have a history, it seems, of letting people take advantage of me.

Driving was a bit o an adventure. Even with 4-wheel drive you still have to be very ‘in the moment’ while driving. And its really easy to see who the drivers are who were formerly from warm snow-free states. Theyre the ones that think that, at an intersection, they can just stomp on the gas and clear the intersection before the crosswise traffic gets to them. They learn the hard way. I had already pushed two idiots out of icy intersections before 10am. Unsurprisingly, they were women. They seem to just think the answer to being stuck on ice is to stomp the gas pedal down further…thatll fix it! Not.

I’ll be heading to the hills next week to do some hunting. Opening day was today, but it’s like Beirut during the busy season out there. I’ll wait until the middle of the week when folks are at work and I can have more of the woods to myself.

Other than that, a quiet weekend. I’m catching up on business stuff, gotta do some homework, and really gotta jump on the housecleaning. Nice thing about being a paranoid survivalist is that I really don’t have to leave the house unless I really want to. I’ve got food aplenty and no reason to go out in the cold if I don’t have to.

Two weeks until The Most Important Election Of Our Lives(tm) and the start of Civil War II: Electric Boogaloo. Or not. I’m of the ‘not’ camp.

And, finally, if it is going to be a heavy winter as some people are forecasting it to be, I am looking forward to finally get to use these babies. Let it snow!

Annnd…just when I thought it was going to be a quiet, inexpensive day I get an email from one of my vendors saying that, surprise!, they have the Magpul happysticks for the Glock in stock. How many? Doesn’t matter. I’ll take them all.

6 thoughts on “Snow day

  1. I’m glad that I am just finishing up putting up 4 more cords of Tamarack. And yes we heat with wood.

  2. Glad things are well in your neck of the woods! I have not tried the Magpul Glock mags. I’m not sure why? I love the AR mags. Maybe I’ve just been a traditionalist. I don’t remember if you have done an article on their Glock mags. Stay safe and warm!

  3. You are a nice neighbor, taking care of snowy walk / drive removal.

    Hope the hunt goes well, a little extra meat put back is not a bad thing. This close to the election though, would local authorities maybe keeping tabs on armed persons more ? But Montana – never mind ! :^)

  4. Probably more than 100 accidents, spinouts and cars off road today with about 1/2 an inch. All the bridge decks and underneath were very icy, and from about 1100 to 1700 troopers and local coppers around here were shagging calls and calling ambulances and tows.

    Though many were driving too fast for conditions, some were just unlucky and braked at the wrong time, when ice was under all four wheels, and, if they were lucky, just spun out before stopping. The rest acted like pinballs until they came to rest in ditches or against guardrails, having shed parts.

  5. I’ve only tried the 15, 17, and 21 round magazines from MagPul besides the AR models, but they seem to work just fine.
    Due to the current ammo drought the 40 round AR mags still are just sitting.
    I suppose I could just load them and see the heft, maybe…

  6. Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan set a record with a bit over 8 inches Sunday night. The previous record was 3 inches set in 1926. Cold here today and rainy. I hauled a load of wood. Two face cord. Only unloaded half of it. Got soaked so I will get the rest tomorrow. Then two more loads to haul this week. And 2 more next week. We’ll see how it goes. If I get a twinge in the right place I just might lay in another five face cord.

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