Winter Weather 2017-18 where EVERYONE argues.

[joecct]

Re: Winter Weather 2017-18 where EVERYONE argues.

Blizzard warning for Jefferson County (Watertown, NY). I remember tbose days.

As to washing the car, if it gets above 50 during the day and above freezing at night, I go for it.

[state of hockey]

It's too cold to wash cars around here. Most places have closed down their car washes.

I try to wash it when it's warm enough to not have the doors and locks freeze shut and in need of a wash. It looks like it'll be a while before that happens.

The good news is that it being this cold means the solution isn't tearing at your paint very badly. It's much more active when it is a bit warmer. This is why cars in heated garages rust out fast if they aren't rinsed off regularly.

[SteveP]

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Major mess in Buffalo again today.

https://www.nyspnews.com/article_dis...icle_id=60217&

[walrus]

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I need to lubricate my garage door's spring. The automatic garage door opener only gets a few inches off the ground before it stops. Right now I have to hit the opener's button and pull up a little on the door for it to fully open. It's likely due to the spring being too cold and needing some lube. I have some lithium-based lube at home, and used it this past fall, but must not have done a very good job of getting the whole spring covered. The lubing shall commence at the end of the week.

Why lube the spring? What king of opener is it. I'd be looking at that or the tracks.

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[St. Clown]

Re: Winter Weather 2017-18 where EVERYONE argues.

Why lube the spring? What king of opener is it. I'd be looking at that or the tracks.

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The springs started creaking a bit when the door opens. I'm trying to keep them from breaking.

ETA: and I thought that perhaps the cold was causing some sort of binding in the springs, which was causing too much pressure/weight for the opener to keep the door from going all the way up, so the lubrication could only help.

I'm definitely going to get that graphite for the tracks.

[aparch]

Global cooling

Globally, all temperatures are up this winter except for this confined pocket of abnormally cold in the Midwest and Northeast.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Major mess in Buffalo again today.

https://www.nyspnews.com/article_dis...icle_id=60217&

As far as I know though, my area's still in the lead for the Golden Snowball.

[SteveP]

Re: Winter Weather 2017-18 where EVERYONE argues.

Major mess in Buffalo again today.

https://www.nyspnews.com/article_dis...icle_id=60217&

75 vehicles involved, at least one dead
http://buffalonews.com/2018/01/02/wa...ay-near-depew/

[dxmnkd316]

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I need to lubricate my garage door's spring. The automatic garage door opener only gets a few inches off the ground before it stops. Right now I have to hit the opener's button and pull up a little on the door for it to fully open. It's likely due to the spring being too cold and needing some lube. I have some lithium-based lube at home, and used it this past fall, but must not have done a very good job of getting the whole spring covered. The lubing shall commence at the end of the week.

Justice Brothers is what you want. It’s literally what the pros use.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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My garage door apparently didn’t go all the way up and my forester clipped the bottom brace, which ripped off. So now the bottom plastic thing is off, I think a few screws were loosened and now one of the rollers is off the track and goddammit I hate this weather

[mookie1995]

My garage door apparently didn’t go all the way up and my forester clipped the bottom brace, which ripped off. So now the bottom plastic thing is off, I think a few screws were loosened and now one of the rollers is off the track and goddammit I hate this weather

Women drivers....

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Women drivers....

I know, I know.
In my defense it went nearly all the way up so you couldn’t tell - I normally recognize by sound and it sounded correct. Visually I’d already popped into the car.

[mookie1995]

I know, I know.
In my defense it went nearly all the way up so you couldn’t tell - I normally recognize by sound and it sounded correct. Visually I’d already popped into the car.

Mookie’s mom has backed into 3 cars in her driveway because “she didn’t expect them to be there”

So you are in the clear...

(Mookie also hisself has driven with no side view mirrors (BOTH sides), well just because...)

[dxmnkd316]

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When my garage door came off the rails due to frost heave and a damaged door, I just called Great Garage Door Co. They fixed it for cheap. Said it wasn’t worth replacing the rails. Saved me some cash.

Oh, and when I said the garage door probably needed to be replaced in a year or two, the guy said the door was fine for the most part. Didn’t need to be replaced for many more years. He said it was my opener hat would need to be replaced. He even suggested that I would be able to do it myself instead of having to get it done professionally. Didn’t want to sell me something I didn’t need. I like that.

[JF_Gophers]

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Its Armageddon in the south. School closings and late starts everywhere.

This death cyclone could cripple the city if it moves farther west than expected.