Happy Birthday Chris!
Hope it was a good birthday...despite coming into this world Naked, your wife won't be happy if you try to run around all day nekkid, especially when any friends arrive for a birthday party.
David
Hope it is a good one and even if it were not a great day, you have much to be thankful for...
If you were born in the 1600s you would likely be approaching the end of your life, if you had not already died. Yeah, I am the ray of sunshine. Did you get up early to see the Blue Blood SuperMoon? Colorado should have been able to have a nice view of it yesterday. Nasa has some pretty incredible footage of it.
We are getting deluged with rain this afternoon just before 1-3 potential inches of snow rolls through from the snow storm that has been rolling across the US and it is rolling down from KY.
I just came in from that fun outside under my car on my back. It was 43f and raining iwhen I went back out after dinner after I had dried my clothes from before dinner when the rain settled in finally constantly at 5pm. Car was disabled with dead fuel pump immediately after putting 12.5 gallons of fuel in it. Anti-siphon and roll-over shutoff safety valve blocks you most of the time on trying to siphon it. So, I had to pull the straps holding the tank in place andwhere do they put a brake line from side to side but right there on plastic stand-offs blocking you from putting a socket on the bolt at the top of the tank. Fuel weighs about 6.3/6.4 lbs/gallon. Tank had 15-16 gallons. Had to bend the straps to get it to drop. The filler neck could not come out without dropping the tank down about 12 inches. The tank pads around the straps at the hinged part ay the bottom had to be unwrapped and they don't want to go back into place. Those studs for the tank straps, they have to be replaced as they are a shearing bolt design to prevent tank rupture. The Watts-link and dual exhaust are in the way as the tank is just behind the axle. The shocks are inside the frame and inboard of the coil springs. Came in soaked, I took a 10ft wide 4 mil plastic sheet and wrapped my body below the arms around me covering my feet after I had already gotten wet. Had several feet of anti-fatigue pads down to keep me off the ground. It worked except near a couple feet around the perimeter. Rain converted to snow in the past hour, much later than they expected...it is snow now so probably won't see 3 inches of snow, probably an inch. Higher elevation will have snow until around 4am, here it will likely wrap up mostly by 2-3am. If it gets as cold as forecasted we will have a lot of black ice and snow and ice since it is suppose to reach 24f and only reach 30f tomorrow. It is easier to deal with snow than rain. My waterproofing on my hiking shoes began failing before I came in.
So, we had a nice day for a nap... I hope if you worked today it was a good day.
It is good day when you can enjoy working hard and you feel good about doing a good job. Wise, VA already has 3 inches of snow acording to news report; Wise VA is about 60 miles to N and just a bit East of where I live. You likely have tons of snow...making my story both boring and uninspiring for any appreciation of the weather...
Hey, it is what 6 weeks until the Spring Equinox! When is riding season there starting with earnest...
