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It was Brockton so they were going by the Haitian or Dominican rule book

We had hired plows/snow removal crews. Once they were done with the parking lot they were gone. You can not even use a snow blower on that stuff. lt comes off the roof and lands so hard it packs like a rock. Working for a world wide company -DHL- they didn't think we needed a yard truck or a plow. .....Hippy

We have one in our yard. Myself and another supervisor will go out periodically & check on it then grab the shops plow truck and clear it. Yesterday during the busy evening rush of P&D drivers coming through one of them called me & said "I'm stuck across the street". He was going to a customer to do a trailer switch that is less than a mile away that we always refer to as "going across the street" so I asked him "going to or coming from" and he replied "I was going to take my 15 minute break". That's when I realized that he, with an empty 48', had pulled out of our yard and across our street to the recently build but unoccupied building that has a nice lot that they all like to take their breaks in which has not been plowed at all! I asked him, what made you think that was a good idea? Um, there were tracks in the snow (4X4 tracks).... I told him to log his break and as soon as I could, as I'm the only supervisor working from 17:00 until 20:30, I would get over there and pull him out. I just ran my strap through his ICC bumper and hooked my J-hook into the last notch of the slider rail and gently pulled him out with my Chevy/Duramax. A lot of guys were already laughing at him but not as hard as the previous day when our P&D dispatcher left and immediately went nose first into the ditch about 90' after leaving our exit drive in his 4X2 Dodge pickup. Kids today.....

With all this going on, I’m surprised my investments are staying pretty steady. I’ll take it.

I suspect it is in fact, the other way around, the doors are the only part of the system that are working at the moment. The rest is controlled by the electronic control board and I am guessing that is not working. You'll need a manual control of a water valve for the heater, a switch to turn on the A/C and a frost switch in the evaporator fins to keep it from freezing over. All very doable. The original system used a thermostat in the airstream its signal was modified by the resistor (either directly or by its output to the controller IDK) and the controller which cycled the heater or A/C compressor as needed to give the desired output temp. Without the 'brains" of the system, you need to be the brains and control when the A/C is on or the water valve is open.

Scheduled for 10:00am..........should be worth watching. I like Rubio. He doesn't beat around the bush, rather he stays on point. It's obvious that he has an intimate understanding of his AOR. Only CIA director John Ratcliffe appears to be at Rubio's level. .

Financial Times / January 28, 2026 Investors are betting the Trump administration will run the economy “hot” ahead of midterm elections, with buoyant stocks and a weaker dollar reflecting expectations of strong growth and rising inflation. A string of robust economic data has defied predictions of a slowdown in the US, sending credit spreads to the tightest levels of the century and helping stocks hit fresh record highs this month. At the same time, there is a growing belief that President Trump’s tax cuts, deregulation push and campaign for lower interest rates will add more fuel to the economy this year, as the president seeks to bolster support ahead of November’s congressional polls. “There is a carefully engineered plan to have the US economy humming into the summer,” said T Rowe price's Arif Husain. Trump boasted last week in Davos of “exploding” US growth, after figures showing GDP expanded at an annualised rate of 4.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, powered in part by the AI boom. The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow model is forecasting an acceleration to 5.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year. Despite the economy’s rude health, investors expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates later this year under chair Jay Powell’s successor, who is set to take over in May. Higher spending and tax cuts in the president’s flagship “One Big Beautiful Bill”, passed last year, are also expected to further juice growth in 2026. Trump administration advisers say a productivity boom will also help fix one of the economy’s weak spots — a cooling labor market. “We have seen massive gains in output that are being driven by productivity; you should soon start to see a pick-up in jobs,” says Joe Lavorgna, economic counselor to US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent. According to Bank of America’s recent global fund manager survey, the proportion of investors expecting the economy to strengthen over the next year, as well as expectations of an economic “boom”, are both at the highest level since mid-2021. The extra stimulus for an economy that is already motoring has buoyed the stock market, with the S&P 500 closing in on 7,000 points for the first time and the domestically focused Russell 2000 far outstripping the blue-chip index this month. However, it has also left investors bracing for another wave of inflation amid expectations that the new Fed chair will support Trump’s desire for lower interest rates. Two-year US break-evens, which provide a reading of the market’s expectations for short-run inflation, have risen from 2.25 per cent in December to 2.68 per cent. But political pressure for extra spending when the economy already looks healthy is clear. JP Morgan's Karen Ward says “We’ve got mid-terms approaching in November, that will lead to more pressure for more vote-winning stimulus measures.” Spending on AI build-out is expected to keep rapidly expanding in 2026, while Trump’s tax bill includes measures to incentivize investments in machinery and factory equipment. It also means tax cuts for many American workers; Ward expects $440 billion will be returned to US households through tax refunds this year. Stronger than expected economic data has led investors to modestly rein in their rate cut bets in the early weeks of the year, with two quarter-point reductions expected in 2026. A Senate-led backlash to a Department of Justice probe into Powell has damped concerns that Trump will be able to appoint a close ally to head the world’s most important central bank. However, some analysts worry the central bank will succumb to the president’s calls for deeper rate cuts ahead of the November mid-terms. MUFG's George Goncalves is expecting 3 or 4 cuts this year, partly a reflection of the new Fed leadership. “Based on fundamentals there is room for two more cuts,” he said. “But I’m factoring in the politics.” Carmignac's Kevin Thozet says the addition of new household subsidies and lower interest rates into the already-strong economy are reasons to be “cautious” on long-term US Treasuries and the dollar. “If the economy does not need this reflationary push, Trump does, in order to win the midterm elections. All of this, however, is expected to come at the cost of higher long-term rates and downward pressure on the dollar."

They are right quick sometimes I dropped a huge chunk of pop tart one time and one of them sucked it up before I got a chance to get it

Yes, O.D. those boys suffer when we are cooking. They are inside because of the cold, so thays why he is there, the blue one in the background, took a ham shoulder off my counter the other day, i turned my back for 5 seconds, turned around and he had that sucker in his mouth..

Nice Joey,Im very fond of Enchaladas....and jack cheese and sorry Other Dog I'll have your hot sauce too...... Paul

We had lobster ravioli last tonight with homemade hot topping was fabulous and thanks to Tom’s hot pepper lol woohoo

And yes fellas Reno has not seen any global warming

We had snow scraper machines for boxes in some of our high snow areas… and yes snow on roofs is a huge issue

That's an on the spot ticket here in NH! And the snow will be cleaned off before you move. Tractor trailers with snow on the roof of the trailer that get stopped. The police will call a road side repair service to come out and shovel it off for you. And you know the driver/company will be charged for the road call. We had an overhead V-plow to do the trailer roofs in our yard. Problem was you had to shovel the snow that landed on the ground to the side before the next truck drove through. .....Hippy

Yard drying up nice around the big one I can go out there and mess with those fuel lines very soon woohoo.. bob

not sure about where you are, but here in Jersey that is a $1,00 fine for cars, and $1000 for commercial vehicles.. and the cops are very strict on enforcing it.

And yes Joey thinking about it guess a large wrench will not fit in there

theres monterey jack inside them and sharp cheddar on top. I shred the cheeses from a block.. tastes better than the pre shredded bagged cheese. These also had ground beef cooked 'taco style'. I usually sautee seasoned chicken, but the boss lady wanted ground beef.

I had the same issue years ago when I took mine out but spray oil and a big bar did the trick

The dog says "I want a green one, with extra cheese please, and no hot sauce".

Too bad you couldnt use the injector studs to help jack the injectors out. The 673 I did, did not have enough room to get a wrench in there to do it.

Well, from what I see at this point, lots of penetrating oil and patience, oversize Crecent, wrench around the base and try to twist them a bit back-and-forth. I think that it’s gonna be our best friend at this point, especially the patients. I know that that spelled right auto spell.