kscarbel2 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I agree we're getting too soft. 0 degrees is nothing that out of the ordinary up here and life goes on as normal. we did get -31 with -60 windchills here recently. at that point safety may become a concern but 0 whatever...lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeavyGunner Posted January 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2019 What the media won’t do for ratings. Polar vortex pffft what a joke, same as “gale force winds” Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas are in a polar vortex with gale force winds almost weekly. Pump it up, make it bigger and scarier than it is and you’ve got quality news according to the media. I had -16 twice last week and we didn’t have to declare an emergency, send the national guard in or close down schools. We just went to work like usual. 4 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ranchhopper Posted January 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2019 The news media has gotten out of control CNN lies by omitting key facts of stories everyday to tailor them to fit their ongoing narrative. I no longer watch the news nor do I listen to it I get most important information I need listening to farm shows on rural TV like RFD channel. I occasionally listen to fox news but in general have sworn off major media outlets when something comes on and in the first paragraph slams the president we turn the channel or turn the TV off. As for the weather reports they panic the normal yuppie into running to the store and buying up gallons of milk they will end up throwing out days later when the storm of the century doesn't materialize. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted February 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2019 3 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: What the media won’t do for ratings. Polar vortex pffft what a joke, same as “gale force winds” Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas are in a polar vortex with gale force winds almost weekly. Pump it up, make it bigger and scarier than it is and you’ve got quality news according to the media. I had -16 twice last week and we didn’t have to declare an emergency, send the national guard in or close down schools. We just went to work like usual. Mean this is a false hood?? 3 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: What the media won’t do for ratings. Polar vortex pffft what a joke, same as “gale force winds” Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas are in a polar vortex with gale force winds almost weekly. Pump it up, make it bigger and scarier than it is and you’ve got quality news according to the media. I had -16 twice last week and we didn’t have to declare an emergency, send the national guard in or close down schools. We just went to work like usual. Ahem...cough....ah, forgetting anyone.... She bottomed at -31 last night...but who’s counting backwards. Not beg’in for pity since I-Falls, MN only cancels school at Zero Kelvin. Edited February 1, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mack Technician said: Ahem...cough....ah, forgetting anyone.... She bottomed at -31 last night...but who’s counting backwards. Not beg’in for pity since I-Falls, MN only cancels school at Zero Kelvin. My bad, Minnesota is on that list as well and so is any other great state. It isn't cold it's ice fishing weather. 1 1 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Shoot and Wisconsin Mack tech. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Your a gentleman Heavy “G”. When I started the car I plugged my ears and ran back in the house so I couldn’t hear the 45 seconds of oil-less death clattering. Edited February 1, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted February 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2019 Yeah but it is cold when the hole freezes before the fish is out. . . 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) I wish I could find the article our weekly news paper had in either '09 or '10 on our winter temps that year. It was an incredibly cold year. It was so where around 100 days the high was never above 0 and it listed all kinds of interesting stats like that about that winter. I honestly thought I was going to have to buy an extension that year for my ice auger. My hands would hit the slush about the same time the auger would bust through. We lived, but didn't make national news on escaping near death from winter. Edited February 1, 2019 by HeavyGunner Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: I wish I could find the article our weekly news paper had in either '09 or '10 on our winter temps that year. It was an incredibly cold year. It was so where around 100 days the high was never above 0 and it listed all kinds of interesting stats like that about that winter. I honestly thought I was going to have to buy an ext main that year for my ice auger. My hands would hit the slush about the same time the auger would bust through. We lived, but didn't make national news on escaping near death from winter. Are you sure your not thinking about 2013-2014 winter? That was the year LP, if you could get it here, was selling for $6 a gallon. We hit 80+ total days touching subs. Wikipedia “Early 2014 North American cold wave”. I’m surprised, guessed you would be on quick-punch, thin ice, river system pulling trout and not needing an extension for your auger. Edited February 1, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 screen capture from my phone the other morning. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 We had -37 here where I'm at in MN. I will say one thing, 20 below is nothing but -30 is a whole different story. Everything is a lot more brittle. It's like drag racing, the lower your et, the tougher it is to gain .01 of a second. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post B MACK Posted February 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2019 Yes, we are a bunch of little kids that can not be responsible for ourselves. Just because our parents, grandparents, and older generations could deal with a "polar vortex" ( which has been around forever, Stephanie on the weather channel said ) , we need these people to tell us not to go out doors. I have heard on 5 or 6 different news or weather casts they have said " This polar vortex has it colder in Chicago than the south pole.. Yeah it's cold in Chi town , but it's summer in the southern hemisphere. And all this Global Warming or Climate Change bullshit , are pushing and have been pushing for years, its just a cycle that runs billions of years. The coldest ambient temp in the lower 48 states was 70 below at Rogers pass , east of Lincoln , Montana in 1954. And the hottest recorded temp , in the world was 134 above at death valley , California in 1913...…. People need to read a little , or visit a geology museum and think for themselves. The world is billions of years old and modern man has only been here a few thousand .. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 It only got to -26 in my area last evening and we didn't start the car yesterday at all. It was well chilled you could say but it did start relatively easily this morning when the temp was -24. It didn't rattle but took about 30 seconds to pick up all four cylinders. My 99 Durango started just as if it were 40 degrees outside? Of course it does have a group 29 battery installed also so plenty of juice. Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 12 hours ago, Dirtymilkman said: We had -37 here where I'm at in MN. I will say one thing, 20 below is nothing but -30 is a whole different story. Everything is a lot more brittle. It's like drag racing, the lower your et, the tougher it is to gain .01 of a second. When it gets much below -20 it takes an extra 15-30 minutes for all the plastic or vinyl 1/4” lines to warm up enough that they will swell back up and quit leaking air before I can build enough to leave. Oh the joys of winter. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Y'all should have seen Atlanta this past Tuesday. The early morning brought light rain and mid-30's temps. Atlanta shut down with a "severe weather warning". Schools were closed, people didn't go to work. By noon, the sky was blue, the roads were dry and the temp was 45...... 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 8 hours ago, GA_Dave said: Y'all should have seen Atlanta this past Tuesday. The early morning brought light rain and mid-30's temps. Atlanta shut down with a "severe weather warning". Schools were closed, people didn't go to work. By noon, the sky was blue, the roads were dry and the temp was 45...... Unreal. Welcome to the new America. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) “New America” cont..... I’m at a CPR and first aid training today. We train on CPR dumbys. One guy said, “hey, why are these things wearing shirts?”. They never had shirts in the past. The instructor said a person (thankfully not from our company) complained about them being naked. It was a national complaint/issue they had to comply with. Cant make this stuff up, it’s an armless plastic chest attached to a head! No doubt the same person watched the Super Bowl half time show last night and began shaking uncontrollably at Adam Levine’s bare chest. The baby CPR dumbys had to get full onesies. Nearly tore it....Took me five minutes to strip the damn thing off cause the babies arms don’t bend and you have to see the LEDs underneath. Edited February 4, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrutch Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Shouldn’t you actually take the shirt off in some cases? What’s the point in it being there. Although it’s not as bad as the woman who claimed she was raped because the life guard gave her CPR without her permission. Then she tried suing him. Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 4 hours ago, CaptainCrutch said: Shouldn’t you actually take the shirt off in some cases? They told us in the last cpr/first aid class I had to be sure and take the bra off of women because the underwire can cause burns among other problems when using the auto defibrillator. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 12 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: Unreal. Welcome to the new America. My manor was attacked by snow flakes.. 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-414907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Indeed welcome to the new America .English as a 2nd language.proof of presence when you go for your license. I just wonder what state our reservation will be in when they take over. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55464-were-getting-soft/#findComment-415350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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