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Today it snowed here more than I have ever seen in my life. Possibly more than I have ever seen in my life combined. I'm not really used to having real snow...even St. Louis wasn't that big a deal, so when people here say it's going to snow, I'm just like, "Pfft. Whatever." As it turns out, I don't really have any concept of what 5-7 inches of snow actually means. It's a lot of snow. It took me over an hour to get home from work, a drive that takes about three minutes if I don't hit traffic lights. It's really pretty, though.
I just got my car out of the shop, too. It got so cold a couple days ago that my battery couldn't cope, after all these years of faithful service, and my car wouldn't start. Erin was off, so I took her car to work and got a new battery that night. Only when I went to put it in, the terminals and battery posts were pretty much so corroded that they were one piece of metal, and they were probably frozen, too. I got some stuff to spray on them to clean it off, but I think they were too far gone, and I'm pretty sure that also froze. So yesterday after work we jumped it and took it to the Ford place, and as of this afternoon, I have it back with shiny new terminals for the battery cables and a new battery that works. I may have to take it back and have them put some new tires on it, too. The ones I have weren't really made for snow, even when they weren't worn out and sad.
So, that's pretty much it. My car works now, but it's under a shitload of snow. Fortunately, if we get snowed in and I'm stranded with nothing to do but listen to music on my computer, I can make it for 47 days before I have to hear something twice.
I just got my car out of the shop, too. It got so cold a couple days ago that my battery couldn't cope, after all these years of faithful service, and my car wouldn't start. Erin was off, so I took her car to work and got a new battery that night. Only when I went to put it in, the terminals and battery posts were pretty much so corroded that they were one piece of metal, and they were probably frozen, too. I got some stuff to spray on them to clean it off, but I think they were too far gone, and I'm pretty sure that also froze. So yesterday after work we jumped it and took it to the Ford place, and as of this afternoon, I have it back with shiny new terminals for the battery cables and a new battery that works. I may have to take it back and have them put some new tires on it, too. The ones I have weren't really made for snow, even when they weren't worn out and sad.
So, that's pretty much it. My car works now, but it's under a shitload of snow. Fortunately, if we get snowed in and I'm stranded with nothing to do but listen to music on my computer, I can make it for 47 days before I have to hear something twice.