We're currently under an "Extreme Cold" warning, covering much of Southwest Saskatchewan; the temperature is hovering round -29c, with wind chills to around -39c. Thankfully it's supposed to start warming up a bit tomorrow, but this is just nasty. At least there's no snow coming down when it gets this cold. :/

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     One of the many facets of Iron Pony is that I do repair and warranty work for a lot of companies.  A lot of stuff gets sent here for repairs that really shouldn't have been sent here, mostly because the clerks at the stores don't know what they're doing.  What really irks me (and should be irking the managers) is when a store gives the ( Read more... )

     As usual, it was a very busy weekend.  Given that it is most likely the last weekend with decent weather for the next several months, the push was on to get as much of the outdoor tasks finished as possible.  One of the most important jobs was to switch the tires on Trixstir's van ( Read more... )

     It was a fairly busy day at the shop, as it usually is.  I got in at 9am after dropping the Munchkin off at school, and finished off the snowblower that I mentioned in the previous post.  I was working on a chainsaw when another customer came in with yet another chainsaw, so that will be added to the queue.  A lot of the issues with chainsaws ( Read more... )

     This is not what Easter is supposed to look like!  Yesterday, although cool, it was still mostly sunny and there wasn't any snow anywhere, except perhaps in the darkest shadows where some remnants had managed to stay hidden from the sun.  The snow started coming down last night night, and by 11pm there was reportedly about six inches of heavy ( Read more... )

As the title says... The winds picked up just after Midnight, but they didn't really intensify until later. I woke up at 5am from the howling of the wind (and the need to pee.) At that time, I could still see out the window; 45 minutes later, the winds are stronger, I can't get back to sleep, and all of the windows are covered in snow. ( Read more... )

This evening was the first Elks meeting for 2015; more on that later...

The day started at 5:35am, when I simply could not sleep any longer, and had to get up. This was certainly an improvement (in a way) over yesterday when the cold I've been fighting since New Year's kept me in bed past 9am. (I actually had gotten up just before 7am, ( Read more... )

    NOT....     Since the start of the New Year, I've been fighting a head-cold; Instead of getting better, it's been getting progressively worse.  This morning I was barely able to crawl out of bed long enough to use the washroom, and crawl back in again.  I was supposed to re-open the shop this morning, but my health (or lack thereof) was making ( Read more... )

Looking out the window, I see that we have the first frost this morning. While it was cold enough to snow (just a smattering that melted right away, unlike Calgary's storm) there hasn't been an actual frost yet. The weather is supposed to start warming up again, so I'm hoping this is just a blip.

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     Winter just does not want to release it's icy grasp here; Although this winter actually was more mild than the previous three years, especially in the amount of snowfall, it still seems to have been one of the worst.  I think that may have been because although we had significantly more snow the last three years, and we've definitely had ( Read more... )