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Is everybody ready for summer?
March 17, 2025, 11:27 AM
sigcrazy7Is everybody ready for summer?
We've had some warm days this week. Is anybody starting to think of warmer weather?
Some people get the boat ready, or prep the lawn mower. At my age, this is my idea of getting ready for summer. Way more important to keep the A/C working than getting my tan up to par.
People may say I'm a hoarder, and maybe that's true. But I have a few rental properties, and I've also become that guy in the neighborhood who my neighbors call on hot days, so I decided to cover all my bases. Not those cheap Chinese ones either. I'm preferential towards AmRad caps. At my age, fixing the AC within the hour is the sexiest thing I can to for Mrs Sigcrazy7.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus March 17, 2025, 12:26 PM
parabellumNo
March 17, 2025, 12:57 PM
GraniteguyStill snow on the ground here up North. Summer can wait.
March 17, 2025, 01:03 PM
darthfusterCoincidentally, I have to replace the capacitor on my a/c compressor fan. Not a tough job. Pull out the breaker, discharge the old capacitor. Mount new one. Swap wires. Replace breaker. Test run. Tell Mrs DF how difficult and expensive it was and that I need a Walther P5 to recover emotionally.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier March 17, 2025, 01:20 PM
selogicYou need a couple of 30A contactors too .
March 17, 2025, 01:24 PM
marksman41I'd like to hold on to Spring a while longer - like six months.
March 17, 2025, 02:29 PM
ChowserI swapped out all our winter wheel setups on Friday.
This morning, it snowed.
Not minority enough! March 17, 2025, 02:41 PM
old rugged crossnot even close, or ever for that matter. Hot dry weather sucks!
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
March 17, 2025, 03:32 PM
sigcrazy7quote:
Originally posted by selogic:
You need a couple of 30A contactors too .
That’s a good call. My AC doesn’t have a contactor, but all my rentals do. Mine has some type of Emerson logic board, and if that goes, I’ll need a pro.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus March 17, 2025, 03:39 PM
GT-40DOCSimple answer.....NO!! Our summers can and do get pretty brutal.
March 17, 2025, 03:51 PM
PerceptionNope, I'm on team winter. You can always put on more clothes to stay warm, but if you start taking clothes off to cool down at some point law enforcement is going to get involved.
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"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford, "it is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards."
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." March 17, 2025, 04:46 PM
1967GoatNope, had 2 really good days snowboarding over the weekend. Still got at least another month of fresh powder!
March 17, 2025, 05:00 PM
IntrepidTravelerI was hoping to get another day of skiing in down this way (Sugar Mountain or Beech Mountain, North Carolina). It may be cool enough, but looking at their webcams, coverage is low and it looks slushy, so I think I'm done for the season. No, I'm not ready for summer either!
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"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) March 17, 2025, 05:05 PM
arfmelI’m kind of enjoying the cool nights. The howling March winds, not so much.
March 17, 2025, 05:53 PM
YooperSigsWinter storm warning for the Yoop, starting tomorrow night.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
March 17, 2025, 06:17 PM
MelissaDallasThe older I get the more I absolutely despise Texas summer, and it looks like we are getting an early start. Nothing like wearing your summer clothes and sweating from mid-March until December.
March 17, 2025, 06:22 PM
400mI got ready for winter with a new snowblower and had one of the least snowy winters since WWII.
I got ready for summer by becoming a member of a shooting club, then tore my rotator cuff.
March 17, 2025, 08:19 PM
sigcrazy7I took the XS650 out on a ride today in a T-shirt. It was probably in the mid 60s. Supposed to be a front coming in tomorrow to cool things down. Maybe a little snow on Sat.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus March 17, 2025, 08:25 PM
RogueJSKHell no.
We had a couple days with temps in the 80s already last week, and I hate it.
I want the cool weather to last as long as possible.
March 17, 2025, 08:25 PM
old rugged crossSigC, if you need all those AC parts you got serious equipment problems. Just say'in
"Practice like you want to play in the game"