-10°F this morning at home; NWS says -2°F, sign in town says -5°F. Cold enough for me. Got maybe 2" of snow yesterday, plus a lot of drifting. The roads kind of vanished for a bit as the blowing snow made it hard to see where they were and obliterated the tire tracks. Driveway isn't bad enough to worry about yet.
Matt got the Suburban finished yesterday afternoon. Went together easier then it came apart, mostly because he already had it figured out. After the owner replaced the bald tires last night it handles the snow very nicely.
Vger's temp gauge didn't get to 180°F until half way to town, and it has so many leaks that it never did warm up inside. Need to finish the engine on Stripez so Vger can be laid to rest and parted out.
Got the new cord on the heater. What a pain that was. And, it is only a 45,000 BTU heater (the other is 115,000 BTU), not nearly enough to keep the garage warm. And I think I need to clean the nozzle or something on it, the flame isn't nearly as bright and there is a distinct smell of diesel exhaust; I ended up opening the garage door a couple of feet, the wind and snow were then blowing straight in the garage so I finally turned the thing off and just used my little sunflower; at least that doesn't smell and there's no wind and snow so I can warm my hands up momentarily.
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