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We're getting alot of snow early in the season for our area & its NOT even Winter yet
Here's what our local weather man has to say:
Good morning! A fast-moving weather system continues to move across the area early this morning and had already put down between a covering and an inch or more of snow. This system will move out by mid-morning with accumulating snow ending after 7 AM. Many areas will pick up 1-2 inches of snow with some isolated locations possibly seeing as many as 3 inches. This is going to make for messy travel this morning, so use caution on area roads. Roads which have been treated will mainly be wet with some slick spots and untreated roads will be completely snow covered and hazardous. Expect mostly sunny skies later today. All eyes then turn to an arctic cold front which will move into the area tomorrow. Ahead of this front, we will turn breezy and warmer tomorrow with highs close to freezing. Behind it, expect some bitter cold air with highs only in the lower 20s and lows in the single digits. More messy weather looks to move in for the weekend
I knew this mornings commute was going to be bad, so I got up at 3:30am instead of my usual 3:42am to give myself a few extra minutes to clear & salt 2 tracks of our really steep driveway so I could at least make it to our side road without sliding. One good thing about commuting so early is that there's hardly anyone else on the road to run into, so I'm thankful for that.
Teddy didn't like getting up earlier than usual and just jumped under the covers while I showered & got ready. When we went out, him to do his 'business' and me to clear & salt, it was really coming down hard. Took me about 10 minutes to clear the 2 tracks I needed to get down our driveway & by the time I got the salt out, it was already covered again with a light coat of snow. Thankfully, this is just a powder type and not much ice to deal with, but still made it slippery.
I felt so bad for Teddy tho, since we live on a dead-end side street & it was so early in the morning, I just let Teddy walk with me without a lead and he usually stays right with me and listens pretty well to my commands, but I just can't seem to get him to understand to NOT walk in the salt. I always leave a small path without salt just for him, but he always seems to not really pay attention where he's putting his little paws when he's walking in the snow, and as soon as he walks thru the salt and the next step is into snow, he instantly freezes in place & tries his damndest to not set his paws back down again. I think the reaction of the salt and snow on his paws causes a burning sensation and he can't stand it and he'll litterally just stand their in place, raising one paw after the other over and over again. No amount of coaxing will get him to continue, and I have to go over and pick him up & carry him to the entry way where its clear & that's exactly what happened again this morning, Poor lil guy.
I know they make doggy-booties for dogs for just this reason & we've tried them, but he absolutely can't stand those things and basically just flops over on his side kicking and tearing at them with his teeth til he either gets them off or I give in and remove them.
This mornings drive in was .............. unnerving to say the least. The side roads were totally covered and the highways only had a tire track or two that was even visible, no lane lines could be seen at all & that made for tricky manuvering especially around those big 18 wheelers. 2 of which that were in front of me on the drive in actually put on their emergency flashers and just pulled to the side of the Interstate under bridge overpasses. I thought about calling in and taking a Personal Day, but I only have 4 days left until June, so I really need to keep them if I can, if Teddy & I hope to do any of the 2014 Spyder Events, otherwise I would have just jumped right back in bed with Teddy.
They say the snow is suppose to have stopped by now & should be clear and sunny once it rises today, so hopefully the drive home will be much easier than the drive here.
Caged it in to work today cause its only 19F & NO Thermo-Suit- Huge Reality Check....
Our local weather mans words of wisdom:
We are off to a bitter cold start with readings in the teens and even single digits. Expect lots of sunshine as we start the day with a gradual increase in clouds this afternoon. An arctic cold front will move through the area early this afternoon. Well see temperatures climb into the lower 30s in advance of this front by this afternoon with plummeting temperatures tonight. I expect most areas to fall into the single digits by tomorrow morning with some spots possibly even dropping below zero. Things will stay bitter cold on Thursday before we see a warm up materialize late this week and into the start of the weekend. However, with this warm up will come the chance for more messy weather this weekend, including the chance for more accumulating snow.
I thought about ryding in this morning cause most of the roads are pretty much dry, but then I realized its only 19F degrees & I'm still without my FirstGear Thermo Suit :( so I rationally changed my mind:rolleyes: With the suit, not an issue, ryde ryde ryde :ohyea: without it however, I'd just be a glutton for punishment :cus:
On another topic, Teddy has been helping to clear out the spare bedroom & wow, talking about a trip down memory lane, finding so much .......... history, just stopped in time. I mean, many of us joke kiddingly about having a Spyder Addiction, but discovering what I am lately, I honestly think I have a real problem. I've never been an alcoholic, tho I'm very familiar with the disease & its implications since my father was one for my entire lifetime, so I've learned a thing or two about the recovery process.
I know in AA, like NA one of the steps is admitting you have a problem and that usually comes about when your actions adversely effect your life in one way or another. Well, I can definitely see where this has clearly happened with me, and it all revolves around the date of March 2010 when I caught my very first glimpse of a yellow RS Spyder leaving the parking lot at work. It could have been crack, cause right then & there, I was hooked. Every night, when I got home from work, I spent most of my waking hours just trying to find out any information about what I had seen, and I couldn't help myself. The more info I found, the more it powered the disire of 'No matter what, I've gotta have one of those' at any cost. I mean litterally, everything I was doing in my life at that time...... stopped in its tracks. Like I was at the beginning of remodeling our condo & had just torn out 3 walls to open up the space & the holes are still in the ceiling with the wires hanging down, exposed framework and all.
Once I found out the object of my desire was called a Spyder we found that we had a local dealer that sold them only 15 minutes away in Florence KY so Teddy & I would drive by all the time, looking, drooling, teasing myself. I HAD TO HAVE ONE!!! So I diverted all my available funds to making my obsession a reality & started working all the Overtime I could, litteraly working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day to save up for the down payment. All my funds that were suppose to renovate the condo went to my obsession as well & the condo remodel stopped in its tracks.
My life now, is nothing like it was before that date. I mean everything changed, I changed .... IT CHANGED ME..... in a good way.
TBC ...........................
If you'd like to recieve a Christmas Card from Teddy, Please ......
Here's what our local weather man has to say for today:
Good morning! Try to get an early start today. Light snow has moved into the area overnight. With temperatures in the 20s, roads are cold enough that this snow will stick to them if they are untreated. If they are treated, expect mostly wet conditions. At any rate, you will need more time because it doesn't take much snow to create big problems. Accumulations for most will be an inch or less. Snow will taper down to flurries by late morning as temperatures slowly climb into the lower 30s later. A little more snow will be on the way late tonight and tomorrow morning before a warm up materializes later this week. But with that warm up will come some rain.
Not saying it hasn't happened, but I can't remember a season in my 42 years that we've had this much snow before Christmas. As a kid, I'd always pray for a white Christmas but was usually dissapointed as we'd usually get one or two days where it would either flurry or actually snow, but more often than not, it would all be melted away by Christmas day.
Caged it in again this morning cause it was snowing, but nothing severe at all. Saturday we actually had a day of dryness and we took a break from cleaning out the spare room and we hopped on the sled and took off for a few hours of much needed therapy. I swear, its like a drug ....... in a good way.
Teddy was happy to ryde, but not with his Santa's lil Helper ryding gear nojoke cause it also includes a lil hat, which Teddy hates anything that messes with his MowHawk :lecturef_smilie: But it makes the outfit & pulls it all together, so he begrudgedly dealt with it as long as I rewareded him with a treat every now and then....... does he have me trained or what .... :rolleyes:
We stopped over and saw my brother and nephew that recently had back surgery, similar to myself last year, and had a good visit. My nephews son really likes Teddy alot and loves his sled even more. I posted a pic or two of him either last year or the year before, sitting on Teds Sled and grabbing the handlebars with Teddy standing in the passenger seat behind him looking like he wasn't all that thrilled with having a new micro-driver.
Then we set out in search of a good background to take some pics in front of, and found the hills around the condo complexes of my brothers house to still be completely covered, so we headed across the street to them once we left my brothers. Stopped in one area and looking across the valley, there sits my old child-hood home, brought back alot of memories to say the least. So strange, there's little that is the same, as the new owners changed just about everything about the place and the city even changed the street name & number of the house, so now its not even the same address as when I lived there. Seems that old saying about you can always go back home isn't really true, cause in some cases, the houses aren't even there anymore.
Was funny tho, cause as we were pulled to the side of the road and using the snow covered hill as a backdrop to take pics of Teddy on his Red Sled, car after car would stop, give a big smile and a thumbs up, and some would even take their own pic or two. Then one car stopped and started talking ... "I know you, you guys are always coming into PetsMart & Lowes. You always bring a smile to my face when I see you guys out." And she would have went on and on, except there were cars backing up behind her & she had to go.
If I get time today, I'll post some of the pics.
I know this is last minute notice, but if anyone would like to recieve a Christmas Card from Teddy this year, please just send me a PM with your name & mailing address & I'll get them in the mail tomorrow & you'll hopefully still get them before Christmas day.:yes::clap:
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The image files I took are too large to upload here, so I've got some work to do 1st
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Dave put some really good ones on here. I'll get a picture from you that way and get my printer to workin. Save's ya a stamp!!! :ohyea:
Without the escape Teds Red Sled provides, its time to acknowledge & move on ........
Its all starting to come into focus, a little more each day, a little more clarity, a little more joy, a little more sadness and a whole bunch of loss. Teds Red Sled has provided that escape since its inception. Now I understand why the Spyder came to be our daily driver, as it was therapy in more ways than I even knew.
Clearing out the spare bedroom has brought me face to face with the reality that I've been struggling for the past 11 years to ........ ignore. But who in their right mind wants to feel pain? To feel hurt and loss, to acknowledge suffering of one they loved so dear. I'm starting to realize tho, without that, you truly can't ............. move on, at least not as a whole person. There's always a part of you... not available, stuck, left behind.
I've tried my best to keep this thread geared toward the positive aspects of Spyder enjoyment for Teddy & I, but this time of year is such an emotional conflict for myself & its hard to be positive when your hurting. They say you should acknowledge it, own it, deal with it, and then move on & put it behind you. Some things are just easier said than done.
I may be a little distant on here for the next few days. Just know that Teddy & I are ok, and we Wish You ALL a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year....... Happy Holidays to YOU ALL :joke:
Any words of wisdom or advice in potentially dealing with a room mate......
The prospect of renting out our spare bedroom is more unsettling than I ever anticipated. Initial reaction turns to trust and I'll admit, I'm a very flawed and damaged man in many ways. I'm also very caring, to a fault, and have been taken advantage of on more than one occasion, due to my generosity..... its difficult to fight ones own basic character, even if it is for your own better good.
It's been just Teddy & I for so long now, that the thought of having someone else in our home, alone with Teddy, without me being there...... worries me. Any suggestions about how to go about choosing a room mate, or even where to look, to find someone that is trust worthy. The thought of someone hurting Teddy while I'm not there has me :banghead:
Not what I would choose, but it seems the most logical solution..........
With age comes experience and hopefully, experience leads to wisdom.
Way back in 98-99 when I was married and lived in Florida, my (then) wife ended up addicted to crack cocaine along with being BiPolar & suicidal as well. I learned allot back then, more than I care to admit. Had to buy a safe to put my wallet & car keys in every time I got home or they could end up missing.... addictions are a :cus: After rehab after rehab and attempt after attempt, I finally realized if I didn't do what was best for me, she was going to take me down with her, and we agreed to a divorce. I gave her anything she wanted except the house we lived in, cause at that time, my mother was the one that put the money down on the house. Soon after our dicorce my mother got ill enough that we knew time was close & decided it best to move back to the Cincy area so she could once again be around family for her final few months.
At that time, I tried being an absentee landlord and rented out our Florida home to people I thought I could trust, my assistant manager his girlfriend & their best friend. For 6 months, all was well, but then I'd get a call, "Sorry, we're going to be a little late with the rent this month" then one thing lead to another, a fight broke out, somebody moved out and blah blah blah. By the time I got them all out and went down to assess the situation, I found the house to be a disaster. Literally destroyed, tiles broken, windows and glass...... it was unbelievable.... inconceivable to me at the time.
At my last apt. the one that burned down, I had a buddy that needed a place to stay for a while, and I had a spare room that I wasn't using, so what could it hurt to help out a buddy...... right? UGH!!! I learned the hard way, and needless to say, that person is no longer in my life.
I'd like to think I've learned some tough lessons, and even though it churns my stomach just thinking about doing this, at least I'm not as naive as I once was. I'm
TBC ..................
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Sorry for being so quiet lately, Hope Everyone had a good Holiday & Happy New Year
:joke: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/a...0&d=1388638257 :joke:
We'll start a new thread soon for our 2014 Adventures :clap:
Broken Windshield Bolt on 2014 RT Limited
Just picked up our RTL from shop where I had the second service/oil change, speakers fixed and center windshield bolt replaced. The warranty covered the speakers but not the broken or lost windshield bolt. I was quite surprised this was not covered by the warranty because the bolt either broke and jiggled out, or the nut fell off and the bolt came out. Either way, it was a defective part or the nut was not tightened properly in assembly at factory and should be covered by the warranty in my opinion. Cost me $92 for parts, labor, shop supplies and hazardous waste fees. I read the warranty and did not find any windshield parts listed in exclusions. Anyone else have a broken or lost center windshield bolt replaced and covered by warranty? When I took it in two weeks ago, the service writer thought the windshield repair would be covered under warranty. When I asked him about it today, he said BRP advised that it was not a covered item. It is not a big cost repair but makes me wonder about the rear axel nut coming loose, axel coming out, and the rear wheel falling off while riding down the highway. Would BRP claim the resulting damages would not be covered either? I did not notice the hazardous waste fees on my bill until I got home. I assume these fees are for disposal of the shop supplies, oil, filter, etc.? Does your dealer's service department charge a "hazardous waste fee?" Bo... P.S. Spyderlovers.com is an outstanding source of information... it is easy to use & full of neat features... I really enjoy browsing through the posts, photos, and ads. As a geek who spent 50+ years in IT, my compliments to the developer... GREAT job!
WHY ARE YOU ON THIS THREAD ????????
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kool rider
Just picked up our RTL from shop where I had the second service/oil change, speakers fixed and center windshield bolt replaced. The warranty covered the speakers but not the broken or lost windshield bolt. I was quite surprised this was not covered by the warranty because the bolt either broke and jiggled out, or the nut fell off and the bolt came out. Either way, it was a defective part or the nut was not tightened properly in assembly at factory and should be covered by the warranty in my opinion. Cost me $92 for parts, labor, shop supplies and hazardous waste fees. I read the warranty and did not find any windshield parts listed in exclusions. Anyone else have a broken or lost center windshield bolt replaced and covered by warranty? When I took it in two weeks ago, the service writer thought the windshield repair would be covered under warranty. When I asked him about it today, he said BRP advised that it was not a covered item. It is not a big cost repair but makes me wonder about the rear axel nut coming loose, axel coming out, and the rear wheel falling off while riding down the highway. Would BRP claim the resulting damages would not be covered either? I did not notice the hazardous waste fees on my bill until I got home. I assume these fees are for disposal of the shop supplies, oil, filter, etc.? Does your dealer's service department charge a "hazardous waste fee?" Bo... P.S. Spyderlovers.com is an outstanding source of information... it is easy to use & full of neat features... I really enjoy browsing through the posts, photos, and ads. As a geek who spent 50+ years in IT, my compliments to the developer... GREAT job!
And you got great answers to this question on 5 / 29 /15 so Why are you re-posting this ???????.............Mike