Northern weather

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Mitch, Isn't it going to be kind of bone-chilling cold standing or laying on a cement floor to do that work?
Murph

[Mitch]

It's supposed to hit 60 degrees today, Murph, so it won't be bone chilling layin' on a cement floor, 'cause I don't have a cement floor. Never had the jing to finish the garage so I'll be layin' on cardboard over a limestone floor. I'll run the floor jack on a 4' x 8' sheet of OSB chipboard. Should only take a few hours, if the transfer case don't give me fits.

[healey36]

Laying on cardboard...boy, I wish I had a buck for every time I've done that. Even on concrete, a bit of the corrugated makes for a more pleasant experience.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Laying on cardboard...boy, I wish I had a buck for every time I've done that. Even on concrete, a bit of the corrugated makes for a more pleasant experience.

That an a couple of old towels from the box garage make a lot of the impossible possible.

[robert.]

I always had the luck of laying on stone. Nothing like replacing a tranny while laying your back. Damn fluid will run down your forearm and drip into your ear hole. All that to save a few dollars.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I have always admired you guys who can lay on your back and fix cars. Even standing up to work on them, you're still cool-as-heck to me. It never occurred to me to try to do that for myself. Heck, I've barely even had any interest in opening the hood of a car and peering inside the engine area (if that's what it is called by you cool-guyz,) except to check the washer-fluid reservoir ) For some very odd reason, I did become known as the guy to call if you got a flat-tire, as a fellow teenager, when in high school, because I enjoyed doing it and could do so efficiently and quickly. (I'll bet that's a surprise, huh, Mitch ? )

Confession: Several years ago, I did use my 1989 Sedan Deville to motivate a young Korean-American boy who was having a hard time focusing on learning English. So, I let him step out of the classroom with me, from time to time, to visit my car, open the hood, and name the parts inside, write that information in his developing notebook, emphasizing syllabification, and research what each of them accomplished for the vehicle. He sure did get motivated quickly and absorbed all the vocabulary and information I could shepherd him through, during the afternoon private classes I conducted just for him, at his parents' request.

[Mitch]

I grew up the son of a mechanic, so cars came easily to me. In the latter part of my Navy hitch, I was stationed in Davisville, R. I.
I used to come home on payday weekends in my '63 Chrysler Newport. One time I picked up two hitchhikers and I was rollin' pretty good not too far from the entrance to the Jersey Pike when I noticed a State cop a few cars back and comin' hard. Just when I thought he was gonna turn the lights on, my right front tire exploded, with re-capped rubber flyin'! I wheeled hard to the shoulder but the cop didn't stop. Guess he figured I had enough problems. I got the jack, spare and the 4-way out of the trunk, and the hitchhikers asked me if I'd worked for NASCAR for the speed that I changed that tire! I just wanted to get the hell out of there just in case the cop might decide to come back and check me out.

[rogruth]

Hmmm.
Why were you worried about the cop checking you out? Hmmm?

[Mitch]

Well Roger, 'cause I was speedin' when I noticed him comin' up from behind. I was at least 15mph over the 55 mph limit. I figure he gave me a break.

[robert.]

45 degrees and pouring all day. with another inch to come.

[HONDO74]

Get ready.....

'Significant' winter storm threatens blizzard conditions across Central US, impacts up to 200 million Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/us/significant- ... -americans

Even though spring may have sprung across much of the country, a major late-season winter storm is threatening to bring blizzard conditions to the Central U.S. -- and the "bomb cyclone's" impact could be felt nationwide.

"bomb cyclone's"

[robert.]

Bomb cyclone = trendy fluff word brought on by fox news. It showed up about 2 years ago.

[NJPiney]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around Robert and his tranny, fluid running down his forearm.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around Robert and his tranny, fluid running down his forearm.

TMI

[healey36]

Hunkered down here, under tornado warnings. From radar, looks like it will pass a few miles west of here. Okay by me...