Wednesday, January 21, 2026

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning all,

Already seventeen degrees here (heat wave!), headed to thirty six.  

Haircut on tap for the morning, hopefully some bench time later.  

Jeff

[deemery]

12 up from 2 right now, a dry run for the temps at Springfield this weekend...  Monthly group lunch today.  

Dogs went to the groomer yesterday.  Here they are, on their couch.



dave

[BandOGuy]

A nippy 8 degrees in suburban Philly this morning. It took an extra hour to crawl out from between the bedclothes this morning.
For those of you traveling to Amherst/Springfield, enjoy yourselves and try to leave the notorious Springfield Crud behind when you depart.
Waiting to see what the Weather Experts have on tap for us this weekend. Early guesses are that we will return to New England conditions without ever leaving our house.
Stay warm, all.

[GPdemayo]

Morning all.....

[deemery]

Waiting to see what the Weather Experts have on tap for us this weekend.

The two weather sites I check have agreed it'll be cold in Springfield.  They're also coming to agreement there'll be snow Sunday.

(this from Wunderground.com)

dave

[ACL1504]

Morning all.....

What he said!

Tom 

[jbvb]

Good morning, all. HIgh haze is starting to appear over the lower Merrimack Valley, but we're up to 20F from full sun earlier. Too bad about the Big E show weather. I've attended in similar conditions, with a truck full of modules and an empty horse trailer behind. But I was 20 years younger and didn't have overflowing parts and rolling stock storage yet. This year I've promised to photograph the B&M modelers' get-together and staff the Flying Yankee booth on Sunday, so I'll be fairly easy to find.

Once I get away from the computer, I'll continue with a bridge project which might be worth posting to the Challenge.

[Rick C]

Good morning!!  A tropical 21 here in RI after lows of 3 this morning.  Sunday was my day for Springfield, but with a monster snow storm forcast here i think i'll have to stay home this year.

[KentuckySouthern]

Up to 20+ in Michigan. It snowed hard until about noon.

I had the Deere out, cleared off driveway then warmed up the Jeep and headed to town for a Rx and some basics at the grocery store. Salt put out before we left cleared off the walk and parking area. The Starlink antenna has a built in warming sensor and keeps the snow at bay. Beats the old TV dish. It always got a load of snow at the worse time.

Forecast is for minus numbers and single digits for highs this weekend so today is like Spring Break. The road crews are behind the 8 ball today.

Enuf from me...

KS

[Orionvp17]

Good afternoon, All, and welcome to Wintah!!

It's a balmy 23F here in the northern mitten, feels like 13, and headed for single digits, minus numbers and WGFA over the next few days.  We're on the northern edge of the mess that is enveloping the lower midwest and east coast, and as much as I hate to say it, surrendering to my hip arthritis and cancelling my Springfield trip awhile ago sounds like a Good Idea for reasons also related to an obviously annoyed Mother Nature.  May she have mercy on us!

Ordered several books over the last couple of weeks and four of them arrived in today's postal offering, so I do have stuff to do if I cannot make it down and up the stairs to work on the layout.  The roads here are plowed, icy underneath and laden with those who don't need no headlights on because it ain't dark yet. And besides, them daytime running lights are automatic!  What's ya problem, unh???  The absence of any light in the back and enough in the front to be seen through the whiteouts might provide a decent reason to turn them on, and it will give the lawyers something to work with....

Make it a great day, All, and please, please, please, stay safe!!!

Pete
in Michigan 

[KentuckySouthern]

Pete borrowed one of my rants.... "don't need no headlights on because it ain't dark yet . And besides, them daytime running lights are automatic!   What's ya problem, unh???  The absence of any light in the back and enough in the front to be seen through the whiteouts might provide a decent reason to turn them on," of course, they have to do a better job than many I saw today at cleaning off the snow to really make the slightest difference...

[Orionvp17]

Karl,

Let's not get started on those driving igloos.  Not safe or good for my blood pressure!

Pete
in Michigan

[deemery]

When we lived in Canada (mid '90s), we learned there was an optional Daytime Running Lights module for Saturns.  We paid to have that installed on our US model Saturn, and never regretted that decision.  (It wasn't very expensive, as I remember.)

But I had my current Frontier for 4 or 5 years before I learned that the 'headlights on' mode would turn the headlights off about a minute after I turned the engine off.  

dave