The western states are in for some major weather this weekend! They are saying we could see up to 4' of snow here in Colorado. I know what that means... Get your pinball projects lined up man cuz you gonna be home for awhile! What you guys planning on doing. I just got an AFM and sure hope my parts get here before the storm. 
Quoted from boscokid:February snow in Delaware just melted, supposed to be 70 tomorrow. Good luck in the fluff!
Yeah, but it will be a comin your way soon enough. Maybe not as snow, maybe somethin much worse... lots and lots moisture. 
I grew up in Denver and know that the March snow's are the worst. Wet, heavy snow snapping the trees and collapsing patios and carports. Then when it gets suddenly warm, it all instantly melts and you get flooding. Good luck to our front range pinballers and hopefully it won't be too bad.
Good luck & hope you don't get that 4' of snow to shovel / remove! It reached 67 degrees today in the far west suburbs of Chicago (near Rockford) today. We had a warm snap for a week or so and all of our snow has almost completely melted. I really hope that if your storm comes to us, it is in the form of rain!
Quoted from whthrs166:Guess we will see. They are talking 1-4 feet so not looking forward to the shoveling.
My back already hates me. It's gonna be the like shoveling water
Quoted from RyanStl:Hopefully this helps with the drought you were in before. Maybe not an issue anymore, can't keep up.
The problem here is this damn thing will drop three feet of snow, then we won't see any significant moisture cycle for months. The drought continues...
I have a nice snow mover up at my place in the mountains but nothin but a shovel down here in town. At least it's an orange shovel.
Quoted from whthrs166:Yeah, but it will be a comin your way soon enough. Maybe not as snow, maybe somethin much worse... lots and lots moisture.
Bring it on, I've put away my snowboard. Time for the rains to melt the snow and fill the steep creeks so I can break out my kayak!
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Who is this?
The picture looks like it could be an indie rock album cover
Quoted from mrm_4:Who is this?
Thats my 12 year old daughter. She had to climb in there. 
Quoted from whthrs166:Thats my 12 year old daughter. She had to climb in there.
Thats the age I got my first guitar. I would recommend going to a second hand instrument shop and finding her an old Telecaster and distortion pedal.
She can start a garage band called Colorado Dozer or something. Skip lessons, just make noise until it starts sounding good.
Looking forward to it, going to buy some stew meat at Sam's Club for some stew and beans for some chili. Kids school will probably be closed Monday, so we have some new sleds to try out-looking to send my son off a 4 foot jump in a saucer sled-and watch the yard sale. 
Quoted from mrm_4:recommend going to a second hand instrument shop and finding her an old Telecaster and distortion pedal.
She can start a garage band called Colorado Dozer or something. Skip lessons, just make noise until it starts sounding good.
Good suggestion! She already attends a school for the Arts.
Quoted from sulli10:Good luck man!!! We got bombed pretty bad this season ,but not 4 feet at one time. I worry about the roofs and decks that get hit with that much weight.
Yeah the last time this happened at the level they are saying this one will unfold was March 2003. We got 32” here in town and we got eight feet at our place in the mountains (Idaho Springs) Thats why the backhoe is standing by!
I am done with shoveling snow. Moving soon. Will leave the snow blower, snow shovels, and a riding and push mower behind. Goal is to never need one again.
Also, my son is in Central City/Black Hawk working at a casino there this week. Fortunately, he flies out of Denver around noon on Friday.
Quoted from EricHadley:I'm ready! Bring on the blizzard. Snow me in for days please!!!!
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That basement is gonna be a lot of fun when you have no electricity!
Quoted from CrazyLevi:That basement is gonna be a lot of fun when you have no electricity!
No worries, I have a generator
Quoted from CrazyLevi:That basement is gonna be a lot of fun when you have no electricity!
This isn't Texas!
Quoted from EricHadley:No worries, I have a generator
A good Scout is always prepared.
20210311_155102 (resized).jpgQuoted from rx3:It's been 60-70 degrees all winter where I live.
It will be that way for me going forward. This is my last Winter with snow & bitter cold temperatures....
Quoted from EricHadley:No worries, I have a generator
Good answer! 
Quoted from JRBBRJ:I’m excited. Going to sled with my 5 year old daughter. Rebuild/learn how to rebuild a flipper on night moves. Maybe smoke some meat in the snow. All fun things.
You forgot shoveling.... and sniveling, gettin the car stuck, puttin that transmission in that you have been puttin off. Watching your gutters fall off the house because you blew off cleaning them in the fall. Oh well looky there, damn car has a flat tire in the snow! They never go flat on a nice day noooo... 
Quoted from whthrs166:It's Saturday where's the damn snow? Supposed to have been here by now.
snow (resized).jpgStill waiting for the blizzard. The weather guessers are stickin to their story but as of 6:00 pm this morning we have an inch and a half. They promise it’s coming! Anyway got some nice work done on my Attack From Mars. Replaced the side rails, disassembled cleaned and added new lift trim for the back box, solved a rogue saucer hit issue, printed some apron cards,
Removed a bent lock mech for the lock bar
To straighten. She is starting to look and act like a nice machine now. Just need that colordmd... 
E55A9346-587D-4591-84B6-ABEA3702EDCC (resized).jpegQuoted from whthrs166:Still waiting for the blizzard. The weather guessers are stickin to their story but as of 6:00 pm this morning we have an inch and a half. They promise it’s coming! Anyway got some nice work done on my Attack From Mars. Replaced the side rails, disassembled cleaned and added new lift trim for the back box, solved a rogue saucer hit issue, printed some apron cards,
Removed a bent lock mech for the lock bar
To straighten. She is starting to look and act like a nice machine now. Just need that colordmd...
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Were the side rails easy to do? I have to switch out the ones on my Dr. Dude and I am weary of doing it.
Stay safe in the snow!
Chris
Quoted from EricHadley:Finally some snow! Maybe 8” so far. Really coming down now though and blowing around.
Yeah overheard about 4000 people without power now and I thought about you.
Quoted from whthrs166:Yeah overheard about 4000 people without power now and I thought about you.
Generator standing by! So far so good though!
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:the side rails easy to do? I have to switch out the ones on my Dr. Dude and I am weary of doing it.
It is not difficult. But you need to use some heat. I use a hairdryer. I use two scrapers. One plastic and one metal. I heat the old rail until it just gets too hot to touch. Then slip the plastic scraper under the rail pushing the adhesive and separating it from the machine side. Then slip in the metal scraper on top of the plastic one. Pull up slightly on the metal one and continue to heat the rail as you work toward the back of the machine. Work about 5 inches at a time. Once you heat the area pull the scrapers out and repeat til the rail comes off. Work slow til you get the hang of it.
Holy Smokes It’s snowin now! Finally! I still will take feet of snow over the softball sized hail this thing is forecasted to deliver to all points east of here. I already lost one vehicle to that kinda thing a few years ago.
I bought the severely hail damaged vehicle back from the insurance company and kept driving it. Once I took a trip back east, someone asked “what happened to your vehicle”. I replied “we are from Colorado all our vehicles look like this”.
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