Cold weather coming this week, get those hose bibs covered...

This covers things pretty well.

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I checked Cutbank, MT this morning and their forecast shows a low of -37 Friday night...and that's not windchill.
 
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Well, here we go later today. The front location must have shifted a bit or something because the snow total forecast is down, but we're looking at colder again. Now I like fishing in the cold and snow, but this is probably a bit much even for me.:)
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Five feet of snow up on Bachelor over the last week with more on the way over the weekend - appears yuse guys is catchin' up.

Cheers to ya
 
krusty said:
I'm always amused when a resident of the PNW tries to scare newcomers from SD/ND, MT, Wisconsin, Michigan or NE US regarding our 'horrible' winters here. 😁
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Its a bit different for some people who move here, especially to the west side.
My ex girlfriend was born and raised in Minnesota so had no problem with snow and cold weather. What really got her was the gloom and rain in the winter.
She eventually got used to it but it took her a couple years to do so. She did laugh about how folks reacted to snow events here, but also admitted the hills made it more challenging for driving versus the flat land she was accustomed too.
SF
 
Mossback said:
The cold gray rain...it gets to some people for sure. I am from North Dakota, seen some winter, but even after 50 years in the PNW, the gray rain tends to wear on me by February/ March.
When it's 20 below, it's sunny !!!
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One of my older wheeling buddies is from South Dakota…he moved to Redondo Beach many years ago and told me the biggest difference between the two places was in SD there are no homeless…
 
The old saying up there is...
" 40 below keeps the riff-raff out "
Heard that back in the 60's.
The old timers say that fracking brought in a bad crowd, and now there's more riff-raff than ever.
 
krusty said:
You'd think a couple of gaskets for a simple long stem valve rod would be a simple thing, but no.....

Plumbing parts (in particular faucets) are a goddamn nightmare. For many years most larger cities had specialist providers (usually retired plumbers) who had shops dedicated solely to faucet parts.

Spokane had 'Bill the Fauceteer' (an absolute faucet maestro)....now long gone. Try getting knowledgeable help at a big box store.

Faucets sound like a mundane item...until you need parts.

Were I to have a house built these days I'd have the contractor install accessible sillcock ports and threaded copper fittings so I could easily just replace the whole thing if necessary.

You can generally count on a contractor to install the cheapest crap they can get away with...the ol' 'tail-light' guarantee (it's guaranteed until you can't see his taillights anymore).

There...I feel better now that I've had my daily 'grumpy old man' moment.
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Bonnets and Stems in Tucson was an amazing place. Had all the old parts for my ancient plumbing, and the retired plumbers who would hang out there were happy to guide me through repairs. This was long ago, I'll have to see if they're still around.
 
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