Wait until the snow actually hits. Seattle is not quite as flat as Three Forks. Plus they are not allowed to drive quads and snowmobiles on public streets.You guys in Washington are funny.
This guy needs to drop 3 jugs and 3 loaves and pick up 3 cases of beer and 3 handles of booze.
His wife is carrying those...she doesn't trust a klutz like him with the important stuff.This guy needs to drop 3 jugs and 3 loaves and pick up 3 cases of beer and 3 handles of booze.
I like snow…and I am the designated driver to the grocery store for my neighbors…
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.
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 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 !!!
Former Franz man here, loved a good snow scare, we would sell every loaf of bread in the store.
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.