Todays weather

[Roert42]

We have been swinging between 2* and 60* for the past couple weeks.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Meanwhile, in Florida...

 

[bilbo]

We are having our weekly blizzard today. Wind is 36 mph gusting 53 at the airport. It hasn't snowed a lot over the past couple of months, we're just trading it back and forth with South Dakota.

 

[superj]

It was 86 degrees when I went for my afternoon bike ride yesterday. By the time the club cut the bike ride short. The wind was blowing at 40mph and the temp was 61.

And today was 31 when I got up, according to the "real feel"

 

[sgtsandman]

Was in the 50s the past couple days, rained all day yesterday and changed to snow last night. We got a dusting and it’s still flurries. Creek is presently at the top of the bank in the backyard was higher last night

I liked that it thawed out long enough to get rid of all the ice before everything froze back up again.

 

[racsan]

Very nice day today, 50’s , sunny & calm. Brings to mind this:

 

[superj]

It was 81 here today. It would have been nice if I didn't have colonoscopy and then get crunched my my wrangler for doing something dumb.

Now I am off work for few days with muscle relaxers and pain killers.

Was changing the u-joints on the rear axle and forgot, or didn't think I would need wheel chocks. Asked my son to set the e-brake after I realized all the bad moves I had made to the point and the jeep rolled off the ramps. I rolled and pulled out of the way of the diff and shock mount but since I was on left side, the skid plate crushed me straight down. Pushing my shoulders towards each other with a horrible bone crunching sound.

Er said I was super lucky because no broken or fractured bones. They said they couldn't believe how lucky I was but they said it's a crush injury and is going to be terribly painful tomorrow.

No idea why I didn't put chocks or pull the e-brake. Complacency? Over confidence? No idea. Hurts now though

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

It was 81 here today. It would have been nice if I didn't have colonoscopy and then get crunched my my wrangler for doing something dumb.

Now I am off work for few days with muscle relaxers and pain killers.

Was changing the u-joints on the rear axle and forgot, or didn't think I would need wheel chocks. Asked my son to set the e-brake after I realized all the bad moves I had made to the point and the jeep rolled off the ramps. I rolled and pulled out of the way of the diff and shock mount but since I was on left side, the skid plate crushed me straight down. Pushing my shoulders towards each other with a horrible bone crunching sound.

Er said I was super lucky because no broken or fractured bones. They said they couldn't believe how lucky I was but they said it's a crush injury and is going to be terribly painful tomorrow.

No idea why I didn't put chocks or pull the e-brake. Complacency? Over confidence? No idea. Hurts now though

Glad you’re not more seriously injured! After a couple close calls, I try to be very careful. Chock wheels, use jackstands, try to work on the level when possible, etc. If it’s 4x4, I’ll often put it in 4x4 if I have to jack it up, there’s more tires connected to the driveline that way. If it has to be on jack stands for say, working on an axle or something, I get it set the way I want and try shaking the vehicle to see how stable it is. If it’s not stable, things get repositioned or more support is added or both until I’m confident that a bump won’t bring it down. Can you tell I’ve had them come off jacks and jackstands before? Lol

 

[pjtoledo]

todays weather, it's quite warm here in northwest Ohio at 57 climate catastrophe degrees.
the stats on the evening news showed the record hi for this date to be 68 degrees, set 92 years ago in 1930.

 

[Uncle Gump]

It was 81 here today. It would have been nice if I didn't have colonoscopy and then get crunched my my wrangler for doing something dumb.

Now I am off work for few days with muscle relaxers and pain killers.

Was changing the u-joints on the rear axle and forgot, or didn't think I would need wheel chocks. Asked my son to set the e-brake after I realized all the bad moves I had made to the point and the jeep rolled off the ramps. I rolled and pulled out of the way of the diff and shock mount but since I was on left side, the skid plate crushed me straight down. Pushing my shoulders towards each other with a horrible bone crunching sound.

Er said I was super lucky because no broken or fractured bones. They said they couldn't believe how lucky I was but they said it's a crush injury and is going to be terribly painful tomorrow.

No idea why I didn't put chocks or pull the e-brake. Complacency? Over confidence? No idea. Hurts now though

Holy smokes... be thankful you just typed that and we didn't read it in the news paper. That situation could have been way worse.

It will however be something you never forget going forward.

 

[Roert42]

I almost lost a leg when my car rolled off the jack stands. Leg got pinned under the wheel studs instead of that rotar.

good luck getting better, hopefully no terrible lasting effects.

 

[bilbo]

It was 81 here today. It would have been nice if I didn't have colonoscopy and then get crunched my my wrangler for doing something dumb.

Now I am off work for few days with muscle relaxers and pain killers.

Was changing the u-joints on the rear axle and forgot, or didn't think I would need wheel chocks. Asked my son to set the e-brake after I realized all the bad moves I had made to the point and the jeep rolled off the ramps. I rolled and pulled out of the way of the diff and shock mount but since I was on left side, the skid plate crushed me straight down. Pushing my shoulders towards each other with a horrible bone crunching sound.

Er said I was super lucky because no broken or fractured bones. They said they couldn't believe how lucky I was but they said it's a crush injury and is going to be terribly painful tomorrow.

No idea why I didn't put chocks or pull the e-brake. Complacency? Over confidence? No idea. Hurts now though

That really sucks. Glad to hear you're mostly ok. I had a crush incident a couple of years ago replacing struts on my sister's car. I was using an impact wrench to take out the pinch bolts, and as one of them backed out it pushed the jack stand over a little bit. There was a curved part of the frame there and it rode up that, continuing to slide and lowering the car on my head, pinning me to the floor/creeper. Thank God it stopped sliding so not all of the car's weight was resting on my head. It all happened fast, but I can replay it in my mind in slow motion and it felt like an hour.

Most of the pressure was on my left temple, and it messed up the muscles and tendons that pull the jaw shut. I couldn't open my mouth very far or chew for a week or so, and talking was kind of hard. According to the CT scan, no permanent damage was done, but I think I messed something up in my inner ear. I get these dizzy spells where I can't keep my balance, like I just got off a tilt-a-whirl or bed spins. I have to just lay down and wait it out because if I try to walk I just bang into walls and stuff.

If I was thinking ahead a few steps I could have prevented it. Complacency is a real thing, you get away with it a few times and then it becomes habit, until something like this happens. I nearly lost sight in one of my eyes because I had become complacent about grinding without a face shield. A piece of metal snuck behind my glasses and lodged in my eye. Dr. said I was lucky as just a little bit further in would have gone through and there's little to do to save the eye when that happens.

 

[superj]

i do the face shield one all the time. i never remember to grab a face shield and it always gets me when i am cleaning parts. there is about a 100% chance carb cleaner is goin in my eye, whether i am the one working on the parts or not. i try to not be near when something is getting cleaned because it always happens.

 

[Bill]

It's a little on the cool side here.

 

[racsan]

Its cold here again and it’s snowing. 26 degrees after being sunny & 60 just a few days ago.