It's So Cold That.............

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Walter Oobleck

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The Chocolate Shoppe was called Lindemann's I think? Is this near you?

Lindell's...and yeah, just a few blocks away. Maybe one of the oldest chocolate shops still functioning? Used to go in there as a kid to buy Lady-Fingers...Tommy and me, we'd pedal our bikes down from Tamarack Mills, drop them on the sidewalk by the door, walk in...there's this old buck behind the counter...CAN WE GET SOME LADY-FINGERS!? He makes out like we're mob or something...shush! he says...don't want the Authorities to get wind of this...then he'd reach under the counter and come out with a couple packs of these real small fire-crackers, tiny. Had one blow in my hand this once...scared me is all. Then we'd head over to the Dairyland for a cone.
 

Walter Oobleck

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have the charger hooked up to the battery, called Hancock got a machine said can't make it, & checked the snowblower...it gave out on me earlier blowing snow, thought it was out of gas as it simply stopped. Look, nope, has gas, try starting it no go...great...pulled it into the shop to warm up. At least the sun came out...I think this is the fifth time we've seen it in January.
 

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have the charger hooked up to the battery, called Hancock got a machine said can't make it, & checked the snowblower...it gave out on me earlier blowing snow, thought it was out of gas as it simply stopped. Look, nope, has gas, try starting it no go...great...pulled it into the shop to warm up. At least the sun came out...I think this is the fifth time we've seen it in January.
Is this the new snowblower Walt? I hope you got the warranty on it!
 

Walter Oobleck

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Is this the new snowblower Walt? I hope you got the warranty on it!

Problem solved. There's a small red plastic key you use to turn the machine on and off...that had fallen out as I was using it...was still dark when it happened but fortunately I found it...that's all it was. whew. I'll give the truck/battery a try after an hour more or so. Don't know why the key fell out...although it don't take much to pull it out, a kind of friction-fit. Should see about getting a spare.
 

Walter Oobleck

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Truck problem solved...new battery installed. The old one was from '08. D-cold out there! With that wind, yikes. There's this big hemlock looking out my back door things moving lots...keep waiting for it to snap off thirty forty feet up. Anyone see on the news that young lady who fell sky-diving, 3500'...and lived? Things could always be worse.
 

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