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Winter Weather 2017-18 where EVERYONE argues.

The Sicatoka said:
Newer cars with the fuel injection do a much better job starting in the cold than the older carbureted versions, but having a block heater installed doesn't hurt anything. And with these smaller engine blocks, the block heater can be effectively the bulb from the old "Easy Bake" ovens.

How many younger folks even KNOW what a carburetor is, ... or an Easy Bake oven.
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Funny enough, I didn’t know that cars no longer have carbuerators until about five years ago. Grew up hearing about them and didn’t realize they no longer are included
 
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There is more to a block heater than starting. Tolerances in the engine change in the cold, block heater warms engine so tolerances are closer to design.

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St. Clown said:
You parked too far away from the rink. On Friday, I parked at the ramp across University Ave from Old Mariucci, and that was cold enough. The fiancee wasn't very happy with that walk.
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We go to dinkytown to eat before the game.
 
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I got home from Mexico last night...just an 80 or so degree difference :eek:

I was hoping Trump had built the wall so I could have stayed ;)
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Where does one eat? Once campus pizza closed we said **** it and don’t eat on campus anymore.
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A mix of everything. Blarneys, Annie’s, Sterbs, Pourhouse. Been to Sally’s a few times but it’s aleays packed and everything is so meh there it’s just not worth it. But it’s not the same without CP.

I was just commenting yesterday that there isn’t a great place to eat anymore on campus. Everything is such college bar food and it kind of wears you down throughout the season. There may be places to eat, but the drink selection isn’t there or it’s just not the pregame atmosphere you want. I haven’t been to some of the newer spots that were bulldozed and rebuilt near Sally’s. I swear Houghton has better choices than Minnesota.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
A mix of everything. Blarneys, Annie’s, Sterbs, Pourhouse. Been to Sally’s a few times but it’s aleays packed and everything is so meh there it’s just not worth it. But it’s not the same without CP.

I was just commenting yesterday that there isn’t a great place to eat anymore on campus. Everything is such college bar food and it kind of wears you down throughout the season. There may be places to eat, but the drink selection isn’t there or it’s just not the pregame atmosphere you want. I haven’t been to some of the newer spots that were bulldozed and rebuilt near Sally’s. I swear Houghton has better choices than Minnesota.
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NOTE TO ANY OTHER GPLers: I DID NOT SAY THIS.

Although I will agree with the sentiment. ;)
 
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Just for pregame on campus though. I think places like Loring crush Houghton. Never had a bad meal there.

It’s also nice to be able to eat within walking distance of the arena.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Just for pregame on campus though. I think places like Loring crush Houghton. Never had a bad meal there.

It’s also nice to be able to eat within walking distance of the arena.
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Yes, pregame was the sentiment that the post was taken in.
 
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We went to the mountains for New Year's. It dropped all the way to 19 and I had to wear a jacket for the first time in 3+ years.








19C.
 
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Slap Shot said:
We went to the mountains for New Year's. It dropped all the way to 19 and I had to wear a jacket for the first time in 3+ years.








19C.
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peeps confuse mookie here with the winter jackets when it gets this cold :confused:
 
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Water line froze at the meter overnight in my gararge in the water heater closet. Found the problem at 5am, got a hold of the city (was told by plumber last year my city was one of the only ones in the nation to actually cover from the meter back to the street). Hot water was okay, but with no incoming cold, I didn't want to leave it running with no cold water coming into the house.

City gets to me finally at Noon, says "sorry, policy changed last fall, from shutoff to the house is now the homeowners problem."

Scrambled to find a plumber knowing that the longer it sits in this weather, the more it will freeze.

After trying the ol' hairdryer trick and being unsuccessful, wife and I went to Wal-Mart and bought a space heater. Hooked that up to try and warm the area, also jammed an old heating pad into the loop for the meter. Plumbers called said to save the "emergency" money, they would only do the same thing we are, but charge a premium.


Got frustrated, so we went to lunch (finally at 4p) and helped a friend swap his truck battery.

Came home an hour ago and the faucets were streaming some cold water.


Now the hot water line is froze.
¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯
 
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