We are going down to that temp for a few days as well JO. I would have thought that was balmy for you. Our norm is 20’sF so damned cold for us. I was wondering if we could stop or at least shorten this madness it Chris said winter was over and started the spring thread. He may be willing because he has real crap weather coming his way.
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Fortunately free heat exists. Wayne, Billy and others are pumping hot water across the pond via the Gulf stream. Living the same latitude as Anchorage Alaska and Sibiria would be no fun without it. Unless you’re found of skating the Baltic sea all year around.
I’ve read reports resently of the Gulf stream changing its course to a more southerly direction. That would be the end of life up here - a new ice age. I would have to try squeeze into the heavily populated areas in southern Europe. I don’t know how I would be able bring all my vehicles, saws and chunker 
Oh, forgot about the wife.
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The super cold freezing conditions are way far east of the Washington State border. The eastern and central part of American States are getting more of the arctic air dipping down. I sure it will change in a few days this will bring us some more snow. But today it is sunny with a few clouds. Which means chunk, chunk, chunk more wood for the wood stove.
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We don’t have a jet stream but living with the prevailing winds coming out of the west and across lake Michigan serves about the same purpose. Keeps our average temps 15 to 20 degree F warmer than those places more inland. Because I live on a narrow peninsula I think the farthest point away from the lake or the bay is 10 miles. I don’t think either has frozen over in many years. happier than a puppy with two peters about that.
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They say it’s going to be bitter cold in eastern US, so I checked on the month forecast. It’s mostly mid 20’s F to mid 30’s during the day where I used to live in Massachusetts. No single digits and not a single temp in the teens. I guess we do have global warming if this passes for “bitter”. When I was young we called this “spring”. Of course when I was young we hunted woolly mammoths.
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When I was young my buddy got broken leg stomped and tusk gut stabbed by wooly mammoth. Just goes to show another one of grampa sayings is truth. "The first liar doesn’t stand a chance."
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I thought i should reveal my spare-time “hobby” project, a total waste of time, maybe, but it’s keeping me alive, and “fresh in the brain” to make stuff…
There are guy’s building model engines, small, and cute, well, i have an abnormal interest in all kind of engines, and the idea to build a model engine has always been there… So, in august i got a nice flywheel from a friend, and then the madness started
Ofcourse i don’t wanted a little table-top model, here we go natural size, and working, built out of scrap.
The flywheel that started everything.
Front wiew, all brass parts are stuff i found and saved. The cylinder comes from a BIG air compressor i scrapped years ago. It got a cooling mantle from a old gas-cylinder. Deplacement around a gallon, cr 4,5:1.
From above: combustion chamber is beside cylinder. Atmospheric inlet valve, from a -20s Fordson tractor. Exhaust valve from a Volvo Bm diesel. Valve seats made of pipe of tool making steel.
The carburetter seen down right is a 1916 Schebler.
Ignition is by a Ford model T buzz coil.
Flyball governor made from scratch, the weights are made from BMW inner ball-joints.
The side cam gears are old Saab v4, 90° gears is from Peerless lawn mower transaxle. Crankshaft is made from a hydraulic cylinder rod, all welded up.
Sorry for posting this madness, just wanted to share some
(Wife has seen it enough…)
By the way: built from free imagination, no blueprints, inspired by 1890s engines, hit and miss regulation, 4 stroke, gasoline.
Now just waiting for spring, and get this monster outside, and try run it…
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This requires a proper video when running Goran 
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What Marcus said, Göran! And you never stop surpricing us. You’re truly another professor Baltazar.
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Holy crap Goran. I used to fool myself into thinking I had a few skills. Now between you and tone’s latest creation I’m thinking about giving my tools to charity. I can’t come close to either of you. 
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Hey Tom
I have some tools I should donate also .
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Big wow Goran. You can have my tools too, but you dont need them if you can build that.
JO, here is still some room but we are thing of coming your way. Stop at Gorans place first. We might stick there.
Kristijan, nice video. Enjoy, they are adults faster then you want. No snow? Bosnia has one meter in a few days.
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Goran, the first line got me laughing before reading the rest. “I have a hobby”. In my mind l was alredy thinking “this has to be good” and surely it was.
But the real question is how the hell you find time to do all this?
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Joep dont mention. The oldest, 10 year old alredy has a 40 size shoe… when did that happen??
Luckly no. Snow is good for nature yes but one of the rarest things l truely hate. I reffer to it as the excrament of the sky.
Wich part?
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Joep, you’re velcome to visit any time.
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Snow has come to Kentucky. 8 inches, with the top two being crusted with ice. Spent about 5 hours shoveling last night, it’s slow going breaking up the crust. Only the state highway is fully plowed, the county boys made one pass mid-storm and haven’t been back.
Go ahead and yawn, you Northerners. This is a big snow for here…
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My brother Lojze has a lot of work to do on this little excavator, but it needs a lot of repairs, it has a lot of play in the moving parts,… a thorough service of the hydraulic hammer and adjustment of the saddle for clamping on the arm were also needed.
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The same goes for you Tone, you can have my tools anytime!. Incredible what you do with that lathe.
@Chris, the same here at most, some rare times. I would love it.
@Kristijan, Gradacac. My brother in law said more then a meter. But he is a fisherman 
yes, the same with my daughter. She was always proud to have big feed, lucky for her they stopped growing the last years. She is 21 now and I ask her for advise many times. Very wise girl, horse-girl too. Or maybe I am just stupid. Just kidding, every age has its charm but puberty.
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göran, therefore the silence…is göran without projects??? now we see the result…great work you do… seems really original historic stuff…curious how it runs
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Here is a mid-winter food-for-thought video:
Just what Mr Wayne has been doing with 1st generation Dodge Dakota’s for years now.
I’ve collected different things in the past.
I still have a collection of 1970-80’s brushless cast iron Electrodyne truck&industrial take-off alternators. 70% efficient beasts was the top end performance back then. “Beasts” because they were so heavy they would on working diesel engine vibrations destroy thier mountings and try and fall off, run-away.
Once I had a collection of different bolt action rifles in every available to buy new cartridge combination. For me firearms are only ever fun shooting them. And that takes time and money away from family. Sold/traded them all off except for the cartridge collection.
And I suppose now I have turned into an inverter-generator collector. I’ve come to love these little portable sewing machines-like Life powering makers.
Take note in the video Uncle Tony on modern vehicles has cut line at the changing over to CAN-bus systems.
Research up, study these . . . and then you will understand why, his advice. CAN bus on production vehicle began earlier than his quoted ~2010. As early as 2003-05 in the upscale vehicle. Vehicles, so complex you do not want to fall in love with. Example. The sunroof you do not have, will never leak. Never need whole headliner dropping to attempt to repair worn stripped plastic drive and sealing parts. You then relegated to just ugly tape sealing it off!!
Whatever you do collect have fun at it. Make you happy. You controlling it. IT not controlling you.
Steve Unruh
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