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People should help stuck people without expecting to get paid.

People, when you get stuck and someone helps you get unstuck, you should, at least, give them $10. $20 if it requires more than ten minutes of effort.

~ Chance

BOT, Expected high of 61* in Parkland today. :twothumbs
 
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Chauncey Gardiner said:
People should help stuck people without expecting to get paid.

+1 just here in UK you need to be careful,especially if winching or towing out as some will claim off you if any damage.

Just make sure thats clear,as obviously any damage is unintentional,it could happen,you could get sued.......

I always have many many strops of various lengths/shackles/snatch blocks/winch blanket..........off the top of my head apart from tools/fire ext/1st aid kit and of course flashlights:thumbsup:
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+1 on that liability for damage! even in the US! In Germany there is a Good Samaritan law that protects the helper in medical cases regardless if EMS (eg: Malteser) or normal civilians.

I have pulled a lot of vehicles out of snowbanks with a long tubular strap purchased at REI. That strap has a rating of several thousand pounds. More than a few pickup truck drivers said that they thought the strap would snap, but the strap just stretched - sometimes a lot - and eventually pulled them out with the energy built up in the strap from my slightly moving vehicle. I never damaged any vehicle in the process, at least not that I could see. However after some people became demanding about being pulled out of the snowbank, how and when, I gave up. No more, only for family or acquaintances. Besides, out on the road, I may not even stop anyway if I do not like the area. Too many cases of drivers being lured in to stopping to help and are robbed, especially truckers who often lose their load. Times are changing!
 
I agree, always offer someone something. In my case for instance, with a v10, I burn through a lot of gas sitting there idling and waiting to hook up the vehicle.

As for the liability, you're right, I've heard that a lot here in the US too. It sucks that you help people and they should sue you. That's why I let THEM put the straps on.
 
It is always colder somewhere else, but WOW,,,,what a change!!

Yesterday it was 65F. In less than 12 hours it got down to 18F with 30/40 MPH winds making it feel like 0F TO -5F!!!!:shakehead:eek:

Go a bit further North[New York-Lake Placid] and add a foot or Two of snow and a bit colder!!!

Here is my ***** for the day!! :mecry:

This was a gift, I did not buy it!! Who the hell would make a winter coat with a "hood" and not have draw strings on it???!! dahhhhhh it gets cold and WINDY in the winter!!! :thinking::shakehead:shakehead I have a hat but that is not enough on cold windy days,the hood is constantly blowing off!! time to improvise[for next year] or get another winter coat!!! Other than that it is VERY WARM!!!
 
Two days of 50+, then down to -3 this morning. 8.5" of snow yesterday. But, looks like the cold is gone for good. 40s and 50s in the 10 days forecast. Even if a day or two sneaks in some cold, that's about the best it can do.
 
markr6 said:
Two days of 50+, then down to -3 this morning. 8.5" of snow yesterday. But, looks like the cold is gone for good. 40s and 50s in the 10 days forecast. Even if a day or two sneaks in some cold, that's about the best it can do.
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So where is that? I forget where u live. New York state? New England or Midwest?
 
Capolini said:
So where is that? I forget where u live. New York state? New England or Midwest?
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Northern IN. We've had a much colder and snowier winter than usual...and I loved it! Finally ready for spring though, it's gotta come some time!
 
markr6 said:
Northern IN. We've had a much colder and snowier winter than usual...and I loved it! Finally ready for spring though, it's gotta come some time!
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Same here,,,,3rd snowiest winter ,,about 58" of snow,a lot for us!!

I am tired of it,too much preparation and work to walk the pooch his normal 7 miles/day,,,not the cold but overkill of salt when I walk him on the roads, hiking trials too much snow or a crust of ice where he can not break through,then the country road driver not paying attention!! every once in awhile I just had to blast them with my OSTS TN31mb, K40vn or TK75!!! I will stick to the hiking trails with my new TK61vn [622Kcd!!],,,,I lit up some giant utility poles from 900 yards away.......with ease. Saturday I have a spot where it is .7miles[1232 yds.],,,,it will light that up easy!

The negative about the warmer weather coming is that i will not be able to use these high powered lights as long because of the heat.......have to take the good w/the bad!
 
We got no snow at all.. usually we got a meter or more in mars. Im fine with no snow :)
 
We only had an inch or two of snow yeasterday, while the forecast had been lots of snow and high winds. Well, it was windy, hard to drive straight and felt a lot colder than it usually does in March. Still had to floor the gas pedal when starting the car -how long does it take to get rid a 45 liter gas tank from water due to an A**aholic garage owners? Now they say we'll have a foot of snow sometime tomorrow. I invited my father for lunch this weekend since his birthday is today... he might postpone with all that fallout... Now, what else can I rant about? Oooh, here's another thread!
 
What exactly is your car doing Cataract? I doubt a little water in the gas would last weeks; after one or two fill ups it would be gone. Have you run some fuel injector cleaner through? I do that periodically. Are your plugs fouled up? Seems like something else is causing the problem.
 
We got about 30" of snow between Wednesday and Thursday. Last night we recorded a low of -15 F. This could be an interesting spring.

EDIT: This is in Northern Vermont.
 
nbp said:
What exactly is your car doing Cataract? I doubt a little water in the gas would last weeks; after one or two fill ups it would be gone. Have you run some fuel injector cleaner through? I do that periodically. Are your plugs fouled up? Seems like something else is causing the problem.
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Water will go on the bottom of the tank, and it can stay for quite a while. I know someone who had to get her tank flushed after over a month because of water in the tank. But I agree it could also be something else. the reason that's my #1 suspected cause for the problem is that it started after fueling at a place I never went to before on the way back from the holidays.

What happens is that the engine cranks very well, then I hear the cylinders trying to fire up, but it just dies if I let go of the key. Then I try again, flooring the gas (not normally a good idea with an electronic injection engine, I know) and then one cylinder fires up. I let the key go and keep that one cylinder going, pedal to the metal, then a second cylinder goes and after a few seconds the engine revs up and I let go of the gas. Then it's all back to normal.

I do put injector cleaner every 4-5 fill ups (I did it less often before that problem started) and I have tried gas line anti-freeze with no luck. The plugs are brand new, but I consider the possibility they might not have gapped them properly (fingers crossed). That's the first thing I'll have them check, along with the ignition coil grounds they had to redo when they changed the coils and plugs just before winter. Just need that big expense account check to come in so I can go see them for a couple of other minor things like wheel balance and alignment check. The thing is it works 100% normal if the temperature is over -10C and I still can get it to start all the way down to the worst cold of -40 (glad that's over with!)


We didn't get half as much snow as they said we would over here, but out east they did (I mean get half as much as they said...)
 
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Crazy weather in NE!! This morning around 10am 70F. Tomorrow around 4 or 5 am it is suppose to be 26F w/ a chance of flurries and in the Northern and western part of Pa. maybe a little more than flurries!

That is a 44 degree temp. change in about 20 hours!! :eek::eek::eek:

Right now it is 66F at 1pm! :shakehead
 
We went from 78° and sunny to 27° and 1" of snow...didn't see that coming!
 
Dude, I rode my bike in shorts on monday and now it's around 35 here.
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE the cold but dammit, make your mind up :(
 
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