xenon 70 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Starting to look empty around here. acres and its all got to come down so it can go up in the pole barn loft. I added a observation deck this year, included a removable section of rail so I could add the ramp. It has more of a angle when we slide boxes down, not so much of a angle so we can push the boxes up. Finished everything Sunday 12-31-2017, high temp was 33 degrees, but today wind chills around zero. burr, its cold in north Ga. Pray everyone has a very Blessed and Prosperous New year. Link to post Share on other sites
Big J Illinois 475 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Gonna try and get some of our stuff down, it's -11° now...damn, it's warmer in the freezer then outside lolol Link to post Share on other sites
xenon 70 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 understand that, got to go to the freezer to warm up. Crazy weather this year, 3 weeks ago we had 10" of snow on the ground. Link to post Share on other sites
donna123 180 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Right now my bushes are covered in snow and ice forcing them down to the ground. I think my lights will be outside until Easter! This morning was 0 degrees and now it's 5 degrees. Link to post Share on other sites
Rotatorman 21 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 If you trickle water from your garden hose on that ramp, you can use it as a sliding board when it freezes. Cold here in CLE also: my rotator motor is stuck frozen solid to the ground - - will have to use my Bernz-o-matic to thaw it loose. Link to post Share on other sites
Digger61 15 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Here in CT its just above zero, with an inch or two of snow on the ground. all my cords are covered in the snow. may have to wait until spring thaw to get to some of them. LOL. Link to post Share on other sites
Mcas4380 49 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 The high today is 3 I think it can wait till we get at least double digits. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike's creation 34 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Mine's not coming down until the end of January, I shut the show down this weekend (epiphany) It is so damn cold out right now that I'm not going to even try. Beside my cardiologist said no stress or heavy activity until after my cardiac ablation next week. Had SVT and afib during christmas. Here is what my display looked like this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Big J Illinois 475 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Looks GREAT Mike:) Best of luck on the health for the new year:) Link to post Share on other sites
WLND-DAVID 101 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Kinda the same here in SE Michigan. Forecasts for the next two weeks says we don't expect to be out of the 20's, with several days in the single digits. But even with decorations frozen into the 6"-8" of snow we have left here, I feel for the folks in Eire. Hard to fathom 5 feet of snow on top of displays there. I'll go dark next weekend, takedown..... we'll just have to wait and see. Link to post Share on other sites
Thebug 36 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 It's funny in Idaho today it was 39ﾟ today and sunny skies and no snow in the forecast. Took 8 and a 1/2 hours but I got my entire show put away . Kind of makes me sad though my house is very boring to pull up to a night now. I am getting worried about the lack of snow are farmers are gonna be so hosed if we don't get some for irrigation needs Link to post Share on other sites
Digger61 15 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 WLND-David, I grew up in Erie, have family there. they are used to snow, but not this much all at once. I'm just glad I don't live there any more. 5+ feet of snow on the ground and climbing. It will take a while to melt off. My mother just doesn't go anywhere at this point, she's in her 80's. Link to post Share on other sites
Big J Illinois 475 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 I couldn't fathom 5 ft of snow , I would be nervous of the frezzing/thawing of the buried light strings We are about 70% down,took it to the basement to dry it out. A little at a time as it's -13° this a.m. Hopefully a heat wave comes and gets to 10° lolol Honestly, getting used to it and it's not bad,once you at out in it for 15 min...only can be out for an hr before the nose gets numb. Most items popped out ,without damge. Have some mending to do but nothing like I thought. Quick tip: I used a garden shovel to pry the anchors out of the ground, but first,smack them with a hammer downward a bit and they pop right out Link to post Share on other sites
Rotatorman 21 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Yeah, most of my blow molds popped right up, but had grass stuck to the bottom of them under 6" of snow. I secured most of my blow molds with wooden garden stakes and if you wobble them, they will come right out. Link to post Share on other sites
The Inflatable King Of Ohio 28 Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 I can’t get any of the inflatables down. All of the stakes are frozen solid into the ground. But I will get some lights down off of the trees and bushes soon. It’s supossed to be 19 degrees tomorrow. Warmest day we’ve had in two weeks! It’s just crazy! Link to post Share on other sites
lisa48317 0 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hmmm, so do I go out to take down the blowmolds in the 24* heatwave Sunday when I have all day or Monday when It's 38* but I can't get out there until after work?? Dilemma, dilemma. I'm thinking Sunday when I have daylight & can get it all put away and I won't be tempted to just shove them in the garage until whenever. The lights are staying on the house until spring as far as I'm concerned. Link to post Share on other sites
Big J Illinois 475 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hi and welcome Lisa...we have been taking stuff down a little each night when I get home...about 70% done. Hope to get the rest, hopefully before the snow/mix on sunday by us Link to post Share on other sites
Digger61 15 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 we just added 10 inches of snow in CT, so the cords are there until the first thaw. I took down my inflatables, everything else is staked or buried, so with negative wind chills it will stay outside until it gets warmer. Link to post Share on other sites
The Inflatable King Of Ohio 28 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Now we are supposed to get a few more inches tonight with high winds. The wind chill is -24 degrease! High temp for tomorrow is 9 degrease with a -10 degrease wind chill! Maybe I’ll bundle up like the kid from A Christmas Story and get some lights off of the bushes! Link to post Share on other sites
mjs805 13 Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 -10 here this morning and we have about a foot of snow on the ground. I'm not taking anything down today. We are supposed to get 40s and rain Thursday through Saturday (melt white devil!) so I'm looking at getting most of the stuff off the house, lawn, trees and bushes next Sunday and Monday (MLK Day). Cords are a different story. I will deal with them in March or April. It's not like they are going anywhere. I just like to get the visible stuff down as a courtesy to my neighbors. I don't want to be an eyesore. Who wants to look at Christmas blow molds in February? Link to post Share on other sites
lisa48317 0 Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Woohoo! Done! Well, mostly anyway. The metal stakes I use for the toy soldiers & such are frozen into the ground, so I guess those are staying out there for a while. I used landscape cloth pins (U-shaped and 7 or 8 inches long) to keep the extension cords under control and over the runners of Santa's sleigh - for a few minutes I thought Santa was staying out, too! A couple good yanks with the claw part of a hammer and I won that fight. One fight I haven't won, tho is with a certain <expletive x 100> squirrel! I thought watching its mate getting pounced on by a hawk, getting rid of it's nest and a majority of its food stash in my shed (and 4 of the blowmolds!!) would make it move on, but it's a resilient little bugger. I caught a glimpse of it running along behind the H'ween blowmolds in the back of my shed, then it climbed up on a pair of coolers we have in there and leaped out at me! He landed within arms-reach of me, stopped and stared a second, then took off. Over the summer it ate holes in the door so I'm sure its back in there already... Link to post Share on other sites
Mike's creation 34 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Well I got some down today. Took the painted cartoon characters down. Pulled the floods on them. Took down the radio signs and lights, killed the power to the nativity wire frames. Shut down the computer for the singing trees and pulled the outdoor speakers (klipsh) in bags. Rest of the stuff will have to wait till the beginning of Feb after my cardio procedure rehab. The great thing this year was the folks with their kids on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day parking in the lot and walking in front of the house. Never had anyone except my niece walk in the display. Family privilege you know! Oh and the weekend folks going really slow in front on Saturday and Sunday nights. Local law enforcement even brought their families over. They use the adjacent parking lot for speeders. So I never worry about any problems. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites
xenon 70 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Mike, keeping you in our prayers, Had several cardio procedures done last year, crazy this year, had surgery 11-30-17, so had to get every thing done in a hurry, had a break in the weather, so go everything down and stored in 10 days. Link to post Share on other sites
Rotatorman 21 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Lisa48317: have you tried trapping the squirrel? Call the city, or purchase a trap, bait it with peanut butter, and set it loose in nearby woods. Once trapped, be careful not to get too close, those squirrels can bite nastily. Link to post Share on other sites
lisa48317 0 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 57 minutes ago, Rotatorman said: Lisa48317: have you tried trapping the squirrel? Call the city, or purchase a trap, bait it with peanut butter, and set it loose in nearby woods. Once trapped, be careful not to get too close, those squirrels can bite nastily. Actually, no - it's never crossed my mind! We just have a park at the end of our block, so we get so many critters in our yard that it's pointless to mess with this one. I'm happy it's just a squirrel and not a skunk! This hopefully will also be incentive for the hubby to replace the shed doors, that have been in really bad shape for the last couple years. Link to post Share on other sites
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