The Bar 2015 Edition

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:14 pm

Thanks Rhino,
Beet juice ,that was a piece I didn't know about..and likely to be easier on the chassis of vehicles ?

xoA.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:39 pm

I've had a copy of the operators manual since last year. Another thing I've poured over on my time, primarily because it's something that I'm interested in
Pennsylvania uses beet juice as well.
We use a 1 to 1 mix of salt/sand, for pretreatment it's still brine

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:52 pm

aserendipity, Sorry I didn't make it on NYE. The girls at work forbade me to go.

1. I don't know what you look like
2. I don't have an entry ticket
3. You don't have a ride home and the guilt of me leaving you standing on the curb is going to be 'crushing'.
4. If I get in you may be in an inaccessible area due to your connections.
5. It's cold!
6. They want me to stay and play with them.

Did you go? Did you get in? What did I miss? Don't get me wrong, I had a fine time at work with my extended family. I really like to go to the City with no plan. I hop buses, take cabs, pop in for drinks etc...

Dish!!

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:28 pm

aserendipity wrote:Thanks Rhino,
Beet juice ,that was a piece I didn't know about..and likely to be easier on the chassis of vehicles ?

xoA.

Beet juice is one of the most 'environmentally friendly' tools we have for pretreatment down to about 28 degrees F. Below that, we use salt brine, mixed with calcium chloride below 10 degrees F. Sand is used where abrasive qualities are needed.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:32 pm

Thecatman wrote:I've had a copy of the operators manual since last year. Another thing I've poured over on my time, primarily because it's something that I'm interested in
Pennsylvania uses beet juice as well.
We use a 1 to 1 mix of salt/sand, for pretreatment it's still brine

In southern Missouri, especially deep southern Missouri, it's a little warmer and we mix 3:1:1:1 salt, calcium chloride, sand, and sawdust. They sweep up the sawdust after the snow and dispose of it because it soaks up the salt brine a little bit. The sand keeps abrading and normally washes off Normally, we don't use sand on asphalt because the sun will hit the asphalt and warm it to where no abrasive is needed.

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:02 pm

Rhino, Dear , when a Sparklepony asks a question ..ie: "is it easier on the chassis ?"
yes or no usually suffice.
Now I shall have to consider the mixtures you describe.

Ratty, oh ye of little faith, except it sounds as if your buds at work are who you really were supposed to be with anyway.

Yes, I was invited in and went vip black wristband.

xoA.

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:18 am

ooooh, where's my coffee.? fumbling around for the switch for the dim lights..

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:39 am

fresh from Arrrrrrrrbucks

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:23 am

^Rhino! wrote:Beet juice is one of the most 'environmentally friendly' tools we have for pretreatment down to about 28 degrees F.

Are you talking air or road temp? One morning this past week it was 10 above in Reno, my road temp gauge in the work truck read -13. But every air/road temp gauge we have will read different within a few degrees.

We're supposed to sweep our shoulders within 72 hours after a storm. EPA regulations. They're on our backs something fierce out here.
I've heard Caltrans uses ground walnut shells for an abrasive mixed with sand and possibly salt

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:55 am

Bebop bo!

Morning bitches! Thanks for the cafe Simon!

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:26 pm

Thecatman wrote:
^Rhino! wrote:Beet juice is one of the most 'environmentally friendly' tools we have for pretreatment down to about 28 degrees F.
Are you talking air or road temp? One morning this past week it was 10 above in Reno, my road temp gauge in the work truck read -13. But every air/road temp gauge we have will read different within a few degrees.

We're supposed to sweep our shoulders within 72 hours after a storm. EPA regulations. They're on our backs something fierce out here.
I've heard Caltrans uses ground walnut shells for an abrasive mixed with sand and possibly salt

I'm talking road temp. Epa is putting the screws to you all due to your lesser chance of runoff and hence higher likelihood of concentrating the road salt. We've also been using uncoated roofing granules (made of recrystallized rhyolite) for abrasion. The stuff is essentially a fine sand, and is much sharper, tearing the hell out of ice. The reason we don't sweep shoulders is because we average more than 50" of rain a year.

tattoogoddess · Post by **tattoogoddess** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:34 am

Long time no see everyone! Thought I would stop in and say hi.
Soooo I'm about 99% sure I will be back this year. Trying to get john to go as well. If he does this most likely will be my last year for a while. So if I score a ticket I will see ya all in the dust this year

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:36 am

beet juice in a bar?

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:54 am

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:09 am

Good morning Dear Bar !

Lucky, is Elorrum with you yet ?

Quick start day...

xoA.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:17 am

Yes, Elorrum is here!

She's getting set up to start a new chapter here in the dirty NV. If any of you local yokels have any job resources please let her know.

Morning bar! First full work week of the year...

Take it easy, keep it cheesy

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:06 am

"Keep it greasy so it'll go down easy!"

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:16 am

so much coffee makes me queasy

xoA.

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:23 am

Morning barflies. I'm full of coffee. Well, maybe just one more with some baileys.

aserindipity I'm so glad you had a great time. I was worried about you. Happy New Year.

tattoogoddess · Post by **tattoogoddess** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:10 am

lucky420 wrote:Yes, Elorrum is here!

She's getting set up to start a new chapter here in the dirty NV. If any of you local yokels have any job resources please let her know.

Morning bar! First full work week of the year...

Take it easy, keep it cheesy

Nordstrom will be hiring again soon for work at home. Does she know how to use a computer well and has she ever done and phone customer care?

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:56 am

goathead wrote:beet juice in a bar?

Never tried it in a bar.

Especially not of the 'spent' variety. That stuff really stinks.

Our department came out with stats for last year's snow fight, and while we spread over 1.5 million pounds of salt (used directly and in salt brine) we ended up using only 350,000 gallons of beet juice.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:37 am

hmmm, beet juice and scotch?

strange enough I have to try it

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:48 am

before 6A.M. ? maybe in response to "Where's my bloody coffee ?"

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:24 am

we tried to open a coffee shop, but they shut it down.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:37 am

i don't know about you,

but i'm drinking coffee and getting high right now, and there is not much the moderators can do about it....

smoke em' if you got em'...

it's too early to get drunk.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:59 am

early hell, been at work now 11 hours, one more hour, one more hour, one more hour.......
it would need to be a really cheap scotch to try that with though.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:02 am

suns almost up.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:13 am

A little snow, Gerlach looks ready for a group photo in the near future, I hope. Reno is looking nice also. I've got my desk set up, and am ready to become my newest incarnation of a wage earner. The open road gave me back a sense of who I think I am versus who I was convinced I was. Having wonderful friends along the way to share hopes with and see hopes mirrored back was great therapy. Just having a holiday from daily pressures was time for my perspective to shift back to good chance of survival. The burner archipelago is a real thing. Thank you to all.

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:53 pm

Hurray our speaker Elorrum is here !

xoxoA.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:44 pm

Elorrum wrote:A little snow, Gerlach looks ready for a group photo in the near future, I hope. Reno is looking nice also. I've got my desk set up, and am ready to become my newest incarnation of a wage earner. The open road gave me back a sense of who I think I am versus who I was convinced I was. Having wonderful friends along the way to share hopes with and see hopes mirrored back was great therapy. Just having a holiday from daily pressures was time for my perspective to shift back to good chance of survival. The burner archipelago is a real thing. Thank you to all.

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