I got mine out earlier this week. The car is plugged in, and ready to go. Looks like we’re in for some cold over the next week or so, so best to keep it plugged in.
Now, I just have to remember to unplug it the next time I go somewhere. I’ve forgotten before. :o
I like the new cords with the little LEDs in the plug-in part. If I’m going to work before the sun is up, the little red light reminds me.
I’m also trying to get in the habit of walking across the front of the Pipermobile, instead of the back, in hopes I trip over the cord and remember to unplug it.
You and extension cords just don’t get along, do you? We need to wire up some contraption that will sound a klaxon in your car if you start the engine with the block heater powered up.
Do you keep them coiled up with the two ends plugged into each other so they won’t uncoil? You shouldn’t do that. They tend to consume themselves when you do that.
I haven’t seen a single inflatable Xmas figure anywhere in the area this year. Either somebody has been stealing a lot of people’s extension cords or this is hope for this country yet.
Y’know where you are likely to see whole bunches of Snoopies and Charlie Browns, inflatable or otherwise, all over the place, all year round?
Santa Rosa and surrounding communities (Rohnert Park, Cotati, and especially Sebastopol) in Sonoma County, CA.
Charles Schulz, of Peanuts fame, lived and worked in Sebastopol for some substantial portion of his life, so there are Peanuts statues and other symbols all over the place, not to mention the Peanuts museum and ice skating rink there. Even the local airport is named after him.
The drawback with Snoopy is that the wings actually have a bit of lift if there’s a wind (which of course we never get in Saskatchewan in the winter), so he and Woodstock have a tendency to take off.
I used to live in a McMansion enclave that somehow got competitive about Xmas decs. The big houses had cavernous basements, so storage space was no obstacle. Everybody had large lots with large lawns. That needed to be filled to capacity with cheerful glowing whatever kitschy stuff they could find. It got pretty outta hand before the fad passed a few years later.
This was back near the beginning of the wireframe-plus-white-lights decorations era. So there were lots of wireframe Santas, trees, mangers, wise men, crosses, donkeys, etc. And lots and lots of reindeer. Some standing, some crouched down, some grazing, and some with moving parts.
So one night after a bit too much xmas cheer a bunch of us guys went out and rearranged the neighborhood deer, etc., into a rather impressive interspecies orgy. The wimmin were not amused. Fortunately this was before home video surveillance equipment became commonplace.
Well, yesterday I got a timer and new cord from Canadian Tire; plugged the timer in tonight. Discovered I had to remove a broken off ground bit that was still in the outlet; now how did that get there? :smack:
At any rate, all plugged in, with an environmentally friendly timer working. Good timing; it’s 24 below here, with blowing snow.
It’s so cold that the motors on the [del]blow-ups[/del] inflatables aren’t working very well. Kevin the Minion took a long time to stand up, and Snoopy’s propeller isn’t turning very well.