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18 hours ago, groomer said:

 

the coldest before i had seen  before, if memory still good....early 80's ....-41c 

this reminds me ,back in 91 or 93 , i brought a sled for my brother at the '' bar 50 '' in st adelme..... i opened the door and the danseuse was right there in the drift of cold air with long leather boots to go in the deep snow with short pants....ahahahh....cold temps there too !!!

pics from january 14 th ....2016 

 

jean-guy

 

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More information required about the tall boots and short pants....lol

Must be native tradition for deep snow travel....

It’s a damn shame to see less and less of those establishments, how are they putting themselves through college these days?

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"More information required about the tall boots and short pants....lol"..I second that motion. 

Minus 40C +-...Today's ski-doo is not starting with the inferior quality relays they outfit the machines with.  I definitely would have been seeking out the porter asking for a lengthy extension cord, or two, a hairdryer, and warm hands to fire up the machine.

Did you have to pull the plugs and drop gas in the port to fire her up? No synthetic oil? Must have been like pulling a heavy linked chain through wet cement. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Je me souviens said:

More information required about the tall boots and short pants....lol

Must be native tradition for deep snow travel....

It’s a damn shame to see less and less of those establishments, how are they putting themselves through college these days?

bonsoir je me souviens and paddy 'o !!!

 

hhahah

5 speed + overdrive and including turbo ....with traction control!!!😁

 

i think only in matane now still with '' ballerines '''

and there was no '' bouncer ''...customers were the bouncers i guess...

i believe that ...everything now a bit cheaper than years ago...

 

pics from december 23 th ....2015

 

jean-guy

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11 minutes ago, smclelan said:

Still does not look like normal snow levels for your area.

right monsieur !!!

 

i ve seen better season ...at least back to cold temps....

saw the groomer this morning ,where you cross road 132 by shortcut 

and the groomer will be parked next to that garage by road 132 ....with 18 w trucks...

2 newbie operators....1 for tq 5 and 1 for local trails

 

jean-guy

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1 hour ago, PLAYHARD said:

Maybe offer consulting sessions, in exchange for grosse poutines avec HD fromage?!

 

good morning playhard !!!

 

hahahha....great idea....if it works.... i  ll give 15% !!!😁

my fees could be too expensive !!!

they just need to do like me....learn by themselves !!!

temps down to -21 c last night and -12 c right now...back to grey sky .....

....and if you want the '' SCOOP ''.......someone from the club came to visit about 3 weeks ago.....asking if i was still interested to groom....tq 5 , 3x a week ...and another operator for the local trails.....i said no...and with more $$$$

pic with snowy mountains ...... at the '' mail box ''  ....on logging rd...14 miles

 

jean-guy

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"....and if you want the '' SCOOP ''.......someone from the club came to visit about 3 weeks ago.....asking if i was still interested to groom....tq 5 , 3x a week ...and another operator for the local trails.....i said no...and with more $$$$"

I'd be willing to bet the majority herein had no doubt someone would approach you and ask you to reconsider your stepping down. Furthermore,  t am confident it won't be the last time someone asks you to reconsider. You can always change your mind when you get tired of entertaining us with your wonderful photos. Thank you for the latter. 

Stay healthy, stay safe. 

Paddy O 

 

 

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4 hours ago, nyskidooerinnewhampshire said:

"....and if you want the '' SCOOP ''.......someone from the club came to visit about 3 weeks ago.....asking if i was still interested to groom....tq 5 , 3x a week ...and another operator for the local trails.....i said no...and with more $$$$"

I'd be willing to bet the majority herein had no doubt someone would approach you and ask you to reconsider your stepping down. Furthermore,  t am confident it won't be the last time someone asks you to reconsider. You can always change your mind when you get tired of entertaining us with your wonderful photos. Thank you for the latter. 

Stay healthy, stay safe. 

Paddy O 

 

 

 

bonsoir paddy 'o !!!

 

well , i ve been asked again yesterday while driving in the back roads...met a friend walking...he said you should come back...we re going to miss you !!!

time to time at the grocery or gas station.....someone asking ....

up to now, i have no regrets.....as long i can take pics and post 2 or 3 here....no problem 

here , its not nyc....we take what we have, the groomer they leased back in february  , to end the season ,has been '' the coup the jarnac ''.....means ...the last ding-ding on the head...

it was like driving an olympic 12/ 3 , 68 ...no hp at all ...very discouraging when you re gone for 10-12 hrs

at look at grooming pics now,....and it aint bring my spririt up if i can say that ...

back from a drive....nice sunset ....-16c right now !!!

 

jean-guy

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bonsoir grumpy and blueblood !!!

 

well , the thing that i never liked.....when windmills landed in ste marguerite

jumping from one side of the road to the other side....no thx for me....take long to fill the ditch ...

done with grooming ...then plow truck bs your work a few mins later.....i was sick and tired of that ...it was tough to stay happy and last year has been the toughest of my 20 years of grooming ....lost the interest ...

groomer back in business....new motor .....new rubber for tracks and a few more things that i don t remember.....forgot.....and new operators !!!

 

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10 hours ago, PLAYHARD said:

And hopefully they had fathers like we had, to teach the stuff you can't learn in a classroom. 

brrrrrrrrrrrr this morning playhard .....

sunny and -30c !!!...ahahaha

yaaa....hope so for them...learned tons from dad ....with chainsaw !!!

pics from january 20 th .....2017 

 

jean-guy

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bonsoir !!!

blue sky around noon....i was on my way to go to la cache.....once at the 16 ....a bit of grey sky .....at the 21 ....full grey .....then blowing snow...

and no more plowing after the 37 ....turned around and went at the 28 ...

 

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16 minutes ago, PLAYHARD said:

Nice limousine!

Looks like some grooming would be nice!

And it looks like it's worth the effort!... https://aubergemacabaneengaspesie.com/

bonsoir playhard !!!

 

oui monsieur !!!

tomorrow,i win at the lottery ...i ll buy  a sled like that ...less the '' bebelles '''....ahahha....accessories !!!

yaaa...ths will make a nice grooming run !!!

-2c right now !!!

aaaahhh...tbk ...i thought it was ...ma cabane au canada...aahahha

 

 

jean-guy

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