Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

what is OPE?

OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT

Mang OPE stands for Outdoor Power Equipment.

I was way off then I thought is was some manufacturer like mtd. we all start at the bottom.

Your right Mang a few years ago when i got into this stuff i didnt have no idea what OPE was ether. But stick around and you will learn all sorts of stuff.

Too many acronyms...

Anyone wanna' take the job of listing all the OPE-specific acronyms in a thread ?

Dave...

I guess we really need a FAQ!

hickster

POS ? The most commonly used acronym in OPE.

Lint WTF? Is not!

LOL

"WTF is wrong with this POS"? (An example of correct usage and syntax.)

Lint,

What are you talking about? POS is not the most used acronym on this forum, except when customers refer to the condition of their new OPE after you've set it up for them. ROFLMAO, LOL, ROFL, are used far more often BTW.

Sorry, I haven't battled with "What's-that-ladys?-name" for a while, so I'm taking it out on you.

you guys make me laugh

Mang,
BTW.....Welcome too the forum. (We seem too have lost our manners around here.)

Do you mind if I ask how you came across our little band of OPE merrymakers?
I only ask because a few of the regulars are having a hard time getting here....and yours is a name I am not familiar with.
Did you come via the old forum....or is there another porthole we dont know about?

Oh yeah, Lint is right for once. Forgot my manners.

WELCOME Mang.

Thanks for welcoming me.

I came here from the old forum, which I stumbled upon a week ago when I started researching google on which snowblower I should buy and thanks to all the info there, I was albe to take years of knowledge and expeirience and utilize that in my decision, which I made on friday, and got a toro 826le, I'm sure I'll have more questions to answer once I start using it.

Mang

Wheres my manners welcome Mang.

Mang.
Congratulations on your new purchase. Have you had any snow yet?

Dont mind Highwind....He's just ticked because he is A-hole deep in snow and knows that Paula and I are sitting in the hot tub, sippin on mint juleps and listening too Barry Manilow crank out "Mandy".
Not a drop of snow on the ground around here...but it's around 0 degrees FAHRENHEIT....and we both are in a Blue State. (It's just natural "Shrinkage", Paula, sweetheart,baby!)

Lint,

Gee Lint, I feel bad about your predicament: having to share a hot tub with Paula. Keep an eye on her. You never know when the cobra is going to strike. Goodbye to the family jewels. And another small trophy set for her wall.

If you want a taste of winter, come on over. Its now -4F and is going to -14F overnight. ( I imagine those are still tropical temperatures for hickster though). I converted them for you as you might not remember the conversion forumla: C X 9/5 + 32 = F

Paula,

Don't believe that natural shrinkage line. They are the full size, given that he's sitting in hot water, not cold.

Zats iz vor vu Mr. Linty Vuune....Paula zent ze cameelz ezprez....wiv urzent mezzeez...zaid zhe wooz trapzed in ze larjz canz of ze hutz vuter...with crazy octupuuz...with itzy bitzy, teenzy weenzy tailz....Ze Generalz knoz vite avay vu vat mangze octupuuz eez...

Vu vetter runz az vazt unz ze octupuuz legz....bevur ze generalz tie beegy knotz in ze itzy, bitzy, teenzy, weenzy tailz....

And Paula haz mezzeej vor vu...."DON'T CALL ME SWEETHEART!"

Ze Generalz

Highwind

I figured he couldn't be trusted in anything to do with measurements after he tried to convince me that a matchbook was 8 inches long....

Paula

Here's a few others that came to mind:

WOT - Wide Open Throttle

PTO - Power Take Off (engine powered auxillary shaft/clutch)

EOD - End of Driveway (pile of snow the courteous snowplow drivers leave for you to clean up )

TDC - Top Dead Center (upward most point of movement of the piston/rod in the cylinder - sounds obscene )

BTC - Bottom Dead Center (downward most point of movement of the piston/rod in the cylinder - also sounds obscene )

KMFA - what my wife would do to me if she found out I was ALSO in that hot tub (kick my fat a$$ )

Marty

Actually, it is a balmy 30° f here in the "Anchorage bowl".

But it is snowing! Expecting 4-8 inches tonight (probably 3-4 in reality).

hickster

lint,

yeah we had a few storms allready, only about 4 inches, but that was before I got the new blower, So I havn't had a chance to use it yet.

Mang wrote:
So have you got to use your blower yet?  Do you still have it?


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Nope, waiting for snow.  At this rate, I might have to get my lawn mower ready.  :)