Greetings, blog readers! LP again, still in Lincolnton, still at the shop. It seems winter might have finally arrived here in North Carolina. Yesterday was a nice autumn day with the thermometer peaking at a fabulous 80 degrees. Today is a bit of a different story. A cold front accompanied by ridiculous winds has dropped the temperature down in the 50s already, with more dropping to go. Ugh. Other than the one little ugh, I won’t complain. I hear from my best bud Todd that winter has been hanging out in Michigan for quite some time now. So…if I were up there I would be complaining just like he was, but I’m not, and will gladly accept winter arriving in the middle of November.

Enough of the weather jibber jabber, let’s get down to it. For those of you who have asked what the teams typically do during the off-season, I will give you the Snap-on Tools team perspective. The guys got back from Pomona last week and started going through everything at the shop, making a mess to get everything cleaned up. They are almost finished, and I promise to take some pictures over the next few weeks to share with you when their work on getting everything organized is done. I snapped this one while they were cleaning the trucks yesterday, when it was 80 degrees and beautiful. Brownie went through the hospitality rig with a fine tooth comb, getting rid of any excess junk we have acquired over the past year. I have to admit most of it was mine. Sorry, Brownie. I’ll do better next season.

The next photo was sent in by one of Doug’s fans, and shows our little buddy Richmond decked out in his DougZilla shirt and holding tight to his Snap-on dragster. Isn’t he just adorable? Receiving this shot (and stealing ideas from fellow blogger Wilber…thank you!), prompts me to ask you all for pictures. Send me your pictures with Doug or the Snap-on Tools team, and I’ll do my best to make sure they get posted on the blog: lp@dougherbert.com. Make sure you tell me where the picture was taken, and any other information you feel you'd like to share.

As I wrap up this little ditty, I want to say congratulations to our very own SupaDave. He and his wonderful fiancée Ida are making it official and tying the knot this weekend back in California. Good luck and we love you both! Now hurry up and get that honeymoon thing over with so you two can get back to North Carolina!

Until next time, be good,

LP