Douglas Alpenstock

Another option: drain the engine oil and bring it inside to warm to room temperature.

That's what they did in WWII when they were ferrying aircraft over the pole to the USSR. Otherwise the planes would have been impossible to start.

Christmas, Yule, Saturnalia, and whatever the Saxon word is for solstice -- it's all about light in the darkest time of  year. And colour! -- everything outside is brown and gray and dingy.

Ours is still up. Not for long I think, but still up.

"Random" is a loaded word, suggesting all things lack meaning. I think "Creative Destruction" is the actual working principle in this universe.

Douglas Campbell wrote:'with temperatures reaching as low as minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. '

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Only an outrageous posit gets noticed. So it goes.

Would an adjustable timer at the voltage source be simpler?

"My dog has fleas" is sung, not spoken. The origin is murky, but the song unforgettable. It provides the tones of each string relative to each other. Check youtube.

Overthink = paralysis.
Hunker in a bunker = fail.
Drop in on a local ukulele circle = success.

Vancouver Public Library lends musical instruments, including ukeleles.