Is winter too cold for you?

[intet_at_tabe]

Normal temp. for a new year, but the amount of snow, my GOD!!! It's been snowing regularly, sometimes five inches or fifteen inches and we're well covered, thank you! The snow bank where I clear the driveway if now well above six feet in height, and this is the first of January. You know you've got too much snow when the space delineating driveway and street becomes narrower and narrower, and that's what I'm observing right now as more snow is falling on Maine, tonight. Beautiful, mind you, but if you don't belong in this climatic culture of mine, how would you like to begin your day, almost every day (these days) shoveling snow for an hour or so. There's an expression "nordic" folks here will acknowledge: "We're snowed in." I was snowed in yesterday and I'm snowed in tonight.

Ouled Nails - I couldn´t help smiling a bit, having the image of you to my inner eye, when reading about your shoveling snow up to six feet high every morning and evening in Maine, USA, referring to "nordic" folks "We´re snowed in".

Nature is still so far one of the very few things we as people on this planet do not controle. So please alowe me to refer you to the Monty Pyton song: "Always look at the bright sides of life", when you´re in the middle of that heavy physical demanding activity shoveling snow (LOL). Btw. Typical male job in a marriage.

Best of luck to you on a dayly snowing basis , from one of the "nordic" folks in Denmark, where we have no snow or temperatures below zero at the moment.

To all of you in Maine from all of us "nordic" folks, intet-at-tabe

[methodistgirl]

Wow! I had to put up with 2 degree weather last night and the water in my
house froze. I even found ice in my toilet! I woke up and my two cats
were in the bed with me under the covers. They are actually longhaired
cats. That is a lot of fur. So I enjoyed two fur coats with the cats still
in them! Now I have no water right now unless I go and buy some!
It's still only thirty for a high.
judy tooley

[Corno Dolce]

Whoah Ms. Judy,

You found ice in the toilet? I hope that the jerk you have for a landlord doesn't hold you responsible for any pipes that will burst when the water inside them freezes - Sheeesh! You're in a pickle, ma'am.

Since you seem to have good friends at the Church where you visit frequently, why not ask them to help you file a citizen's complaint with the local Sheriff's office against that Scrooge of a landlord.

I cannot bear to read about the suffering you are going through. Hopefully, the Pastor at that Church will have understanding to help you out if the landlord tries to evict you because of a citizen's complaint against him.

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

[methodistgirl]

Don't worry Corno! Everything will be all right. But for now I still need to
buy some water somewhere. I just hope it warms up soon. As soon as
I told him this morning, he went and turned off the water so that the
pipes won't bust. He is doing what he can. I took care of the iced up
toilet. I boiled some water and poured it into the ice and melted it.
Thanks for your concern.!

[Krummhorn]

Holy Cow, no water now, either? I agree with Corno Dolce - that landlord needs to be arrested for not providing the basic necessities of life, like water and proper heating for the tenants he collects rent from. That is blasphemous action, not to mention fraudulent, of the landlord ... how does that moron get away with this?

[methodistgirl]

You guys have the wrong message. The water will be back on as soon as
the pipes are fixed. Right now since my house is over a hundred years old
you can expect things like to happen to it and I had him to turn it off so
that I won't have a big water bill and I'm trying to get rid of a pest of a
neighbor. I love him as a neighbor but I don't like a pest. That's another
reason. If he leaves and lives with his brothers, good ridence! I know what
I'm doing. Like Emeril says"there is a reason for my madness." Trust me!
Another reason why I want to get rid of that neighbor up front is that he
likes to get drunk and come back where I live and pester me. I don't like
that trying to live a new and cleaned up life as a christian. I would hate
to tell my church anything about that. But I do pray a lot about it. I
believe God is answering my prayer in his own time.
judy tooley

[Ouled Nails]

I confess () that I don't get this Kansas story. Freezing pipes have nothing to do with neighbors, even landlords, but with maintaining a relatively comfortable temperature in the house!!! It was 0 degree Fahrenheit here, last night, but the temp. in the house was maintained between 65 and 70 degrees. The only time I worried about freezing pipes was when we had the "ice storm" of the century which Rojo knows something about, and as a result of which we lost electric power for five days, in the middle of winter! Now, that's a real problem! Candles, cooking everything on the grill outside and taking icy cold showers (I actually heard the kids screaming in the bath room ). How a house cannot be heated while there's electric power and plenty of combustible material is, well, beyond me........

[Contratrombone64]

rojo - montreal has brutal winters, right?

[Muza]

yee, we are finally getting a storm oh yeah, at least some kind of action around here...

[methodistgirl]

Well It's winter time again and this year from Dec 2008-March 2009 is
a lot worse than last year. Let's resurect this thread and talk about it.
It helps to talk about these things you know!
judy tooley

[Buchpteclare]

.... Spring is coming, but which corner? It looks like the somewhat brutal cold snap that has engulfed the north-eastern states and most of Canada may be about to ease off. Temperatures have been around -20C to -30C in the Montreal area. North east of here in Latuque they registered a low of -40C! (Thats the same in both scales - doggone cold). And I'm not counting wind chill... At least up here we are generally ready for such weather. One has to feel for the street people though.

Freezing pipes. Sometimes it's just a small hole in a wall -like where a phone wire or cable comes in to the house. If it has not been properly caulked a thin stream of very cold air can freeze just a small section of nearby pipe. If you can locate it - and get to it, wrap the pipe with a cloth or towell and pour boiling water on the cloth.

My general feeling about winter now - if it would arrive December 20th, and leave before the new year. (Grin). It's an age thing.

[methodistgirl]

I with you Buch. After New Years is over I'm ready for spring. I can't wait
until mid to late March when it warms up. Then another problem. Storms
on up to early May or June.
judy tooley

[greatcyber]

Montreal has been experiencing it's own frigid weather of late. Three water mains burst last week due to the cold. And the snow continues to fall, adding to the delight, I'm sure, of the workers who have to dig through it all to get to the roads and then tear them up to expose the broken pipes. Luckily, I was not one of the residents who had water service disrupted nor was my area flooded as some areas were last week. One man on television had over a meter of water inside his home when the main burst just outside.

But yes, it has been a little brutal lately, so much so, that my daily trips to market have been curtailed to once or twice a week. I walk there and take a taxi home. But I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[methodistgirl]

Right now Kentucky is getting hit with a major winter storm with the
works from rain to freezing rain, sleet, and later snow. If you ask me
I'd much rather it be just a lot of snow and the heck with the other
mess! Yuck. At least you can get around in snow. You can't with
ice and sleet everywhere. I will have to wait until next week to get
my garbage out because of the ice outside.
judy tooley

[Contratrombone64]

I just love the snow, but then again it's a real novelty to me!