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Offline oldcoastie6468

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Re: It's coming..........
« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2013, 08:24:14 AM »
   I hate to say this but I doo miss a good snow storm. The upside is being home and lighting the fireplace and chilling in the den.

If it ever dries out here, I need to get more firewood onto the back porch so it's covered and out of the weather.
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« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2013, 11:42:16 AM »
Could always get one of those large freezer-sized plastic bins, my father has one at the lake he keeps within a close walk of the door.   ::thumbsup::
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2013, 01:43:28 PM »
It's real convenient on our back porch, right next to the door into the house. We don't use the porch in the winter, but it would still have tons of room to do whatever.
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« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2013, 08:06:48 PM »
  I was lucky to have a big basement where I kept half my winter heating and fireplace wood at a time,and that was 4 cords for the first half and later on I brought in the rest so it was nice and dry and close at hand.
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« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2013, 09:33:11 PM »
  I was lucky to have a big basement where I kept half my winter heating and fireplace wood at a time,and that was 4 cords for the first half and later on I brought in the rest so it was nice and dry and close at hand.

My BIL's neighbor, south of Buffalo, NY, has a 12' high basement ceiling and firewood is stacked floor to ceiling in most of the basement. 'Course, he has entire trees delivered to him by flatbed, and a sawmill and splitter powered by a 6-cylinder Chevy engine.

He uses only wood to heat his house all winter.

My BIL has a pipeline running through his property, and he gets as much free natural gas as he can use for as long as hives there. The gas, however, is NOT odorized.

He also uses a lot of wood to heat his home. He is on 45 acres of heavily wooded forests, with cherry trees over 100' tall. Once in a while he contacts the Amish, who bring in their hand saws, axes, hatchets, buggies and horses/wagons to haul out the tree trunks. They cut off all the limbs, and he uses them for firewood.

The Amish sell the trees to be shipped to Spain for furniture.
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« Reply #25 on: November 04, 2013, 07:08:43 AM »
Not odorized?  That could be dangerous!   ::speechless::

I remember my fathers old house had a leak, turns out it was outside, the big bell valve worked itself loose over time...I smelled it downstairs...when the gas man came to check it out it turns out the leak from outside pooled in the cold air and sunk through the foundation brick and into the basement...not enough to ignite but enough to smell.  The guy had to get the biggest pipe wrech I ever saw in my life and put a big metal pole on the end to get it to tighten down.

All I could think of is what a nightmare if that slacker kid that lived next door came walking between the houses like he often did each day smoking a cig and flicked that butt anywhere near that corner of the house!

Gotta have that smell, or you could miss a leak easy!
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« Reply #26 on: November 04, 2013, 08:27:25 AM »
Not odorized?  That could be dangerous!   ::speechless::

Gotta have that smell, or you could miss a leak easy!

His gas comes straight from the well.

A natural gas leak is nowhere as dangerous as an LP leak. Natural gas is lighter than air and will go up the flue and chimney out of the building (assuming it's not a MAJOR leak). LP is heavier than air and will form explosive puddles on the floors or elsewhere where it's low, and then BOOM! The LP can explode from a very minor leak over time.

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« Reply #27 on: November 04, 2013, 08:28:26 AM »
 Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tuesday afternoon
through late Tuesday night...

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tuesday afternoon
through late Tuesday night.

* Snow accumulation: 4 to 6 inches... with higher amounts
possible.

* Timing: rain will overspread the area from the south early
Tuesday afternoon with a transition to snow occurring Tuesday
afternoon and evening. The snow will taper off late Tuesday
night or early Wednesday morning.

* Impacts: the first heavy snow of the season is possible during
the Tuesday afternoon commute. In addition... it is likely to be
a wet snow and any trees with leaves left on them may be
stressed... leading to broken tree limbs and isolated power
outages.


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« Reply #28 on: November 04, 2013, 08:35:59 AM »
Bless you for scrubbing those storms before they get here!  ::bows::
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« Reply #29 on: November 04, 2013, 09:11:46 AM »
Why I moved south --- they seem to park anywhere!!!



Plus the snow shovel broke-

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« Reply #30 on: November 04, 2013, 11:24:02 AM »
It's good for ya, builds character...or an extensive catalog of curse words...

Between winter and the Navy I can't imagine there is a cuss I haven't heard or uttered!   ;D
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« Reply #31 on: November 05, 2013, 01:37:45 PM »
Why I moved south --- they seem to park anywhere!!!



Plus the snow shovel broke-



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« Reply #32 on: November 05, 2013, 06:08:58 PM »
Top picture - upper penisula of Michigan - son went to college at Michigan Tech., in Houghton, MI, where they average 240 inches of snow per year.  Second is in Canada across from Sault St. Marie. MI., just north-east of the 'Soo' locks coming down the Greaat Lakes from Lake Superior.
Yep they do get some snow up there, to say the least....
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« Reply #33 on: November 05, 2013, 06:22:08 PM »
"Some" snow.  I'll say.
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« Reply #34 on: November 05, 2013, 06:34:28 PM »
It's snowing out my window right now.

*sadface*
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« Reply #35 on: November 05, 2013, 07:48:30 PM »
It's snowing out my window right now.

*sadface*

Nothing here so far this year. But I ordered new tire chains for my tractor today.
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« Reply #36 on: November 06, 2013, 05:41:22 AM »
Since the fear of winter is setting in;

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« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2013, 07:08:49 AM »
Drive in not too bad, roads just wet, still some idiots manage to spin out and snarl up spots...I don't think we got as much white stuff as they thought...and once the sun peaks out behind a cloud the stuff on the grass will disappear quickly.
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« Reply #38 on: November 06, 2013, 01:47:33 PM »
It's snowing out my window right now.

*sadface*

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« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2013, 01:53:48 PM »
It's snowing out my window right now.

*sadface*

 Light the fireplace,it always made me feel better.

Warm you up on those bitter 50 degree Florida winter nights, does it?