What are we (OK, some of us) becoming????
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I've seen pictures and some of those old Norsemen grew horns. When I was sixteen I walked 5 miles to see a girl but evidently she felt so sorry for me she had told her dad about my problems.
He told me at the end of a shotgun to take my problems some place else. That taught me I shouldn't lay it on so thick.
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It was 15 degrees in central Alabama this morning. The governor declared a state of emergency yesterday ahead of the blizzard (0-4in of snow across the state.). I rolled out my snowblower and pointed it north to ward off the snow gods. It worked. We only got a dusting of ice here. 
I'll admit, I have gotten soft. I put on an overcoat to go out to feed the horses this morning. i needed a hat too as I have become follically challenged.
In fairness to the state, it doesn't get much snow. Towns have little to no capacity for snow and ice removal. Several highways became impassible and were shutdown overnight.
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I'll admit, I have gotten soft. I put on an overcoat to go out to feed the horses this morning. i needed a hat too as I have become follically challenged.
In fairness to the state, it doesn't get much snow. Towns have little to no capacity for snow and ice removal. Several highways became impassible and were shutdown overnight.
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It's common knowledge you are better off with a warm hat than warm trousers but many people don't know good old fashion wool beat's other insulations when wet. If you ever wore wool long johns long enough to become accustom to the itching you can understand why old timers didn't take theirs off when they took annual baths.
A few years ago, there was a pretty decent nor'easter that dumped 14" across the Mid Atlantic. Some friends and I decided to go snowboarding in PA because the conditions were phenomenal for the east coast. About jalf way there, we heard on the radio that they were closing due to the weather. I couldn't believe a ski resort would close because it snowed!
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We get our share of it in central Maine but hasn't been bad so far. Near 0 later this week.
When I was a kid, I wore wool pants to school. I walked there and back no matter how cold it was. Unfortunately for me, I was allergic to the wool, and my legs would break out in a rash. My mother resolved the issue by lining all my pants with satin fabric so they wouldn't rub and I never had the problem again. The wool of the 1930s & 1940s is no longer used, and the wool that is used today is much softer.
God love them if we had half the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our moms we could fix tractors with a screwdriver and pliers in the dark.
Now Mom drives the kid to the end of the 50 foot driveway and keeps the engine running till the bus comes. I noticed that the school near me doesn't allow the kids to walk there, a bus will leave the school, turn the corner and drop off kids that live in houses that are next door all the while stopping traffic in both directions.
Eight degrees this morning. I am adding long pants and a sweatshirt to the overcoat and hat to go feed.
In a bit of a worry mode waiting for the propane delivery today. I hope it doesn't get pushed back again. We are below 10% if the gauge is reading corrently. Using propane for heating is lame. I'll need to invesigate replacing the picturesque gas log fireplace with a pellet or wood insert.
Here is what we got to deal with yesterday. What happened to global warning??
Insane Drone Footage of Semis on Ice in Birmingham, Alabama
In a bit of a worry mode waiting for the propane delivery today. I hope it doesn't get pushed back again. We are below 10% if the gauge is reading corrently. Using propane for heating is lame. I'll need to invesigate replacing the picturesque gas log fireplace with a pellet or wood insert.
Here is what we got to deal with yesterday. What happened to global warning??
Insane Drone Footage of Semis on Ice in Birmingham, Alabama
Looking at 2 to 3 ft of snow over the next day or so up here. Just another day in The North Country .
10% remaining in propane tank isn't much. How long ago did you call to have tank filled?
When I was in Jr. High school my trapping partner and I would get up at 4:00 am
walk a mile or more in 20° or lower temps / check our traps/reset them sticking our hands in cold water....
then walk home/ skin a few and get ready for school..... and then walk to my buddys house across town and jump in his beat up van and drive to school.... smoking a J-Bone...
go by any school these days, there is a traffic jam of kids being dropped off by their mommys....
Talking about wool clothing, back when I was a young man I bought a Woolrich hunting coat 100% wool. I have never worn anything that took the chill and blocked the wind like that coat did. And then one year 2nd day of deer a warm front came through and instead of snow we got rain, one of those all day light rains. And while I really didnt get cold so so speak, when I got back to camp I was worn out, couldnt figure out why, untill I took that coat off! That damn thing must have weighed 50 pounds, it took 3 days to dry out, and then shrunk.
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I heat my house and shop with propane, I went from wood, then pellet to propane, would never consider going back.
The propane runs a 199,000 BTU Combi Boiler that is also our hot water.
I fill the tank in the fall, refill once in middle of winter then top off in the spring.
I won't have to do that once I put in my underground tank, one fill will last us all year with a margin of safety to boot.
It's cheaper, easier, cleaner, and less work to heat with propane, than wood or pellets.
You're complaint is your low on propane, well you'll have the same issue if you don't stock up on firewood or pellets.
Buying pellets is much cheaper in the summer, but you've got to have a dry place to store them till you need them, and loosing that much dry space is a killer for me.
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You really can't blame families for driving and dropping off kids at school, or waiting in their car to drop them off or pick them up from at bus stop.
There are far too many creeps out and about these days!
What was once a safe walk to school is now unsafe!
There are far too many creeps out and about these days!
What was once a safe walk to school is now unsafe!
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The news clowns have figured out they can get more people to watch if they sensationalize everything, including the weather. They're downright shamelessly lying. Day before yesterday two stations in the DC area announced the the next day would be the coldest in 5 years at low teens when in fact last year it was 7 degrees on Christmas eve.
I had pellets when I lived in MA. Loved them. I would buy what I needed in the summner. I never ran out. The house was toasty warm all the time. Oil was my backup.
I intend to do the same here with wood pellets as a primary and propane as the backup.
I have had nothing but negative experiences with now my third propane company in five years. Using a pre-buy plan to get the best rate. The money outlay is no different than buying however many tons of pellets I need in the summer. With heating oil, I can always add diesel if the truck cannot get here. I have been waiting eights days since I requested the fill. I just want an honest answer about the delivery date, not constant excuses.