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Re: winter projects

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:47 pm
by rlaggren
Back to rewiring and insulating houses, this time my sister's top floor. 'Fraid that'll take me into the new year.

Rufus

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:18 am
by splummer
its not a project that i look forward to but a project anyways its plowing sno, one foot over nite and still coming down. so who has sno

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:14 am
by Stealth Camper
We had 15 degrees (F), and then a little rain. Now it is back to 60 with clear skies. Not bad for mid-Dec. Can't complain (but do most of the time anyway - wouldn't want to get out of practice.)

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:11 am
by yugogypsy
snow here yesterday late afternoon, then rain for a while but most of the snow is still around brrr!

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:38 am
by splummer
Stealth Camper wrote:We had 15 degrees (F), and then a little rain. Now it is back to 60 with clear skies. Not bad for mid-Dec. Can't complain (but do most of the time anyway - wouldn't want to get out of practice.)
60 degrees, lucky.i wont see that until next june

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:58 am
by yugogypsy
Around here we've been lucky if the house is that warm in the morning, had a little money trouble this year and can't afford heating oil, so we're using the wood heater, and it's mighty cold in here when that goes out at night (Not air tight)

Electric heaters help some but are murder on the electric bill.

And I'd better go put wood in the heater, Rick is helping our neighbour put his tent back up, and I'm designated fire tender.

Can you imagine a landlord who won't let a 61 year old man sleep in the house when there is 4 inches of snow on his semi-collapsed tent? The guy is a jerk!

Take Care All and Happy Holidays to each and every one of you out there, Hey Sharkey, that means you too, I hold no grudges!

Lois

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:28 pm
by splummer
dangerous to sleep out side this time of year

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:46 pm
by yugogypsy
Very, it's 6:35pm our time and Rick hasn't come in yet, so they must be working hard.

This poor old guy has a zillion chemical sensitivities or I'd put him up in the camper tonight.

It is freezing and the roads are getting slippery, I hope no one lands in my front garden, as it's down a steep bank.

I had someone drunk land in there before it was a garden :roll: and DO NOT want a repeat of that episode! :!:

Lois

Re: winter projects

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:35 am
by splummer
what can you do for someone living outside, ,too many people living outside.not sure how cold your area gets but it gets cold here .you can spit andit will freeze before it hits the ground, not kidding there.

Re: winter projects

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:39 am
by splummer
so now that i have lots of time and no scedule the plans here are building a maple suger house this winter ,always have plenty of projects in our shop going on, a trip to alaska is planned for the first week of april,

Re: winter projects

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:14 am
by Stealth Camper
We are having a fantastic winter so far. Still have roses blooming at the house. Small, stunted and not many of them, but still have a few. Amazing. Lows - in the 30's. Highs in the 50's. This little window of "Indian Summer" is one of the very few things that make it worth being here...for a couple months a year....spring storms is another.

Right after Christmas/New Years, I would be heading to the gulf coast in an ideal world.

Re: winter projects

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:49 am
by yugogypsy
Despite the snow there are roses out in this area, at the library in Mill Bay--that is about the mildest spot in the Cowichan Valley.

It was sunny here but is overcast now and my barometer is sinking again.

Rick and my neighbour got the tent back up, put a frame over it and covered the frame with a tarp. So my neighbour had a good sleep last night.

Looks like maybe more snow if the clouds get any thicker. No problem, I don't have to go out and the battery in my van is deader than a door nail.

Take Care Everyone and stay warm

Lois

Re: winter projects

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:00 am
by splummer
i hope the storm didnt wreak his tent, was real bad here , hurricane force winds, does he have heat in his tent

Re: winter projects

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:46 am
by yugogypsy
Tent ripped in a non-critical area and they were able to cover it with a tarp and a PVC pipe frame.

I'm going to shift his landlord out of this town, never mind how, but I'll do it.

Take Care all, Merry Cristmas Steve.

Lois :)

Re: winter projects

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:08 am
by splummer
merry christmas to you lois and all of the rest, its getting cold up here so i spent dome time getting the shop cleaned out for some projects,going to make more chairs this week , i and my wife have a real long list of things to do ,now that iam all done doing my real job, its great