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January 23, 2007 at 3:54 am #530777
hehe… I just talked to a friend of mine in Tucson about an hour ago and he mentioned he had snow (but he likes to ski, so he enjoyed it).
We’ve finally gotten some snow here in the northeast (though where I’m at, it’s still not enough to cross country ski on). Luckily, the temperature was warm enough the other day so the ice could fall off the trees. My county got hit hard by the ice storm two weeks ago, though not as hard as the midwest. My entire village and the outlying areas lost power, except for about 10 buildings (including my house… hurray for being on a separate line for once!). I did however get to watch the power pole that I had just been standing next to in order to take pictures come crashing down (some large tree branches gave way from the ice – about a quarter of an inch – and cause the pole to snap at the base). Very eerie and kewl to walk around the village with absolutely no lights and almost not cars around. It was so serene and so many stars more stars were visible! Everyone did work together to help each other out though and make sure everyone was warm with generators and what not. I did get some great night pics on time exposure of some of the tree branches too.
Lokie, I so understand the thing with old houses. Mine is over 200 years old. Some rooms are a bit frigid and nippy in the morning as of late! Still, I’ll take old construction (if it’s maintained well) over some of the newer construction I’ve been seeing, at least in the stuff around here. Can’t beat having oak support beams bigger than me.
January 23, 2007 at 4:01 am #530778I hear that. They are building all sorts of new houses out be me and I ALWAYS wonder how well they are made since they put them up so fast now a days
January 23, 2007 at 4:47 am #530779Lokie wrote:drag0nfeathers wrote:Oh what the hell! I no sooner post that and it’s snowing outside right now! Not much, but enough to feel the slap in the face of winter saying “HAHA, Thought I forgot you didn’t you?”
Yeah, we did just get a light dusting here in the past few hours, but it has stopped. Is it still snowing down there?
As for cold, yes, it has been freezing!!!! Your house warmer than mine? Mine is old and drafty and super cold and I’ve been wearing my winter coat inside for the past few days (its on right now, lol). Funny though, not only two weeks ago it was in the 50s, so I think this cold spell is just making up for the rain and warm weather lately. The past few years have really demonstrated the old Mark Twain saying, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, wait a minute” as accurate 🙂
Oh yes! It’s STILL snowing. I just took some pictures of my dog rolling around in it like an idiot like he does every first snow. haha!
Oh! I can relate to the cold house situation! The house I’m living in right now actually used to be a big 4 car garage for the place my mother lives! HAHA! The whole thing is made of cement and is more like a bomb shelter. We have the heat set on 90 and get like a 200 – 300 electric bill every month and it’s only breaking 67 in here right now! ACK! We usually put the oven on in the moring to heat the place up faster. The only good thing is that we have practically no windows so thers no draft, but the downside is we have no sunlight either. I think there is like 5 in the whole house….no 6! I counted, in a 5 bedroom house! So it’s not so drafty, but cement walls and no insulation causes lots of cold to just seep in through the walls.
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Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsJanuary 23, 2007 at 4:53 am #530780I hate the cold. I can take heat but not a fan of cold in any way
January 23, 2007 at 5:30 am #530781Our farmhouse is more than a 100 years old and the only heat is downstairs in the kitchen/dining room/living room. When it’s really cold I just heat my room with candles. Another reason for liking Melody’s candle lamps. 😆
January 23, 2007 at 6:45 am #530782It’s times like now I’m really glad I have central heat and air
January 23, 2007 at 9:41 pm #530783AnonymousI normally do not turn on the heat unless it goes down under -30.. the computers/servers in my office generally require the windows to be open in winter.
January 24, 2007 at 2:22 am #530784I would freeze to death. I HATE cold!! I LOVE heat!!
It not have helped that I rode a motorcycle thru some very NASTY wet and cold winters
January 24, 2007 at 5:50 am #530785HaHA! It snowed here last night! Finally! I get a white birthday! Whoop! 😀
January 24, 2007 at 6:53 am #530786well HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
January 24, 2007 at 11:03 am #530787Thanks, DM. Except it’ll be pretty boring since I’ll be in school from 0830 until 1635 hours and then I’ll be aerating for until about 2030. There won’t be much celebration.
January 24, 2007 at 12:58 pm #530788HAPPY BIRTHDAY~!!
Can you believe it? Arizona is getting snow and Mannheim has not!! 😆
January 24, 2007 at 3:28 pm #530789Happy Birthday GB! *Throws confetti and blows horn***
Wait! It’s not your birthday yet. **cleans up confetti and puts horn away**
January 24, 2007 at 5:04 pm #530790but it’s still your special day
January 24, 2007 at 6:12 pm #530791emerald212 wrote:Happy Birthday GB! *Throws confetti and blows horn***
Wait! It’s not your birthday yet. **cleans up confetti and puts horn away**
😆 😆 That’s okay, emerald. I won’t be online during the day Friday, so I’ll happily take this in reserve for then.
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