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« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2011, 11:34:49 AM » |
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Its so cold that I saw a politician with his hand in his own pocket! Man, that's just a few degrees above hell freezing over! |
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« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2011, 12:14:41 PM » |
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-9 at 6:15 plus the hilltop windchill which never stops.
Back to the warm basement.
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« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2011, 01:21:55 PM » |
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I'll wager an 807 that everyone will be bitchin' about the heat this coming summer.
Of course, in schools and in shopping malls, they over-correct the temperature. In the winter when it is freezing outside, you swelter in a tee-shirt, but in the summer you have to wear a sweater to stay comfortable inside. I wonder how many incandescent bulbs it would take to waste that much energy.
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« Reply #28 on: January 24, 2011, 02:57:52 PM » |
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I'll wager an 807 that everyone will be bitchin' about the heat this coming summer.
You Betcha!! |
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« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2011, 04:07:48 PM » |
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and cry when gas hits $4
I use 1/2 the fuel oil my parents used on a house 50% larger
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« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2011, 04:16:54 PM » |
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and cry when gas hits $4
I use 1/2 the fuel oil my parents used on a house 50% larger
I use NO fuel oil...  I DO use a heck of a lot of trees though! |
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« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2011, 04:38:11 PM » |
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So Bruce is the cause of all this global warming
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« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2011, 06:14:26 PM » |
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So Bruce is the cause of all this global warming
Bruce, keep on stokin'! |
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« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2011, 07:51:47 PM » |
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I'll wager an 807 that everyone will be bitchin' about the heat this coming summer.
Don, the winter here so far has been FB. Nothing unusual, normal cold but maybe a bit light on snow. Temps since fall withing 1C of normal since 1885. Out. |
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« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2011, 07:52:34 PM » |
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Yup... I burn trees to heat the house... ( and by the water dripping off the roof, the " whole outdoors" as well) My wife burns trees for a living! |
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« Reply #35 on: January 24, 2011, 10:04:25 PM » |
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Them Italian scientist that have cold fusion all figured out will make power plants and oil a thing of the past.  |
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« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2011, 10:17:58 PM » |
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Hmm. You must have a big house to grow them trees inside it. Yup... I burn trees to heat the house... ( and by the water dripping off the roof, the " whole outdoors" as well) My wife burns trees for a living! |
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« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2011, 10:35:54 AM » |
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I use NO fuel oil...
I use wood on the weekends when we are home but during the week I am stuck with electric heat. Now electric heat has many good attributes but one very bad one. COST! Regards Q |
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« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2011, 11:36:20 AM » |
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Im paying almost $600/month for oil based upon yesterdays delivery at $3.15/gal. Id think that with electric heat being more efficient I should use a few of those hi tech room heaters and bump the oil burner thermostat back to 65 in areas I dont have to worry about pipes freezing.
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« Reply #39 on: January 25, 2011, 12:08:07 PM » |
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I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
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« Reply #40 on: January 25, 2011, 12:34:42 PM » |
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Thanksgiving we were at the beach QTH. Electric was $7 a day for everything and it was in the 20s at night. The house was 50 when I arrived on a Wednesday and the hot water was cold. Electric heat isn't that bad.
I've used about 200 gallons of fuel oil since Dec 1 in Enfield
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« Reply #41 on: January 25, 2011, 12:39:36 PM » |
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Steve said: I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets. See reply #25! |
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« Reply #42 on: January 25, 2011, 02:12:24 PM » |
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Got up to a balmy 40 degrees here today!! OH NO..............must be globull worming  |
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« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2011, 04:55:50 PM » |
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Yea, got above freezing in Ct. today. Needed to soften up the base so Wednesday night storm sticks better.
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« Reply #44 on: January 25, 2011, 11:43:28 PM » |
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How cold is it? ºC ºF
16 60 Californians put on sweaters.
10 50 Miami residents turn on heat.
7 45 Vermont residents go to outdoor concerts.
4 40 Californians shiver uncontrollably.
4 40 Minnesotans go swimming.
4 40 You can see your breath.
2 35 Italian cars don't start.
0 32 Water freezes.
-1 30 You plan your vacation in Australia.
-4 25 Californians weep pitiably.
-4 25 Canadians go swimming.
-4 25 Minnesotans eat ice cream.
-4 25 Ohio water freezes.
-7 20 Miami residents plan vacations further south.
-7 20 New York City water freezes.
-7 20 Politicians begin to talk about the homeless.
-9 15 Cat insists upon sleeping in your bed with you.
-9 15 French cars don't start.
-12 10 You need jumper cables to start the car.
-15 5 American cars don't start.
-18 0 Alaskans put on T-shirts.
-23 -10 German cars don't start.
-23 -10 Your eyes freeze shut when you walk outside.
-26 -15 Arkansans stick their tongues on metal objects.
-26 -15 Miami residents cease to exist.
-26 -15 You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo.
-29 -20 Cat insists upon sleeping in your pajamas with you.
-29 -20 Japanese cars don't start.
-29 -20 Minnesotans shovel the snow from roofs.
-29 -20 Politicians actually do something about the homeless.
-32 -25 Too cold to think.
-32 -25 You need jumper cables to start the driver.
-34 -30 Swedish cars don't start.
-34 -30 You plan a two-week hot bath.
-40 -40 Californians disappear.
-40 -40 Canadians put on sweaters.
-40 -40 Cat helps you plan your trip further south.
-40 -40 Minnesotans button the top button on shirts.
-46 -50 Alaskans close their windows.
-46 -50 Congressional hot air freezes.
-51 -60 Green Bay Packer fans drink hot cocoa at football games.
-57 -70 Polar bears move further south.
-62 -80 Lawyers put their hands in their pockets.
-68 -90 Russian cars don't start.
-73 -100 Hell freezes over. |
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« Reply #45 on: January 26, 2011, 09:10:41 AM » |
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62 -80 Lawyers put their hands in their pockets.
-68 -90 Russian cars don't start.
-73 -100 Hell freezes over.
20 degrees 'tween Lawyers pocketing their own hands and hell freezing over. See, I knew it!! |
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« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2011, 10:29:24 AM » |
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Got up to a balmy 40 degrees here today!! OH NO..............must be globull worming Now paying my pennance for that sarcastic statement. Woke up to 4" snow on the ground, and it's coming fast and furious with snowflakes the size of quarters!! the prognosticatorz (depending on what channel you watch) are now calling for upwards of a foot of that crap before it ends sometime tomorrow morning with the worst coming in tonite!! Yesterdays forcast was for rain all day  go figger  It MUST be globull worming |
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« Reply #47 on: January 27, 2011, 08:36:38 AM » |
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Meanwhile, we're running 20-odd degrees warmer than average. Not a flake of snow on the ground. I gess it depends on the deal of the cards. Denver Forecast: Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind between 5 and 7 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Southwest wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. ------------------------ 200 gallons of propane @ $1.80/gal since 1 September and 2/3 cord of split pine used. I love AlGore. |
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« Reply #48 on: January 27, 2011, 08:51:30 AM » |
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Believe it or not, in central PA we are below our average snowfall, 100 miles to the east they have had an all time record snowfall.
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« Reply #49 on: January 27, 2011, 09:03:53 AM » |
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After 2 days of the "rain" that was called for earlier this week, we now have about a foot of that white crap on the ground. We were told by the local prognosticators not to worry as this was going to be a "non event". Yesterday brought snowflakes the size of quarters, blowing snow and near white-out blizard condituons! We even got thunder-snow! When it was all said and done we ended up getting about a foot od heavy wet stuff on or stuck to everything. My crappy brown stuff feedline was about 3" in diameter with that crap stuck to it. The antenner was about the same. They were saying on the local news that y'all boyz up in New England were going to get hammered worse than us!! Well it's time to go out and shovel some of the "rain" out of my driveway so I can try to get to work Globull Worming my a$$ |
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