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Posted: Sun Feb 10th, 2008 06:43 pm |
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I don't know if I should be crying or laughing......tonight's storm is supposed to also have thunderstorms with it.......and why does snow have to blow?
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 09:28 am |
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Oh yes there is nothing like a good old snowstorm along with
a thunderstorm, it's almost like hell frozen over and I still can't
understand why anyone would live there, specially in the winter.
That reminds me of my 12 years in the midwest. In Kansas
on the plains it gets really crazy. The Snow is whipped together
with the dust and dirt and forms sort of a flying mud.
They call it snirt....nice huh, it gets better. When a snirt
storm hits everyone runs for cover because the flying mud
is really dangerous and on the windshields with the wipers
going it's basically grinding your glass, which now turns
permanently frosted.
The cows don't know any better and stand face into the
wind/snirt. In twenty minutes the snirt forms a
mudpack on their face and smothers the cows.
Very sad but when the farmers discover the cows and peel
away the mudpack they (the cows) have been left with really
nice complexions! Or so they say.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 09:13 pm |
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trust me......I have no idea why I'm living here. This morning as I spent an hour digging my way through snow and ice to my car, I was cursing the whole way. Got to the car -- all 4 doors were frozen shut. then had to go unload our food coop's monthly delivery truck in sub-zero temps with the wind howling. BUT, I have in my hot little hands fresh, organic swiss chard and kale, and that's a special treat.....and I have bread in the oven and soup is on for tonight. It's too cold (and icy roads) for me to go to my Monday night blues show.....
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:31 am |
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Our friend Linda who lived in Alaska awhile says there were plug in thingy's that kept your car ready to start up there; it seems so sensisble! So if people can have heated floors, why not have heated driveways? Someone could make a bloody fortune figuring this out...heated water underneath or something?? Ok, whoever picks up on this??? I want a cut!
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:31 am |
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Where in Maine are you? My mother's side of the family is from Livermore Falls. I have an aunt living there who is 94 and still active and living at home alone. I also have a sister-in-law (traveling nurse) who is working in Portland and loves it. She is still not used to the Maine winter weather. She has wrecked her car, minor, twice in the last six weeks. Slid off the road in snow. She learned to drive in Miami, FL. Maine is beautiful but I couldn't live there. I've worked outside for the last 35 years here in southern Virginia and I can no longer stand the cold, but I still have to. In 23 days I will again be in Culebra for the last two weeks of winter and the temps will be in the 70's. The day I return to Virginia will be the first day of spring!!!
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:38 am |
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I'm on the coast -- in Boothbay -- about an hour north of Portland. and Island Woman -- I'll take the heated driveway idea. Now I know why people have heated garages. This is just not fun......and we have another storm coming our way tomorrow!!! grrrrrrrrrr......you lucky island folk better not complain about chilly nights for a few days.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:51 am |
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Actually, it was very chilly coming back across from the big island - I had to put my long sleeved shirt on.
I met some tourists there (do you speak English...well?? OH!) who were from Michigan or some god awful cold place 20 below zero and very happy to be in the sun. She said, We couldn't stand it...booked the tickets yesterday, we're here today. Wow. In truth, I can't comprehend. Don't want to.
Don't ask me to feel bad for you; I can't even compute such cold! But I'm serious about the drive way thing...it could be a killer money maker - you go girl!
No fans tonight. 
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 09:37 pm |
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| Here's the deal-killer about heated driveways, and they already exist: the electricity they use is ridiculous. If you doubt this, leave your oven on for a few hours and watch the dial on your meter spin like an Air Flamenco propeller. This is terribly expensive and generates lots of greenhouse gas in the production. On the other hand, if you have thermal springs on the property, you might tap them and pump the heat through pipes buried in the concrete. Or, if you can focus a huge magnifying glass on the drive...or...
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 11:21 am |
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I was thinking water heat...they do it in Iceland...there is a whole CITY is heated and powered with hydro. The thing is, it is happening, and the world at large keeps ignoring these realities. Well, they will until they can't. Oops, time to drink my coffee...ya think?
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 08:51 pm |
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Back in the '80s I rented a house built on a slab that had hot water pipes running through the slab....those pipes also went in the garage and so I had a heated garage. WOW...was that nice, but probably expensive. The driveway thing would be nice so that it would melt ice and snow and you would not have to shovel it. I have a gravel drive way, I wonder how that would work....pretty expensive I imagine. Doug, get me a giant magnifying glass.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 08:57 pm |
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Herb,
If you've ever been up to the Tara Point B&B in Grafton, you were driving on a heated drive. For those who havent, it is a half mile long and w-a-y steep.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14th, 2008 11:56 am |
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Interesting and informative article on "GeoThermal" heating and cooling. Could easily be applied to your discussion here.
http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5556.html#more-5556
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 04:31 pm |
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| We have friends in Boothbay. Do you know Cathy and Dick Cozine?
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 04:33 pm |
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| Thursday on the island was great. We spent the day at Luis Pena. Great snorkeling that day...water was exceptionally clear. What a great spot. Arrived home late last night to windy and freezing temps. Snow, too. It is the wrong white stuff!!! Not soft and warm. I miss Culebra already.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 04:58 pm |
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I don't know them......and my condolences on returning home......Old Island Woman is trying to complain about the cold in Culebra today.....needless to say, I have no sympathy.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 07:39 pm |
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OLD Island Woman!!! Your gonna get it now.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 08:02 pm |
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Actually, coming from someone in Maine, I believe the appellation *Old* before someone's name is a sign of reverence and honor.
Which is why I, with blushing, unspoken pride (unwritten is another matter), understand her complete thought.
In Maine, one, especially a semi-young person, never shows sympathy to an elder who might be feeling discomfort on any level; it is a sign of disrespecting their ability to withstand pain, especially relating to weather matters but including anything from gastrointestinal issues to corns to rotten fish forgotten in the trunk until summer, when those idyllic 5 days of intense heat somewhere in the high 50's can raise a stink.
So, I'm honored, however needlessly, since not being from Maine I can say I am cold (even though right now, I'm merely cool...after a long nap under two blankets, I have thawed out).
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 01:32 pm |
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it's scary when OLD COLD Island Woman and I understand each other's complete thoughts.....
i truly hope she's not frozen to death somewhere.
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