The Coffee House

[pixmedic2 1]

Omg..we are freezing down here...

Highs of...make sure your sitting down. ...68.

HIGHS of 68!
Oh the humanity...

 

[sm4him]

Omg..we are freezing down here...

Highs of...make sure your sitting down. ...68.

HIGHS of 68!
Oh the humanity...

I remember those days like they were just last week…

 

[minicoop1985]

I live in Wisconsin. It's cold as t*ts here. A foot of snow and only some of the schools close.

 

[Gary A.]

As one who is prepared for nearly anything, I don't understand that either.

And what about those people getting ready for a hurricane? I mean doesn't anybody keep the plywood they used last year? I guess they just remove it and haul it to the dump after every hurricane.

Not having lived in the Midwest or East Coast ... it is only recently that I've realized that you guys are prepared and expect that the power grid will shut down for a day or so numerous times over the winter. On the West Coast, as the grid rarely is down, nobody has these expectations, and thusly, very few people have generators or firewood or a back up food supply, et al. All that backup stuff is quite odd to us.

 

[Designer]

You might start thinking about accumulating some backup water, food, & gasoline. You know, just in case.

 

[bribrius]

As one who is prepared for nearly anything, I don't understand that either.

And what about those people getting ready for a hurricane? I mean doesn't anybody keep the plywood they used last year? I guess they just remove it and haul it to the dump after every hurricane.

Not having lived in the Midwest or East Coast ... it is only recently that I've realized that you guys are prepared and expect that the power grid will shut down for a day or so numerous times over the winter. On the West Coast, as the grid rarely is down, nobody has these expectations, and thusly, very few people have generators or firewood or a back up food supply, et al. All that backup stuff is quite odd to us.

a day or so.... lol.... couple years back i ran two weeks with no power. If it was only a day or so i wouldnt need the backups.... lol
so far this season i have only gone one day with no power. Generator.
we keep gas for the grill in the winter. not so much because we are entertaining company for out door cookouts but because if we lose power we cook on the grill a lot more.. Electric stove isnt even wired into the generator hookups just not worth supplying. We run the fridge on generator now but when we just had a small generator we put the food outside in sealed containers. Figure it is winter time not like it wont stay frozen . just have to keep it high or preferably sealed to keep the animals away. My problem is i actually maintain another property seven miles away. when i only had one generator and they both went out of power at the same time i had to drain all the pipes there and hope for the best. Now i have two generators so i am not put in that position of if they both lose power at once. The main thing with power is to keep the pipes from freezing in forced hot water systems, as mine are. It isnt so much heat for yourself there are plenty of ways around that, but forced hot water cant freeze the pipes burst and their goes much dollars and time, and mess. so you either run the boilers or drain the pipes.

you can put additive in them to like antifreeze, to avoid freezing so easy. But if you lose power for any real length of time you are basically screwed no matter what and you arent actually supposed to leave the additives in they are meant to be with anything but straight water... Easier just to run generators and keep the forced hot water system running and warm or drain them. Dont even know why we used forced hot water systems up here in the northeast it really is quite stupid as you are always worried about frozen pipes. so it isnt so much keeping yourself warm that you are concerned with , but keeping the maze of pipes in the dwelling warm enough to prevent freezing which is much more involved. And yeah, spare fuel, spare food now we use a larger capacity single freezer too now, spare batteries, camping lights, camping stove, we pretty much utilize whatever we have we need at the time. Losing electricity at all isnt really a big deal, except for keeping all that forced hot water warm. you can live fine with no electricity.

 

[JacaRanda]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. As Randy Newman sings ... "Another perfect day, I love LA." It is 6:30 a.m. and 55F, it is predicted to cool off to the mid 60's maybe it'll hit 70F today. A hint of an ocean breeze, soft and caressing. Kona again today, The cup is back lighted by the monitor and I can see waves of steam rising. It's a white, oversized rounder cup with this giant lower case 'g' painted on the side.

Anybody hate you yet?

 

[limr34 3]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. As Randy Newman sings ... "Another perfect day, I love LA." It is 6:30 a.m. and 55F, it is predicted to cool off to the mid 60's maybe it'll hit 70F today. A hint of an ocean breeze, soft and caressing. Kona again today, The cup is back lighted by the monitor and I can see waves of steam rising. It's a white, oversized rounder cup with this giant lower case 'g' painted on the side.

Anybody hate you yet?

I don't

 

[limr34 3]

As one who is prepared for nearly anything, I don't understand that either.

And what about those people getting ready for a hurricane? I mean doesn't anybody keep the plywood they used last year? I guess they just remove it and haul it to the dump after every hurricane.

Not having lived in the Midwest or East Coast ... it is only recently that I've realized that you guys are prepared and expect that the power grid will shut down for a day or so numerous times over the winter. On the West Coast, as the grid rarely is down, nobody has these expectations, and thusly, very few people have generators or firewood or a back up food supply, et al. All that backup stuff is quite odd to us.

Yup, being prepared for dealing with the effects of storms is something I grew up with and is second nature to me. And whatever lessons I learned here in the Northeast, I had them reinforced when I lived in Istanbul, where power or water would disappear completely randomly, regardless of weather. Never knew when they'd come back, either. Often it was just a few hours, but a few times, we'd be without water for up to 2 days with no explanation. Having large reserves of potable water is a no-brainer for me.

And on a related note, since living overseas, I also carry a package of tissues with me at all times because I still don't trust that there will be toilet paper in public bathrooms!

 

[JacaRanda]

Anyone own a windshield scraper? I actually needed one a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Designer]

Anyone own a windshield scraper? I actually needed one a couple of weeks ago.

Shipping address and $5 + S&H

Actually, if it's just soft frost, which I suspect it was, a credit card will do it. (that was free, BTW)

 

[bribrius]

Anyone own a windshield scraper? I actually needed one a couple of weeks ago.

i have five.

 

[Designer]

Anybody hate you yet?

Nah. You guys are welcome to it. I lived in LA county for 10 years. I don't have any desire to move there again.

 

[JacaRanda]

Anyone own a windshield scraper? I actually needed one a couple of weeks ago.

Shipping address and $5 + S&H

Actually, if it's just soft frost, which I suspect it was, a credit card will do it. (that was free, BTW)

Crap, I wasted my favorite Average White Band cd. Pick Up The Pieces

 

[Designer]

You used a CD? I presume it is now beyond normal use. See? You could have bought a scraper from me and you'd still have that CD.