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Bruce
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That must be it. The girl was holding some sort of papers or something, not in her backpack. Still I think once Dad had tossed some of the stuff up to where the can was, the kids could have at least put it in the can.
greybeard
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What!?! Actually handle 'garbage'?? Oh Noes..they can't do that...what if the bus came and their friends saw them?
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Bruce
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Oh but it wasn't garbage, it was recyclables! Wet with snow, but not garbage. 
RollingAcres
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They would be the talk of the whole school. Everyone will look at them funny and won't sit witg them at lunch time.What!?! Actually handle 'garbage'?? Oh Noes..they can't do that...what if the bus came and their friends saw them?
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Bruce
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10°F this morning. Dog water dish frozen .... horizontal nipples frozen. So much for horizontals not freezing as quickly as verticals. My verticals wouldn't have frozen until at least -10°F. They can't be frozen in the pipe since the circulating water is 65°F. Left over water in the little 'platform' must have frozen the pins on the outside
Will be buying a new heated dog dish.
Mike CHS
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Even here it was cold enough that there was a solid inch of ice in all of the water troughs. I have been putting all of my 5 gallon water containers on the porch to keep them from freezing outside.
CntryBoy777
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I will admit that I've racked my brain for ya in trying think of a way to keep ya from dealing with frozen water, but when it is so brutually cold for long periods of time it is extremely difficult without heating the barn and that would be costly....I truly do cringe for ya having to deal with it....cause frankly I sure couldn't do it....I hope ya do come up with a solution....
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Bruce
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Heating the barn 
Solution: New heated water dish! Installed about 3 PM today.
Solution: New heated water dish! Installed about 3 PM today.
rachels.haven
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It's a little late, but I use this in my chicken nipple buckets.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061UQ6G/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I want to experiment with insulating the bucket, but so far they work down to single digits. Just don't let your geese eat the cord like I did.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061UQ6G/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I want to experiment with insulating the bucket, but so far they work down to single digits. Just don't let your geese eat the cord like I did.
