Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

No wonder birds fly south for the winter. A bunch of them are here, tearing up the birdseed my husband puts out for them.

 

[Bruce]

What do you do with vehicles & other motored equipment?? Block heaters?

Drive a Prius! Don't need "cold cranking amps". The 12V battery only needs to open the circuits for the high voltage battery. The gas engine is started through the transmission by the electric motor and that is run from the high voltage battery. There is no starter motor cranking. None of that rrrrrr, rrrrrr, rrrrr click. rrrrr, rrrrr, rrrrr and hopefully start before the 12V dies. Which doesn't take long at -20°F even with a new battery.

The tractor took a few tries when it was about 0°F. The garden tractor? Even with a new battery, the biggest CCA they make, it requires several 3 minutes cycles of "boost" from the charger at 0°F, not sure it would start at all at -20°F.

 

[Mrs1885]

Grandkids are the best. I tell our kids that their kids make their rotten selves worth it.

I have the three year old granddaughter with me this morning. Youngest daughter came home a week and a half ago to farm sit while hubby had surgery and is recovering. Bitty woke up and came downstairs when she smelled the bacon cooking. She grabbed a piece and ran back upstairs to put on her princess dress for breakfast. LOL

 

[frustratedearthmother]

What a doll!

 

[RollingAcres]

She's very cute!

 

[Mrs1885]

Thanks! She's a ham and a half.

 

[Mini Horses]

You know it's cold when people in Walmart are wearing 2 pairs of pajamas.

They do the PJs there, too?? I see it and cannot understand what they think is OK with it!! One of the local judges sends them out of his court. He's posted outside his courtroom that the lounge dress is not allowed. Good for him!

I keep saying that I want to visit during one of these nasty, miserable cold spells just so that I can stand outside the motel for a few mins and say that I've experienced it. I think that I would NEVER complain about Virginia cold again.

Well, I do not have to "experience" that cold to appreciate our milder temps. Heck, when I go out at 28-30 degree mornings, I already know double that cold ain't for me!!! I bitch & moan about 28....those are generally hot water tote days. But far better than what it would be like for days and days.

Exteme cold here & I will plug in my heated tubs for a week or two and be pretty ok (until the bill came ) But at those drastic below zero temps, and single digits all day, even many of the heaters won't keep the water unfrozen. Hard to even imagine.

Weather like they are having is when we have to read about frozen animals. Sadly, it happens. Especially when no one can get hay to them.

 

[greybeard]

One of the local judges sends them out of his court. He's posted outside his courtroom that the lounge dress is not allowed.

I've never seen PJs in a courtroom. I was on jury duty one time and heard a judge order a male juror to wear "Sunday clothes" and not to wear blue jeans the next day. (no, it were not me..I knew better)

 

[promiseacres]

Going out in a few minutes, actual temp is -18° F ....
Hot coffee is on. DH'S work is the only place I know of open today.... his manager didn't want stuck at home all day with his family... so DH went in. he told me to wear my glasses when doing chores to protect my eyes...

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready.