-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 08 Feb 14  01:37:08 <=-

 >> The walls in the new bathroom that Ron put in (not the bathroom we
 >> used for the Picnic) are bowed.. that is such a drag. It's the second
 >> big bathroom downstairs, though the bathroom we used for the picnic
 >> also had a _lot_ of damage.. Shower is now "indescribable" there :(
 > Was that (the second bath) the one just off the second kitchen...?

 JK> Yeah.. :(  That's the one.. :(

IIRC, it was still in stages of completion at the picnic, but at least a
private space for changing clothes... :)  KInda makes sense that baths
would be the worst hit when pipes burst, since they have a concentration
of pipes... but tis sad all the same...  With our fire, upstairs bath
got a lot of damage, but a lot of the water managed to just use the
downstairs shower drain as an exit point... the shower curtain was
ruined, though, with the sooty water...  
 
 > only lost the stuff right in the fire that was burnt, and some stuff
 > in the attic that got smoke damage...  But what really got to me was
 > the amount of the secondary water damage... and the huge repair
 > bill...  :)  Water goes everywhere, I guess...  ;)

 JK> It makes sense given the force the firetrucks must use I would think..
 JK> though thankfully we've never had a fire so I can only guess that was
 JK> part of it .. As you mention, the amount of water in itself would be
 JK> insane. 

One of my most vivid memories is of sitting in the puddles on the
kitchen floor, watching the drips from the ceiling... ;0  I started
laughing, though, since a side benefit from the mess was that the red
ceiling paint that I had hated (and that we had been peeling bit by bit)
was being removed by the deluge...  :)  No cloud without its silver
lining... ;)

 >> That's a pain :(  We've woken up a few times here in Ithaca with no
 >> heat, so our furnace was playing that same game I think.. :(
 > Just no consideration...!  (G)

 JK> Yeah, no kidding Lol... After we moved in this house everything looked
 JK> so perfect, but as soon as winter hit our first year here, we had to
 JK> have a lot of work done on the furnace :(.. real bummer, because we
 JK> were lead to believe it was fine.. sure, we bought the house in the
 JK> spring/early summer so we didn't notice til the fall .. Anyway, now
 JK> the fellow who works on it let us know that the problem with the heat
 JK> shutting off is a switch that needs to be replaced.. but it's a major
 JK> job because this house doesn't have turnoffs for the water in the
 JK> basement. We'll have to drain the system, then install turnoffs, and
 JK> get the switch which is also costly .. so we figure when it goes off,
 JK> we'll turn it back on  

Big hassle... I suppose it might be a little less hassle if done when
the furnace isn't needing to be used... like mid-summer...  ;)  But for
now, yes, just manually working the switch works...  Our system is
forced air, not steam/hot water, but repairs to the oil delivery system
are likewise complicated...  :)

 >> snow... which means we'll have to get to Windsor at least once this
 >> week to shovel.. Matt will help Ron so that's something..
 > How much did you get...?  We got most of ours during the day on
 > Wednesday, all told maybe close to a foot, maybe only about 8 inches...
 > I was out in it, as I had an appointment midday... not too bad, but not
 > a lot of fun, either... :)

 JK> We also got a little over 8".. not so bad, but of course I don't do
 JK> the shoveling..  

Richard was out multiple times to stay atop the shoveling here... 
Midday it was coming down so fast that the plows weren't keeping up with
it, which made for most of the "fun" driving...  

 >>> I've been tracking temps and weather in Massena, too... I think they
 >>> probably think they ARE at the north pole... sub-zero temps for highs,
 >>> wind chills much lower...  Glad we don't live there...  although,
 >>> probably we'd get used to that, too...  
 >> haha.. I'd rather not have to get used to it :) :)
 > I hear you...    But one does toughen to whatever one is regularly
 > exposed to, usually, anyway...  ;)

 JK> Yes, that's true.  When we moved from NY to KY, I remember laughing
 JK> when people would complain about the cold in Louisville   I didn't
 JK> get "chilled" for at least 2 years after the move.  Same thing with my

Then your blood thinned enough to notice... ;)

 JK> allergies.. the first year, nothing bothered me down there haha.. then
 JK> it hit :( Ragweed, GoldenRod.. the plants in KY looked just a little
 JK> different than what we'd had in NY, so once my body "noticed" their
 JK> allergens, I was sunk  

They /were/ just a little different... For some people it works the
opposite, the allergies show up with the new plants and then subside as
the body learns to deal with them... But for others it has to build up
in the system...  Did you have a break from the allergies when you moved
back to NY?  or did your body recognize them right away...?  ;)

 >  and you stay warm, too...!   :)

 JK> Lots of quilts on the bed needless to say.. plus Indy and Sophie
 JK> keeping us warm Lol 

Bigger heaters than cats... :)  We're down to one almost geriatric
kitty... she mostly wants to have us keep her warm...!  :)

ttyl        neb

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