Hi Nancy,

>> Yeah, darn it Lol.. I understand Mark's happiness with the snow, but
>> for me, it's not the same as when I was a bit younger 

> Strange, how our excitement about things fades with age (also with
> debilitation)... ;)  I had pleasant memories about being on the ocean
> beach and wading into the ocean... until I went to my nephew's wedding
> on the beach, and discovered that I couldn't balance on the sand very
> well, and that the riptide wasn't any fun any more...  ;0

I can understand that ...

>> Yes, I've seen expectations of more snow and cold on the way this
>> week... along with some icy conditions .. but they've been wrong
>> before 

> And what DID you get...?    We got mostly sun, with spatterings of
> snow to wake up to on the cars almost every morning (and additional bits
> during the day, some days)... and a record low of -8 not last night but
> the night before... ;)  But then it warmed up again...  :)

Well this week was actually nice to us .. Several evenings were very
cold but we also had several days of 30+ weather.. shocking :)  Yesterday and
today I believe hit almost 40F.  Now, we're not out of the cold yet, but at
least we got some respite.

>> sense, for a house that isn't occupied...  Isn't that what one does with
>> mobile homes that are being stored for the winter...?  If one can't just
>> drain them, that is...

>> Hmm.. not sure, but it does make sense for a dwelling that can't be
>> 'drained' or whatever.

> Our camp in the Adirondacks used to have running water during the
> season... they had lines in, and would pump pond water up into the camp
> for flushing and washing up purposes... part of the prep for winter was
> to drain all the lines and put the pump away... then set it up again in
> the late spring for the next season...  The last year the previous owner
> was in, she had her nephew set things up, but apparently nobody thought
> to do the winter prep, so the lines, of course, froze... and burst...

Oh, that's a drag..

> Now our running water is run down to the pond and fill up some
> buckets... ;)  Someday it might get repaired...  :)

ouch that sounds like some work during a vacation :)

Take care,
Janis

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