Winter is wearing me down!

[MotorSeven]

Ahhhhhhh.

My pellets are taking a beating, I buy 5 tons in the summer to offset electric base board heat, actually I turn all of the base board down to 50. I have about a ton left.. and hear like many other alternate heat sources are also in short supply. My home has been typically between 58 and 65 degrees all winter.... except on sunny days.

I heat with wood(big old Hearthstone soapastone stove in the basement) and I cut split and stack off our 100ac. I am down to about 1 week of wood but it has kept the house at 68+ all winter. 58-65 is too cold for us & anything under 67 or over 71 is uncomfortable in winter. Sounds like you should consider adding a new efficient epa wood stove to supplement your pellet set up. Something like a Blaze King can be real easy on the wood, yet still get 20+ hr burn times. Pop over to Hearth.com and do some reading...lot's of good info there on that forum.

 

[mjarrels]

Just spent three months in the Philippines got home yesterday. 85 or 90 degrees every day. 37 in Virginia when I got home. Calling for more snow and ice this week. If not having to return to fill federal and state taxes and wifes job, I would still be in the Philippines. Hate cold!

mark

 

[DFB]

Now they're saying that most of central New England will miss being hit by that storm getting a few inches at best. Just never know do they!

 

[300UGUY]

As an outside observer I've noticed that you NA Members put great stock in a rodent's shadow to determine your winter weather patterns.

Apparently these woodchucks have doomed you to 6 more weeks of winter, therefore;

Sacrifice ALL ground-squirrels and your dilemma should be solved, simple!

(He says from the hemisphere that's still in summer... )

As a gardener, I like this idea. The only good chuck is a dead chuck!

 

[k0ua]

Someone should have strangled that rodent!
We have sleet covered driveway with more on the way, and bitter cold(for us) temps tonight. And we are considered "southern" down here in Branson, Mo. Supposed to have wind chills down around -20F tonight. Brrrr...:muttering:

 

[Marveltone]

As an outside observer I've noticed that you NA Members put great stock in a rodent's shadow to determine your winter weather patterns.

Apparently these woodchucks have doomed you to 6 more weeks of winter, therefore;

Sacrifice ALL ground-squirrels and your dilemma should be solved, simple!

(He says from the hemisphere that's still in summer... )

Yes... the rat must die! Our annual vintage snowmobile race was held in -15°F to -20°F weather this weekend. Even the hardcore winter sports fanatics were complaining about numb fingers and toes.

Come on spring!

 

[PastTense]

Temperatures are supposed to get to 14 below tomorrow morning where I live in Iowa. I must be reading the calendar wrong--this can't be March.

 

[k0ua]

Temperatures are supposed to get to 14 below tomorrow morning where I live in Iowa. I must be reading the calendar wrong--this can't be March.

We are supposed to have 3 below down here on the Arkansas border..

 

[Ken]

Someone should have strangled that rodent!
We have sleet covered driveway with more on the way, and bitter cold(for us) temps tonight. And we are considered "southern" down here in Branson, Mo. Supposed to have wind chills down around -20F tonight. Brrrr...:muttering:

James Does your bass have Freezer burn like ours here. freeze the ice at night to thaw in the day time.

The church just cancelled the service awhile ago due to sleet falling with rain = ice.

ken

 

[MossRoad]