Cold
maryann kolb
Carolina when so many of you are dealing with really cold but it is
supposed to be about 18 degrees out there this morning. We are just
not prepared for that sort of cold and it really doesn't happen very
often. Some winters you keep waiting for it to get cold and it never
really does. This kind of cold here means frozen pipes and fires from
space heaters and general misery in houses that weren't built for it.
A few years ago I was living in a house built in the late 1700s when
one of these arctic freezes occurred. Every pipe froze and it never
got above 65 in my living room all day. the house only had unvented
gas heaters and I always turned them off when I went to bed. One
morning the water in the toilet had a skim of ice!
Now I am in another old house but one that has been refitted and
although it leaks heat it is warm in here. my only loss is that my
camellias are beginning to bloom and this cold nipped all of those
that had bloomed. I forgot to go out last night and pick them.
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
bthache
is as bitter to you as the -30C (-22F) is to me. It's all in what
you're used to.
Sorry about your flowers but I can't imagine ANY outdoor flower blooming
in January .... anywhere!
Tammie in blustery Northern Ontario
Larry Sheldon
> Maryann, I guess 'cold' is a general term. The cold you're experiencing
> is as bitter to you as the -30C (-22F) is to me. It's all in what you're
> used to.
>
> Sorry about your flowers but I can't imagine ANY outdoor flower blooming
> in January .... anywhere!
It is warmer in Juneau, Alaska (20 F) than it is here (8 F at the
Millard Airport, 9 F on the GWM on the bell pole on the deck).
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jadel
I visited Leu Gardens in Orlando last week. The camellias were
magnificent.
J. Del Col
Rick
We live in a very cold climate like Tammie. The cold is never
"unbearable" because we dress for the conditions but, I grew up in The
San Francisco Bay area. It never seemed cold to me but, now when we go
out there especially in the winter time it seems really cold to us. I
guess what I am really saying is that if you expect "warm" and get
"cold" in respect to weather then it really is cold. It is unfortunate
about your Camellias--I wish we had them here. :) Lots of them in CA.
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Richard Owlett
> Maryann, I guess 'cold' is a general term.
*NO WAY* ;/
It is *RELATIVE* !
I was a, volunteer fireman in upstate NY when *HIGH* for week was
10 below ;>
Signed
former "upstater" smart enough to move to "tropical SW MO"
(OK already, forecast is for record LOW of slightly below 0 F ;)
Gaved
"bthache" <bth...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> Maryann, I guess 'cold' is a general term. The cold you're experiencing
> is as bitter to you as the -30C (-22F) is to me. It's all in what you're
> used to.
>
> Sorry about your flowers but I can't imagine ANY outdoor flower blooming
> in January .... anywhere!
>
> Tammie in blustery Northern Ontario
Lorna in severely cold Southern Alberta
Dave Fouchey
to those of us here who don't see it that often. And as Mary Ann noted
the houses down in the Deep South are not designed for that kind of
cold. Like her I live in a VERY old, turn of the LAST Century, home
that was only retrofitted with modern heat. Still it leaks air like a
sieve and is hard to KEEP warm.
As for the Camellia's, they bloom through the winter here and are
gorgeous. Mine have budded but not opened yet so didn't lose any
blooms. (Sorry about your's Mary Ann)
And as for the other thread on the Wrens huddling in the mail box, We
have several who cuddle together on the top edge of the Columns for
the front porch just under the ceiling out of the wind. I try not to
disturb them when I take the pooches out for their bed time
"constitutional". They are so damn cute!
Oh and could you PLEASE close the freezer door already??
Dave "Chillin In" SC Fouchey
maryann kolb
>Maryann, I guess 'cold' is a general term. The cold you're experiencing
>is as bitter to you as the -30C (-22F) is to me. It's all in what
>you're used to.
>
>Sorry about your flowers but I can't imagine ANY outdoor flower blooming
>in January .... anywhere!
>
>Tammie in blustery Northern Ontario
>
Come on down, Tammie. We always have something blooming.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann
bthache
Tammie in blustery Northern Ontario