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It's unseasonably warm here - but that won't last: we will probably be frozen solid (or at least unable to move except on foot due to 1 inch of snow) by next week.
Stay in, stay warm, cuddle your SO. Wait for cold to pass!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Colder than a witch's teat, eh?
Marc
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This morning the wife wakes me up (she leaves for work very early)...
"There is frost on the inside wall"
In my groggy state I said OK and proceeded back to sleep.
Well when I finally got around to it, I went into our master bathroom and indeed there was a large amount of frost[^] around my tub surround and trim.
So, apparently it got windy enough to find some kind of hole in my house wrap, near where the services enter our house, blow cold air in and somehow moisture, and freeze over that area.
So I get to have a contractor come in tomorrow and see what kind of fortune this will cost me 
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I had a similar issue in my present house with a frigid inside wall (actually several of them). I finally discovered the issue was that the wiring was pulled down from the attic and that they did not seal around wires with expanding foam like they are supposed to. Sealing the wires properly, while a miserable experience of trying to trace wires under 18 inched of blown fiberglass, cut the heating bill by 10 percent.
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I sealed my wires through that wall in the floor joist a couple weekends ago since there was a breeze in the sill box under the floor. I will have to check to see if the wires go up through the attic there, I hope not. Its all blown insulation and very difficult to get to.
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Good luck - the last time I saw that, we ended up with mold in the wall. Hopefully you can get it dried out fairly fast.
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TTFN - Kent
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TnTinMn wrote: cut the heating bill by 10 percent
Wow, that is quite something. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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It lends credence to the claims that drafty windows and doors can waste about 20% of heating/cooling efforts. I got about another 5% savings by pulling all the window and door trim off and properly insulating/sealing them in. The worst was the entry door to my walkout basement. They did not appear to make any attempt at insulating that; there was essentially a 3/4" wide gap that was covered on the outside by the siding and on the inside by the trim.
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Last night I threw a load of wash into the dryer and I forgot to turn it on. Imagine my surprise when I went to grab a shirt this morning and found a frozen pile of clothes. On the bright side, it has warmed up to 4°F.
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Wow. It looks like I wasn't the only one to find such a surprise this morning. Outside temp was -10F(-23C) with wind chills down to -35F(-37C).
On the bright side, I did get to wear jeans to work because of it! 
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"In an undergarment made of a metal alloy"
Steve Wellens
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It gone from minus double digits to minus quad letters her in Toronto.
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Not to sound mean, but I lived for four or five years in Chicago. We could always look to International Falls, Michigan, to fell better about our insanely cold temperatures.
We then quite rightly realized that Canada lies North of International Falls.
So, don't take this the wrong way, but you guys are quite nuts.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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International Falls is about 5 degrees North of Toronto. Chicago and Toronto are within 1 degree or so or each other.
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Stupid doctors! Herself has arthritis in her hip, and has been on Buprenorphine patches for a few years - they slow release a tiny amount of morphine (20ug/hr, or 0.48mg/day) from a patch that lasts a week. But...in the interests of cost saving the local doctors practice is moving everyone away from the patch (which works) and onto sustained release morphine capsules - 60mg/day (which don't work as well at all and does rather attract the attention of drugs dogs).
So, it's time to organise her repeat prescription on the medical computer system - which works, much better than the paper system was - and...no patches, no capsules, just the other bits and bobs she takes on a regular basis...
So now I have to go down there and ask for seriously controlled drugs tomorrow because the stupid doctor hasn't updated her end of the system! Grrrrr....
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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The patches sometimes cause blood clots and in some cases death!
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After reading OG's post I read your name as "Methlab"
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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this is why doctors don't DO medicine but rather are always just practicing at it. 
you want something inspirational??
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We know well you are single.
--The Drugs Dogs
By the way, best wishes to 'Herself'.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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185 Yeti walk into a bar.
Bartender says, "Sorry, can't serve you."
PS. It's pretty chilly out there today.
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185 Yeti walk into a bar.
Bartender says, "Sorry, can't serve you."
"That's abominable!"
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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185 Yeti walk into a bar.
Bartender says, "Sorry we're not open yeti, can't serve you 'til noon.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Yeti reply, "I think you should reconsider. Ever gotten to the end of SkiFree?"
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185 Yeti walk into a bar.
Bartender says, "Sorry, can't serve you."
"Why not?"
"It's 185 below zero - everything's frozen."
/ravi
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