Fragile balance
Sunday, February 16, 2003 by UBoB | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This morning I woke up and looked out through my bedroom window. Just outside the window I have a thermometer. It reads -25ºC. Inside the house the temperature is +22ºC. A 47ºC difference. 
All that separates me from a slow and icy demise 
is a relatively new gas furnace and about 10" of wall consisting of wood, brick and fiberglass insulation. It's a fragile balance that brings on terror sweats when I think about it too much. 
All that separates me from a slow and icy demise 
is a relatively new gas furnace and about 10" of wall consisting of wood, brick and fiberglass insulation. It's a fragile balance that brings on terror sweats when I think about it too much. 
@shu
Reply #2 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:18 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:18 AM
The temperature here, let me see. About 33 degrees celsius. not bad, eh motion?
UBoB
Reply #3 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:19 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:19 AM
You're always welcome WOM. What's mine is yours, except maybe you'll need to BYOB.
Canadian homes, and for that matter, homes in the northern U.S. states, are all built with long cold winters in mind. However, this winter has been particularly cold. I've not experienced this kind of cold for about 10 years. It's a test to my frontier spirit.
Canadian homes, and for that matter, homes in the northern U.S. states, are all built with long cold winters in mind. However, this winter has been particularly cold. I've not experienced this kind of cold for about 10 years. It's a test to my frontier spirit.
UBoB
Reply #4 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:21 AM
Reply #4 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:21 AM
@shu, that sounds great. Hot sun baking your skin, nice cold drink, mmmmmmmmm.
UBoB
Reply #5 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:25 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:25 AM
The toughest part is the automobile. Does not like the cold, and I don't have a block heater. Every morning last week I would go out to the car, cross my fingers, press in the clutch and turn the key. It would grind a couple of times and then slowly groan to a start. Took about 25 minutes of idling before I could move it. Yikes!! At that temperature, the oil in the engine is the consistency of hard butter.
At that temperature, the oil in the engine is the consistency of hard butter.
WOM
Reply #6 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:29 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:29 AM
motion, I thought all cars up your way had block heaters. Our cars here in Tezas don't but the diesels do.
UBoB
Reply #7 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:34 AM
Reply #7 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:34 AM
No WOM, block heaters are still an option here. Most people have them. I'm just stubborn I guess.
In places like Winnepeg, Manitoba, they not only have block heaters in vehicles, but outside of almost every establishment, like restuarants, shopping centers, and business, there are parking lots with posts in each parking space, and on the post there is an outlet to plug in you car's block heater......that's how cold it gets out that way. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
In places like Winnepeg, Manitoba, they not only have block heaters in vehicles, but outside of almost every establishment, like restuarants, shopping centers, and business, there are parking lots with posts in each parking space, and on the post there is an outlet to plug in you car's block heater......that's how cold it gets out that way. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
@shu
Reply #9 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:41 AM
Reply #9 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:41 AM
WOM, check out Ms. Delicious' thread. She has posted a clarification for her comment.
Delicious
Reply #10 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:44 AM
Reply #10 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:44 AM
What has always puzzled me and maybe someone has an answer. Why would anyone go spend a vacation in a hotel made of ice.
http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/hotel.htm
http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/hotel.htm
WOM
Reply #11 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:48 AM
Reply #11 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:48 AM
Well in my straight forward language, they are idiots. But to each their own.
UBoB
Reply #12 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:49 AM
Reply #12 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:49 AM
That one is a puzzle Delicious. My only guess is that these people are just plain crazy. Insane I tells ya. Ice is for alcholic drinks and maybe for the occasional skating excursion.
Perhaps these people have an unhealthy obsession for the original Superman movie and like to pretend they are living in his secret northern lair.. Which leads me back to my original point....insane I tells ya!!!
My only guess is that these people are just plain crazy. Insane I tells ya. Ice is for alcholic drinks and maybe for the occasional skating excursion. Perhaps these people have an unhealthy obsession for the original Superman movie and like to pretend they are living in his secret northern lair.
. Which leads me back to my original point....insane I tells ya!!!
UBoB
Reply #13 Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:03 AM
Reply #13 Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:03 AM
BTW, if you need to do a quick conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit, my little trick is as follows:
Take the Celsius number (in this case, -25ºC)
Multiply that by 1.8 ... -25 x 1.8 = -45
Now add the number 32 ... -45 + 32 = -13
So, -25ºC = -13ºF ......Still cold, not matter how you slice it.
Take the Celsius number (in this case, -25ºC)
Multiply that by 1.8 ... -25 x 1.8 = -45
Now add the number 32 ... -45 + 32 = -13
So, -25ºC = -13ºF ......Still cold, not matter how you slice it.
werewolf
Reply #14 Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:35 AM
Reply #14 Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:35 AM
My kids and I made an igloo once while in Wisconsin. It was actually fairly warm once we were all inside.
goodmorphing
Reply #15 Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:56 AM
Reply #15 Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:56 AM
I know how you are feeling, motion! It's really cold over here too!
How cold does it get in Hawaii GM?
goodmorphing
Reply #17 Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:27 PM
Reply #17 Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:27 PM
It gets down to high 60s.... that is really cold.
for us anyway....
for us anyway....
JamMeister33
Reply #20 Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:06 PM
Reply #20 Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:06 PM
Well, peoples, it is 10 degrees Fahrenheit here right now, we are in the middle of a major winter storm and
expected to get at least 16 inches of snow before it's over.....
expected to get at least 16 inches of snow before it's over.....
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Reply #1 Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:05 AM