I really hate winter. More specifically: I hate the cold weather that it brings. I hate the cold, because it feels like it's sucking the life out of me. Plus, out here in the sticks, ice and snow aren't fun. They make it harder to get around, and sometimes cause stuff like snapped power lines. And when they melt, everything turns into a mud bog... Also, the cold weather means that if you don't keep some water running all the time, your water pipes'll freeze up and bust. And/or your septic line will freeze and cause the toilet to back up into the bathtub/shower (those of us with bathtubs have a better situation, as it's not as likely to flood the bathroom with human waste).
But, what's really kicked off this topic is the fact that my house's heater just crapped out on me... The worst thing to wake up to is a cold house with no source of heat... I was able to borrow some portable heaters, but those always carry some risk of burning the house down... So, I won't be sleeping tonight... Hopefully, the repair folk'll be able to fix it tomorrow... If not, the dogs and I'll have to move into my folks' house until we can get it fixed...
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Stupid Effing Winter!
Started by Vlad Yvhv, Jan 04 2011 06:53 PM
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 06:53 PM
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 07:08 PM
You got a oil furnace or gas?
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 07:22 PM
Sometimes its a joyous season with snowball fights and warming up near the fireplace on a windy night. But most of the time its like some guy turning on a fan right in front of your face, taking a crap into a bucket, and throwing the bucket of crap into the fan. In other words, I have more annoying holiday memories than good ones.
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 08:11 PM
I've experienced all that...even the crapped up heater in the dead if winter...and it's not fun. I feel for ya Vlad...I just hope you can get it fixed SOON!!!
As for the question I do enjoy winter...until around January. I'm a person who likes change and when the seasons begin to change it's really exciting for me. I especially like the gray skies and somber undertones that come with winter. But after about three or four weeks of really cold weather I'm ready for spring to be here. Actually, I'm not quite at that point yet...but give me a few weeks and we'll see.
As for the question I do enjoy winter...until around January. I'm a person who likes change and when the seasons begin to change it's really exciting for me. I especially like the gray skies and somber undertones that come with winter. But after about three or four weeks of really cold weather I'm ready for spring to be here. Actually, I'm not quite at that point yet...but give me a few weeks and we'll see.
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 08:59 PM
Where I live winter is the same as every other season, only colder. No snow or freezing pipes.
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 11:08 PM
Ha! No snow here. The closest thing we get to freezing cold is when I take cold showers... during winter! Suffer in your jocks, Vlad.
Winter here in the Northern Territory of Australia is the best part of the year actually - nice warmish sunny days around 33 C. In fact it's 33 C in the NT all year round, it's the humidity that changes. Summer time - 100% Humidity; Winter - much, much less. But by fuck does it rain like buggery during the summer. Stupid wet season.
Winter here in the Northern Territory of Australia is the best part of the year actually - nice warmish sunny days around 33 C. In fact it's 33 C in the NT all year round, it's the humidity that changes. Summer time - 100% Humidity; Winter - much, much less. But by fuck does it rain like buggery during the summer. Stupid wet season.
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 08:15 AM
QUOTE (John Roberts @ Jan 5 2011, 01:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ha! No snow here. The closest thing we get to freezing cold is when I take cold showers... during winter! Suffer in your jocks, Vlad.
Winter here in the Northern Territory of Australia is the best part of the year actually - nice warmish sunny days around 33 C. In fact it's 33 C in the NT all year round, it's the humidity that changes. Summer time - 100% Humidity; Winter - much, much less. But by fuck does it rain like buggery during the summer. Stupid wet season.
Winter here in the Northern Territory of Australia is the best part of the year actually - nice warmish sunny days around 33 C. In fact it's 33 C in the NT all year round, it's the humidity that changes. Summer time - 100% Humidity; Winter - much, much less. But by fuck does it rain like buggery during the summer. Stupid wet season.
I hate 33 C temperatures. 
That's what we have here in the summer! Sometimes as hot as 40. Winters though, they can get as cold as like 2 to maybe -8. Little cold but I prefer the winter. There's only so much you can take off in the summer time. Winter you can always just add to what you're wearing. Plus I like snow. 
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 11:07 AM
Costa Rica (or at least San Jose) also has samey weather all year round (a low of 15C and a high of 30C; these highs and lows don't shift around too much throughout the year) except for rainfall. But then they have killer bees and bullet ants. *shudder*
Y'know why it's called a "bullet ant"? Because its sting is, quite literally, as painful as getting shot.
Y'know why it's called a "bullet ant"? Because its sting is, quite literally, as painful as getting shot.
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 01:31 PM
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Costa Rica (or at least San Jose) also has samey weather all year round (a low of 15C and a high of 30C; these highs and lows don't shift around too much throughout the year) except for rainfall. But then they have killer bees and bullet ants. *shudder*
Y'know why it's called a "bullet ant"? Because its sting is, quite literally, as painful as getting shot.
Y'know why it's called a "bullet ant"? Because its sting is, quite literally, as painful as getting shot.
...yeah...no bullet ants for me...
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 07:49 PM
Bring back the Winter! I like my 16C days.
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 07:54 PM
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Bring back the Winter! I like my 16C days.
Well thats a warm early summer day..
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Bring back the Winter! I like my 16C days.
Well thats a warm early summer day..
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Posted 06 January 2011 - 11:28 AM
Snow began to melt down due to the positive temperature, but now you have to fight with ice.
When I go back home, I always take this hill, and it was ICED. Because of that, it was almost impossible to climb up the hill. If it wasn't for some non-iced portions and snow, I wouldn't came back home.
When I go back home, I always take this hill, and it was ICED. Because of that, it was almost impossible to climb up the hill. If it wasn't for some non-iced portions and snow, I wouldn't came back home.
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Posted 06 January 2011 - 05:34 PM
QUOTE (chief @ Jan 4 2011, 09:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You got a oil furnace or gas?
Gas. Don't know anyone who has oil.
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I've experienced all that...even the crapped up heater in the dead if winter...and it's not fun. I feel for ya Vlad...I just hope you can get it fixed SOON!!!
Well, it was fixed a few hours ago... Then it broke itself again... So, I'm stuck with another night of no sleep, cause portable heaters can't be trusted...
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Posted 06 January 2011 - 07:17 PM
Weird, yet most people I know have oil. Ah well. I know a bit about oil furnaces cause I work at a garage that delivers heating oil (really its just diesel) and we also fix the furnaces.
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Posted 08 January 2011 - 08:59 PM
I've heard that they tend to use oil furnaces up north more than around the middle and lower US... Probly 'cause the fuel oil doesn't freeze as readily as propane... Last winter, we had to unfreeze the renter's propane tank with our flamethrower. And yes, we have a flamethrower. And no, it's not the cool weapons-grade "spew burning napalm" version. It's the "metal can welded to the end of a pole and hooked to a portable propane tank" variant (also referred to as a "weed burner" by those of us not into drug culture). On the farm, they're used for burning off wheat fields after harvest (reduces fertilizer costs and draws less attention from the ATF than renting an Anhydrous tank). They get their nickname for being used as an alternative to a weed whip (especially around stuff that likes to eat weed whip string and break the string alternatives). My dad uses his to heat stuff that would take too long with the hand-held torch. And to occasionally ignite a gas well (I'm not sure if he does that for laughs or if it's actually a test of the well's output or something).
As to my heater: It's been mortally wounded by Father Time and Wicked Stepmother Corrosion... We've gotta replace the whole fuckin' thing. The repair guy says it'll take half a day to do, and it'll probly be tuesday before the replacement comes in... If I drop off the face of the internet for a few days, It'll be because I moved in with family until we can get the heater replaced...
Good news: I helped install the new heater today and it's working well. Now I can actually sleep properly, agian without worrying about the house burning down...
I still hate winter and the cold in general, though.
As to my heater: It's been mortally wounded by Father Time and Wicked Stepmother Corrosion... We've gotta replace the whole fuckin' thing. The repair guy says it'll take half a day to do, and it'll probly be tuesday before the replacement comes in... If I drop off the face of the internet for a few days, It'll be because I moved in with family until we can get the heater replaced...
Good news: I helped install the new heater today and it's working well. Now I can actually sleep properly, agian without worrying about the house burning down...
I still hate winter and the cold in general, though.
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Posted 13 January 2011 - 09:37 PM
Horay!!! 
Congrats Vlad...enjoy your warm warm house.
Congrats Vlad...enjoy your warm warm house.
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Posted 31 January 2011 - 07:31 PM
And just when things're going somewhat good again: We get hit by freezing rain, which is supposed to be followed by a blizzard/ice storm which isn't supposed to let up until around thursday... And the power's been off and on all day... Hopefully, it'll stay on, now... But, what with that ice and snow, it may not... And if it doesn't, that meas that I'm goinna hafta have someone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle help move me and the dogs in in with family who does have power... Or that we're goinna hafta set up a couple of portable generators outside and run extension cables to the house for portable heaters and the microwave...
DAMN YOU, OLD MAN WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAMN YOU, OLD MAN WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 31 January 2011 - 07:49 PM
It rained today... it dripped down the back of my shirt.... it was cold... I'm glad it wasn't snow... or bird droppings.
Winter sucks!
Winter sucks!
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Posted 31 January 2011 - 08:39 PM
I actually still prefer winter over summer, but I'm not digging this freezing rain myself. We're under winter storm warning as well until sometime tomorrow. Lots of closures. Hopefully won't be like the ice storms last January or the blizzard a week or so before then. The blizzard was okay, but I could have lived without the ice storm. Trees breaking, branches breaking, powerlines breaking, extremely windy, hearing crackles and crashes...it was freaky! It was like a horror movie!
The blizzard was okay, but I could have lived without the ice storm. Trees breaking, branches breaking, powerlines breaking, extremely windy, hearing crackles and crashes...it was freaky! It was like a horror movie!
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