Thursday, January 08, 2009

Frozen pipes and visiting moose

It's about 18 degrees here in Columbus. We had a smattering of snow yesterday, some ice on the fringes. Monday was a slick day--I think 4 people were killed and some semi's ran off the road. But at Tundra Medicine, they haven't seen zero in three weeks and the moose are visiting regularly. She's getting a tad stir crazy, what, with just the plumber to talk to. Stop by and leave a comment. That is always our big fear with our summer home--frozen pipes--because they ice fish just a few blocks away. We leave the heat set at about 50 degrees and leave all the cabinet doors open, but if the power goes off--good luck! And I hear a dog sled race has been called off in Minnesota--too much snow; and the Russians and Ukrainians are fighting over gas lines, which might leave some of Europe wishing for more global warming.
Posted by Norma at 1/08/2009 09:33:00 AM
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Murray sez:
When we leave the north for the winter, we drain the water heater and all the water pipes. Everything is off. We use no electricity or gas. In spite of this we still get a bill from both labeled "monthly customer charge" from each. So, even though we don't use either, it still costs us $100 each winter while were not there. It's the American way!

We used to have to pay for water,sewage and garbage until we got a new mayor. We were able to convince him that it didn't make sense to be paying for services that we weren't using.

1/08/2009 10:48 AM
Norma said...

Most of our neighbors do drain the pipes but we're up there about once a month, plus we have plaster walls, and they split and crack if the house gets too cold.

1/08/2009 5:52 PM

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