Yeah but look at that grass... Healthy! Green! And growing thicker by the minute! Then again walking on that lawn could be risky. Ya might sink up ta yer ankles on that squishy lawn...
Cy Valley said
11:25 AM, 03/06/14
Yes, it is that squishy FLA jungle grass but doubt that we'll sink through, unless a sinkhole develops. With FLA, it could happen.
The next door neighbor's yard has looked like that for as long as that lady has lived there, she always says she's going to do something about it but I'm sure she's been there a good ten years or longer now and it hasn't happened yet. Previous owners kept it up. I think her limited income has something to do with it, she's a divorcee who canned everything and left TQCOTW for FLA and always says she should have done it way sooner.
She's about eighty, Uke, just so you know.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Thursday 6th of March 2014 11:26:12 AM
The Krink said
12:55 AM, 03/07/14
Thunderwagon5000 wrote:
Snippy wrote:
It's just barely 0 degrees Canadian today.
Nice. Talk to ya later. I'm busy studying visual art for possible second career.
Yes, it's obvious that the winter is the most intense in a long time . A 35 year record falling away daily with the outcome of March possibly extending the process. Most of our friends and neighbours burning firewood to supplement the electric or gas have by now run out of wood and any seasoned product sold by firewood guys is at a premium. The more ambitious and able bodied, are "picking" cut lines in the bush along power lines or road for deadfall. You need a good 4x4 and a sled or quad for this sport. The northern municipalities are constructed with severe winter conditions to be presumed so the problems of burst and frozen water lines is much more severe down south. Winnipeg is brutal, 677 homes froze up, last count. Business as usual for north with a longer time frame. The mood is a general tiredness of the weather yet mitigated with a sense of toughness and perception of a shared experience that will likely be talked about for some time. That is, hoping next year is milder and we are not moving into the next "ice age". Compared to 35 years ago, better outerwear available, homeless shelters, thrift shops, more folks have vehicles. No one is freezing to death that did not influence their faith with a retrograde mental error, be it decide to walk home drunk, drive a highway without an emergency etc. I heard some young chick, the other night as I was zipping up to walk home from the cinema standing there in the lobby, to her beau with a remote car starter saying " let's just go ! I had Mom's car on the weekend had running for 15 minutes and it STILL wasn't very warm when we got in". Days are getting longer. This is a nice mood lifter. Thinking about the garden. That will probably be a late start. Might buy a portable mini greenhouse for the back porch to start seedlings.
-- Edited by Thunderwagon5000 on Thursday 6th of March 2014 07:14:54 AM
Did I mention that you are a good writer TW5K. This is almost CBC worthy.
I'm going to run out of firewood it sure looks like right now. Maybe a
Time-change and some above average temps in March will help.
Snippy said
1:34 AM, 03/07/14
Snippy is down below 30 pieces. It will be done this week. Not even a good GAWDDAMMED wheelbarrow load.
There will be no pile curing for the first time in 35 years. Time for some rack maintenance - Tyvek installation, new design elements -cloths & batts 4 remote the free flow of information, etc.That's the internets are good for.
-- Edited by Snippy on Friday 7th of March 2014 01:38:05 AM
The Krink said
2:16 AM, 03/07/14
I got maybe 90 pieces but end of March I may have none.
All you need is a break in the cold weather and more spring-like
sunny weather and you can use solar heat from the windows
to assist in your interior warmth. Maybe only need to make a
"break the chill fire" with maybe 4-5 pieces of wood vs the
snowy/rainy, 0-UV cloudy day where you need 7-8 pieces
of wood. I could just call-up my wood-guy and say I'm running
out of wood and can you bring a cord by? Its not that kind of
service he provides. I may have to cruise the supermarket
parking lots as many time you find some pick-up truck with
a load of firewood with a sign with a phone number on it.
Its either that or try a few cases of the various new kinds
of "Presto-logs" on the market.
Yes, it is that squishy FLA jungle grass but doubt that we'll sink through, unless a sinkhole develops. With FLA, it could happen.
The next door neighbor's yard has looked like that for as long as that lady has lived there, she always says she's going to do something about it but I'm sure she's been there a good ten years or longer now and it hasn't happened yet. Previous owners kept it up. I think her limited income has something to do with it, she's a divorcee who canned everything and left TQCOTW for FLA and always says she should have done it way sooner.
She's about eighty, Uke, just so you know.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Thursday 6th of March 2014 11:26:12 AM
Here is some more study material TW5K.
Did I mention that you are a good writer TW5K. This is almost CBC worthy.
I'm going to run out of firewood it sure looks like right now. Maybe a
Time-change and some above average temps in March will help.
Snippy is down below 30 pieces. It will be done this week. Not even a good GAWDDAMMED wheelbarrow load.
There will be no pile curing for the first time in 35 years. Time for some rack maintenance - Tyvek installation, new design elements -cloths & batts 4 remote the free flow of information, etc.That's the internets are good for.
-- Edited by Snippy on Friday 7th of March 2014 01:38:05 AM
All you need is a break in the cold weather and more spring-like
sunny weather and you can use solar heat from the windows
to assist in your interior warmth. Maybe only need to make a
"break the chill fire" with maybe 4-5 pieces of wood vs the
snowy/rainy, 0-UV cloudy day where you need 7-8 pieces
of wood. I could just call-up my wood-guy and say I'm running
out of wood and can you bring a cord by? Its not that kind of
service he provides. I may have to cruise the supermarket
parking lots as many time you find some pick-up truck with
a load of firewood with a sign with a phone number on it.
Its either that or try a few cases of the various new kinds
of "Presto-logs" on the market.