Kalif Swill guzzles..

"Probably did not even offer a cup of coffee"


You would like this guy, Swill......he likes red wine so the wife will be picking up a couple bottles for him as soon as we get the Highlander back on the road. Haven't had it out since Saturday because of the two storms and the super narrow roads.

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 05:27:05 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Kalif Swill guzzles..

"Probably did not even offer a cup of coffee"


You would like this guy, Swill......he likes red wine so the wife will be picking up a couple bottles for him as soon as we get the Highlander back on the road. Haven't had it out since Saturday because of the two storms and the super narrow roads.

Rather than call kiddy names, you should thank Bill for giving you an idea. Oh, and
one nice bottle would probably be more appreciated than two screw tops.
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On 3/20/2015 8:27 AM, True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles..

"Probably did not even offer a cup of coffee"


You would like this guy, Swill......he likes red wine so the wife will be picking up a couple bottles for him as soon as we get the Highlander back on the road. Haven't had it out since Saturday because of the two storms and the super narrow roads.

You took the hint. Good boy. Make sure it's not cooking wine.

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"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles..

"Probably did not even offer a cup of coffee"


You would like this guy, Swill......he likes red wine so the wife will be
picking up a couple bottles for him as soon as we get the Highlander back
on the road. Haven't had it out since Saturday because of the two storms
and the super narrow roads.

Hopefully it is California wine. We love the revenue.
Did you offer the guy a hot drink? Offer to pay for his expensive gasoline?

Finally took the Highlander out today for the first time since last Saturday. We were getting short on grub.
Our Springer Spaniel has cabin fever....he runs circles around the truck and looks at it..then me..demanding a ride.
City still in bad shape...no on street parking since Tuesday night and our street is a narrow one lane. City still hasn't shown up to clear the sidewalks. Expecting another storm tonight but should be 40mm of rain.
Wife and I shoveled a path down the driveway to the back deck and shoveled the 3 - 5 foot drifts off. We were afraid the snow would absorb rain and exceed the deck's weight tolerance.
If we get another winter like this, I'll be trading the Toro electric for a proper snowblower.

True North wrote:
Finally took the Highlander out today for the first time since last
Saturday. We were getting short on grub.
Our Springer Spaniel has cabin fever....he runs circles around the truck
and looks at it..then me..demanding a ride.
City still in bad shape...no on street parking since Tuesday night and
our street is a narrow one lane. City still hasn't shown up to clear the
sidewalks. Expecting another storm tonight but should be 40mm of rain.
Wife and I shoveled a path down the driveway to the back deck and
shoveled the 3 - 5 foot drifts off. We were afraid the snow would absorb
rain and exceed the deck's weight tolerance.
If we get another winter like this, I'll be trading the Toro electric for
a proper snowblower.

We had a bit of snow the other day but it melted away by 10 am.
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True North wrote:
Finally took the Highlander out today for the first time since last Saturday. We were getting short on grub.
Our Springer Spaniel has cabin fever....he runs circles around the truck and looks at it..then me..demanding a ride.
City still in bad shape...no on street parking since Tuesday night and our street is a narrow one lane. City still hasn't shown up to clear the sidewalks. Expecting another storm tonight but should be 40mm of rain.
Wife and I shoveled a path down the driveway to the back deck and shoveled the 3 - 5 foot drifts off. We were afraid the snow would absorb rain and exceed the deck's weight tolerance.
If we get another winter like this, I'll be trading the Toro electric for a proper snowblower.


Snow absorbing rain? Where did you come up with that?

On 3/21/2015 9:52 PM, Someone wrote:
True North wrote:
Finally took the Highlander out today for the first time since last
Saturday. We were getting short on grub.
Our Springer Spaniel has cabin fever....he runs circles around the
truck and looks at it..then me..demanding a ride.
City still in bad shape...no on street parking since Tuesday night and
our street is a narrow one lane. City still hasn't shown up to clear
the sidewalks. Expecting another storm tonight but should be 40mm of
rain.
Wife and I shoveled a path down the driveway to the back deck and
shoveled the 3 - 5 foot drifts off. We were afraid the snow would
absorb rain and exceed the deck's weight tolerance.
If we get another winter like this, I'll be trading the Toro electric
for a proper snowblower.



Snow absorbing rain? Where did you come up with that?



Rain soaked snow is a major cause of collapsed roofs and other
structures, especially when they are flat. Rain soaked snow is much
heavier than dry, powdery snow. During this past winter there were about
200 roofs or structures that collapsed in Massachusetts due to heavy
snow that became saturated with rain, exceeding the load design limits
of the buildings. Several were schools. Homeowners were constantly
warned to remove snow from roofs and flat structures to prevent this.

Rain saturated snow also lead to ice dams that can cause water to back
up under roof shingles, causing major damage inside houses. Don's
concerns are valid.

Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"Rain soaked snow is a major cause of collapsed roofs and other
structures, especially when they are flat. *Rain soaked snow is much
heavier than dry, powdery snow. During this past winter there were about
200 roofs or structures that collapsed in Massachusetts due to heavy
snow that became saturated with rain, exceeding the load design limits
of the buildings. *Several were schools. Homeowners were constantly
warned to remove snow from roofs and flat structures to prevent this.

Rain saturated snow also lead to ice dams that can cause water to back
up under roof shingles, causing major damage inside houses. *Don's
concerns are valid."


Thank you Richard for having the patience to educate these dimwits.
I usually don't and prefer to let them wallow in their ignorance. ;-)

On 3/22/2015 10:19 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 03:11:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/21/2015 9:52 PM, Someone wrote:
True North wrote:
Finally took the Highlander out today for the first time since last
Saturday. We were getting short on grub.
Our Springer Spaniel has cabin fever....he runs circles around the
truck and looks at it..then me..demanding a ride.
City still in bad shape...no on street parking since Tuesday night and
our street is a narrow one lane. City still hasn't shown up to clear
the sidewalks. Expecting another storm tonight but should be 40mm of
rain.
Wife and I shoveled a path down the driveway to the back deck and
shoveled the 3 - 5 foot drifts off. We were afraid the snow would
absorb rain and exceed the deck's weight tolerance.
If we get another winter like this, I'll be trading the Toro electric
for a proper snowblower.



Snow absorbing rain? Where did you come up with that?



Rain soaked snow is a major cause of collapsed roofs and other
structures, especially when they are flat. Rain soaked snow is much
heavier than dry, powdery snow. During this past winter there were about
200 roofs or structures that collapsed in Massachusetts due to heavy
snow that became saturated with rain, exceeding the load design limits
of the buildings. Several were schools. Homeowners were constantly
warned to remove snow from roofs and flat structures to prevent this.

Rain saturated snow also lead to ice dams that can cause water to back
up under roof shingles, causing major damage inside houses. Don's
concerns are valid.


That ice dam thing is strange. I lived my whole life and never heard
of an ice dam and the last year I was in Maryland I had it.
It took me a while to figure out what was going on and even longer to
figure out how to get the dam cleared. Without air tools, I am not
sure how I would have done it, non destructively. (an air chisel does
wonders)



Most recommended way is steam. Melts the ice and doesn't destroy the
roof. Many of the sudden "professionals" that sprung up around here
were using hammers, air hammers and chisels. Not recommended.

We were fortunate. We had ice build up in the gutters but nothing backed
up under the shingles and into the interior walls and we didn't lose any
gutters. I think (but am not sure) that we have heater wires in the
eves. I know there's a ridge heater because there's a breaker in the
power panel for it and I checked it with a clamp-on ammeter and it was
drawing current. The reason I think there are also heaters in the eves
that run off the same circuit is because even though the gutters were
solid ice, there was still water dripping over them, even when the
temperature outside was in the single digits.