Re: First major snowfall this year

From	Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: First major snowfall this year
Date	2023-01-01 19:06 +0000
Organization	of Kamilot
Message-ID	<XnsAF7F8F8744327Kamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink)
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BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tos9m0$1i7i$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 31.12.2022 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:ton8pd$1fp5$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>> 
>>> On 29.12.2022 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tohlmu$hke$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>
>>>>> On 27.12.2022 22.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:toaa1q$1uol$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 24.12.2022 16.48, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:to6v7t$15gb$1@gioia.aioe.org: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 22.12.2022 21.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:tnlccj$3u1$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 16.12.2022 17.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://albums.memento.com/Merlyne
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I remember one year we had snow like that. Not what year it
>>>>>>>>>>> was, but that it was a year.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Incidentally when I moved (using rental vans) it was
>>>>>>>>>>> February and snowy like that - except there were quite
>>>>>>>>>>> strong winds across the fields so snow wasn't on trees but
>>>>>>>>>>> in dunes on the road. Fun for all...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I moved here in February and I think the high for the day was
>>>>>>>>>> -20C. A different kind of fun.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> And the power went off for 30 minutes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>       From the wires getting wet?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure why. Heavy wet snow on the wires?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anyways, there is a storm coming tonight-rain, freezing rain,
>>>>>>>>>> wet snow. It's supposed to flash freeze over the night hours
>>>>>>>>>> and then start snowing with up to 90 km/h winds.
>>>>>>>>>> Power outages are expected. Again.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yuck. Maybe you should move to Mexico or something...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No Way, José!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They have cheap tequila, you know...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't drink.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe they also have cocoa - for chocolate drinks. And
>>>>> possibly tacos.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I expect that if I had chocolate and tacos every day then a) my
>>>> digestive system would be in disarray and b) I would grow to
>>>> dislike chocolate and tacos.
>>>
>>> But I though tacos was only for tuesdays. Also you don't have to
>>> drink chocolate every day - there is also coffee.
>> 
>> So what do I eat from Wednesday to Monday?
> They most likely have other types of foodstuff in Mexico: burritos and
> chilli con carne and such... Or maybe a nice mixed salad once in a
> while (with or without feta cheese).

I'm thinking that tacos, burritos and chili have the same basic 
ingredients: beef, beans, corn, spicy. What do I know?
> 
>> I'm not supposed to drink coffee. I imagine in Mexico, I would have
>> sore swollen joints and never sleep and be, therefore, horribly
>> homesick. 
> Now you are jut making up excuses. But don't move to Mexico then, and 
> live with the wind and the cold and the snow on the wires. It was just
> a suggestion. Or you could move to some other place that don't have
> those types of weather.
> 
*eye roll*
I never said I wanted to move.
>>>
>>>>>>>> As it turned out, the power did not go off here. Probably
>>>>>>>> because I filled the bathtub with water.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't think it works like that. And if it does; salt water
>>>>>>> conducts electricity better than fresh water.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is blustery out there today. -20C with the wind chill.
>>>>>>>> The long range forecast is for 7C and rain next weekend.
>>>>>>>> The weather is bipolar.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've had mostly +/-1C at night here. And the heat pump is still
>>>>>>> not operational...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Uh-oh!
>>>>>
>>>>> Quite. Still no change except I'm running out of things to burn.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have lots of wood, Just bragging.
>>>
>>> Good for you. I have a heat-pump connecting guy who isn't going to
>>> show up until after new-years.
>>>
>>> I still have some stuff to burn, but it's mostly branches from
>>> various trees and rather messy.
>>>
>> 
>> Branches burn really quickly. You need a good overnight log.
> 
> Yes. But I don't have any... And I'm supposed to have the heat pump 
> working any day now, and if not I shall be properly miffed - I might 
> even make a sarcastic comment about it when he shows up.
> 

Really? I can't imagine.
Does it seem smart to piss off the guy who's hooking up your heat pump?

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  Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-17 22:29 +0100
    Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 20:41 +0000
      Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-24 14:35 +0100
        Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-24 15:48 +0000
          Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-25 20:58 +0100
            Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-27 21:31 +0000
              Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-28 16:00 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-29 15:13 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-30 18:57 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-31 14:49 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-01 16:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-01 19:06 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-03 17:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 20:26 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-04 18:01 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-04 19:40 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-05 14:59 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 14:56 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-06 16:26 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-06 19:20 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-08 10:46 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-08 19:51 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-09 19:11 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-09 21:33 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-10 20:40 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-11 13:12 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-11 20:49 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-12 11:44 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-12 18:03 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-13 11:44 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-14 17:03 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-15 15:29 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-16 22:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-17 11:54 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-19 19:16 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-20 13:38 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-20 22:39 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-21 14:36 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-22 20:59 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-24 12:55 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-25 19:12 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-25 18:55 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-26 23:19 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-27 13:29 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-28 01:11 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-28 15:08 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-29 21:23 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-31 14:06 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-31 20:06 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-01 12:25 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-02 21:06 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-03 12:33 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-03 23:14 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-04 15:27 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-05 21:19 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-07 15:19 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-08 02:06 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-08 12:19 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-09 00:13 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-09 13:06 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-11 00:15 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-14 22:47 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-15 19:57 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-15 20:34 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-16 21:45 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-17 12:10 +0000

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