Oh Spring, Why hast thou forsaken me?

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03-08-2003, 8:35 AM
Bob Oswin

Oh Spring, Why hast thou forsaken me?

Got home last night to find the green house furnace quit. (Temp -25)
Some but not all plants frozen.
Opened doors to GH and started pumping in heat from the family room.
House temp drops to 15.
Called plumber and he will come in an hour as he has to have supper.
Plumber comes, takes motor off and does not have a replacment.
He is comming back this morning (I hope)
Now doors in bedroom and family room are opened into the GH and 3 heaters from garage employed. Linda trots off to sleep in spare bedroom.
Dog gets up for a dump, can't wake me or find Linda and drops his load in the hall in front of the bathroom door.
I had no problem finding his deed.!!!! Grrrr!!
Temperature continues to drop outside - It is now -34.
Wind is supposed to pick up this AM.

p.s. The paper I used to pick up after the dog mess got stuck in the toilet and it overflowed.
Stupid Bob is now washing the bathroom floor.
Bob
03-08-2003, 9:08 AM
Tom Sweeney

I hate it

when days get like that :rolleyes:

Here's to a better Saturday Dr. Bob.
03-08-2003, 9:17 AM
Ray Thompson

I think I would call every plummer in town and the first one to show up with the right motor is the one who gets paid. Can't help with the dog tho.

Ray
03-08-2003, 9:20 AM
Joe Suelter

Well, your day can only get better from here, let's hope so anyway! Sorry to hear of your adventurous morning, made for interesting reading though :p
03-08-2003, 11:08 AM
Jason Roehl

Dr. Bob,

After a post like that, I hope you can look back and LAUGH. I confess. I sure did, but only because I have had similar days. We're laughing WITH you. Really.
:D :D :D

Jason
03-08-2003, 11:43 AM
Bob Oswin

Thanks Fellas!

I tossed this episode out this morning to help make the rest of you feel good.

I will survive and it did not kill me so....

Have a great day!

p.s. I will be seeding tomatoes and peppers Sunday morning.

Bob
:)
03-08-2003, 6:47 PM
Dave Hammelef

Be thankful,
You have a house, a greenhouse, some heat, a wife, and a dog that loves you.

Could be alot worse:D
03-08-2003, 7:23 PM
Bob Oswin

Quote:

Originally posted by Dave Hammelef
Be thankful,
You have a house, a greenhouse, some heat, a wife, and a dog that loves you.

Could be alot worse:D

I also have you Guys!
Always there with encouragement, always good advice.
Fuzzies that I don't always deserve.
Life is Great!

Thanks Dave!

Bob
03-08-2003, 8:10 PM
Malcolm Timbers

Why don't you have a back up wood stove for heat in the green house?
03-08-2003, 11:48 PM
Bob Oswin

Quote:

Originally posted by Malcolm Timbers
Why don't you have a back up wood stove for heat in the green house?

Hi Malcom:

The greenhouse is attached to my house and has access from the family room and the bedroom via patio doors.
I had thought that in the event of a furnace outage that opening the two doors to the main house would suffice.
As luck would have it, the temperature plumetted last night to -34 celcius making all efforts to use any extra heat quite a challenge.
I am going to look at a kerosene heater this week.
I never hurts to have one anyway.
I don't have enough room for a permanent wood stove in this small space. (12 x 24 feet)

Regards

Bob
03-09-2003, 10:42 PM
Howard Barlow

Poor you... poor me

I know what you mean about that terrible weather. We've been in the mid 70's this weekend. I don't know how we stand it here. :D
03-10-2003, 12:23 AM
Bob Oswin

Re: Poor you... poor me

Quote:

Originally posted by Howard Barlow
I know what you mean about that terrible weather. We've been in the mid 70's this weekend. I don't know how we stand it here. :D

Thanks a bunch Howie!

At least we don't have any mosquitos! ...yet!

Bob.

:)
03-10-2003, 12:33 AM
Howard Barlow

Mosquitos

It won't be long before the HLS (Heavy Lift Sikorsky) mosquitos will arrive. :eek:
03-10-2003, 1:51 PM
Jim Izat

Re: Poor you... poor me

Quote:

Originally posted by Howard Barlow
I know what you mean about that terrible weather. We've been in the mid 70's this weekend. I don't know how we stand it here. :D

Mr. Barlow spoke too soon, today it's only in the mid sixties. Got to drag the coats and boots out again.......

Jim Izat
03-10-2003, 3:10 PM
Bob Oswin

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I hesitate to reply at this juncture.
You see the temperature remains stubbornly below -15 and it has now snowed about 3 inches since I came in to work this AM.

Bob
03-10-2003, 5:57 PM
John Miliunas

Ahhhh, Bob...That would, I assume, explain the ski rack?!:D :cool:
03-10-2003, 7:02 PM
Bob Oswin

Quote:

Originally posted by John Miliunas
Ahhhh, Bob...That would, I assume, explain the ski rack?!:D :cool:

Er. the rack?

John. It's for extra shovels!

Would somebody please tell me what happened to Global Warming?

Bob