WOW‼ 39°

[Whitespider]

Unbelievable... we made it above freezing today... thirty-nine friggin' degrees... the sun was even shining‼
Looks like tomorrow may be close, but not quite as warm...
And then it falls in the crapper again... lookin' to see -15° by Monday morning

I flat misjudged (or guessed wrong)... there ain't enough wood in the house this year...
This DAKA furnace is flat miserly on wood consumption when temps stay above 20°... but it'll make ya' pay homage when the mercury dips below 0°‼
And we can't seem to stay above 0° for more than a few hours this year
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[timbrjackrussel]

33 Degrees F. or .4 Celsius here at 10 P.M. and the sun isn't out! A heat wave for us too.
Got all the snow moved, now just wait to see how much of our ice storm ice melts.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

32° at 9:30! I need to get a car done before it drops to the anti human cold. I'm replacing the timing belt and ignition module. My garage isn't insulated either!

 

[KindredSpiritzz]

im gonna get on the roof tomorrow and take care of the monthly chimney sweep

 

[AIM]

33° at 7:20 this morning. Calling for a high of 42°. I LOVE IT!

 

[avason]

Unbelievable... we made it above freezing today... thirty-nine friggin' degrees... the sun was even shining‼
Looks like tomorrow may be close, but not quite as warm...
And then it falls in the crapper again... lookin' to see -15° by Monday morning

I flat misjudged (or guessed wrong)... there ain't enough wood in the house this year...
This DAKA furnace is flat miserly on wood consumption when temps stay above 20°... but it'll make ya' pay homage when the mercury dips below 0°‼
And we can't seem to stay above 0° for more than a few hours this year
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With a giant pulsating brain, how did you mess that up spidey?

I'm actually going out today to before the wet hits again. I have some rather large pine chunks that I've been meaning to eat up.

 

[cre73]

Calling for a high of 50 here today, was 46 yesterday almost got the shorts out.

 

[JeffHK454]

It's 35° at 8am !

Weather man said a high today in the mid-50's and sunny..

 

[aaron]

50's today, 40's tomorrow but dropping Monday into 20's

 

[Whitespider]

I slept-in this morning... or, more like, I got up, and then decided to not stay up...
First time I've still been in bed past 5:00 AM in three, maybe four years.
Anyway, 7:30 AM and 23°... lookin' for something near 40° by day's end.

I ain't yet decided what I'm gonna' do today... sounds like it's gonna' be too damn warm for working firewood
Seriously though... it could get a bit... well... wet 'n' sloppy out there in the woodlot... soft, wet, heavy snow makes it tough for the little tractor to pull a loaded trailer. But there is a dead elm standing on the north edge of the yard I've been savin' for a lazy-day chore, and another just a few yards in from the south yard. It'll just feel damn good to be outside without wearin' a coat or coveralls... I figure heavy long-johns and a wool shirt ought to be more than enough.

Need to get out and do something... tomorrow is gonna' be damn cold. Temperature is supposed to start droppin about midnight tonight, be in single digits by sun-up tomorrow, and keep on droppin' all day. Heck, by noon we're supposed to be below 0° with a twenty MPH wind. No matter though... I was plannin' on watchin' the Packers 'n' Bears beat the snot out'a each other anyway...
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[KindredSpiritzz]

Gooo Packers !!!!

 

[ajr]

Go Bears

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[zogger]

32° at 9:30! I need to get a car done before it drops to the anti human cold. I'm replacing the timing belt and ignition module. My garage isn't insulated either!

When I had to work on vehicles in the winters up north, I used a clamp light with a brooder infrared bulb in it to both illuminate the working area and keep my hands/tools warm. Worked great, just don't get water drops on the bulb......

The other trick, before I started, the tool box went inside near the woodstove, heated them all up.

Anything to avoid handling freezing cold steel.

Heck, I remember living in one cabin that had no electricity, I would bring the battery in at night, plus go out early in the morning and put a metal box with hot coals in it under the oil pan. Warm up the engine half an hour that way, then install the battery, she'd crank, even at -20.

 

[Photog95]

Supposed to hit 41 here today. It sucks cause all area snowmobile trails are closed for 24 hours. I get one day off and the friggen trails are closed.

 

[Steve NW WI]

im gonna get on the roof tomorrow and take care of the monthly chimney sweep

Just what I did - well, I looked down it and saw no need to sweep. Spidey, say what you want about the new stoves, but a clean chimney tells me a lot. I ain't cleaned it since last spring's shutdown cleaning, just give it a check whenever it warms up enough to let the stove out. I was gonna liner my outside clay tile and block chimney, but I'm not seeing the advantage to it after about a year with the new stove.

FWIW - I just noticed Packers/Bears is now a 3 o'clock game. And of course, GO PACK! *Wouldn't expect any less out of a Cheesehead would ya?*

 

[philoshop]

Mid 40's today so I tweaked a few deer stands this morning for next year's hunting, then helped a friend find a problem in his sump pump line. Sunny and warm and not horribly muddy.
Found the break/clog and drank a coupla beers. I'd take this kinda weather year round, to be honest. No sweat, no bugs, no snow, and the beer stayed cold enough.
More of the same tomorrow, then the slide back into winter. Once the ground firms up I'll get the tractor into the woods again. Haven't cut in a while.

 

[Vermonster]

On the roof today too, but up there to remove the heavy snowpack. We're having a very tough winter here. Power outage for most of the day, ran off the 10kw LP Generac. It's back on now.

 

[OH_Varmntr]

33° at 7:20 this morning. Calling for a high of 42°. I LOVE IT!

Me too! I spent 8 hours outside today cutting, splitting and stacking. Ground was getting a bit soft and started getting muddy.

 

[LAH]

Cut today in my woodlot & the ground was plenty soft.

 

[Whitespider]

Spidey, say what you want about the new stoves, but a clean chimney tells me a lot.

What's it tell you?? Really, tell me... what... does... it... tell... you??
I've lived in this place over twenty years and ain't never "cleaned" the chimney... and ain't no friggin' way I'm gonna' climb on the roof when there's snow on it anyway, even on a bet‼ Yeah, I open the clean-out door every year... use a mirror and strong light... shovel out what needs shovelin' (if there is any). I'm a firm believer that if'n your chimney needs cleanin'... the problem is with the friggin' chimney, not the friggin' stove (assuming ya' ain't chokin' your fire). My brick 'n' mortar chimney runs up through the center of the house, always warm, and always suckin'. How the hell would you ever clean it anyway?? The damn thing is a big-azz gaping hole in the world...