TOTALLY GEEKED!

Last night I was watching my go-to, the weather channel. Looks like some of the south/midwest is getting a burst of snow and/or ice, and cold.

I hope your towns have good equipment, and I wish you cozy and warm.

DH, DS and I will spend the day working on the ice dams on the roof.

flan327 wrote:

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Blankie wrote:

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DH, DS and I will spend the day working on the ice dams on the roof.

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Please be careful...PLEASE.

flan 

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Safety first. Always. They have good equipment and good sense.

Actually, the 4-foot-deep snow comes in handy if you fall off the roof.

(Just kidding, all the precautions are being taken so there will be no falling).  

just Czech wrote:

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When is the snow going to end for you geeks in the northeast?
Still just cold here. I still do not like it!
Laundry to do this morning and I think it's a good day for baking bread. Better get on that job. ;)

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I know you've had cold there, Czech. But have you had any big snow recently? I'm not hearing about any for you folks.

Is that a little strange? 

I think you've sent all your snow to us, you rascal!

Blankie wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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When is the snow going to end for you geeks in the northeast?
Still just cold here. I still do not like it!
Laundry to do this morning and I think it's a good day for baking bread. Better get on that job. ;)

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I know you've had cold there, Czech. But have you had any big snow recently? I'm not hearing about any for you folks.

Is that a little strange? 

I think you've sent all your snow to us, you rascal!

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LOL, you caught me! Yes, the snow has been going way east of us lately. Yesterday we sent the ice and snow south.  Then sent it swinging back up to you.  

Morning, Geeks!  I'm pouting in the other Monday thread...

Tignanello wrote:

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Just a quick note . . . no spiders should be posted on this thread either . . .

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Especially spiders in FOOD!!  

lilyofcourse wrote:

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How the south measures Winter precipitation.

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LOL!!!! 

Honeys_Mom wrote:

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Morning, Geeks!  I'm pouting in the other Monday thread...

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 You can be happy over here..... no gross spiders.

Blankie wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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When is the snow going to end for you geeks in the northeast?
Still just cold here. I still do not like it!
Laundry to do this morning and I think it's a good day for baking bread. Better get on that job. ;)

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I know you've had cold there, Czech. But have you had any big snow recently? I'm not hearing about any for you folks.

Is that a little strange? 

I think you've sent all your snow to us, you rascal!

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 I am fairly close to Czech and no, we have not had nearly the amount of snow we usually have. It's been fairly mild precipitation wise. It's been cold, but not even as cold as last year. 

I think you guys east and south got it all! Sorry, not sorry! Lol

just Czech wrote:

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NAOW wrote:

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We woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. It was very surprising and unexpected.

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You're not sending that stuff this way, are you? 

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 I'm trying to send it to SoCal. They need the moisture. And it would be fun to see their shock and awe over having that much snow and cold. 

NAOW wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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NAOW wrote:

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We woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. It was very surprising and unexpected.

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You're not sending that stuff this way, are you? 

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 I'm trying to send it to SoCal. They need the moisture. And it would be fun to see their shock and awe over having that much snow and cold. 

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I'm not sure So Cal would survive!! LOL 

just Czech wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Did I ever mention I love snow? Yep, love it, love the 7' plus we have, love the thought of it all melting at once running right into my basement, LOVING the frigid temps, Love, LOVE that my dog won't poo because he hates the frigid temps, love that my deck is in trouble of collapsing. Yep, love this!

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Gosh, I feel so bad for you, IKWTDS! You all have been dumped on big time.  

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 I still have my jolly though!  Or perhaps I have been pushed over the edge.  Whatever, still smiling...

just Czech wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Blankie wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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When is the snow going to end for you geeks in the northeast?
Still just cold here. I still do not like it!
Laundry to do this morning and I think it's a good day for baking bread. Better get on that job. ;)

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I know you've had cold there, Czech. But have you had any big snow recently? I'm not hearing about any for you folks.

Is that a little strange? 

I think you've sent all your snow to us, you rascal!

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 I am fairly close to Czech and no, we have not had nearly the amount of snow we usually have. It's been fairly mild precipitation wise. It's been cold, but not even as cold as last year. 

 

I think you guys east and south got it all! Sorry, not sorry! Lol

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We have had our share of snow this winter. But it melts during the warm periods. Last snow was 5 inches two weeks ago, blew into hard drifts and is almost completely gone now since last week was in the 40's.

I guess we are suppose to get snow tonight. DD told me it was coming our way. Hopefully, just a light dusting.

Minnesota has been short changed this year. I see you are not complaining. Last year you got dumped on! 

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 Not complaining at all!!! We still have the few inches that fell last week. It's never been warm enough to totally melt all the snow...there has always been a bit left on the ground, with grass juuuuust peeking through. 

Last winter was bitter freaking cold. Not as much snow as I expected, but cold as heck. This winter has been warmer - and I a, NOT complaining about it at all! 

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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I just had to shovel my window sills, the part between the window and screen.  

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When you have to crawl out the top of the window, to get out of your house, you know you have it really bad.

Winter of 1962... yuppers, that was a bad one.

I feel for you, IKWTDS. I remember how awful that much snow can be.  

We've spent most of the day raking off the roof, and melting all the ice dams.

We've stopped the source of the interior leak.

Just a small amount of water leaking down the foyer interior wall.

Might have to hack a hole into that sheetrock and stick the blowdryer up there for a while.

If that doesn't work, hack up the whole wall and re-board.

Could have been a lot worse.

Learned our lesson. Rake the roof EVERY time we have a few inches of snow, don't wait for the ice dams to form.

Gotta love this winter!

Blankie wrote:

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There was a news chopper that kept hovering above us, while we were on the roof. Kept coming back.

DH thought they might be filming us.

Either us or the building in the strip mall a half mile away with a collapsed roof.

The neighbor's friend was in the pizza shop in the strip mall, when a guy ran in screaming "everybody out!"

And the whole building's roof collapsed shortly after that.

Gotta love winter!

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Blankie, the last time we had an ice dam in the gutter, was when we still lived in Ohio.

Wayne, and our neighbor, John, got up on the roof, with propane torches.

They melted that ice, pretty quick!

And, happily, they didn't burn the house down. 

Blankie wrote:

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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Blankie wrote:

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There was a news chopper that kept hovering above us, while we were on the roof. Kept coming back.

DH thought they might be filming us.

Either us or the building in the strip mall a half mile away with a collapsed roof.

The neighbor's friend was in the pizza shop in the strip mall, when a guy ran in screaming "everybody out!"

And the whole building's roof collapsed shortly after that.

Gotta love winter!

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Blankie, the last time we had an ice dam in the gutter, was when we still lived in Ohio.

Wayne, and our neighbor, John, got up on the roof, with propane torches.

They melted that ice, pretty quick!

And, happily, they didn't burn the house down. 

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 We considered it, but were afraid we might burn the house down doing it that way.

We used boiling water. Worked quite nicely.

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When you have that much snow, I don't think you would have a problem.

If they did start a fire, they could put it out, pretty quick, with all that snow.

It worked, for us. 

It's snowing here now. I guess NAOW did send it our way.

ed11563 wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Oh my gosh, propane torches to melt snow on a roof?
I can not imagine having to do something like that!
Glad it turned out okay for you, blankie. Wow, just wow!

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Okay, now I need to get a propane torch. 

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Ed, I'm having a problem with visualizing you up on the roof, brandishing a blow torch.  

just Czech wrote:

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Oh my gosh, propane torches to melt snow on a roof?
I can not imagine having to do something like that!
Glad it turned out okay for you, blankie. Wow, just wow!

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It was Wayne, that used the torch, Czech. Back in the day!

And, he used it on the gutters, to melt the ice. Gutters are metal, and not likely to catch fire.

It worked! He didn't burn our house down.