I've read that most who seem to know this stuff say this winter will be a bad one.

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10-28-2011, 01:09 PM

#31

oldswimmer

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Bring it on! As long as the power stays on and I can sew.

10-28-2011, 01:23 PM

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in the midwest they are saying dry and extreme colds like last year only WORSE....there were NO nuts this year..our squirrels are already starving....will be hard on the little guys as well!

10-28-2011, 01:36 PM

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I'm with you on that -- one year I was without for 10 days. Good thing I had a wood stove and a large glass greenhouse for warmth.

I showered at work in the gym. But I got really cranky after a while -- only instant coffee with water heated on the small flat top stove for breakfast.
Cold food was no problem -- it was freezing outside anyways..

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Originally Posted by nannyrick.com

I do too but "NO POWER OUTAGE"

10-28-2011, 01:44 PM

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If the rest of us made as many mistakes on the job as weather people do, we would all be fired. :-D

Sooooooooo true!

10-28-2011, 01:45 PM

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hensandhollyhocks

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Us too.

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Originally Posted by crafty pat

Our weather man said last night that he thinks it will be a rerun of last year. For us that means still dry.

10-28-2011, 01:48 PM

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Getting a good supply of food, paper projects, etc. as well as quilt projects lined up so if I can't go out we'll be OK. Would stock up on chocolates but they would be gone before the first snowfall, LOL!

10-28-2011, 02:43 PM

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I have heard the same thing too...our last few winters have been way snowier than what we had for a long time...guess we will have to wait and see what winter brings...and use any extra indoor time for quilting!

10-28-2011, 03:58 PM

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We are being told to expect a warmer and drier winter than normal.

10-28-2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mim

But I got really cranky after a while -- only instant coffee with water heated on the small flat top stove for breakfast.
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Originally Posted by nannyrick.com

I do too but "NO POWER OUTAGE"

When we had a several-day poweroutage several years ago, I boiled water in my fondue pot, poured it slowly through the grind basket of the coffee machine and still had real coffee. We grilled out a lot or cooked on the woodstove (miss that-don't have one in the new house) and had old oil lamps for lights. I still got a little cranky by the end!!! After that, we bought a generator!

10-28-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nannyrick.com

I do too but "NO POWER OUTAGE"

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When we had a several-day poweroutage several years ago, I boiled water in my fondue pot, poured it slowly through the grind basket of the coffee machine and still had real coffee. We grilled out a lot or cooked on the woodstove (miss that-don't have one in the new house) and had old oil lamps for lights. I still got a little cranky by the end!!![/quote]

You sound like me...if I have coffee and/or cappuccino, I can survive...lol...Naomi