I learn so much here. As a girl who has only ever lived in Australia it's hard for me to get my head around the cold that so many of you put up with. I have only once stayed in house where the pipes to the toilet froze (it was in a house up in the mountains) but none of the other pipes did so it wasn't a big problem. Where I live we only have been getting about 18 inches of rain a year so if we had to leave our faucets running we would be out of water in weeks. I love seeing all the photos of the snow as we are sweltering here. I would love to have a white Christmas one day. As long as it was only for a few days lol.