| [Deep Freeze] Saturday, January 31, 2009 4:48:07 PM | |
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Guido, my friend!! I have been reading about your suffering. I am SO sorry, man! How awful. I do hope the missus and Calvin are holding up well. I am sure it must have been miserable! Hang in there! A shower ALWAYS helps me! I am sure it will help you, too!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:29:52 PM)| |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Hotel room or a friend both would have been great ideas, Spa. However, no hotel rooms open anywhere close to us (not too many and, with so many people without power, they were all packed) and the "nearby friend" was where I would have gone except I have the dogs and birds. Almost all my close friends have cats.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Guid! Your powerless! Awwww! Now THAT must SUCK! Water gone too?!! Good God Man, get yourself and pets to a hotel room or a nearby aquaintence ASAP!
Seriously, I hope you get your power back on soon and that you can be back to normal soon. Sending a warm thought!
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:29:52 PM | |
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Hotel room or a friend both would have been great ideas, Spa. However, no hotel rooms open anywhere close to us (not too many and, with so many people without power, they were all packed) and the "nearby friend" was where I would have gone except I have the dogs and birds. Almost all my close friends have cats.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, January 30, 2009 7:11:50 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Guid! Your powerless! Awwww! Now THAT must SUCK! Water gone too?!! Good God Man, get yourself and pets to a hotel room or a nearby aquaintence ASAP!
Seriously, I hope you get your power back on soon and that you can be back to normal soon. Sending a warm thought!
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:24:18 PM | |
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NOW, I am going to be fine. Got an electric space heater kicking out the love while I bring the whole house up to a liveable temp.
I am FROM Detroit (Grosse Pointe, actually...suburb). However, I LIVE in NorthWest Tennessee. Nearest city that might actually be on the map is Paducah, Kentucky. 50 minutes to the north. I live in a small, and fairly isolated town and, my main prob, I even live outside that small town in the country. When something like this hits, they work on getting the city turned back on before they bother with us out here in the rural areas.
No worries about me, mate. How are YOU?! Missed a ton of messages but just saw your recent posts. Hope you are are on the mend. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Necroticist from Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:15:24 PM)
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Wow! sounds grim mate....hope u gonna be ok....
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Oh Strat be praised. Power came back on at about 3am last night!! Man, I can use it too. A hot bath is in order as my back is on fire from splitting logs and lugging them up three flights of stairs for the past couple of days. Oh the joy of being able to flush a toilet!
Many are still out around us. Went to eat with a friend last night who had a house full of Korean students who attended a nearby University without power. They are saying it will be WEEKS before they are able to repair the damage. A city 10 minutes away has a curfew in place and, I just learned, their Walmart shut down driving everyone into ours. Here, no bread, only small-size batteries (only saw ONE pack of C batteries in the whole store), water and propane are both sold in limited quantities now.
Yes, my friends, pretty as they might be, ice storms SUCK!!! |
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| [Necroticist] Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:18:48 PM | |
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| U'll have to remind me Guido - what part of USA are u from? |
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| [Necroticist] Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:15:24 PM | |
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Wow! sounds grim mate....hope u gonna be ok....
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:09:59 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Oh Strat be praised. Power came back on at about 3am last night!! Man, I can use it too. A hot bath is in order as my back is on fire from splitting logs and lugging them up three flights of stairs for the past couple of days. Oh the joy of being able to flush a toilet!
Many are still out around us. Went to eat with a friend last night who had a house full of Korean students who attended a nearby University without power. They are saying it will be WEEKS before they are able to repair the damage. A city 10 minutes away has a curfew in place and, I just learned, their Walmart shut down driving everyone into ours. Here, no bread, only small-size batteries (only saw ONE pack of C batteries in the whole store), water and propane are both sold in limited quantities now.
Yes, my friends, pretty as they might be, ice storms SUCK!!! |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:09:59 PM | |
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Oh Strat be praised. Power came back on at about 3am last night!! Man, I can use it too. A hot bath is in order as my back is on fire from splitting logs and lugging them up three flights of stairs for the past couple of days. Oh the joy of being able to flush a toilet!
Many are still out around us. Went to eat with a friend last night who had a house full of Korean students who attended a nearby University without power. They are saying it will be WEEKS before they are able to repair the damage. A city 10 minutes away has a curfew in place and, I just learned, their Walmart shut down driving everyone into ours. Here, no bread, only small-size batteries (only saw ONE pack of C batteries in the whole store), water and propane are both sold in limited quantities now.
Yes, my friends, pretty as they might be, ice storms SUCK!!! |
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| [Necroticist] Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:26:35 AM | |
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We're in fer loads of cold weather in the next few days...is on MSN news....and i hear ya on the human thing...am Wamphyri...is rare i relate to humans....lol
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| [Soylentgreen4u] Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:16:59 AM | |
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| [Necroticist] Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:49:32 AM | |
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wow - i thought it was cold here - u win hands down!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN from Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:41:37 AM)| | | Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN wrote: | | -16c WITH A WIND CHILL OF -27c..... ...BUT AT LEAST IT'S SUNNY. |
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| [Soylentgreen4u] Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:41:37 AM | |
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| -16c WITH A WIND CHILL OF -27c........BUT AT LEAST IT'S SUNNY. |
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| [ron h] Saturday, January 31, 2009 4:26:01 AM | |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Friday, January 30, 2009 9:42:33 PM | |
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Let a naive Californian dream, Guido. I'm still itching to at least see some icicles hanging from trees.
I'll ask Mother Nature to send you some heat Cali-style. Things will get better soon. Stay warm! 
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| [spapad] Friday, January 30, 2009 7:11:50 PM | |
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Guid! Your powerless! Awwww! Now THAT must SUCK! Water gone too?!! Good God Man, get yourself and pets to a hotel room or a nearby aquaintence ASAP!
Seriously, I hope you get your power back on soon and that you can be back to normal soon. Sending a warm thought!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, January 30, 2009 5:05:12 PM) |
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| [ron h] Friday, January 30, 2009 5:33:52 PM | |
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We've all got you on our minds, Buddy!!! Hopefully it won't be too much longer. I'm also you glad you got the chance to let us know what's up!!
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| [Head banger] Friday, January 30, 2009 5:08:32 PM | |
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man, that sucks. good luck, best wishes. hope the melt starts soon, and the power is restored!!!
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| [devils_child] Friday, January 30, 2009 5:08:14 PM | |
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Plenty of warm thoughts from me Guido..  ...... Just think of me when I go fishing today, slight breeze, partly overcast, 26'C... this is the summer i like!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, January 30, 2009 5:05:12 PM) |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, January 30, 2009 5:05:12 PM | |
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Oh, you MUST be joking. I'll gladly trade. Still no power, heat or water in my house which sits at a comfortable 30 degrees F. All I can do to try and keep one fireplace going as I am really worried about the birds. Means getting up to stoke the fire (bringing the room to a rosy 45 degrees) every couple of hours during the night. I'll spare you the smell of a house which has had no running water for days. Let's just say it isn't pretty.
Run on batteries here is incredible. Nary a D battery to be found.
Wish warm thought my way folks, I repeat. THIS SUCKS!!! To be continued...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:04:46 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | ...
I want an ice storm!!! The aftermath looks so pretty (even if it is dangerous):
...and it's sunny and bright here in CA, with highs in the 60s. |
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| [ladiesman] Friday, January 30, 2009 12:03:25 PM | |
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| [Soylentgreen4u] Friday, January 30, 2009 10:18:25 AM | |
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| -2c AND SNOWING HERE IN EASTERN ONTARIO ...NOT BAD AT ALL... |
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| [Head banger] Friday, January 30, 2009 7:24:25 AM | |
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| 45F and windy. going to get into the 50's today. sigh. am tired of wind. |
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...WHICH,IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IS GOOD NEWS...ALTHOUGH I WISH TO HELL THEY'D LEAVE THESE POOR GUYS ALONE AND LET THEM SLEEP....DUMBASS HUMANS!...