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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Lucked out last night fer sure. I forgot to leave a faucet dripping and fortunately the pipes did not freeze. It had warmed up to -21 C by 8 am, though.
I'd never heard of that anti-freezing technique! I imagine that you need to be chucking away a fair amount of water for that to work?

I had a freeze-up in my unheated house once. I got up in my attic bedroom and headed downstairs towards the bathroom. I heard the sound of gushing water, ran in, and found a split water pipe to the water heater spraying water out. Enough water had escaped to bring an area of the ceiling below down, but overall I was lucky. I reckon I caught it within a minute or two of the burst. If I had been out all day and come back to it then the damage could have been much worse. My house insurance covered me for nearly all of the repair costs.
 

Chief Broom

Veteran
@Chief Broom Just happened to be browsing Struan Motors in Dundee and saw this low mileage Berlingo. https://www.struans.com/used/citroe...feel-16-bluehdi-100-5dr/dundee/angus/20238408
Hi Mo thanks for thinking of me :okay: im still skint at the moment and wont be looking for a while [its this time of year..makes me head off into fantasy land] but it wont be that long. I quite like the idea of a new XL version so's i can rob a bank and fill it with bags of cash! :laugh:
 

Juan Kog

permanently grumpy
Hi Mo thanks for thinking of me :okay: im still skint at the moment and wont be looking for a while [its this time of year..makes me head off into fantasy land] but it wont be that long. I quite like the idea of a new XL version so's i can rob a bank and fill it with bags of cash! :laugh:
Sorry CB I can see a problem you need to rob a bank to buy the XL version, before robbing another bank for more cash .:rolleyes:
 

12boy

Guru
Location
Casper WY USA
ColinJ....the idea is if there is even a few drops every minute the moving water won't freeze. It isn't just the pipes in the house as the ground as well. Usually a night of cold isn't the problem, it is when you have a week or two when it doesn't get over -17C in the warm part of the day. I took my youngest to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for a couple of weeks and -18C was the high. The Mayo is a big deal and affiliates with 2 other large hospitals. These buildings and much of downtown Rochester are connected by sky tunnels and underground walkways so you can travel around without ever going outside.
They saved his life when the Casper docs could not figure out he could not get enough Vitamin D from food or sunlight. I'm
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I think that @12boy might have frozen to death mid-sentence...! :eek:

Too cold for me, that is.

When I was on my final vigil for my mother it was a bitterly cold night by UK standards - about -12C. I went for a short stroll round the hospital grounds and 15 minutes of it was enough for me. It was only bearable because there was no wind.

I suppose if you are expecting bitter winters then you adapt by wearing appropriate clothing, but I was dressed for 0-10C NOT -12C!
 
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