[at-l] Brrrrrr.--Oh, My Gosh

[kinnickinichere at aol.com]

I got up this morning with thoughts, thoughts like "I hope that this was the worst night we'll have this year."  The summer bag plus the 15* bag plus my flannel nightie and heaviest Smartwool socks just didn't do it.

My averaged-out electricity bill has gone up $16/month.  I could afford only 200 gallons of propane for the season.  The wood that I had brought up to the house was getting low.  Then I saw the forecast!

So, last night I left on only one electric heater (EdenPure victim, you know).  The idea is to keep the pipes from freezing.  Surely I wouldn't freeze!

The wood stove burned up six more logs through the night.  Guess who was up, shivering, feeding it.

Ohhhh, the misery of it all.  And is tonight supposed to be just as cold?

Then to go to the 'puter and find y'all's reports--so heart warming, they are.  I am not alone.  We who boast of being able to be wild, we too want to crawl into a really warm, cozy place out of the wind when things get too tough.  

Reading Sloetoe's expressions of humor are always a delight to me.  I feel warmer now.

The answer is -15* wind chill, 0* actual at Sugar Grove, Virginia.

I don't want to hear any snickers from the Florida, South Texas, Arizona, Southern California, Hawaii crews.  :-  |

Or any jeers from those who have lived without electricity for near a lifetime now up in the Northeast.

Wimpily,

Kinnickinic




-----Original Message-----
From: Tom McGinnis
 <sloetoe at yahoo.com>
To: at-l at backcountry.net; bloomingfoolshhh-l at indiana.edu
Sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 7:23 am
Subject: [at-l] Brrrrrr.



Okay, so, where are we at this morning?
1°F here. Still waiting on furnace boiler parts. Wrestling all night with big 
ouse issues, I'm reminded of the good Mr. Prine, who seems to come up with 
andy songs....
"I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
hen the radiator broke, water all froze.
 got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
aked as the eyes of a clown.
 was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
hen the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
 stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
hat's the way that the world goes 'round.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
ou're up one day and the next you're down.
t's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
hat's the way that the world goes 'round."
Hope you're all safe and warm this morning...
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