Old houses

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Griffins

About 80 in West L.A. today, felt really nice. Sure looks cold in the rest of the country.

+1. Plan on enjoying oranges off my tree this a.m. for breakfast.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

+1. Plan on enjoying oranges off my tree this a.m. for breakfast.

Well, now you're just being mean.

[JBird]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...100-years.html

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by JBird

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...100-years.html

Neat story. I always like this kind of stuff.

And here I thought I was the only one who reads Daily Mail. Now I'm not so to admit it!

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

+1. Plan on enjoying oranges off my tree this a.m. for breakfast.

Meanwhile, I'll be building character and getting scurvy inside "The Polar Vortex."

[pawpawdiv9]

DOWN SOUTH!!!
a very cold 6 degress in Georgia!! a new record

1. Try throwing a cup of hot water in the air, and watch it dissapear
2. Have your kids blow bubbles outside and have them freeze.

All the schools been closed for 2 days..becasue its sooooooooo! COLD!!!
Water Main busting all the city...black ice..and STUPID IDIOTS on the road.

[Rich Klein]

The DFW Area is supposed to break our cold snap (its already a bit warmer then yesterday) and then have 8-10 days of highs about 60 with lows about 32. I can live with that in January. We have already surpassed the days below freezing of the 2012-13 winter.

Rich

[ctownboy]

-14 with a wind chill near -40 here in Indianapolis. Oh yeah, over a foot of snow also.

Anyway, whenever I hear of people using newspaper for insulation in houses, I think of my Grand Mother.

She was born and raised on a small farm out in the middle of nowhere in Kentucky. They didn't have much money and lived in two small houses. When I was a young teenager (?), my Mother drove us to Kentucky for a family reunion and my Grand Mother wanted us to go see where she grew up.

When we reached the two buildings, I couldn't believe my Grand Mother and her parents and 10 brothers and sisters lived in such small buildings together. When I went inside one of the buildings, I found the walls covered with newspapers. My Grand Mother said that is what they used for insulation.

The newspapers were from the 1920's. My GM found one with a headline of Babe Ruth hitting a home run. She knew I liked baseball so she tore the headline off the wall and gave it to me. I have no idea what else was in there because it was so dark and I didn't have a flashlight.

I found out years later that one of my relatives went to the buildings and found there was still stuff up in the small attic. I have no idea what. Since none of our family members owned the property, we weren't supposed to take anything out of the buildings.

Years after that, I heard the owners of the property went and burned the buildings down. So, if there were any baseball or sports cards used for insulation or in the attic, I never found them and they were burnt.

David

[Sean]

I would like to get Chris, Nelson, or some of our other Canadian friend's take on all this talk about the cold weather. I'll bet they think that we're a bunch of wusses.

[npa589]

Having grown up in WI, I do not miss the fact that one can have 4 pairs of everything on, and still feel like they're freezing. -50+ windchill...goodness gracious.

Sorry ya'll, I now reside in South Florida.


It was 45 outside this morning, and, while in winter coats, people were shivering, complaining that it was freezing outside. They have no idea!