It's too cold for color TV.

[Littlelambseativy]

Following a school bus this morning, and temp at 10F saw little munchkins struggle out to the bus so bundled up they could hardly walk. Looked like mounds of clothing moving across the road to enter the bus...pity the teachers who have to unwrap the little ones and wrap them up again to go out and home.

[Keith]

Following a school bus this morning, and temp at 10F saw little munchkins struggle out to the bus so bundled up they could hardly walk. Looked like mounds of clothing moving across the road to enter the bus...pity the teachers who have to unwrap the little ones and wrap them up again to go out and home.

That is honestly one of my favorite scenes to witness!  I can't hold back the chuckles when I see a kid so bundled up they can hardly move, arms outstretched like a scarecrow doing his level best not to make the crows laugh!  The best part is, they don't complain, bless 'em.  They just waddle along.

[Willa]

I remember 20 below and blowing in OR, when it hurt my lungs to breathe. But our lowest here was 10 below, which was bad enough. So far our lowest this year was 9 F, but after a week we got the pineapple express bringing 55 to 70 degree temps again. Now we are sliding down again with fog and inversions under high pressure. So our days have been gray and 40ish, nights 30. This is endurable and not so bad on the heat bill. But the inversions are bad on the lungs since they hold in the pollutants and our close neighbors burn wood.

Praying for all you with flu and illness, especially NCN whose delirium is most delightful, but who is on my heart anyhow.

PS Grandma's German chili is filled with home canned crushed whole tomatoes, small red beans, lots of bay leaves, not much chili spice, super lean hamburger, sweet onions and home made sweet pickle relish. Wild game is also good in chili.

[Keith]

Well, it's been a flurry of activity here.  I got called downstairs for something urgent regarding the boiler.  I was in a t-shirt, sweatpants and my slippers.  They wanted to let me know that the boiler was working.  I asked what was urgent and they said the driveway needed to be salted.  It's underground parking so you have to go down an incline.  When the heat went out, the radiant heat under that portion of the driveway froze so it all the cars driving over it turned into compact ice.  Since it will take a several hours for it to thaw with the radiant heat back on, I had to salt it.  I just went outside dressed as I was, slippers and all and it took all of three minutes because we use a grass seed spreader.  (At least it warmed up to only -18°F.) 

 

Because I'm sick (disclaimer), I was annoyed because they (the maintenance guys) could have done it just as easily.  After all, they left me here all night to do their work, bleeding the lines, because they couldn't wait to leave and hand off the boiler problems (a building with no heat) to someone else.  I'm a caretaker.  It's not my job.  It's their's.  But I did it to help them out.  It took me hours!  They couldn't do this three minute chore for me?  Not happy.  I'm cranky.  I'm sick.

[Keith]

I remember 20 below and blowing in OR, when it hurt my lungs to breathe. But our lowest here was 10 below, which was bad enough. So far our lowest this year was 9 F, but after a week we got the pineapple express bringing 55 to 70 degree temps again. Now we are sliding down again with fog and inversions under high pressure. So our days have been gray and 40ish, nights 30. This is endurable and not so bad on the heat bill. But the inversions are bad on the lungs since they hold in the pollutants and our close neighbors burn wood.

Praying for all you with flu and illness, especially NCN whose delirium is most delightful, but who is on my heart anyhow.

PS Grandma's German chili is filled with home canned crushed whole tomatoes, small red beans, lots of bay leaves, not much chili spice, super lean hamburger, sweet onions and home made sweet pickle relish. Wild game is also good in chili.

Great thing about Minneapolis is that heat is included in the rent.  My heart breaks for homeowners.  During hard, long winters, it's not unusual to find a senior citizen who died in their home because they couldn't afford to turn their heat on.  That always makes me mad.  So senseless.

 

Honey Orange Glazed Chicken in 15 minutes and counting...

[Guest shiloh357]

 

 

11 degrees right now.  Windchill probably below zero.

 

Making Tex Mex Chilli and hunkering down 'till it gets back up into the 30s later this week.

 

I knew I liked you.  Chili is the best.  Very versatile.  No two chilis are alike.  Being sick, I've lost my appetite but I would definitely eat a bowl or two of chili right now.  I may go eat a hot pepper just to relieve the sinus pressure. 

 

I love chilli.  It's the best part of the winter!  lol

[other one]

so how does color TV fit into this.....  

[MorningGlory]

 

We have a heat wave.

The shops have run out of sun block and the queues at the only shop who have some to sell, require police control.

There are miles of motorists  blocked in traffic jams as the people flock to the south coast to avoid the heat.

Shops have closed and people have been warned not to go out during the mid day sun.

The underground has come to a halt due to the track buckling in some places under the heat.  

 

I have ordered ceiling fans for the house and posted an urgent appeal in the Telegraph  for a new house keeper to fan me.

Wrote a stern letter to my local MP complaining of global warming, asking him to raise yet again in the house the question as to why;

we have allowed the Welsh to  globally warm us?

(One feels the need to lay the blame somewhere) 

 

Later, I shall more than likely take my bucket and spade down to the banks of the river Thames and have a paddle.

Ice cream will not be an option but rather a necessity. 

 

(I should also point out that I have a fever and could be talking nonsense.) 

 

You are TOO funny, ncn!  Hope you feel better quickly.