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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Only non-witches get due process.

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      In NOLA:

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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Pensacola

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        Only non-witches get due process.

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          Trump takes office and all I see is whiteness taking over!

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            Hell, in fact, freezing over.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              Daughter is currently at O'Hare. Said everytime they deplane a jet into the terminal, it's like somebody left the freezer door open

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                Temperature is -1 F right now. Tuesday being pizza night for us (It's BOGO Tuesday), I went downstairs to place my order. I walked down the stairs and out. 10 feet to the take-out counter of the restaurant. I was wearing a sweater.

                Other people waiting for pizza looked at me like I was crazy for being so lightly-dressed, unaware that I live, literally, upstairs. I was outdoors for about 10 seconds.

                But yeah, it's colder than a kiss from my first wife (RIP).

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    Ha, why is it always colder at the gas pump?

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                    • kluursK kluurs

                      It was about 8 outside with a -5 wind chill when I ran this evening. It wasn't bad. I've run in worse.

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                      @kluurs said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                      It was about 8 outside with a -5 wind chill when I ran this evening. It wasn't bad. I've run in worse.

                      To a certain point, once we're moving things are fine. When it's so cold my glasses keep frosting up to the point I can't see....then it's time to re-think.

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                        @jon-nyc said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

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                        This is perfect, lol

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                          We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.

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                            Lessons earned are lessons learned.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.

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                              @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                              We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.

                              Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.

                              I was only joking

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                              • 89th8 89th

                                We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.

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                                @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                I can't see through walls of course …

                                You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  Well done, @89th

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                    I can't see through walls of course …

                                    You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.

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                                    @jon-nyc said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                    @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                    I can't see through walls of course …

                                    You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.

                                    Well to be clear, I actually kind of can see through walls. I have one of those infrared/thermal cameras (FLIR) I can attach to my iPhone to view the temperature. You can actually see the studs in the walls since they retain heat differently than the drywall. But unfortunately not enough to see hot and cold water lines running in the ceiling or down the wall. I'll post a pic in a second.

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                                        You can see the bar on the left, a speaker in the middle of the wall, a large toy truck on the floor, and a velcro target toy on the right. Oh and you can see the studs.

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                                        • 89th8 89th

                                          We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.

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                                          @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                          I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.

                                          That is good.

                                          The parents of a friend burned down their own house by trying to unfreeze a pipe by using a flame torch. 😬

                                          (The father owns a mechanic shop so probably figured he was smart enough to do it properly, which he obviously was not!!)

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