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    89th
    wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 15:39 last edited by
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    Ha, why is it always colder at the gas pump?

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    • K kluurs
      21 Jan 2025, 05:59

      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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      Rich
      wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 15:45 last edited by
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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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        21 Jan 2025, 22:24

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        Rich
        wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 15:46 last edited by
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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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          89th
          wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:01 last edited by
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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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            Jolly
            wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:18 last edited by
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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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            • 8 89th
              22 Jan 2025, 16:01

              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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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:25 last edited by
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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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              • 8 89th
                22 Jan 2025, 16:01

                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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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:35 last edited by
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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.

                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:53 last edited by
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                  Well done, @89th

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    22 Jan 2025, 16:35

                    @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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                    89th
                    wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:48 last edited by
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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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                      89th
                      wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:49 last edited by
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                        89th
                        wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:49 last edited by
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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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                        • 8 89th
                          22 Jan 2025, 16:01

                          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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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:50 last edited by
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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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                          • T taiwan_girl
                            22 Jan 2025, 18:50

                            @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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                            89th
                            wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:51 last edited by
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                            @taiwan_girl Wow. The space heaters have come a long way for safety but even still I decided against running it all night while I slept 2 nights ago since I would rather have a busted pipe than a burned house.

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                              22 Jan 2025, 18:49

                              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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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:51 last edited by
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                              @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                              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.

                              I guess you need a more powerful IR camera!!!

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                                George K
                                wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 23:44 last edited by
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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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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 01:40 last edited by
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                                  In the bayou...

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                                  And on Canal Street in New Orleans.

                                  Link to video

                                  "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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                                  • G George K
                                    23 Jan 2025, 01:40

                                    In the bayou...

                                    Gh3lEw7WwAANeeZ.jpeg

                                    And on Canal Street in New Orleans.

                                    Link to video

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 01:44 last edited by
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                                    @George-K said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                    And on Canal Street in New Orleans.

                                    Good for him, ready to go.

                                    My duffel bag holding my, 50-years-old, hockey stuff is sitting right here in the closet, ready. But if I opened that bag I might find only dust.

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:07 last edited by
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                                      Wonder if the picture of the Gulf was down from Lake Charles?

                                      “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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                                        22 Jan 2025, 16:01

                                        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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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:12 last edited by
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                                        @89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:

                                        We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.

                                        About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.

                                        Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.

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                                        See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.

                                        Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.

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                                        Damage totaled about $125K, iirc.

                                        "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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                                        • G George K
                                          23 Jan 2025, 02:12

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

                                          We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.

                                          About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.

                                          Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.

                                          101_0002 (Large).JPG

                                          See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.

                                          Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.

                                          101_0014 (Large).JPG
                                          Damage totaled about $125K, iirc.

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                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:19 last edited by
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                                          @George-K Ouch!!!!!!

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