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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 7th 2018, 11:21 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Quite. "I could have gone to Australia" is a thought I can't shake.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 6th 2018, 2:26 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Heavy snow here, people stuck on the highway unable to get to work. The usual for early April.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2018, 2:53 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

I did that, again, this week. I should have hook points, like a racing car.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 31st 2018, 3:15 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

I'm disappointed that they don't get the equipment from America, have it measure in inches, and then convert the results to centimetres.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 30th 2018, 6:31 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

I believe the wind got under the edges, despite the breeze blocks on the horizontal flaps. It took off like an unchained barbecue.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 30th 2018, 5:58 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

In our case the frame stayed, it was just the material that shot off into another field. It came from TSC, maybe that was the problem.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 30th 2018, 5:48 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Ours blew away.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 30th 2018, 12:20 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

When we were first here we had a driveway full of snow and inadequate means to displace it (maybe a quarter mile, three feet deep). A passer-by slowed his car, saw the situation and, a while later...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 8th 2018, 12:16 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Nice and warm today, -7 on the car hotness thingy. Lots of snow though and, unusually, the street hadn't been ploughed. The drive was quite challenging.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 5th 2018, 11:04 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Now they say Sunday but I haven't forgotten all that "mainly cloudy" that had to be cleared last week. I don't trust them at all. I hope it doesn't fall tomorrow. Apart from the pain and suffering...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 5th 2018, 10:26 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Look. If I'm going to work and I spend 25 minutes sculpting my comb over, I am not going to flatten that work with some bobble hat just because I have some shoveling to do. It's better to look good...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 5th 2018, 10:22 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Heavy snow in the forecast. Sunday, Monday, next Wednesday fortnight, Accuweather knows as well as we do. The chickens are on strike which is just as well as their eggs freeze before they can be...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 5th 2018, 7:13 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

It is extremely cold here (see previous post) with lots of snow. The car is stuck in the snow. The tractor battery is dead and the truck heater has packed up. Tractor and car have to be sorted before...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 2nd 2018, 2:58 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

We can't be having such extravagance, powering a garage door costs almost as much as board for a horse for a month.

The weather here is not very good, btw, we had more than a foot of "scattered...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 2nd 2018, 12:33 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Oh my, I sob for your first world problems. Our garage door isn't powered anyway and, indeed, when the garage remodeling man comes, it'll have two unpowered doors.

That does look a cost effective...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 1st 2018, 11:56 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

The wiring is just replacement of the main panel with one that has an option to switch from the incoming power supply to supply by generator. The location relative to the house isn't a factor in the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 1st 2018, 2:31 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

The switch panel is in the garage, 100 yds from the house. I roll the generator out of the door or, if it's a blizzard, roll it to the door. It's not audible in the house.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 1st 2018, 12:09 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

We yes, that was $2,700. It's not a DIY job. The primary need for a generator is for the well pump. I suppose one could power everything with extension cords but they'd have to be very long, the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 31st 2017, 9:36 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

$3,500 dollars at a minimum. $6,500 if it's automatic.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 31st 2017, 12:47 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

This morning the car thermometer showed -30. Someone I know well has gone out to move her horse between barns. This will entail much standing around. I have not gone to watch.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 29th 2017, 1:12 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

We once considered a multi-day ride across some of the more scenic parts of Ontario. The pitch included the advice that "all accommodations include hot tubs, some have massage facilities". That seems...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 29th 2017, 12:24 am
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Thank you but we started from low base points so it's not like George Morris taking an unpromising horse, discard by others, to the Olympics. It's not a competitive thing at all, just about achieving...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 28th 2017, 12:09 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

I expect there's even a kit from the manufacturer, I just haven't got to it. One more slide into the ditch or one more mown down plant might inspire action.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 27th 2017, 10:51 pm
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

Oddly, we’ve never had a compressor, we nailed all of the siding by hand. It’s not something I miss, unlike a cab and huge rear facing lights for the tractor.

The pleasure in riding for me is in...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 27th 2017, 12:37 am
Replies: 481
Views: 30,109
Posted By dbd33

Re: Winter 2017-18

There was a lot of snow overnight and we planned to go riding this morning. I duly set out to blow early and was dismayed to find a flat tyre on the tractor. Note that I can now start the tractor...
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