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Put your faucets on drip!

Postby DamianaRaven » Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:45 pm

The mods can move this thread if necessary, but I wanted to post it as a reminder to TURN ON YOUR FAUCETS this week to keep your pipes from freezing up and bursting. Even if you rent a place, it'll still be a COLOSSAL pain in the ass to deal with, one that might turn your landlord into an accusatory asshole. Plus, depending on who's paying the water bill and where the burst happened, you could be looking at HUNDREDS of dollars worth of leaked water. It's not worth it, so just turn it on. Go do it now, while you're thinking about it!
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Re: Put your faucets on drip!

Postby Lindvaettr » Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:43 am

An alternative is to live in a place that doesn't become an icy hellscape during the winter.
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Postby DamianaRaven » Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:46 am

One would think Texas would qualify!
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Postby ghijkmnop » Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:11 am

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Re: Put your faucets on drip!

Postby LunarTeaHouse » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:05 am

Born and raised Californian. I could never live anywhere cold.
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Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:30 am

West coast best coast!
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Postby iMURDAu » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:03 pm

Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:West coast best coast!


I'll take a few months of cold over random rapid wildfire. And what's a drought like?
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Postby IamNotCreepy » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:32 pm

I almost put on the A/C last night, but to save energy I decided to turn on a fan.
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Postby SilverMaple » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:36 am

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Including the wind chill it was -38 C today. No, I can't feel my fingers.

pls halp
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Re: Put your faucets on drip!

Postby Doodle Dee. Snickers » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:40 am

MEANWHILE, IN FLORIDA!

Actually, last week, it snowed up here in North Florida.
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Postby cmsellers » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:37 am

It snowed in Austin a few weeks ago for the first time in years, which made me happy, but cold weather never lasts long in Austin. It was up in the seventies a few days ago before dropping into the mid fifties, which still qualifies as beautiful spring weather by New England standards.

Which means that I'm sitting outside in my shorts enjoying the weather and Texans are bundled up in coats and scarves complaining of the cold.

And yet "summer's just around the corner" is never far from my mind. Anyone who is jealous now can take comfort in the fact that I'll be miserably hot starting late April.
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Re: Put your faucets on drip!

Postby DamianaRaven » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:28 am

cmsellers wrote:Anyone who is jealous now can take comfort in the fact that I'll be miserably hot starting late April.


Yep. The heat here can seem very much like a physical presence.
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Postby iMURDAu » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:09 pm

When I got to work yesterday at 3:30 pm the temp was 69 degrees ;)

When I got off work last night at 11:15 pm the temp was 55 :)

When I went to sleep around 1 am the temp was 47 :|

When I woke up at 6:50 am the temp was 25 :?

What season is it?
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Re: Put your faucets on drip!

Postby Qinglong » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:15 pm

Sure is strange.

Must be the season of the witch.

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Postby cmsellers » Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:53 pm

LunarTeaHouse wrote:Born and raised Californian. I could never live anywhere cold.

Based on my experience with Californians outside of their natural habitat, you could, actually. You'd just complain constantly (not just about the weather but the costs of food and heating as well) and make everyone around you wish that California would slide into the fucking ocean already.
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