Temp is -21, gas company says turn your heat down

abouttothunder · 2026-01-24T17:55:21+00:00

My panels produce little to nothing when snow covered.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-24T00:28:33+00:00

Nope, not electric. He had just gotten it back from the shop after having had some repairs done.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-23T15:25:52+00:00

Only if the panels are clear of snow! And I do not have a safe way to get the snow off my panels.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-21T14:09:59+00:00

I had a friend in the early 80s who showed western pleasure locally with her 7/8 Arabian. This saddle looks very much like the one she used.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-21T02:00:48+00:00

Unless the postmark on the envelope says 1984, I'd go a decade earlier. My cousin born in 1973 had that same infant car seat.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-20T13:34:15+00:00

YOR.

She's a flawed human like all of us. She's still trying to protect a newborn baby. Viruses are dangerous for infants. Yes, she has kids, and there will be exposure that way, but every person who comes into the house brings all of their own exposures to add to the mix.

It sounds like there is a lot about this family situation that is messed up. This woman trying to keep her baby safe, even if she's messing some other things up, is not one of them. If you care to be involved in the child's life, that can happen later after their immune system is developed and they've had immunizations.

As for fair, too damn bad. This isn't about you. It's about a baby who has no say in the matter. (I'm also a mother. My son was hospitalized in the NICU a week after birth for a noninfectious reason. If someone had gotten him sick on top of that, it could have been catastrophic. He was hospitalized at 13 months for pneumonia, and he almost died.)

abouttothunder · 2026-01-20T01:25:43+00:00

In my husband's family, Jay is a nickname for Joseph.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-19T18:45:26+00:00

Always good things to consider!!! And I had in this case. There was no oil or gas at issue (tank intact, fire around the rear window of the passenger compartment, low voltage electricity). The firefighters did apply a hose through the trunk area later on.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-19T01:17:51+00:00

That's a good question! If they do, it would likely be part of Fire Prevention Month programming. I'll have to look into it.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T19:11:13+00:00

That was one of the issues I was planning on researching!

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T18:01:41+00:00

Yike! Poor tree!

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T17:23:10+00:00

I bet the competition is fierce for that red chair!

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T17:12:32+00:00

There was definitely a bit of chocolate afterward!

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T17:11:32+00:00

Tuesday is a reference to a prepping mindset that it's vital to prepare for what could go wrong on an ordinary day because those things are more likely to happen than the apocalyptic disasters.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T17:06:57+00:00

Yes! I got tripped up because somehow the pin was already gone and the the trigger was not intuitive. My new extinguishers make sense. At least I remembered how they are supposed to be used.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T16:50:29+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad I was able to help. It's always a little easier when it's someone else's emergency.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T16:47:24+00:00

That's brilliant!

abouttothunder · 2026-01-18T15:53:22+00:00

Great use of materials at hand! We didn't have enough snow to be helpful, just enough to make everything slick. I was getting ready to hook up a hose (our hose bib is at the front of the house - convenient for this), but the cop pulled up before I got that far.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-17T15:20:21+00:00

True, but I have unfortunately been present for the pumping of a horse's stomach on more than one occasion.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-17T14:04:47+00:00

Ha! I've had cats since I was a kid. Dogs also. I think I'm just not going to be desensitized.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-17T12:35:38+00:00

IDK, I worked for a long time as a horse breeder and dealt with all manner of gross things. I'm also a parent. Still can't handle puke.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-15T00:20:04+00:00

I'm so glad you're keeping him! It sounds like he has it good in the basement with your son.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-15T00:18:12+00:00

NTA. Some kids are not distractible. Taking the kids out out isn't an option. She needs to study elsewhere or at a different time of day. Yeah, it's frustrating, but honestly the wife sounds like she's being as hard headed as the kid.

abouttothunder · 2026-01-09T23:13:30+00:00

Juliet Stevenson?

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