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Chris, if you need shorts, they are selling out fast with our beautiful weather 
What's your Temp?
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Chris
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It's foggy this morning
Dogs, ice, cold, home improvement:
My dog a black lab hasn’t been liking the -10 and down temps on her paws on her morning walks she gets over in the snow as best she can and off the ice and road surface. The trouble is the wall of snow is about 5’ high now on both sides of the road so she climbs up it and walks on the ridge as going over the compact ridge puts her in snow over her head that’s soft. She will not “go” on the road (good training) so there I am every morning dog about eye level doing her business. People passing by giving me some strange looks.
Now the home improvement part the house came with a lot of deck out of treated wood and was never stained or sealed. There is a wheel chair ramp that we are leaving as it’s really a handy thing and you never know you might need it someday. Well I stained it last fall and with snow on it the dog and I can barely stay upright under melting temps. Should I be adding sand to the stain or something?
My dog a black lab hasn’t been liking the -10 and down temps on her paws on her morning walks she gets over in the snow as best she can and off the ice and road surface. The trouble is the wall of snow is about 5’ high now on both sides of the road so she climbs up it and walks on the ridge as going over the compact ridge puts her in snow over her head that’s soft. She will not “go” on the road (good training) so there I am every morning dog about eye level doing her business. People passing by giving me some strange looks.
Now the home improvement part the house came with a lot of deck out of treated wood and was never stained or sealed. There is a wheel chair ramp that we are leaving as it’s really a handy thing and you never know you might need it someday. Well I stained it last fall and with snow on it the dog and I can barely stay upright under melting temps. Should I be adding sand to the stain or something?
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We used to add sand to floating rafts in lakes to make them non slip. We also bought paint with sand it it for our pool deck. It works real well. I'm just not sure if the stain would hold sand in place like paint would.
PS. On the deck paint, we got ripped. The bucket was almost 1/3 sand. So we paid a lot of money for some paint and a lot of sand. We won't make that mistake again. A bag of silica sand is a couple bucks.
PS. On the deck paint, we got ripped. The bucket was almost 1/3 sand. So we paid a lot of money for some paint and a lot of sand. We won't make that mistake again. A bag of silica sand is a couple bucks.
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Chris
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We are about 85 degrees warmer than you.
oldognewtrick
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Bud, have you ever thought about a winter home in The Keys?
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Well, thats about 90* warmer than Erie...;D
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Coldest I've ever been in my life was fishing the Indain River in Cocoa with my dad one December years ago.
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46 this morning..............
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Its 0 here with wind... not a happy camper.. no work today.:beer:
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I'm sure of it.:rofl:
We have a saying up here, “It’s colder than a well drillers A$$ in February.” I never knew for sure what that meant till I stepped out the door this morning. Just walking the dog a very short walk I could feel my wallet like it was freezing into my hip. My warm gloves, the palms are some nylon material that’s very flexible turned to solid at -33.
Yep a few days down south even if it was above freezing would be a nice change. Last few years they have been opening up a lot of shelters for people to go to. I don’t think we have many people living on the street but I think there are a good deal without good heat if any because the shelters get full when it gets this cold. I think -33 is as cold as I have ever been out in and I can tell you I don’t think you could last 10 minutes out in it with normal winter clothes.
I had the radio on a national news program and they were reporting the cold temps and said they had reports of -20 in places I looked down at the gage in the car and said dang . I was going to give them a call and didn’t because I got distracted by a giant blue ox standing by the side of the road.
Yep a few days down south even if it was above freezing would be a nice change. Last few years they have been opening up a lot of shelters for people to go to. I don’t think we have many people living on the street but I think there are a good deal without good heat if any because the shelters get full when it gets this cold. I think -33 is as cold as I have ever been out in and I can tell you I don’t think you could last 10 minutes out in it with normal winter clothes.
I had the radio on a national news program and they were reporting the cold temps and said they had reports of -20 in places I looked down at the gage in the car and said dang . I was going to give them a call and didn’t because I got distracted by a giant blue ox standing by the side of the road.
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Chris
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Its warming its way up to 75 here today.
Well, I for one am not going to complain about the cold. Anytime I'm not sweating---I'm happy. However, minus and single digit temps ARE a bit nippy. I like it when it's in the 20's or 30's. The worst thing about this weather is that we won't have peaches again this year. And the deer have to brave this cold too---I always feel bad for them. Another year when I'm out there feeding them!!
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I have been driving around with my ac on most of the day......
