Hi Nancy,   
      
   >> Yeah, darn it Lol.. I understand Mark's happiness with the snow, but   
   >> for me, it's not the same as when I was a bit younger    
      
   > Strange, how our excitement about things fades with age (also with   
   > debilitation)... ;)  I had pleasant memories about being on the ocean   
   > beach and wading into the ocean... until I went to my nephew's wedding   
   > on the beach, and discovered that I couldn't balance on the sand very   
   > well, and that the riptide wasn't any fun any more...  ;0   
      
   I can understand that ...   
      
   >> Yes, I've seen expectations of more snow and cold on the way this   
   >> week... along with some icy conditions .. but they've been wrong   
   >> before    
      
   > And what DID you get...?    We got mostly sun, with spatterings of   
   > snow to wake up to on the cars almost every morning (and additional bits   
   > during the day, some days)... and a record low of -8 not last night but   
   > the night before... ;)  But then it warmed up again...  :)   
      
   Well this week was actually nice to us .. Several evenings were very   
   cold but we also had several days of 30+ weather.. shocking :)  Yesterday and   
   today I believe hit almost 40F.  Now, we're not out of the cold yet, but at   
   least we got some respite.   
      
   >> sense, for a house that isn't occupied...  Isn't that what one does with   
   >> mobile homes that are being stored for the winter...?  If one can't just   
   >> drain them, that is...   
      
   >> Hmm.. not sure, but it does make sense for a dwelling that can't be   
   >> 'drained' or whatever.   
      
   > Our camp in the Adirondacks used to have running water during the   
   > season... they had lines in, and would pump pond water up into the camp   
   > for flushing and washing up purposes... part of the prep for winter was   
   > to drain all the lines and put the pump away... then set it up again in   
   > the late spring for the next season...  The last year the previous owner   
   > was in, she had her nephew set things up, but apparently nobody thought   
   > to do the winter prep, so the lines, of course, froze... and burst...   
      
   Oh, that's a drag..   
      
   > Now our running water is run down to the pond and fill up some   
   > buckets... ;)  Someday it might get repaired...  :)   
      
   ouch that sounds like some work during a vacation :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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