-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 08 Mar 14  22:12:06 <=-   
      
    >> 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   
      
    JK> I can understand that ...   
      
   Thought you might.. ;)   
      
    >> 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...  :)   
      
    JK> Well this week was actually nice to us .. Several evenings were   
    JK> very cold but we also had several days of 30+ weather.. shocking :)    
    JK> Yesterday and today I believe hit almost 40F.  Now, we're not out of   
    JK> the cold yet, but at least we got some respite.    
      
   And now, another storm on its way...  Today (unofficially) it was almost   
   60F... but there's lots of snow supposedly showing up tomorrow and   
   following... I won't cry if it doesn't really get Rochester... ;)   
      
    > 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...   
      
    JK> Oh, that's a drag..   
      
   Yup.  The toilets managed to survive, so we could still bucket flush,   
   but pretty much took everything else out.  Fortunately we didn't have   
   our hearts set on that luxury, though it might have been nice. ;)   
      
    > Now our running water is run down to the pond and fill up some   
    > buckets... ;)  Someday it might get repaired...  :)   
      
    JK> ouch that sounds like some work during a vacation :)   
      
   Not quite as bad as it might sound...  The camp is right on the water,   
   so one is only hauling a few yards... and I get someone else to do it   
   for me..  ;)   
      
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