Fragile balance

Good thing my house isn't next to yours. I would be visiting all the time. These houses are only 5 inches at best. I would freeze or would have a hugh heating bill.

The temperature here, let me see. About 33 degrees celsius. not bad, eh motion?

You're always welcome WOM. What's mine is yours, except maybe you'll need to BYOB.

Canadian homes, and for that matter, homes in the northern U.S. states, are all built with long cold winters in mind. However, this winter has been particularly cold. I've not experienced this kind of cold for about 10 years. It's a test to my frontier spirit.

@shu, that sounds great. Hot sun baking your skin, nice cold drink, mmmmmmmmm.

The toughest part is the automobile. Does not like the cold, and I don't have a block heater. Every morning last week I would go out to the car, cross my fingers, press in the clutch and turn the key. It would grind a couple of times and then slowly groan to a start. Took about 25 minutes of idling before I could move it. Yikes!! At that temperature, the oil in the engine is the consistency of hard butter.

motion, I thought all cars up your way had block heaters. Our cars here in Tezas don't but the diesels do.

No WOM, block heaters are still an option here. Most people have them. I'm just stubborn I guess.

In places like Winnepeg, Manitoba, they not only have block heaters in vehicles, but outside of almost every establishment, like restuarants, shopping centers, and business, there are parking lots with posts in each parking space, and on the post there is an outlet to plug in you car's block heater......that's how cold it gets out that way. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Think electric

WOM, check out Ms. Delicious' thread. She has posted a clarification for her comment.

What has always puzzled me and maybe someone has an answer. Why would anyone go spend a vacation in a hotel made of ice.
http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/hotel.htm

Well in my straight forward language, they are idiots. But to each their own.

That one is a puzzle Delicious. My only guess is that these people are just plain crazy. Insane I tells ya. Ice is for alcholic drinks and maybe for the occasional skating excursion.

Perhaps these people have an unhealthy obsession for the original Superman movie and like to pretend they are living in his secret northern lair. . Which leads me back to my original point....insane I tells ya!!!

BTW, if you need to do a quick conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit, my little trick is as follows:

Take the Celsius number (in this case, -25ºC)
Multiply that by 1.8 ... -25 x 1.8 = -45
Now add the number 32 ... -45 + 32 = -13

So, -25ºC = -13ºF ......Still cold, not matter how you slice it.

My kids and I made an igloo once while in Wisconsin. It was actually fairly warm once we were all inside.

I know how you are feeling, motion! It's really cold over here too!

How cold does it get in Hawaii GM?

It gets down to high 60s.... that is really cold.

for us anyway....

WOM....'to each HIS own'....

Darn, the Jafo patrol got me again.

Well, peoples, it is 10 degrees Fahrenheit here right now, we are in the middle of a major winter storm and
expected to get at least 16 inches of snow before it's over.....