Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[kross8]

Here's our story for the past 24 hrs and we're stuck w/ it.

Last night around this time (9:40pm) there was a loud screeching/scream from the basement. The heater died. 40 minutes later the repair man showed up. 5 minutes after that he said nothing we can do 'till at least Monday. The fan shaft broke and we don't have one in stock for you age/model York heater. We'll call around 1st thing Monday morning and hopefully we can locate one local if not we'll have to order one. Uh oh! Yikes no heat 'till at least Monday and perhaps longer.

So last night built a big roaring fire in the fireplace and stayed up too late just to keep the fire going. Placed a kerosene heater in the main hallway at bed time and an oil based spaced heater in the bedroom for overnight. Geez ... actually woke up too warm ... that oil heater worked better than expected.

Up at 6am started another fire in the fireplace, refilled the Kerosine heater. Then thank goodness for neighbors ... we were basically out of firewood, certainly couldn't get through the day. So we put a message up on our 'Neighborhood internet site'. And within minutes had multiple offers of come pick up some wood at our place. So I hooked up the trailer and got a load of wood just up the street. When I got home their was more wood stacked neatly in the driveway. Another neighbor took the time and effort to deliver some to me. Wow ... how extra nice.

Then I pulled out an old kerosene stove someone gave me. Never used this one, so did a quick clean-up on it and fired it up at in the garage. Worked just fine for an hour. Shut it down, let it cool off, and moved that one to the basement. Figure that would keep the 1st floor a bit warmer and avoid any frozen pipes in the basement.

The we picked up a couple more electric heaters from other friends in the neighbor hood. Never saw this kind before. Some kind of infra-red glass heating tubes. They work ... so nice to have them for backups.

So we're doing good, by early afternoon with the fireplace and 1 kero heater on the 1st floor the temp in the dinning room, where the thermostat is was reading 78 degrees ... yikes, don't every keep our house operating at the high a temp.

So all in all, if I didn't know in in my 'head' ... I wouldn't know the gas whole house heater isn't working. Janet even made some Irish Soda bread today. Good time to add extra heat to the house, and some good tasting bread w/ supper tonight.

So tomorrow morning I'll get a load of wood from the Wood & Coal yard in town and hopefully heater fan can be sourced locally and we'll be back to normal.

good grief! hope you find the parts locally. we have a ceramic and an oil filled radiator for back up,, love them both. oh yeah a fireplace and a small dog that doubles as a hot water bottle

 

[Iffy]

Here's our story for the past 24 hrs and we're stuck w/ it.neatly in the driveway. Another neighbor took the time and effort to deliver some to me. Wow ... how extra nice.

Sweet! Wouldn't expect any other kinda Karma fer ya both...

OK, ophph to phinish da Netphlix series 'The OA' <gotta luv Kodi streaming'...>

 

[3mg Meniere]

Here's our story for the past 24 hrs and we're stuck w/ it.

Last night around this time (9:40pm) there was a loud screeching/scream from the basement. The heater died.

You have some top-notch neighbors!

 

[Ken_A]

Who says we didn't notice? It's good you've been busy tho, so you didn't miss us so much!

yes, I did.

Sorry to hear about your 'puter. I hope you didn't lose anything.

everything

Do you know what caused it?

Hard drive went bad.

 

[MikeE3]

Sweet! Wouldn't expect any other kinda Karma fer ya both...

OK, ophph to phinish da Netphlix series 'The OA' <gotta luv Kodi streaming'...>

Thank Iffy ... but that picture is most disturbing.

 

[DavidOck]

Not enough arms.

 

[Janet H]

When you are filled with rage and self loathing and don't want to talk about it but you have to talk about it or you will explode and you wish everyone would just shut up and go away but you need your family to lean on but they really piss you off and the noise is making your teeth hurt and you are so tired but everything is clenched in anxiety and you just want a dark silent room to rock back and forth in but you have to go to the place and do the thing and no one understands why you are having issues not that they would care

Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.

{{{{{Russell}}}}} You poor guy. It sure sounds like you're in need of something besides a big hug from me. You need to see a doc. Gotta take that step to fix this and you're the only one who can do that. Don't wait. Deb is right, call a crisis line now if you need to.

I had to do some hunting to locate these photos. Yeah, I took these myself, of my hubcap. This was in Colorado in the mid 1970s. The temperature was rising on a sunny day, the air temperature remained well below freezing, but the warmer blacktop road had snow melt on it. Cars sharing the road had splashed enough water on my car, in the freezing air, to cause radial icicles to form around my hub cap. When I saw this, I grabbed my camera and snapped a few, I thought it was so cool. Hadn't seen anything quite like it before, or since.

Have any of y'all seen this phenomena before?

Whoa! That is so cool. No, I've never seen anything like that before, especially when not intended.

Guess you all saw Mike's post about our interesting time with loosing our heat. We were invited to join a site called Next-door. It's kind of a bulletin board for neighbors. If you google it and put in your zip you can find out if one is operating in your area. It's worked out great for us. We were alerted to vehicle break-ins in our neighborhood, neighbors have posted questions for recommendations for services, they've posted items they're getting rid of in case anyone is interested and we requested advice on who to call for fire wood. Over the past few months most everyone living near us has signed on. Help is posted very quickly and it's worked out so well. We ended up with a load of fire wood from people who were glad to get it out of their yard. Win-win!

 

[Diver9543]

Here's our story for the past 24 hrs and we're stuck w/ it.

Last night around this time (9:40pm) there was a loud screeching/scream from the basement. The heater died. 40 minutes later the repair man showed up. 5 minutes after that he said nothing we can do 'till at least Monday. The fan shaft broke and we don't have one in stock for you age/model York heater. We'll call around 1st thing Monday morning and hopefully we can locate one local if not we'll have to order one. Uh oh! Yikes no heat 'till at least Monday and perhaps longer.

So last night built a big roaring fire in the fireplace and stayed up too late just to keep the fire going. Placed a kerosene heater in the main hallway at bed time and an oil based spaced heater in the bedroom for overnight. Geez ... actually woke up too warm ... that oil heater worked better than expected.

Up at 6am started another fire in the fireplace, refilled the Kerosine heater. Then thank goodness for neighbors ... we were basically out of firewood, certainly couldn't get through the day. So we put a message up on our 'Neighborhood internet site'. And within minutes had multiple offers of come pick up some wood at our place. So I hooked up the trailer and got a load of wood just up the street. When I got home their was more wood stacked neatly in the driveway. Another neighbor took the time and effort to deliver some to me. Wow ... how extra nice.

Then I pulled out an old kerosene stove someone gave me. Never used this one, so did a quick clean-up on it and fired it up at in the garage. Worked just fine for an hour. Shut it down, let it cool off, and moved that one to the basement. Figure that would keep the 1st floor a bit warmer and avoid any frozen pipes in the basement.

The we picked up a couple more electric heaters from other friends in the neighbor hood. Never saw this kind before. Some kind of infra-red glass heating tubes. They work ... so nice to have them for backups.

So we're doing good, by early afternoon with the fireplace and 1 kero heater on the 1st floor the temp in the dinning room, where the thermostat is was reading 78 degrees ... yikes, don't every keep our house operating at the high a temp.

So all in all, if I didn't know in in my 'head' ... I wouldn't know the gas whole house heater isn't working. Janet even made some Irish Soda bread today. Good time to add extra heat to the house, and some good tasting bread w/ supper tonight.

So tomorrow morning I'll get a load of wood from the Wood & Coal yard in town and hopefully heater fan can be sourced locally and we'll be back to normal.

You are so fortunate to have neighbors like you do.

We were invited to join a site called Next-door. It's kind of a bulletin board for neighbors.

I have had Next Door for a while and it is a great program. Lost pets have been found, services have been posted and loads of other neighborly things go on there.

 

[Iffy]

Thank Iffy ... but that picture is most disturbing.

Well, t'was either dat or dis...

 

[2legsshrt]

@MikeE3 that kinda stuff scares me. If ours went out don't know what we'd do. It's -3 right now. It's been like the arctic here since the first part of Dec now starting Tuesday supposed to be up to 40 during the day and 35 at night for about 4-5 days. They're worried about flooding in town because all the drains are plugged with snow and ice.

 

[2legsshrt]

@2legsshrt. Just gave myself a giggle picturing you standing in a line & rocking back & forth, heel to toe & your new feet doing all the work for you. You were just along for the ride! Yes, I had dozed off!

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That's funny @Kenna they don't actually do that but my previous legs had about 10 degrees of movement from front to rear these have 30. Big diff and totally adjustable as to what makes you comfortable. They are pretty amazing very close to a real ankle. Like I say wait till the snow clears I'll get a video of me walking. It even amazes me how normal it is. They've come a long way from the peg legs. I talked to my old leg man and he said I have amazed everyone at Hanger Clinics. When I first went in 8 years ago he didn't think I was going to make it to this and at my age. Single amputees usually do well but bilateral seldom do. Going to try to get to the Amputee Support Group on Wednesday, one of the retired leg men wants me to go since I'm the first in Spokane to have these.

 

[2legsshrt]

Well, t'was either dat or dis...

Good Hat. But whos that kid under it??

 

[Iffy]

Good Hat. But whos that kid under it??

Just a 70 y.o. kidder...

 

[clnire]

@MikeE3 and @Janet H , you have some great neighbors! Hope the parts are found and you are back up and heating quickly. Sounds like you are all set, however.

 

[Semiretired]

Well, t'was either dat or dis...

Definitely not that one... LOL, but nice hat though...

 

[Semiretired]

@MikeE3 and @Janet H - wish you lived nearer - got lot's of wood I have tried to give away and very little has been taken. Maybe warm thoughts from us will help...

 

[Flowersoul]

Just having a rough time

Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.

Sorry you're having such a rough time, but I echo the previous posts. Please get some professional help!

I didn't take this photo (I wish). I just thought it was awesome.

Beautiful, it is!

I had to do some hunting to locate these photos. Yeah, I took these myself, of my hubcap. This was in Colorado in the mid 1970s. The temperature was rising on a sunny day, the air temperature remained well below freezing, but the warmer blacktop road had snow melt on it. Cars sharing the road had splashed enough water on my car, in the freezing air, to cause radial icicles to form around my hub cap. When I saw this, I grabbed my camera and snapped a few, I thought it was so cool. Hadn't seen anything quite like it before, or since.

Have any of y'all seen this phenomena before?

No, I have never seen that kind of icing and I'm a Pa. transplant. Awesome photo!

I love looking at the snow.
On the internet.
From Florida.

That being said, no one noticed my 10 day absence from the forums. Here is why I was gone.
My PC blew up. I've been trying to fix it, but mostly only have after work to do so. I had to purchase a new PC and am curently trying to get it to look like I want it to, in case my latest attempt to scan and fix errors on the old drive are not successful. I started that on Friday, and it's a whopping 9% complete. Obviously, I'm not holding out hope.

I got my new TIKO 3D printer to work with as well.
And a new big important rushed project at work.

Yeah. I've been having a whopper of a 2017

Agree with you about watching the snow on the internet! Sorry about all your data being lost...hopefully you got all the bad stuff out of the way for 2017.

I just purchased this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00APPDX86/ref=psdc_172665_t1_B00AVWKUXE

..hope I din't make a mistake....


EDIT...
Oh my...I AM a woman...I just canceled this one and ordered a less expensive one...the one that
Ken got


cuz it's cheap... umm....less expensive...that sounds better...)

Kay, give you a lot of credit! I would go ga-ga trying to figure that out myself.

Thanks plus I am getting them dialed in so they're better. I think my left leg is a little taller then my right but that can be easily changed. Ginny said I am walking even more normal then I was plus I was having a problem with my suspension liners and she had the idea of pulling them up more so they covered more of my thigh,(should've thought of that) that's what holds the suction that keeps my legs in just the right spot, worked like a charm. So I am a happy camper. A little more tweaking of them and should be perfect. Already got 1500 steps on them just around the house.

Pat, you've waited so long for these and I'm so happy for you!

Here's our story for the past 24 hrs and we're stuck w/ it.

Last night around this time (9:40pm) there was a loud screeching/scream from the basement. The heater died. 40 minutes later the repair man showed up. 5 minutes after that he said nothing we can do 'till at least Monday. The fan shaft broke and we don't have one in stock for you age/model York heater. We'll call around 1st thing Monday morning and hopefully we can locate one local if not we'll have to order one. Uh oh! Yikes no heat 'till at least Monday and perhaps longer.

So last night built a big roaring fire in the fireplace and stayed up too late just to keep the fire going. Placed a kerosene heater in the main hallway at bed time and an oil based spaced heater in the bedroom for overnight. Geez ... actually woke up too warm ... that oil heater worked better than expected.

Up at 6am started another fire in the fireplace, refilled the Kerosine heater. Then thank goodness for neighbors ... we were basically out of firewood, certainly couldn't get through the day. So we put a message up on our 'Neighborhood internet site'. And within minutes had multiple offers of come pick up some wood at our place. So I hooked up the trailer and got a load of wood just up the street. When I got home their was more wood stacked neatly in the driveway. Another neighbor took the time and effort to deliver some to me. Wow ... how extra nice.

Then I pulled out an old kerosene stove someone gave me. Never used this one, so did a quick clean-up on it and fired it up at in the garage. Worked just fine for an hour. Shut it down, let it cool off, and moved that one to the basement. Figure that would keep the 1st floor a bit warmer and avoid any frozen pipes in the basement.

The we picked up a couple more electric heaters from other friends in the neighbor hood. Never saw this kind before. Some kind of infra-red glass heating tubes. They work ... so nice to have them for backups.

So we're doing good, by early afternoon with the fireplace and 1 kero heater on the 1st floor the temp in the dinning room, where the thermostat is was reading 78 degrees ... yikes, don't every keep our house operating at the high a temp.

So all in all, if I didn't know in in my 'head' ... I wouldn't know the gas whole house heater isn't working. Janet even made some Irish Soda bread today. Good time to add extra heat to the house, and some good tasting bread w/ supper tonight.

So tomorrow morning I'll get a load of wood from the Wood & Coal yard in town and hopefully heater fan can be sourced locally and we'll be back to normal.

Can't imagine that kind of cold anymore but glad you did end up with some warmth for the night.

Thank Iffy ... but that picture is most disturbing.

Indeed!

uess you all saw Mike's post about our interesting time with loosing our heat. We were invited to join a site called Next-door. It's kind of a bulletin board for neighbors. If you google it and put in your zip you can find out if one is operating in your area. It's worked out great for us. We were alerted to vehicle break-ins in our neighborhood, neighbors have posted questions for recommendations for services, they've posted items they're getting rid of in case anyone is interested and we requested advice on who to call for fire wood. Over the past few months most everyone living near us has signed on. Help is posted very quickly and it's worked out so well. We ended up with a load of fire wood from people who were glad to get it out of their yard. Win-win!

Neighbors are usually good when it comes to needing something, and glad that was no exception for you two. We have "Next Door' also, and like it a lot. Everything from doctors to lost dogs and new eateries and oh, just everything. We're a relatively small community here and N/D has come in quite handy.

That's funny @Kenna they don't actually do that but my previous legs had about 10 degrees of movement from front to rear these have 30. Big diff and totally adjustable as to what makes you comfortable. They are pretty amazing very close to a real ankle. Like I say wait till the snow clears I'll get a video of me walking. It even amazes me how normal it is. They've come a long way from the peg legs. I talked to my old leg man and he said I have amazed everyone at Hanger Clinics. When I first went in 8 years ago he didn't think I was going to make it to this and at my age. Single amputees usually do well but bilateral seldom do. Going to try to get to the Amputee Support Group on Wednesday, one of the retired leg men wants me to go since I'm the first in Spokane to have these.

Oh, that's great, Pat....you'll get a lot of feedback and possibly help someone in the interim.

 

[kiba]

It'd be too complicated what with getting someone to do whatever needs doing to install it outside and what they'd charge, so I went with the one that Ken has ...it'd be a lot easier to send back if necessary!

"N I can have fun trying it out in different locations...

So..with this gizmo for local channels and my Smart tv for my Amazon premiums, I think I'm all set!

If you're handy, and you have an old dish pre-wired you can do what I did and do this...

Cancel Satellite TV And Turn Your Existing Dish Into An HDTV Antenna

It'll wire right up to the preexisting coax that's already there.

I use a htpc as the dvr for the antenna and also for kodi, and a couple of ps4's for PS vue/netflix/hulu. I have a couple of Samsung smart TV's but I like the UI, dvr and controller on the Playstation much better. It's around $35 bucks a month for more stuff than my sister pays fios $250/mo.

 

[Janet H]

I love looking at the snow.
On the internet.
From Florida.

That being said, no one noticed my 10 day absence from the forums. Here is why I was gone.
My PC blew up. I've been trying to fix it, but mostly only have after work to do so. I had to purchase a new PC and am curently trying to get it to look like I want it to, in case my latest attempt to scan and fix errors on the old drive are not successful. I started that on Friday, and it's a whopping 9% complete. Obviously, I'm not holding out hope.

I got my new TIKO 3D printer to work with as well.
And a new big important rushed project at work.

Yeah. I've been having a whopper of a 2017

Well I noticed you were gone, but while we may miss people if they don't post for a week or 2 we also give them space to be involved in other things before we start questioning.

So sorry you're having trouble with your computer. Nothing frustrates me faster than a computer that doesn't work! Fortunately we each have our own computers so if one has a serious problem we can use the other and we head to the Genius Bar at Apple to fix what's wrong. They had to replace my hard drive so had to leave my laptop at the store. It felt awful driving home without my computer!

Hopefully you're getting all the bad stuff out of the way early in 2017 and the rest of the year will go smoothly.

 

[Janet H]

Just having a rough time

Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.

Hey Russell, how you doing today?