Whatcha doin????

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TrustGzus, Aug 16, 2018.

  1. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Just contemplating whether to play with some computer code or some insulation panels. Maybe I'll have another session of looking for drafts with my piece of smoldering rope.
     
  2. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Secured new apartment today. Nice!
    Actually turned it down a year ago - insanity.
    Large, quiet, warm, Internet...great kitchen.
     
  3. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    At least it was only temporary insanity.
     
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  4. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Day off from breaking the house. Even with it going down into the 20s overnight the unheated areas are holding in the high 40s, which is better than it was before. Still need to spray some foam, squirt some sealant, and then get on with cutting insulation boards. Hopefully this means the downstairs working space is ready for the next phase.

    Today's fun is computer-related. I've got some code to finish off and a web site for a local nonprofit to fiddle with. They don't want anything fancy. Just as well, because I don't do fancy web sites.
     
  5. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    We’re supposedly going to have a low of -18F Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
     
  6. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Fun. We're supposed to go down to about 2. That's plenty cold enough for me.
     
  7. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    I’m pretty sure my state has relocated to Canada with these temperatures.
     
  8. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Fresh, deep snow. Lower 20's F.
    In the AM, I shovel.
     
  9. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    7 in my town in Illinois. I’m in Tennessee though.
     
  10. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    It's about 32°F here and we're at 55° north latitude.
     
  11. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    London is at 51 degrees north and seldom gets weather anywhere near as cold as parts of the US that are 600 miles further south.
     
  12. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    You have me curious. What is your town in Illinois? I was born and raised in Central Illinois.
     
  13. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    You can thank the Gulf Stream for that.
     
  14. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    Airplanes certainly change the weather...

    pi-in-face
     
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  15. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Curiously much of Europe gets much colder weather and much more snow than the UK does.
     
  16. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    Dwight
     
  17. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Catching up on a lot of posts, and "working". Or trying to work.
     
  18. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    That's only about an hour and 15 minutes from where I grew up
     
  19. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Off to Vancouver for a conference this morning. Flying this time.
     
  20. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    The drafts in my work space have been driving me crazy. Every time I think I've got them all I find there's another one and the latest one has withstood all attempts to locate it. It hasn't helped that even using a smoking piece of rope hasn't helped because everything will be fine until suddenly the smoke goes all over the place, then back to normal.

    Having run out of other options I figured I'd look in the basement room below my work space, because a recurring theme I've noticed is that the very bottom of the wall is several degrees colder than the rest of the wall. And sure enough, looking at the wall trying to find the cold patches I saw a chink of daylight. So it looks like the cold air is getting into the wall from the bottom.

    Now I just need to figure out what I can get into that space to fix the problem.
     

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