OldSaw
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I was afraid of this. I haven't gotten to putting insulation in my attic yet while remodeling and now it is so cold outside that the furnace can't keep up. I think I know what my plans for this weekend are now.
It's Too Stinking Cold!
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Stay warm in the meantime! 
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OldSaw
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Stay warm in the meantime!
I'm wrapped in a blanket right now. Pretty soon I'll have to go snuggle up to Mrs. OldSaw for the night.
It was 77 at 5pm59 right now (7:50).
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59 right now (7:50).
It's currently -5 here and going down to -11. Glad I brought my brass monkey in.
I know what you mean, Dennis. I once had a studio apartment where you could see daylight between the heating/AC unit and the wall it was mounted in. I keep procrastinating on letting the management know until the first really cold night. Needless to say I was waiting in front of the office door at 9 AM! Stay warm any way you can!
my phone says its 4 degrees here. but hey, only feels like -13.
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It's down to about 60 in my living room and the furnace is running non-stop. One of my storm windows was in the basement, so I put that back on last night. There was only about 2 inches of cotton and paper insulation in the attic before I tore down and replaced the drywall. I didn't think it was very effective, but perhaps it was more effective than I thought.
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OldSaw
The wife's investment
My phone says -5 and feels like -27, brrrrr...
Minus 33C here, hard northwest wind. Nice and sunny so it made for a great January day fow snowshoeing.
no clue.
only brass monkey i know of is that funky monkey
freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Stacked canon balls in a pyramid, when it gets really cold the change size and away goes the balls
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OldSaw
The wife's investment
It's a good thing I don't have a flag pole or I'd have to go out there with a pan of warm water to get Ralphi's friend Flick unstuck.
and here i was, thinking of the Beastie Boys
Yup.
The brass monkey was the frame at the bottom that defined the base layer.
Brass contracts more than iron when cold.
The brass monkey was the frame at the bottom that defined the base layer.
Brass contracts more than iron when cold.
well i'll be a monkeys uncle...ya learn something new everyday!
Interesting!
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Thanks for the link.
The first time I heard it was back in my Navy days when a Chief Petty Officer told us it was going to be cold that night and we should bring in our brass monkeys. Thinking it was an old nautical term for something important and not wanting to look foolish, I waited until everyone had dispersed and then tracked down the Chief and asked him what a brass monkey was. He laughed and said it was just a saying, "cold enough to freeze the ba11z off a brass monkey."
