I hate the cold, and thus have not spent much time in it. There's got to be something you can do with cold like tonights though.

Like how long will it take water to freeze from my garden hose on my neighbors car and can I encase it in a block of ice relatively quickly with a sprinkler?

How long will it take to freeze solid a 50 gallon trash can full of water?

1/6/2014 12:10:38 PM

freeze and die

1/6/2014 12:13:05 PM

Make a snow blower.

We tried as kids with a pressure washer, but it wasn't cold enough to freeze the water in air, instead it froze when it hit the driveway and we created a very steep slick of ice surrounded by cement.

1/6/2014 12:13:56 PM

1/6/2014 12:15:52 PM

Ice luge

Outdoor freezer/fridge for drinks etc

This

1/6/2014 12:19:38 PM

^what is that???

1/6/2014 12:21:21 PM

1/6/2014 12:24:04 PM

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"^what is that???"

They're lawn decorations made by freezing dyed water in balloons and then removing the balloon once it's frozen.

It'd be crazy to have a huge collection of those.

1/6/2014 12:26:23 PM

that's pretty cool. are you guys leaving your faucets dripping tonight? do people still do that?

1/6/2014 12:33:00 PM

i've got the upstairs faucet drippin currently

1/6/2014 12:35:32 PM

my parents do that faucet stuff, they're convinced the house will explode if they don't. of course, the house is 60 years old, so it very well might.

1/6/2014 12:41:32 PM

I hadn't thought about it, but we probably should. It'd be a shame to have a pipe burst in our new home

1/6/2014 12:47:15 PM

i have one bathroom with water lines running against an exterior wall, i may leave that faucet dripping but otherwise no. I also bumped up the thermostat today to take advantage of the higher temps and get as much heat in the house as I can.

really I'm more worried about the water line to my hose spigot that runs under the house. I'm going to put an insulated cover on it, but I don't have a way to shutoff that line by itself.

[Edited on January 6, 2014 at 12:49 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2014 12:47:31 PM

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/500hPa/orthographic=-104.58,27.32,294

1/6/2014 1:32:26 PM

Polar Vortex!

1/6/2014 1:36:50 PM

get drunk and go for a walk, after you top up your gas tank so that condensation doesn't form inside.

try making ice cream outside-- though it's probably not actually cold enough. http://delacasa.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/how-to-make-icecream-northern-style-outside-in-30/

instantly cooling down hot stuff from the oven can be entertaining too.


I'm so glad that arctic air finally went somewhere else, it was chillin' over my house for the past month. welcome to canada, y'all!






[Edited on January 6, 2014 at 1:44 PM. Reason : also, don't sit anything outside-- folk wisdom says that it causes piles at that temperature, lol]

1/6/2014 1:39:34 PM

piles of what?

1/6/2014 1:58:59 PM

1/6/2014 2:12:21 PM

That will actually happen FYI, I know from personal experience lol

1/6/2014 2:20:25 PM

^^yeah I've witnessed that first hand.

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"Like how long will it take water to freeze from my garden hose on my neighbors car and can I encase it in a block of ice relatively quickly with a sprinkler?"

That's a bad idea actually, could end up fucking up your faucet and hose.

1/7/2014 8:10:38 AM

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"also, don't sit on anything outside-- folk wisdom says that it causes piles at that temperature, lol"

Ftfy, if by piles you meant hemorrhoids (piles is the British word, for y'all murrcans).

Never heard that folk wisdom before, and I don't see any scientific reason behind it.

1/7/2014 8:16:51 AM

grab a coat




hanger

1/7/2014 8:18:34 AM

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"really I'm more worried about the water line to my hose spigot that runs under the house. I'm going to put an insulated cover on it, but I don't have a way to shutoff that line by itself. "

if i ever build a house the way i want it built, i'm installing those spigots with the long valve stems that bleed themselves off.

1/7/2014 8:21:56 AM

I have that (isn't it required by code?), I'm just worried about the 80' of not-well-insulated pipe running the length of my house in the crawlspace. And a freeze protect spiggot won't save you if your crawlspace gets cold enough, not unless the other side of that valve is in a conditioned space.

1/7/2014 8:33:18 AM

I did the 'throw hot water into the air' thing this morning.

1/7/2014 9:04:28 AM

^ no luck huh?

1/7/2014 9:17:32 AM

I have an idea for some of you more mischievous next time some of y'all get snow. I heard about kids being bad by putting red food coloring-filled water balloons in the snow on a city street not long before the snow removal team comes by (it's scheduled up here). Red snow squirts out and makes it look like they killed something with the machine, and the perps watched from a nearby apartment for the lols.

OEP, there's no medical reason why it would be true, apparently, but literally dozens of people have told me that up here. I did a poll of people I met after I'd been told it several times, and nearly every native up here said that they think it's true. I think increased circulation might increase discomfort if you have something going on already, and of course your ass can freeze. eh.


I loled at this a few weeks ago when it was the GDWOD.

1/7/2014 10:09:03 AM

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"I have that (isn't it required by code?), I'm just worried about the 80' of not-well-insulated pipe running the length of my house in the crawlspace. And a freeze protect spiggot won't save you if your crawlspace gets cold enough, not unless the other side of that valve is in a conditioned space."

I'm a bit concerned by this as well, but my house has a slab foundation, no crawlspace. Think I'm worrying for nothing?

1/7/2014 10:25:28 AM

^^^No, it worked just like you see it on youtube.

1/7/2014 10:27:58 AM

Water is running fine...just no hot water. Tankless water heater...what are my options?

1/7/2014 10:28:12 AM

i thought tankless systems heated up better than tank systems?

[Edited on January 7, 2014 at 10:32 AM. Reason : ]

1/7/2014 10:32:27 AM

It has until now.

I mean...water doesn't come out when you use the "hot" knob. Water comes out with cold...trickle to no water with hot.

I *THINK I flipped the correct breaker...but that's all I've tried so far. I'm about to call the manufacturer and see if they'll go through some troubleshooting options.

1/7/2014 10:43:04 AM

Quote :

"I have that (isn't it required by code?), I'm just worried about the 80' of not-well-insulated pipe running the length of my house in the crawlspace. And a freeze protect spiggot won't save you if your crawlspace gets cold enough, not unless the other side of that valve is in a conditioned space."

yeah, if the crawlspace gets cold enough you're fucked. i was mainly complaining about having to remember to go wrap the spigots and unwrap them every time i need the water hose during the winter.

i'm not sure about code requirement for those valves. i know my house was built in 2010 in Pender County and does not have them. could be a local thing.

1/7/2014 10:51:30 AM

Neither of my two exterior spiggots worked last night around 11pm when I tried to attempt to let them trickle. Both were frozen I guess, and on one I couldn't even turn the valve to open.

1/7/2014 11:05:52 AM

I disconnected both of my hoses, but did not do anything to the spigots. Usually I put those covers on them. Hope I'm not fucked... (crawlspace about 3-4 feet high)

1/7/2014 11:14:02 AM

sometimes a sillcock (freeze protect) spigot is installed incorrectly, you really want them at a slight downward angle so water outside the actual valve can drain out. sillcock spiggots use long stems, so the actual water stops >6" before the actual part you turn. If it installed poorly it can hold water back at the actual stem and not allow you to open (don't force it, you can break the stem). If that's the case, its probably nothing to worry about.

if you don't have a sillcock, it may not necessarily be anything to worry about. having a frozen pipe doesn't mean 100% that it will leak or be spraying when it thaws, only that it might. so just keep an eye on it and listen for water. try turning up the temp in your house.

Parts of a sillcock:


sillcocks don't necessarily have to have an integrated vacuum breaker, but its been code here for awhile so they generally will.

1/7/2014 11:18:16 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/01/07/new-hampshire-girl-gets-tongue-stuck-to-flagpole/?intcmp=latestnews

1/7/2014 12:44:51 PM

That's nothing, in Chicago a guy lost half of his dick from frostbite due to diving in the snow naked

1/7/2014 1:00:17 PM

1/7/2014 1:59:18 PM

^^link??

1/7/2014 2:28:03 PM