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Post by Silver on Nov 30, 2021 23:47:08 GMT -5
Yes, you have, and thank you, again!
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 0:09:05 GMT -5
Just had one of those installed in August, Ron. In 2020 Sally passed just south of me moving at a snails pace, and beat up the trees pretty good. I was 5 days without power. Later that season one of the Greek named storms (Zeta?) passed just to my west after moving over coastal Mississippi. It brought down the trees that Sally spared. Another 5 days without power. Luckily it was cooler after the second storm so it was a bit less miserable. I decided no more worrying about storing gasoline for the portable generator (which was only big enough to power a 110 window air conditioner and small refrigerator anyway). The whole house generators were almost impossible to get after that. Big demand. But I got on a list and got one the next shipment that came through. I would tell you that pouring a slab, burying a gas line, and having electricians install the transfer switch cost almost as much as the generator itself. But it is comforting to hear it run weekly for a few minutes, and being able to look out a window and seeing a green indicator light (meaning it is ready to go). I now extend my middle digit to hurricane season.  Whole house generator with automatic cut over and optional cold weather starting kit is must in rural Michigan where no power means no heat and no water. We finally got ours several years ago after loosing power for 3.5 days when blizzard hit here. We have gas heat and a gas cooktop. It's not so much the cold weather that we worry about, but the summer heat. An August without AC and we are done for. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 1, 2021 0:26:17 GMT -5
Earlier:
Heinrichs Golden Sliced in a Radice Rind billiard
Stokkebye 701 Virginia in a Savinelli 316KS
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Post by Silver on Dec 1, 2021 0:39:56 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in the Tuesday cob, and then to bed.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Dec 1, 2021 5:19:29 GMT -5
Mornin'. Sutliffe Breckenridge in a MM Legend straight 5th Ave.
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Post by william on Dec 1, 2021 6:23:02 GMT -5
Good morning, early risers and others. Smoking Presbyterian in a W. O. Larsen. Coffee is brewing....  |
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Post by william on Dec 1, 2021 7:02:02 GMT -5
Whole house generator with automatic cut over and optional cold weather starting kit is must in rural Michigan where no power means no heat and no water. We finally got ours several years ago after loosing power for 3.5 days when blizzard hit here. We have gas heat and a gas cooktop. It's not so much the cold weather that we worry about, but the summer heat. An August without AC and we are done for. Yes. It is loss of air conditioning that can be dangerous here. Not worried about winter at all. Some winters here never see the freezing mark. Here are a couple of pictures I posted here of Christmas day three years ago. My family is from a little island off the Alabama coast. This is our idea of a white Christmas. Looking south off the deck across the Gulf of Mexico. The little spot on the horizon just left of center is a shrimp boat. High that day was mid 70s:  Same view from an enclosed section of deck. I don't know what I am smoking, but it was in my Savinelli 806:  Hoping Christmas will be that pleasant again this year.... |
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Post by darktater on Dec 1, 2021 9:23:23 GMT -5
Pegasus in the Savinelli 611
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 9:54:35 GMT -5
We have gas heat and a gas cooktop. It's not so much the cold weather that we worry about, but the summer heat. An August without AC and we are done for. Yes. It is loss of air conditioning that can be dangerous here. Not worried about winter at all. Some winters here never see the freezing mark. Here are a couple of pictures I posted here of Christmas day three years ago. My family is from a little island off the Alabama coast. This is our idea of a white Christmas. Looking south off the deck across the Gulf of Mexico. The little spot on the horizon just left of center is a shrimp boat. High that day was mid 70s: Same view from an enclosed section of deck. I don't know what I am smoking, but it was in my Savinelli 806: Hoping Christmas will be that pleasant again this year.... Dauphin Island? Looks like Point Clear. |
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Post by Silver on Dec 1, 2021 10:03:52 GMT -5
Starting the day with Haunted Bookshop in the Wednesday cob. Chilly and gray morning. Got a little outside work today.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 1, 2021 10:05:11 GMT -5
wifie needed computer earlier, check online bank account, payday today. Was usual full walks, no-band 5x50 for company
Greets as usual to all & happy HumpDay for those affected. After the Ed is fed, Boswell Northwoods in Caminetto "Business" #174 & continue with the papers. Later, get the gourds etc to back yard garden for more squirrel feast.
35, max to be low 40s
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since '62
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Post by william on Dec 1, 2021 12:31:23 GMT -5
Yes. It is loss of air conditioning that can be dangerous here. Not worried about winter at all. Some winters here never see the freezing mark. Here are a couple of pictures I posted here of Christmas day three years ago. My family is from a little island off the Alabama coast. This is our idea of a white Christmas. Looking south off the deck across the Gulf of Mexico. The little spot on the horizon just left of center is a shrimp boat. High that day was mid 70s: Same view from an enclosed section of deck. I don't know what I am smoking, but it was in my Savinelli 806: Hoping Christmas will be that pleasant again this year.... Dauphin Island? Looks like Point Clear. Yes. Dauphin Island. Point Clear is not on the Gulf. Actually, it is about halfway up Mobile Bay. If you look across the water from Point Clear, you will see Mobile County. |
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Post by Zach on Dec 1, 2021 12:36:42 GMT -5
Someone secretly mail-bombed me with a half-pound of a tobacco called Norse Gold from Tinder Box today. Thank you to whomever, never heard of this and was a complete surprise.
Suppose I'll try this in a Mark Twain cob. A big thank you to whomever gifted this to me!
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 12:46:57 GMT -5
Dauphin Island? Looks like Point Clear. Yes. Dauphin Island. Point Clear is not on the Gulf. Actually, it is about halfway up Mobile Bay. If you look across the water from Point Clear, you will see Mobile County. I know the geography, but the picture of your boots reminds me of some very happy days on the end of a dock at Point clear. My best friend's family were multi generation bar pilots on Mobile Bay. |
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Post by darktater on Dec 1, 2021 13:06:11 GMT -5
Chelsea Morning in the Savinelli 611
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