Re: OT: Where? and What?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:10:05 GMT
Message-ID: <1G7Ch.8179$R71.125307@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Bob Badour wrote:

> Keith H Duggar wrote:
>

>> Bob Badour wrote:

>
> [snip]
>

>>> While I have a preference for warmer places [he types from
>>> a drafty old house in Canada during a frigid windstorm], I
>>> would relocate anywhere in the US for interesting work and
>>> good pay.
>>
>> Then you may also want to consider Stamford, CT (where I am
>> now actually). I haven't been here long but so far I quite
>> like the area. A lot of growth and opportunities here
>> especially in finance. But, housing is ... expensive.
>>
>> A few others I would consider are Atlanta, Seattle, Denver,
>> and Phoenix.

>
> Warm is becoming more and more of a hard requirement. With the
> temperature and the wind here right now, my furnace cannot keep up. I
> wanted to take a picture of the thermostat but after running around to
> find new batteries, I had to conclude the camera is just too cold to
> function.
>
> It's well below freezing in the heated part of my house right now, and I
> was greeted this morning by some strange loud clunking noises that I can
> only assume were pipes freezing. Won't that be fun when they start to
> thaw?

Just to give an update, the strange loud clunking noises were indeed the pipes in the laundry room bursting. It took until late that night for the house to heat up to the point where the pipes thawed, and as predicted, scads of fun were had by all.

Luckily, two of the pipes feed a sink I never use and had shut-off valves downstairs. The third pipe that burst was the hot water feed to the washing machine, which had no shut-off valve. A friend came over last night who cut the pipe and capped it as a temporary fix so I can have hot water to the rest of the house until a plumber can fix it all up again.

The severe weather is over so other than some water remaining in the basement, everything is turning out okay. Received on Sun Feb 18 2007 - 20:10:05 CST