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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:24 PM
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The furnace croaked on Thursday evening
In an hour, it should be working again!!

:bounce:

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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:25 PM
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1. You have too many hearts
You're beating me. :P
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:26 PM
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3. Remember
as my sole heir, you inherit everything I've got.

;)

Lucky you...

:eyes:
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:26 PM
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2. Yay!!!
:woohoo::woohoo:

So glad you will be warm soon :hug::loveya:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:27 PM
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4. You and me both!
:hug:
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:27 PM
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5. you need someone to cuddle
until then!!

:woohoo: :hi: :hug:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:29 PM
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6. I do
but life doesn't always work out the way you want.

;)


:hug:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:30 PM
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7. Allah be praised!
I'm so glad the furnace is finally getting fixed. w00t!
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B3Nut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 02:49 PM
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8. You mean it turned into a frog?
That had to be a ribbiting situation...

:D

But seriously, glad you're getting it running again. Being without heat is no picnic...

TP
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:26 PM
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11. Actually
it was more like the screech of metal against metal as the squirrel cage tore up the motor. Or so I'm told.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:00 PM
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9. Are you in a cold area?
I'd have been one frozen bozo-sicle. Yikes.

This can't be fun.

:pals:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:25 PM
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10. Wisconsin
:(
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:29 PM
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12. ***UPDATE***
The furnace will not be fixed today. Maybe Monday. The motor was ruined when a piece on the squirrel cage broke. The repair guy bought a new motor but didn't get a squirrel cage (didn't know that was broken) and all the parts shops are closed.

The landlord is going to try to find an HVAC company that has a squirrel cage on the truck and there's a chance, albeit small, that the heat will be fixed before Monday night.

Bleh.
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B3Nut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:31 PM
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14. Oh man!
It's supposed to hit 14 tonight in the Madison area....

Time to dig out blankets and sleeping bags... :(

Todd in Cheesecurdistan
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:33 PM
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16. I'm in Milwaukee
we're a little warmer here by the lake. Around 20 tonight.

If I didn't have to play tomorrow morning, I'd head to Ohio to see my daughter. She's got heat. :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:09 PM
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26. got an electric blankey? Mine was my saving grace when I had the problem a few weeks
ago
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:21 PM
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27. It's in a box in the basement.
Which box? I have no idea.

I'm packing to move and there are boxes everywhere.

The space heater is working okay and I have a down comforter. Oh, and two cats who stay close when it's cold. :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:47 PM
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33. cats help a lot in the cold weather don't they?
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 05:08 PM
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35. Whoa! What a drag!
Hope you've got lots of blankets and kitties to snuggle up to tonight. Stay warm! I'll cross my fingers you only have another day or so of this. Been there before, I have.

:hug:

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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 11:56 PM
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38. Thanks
I'd love to catch a break, you know?? x(
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 12:31 AM
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40. Stay Warm, Lizzie
perhaps a cup of hot cocoa?
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:31 PM
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13. Yay! Then you'll be warm again!
:woohoo:

Only an idiot like me would offer an ice-cold beer to a woman who was freezing! :dunce:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:32 PM
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15. See my update
I'll be cold for a while longer. :(
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:34 PM
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17. I'm sorry, lizzie.
...


...care for some hot chocolate? :7
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:35 PM
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18. Irish Coffee sounds better
:D
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:37 PM
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19. One cup of steaming hot dark roast French Press coffee with a generous dollop
of Irish single-malt coming up...




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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:38 PM
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20. Perfect
:)
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:40 PM
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21. We aim to please...
B-)
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 03:41 PM
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22. We just had our furnace "serviced"...whatever that means
Being warm is good, ay?
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:03 PM
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23. Hey Gray!!
You wacko. ;)

See my update. I'm not warm yet. Won't be for a few more days.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:07 PM
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24. Noooo! What a drag dude.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:08 PM
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25. you TOO! Actually mine was Friday and it was a bonafide gas leak. Gas co
was on the spot to check it out, I smelled gas the minute I walked in the house, so once I checked out the cats (all OK) and opened the back door, I called the emerg line and their tech located the leak and also told me I had an issue with venting on my water heater.

the repair guy is here now, working on it so we have heat again. At least is isn't a 20 degree night like it was the last time, when it was the gas company's fault.

so my cats got a treat: an afternoon in the back yard. One of them of course did not come in when the other two did and he was right out there on the front porch this morning, yelling at ME because HE didn't come when I called him last night.

He has slept all day.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:25 PM
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28. Gas leaks scare me to death
I had furnace condemned by the gas company. 3 holes in the heat exchanger.

I'm glad you're close to having heat again!
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:39 PM
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29. Tish
Sending warm vibes and wishing this crap would just stop already.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Happy Valentines Day

:loveya: :* :loveya:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:45 PM
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31. Happy Valentine's Day Gomez
:loveya:

I expect extra LOLCats tomorrow. ;)
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:48 PM
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34. Yesm I promise :)
Anything show up in the mail today?

:innocent whistle:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 05:15 PM
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36. As a matter of fact, I just got the mail and
yes. I'm usually not in a hurry to get the mail because it's been nothing but bills and collection notices. :(


:loveya:


:hug:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:42 PM
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30. Jebus, don't you ever get a break?
Have a Hug to stay warm :hug:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 04:45 PM
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32. Ummm...
no. I don't. :(

:hug:
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 05:17 PM
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37. And if you have it in you to laugh a bit
this song is oddly appropriate:

You can break down
I will tell you over and over
A reliable sound is coming around
If you break down

:hug:

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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 12:08 AM
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39. That's wildly appropriate
when taken out of context. ;)

I need an Ellis Paul fix...


:D


:hug:
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