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You guys up north ready for this arctic front?

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  1. FatBoy85

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    Oh ok. I guess it would just depend on where the icehouse was dug out if it were. I just envision this long shack, halfway into the ground to keep it cold along with the sawdust for insulation.
     
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    Now that makes sense! :thumbs:
    It's 5 right now and below zero for the next few days low temps. Just got cleaned up from yesterdays snow. Not much, 3-4 inches with some drifting around the corners of the buildings. A tractor with no cab, and a snow blower isn't ever the best set up, but I'm done for today. :pete::cheers:
     
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  3. Scotty Overkill

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    After a 24hr bout with the stomach flu (it was BAD), I'm back out in the cold. I love it.

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    I even had a chance to take the old sled out for a rip today after I got the chores done
     
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    no pics?... not of you doin chores!
    sled pics.
    Lol
     
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    Brian, do you mean 32F (freezing) or zero! I can't imagine you got above zero today. How are the pups tolerating this icy cold weather? My two go out, turn the snow yellow and come right back in. It all happens very fast. No sense in walking away from the door when I let them out, they are back so fast.
     
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    Hi Scotty. Time to change out the hummingbird feeder and put up one with seeds in it. The birds are feeding heavy now. Suet is also a big hit with them. I think the fat gives them calories to burn and keep warm. I've got 5 feeders going and they all are busy.
     
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    Maybe later.....only took it for a little rip earlier, we had Christmas at the inlaws this evening. We're still up there......I might take it out when I get home.....
     
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    I am not old enough to have seen any in use, but all the ice houses around here were above ground brick warehouses. Never hear of an in ground one.
     
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    Good catch, yes i meant 0°

    Maple can deal a little bit, but not long she comes right in, Saucy on the other hand needs to be real quick. I tell the truth when i say 15 seconds for him when we're that cold. He tinkles right away, but after he eats and had to poo, let's just say he used the master bathroom (linoleum floor, poo pads- hey might seem gross but it's the only way)

    X2 on the feeders. I'm unsure of the type of bird, but small chunky black ones eating like crazy! They are so happy
     
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    There's some old colonial homes along the river here in our town, and they have stone icehouses built into the ground. They'd cut ice out of the river, stack it in the icehouse with sawdust and hay, and use it all year.
     
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  11. NH mountain man

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    Same here, they sent ice by rail to Boston, New York, & even Florida I heard.
     
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    Very good explanation, but we don't call anything creeks here. Just brooks, streams, and rivers.
     
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    yeah but I have swum in a brook?
     
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    yeah I believe it. Our brooks can be 20 feet wide.
     
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    thats just at high tide...:whistle:
    :rofl: :lol:
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    He's in Vermont, the only New England state without a seacoast. They do have a kinda big pond, Champlain, or something they call it over there.
     
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    There's Chelsea Creek in Chelsea Ma, but I think I would pass on swimming in it.
     
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    I'll take your wood on that.
     
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    I'm in the same boat
     
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    Thanks for the back up my Twin state brother! yeah a big pond:p can take a boat get to NYC harbor or go to Montreal and Atlantic ocean via ST Lawrence seaway. Pond:rofl: :lol: :rofl: :lol: you walk around ponds
     
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