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Hey jiggsy

Had'nt heard that disscription of ''how cold it is'" before. One here that used to make me smile was "colder than a old maids bed" . All I guess a fair way to assess a dismal bit of weather. How many of you remember before 4wheel drives and before tractor with cab's. Then was problems and when people got tough. Saw in a oldtimers obituary the other day how " he always had the fire going early for his wife and kid's and always had the coal and kindling done at night". Had some young fella's out to do a small job just when this weather took this nasty turn and had to move some snow . Told them to get their scoop shovel and they did'nt have one. We live 20 miles from town and only one neighbor between. Blew my mind to think that they would leave home that un prepared. Times does change!!
 
bllcattle said:
Had'nt heard that disscription of ''how cold it is'" before. One here that used to make me smile was "colder than a old maids bed" . All I guess a fair way to assess a dismal bit of weather. How many of you remember before 4wheel drives and before tractor with cab's. Then was problems and when people got tough. Saw in a oldtimers obituary the other day how " he always had the fire going early for his wife and kid's and always had the coal and kindling done at night". Had some young fella's out to do a small job just when this weather took this nasty turn and had to move some snow . Told them to get their scoop shovel and they did'nt have one. We live 20 miles from town and only one neighbor between. Blew my mind to think that they would leave home that un prepared. Times does change!!


We heat a 100% with wood our house is quite large 22' from the living room floor to the ceiling peak.Full basement 3 stories counting the basement of 1500 sq. ft per level. I have a outdoor wood boiler that burns about 20 cord of wood a winter and the fireplace in the house another 6 cord. I keep it all cut and split to keep Mama and the kids warm.

I remember feeding with a wd allis and a chain to drag bales out no cab. Would'nt want to try that now. When I first started I bought my hay and once a week would buy a load and push the bales off by hand.
 

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