Thread: Shoot the Bull II

The winter of '95 I was still living in Michigans Upper Peninsula, it got incredibly cold, power went out for about 5 days. I did the best I could to keep the house warm with a generator. Used the microwave to warm up food. Showers weren't happening for that time period. Thawed snow so we had water in the toilet tank, cause you still need to go. The Army National Guard was called in to Sault Ste. Marie to help with that city's disaster.......the ground had frozen below the normal frost free line that water pipes were buried at. They burst.

After power came back on, I had 11 broken copper pipes like in Randy's picture. I repaired them, got everything back working as it should and life went on in the brutal cold of the U.P. That fall a General Contractor got ahold of me and asked if I'd be willing to move here and work for him as a foreman.......I took the job, moved to the Lower, after a year I restarted my contracting business here. I don't miss those winters, 4-5 years when the Mrs. retires we'll move south in the winters. I've had enough cold.

Originally Posted by Tracker123

My driveway:

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The record low temp was broke last night.

It's that darned global warming.

Pipe section soldered in, pressure tested, and wrapped. Done deal. While at it, decided to change out a hose bib under the houses as well. Got tired of getting the ball valve handle just right to shut off. Not a typical hose bib with a rubber washer, I don't do such things:



Illustration of getting the handle just right. Valve open:



Obviously not full open. Here's the valve handle fully closed (see the gap):



All done - that was fun. With this warmer weather, your's truly will fire up the smoker tomorrow. Miss doing that with the bitter cold in the past three weeks. In cold weather, I have a hard time bringing the smoker up to temp (don't have one that you plug into the wall socket). Can you guess what I'll be smoking?

Yucky...wife & I trying to shake off this cold & flu stuff......boat ready, weather right and I feel like crap....so ready to get back out....oh well....it is what it is.....

Yep....probably a brisket

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Gonna have to have pics of that

I’m guessing brisket also.


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I would try to guess the desert but Randy has sooooo many good favorites that Ann makes that makes it impossible.

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