No problems with my truck, but these ole bones of mine are hurting units. A few whines and grones and some other strange noises but the truck started right up. Much better than me. I think I'll plug it in tonight and plug myself into a nice bottle of blabber mouth.

 

Yeah, not real warm up here either, and I guess Lethbridge posted a balmy -42C this morning(that's about -45F to all you un-metricized yanks)Thank God for woodstoves and block heaters eh!!

 

hmm, i think it was 65 degrees this am

 

-10 right now......only 7 more months till spring here in Michigan!

 

been -30 or lower for the last week
just got the natural gas bill for my
shop 1748.00
hope a chinook is on the way
mitchykins

 

Wow, can you say low temperatures.

Is that per month?
How much does natural gas cost?
Is that per liter, gallon, cubic metres?

Not much winter here, temperatures are way above average.
No snow.
Can't imagine how -40C would feel like.

 

yep, been cold here for a few weeks, too. -11*F(-24*C) w/ -32*F(-36*C) windchill

The other day, I was in my truck and the digital thermometer on the dash said -31*F. Yesterday we had windchills between -50* and -60*F.

Like you said, the truck makes some funny noises, but starts right up. Luckily, this is my last winter here....the truck and I are going to Italy.

 

natural gas billed by the gigajoule
about 7.00
that is for the month of december
mitchykins
13,000 square feetf

 

A few days ago, it was -59F in North Pole, Alaska. It only got down to -47 here in Fairbanks, though. My 2003 started up after sitting for nine hours (plugged in of course), but made this 'lion roar' sound from the engine. After letting it warm up about 10 minutes, I got in to drive home. First, the seats are as hard as a park bench, but your butt warmth slowly sinks you in to it, then putting it in reverse is slow going, turning is difficult since the CV boots are frozen, then there are the tires. Low air pressure in the cold = large flat contact patch, which is frozen also. When I finally get going, the whole truck bounces up and down until the tires warm up enough to flex a little and round out the flat spots. I'm glad I have a heated garage to warm her up every night.

 

less than a month ago I was golfing. Now we have about 8 inches of snow and -30c at night. Feels like I was back in my old Thunder Bay area stomping grounds...:santa:

 

still too cold for the salmon to run in the rivers
(pere Maquette, Manistee river)

 

I feel bad for all you guys. I was bored this afternoon and decided to go running on the beach. Been a bit overcast, but in the upper sixties most of the day. Just nice tshirt and shorts weather. God I love Florida,

 

Sounds like you could use an outdoor wood furnace, I know one is in my future(hopefully within the next few years)They have small ones for residences or large ones for shops and warehouses(lots of manufacturers of these things) If you live in the country, it's the way to go, especially with natural gas prices getting out of control in spite of the fact we're sitting on a lot of it. I could get a smaller unit for my house and shop and plumb it in for about ten grand, and it would probably pay for itself in about 5-7 years, and oh yeah, they'll heat your water too.

 

Interesting, but that doesn't ring a bell to me.
We are billed by cubic metres.
I did some research.
Well this was about BC, on your bill is the amount of gas you used in cubic feets or metres.
When you multiply that by a conversion factor (depends on temperature etc...) you get gigajoules.

Am I right.
Could you give me the amount of cubic feet/metres that is on your bill.

Just curious.

Terasen Gas

"How to calculate your gas bill

If you want to read your meter to see how your gas bill is calculated, remember that you are billed for the energy you use, not the volume of gas recorded by your meter. Meters measure the volume of gas used - and that information allows us to calculate how much energy is used in your home each month.
We use a conversion factor to translate volume consumed into energy consumed (measured in gigajoules). The conversion factor (shown in the box on the right hand side of your bill) takes into account your location's standard conditions of temperature and pressure, as well as the average energy content of the gas.
To check your gas bill against your meter reading:
subtract previous reading from present reading = the volume of gas used
multiply by the Conversion Factor (as noted on your gas bill) = the number of gigajoules you are being billed for."

 

Wood stoves are the best. Theres nothing like wood heat!
It's been great here today temp wise -9. Wind chill of -30 though.