We had water hydrants that went to water lines six feet underground. The ground doesn't freeze down there. The hydrant automatically drains all the water out when you shut it off so it doesn't freeze above the water line. We would drain out the hoses, roll them up, and then take them in the house with us so they wouldn't freeze up before the next watering. The horses don't mind the cold air as long as they don't get wet. We would bring them into the barn and brush off the snow so it didn't melt on them. Sometimes it would snow so much the horses couldn't make it into the barn from the pastures so we would load up a big tank of water on a sled and pull it out to the horses behind a snowmobile. They would drink it all before it froze.
Oh, I guess that explains it then. It's not murder...it's called getting Waibeled, and that's not illegal!
It's an old joke about how chilly Bay Area summers are. Look at the post above your post that I'm quoting. I spent 4 winters living in central Wisconsin. Had travel up to towns like Ashland and Bayfield on Lake Superior where you get the cold an the lake effect snow.
OK. I think that was originally a Mark Twain quote but I didn't catch it on first reading. Yeah, Wisconsin is pretty bad too. I lived about 15 miles east of Lake Michigan so we got blasted by lake effect snow all the time. I miss it.
Almost at 400. Someone come up with an original Craig Waibel Fact (i.e., not just a re-phrased Chuck Norris fact) and we'll use it to kick off Craig Waibel Facts Part III.
Craig Waibel intends on bringing peace to the Middle East, cause he's gonna kick some a$$ if they don't settle down over there asap. Here's Waibel heading towards negotiations right now: