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13 minutes ago, blacklab said:

I'm fine but my neck is pretty sore. 

Inhaled a pound of dust from the airbags 

Should’ve been wearing your 2 masks

 

glad you’re ok 

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in the "it's the the thought that counts" department, told my mom to make sure she had all her faucets dripping last night, including in her (seldom used) laundry room.  Turns out that pipes was already cracked and when she got up this morning the carpet was soaked.  Doh.  Water cleaning service already called.

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Glad you're okay man.  Tricky f'in section of MoPac since it was elevated higher than it needed to be.  

Put some hot ice on it and get drunk.  

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I see by your inspection sticker, you don't play by society's rules.  ;)

Levity aside, stay safe out there everybody.  We got a few more days of this shit.  

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1 hour ago, washparkhorn said:

Damn. That's a hard smack. Get that neck checked out - sooner than later.  

Nice truck. Crumplezone worked (good job toyota). No way that is totalled, right?

Frame on the right side looks great. 

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Damn, hate to see that blacklab.  Hope your neck is nothing, but get it checked anyway.  Chronic neck/back pain ain't no way to go through life.

I'm pretty sure that I am prepared, both at home and at work, but I'm sure something will bite me in the water pipes.

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7 hours ago, immamac said:

Post pics of your plumbing disasters due to the hard freeze all over Texas. My contribution. Hose popped off the polaris pump so nothing horrible. 

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6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

In theory, if you leave all of your outdoor faucets fully open, the pipes and faucet won’t freeze. It will be an ice rink outside but no burst pipes.

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We have always wrapped & insulated our outdoor hose bibs and just dripped an indoor faucet that is on an outside wall on the opposite side of the house from the main waterline. 

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59 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

We have always wrapped & insulated our outdoor hose bibs and just dripped an indoor faucet that is on an outside wall on the opposite side of the house from the main waterline. 

Same here. Also open up cabinets that have water lines to hopefully keep them warmer for the outdoor faucets.

Even with these precautions I worry about temps in the teens freezing outdoor hose bibs and lines.

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14 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Shit sure does seem to happen to blacklab. 

At least he didn't get arrested for kiting checks this time.

 

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1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Same here. Also open up cabinets that have water lines to hopefully keep them warmer for the outdoor faucets.

Even with these precautions I worry about temps in the teens freezing outdoor hose bibs and lines.

It's 1 fucking degree here right now.

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4 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

My house was built in 1963. Faucet on drip downstairs.

Homemade hose bibs with towels and duct tape.

I expect all of my pipes to simultaneously explode when the temp reaches 10 degrees.

Hold your phone sideways when filming. 

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12 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

Modern pool control systems have a freeze mode. If the temps at the pump get below a preset level, the pump cycles on and off every so often to prevent frozen water in the system.

Bernard 

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Post pics of your plumbing disasters due to the hard freeze all over Texas. My contribution. Hose popped off the polaris pump so nothing horrible. 
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Buddy of mine posted this. Thankfully no casualties yet at the Higgy household. 75008c6d5985a88c09256ccdf3df6b42.jpg

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