The Murder Princess was raising hell and scratching at the door wanting to go outside a minute ago.
Yeah? OK then.
As you can see, she didn’t get too far.
I was out in that shit quite a while earlier doing a bunch of running around.
First thing this morning was having to make a run to McDonalds for breakfast,
So I bundled up, put on the new Insulated Coverall’s my son got me for Christmas and went out and warmed up Big Red.
After getting that done and ate, The Wife started throwing a fit about the furnace filter needing changed and of course I had run out of the damn things. So then I headed to Lowes, get the filters and a couple other things.
While I’m there, I looked to see of they had any of those Gas Buddy propane heaters.
Sold clear out.
Off to Bi Mart, it was on the way home anyway.
Nobody but us Geezers ever thinks to check Bi Mart for shit.
A couple years ago when no one could find a small chest freezer anywhere and Home Depot was selling them out of the back of trucks before they could even get them in the store, Bi Mart had two.
So I got one. Same Same with the Gas Buddy heaters.
There was another couple in there close to my age looking at them. The lady said they had already lost power twice in the last week and she didn’t like being cold.
So they had one in the cart and were buying the rubber hose to hook it up to a twenty pound propane tank while they were at it.
I loaded one up, six of the small bottles of propane and the extra hose also just for shits and grins.
I got the biggest model they had and it all came to over two hundred bucks.
Bi Mart may have stuff but they aren’t cheap.
Still, it’s good to keep them in mind for when you are in a pinch.
I load all that shit up and come home to unload it, the whole time it is either snowing or blasting small icy particles everywhere.
Basically frozen rain.
Big Red performed flawlessly in 4 wheel drive the whole trip.
Damn I love that truck.
I get home to start unloading my spoils and the wife starts throwing a fit that I bought the heater.
“I wish you wouldn’t do that”
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“I don’t want anything with propane in the house”
?!
What the….
So just yesterday you were complaining and worrying about a heat source if the power goes out, I go down in a freaking Blizzard and get something to take care of that and now you don’t want it?!
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!
Jesus H. Christ.
I will NEVER understand women.
Fuck it.
I ain’t taking the sonofabitch back until after this fucking weather goes away.
I may not take it back anyway.
Fuck it, I’ll find a hole out in the garage and hide the damn thing.
Who knows, maybe I will go camping or fishing or something and take it with me.
In the mean time, the restaurant that we had dinner reservations called me to let me know they were shutting down until Monday at the earliest so her Birthday Dinner is going to consist of whatever she decides to dig out and make.
At least we still have electricity and football for God’s sake.
That keeps her entertained and happy.
Which means I can sit here and vegetate on the internet.
As it should be on a cold and snowy Saturday night.
Now I’m just waiting for The Murder Princess to start clawing the door wanting back in…..
When the power goes out and the temperature in the house starts dropping is when you tell her that you’re heading out to take the propane heater back to the store. Watch her vapor lock between being cold and tolerating that nasty propane.
I hate to be this dick, but perhaps she would like a new pair of insulated coveralls?
Hell, when I was in my trailer in Idaho I used a small Buddy Heater WITH the 30# propane tank inside and I didn’t suffer. Just check the fittings with a spray bottle with a soap solution to find a leak. I wouldn’t sleep with it on, but if someone would stay up no problemo..
She’d just freak right out if you showed up for supper. The propane stove and propane heater hanging on the wall, with exactly zero ventilation above either would wreck her mind.
WTAF?! Does she want to be warm or not? I would be absolutely ecstatic if the husband laid in yet another layer against the cold with a buddy heater. First line of defense is the whole house diesel generator. Followed by kerosene heaters and fireplaces. And a huge underground propane tank to fuel the gas range. If he brought home a buddy heater I’d be like ‘yo baby, that’s sexy as hell and you are getting laid tonight, hard’. TMI? No, that’s just how I roll. I don’t like to be cold.
Sorry Phil, don’t mean to be improper.
Don’t bother me none.
In insulated overalls, Sandy, or do they have peek-a-boo ones for girls, just for Northern Hemisphere winter? Just curious is all.
Damn, so that’s why the birth rate for whites is falling, it’s the wimmen complaining that they don’t want to show any skin ‘cos they are too damn cold. Well men, warm them up for free: fold the sheets wrong on purpose, or not at all; put milk back in the fridge the wrong way on purpose.
Do you people even run a fridge in winter, or is it like a reverse cycle aircon, to stop things freezing?
Is it getting warm in here, or is it just me?
Broads are crazy, and cannot find any earthly way to make sense. I just do what I do, and turn my “ignore” meter to 11. Fuck it.
We use propane for heat. Replaced a wall unit this year. They have oxygen sensors for indoor use. We also have battery powered Carbon Dioxide and Monoxide detectors. Warm, we are Warm even when the power goes out.
Insulated coveralls are great for doing things when it’s cold!
The buddy heater, I have a small one for in the van/rv when needed (it puts out a lot of heat!)… as I recall the instructions give you a specific number on the size of the ventilation needed to run indoors, it’s not much…like opening the car window 1/2 an inch. Plus it cuts off if the O2 supply gets too small.
Judging by the photo of Phil, he’s not allowed to bring anything inside except himself. You can see the actual floor!
They sell a filter to go between the hose and the buddy heater. Recommended if using a hose instead of the small tanks. I guess they figure the big tanks are likely to accumulate debris over time.
Over here in Oysterville everything is covered in a half inch of ice. Good old freezing rain. Good day to stay inside, watch football and drink coffee.
I hope you don’t have to go anywhere.
From what I hear we are supposed to get a bunch of that Tuesday.
I may decide to stay the fuck home.
The box says ok for indoor use. She don’t want it because you thought of it.
Cats can be funny. Nice thermals Phil, I love mine, almost broke in good.
Big Buddy heaters are awesome. I take one when I go ice fishing. Warms the tent up very nicely.
they were a cheaper a couple years ago before the next mini ice age started…i bought 3 of them after the first snowpocolypse here in north tx 3 years ago…that once in a lifetime even is now on year 3…
Got me a two-burner Mr. Heater that clamps on to a small propane tank, and it works so well I usually only use one side and that at low setting.
Also have a Coleman that uses the skinny propane tanks but I can modify it for the short fat ones.
Also have a butane stove that is unbelievably efficient, the Korean Army uses ’em on bivouac and maneuvers. Over 50 butane bottles for it.
Have a 3.5Kw Honda generator I’m rebuilding (the idiot Contractor ran it out of oil and it seized!!), PLUS the 6.5Kw one in the Beaver (parked right next to the house).
I think I’m set for now.
Damn good on ya for that find and repair
Ahhh! Montana formal wear. Very nice. You could probably do real good with the ladies here if you can keep them clean, or at least not covered in cowshit…..