I woke up with the alarm on Friday morning. It was 8 degrees F. here in Redford. The good news is that the stiff wind of the past few days was gone. It was only like 5 MPH from WNW. Still, with the low temps, it was enough to still take your breath away.
We did manage to make it up to a high of 18 degrees F. (8 degrees C. for my Canadian fans). At lunchtime, in spite of the cold, I thought it was important to refill my gas tank (if it gets too low in frigid weather, the little bit of water that always floats on top of the gas can freeze and stop your car, cold!)
It's lucky, I guess, that the cure for my prostate cancer, involving radioactive seeds, eliminated my having more children. For any children conceived today would have been frozen morons...
So, freezing my ass off, I got the tank filled and headed for home. Knowing what cold does to tire pressure, when I got in the garage, I turned on the air compressor.
Inside, the noise from the air compressor had freaked Caley out. So, I treated both her and Scruffy and then went back out to top off the tires. I warmed and ate some soup for lunch and then went back to work.
At 5:00 PM, I wished my co-workers a nice weekend and headed home. I got the mail (nothing much) and then treated the cats again (salmon this time instead of the beef).
Just after 6:30 PM, my son Jeremy called and we chatted for a while. After we hung up, I started thinking seriously about dinner.
Now, I know I was hating on the ham and broccoli cheese casserole. But, since I have more than half of it left I thought I'd give it another try.
Bleech!
But, there was one interesting thing I noticed. When I had cut off the florets for Sadie to make into salad I, for the first time, had reserved the stalks. I peeled them and cut them into, say, 1/2-inch slices (I read this somewhere). So, when I made the casserole, I threw them in as well.
Well, I noticed tonight that they had a much sweeter broccoli taste than the more bitter florets. So, I ate the ham and the stems and threw away the rest. It took two bowls before I was full.
I watched TV until 10:00 PM and then went to bed.
Why not use nitrogen to fill your tires? That's what we do here. Warm air/cold air tire pressure problem solved!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! They do offer that in the States as well. I will probably get that next time I buy new tires. But, here's my problem: My right front tire has a slow leak, so I have to add air to it every two or three weeks (I've had it looked at twice now). If it was nitrogen-filled, I'd be screwed.
ReplyDeleteI see your point. If they can't find the leak in the tire, maybe it's a slow leak through the valve? If this is the case, I still stand firm on the nitrogen. Because nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules, one of the advantages is that it is less likely to leak or escape through the valve. Slow leak - gone! (Don't mind me, I'm just being argumentative...) :)
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