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#1: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Oct 17, 2011

Great puzzle Aldege, of course it is my favourite kind, thank you :D

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Your welcome marz,and thank you.I was looking at my current list of puzzles and realized,i haven't made a B&W in awhile,so i made one. It was late at night,so i made a quick one.

Gee larry that would be expensive,here in Canada we have to pay for our water,and whatever we use we have to pay a second amount for sewage.

That's why we have to keep it just at a trickle. We pay water & sewage though it is pretty cheap. Still beats paying a plumber. What do you do if the power goes out from a winter storm? It was rare for us, but it did happen.

You definitely want a gas stove in the wintertime. We had our books in the room with the fireplace, so we didn't use it, but we could light the stovetop with a match, and have 4 toasty little fires burning!

Kristen,we have a gas stove and your right,if the furnace breaks down or if there's a extended power failure in the winter,you can still keep warm.Besides gas stoves are better for cooking and less expensive to operate.

That's what generators are for! So far this year we have lost our power twice for 4 days at a time. If it happens in the summer it is an inconvenience but in the winter it can spell disaster. We have in floor radiant water heating so have to keep the outdoor wood furnance going all the time. The generator keeps the pumps going. Good public service announcement Aldege.

Thx Susan,i remember my son Brad asking me one what i was doing when i was shutting the inside valve off,and i explained it to him.When he grew up and got his own home,I would call him every autumn and remind him to turn it off.Don't forget folks that you should turn the outside bib on after turning the inside one off,so that any residual water can drain from the line,or else it could freeze and crack the pipe as well.:)

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Those are frostless cartridges usually used in industrial,or multi-residential applications,however anybody can have them installed in their home if they want,but their a little expensive.

Great little puzzle, Aldege. It solved nicely.

And while you're doing those winter prep projects, don't forget to clean the leaves and other debris from your rain gutters, if you have those on your house.

Thanks for the reminder, Aldege!

Your welcome Joel,and great reminder about the leaves in the gutters and down spouts.Isn't it fun being a home owner.Except for the mortgage payments that is.:)

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It probably depends on the region where you live.

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