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Redbaron said:
Good morning! Thanks to P3 for starting the coffee.
Driving in winter, hospitals, furnaces, Oh My... plus drawing blood, fun with similar names, or wrong names, or pronunciation of names. These thoughts, as well as other events and thoughts will come to the Coffee Cart today, for discussion, for mutual support, for building and deepening community. The coffee is fresh, tea water is hot, and the croissants fresh and warm. Come in as you have a chance, and join in the conversations. Everyone is welcome, and all the goodies are ready. Come and get it!

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Will join in the fun of a Coconut Vanilla Latte and a Lemon Cranberry Croissant
 
Is there a limiter switch or is that just beyond us? De Mortimer ... those following declare more time ... and so it stretches ... very complex, unreal or even abstract ... numinous? Glows as it blows ... generating a target ... when those near begin to turn ... upended and re ci proctor!

What's a proctor? Monitoring agent ... like a reptile brain? Alice ... don't look! So the blind rant ... because there is no onus ... anywhere ... kohl?
 
Beautiful sun again today with extreme cold. What a beautiful world, I'm feeling great!
Take joy in the simple things even when were tested. Stay strong!
 
Well I slept like the dead last night. I needed that. We'll see what the day and week bring. I have a CT today and a phone appointment with my oncologist next week. My sister's birthday is today. She turns 65. We're going out for dinner at a local steak and lobster restaurant tonight. That will be nice.
 
Just popping in for an update, I just realized this lovely group is still accessible on my seldom used laptop,.
So in Feb. 2021 I drove from Penticton BC to Haliburton County ON to start a new job, and help care for my aging parents,(now 91 and 92) and reduce the load on my slightly older sister.
Well the job din't let me be an OT the way I want to (and had an insane caseload) and my coworkers just popped in and left to their other locations. So after a year I quit.
Now I am working as an OT contractor for an agency that has a homecare contract. I see clients in their homes, mostly seniors. I set my schedule and caseloads and am paid per visit. I work about 2 days a week.
Dad has Alzheimer's. He couldn't tell you if he ate his last meal but enjoys church and outings with food. He mostly uses a walkeer. Mom still drives, uses a cane (and walker at home) . They almost moved into a retirement home but changed their minds after moving truck was booked. Dad cant currently be left alone, as he falls or gets lost in their 24 unit condo building. He cant use a cell phone.
I have a small house with lake access and 2 delightful orange cats Pumpkin Latte, and Butternut Squash.
I keep busy biking, paddling, cross country skiing, and am involved in my local church.
I keep up with some folks from WC on FB.
So happy 2025 all.
 
chansen said:
Likely the flame sensor. Furnace comes on, but if the flame sensor isn't detecting a flame it will shut everything down. if you can find it, a very light sanding with fine sandpaper could fix it.

Similarly, could be a plugged filter or faulty air proving switch, so when there isn't sufficient measured pressure provided by the fan, the system shut down.

The plugged filter is probably something you've already checked. The flame sensor could be a diy job if you're handy.
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Time to do some baking, run the dishwasher and do laundry. All will help prevent pipes freezing
 
Tabitha said:
Time to do some baking, run the dishwasher and do laundry. All will help prevent pipes freezing
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The furnace has now quit completely and we are next on the repairman's schedule. Hoping he is here soon as the house is definitely chilly. On the plus side the weather is warmer than yesterday.
 
Not the time of year to have a defunct furnace! Hoping an angel of mercy comes your way in the guise of a repairman....soon.
 
@Tabitha my mom sounds much like your dad. She enjoys her meals, chocolate, church and family. But she can't remember if she had a bath, ate a meal, where the dining room is at the nursing home, or if anyone visited her within the last few minutes. She is in a private room at the end of a fairly quiet hall, and it broke our hearts one day when she asked: Am I all alone in here?
 
KayTheCurler said:
The furnace has now quit completely and we are next on the repairman's schedule. Hoping he is here soon as the house is definitely chilly. On the plus side the weather is warmer than yesterday.
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Damn, I wish I was closer. I'd need a screwdriver, a crescent wrench and a nail file and I bet I'd have you up and running. Unless I blew the place up. Very small chance of that, tho.
 
KayTheCurler said:
The furnace has now quit completely and we are next on the repairman's schedule. Hoping he is here soon as the house is definitely chilly. On the plus side the weather is warmer than yesterday.
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Years ago, when we had an old house with galvanized pipes (before they were changed), we would keep a cold water tap running at all times during extreme cold. We'd tie a string over the faucet that dropped into the drain so it didn't have to be turned on alot and the water would follow the trail at a lower level than full blast.
We did this in the main floor bath and upstairs bathroom.....checking periodically that it was not plugged up. It kept the water moving through the pipes.
 
chansen said:
Damn, I wish I was closer. I'd need a screwdriver, a crescent wrench and a nail file and I bet I'd have you up and running. Unless I blew the place up. Very small chance of that, tho.
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Apparently it was the flame sesnsor originally. Mr Curler fixed that but blew a fuse in the process. All repaired and running now.
chansen said:
Damn, I wish I was closer. I'd need a screwdriver, a crescent wrench and a nail file and I bet I'd have you up and running. Unless I blew the place up. Very small chance of that, tho.
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