[ArtWilliams]

Originally Posted by Pagan

All the family crap of the last 2 weeks has literally killed us. I am so done with family. The Husband's brother got married yesterday, and of course we had to go to the wedding. The Husband is the driver for his parents. It was a nice, small wedding - her parents and his, plus his 2 rotten kids and her son. It was strange having her family take the time to greet us, and tell The Husband they have never met him but heard a lot about him. Oh, and I am the curiosity because I am American and they don't meet many of those in these parts. His brother's brats never even bothered to say a single word to us. Good for us, I guess. Anyway, that is over, and I don't want any more of it.

It is getting even colder - -24C right now (-11F), and going down to -26C (almost -15F) tomorrow. It gets better on Monday, so we just have tomorrow to deal with. Our outside locks are not working. The Husband could not get into our technical room or garage earlier today. The house and wood storage locks are in a breezeway so they work. Our pipes are fine, but our chimneys are still not drawing the smoke out. We do have electric heaters, but only 1 of them works. The Husband thinks it's just a circuit breaker, but he can't get into that room to check it. I told him this is a great learning experience. I have never seen Southern Finland get this cold. Denver yes, Southern Finland no. We have lots of things to fix before the next cold spell.

Ah, well, back to the porn while my fingers are warm enough to type.

Both sound very annoying Pagan. I feel for you.

Do you have or can you borrow a plumbing torch to defrost your locks?