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Old 01-15-2009, 06:48 PM
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I just walked to my mailbox and back, no gloves but my fingers were only exposed for say 3 to 4 minutes max. The tips of my fingers became numb that fast, God as my witness.

Wind chill makes it feel like 20 below, possible it may approach 30 below at times tonight.

I'm off work tomorrow but no matter. I rented 3 movies from Blockbuster, plenty of food and am settled in for the next 36 hours. Yikes it's nasty up here in O High O.
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Old 01-15-2009, 06:56 PM
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Its 10 degrees here right now supposed to get near zero. Unlike you, almost everyone else in the horse industry will be working in this tomorrow. Lucky us!
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Old 01-15-2009, 06:57 PM
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Cherie, do the water buckets in the barn freeze overnight, or do they stay warm enough with the body heat?
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:01 PM
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Cherie, do the water buckets in the barn freeze overnight, or do they stay warm enough with the body heat?
They do freeze. Feed time they change the water in the buckets and then late we have a groom just walk down the shed row to make sure they have water available. We have to make sure they have water available because if they don't drink enough water they can get impacted and colic. Nothing is more fun than a sick horse that needs tending to in the freezing weather.
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:03 PM
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They do freeze. Feed time they change the water in the buckets and then late we have a groom just walk down the shed row to make sure they have water available. We have to make sure they have water available because if they don't drink enough water they can get impacted and colic. Nothing is more fun than a sick horse that needs tending to in the freezing weather.
No heated water buckets?
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:06 PM
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No heated water buckets?
We don't have them. Just the lucky groom that gets to change the buckets.
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:24 PM
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They do freeze. Feed time they change the water in the buckets and then late we have a groom just walk down the shed row to make sure they have water available. .
Well, at least the fresh air exchange is good for the horses. Sorry the barns are that cold, though!
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:11 PM
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Its 10 degrees here right now supposed to get near zero. Unlike you, almost everyone else in the horse industry will be working in this tomorrow. Lucky us!
gpk will keep you warm..
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:19 PM
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gpk will keep you warm..
I would rather freeze...
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:52 PM
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Old 01-15-2009, 09:41 PM
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it's 11* now and wind chill is 0*. high tomorrow is to be 13* and the wind chill 0* or below.
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Old 01-16-2009, 09:54 AM
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How cold is it? One word:






































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Old 01-16-2009, 11:44 PM
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Ha, awesome

(sorry Kev but that was pretty funny)
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Old 01-17-2009, 02:41 AM
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I live in Southern California. It's about 70 during the daytime. I can't imagine it's less than 35 or so at night.
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Old 01-17-2009, 08:34 AM
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Ha, awesome

(sorry Kev but that was pretty funny)
It's ok Scott...I thought it was pretty damn funny myself. I'm giving her the cold shoulder treatment now...she will come crawling back
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:45 PM
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Its 10 degrees here right now supposed to get near zero. Unlike you, almost everyone else in the horse industry will be working in this tomorrow. Lucky us!
I am just glad that my day off worked out to be one of the coldest days in close to a decade here, tomorrow morning. Believe it or not, skinny ole me who can't gain weight, I don't wear anything past short sleeves when the temp is around 40 degrees, my body is aclimated to this from working around those temps in our coolers at work, etc.. Major run on sentence. Probably will have to just throw some loot in my twinspires account 2morrow since I will not be venturing to Brutal Park aka Beualh Park.
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Old 01-15-2009, 11:17 PM
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Do you wrap horses up in extra blankets and put something on thier heads?

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Old 01-16-2009, 06:31 AM
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5* now, with the wind chill it's -5*. high today 13* w/ 15-25 mph winds.
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Old 01-16-2009, 06:33 AM
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It is -6 here this morning in W.PA.....Wind chill -21.
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:21 PM
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OK, I'll bite.

It's so cold out I heard Al Gore just returned his Nobel Prize.
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