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whiff…

21 Sunday Dec 2025

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for the last few days we’ve caught a whiff of gas smell in the basement by the gas water heater and gas furnace…

today I called and was advised they would send someone out within a few hours…

the person didn’t arrive for four hours, but between only three people on shift, and dealing with a real emergency, it took a while to get here…

they always ask if it was gas that I smelled, and I always assure them that it was… I have quite an ability to smell things that others can’t… my grandson says I have the nose of a bloodhound, lol…

when they arrived, they checked the outside gas meter and the pipes for the furnace… both of which were fine…

once inside, they began checking all of the spots where there might be a problem… they came upstairs to say I did have a good nose because something in the furnace had come loose and was leaking gas…

after getting some tools and the furnace getting turned off, they fixed it and then pointed out that on this type of furnace, a piece is held together by magnets and may not close exactly as it should… so if there are future leaks, this piece may need to be replaced 🤪…

but they did say calling the emergency line was the correct thing to do…

inspection…

13 Tuesday Feb 2024

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adjustments, appointment, big girl pants, blessed, fail, furnace, Gas, high energy, inspection, Manitoba Hydro, moments, Technology, weather, widow

so, on Thursday, the Manitoba Hydro inspector came to check the installation of the new furnace…

sadly, we didn’t pass inspection…

as he worked he shared what he was looking at and pointed out a few issues which he felt needed to be corrected…

once he was finished everything got written up and I had to sign the paperwork…

apparently the furnace company has thirty days to make the adjustments at which time I have to call and have them back to test it again…

the good news is that none of the items mean the furnace isn’t working, and because we previously had a high efficiency furnace we don’t have to have any adjustments made to the gas hot water heater until it needs to be replaced;-)… phew…

now on to the adjustments and recheck…

chimney…

14 Friday Jun 2019

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beloved, big girl pants, capped, chimney, chimney sweep, Christmas, fireplace, Gas, removed, roof, rusted, safety, widow, Ye Olde Soot Sweepers

today the chimney came down…

just before Christmas I had planned to get a chimney sweep out to make sure it was safe to use the fireplace as I hadn’t used it since my beloved died… decided to wait until the weather was more conducive to someone climbing up onto the roof…

I finally made an appointment a few weeks ago for someone to come out to inspect and clean it… they looked at the fireplace and said we needed to go outside so I could see why they weren’t going to clean it…

they explained that the chimney had rusted out and would either need to be replaced or removed…

in the end I chose removal as the cost of a new chimney was prohibitive for the amount the fireplace is used…

this morning they came and took it down…

apparently the chimneys of this era rusted from the inside and out… my beloved would have realized that the rust on the outside of the chimney was a sign that it needed to be checked… I was just lucky that I didn’t start a fire…

now that it is capped there won’t be any drafts, lol…

maybe in the Fall I will have Ye Olde Soot Sweepers out to show me options for changing it to gas… will have to see…

Co-op

04 Tuesday Dec 2018

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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, Co-op, fill, Gas, Husky, seventy, smell, widow, windshield

on my way home from work today I stopped at Co-op to fill up the tank… I do not put gas in the car, mainly because I can’t stand the smell… my beloved always looked after making sure the car was always filled and at top performance…

today marks the seventh birthday for my beloved without him… he would have been seventy…

he liked the gas at Husky… something to do with the quality… for the longest time after he died my kids would fill up the tank for me whenever it was low…

finally I went to get gas, only to learn that they hadn’t pumped gas for ages, lol… pretty embarrassing…

so, now it is Co-op for me… happily they still serve…

today I had them wash the windows and they did a great job… having worked so long at his dad’s service station my beloved was very particular about the cleaning of windshields…

he would have been happy with the job… although maybe not so pleased with how dirty the car is, lol…

break…

25 Wednesday Nov 2015

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big girl pants, break, Carbone Coal Fired Pizza, dinner, Gas, Grey Cup, horses, parade, Tea

two fun treats today…

got to watch a parade go by the office with horses and carts and lots of people dressed beautifully…

 
police cars were blocking Donald Street…  
 
it was getting colder, but everyone kept walking along…

  
assume it had something to do with the Grey Cup Celebration… didn’t get out quick enough to get a good shot of the horses…

lovely little break in the day…

then I had dinner with two dear young women… don’t get out often to eat, particularly on a week night… and it was excellent to be able to spend some quality time with these amazing individuals… they both give me energy… 

went to Carbone Coal Fired Pizza on St. Mary Avenue and had salad and thin crust pizza… yummy… I really do prefer the thin crust versions…

on my way home I stopped for gas… it was around six and there was a lineup… crazy… but now the tank is full… both my dad and George always said it was best to keep the tank at least half full especially in cold weather, so I’ve followed that direction…

when I got home I made a pot of Chocolate Rocket tea… at the restaurant I thought the wait person said they had green and red tea… wasn’t sure what red tea was, lol… apparently he said green or red rose… sometimes I don’t hear that well…

but the Chocolate Rocket was just what I needed…

now for some tv…

gas…

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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Gas, gas meter, water heater

had the leaking water heater and had to have someone come in and replace it… that was on the Thursday… was told that the gas people would have to come and make sure it was fine…

on the Saturday a person came from the gas company to replace the meter outside of the house… he looked at the water heater and said it was fine and he would note that it had been inspected…

after I got home from the cruise I found a message saying the tank had to be inspected… called on Monday and the person I spoke with said it was all fine…

got a recorded message on the phone this afternoon saying if I didn’t call and have it inspected they would shut off the gas… called and spoke with a person who said it still needed to be inspected and then put me on hold for a while and came back to say it was fine…

hope it gets recorded before they turn off my gas, sigh…

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clematis blooming close to the gas meter…

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