You, sir, are unkind. You are unkind to Shane. That is all I have to say on the matter.

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Well, I had to get up early today. Guess why? It's 30 below (Celsius) outside this morning...that would be about 20 below Fahrenheit for you Americans. And our furnace motor has died. That's the motor that blows the forced air...we have an electric forced air heating system here. The motor just makes a humming sound as it tries to start up and run the fan, but it never succeeds in actually starting.

So, it's a good thing I have some portable plug-in heaters here, just in case. There is one sitting under the desk as I type.

The furnace guy should be here with a new motor in an hour or two. This will be his third call here in tbe last 10 days, as we have tried to determine just what the problem was...it proved somewhat elusive...was first suspected to be a bad sequencer (replaced), then suspected to be an accumulation of dirt around the motor (cleaned up), now suspected to be a worn-out motor period (about to be replaced).

Dum-dee-dum. (humming a little tune) Canadian winters.