This is my first winter with the garage fishroom, so I should learn some things. This is the ultimate test of my planning. Did I insulate enough? Will it hold when it gets really cold?
Winter driving is a pain, and you have to be extra alert to other drivers. I'm used to it, or I'd be dead. I got my snow tires on, and in January, we'll have a new car with AWD to help on the ice. Front wheel drive was okay in a large city, but here, it's time to go back to better traction. I used to drive over an hour each way to one of my jobs, and I got good at handling bad road conditions. lesson one? Expect trouble.
This winter is like one of those old western movies where the hero says "!t's quiet. Too quiet." The wind is howling and it's coldish today (but above freezing). By Thursday, it'll be mild again , with 10-16c, about 50 to 60f. It's November. This is very weirdly warm. I have the feeling our trickster gods have a bucket of snow suspended over our heads, and they're all standing around with scissors giggling. Strange things are happening. This is still early October weather.
There is a tradition here that if you have a funeral passing in the opposite direction, you pull over to show respect to the family. I was in a line of traffic yesterday, moving at speed across a bridge, with one lane only each way due to construction. The car up front spotted a hearse and slammed his brakes, from highway speed to zero. It could have caused a 20 car chain collision, and provided work for the funeral parlour. I got stopped in time and braced for the car behind. Umm, you are not supposed to do THAT in any tradition. I couldn't even swear at the guy because it was a long funeral and I had to have my proper face on.
