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17. Thankfully I put 400 gallons of heating fuel into my tank yesterday.

Sat Oct 17, 2015, 10:54 PM

Oct 2015

That may get me through the winter, however I doubt it. But the price was low ($2.49 a gallon). It is basically diesel fuel without the road tax. Being on SocSec, it put a huge dent in my budget. But I do not think the price is going to go down.

Last winter we had little snow here, but the temperatures were fucking brutal. I burned through over 400 gallons. So my frugal budget may save me this winter.

I live within the Manistee National Forest in rural Michigan. Things are fucking tough in winter here. Thankfully I live on a school bus route. All dirt roads here, but the bus has to get through to get the kiddies to school. So the county plows daily if need be.

The road is pretty much clear. Now if I can only get somebody to plow my long driveway.

I manage to keep well stocked. Food, booze, books, and Netflicks DVDs.

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It's snowing !!! [View all] Miigwech Oct 2015 OP

Is it hard to write your name with two I's in it? snooper2 Oct 2015 #1

No ... Miigwech Oct 2015 #3

Got a few flurries here today too... inanna Oct 2015 #2

what to do Miigwech Oct 2015 #6

But...but...it is not winter yet!!!! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #4

In Oct 97 a snow & ice storm knocked out about 1/2 the power in the area Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #9

Here's a solution to lack of fall leaves: dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #14

Still got leaves on most trees Miigwech Oct 2015 #15

Thank you Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #19

You are awesome. nt ladyVet Oct 2015 #44

Meanwhile, here in East TN, halfway between Chatt & Knox, it was 34 degrees at 6:30 AM Sat Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #34

How colorful are the leaves there now? Lars39 Oct 2015 #36

A lot have already dropped, without changing at all, *Some* are starting to change now, along with Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #39

No acorns is not a good sign at all. Lars39 Oct 2015 #40

Peace ... Miigwech Oct 2015 #45

What part of the Upper Peninsula? We're sitting on Madeline Island (WI) Facing MI. cpompilo Oct 2015 #5

Hey yah Miigwech Oct 2015 #7

Whew! Other end of the lake so we're good. We had a very few flakes yesterday but are hoping for a cpompilo Oct 2015 #13

Someone said it snowed in Flint, this afternoon Siwsan Oct 2015 #8

It's been smoking in Boise all week IDemo Oct 2015 #10

Yes - I'm in your climate zone cilla4progress Oct 2015 #29

Twenty miles from Boise IDemo Oct 2015 #31

Lucky you. City Lights Oct 2015 #11

Oh, noooo Habibi Oct 2015 #12

I don't believe Miigwech Oct 2015 #18

El Ni�o......here in the lower part of the State of Minnesota....we won't a kennedy Oct 2015 #16

Hold on Miigwech Oct 2015 #20

We don't have lake effect snow in Minnesota. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #33

Where dis you read that we were in for a mild winter? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #32

Thankfully I put 400 gallons of heating fuel into my tank yesterday. longship Oct 2015 #17

I hear yah Miigwech Oct 2015 #22

That sort of thing really does help. murielm99 Oct 2015 #30

The house is super insulated. nt longship Oct 2015 #43

Duh on me, I had not thought low fuel prices =heating oil prices. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #42

Say Yah To Da U.P. Eh! NonMetro Oct 2015 #21

Yah Miigwech Oct 2015 #23

We had a few snow flurries in eastern Ohio this afternoon. Heading doc03 Oct 2015 #24

Spent 5 winters in Portland, ME left-of-center2012 Oct 2015 #25

My brother went to school at Michigan Tech. Have a pasty for me ;-) CentralMass Oct 2015 #26

blech demtenjeep Oct 2015 #27

Lucky you! cilla4progress Oct 2015 #28

I heard that it was snowing 2naSalit Oct 2015 #35

Yuck bigwillq Oct 2015 #37

My dad and step mother are at the tip of the mit etherealtruth Oct 2015 #38

Michigan's U.P is beautiful, Greybnk48 Oct 2015 #41