problems with cold

i know we all have problems with the cold but i took a little drive this morning and afterwards thought boy have i got it made.
problem 1 seen beef cows with calves not whats she gonna do when jr pulls in for lunch monday?
problem 2 amish school outhouse do i need to say more? reminds me of a story kid went out to the bathroom seems somebody had an idea that metal seats were better then wood when he didnt return teacher went out and found him had to unbolt seat and take him to a nearby house to thaw.

Yep, the books are full of "good ideas". They look good on paper, but when you try to put them into practice you find that you should have done a little more homework.
That daily trip "out back" is one thing that I DO NOT miss about country life!

A comment on Problem #2 - Do those amish kids have indoor facilities at home now-a-days or are they the same as at school?

it depends they do have indoor bathrooms but amish men are like english when your in the barn well if your a farmer i wouldnt have to explain . now would that be indoor or outdoor?

You opened the floodgates now talking about problems with cold.
I got up this morning,started my normal routine, popped a Prilosec in to my mouth and went to run some water and didn't have any. Checked another faucet and none there either.
I checked the breaker,that was OK,went out and checked the pressure gauge on the well,45 pounds. Went in the barn and that worked,so the cows had water. Went across the road,the waterer worked over there. Only frozen in the house. Didn't know how it could be frozen inside with the furnace running. I was afraid we'd have to dig it up,but my brother,who's in the excavating business and put the line in there,is up north,naturally.
We had rerouted a water line five years or so ago because the old galvanized line that came up in the crawl space under the kitchen had blown out. We had run 3/4 inch black plastic under the foundation up in to the crawl under the south wall under a bedroom,then in to the cellar. There was about three feet of it laying on top of the ground back in there. I pointed a hair dryer at it,took the line apart just beyond the shutoff and it didn't take 5 minutes to thaw it,thank GOD! Never had water freeze in the house that way.
I went to town and got some of that split Styrofoam and slid on to it,tried to throw some dirt over it with a garden trowel but couldn't get the dirt back there where I wanted it.
I banked the south side of the house up with snow all the way up to the windows,so I hope it doesn't happen again in the cold that's coming.
Gotta love it!

That barn solution is fine, but what if you have a round barn? No corners, you know.

Stan