John Bachman wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:39:58 -0600, John Hines
wrote:

(CLAIRE) wrote:

we have tried putting a tennis ball in the centre of our garden pond
to stop the water from freezing however, with the bad weather recently
this hadn't worked. Can anyone suggest an alternative?

Move to florida? G

If the winter was much worse (we, chicago, is having a very mild winter
this year), that would be in my plans.

Yeah, but how would you pack your pond for the trip?

In a really big plastic bag? Actually if it was a really bad winter, I
wouldn't expect much left.

Sorry, but I do not want to hear from anyone who had a mild winter.

All thing are relative, it is currently 4.6f (-16c) and dropping.

Coldest day yet winter. Not having heavy snow cover reduces the
insulating effect, causing more pond freezing.