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katysails January 5th 04 03:30 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
It's blizzarding out there right now...such a strange winter...was 56 on =
Friday when we went out to the lake to make sure our tarp was holding =
tight on Chanteuse. The manager of the yacht club just got back from =
the Keys and was regaling a few buddies about his sailing adventures =
down there (not a word of yellow Coronado's). Muskegon Lake was =
iceless...we debated about dragging the dinghy out of its' berth and =
taking a row, since there was no wind...no icebergs on Lake Michigan =
either. Now they're saying it's only going to be 9F on Tuesday. =
Strictly Sail is the last weekend of January this year and we're =
planning to go since we need to upgrade some electronics. The Grand =
Rapids boat show is in November, but that's usually pretty lame...mostly =
Hunters and Catalina's and the local marinas selling slips....April is =
just around the corner.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


Bobsprit January 5th 04 05:13 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
Wow, what a thrilling post!'

So you have "weather" and plan to go to a boat show?
WOW!!!!

RB

Scott Vernon January 5th 04 11:11 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
It doesn't take much to get booby excited.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Wow, what a thrilling post!'

So you have "weather" and plan to go to a boat show?
WOW!!!!

RB



Scott Vernon January 5th 04 11:14 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
It's been in the high 50s ,hit 62* one day, nice for doing outside stuff.
Supposed to get single digits by weekend. 2 more months........

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...
It's blizzarding out there right now...such a strange winter...was 56 on
Friday when we went out to the lake to make sure our tarp was holding tight
on Chanteuse. The manager of the yacht club just got back from the Keys and
was regaling a few buddies about his sailing adventures down there (not a
word of yellow Coronado's). Muskegon Lake was iceless...we debated about
dragging the dinghy out of its' berth and taking a row, since there was no
wind...no icebergs on Lake Michigan either. Now they're saying it's only
going to be 9F on Tuesday. Strictly Sail is the last weekend of January
this year and we're planning to go since we need to upgrade some
electronics. The Grand Rapids boat show is in November, but that's usually
pretty lame...mostly Hunters and Catalina's and the local marinas selling
slips....April is just around the corner.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



Bobsprit January 5th 04 01:05 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
It's been in the high 50s ,hit 62* one day, nice for doing outside stuff.
Supposed to get single digits by weekend. 2 more months........


Good grief.


RB

katysails January 5th 04 11:38 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
So you have "weather" and plan to go to a boat show?
WOW!!!!

RB

Get stuffed...oh...I forgot....you

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


Peter Wiley January 5th 04 11:56 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
20-25 C, 15-20 knots of wind on the Channel and I was out paddling for
an hour before work this morning. At least 4 months of this to
go.......

PDW
In article , Scott Vernon
wrote:

It's been in the high 50s ,hit 62* one day, nice for doing outside stuff.
Supposed to get single digits by weekend. 2 more months........

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...
It's blizzarding out there right now...such a strange winter...was 56 on
Friday when we went out to the lake to make sure our tarp was holding tight
on Chanteuse. The manager of the yacht club just got back from the Keys and
was regaling a few buddies about his sailing adventures down there (not a
word of yellow Coronado's). Muskegon Lake was iceless...we debated about
dragging the dinghy out of its' berth and taking a row, since there was no
wind...no icebergs on Lake Michigan either. Now they're saying it's only
going to be 9F on Tuesday. Strictly Sail is the last weekend of January
this year and we're planning to go since we need to upgrade some
electronics. The Grand Rapids boat show is in November, but that's usually
pretty lame...mostly Hunters and Catalina's and the local marinas selling
slips....April is just around the corner.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



katysails January 6th 04 11:43 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Peter said:
20-25 C, 15-20 knots of wind on the Channel and I was out paddling for
an hour before work this morning. At least 4 months of this to
go.......

katy said: : P


--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


Thom Stewart January 9th 04 05:00 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Well,

Bellingham is clear with a temp. of 53 degress F but north and south of
us is getting the s--t kicked out of them. The Ice Storm really hit
Portland. Over 30000 without power.

There is another front moving in on us but it is a Pacific High. It
should be warm and get rid of the damn ice from the Canadian cold front.

Looks like the worst is over for us. AND; "I'LL DINK TO THAT!"

Ole Thom


Martin Baxter January 9th 04 05:43 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Thom Stewart wrote:

Well,

Bellingham is clear with a temp. of 53 degress F but north and south of
us is getting the s--t kicked out of them. The Ice Storm really hit
Portland. Over 30000 without power.

There is another front moving in on us but it is a Pacific High. It
should be warm and get rid of the damn ice from the Canadian cold front.

Looks like the worst is over for us. AND; "I'LL DINK TO THAT!"

Ole Thom


53, damn I think I hate you! Got up this morning to -29 (C), 38 below with
the wind-chill, I can't be bothered to change that into F, but it's frickin
cold whatever scale you measure it on, dogs were not happy, fastest pee I
ever saw!

Cheers
Marty

katysails January 9th 04 11:18 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Thom said: Looks like the worst is over for us.=20

We're zero. And subzero tomorrow.Only things thawing around here are =
what we put in the microwave.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


Frank Maier January 10th 04 02:09 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
(Thom Stewart) wrote:
Well,

Bellingham is clear with a temp. of 53 degress F but north and south of
us is getting the s--t kicked out of them. The Ice Storm really hit
Portland. Over 30000 without power.
There is another front moving in on us but it is a Pacific High. It
should be warm and get rid of the damn ice from the Canadian cold front.
Looks like the worst is over for us. AND; "I'LL DINK TO THAT!"
Ole Thom


We're just down the road from you, in Everett. My kids really enjoyed
the snow days; but I'm happy to be returning to our basic "45 degrees
and drizzly" mode, instead of frozen roads, etc.

Frank

Joe January 10th 04 03:25 AM

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"katysails" wrote in message ...
Thom said: Looks like the worst is over for us.

We're zero. And subzero tomorrow.Only things thawing around here are
what we put in the microwave.



Here it gets all the way down to 45F at night, and will only get up
to 72F tommorrow, plan on sailing in the morning. Only thing that
freezes around here is what we put in the freezer.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

katysails January 10th 04 01:07 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Joe said: Here it gets all the way down to 45F at night, and will only =
get up
to 72F tommorrow, plan on sailing in the morning. Only thing that
freezes around here is what we put in the freezer.

May be so...but it also rains frogs where you are....and mud.....

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


Scott Vernon January 10th 04 03:09 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch

SV


"katysails" wrote in message
...
Joe said: Here it gets all the way down to 45F at night, and will only get
up
to 72F tommorrow, plan on sailing in the morning. Only thing that
freezes around here is what we put in the freezer.

May be so...but it also rains frogs where you are....and mud.....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



katysails January 10th 04 08:16 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Scott assked: ever been to Texas in the Summer? =20

Yes. It wasn't a pleasant experience.


--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


DSK January 11th 04 12:42 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
Scott Vernon wrote:

ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch


Yes. I agree with Mark Twain: "If I owned both Hell and Texas, I'd live in
Hell and rent out Texas."

DSK


Frank Maier January 11th 04 10:16 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
DSK wrote:
Scott Vernon wrote:
ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch


Yes. I agree with Mark Twain: "If I owned both Hell and Texas, I'd live in
Hell and rent out Texas."


Just to give Texas a small break, let's talk about South Louisiana. My
main motivation for completing college was my summer job pouring
concrete in the New Orleans area. From my subjective experience, if
you ain't never poured concrete in New Orleans in the summer, you
ain't got the comparative experience to complain about "heat."

Because of those summers, I was determined to qualify for an indoor
career!

Frank

Jonathan Ganz January 12th 04 02:11 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
Yeh, but it's a dry heat.

"Frank Maier" wrote in message
om...
DSK wrote:
Scott Vernon wrote:
ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch


Yes. I agree with Mark Twain: "If I owned both Hell and Texas, I'd live

in
Hell and rent out Texas."


Just to give Texas a small break, let's talk about South Louisiana. My
main motivation for completing college was my summer job pouring
concrete in the New Orleans area. From my subjective experience, if
you ain't never poured concrete in New Orleans in the summer, you
ain't got the comparative experience to complain about "heat."

Because of those summers, I was determined to qualify for an indoor
career!

Frank




Frank Maier January 12th 04 06:23 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote:
"Frank Maier" wrote:
DSK wrote:
Scott Vernon wrote:
ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch

Yes. I agree with Mark Twain: "If I owned both Hell and Texas, I'd live

in
Hell and rent out Texas."


Just to give Texas a small break, let's talk about South Louisiana

....snip...

Yeh, but it's a dry heat.


In Texas and Hell, maybe. In New Orleans in the summer the humidity
hovers near 100%. Add that to a temperature near the same and... Well,
one of my friends who's a Seattle native visited there with me one
summer. Their comment was, "My God! It's like living inside a
blister."

Disgusting but accurate.

Jonathan Ganz January 12th 04 08:36 AM

Weathering the Weather
 
Frank. I was just kidding...

"Frank Maier" wrote in message
m...
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote:
"Frank Maier" wrote:
DSK wrote:
Scott Vernon wrote:
ever been to Texas in the Summer? youch

Yes. I agree with Mark Twain: "If I owned both Hell and Texas, I'd

live
in
Hell and rent out Texas."

Just to give Texas a small break, let's talk about South Louisiana

...snip...

Yeh, but it's a dry heat.


In Texas and Hell, maybe. In New Orleans in the summer the humidity
hovers near 100%. Add that to a temperature near the same and... Well,
one of my friends who's a Seattle native visited there with me one
summer. Their comment was, "My God! It's like living inside a
blister."

Disgusting but accurate.




Frank Maier January 12th 04 10:39 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote:
Frank. I was just kidding...

"Frank Maier" wrote:

....snip...
Their comment was, "My God! It's like living inside a
blister."
Disgusting but accurate.


Oops! My bad.

I've done a good bit of "dry heat" camping and hiking in the
Southwest; it's definitely different. And I currently live in the
Seattle area where the humidity tends to be measurable but it never
really gets hot. Anyway...

On that note, with the holidays over, we're returning to "The Maier
Household Travelling Unschool"; so I'll only be checking the ng
sporadically. Keep a coupla arguments hot for me.

I hope to be experiencing some nice, dry heat as soon as we get far
enough south! Goodbye Seattle! Hello, warm sunny country!

Frank (plus my lovely wife, Ronnie, and our two *perfect* little
unschoolers)

DSK January 14th 04 02:31 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
Frank Maier wrote:


I've done a good bit of "dry heat" camping and hiking in the
Southwest; it's definitely different.


Yep, it's different but it's still too dadgum hot.

When young and tough, I put in a few days working as a roofer in the
South... man those guys really earn their money the hard way.

DSK


Joe January 14th 04 07:35 PM

Weathering the Weather
 
DSK wrote in message ...
Frank Maier wrote:


I've done a good bit of "dry heat" camping and hiking in the
Southwest; it's definitely different.


Yep, it's different but it's still too dadgum hot.

When young and tough, I put in a few days working as a roofer in the
South... man those guys really earn their money the hard way.

DSK


Me 2. When I kid I was a helper and carried the shingles up on the
roof
and learned how to put down T lock shingles. So hot you could not walk
on the shingles, the tar would melt and you would smear the shingles.
About as much fun as pitching hay. The most fun was always putting
insulation in hot attics.

Thank God for Mexicans and AC!

Joe
MSV RedCloud 3000 BTU's of AC

MC January 14th 04 09:28 PM

Weathering the Weather
 


DSK wrote:



When young and tough, I put in a few days working as a roofer in the
South... man those guys really earn their money the hard way.

Bwhahahahhahahahhahaa

Cheers


DSK January 14th 04 10:02 PM

Weathering the Weather
 

Joe wrote:

.. When I kid I was a helper and carried the shingles up on the
roof
and learned how to put down T lock shingles. So hot you could not walk
on the shingles, the tar would melt and you would smear the shingles.
About as much fun as pitching hay. The most fun was always putting
insulation in hot attics.

Thank God for Mexicans and AC!


The afternoon I quit, I set a hammer down for a few minutes, the sun heated it up and it
sunk into tarpaper. At that point I realized that life would be a lot better if I found a
different job. And I also came to a FULL appreciation of the words 'got it made in the
shade.'

About air conditioning, we grew up without it and I often feel that the South would be far
far different if it had not become so universal.

DSK



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