It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...

On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground.

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On 11/12/2014 11:01 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the
winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground.

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

By the way, a belated Happy Veterans Day to you.

In the mid 80's I grew a beard and told my wife I was gonna shave it off on January 1. I did. And the next weekend it got down to -23 with a 30 mi wind. Talk about a glass jaw. WOW!

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:29:31 -0600, Califbill
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

We spent a few days at Squaw Valley but it was summer time.
We were are the Squaw Valley Creek resort, nice place but parking is a
PITA.

Is a nice area. Wife does not want to ski anymore, so we don't. We have
friends who have Tahoe cabins, so do get up in the area. We take the boat
up sometimes. But expensive for one or two trips. They have a quagga
mussel sticker and inspections. Adds cost. Mostly fishing and picnic on
the island in Emerald Bay.

Coldest I have ever been in was -21*F twice. First time was January 1, 1968. I had a New Years Eve party at my house. After the party broke up I went outside and started up my car. It was my 1st car a 1959 Ford Galaxie with a manual transmission. I depressed the clutch and started the car. I let it warm up for a few minutes. It was in 1st gear. I finally started down the road. I went to shift into 2nd but the shifter would not budge. I drove about a mile in 1st gear before I could get it into 2nd and about another half mile or so I managed to get into 3rd gear. Once it warmed up it shifted fine.

The second time was in 1977. We had a place in Harrison Michigan about half way up the lower peninsula. The snow on the ground was knee deep and I decided to take a hike through the woods. With the deep snow I was actually starting to sweat from the effort to make it through the deep snow so before I got chilled I had to turn around and head back home.

This past January we hit -16*F. It was the second coldest winter since record keeping began so says the National Weather Service. So much for global warming.

25 above here this morning. Glad I got the boat finished last night. Next week it's gonna be down in the teens. I'm not ready for this,

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:01:52 -0600, Califbill
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:29:31 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0500, Harrold wrote:

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

Cape May in February was pretty cold too.

My brother spent 3 summers in the Antarctic as a SeaBee. Said it got -70f
during summer storms. They could not drive the snowcats as the tracks
would break due to cold. Winter, the Russians had the alcohol thermometer
freeze at -125. Coldest I think I ever felt was a bright sunny day at the
1960 Winter Olympics. Did not have warm snow boots and was about 5F. Have
been in colder weather, but better equipped.

We spent a few days at Squaw Valley but it was summer time.
We were are the Squaw Valley Creek resort, nice place but parking is a
PITA.

Is a nice area. Wife does not want to ski anymore, so we don't. We have
friends who have Tahoe cabins, so do get up in the area. We take the boat
up sometimes. But expensive for one or two trips. They have a quagga
mussel sticker and inspections. Adds cost. Mostly fishing and picnic on
the island in Emerald Bay.

We were not really that happy with our Tahoe leg. I would have stayed
at Mammoth if it was me. Traffic was horrible trying to get around the
lake. We went in around the west side and out to the east and down
through Carson City. Both sucked.

Originally we were going out of Reno but a last minute call put in a
side trip to LaJolla and out LAX.
Long drive.

Our friends cabin are on are west Side. 1/2 and 3/4 way down. So not as
much traffic. We come in over highway 89 and us 50 most of the time.

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On 11/12/2014 11:01 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/12/14 10:43 AM, Tim wrote:
It's strange to think that even here the summers seem so short and the
winters so long...



The coldest day of my life was a bright, sunny January day in 1970 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The wind coming off the lake was just brutal.
Don't know what the temp was.

Second coldest, at least in feeling cold, was a February day in 1990,
getting off the plane in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was told it was 20
below zero, Fahrenheit, and that if you peed outdoors, it would freeze
before it hit the ground.

The coldest two winters of my life were spent at Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.

By the way, a belated Happy Veterans Day to you.

Better than spending a summer at Parris Island.

I don't know about that. Had a friend, who got a medical discharge after
losing two toes to frostbite at Great Lakes NTC.