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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 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
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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,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr

Neighbors probably appreciated that.

On 11/13/2014 11:52 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

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,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr


Hey, knock it off..

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:52:16 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

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,

I had to put a shirt on the other morning to walk Ed Brrr

Just finished getting the latest batch of leaves up. Now mom nature
can do whatever she wants for the next few days.

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

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

wrote:
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.