On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:01:38 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:01:50 -0500, 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.


I have been lots of places where it was colder, skiing, hunting and on
ship in the North Atlantic but the coldest I ever felt was on an ell
platform in Chicago, just about any day in the winter.
Taking a warm coat to Chicago is just a trick. It fools you into
thinking you can actually go outside.
You are supposed to stand under the IR heaters outside the hotel, dive
into a Checker and run inside when you get where you are going

Years ago I flew into Chicago one January. Rental was running when I picked it up at the airport, so I drove to the hotel and parked it. Next morning I went out to start it, and it barely clicked. Was -30, and with windchill close to -60! Three days later the car finally cranked, it got up to 5 degrees and it actually felt pretty good outside.

You nawthuners can have it.

Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was 77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was 77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:07:54 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

I bought the equivalent model of one of these three years ago.

http://www.redmax.com/products/blowers/ebz8500/

Make the job relatively wuick and painless. However, I have over 2 acres, and most of it is covered with huge red oak trees. Lots of leaves! That model is overkill for a "normal" lot.

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:07 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:01:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:08:34 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

I was guessing that the battery froze. You're right, may have been the
starter. One thing was for sure, it was not a happy car. Neither was I!

We had a "pot luck" Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Our Commons area
has seating both inside and out. We filled the outdoor tables; it was
77 degrees here today. It's supposed to be 29 degrees Saturday morning. Damn vortex.

Played golf today. Temp in the mid-60's, sunny, bit windy, but
gorgeous day.

Now no more golf for six weeks. That sucks!

Tooth implant this morning. So sitting in my family room, wood stove
going. Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Nice out now, sunny and cold
65.

Today we're 20 degrees cooler. Have to blow leaves. Hate that job.

Rain today. Supposed to get some tomorrow and next week. Desperately need
it. Lake Oroville is down about 400'. One temporary ramp in use.
http://m.kcra.com/news/a-portrait-of...ville/28336638
You can google for Lake Shasta, etc.

Tim wrote:
Starter froze up at -30? I can appreciate that...

Steam boat springs Colorado early January and my 1964 Chevy SS 4 speed
would not turn over. Was in the shade. Transmission oil was too thick.
Thermometer in the direct sun said 14. With jump start, soon as I pressed
in clutch, started like a champ. Growing up 10 blocks from San Francisco
Bay, not used to that stuff.