In solidarity with my northern friends
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/31/16 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:37:42 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 10/31/16 1:00 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:34:16 -0400,
wrote:

Water temperature in my pool - 92 °F, Air temp 82.6 °F .

Solar heater?



About a half dozen of our near-neighbors have nice in-ground pools, but
in all the years we've lived here, I've only seen one of these pools
being used during summer pool season. Obviously, my casual observations
during "drive bys" aren't scientific, but you would think on the really
steamy summer days here, you'd see bunches of kids in the pools.

That is not unusual. There are plenty of people around here who never
use their pools but that is not me. I am in it several times a day for
about 8-9 months a year. Dec/Jan/Feb it doesn't get used much but if
the kids are here or something, I do have a 330KBTU gas heater.
Realistically, kids don't care. It is seldom above 70 and that is
warmer than Lake Michigan ever seems to get up where they are.
It was the middle of August when we were there and it was 69


Long Island Sound was cold enough for me when I was a kid and eager to
swim. I don't recall the Sound water temps back then, but I doubt they
were 70 or higher. One summer my dad sold a truckload of rowboats to a
friend of his who owned a summer camp in New Hampshire. I went along on
the delivery and when we got there, I saw all the kids swimming so I
decided to do so, too. The lake temp was incredibly cold to me, so I got
right out. Guess it depends on what you are used to...

On my first trip to California in the early 1970s, I wanted to swim in
the Pacific. Too cold for me, got right out.




















My buddy lived at Tahoe. His son had no problem swimming in the lake. As
to the California coas, depends where you are. Here we are on the Humbolt
current and it is normally 48-55 year round. Dividing point is Morro Bay.
South of the point, water is 20 degrees warmer.

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On 10/31/16 4:22 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/31/16 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:37:42 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 10/31/16 1:00 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:34:16 -0400,
wrote:

Water temperature in my pool - 92 °F, Air temp 82.6 °F .

Solar heater?



About a half dozen of our near-neighbors have nice in-ground pools, but
in all the years we've lived here, I've only seen one of these pools
being used during summer pool season. Obviously, my casual observations
during "drive bys" aren't scientific, but you would think on the really
steamy summer days here, you'd see bunches of kids in the pools.

That is not unusual. There are plenty of people around here who never
use their pools but that is not me. I am in it several times a day for
about 8-9 months a year. Dec/Jan/Feb it doesn't get used much but if
the kids are here or something, I do have a 330KBTU gas heater.
Realistically, kids don't care. It is seldom above 70 and that is
warmer than Lake Michigan ever seems to get up where they are.
It was the middle of August when we were there and it was 69


Long Island Sound was cold enough for me when I was a kid and eager to
swim. I don't recall the Sound water temps back then, but I doubt they
were 70 or higher. One summer my dad sold a truckload of rowboats to a
friend of his who owned a summer camp in New Hampshire. I went along on
the delivery and when we got there, I saw all the kids swimming so I
decided to do so, too. The lake temp was incredibly cold to me, so I got
right out. Guess it depends on what you are used to...

On my first trip to California in the early 1970s, I wanted to swim in
the Pacific. Too cold for me, got right out.




















My buddy lived at Tahoe. His son had no problem swimming in the lake. As
to the California coas, depends where you are. Here we are on the Humbolt
current and it is normally 48-55 year round. Dividing point is Morro Bay.
South of the point, water is 20 degrees warmer.


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:47:53 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 10/31/16 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:37:42 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 10/31/16 1:00 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:34:16 -0400,
wrote:

Water temperature in my pool - 92 °F, Air temp 82.6 °F .

Solar heater?



About a half dozen of our near-neighbors have nice in-ground pools, but
in all the years we've lived here, I've only seen one of these pools
being used during summer pool season. Obviously, my casual observations
during "drive bys" aren't scientific, but you would think on the really
steamy summer days here, you'd see bunches of kids in the pools.

That is not unusual. There are plenty of people around here who never
use their pools but that is not me. I am in it several times a day for
about 8-9 months a year. Dec/Jan/Feb it doesn't get used much but if
the kids are here or something, I do have a 330KBTU gas heater.
Realistically, kids don't care. It is seldom above 70 and that is
warmer than Lake Michigan ever seems to get up where they are.
It was the middle of August when we were there and it was 69


Long Island Sound was cold enough for me when I was a kid and eager to
swim. I don't recall the Sound water temps back then, but I doubt they
were 70 or higher. One summer my dad sold a truckload of rowboats to a
friend of his who owned a summer camp in New Hampshire. I went along on
the delivery and when we got there, I saw all the kids swimming so I
decided to do so, too. The lake temp was incredibly cold to me, so I got
right out. Guess it depends on what you are used to...

On my first trip to California in the early 1970s, I wanted to swim in
the Pacific. Too cold for me, got right out.
It is just what you get used to. Henk was here today (they just got
here from the Netherlands). He thinks 20-21c (~70) is plenty warm
enough.

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)


We froze in Santa Cruz in June

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/california/...nta%20Cruz.jpg

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)


We froze in Santa Cruz in June

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/california/...nta%20Cruz.jpg


That is why we own a couple different wetsuits. Surfing, 3 mil, scuba
diving 7 mil, San Diego shorty spring suit.

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:03:58 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:49:55 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Pools are like boats in the harbor. Many are never or seldom used.
If you had a boat, would you use it much?

===

Harry sometimes takes his boats out of the bath tub and puts them in a
pool. He calls it blue water sailing.

All virtual of course!

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)



"We froze in Santa Cruz in June"


Oh my...we see a number of cruise ship passengers looking like your wife in the fall.
Trick here is to find a good jacket/coat that not only acts like a windbreaker, but resists rain while "breathing".
For heavy rain you need a real rain coat.

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:01:10 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)



"We froze in Santa Cruz in June"


Oh my...we see a number of cruise ship passengers looking like your wife in the fall.
Trick here is to find a good jacket/coat that not only acts like a windbreaker, but resists rain while "breathing".
For heavy rain you need a real rain coat.

===

For cold, rainy weather you need a better climate - same for snow and
ice. Ice is for drinks and skating rinks.

In solidarity with my northern friends
 

True North Wrote in message:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)



"We froze in Santa Cruz in June"


Oh my...we see a number of cruise ship passengers looking like your wife in the fall.
Trick here is to find a good jacket/coat that not only acts like a windbreaker, but resists rain while "breathing".
For heavy rain you need a real rain coat.


I hear the natives use sealskins for that
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On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 17:13:12 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

True North Wrote in message:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I got into the water halfway up to my knees at Bodega Bay, north of San
Francisco. Then I got out. I don't know what the temp was, but it was
mighty cold. Too cold for me at Paradise Cove, near LA, and too cold off
a beach in the San Diego area. What good are these oceans if you can't
swim in them, anyway? :)



"We froze in Santa Cruz in June"


Oh my...we see a number of cruise ship passengers looking like your wife in the fall.
Trick here is to find a good jacket/coat that not only acts like a windbreaker, but resists rain while "breathing".
For heavy rain you need a real rain coat.


I hear the natives use sealskins for that

The white ones from the baby seals they club to death?