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On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:01:10 -0700 (PDT), True North
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:29:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
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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.

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


The funny thing is Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and most of the northern
coast is warmer in the winter. Fall is a beautiful time to visit. Summer,
the inland 100 degree temps pull in the coastal fogs.

" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

Don and Henk have convinced me to man up and jump in the water. I am
OK today at 75 and I turned the solars on so that will go up a bit
tomorrow.
I have to remember our (privately built) pool in Maryland seldom got
over 70 when I was a kid.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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- show quoted text -
"Don and Henk have convinced me to man up and jump in the water. I am
OK today at 75 and I turned the solars on so that will go up a bit
tomorrow.
I have to remember our (privately built) pool in Maryland seldom got
over 70 when I was a kid."



75 F ?? That would be considered bath water up here.
It seldom gets any better.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 15:41:37 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
- show quoted text -
"Don and Henk have convinced me to man up and jump in the water. I am
OK today at 75 and I turned the solars on so that will go up a bit
tomorrow.
I have to remember our (privately built) pool in Maryland seldom got
over 70 when I was a kid."



75 F ?? That would be considered bath water up here.
It seldom gets any better.

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Yes, same with Lake Ontario and we used to spend a lot of time in the
water as kids. But that was then and this is now. I've even swum in
60 degree water off the coast of Maine but that's just crazy.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

===

Maybe next year. I'm still hoping to get to Cuba one of these days. I
now have insurance that will cover me there and the regulations keep
easing up.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 15:41:37 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
- show quoted text -
"Don and Henk have convinced me to man up and jump in the water. I am
OK today at 75 and I turned the solars on so that will go up a bit
tomorrow.
I have to remember our (privately built) pool in Maryland seldom got
over 70 when I was a kid."



75 F ?? That would be considered bath water up here.
It seldom gets any better.

That is what Henk was telling me. The kids are the same way. Lake
Michigan was 69.4 in August.

On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:25:13 -0400,
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On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

===

Maybe next year. I'm still hoping to get to Cuba one of these days. I
now have insurance that will cover me there and the regulations keep
easing up.

I have been to Gitmo a couple times and that was all the Cuba I need
for a while. Maybe when the Castros are gone and Marriott takes over
I might go. I don't want to say the wrong thing and end up in prison.

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On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:25:13 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

===

Maybe next year. I'm still hoping to get to Cuba one of these days. I
now have insurance that will cover me there and the regulations keep
easing up.

I have been to Gitmo a couple times and that was all the Cuba I need
for a while. Maybe when the Castros are gone and Marriott takes over
I might go. I don't want to say the wrong thing and end up in prison.


They used to try to make the place tolerable for sailors and
families. I was there for 6 weeks after a fram job on my floating
hotel. Time flew by pretty quickly because they kept us pretty
busy with training exercises. The first time I ever saw an iguana
was at the EM club. He or she would walk from table to table
mooching food scraps. Not a bad time but Things have changed.
Remember the cattle car?
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 05:32:36 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:25:13 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:21:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

" Much as I like having the pool heated it has to go off in January and
February. The heat pump just can't keep up in cool weather. If I had
my druthers I'd be in the Caribbean that time of year. "

Wayne I'm surprised you're not already making plans?

Maybe you are. Lol!

===

Maybe next year. I'm still hoping to get to Cuba one of these days. I
now have insurance that will cover me there and the regulations keep
easing up.

I have been to Gitmo a couple times and that was all the Cuba I need
for a while. Maybe when the Castros are gone and Marriott takes over
I might go. I don't want to say the wrong thing and end up in prison.


They used to try to make the place tolerable for sailors and
families. I was there for 6 weeks after a fram job on my floating
hotel. Time flew by pretty quickly because they kept us pretty
busy with training exercises. The first time I ever saw an iguana
was at the EM club. He or she would walk from table to table
mooching food scraps. Not a bad time but Things have changed.
Remember the cattle car?

Nope? When I was there with the CG we didn't get off the boat and when
I was there with IBM I was staying at the AOQ. I had a guy in a Jeep
taking me around. I did get over to the Mud Hut late one night (on the
Marine side) but I don't remember a lot of it ;-)
The IBM trip was the best of both worlds. I was an officer with an
enlisted ID card in my pocket.