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I was in the pool today. The water was 75. Brrrr!
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Water temp at the approaches to Halifax Harbour 0800 hrs. 52.7 F
Air temp. 45 F |
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Air temp here is 57f. High today supposed to be 73f.
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On 10/31/16 8:41 AM, True North wrote:
Water temp at the approaches to Halifax Harbour 0800 hrs. 52.7 F Air temp. 45 F We had delightfully warm weather over the weekend, temps in the high 70's for the most part, water temps in the mid 60's...just one of mother nature's last teasers of the year before winter moves in. |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:31:16 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 10/31/16 8:41 AM, True North wrote: Water temp at the approaches to Halifax Harbour 0800 hrs. 52.7 F Air temp. 45 F We had delightfully warm weather over the weekend, temps in the high 70's for the most part, water temps in the mid 60's...just one of mother nature's last teasers of the year before winter moves in. Up there it seemed we always had warm weather for halloween. South and east of DC was not really that cold most of the time anyway although you might get a swat of real winter now and then. (in the midwest sort of way). As soon as you get up into Montgomery County you start seeing Pennsylvania weather. I was always surprised when I left sleet in freezing rain in PG and found 2-3" of snow in Gaithersburg. |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:41:23 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote: Water temp at the approaches to Halifax Harbour 0800 hrs. 52.7 F Air temp. 45 F === Water temperature in my pool - 92 °F, Air temp 82.6 °F . No wonder Canadians seem to like it here. :-) |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:18:39 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: The Bay is a winter "moderator" of sorts for those of us who live pretty close to it. I remember one winter some years ago when someone told me that Deale had "iced over," and so I drove up for a look-see. Well, the inland ends of the creeks indeed were iced over, but not with ice thick enough to walk upon. === No problem, you've been skating on thin ice for years. |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:34:16 -0400,
wrote: Water temperature in my pool - 92 °F, Air temp 82.6 °F . Solar heater? |
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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. |
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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. Pools are like boats in the harbor. Many are never or seldom used. If you had a boat, would you use it much? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:25:04 -0400,
wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:00:29 -0400, 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? === Heat pump. I bet that levels out the electric bill when you turn the A/C off. Do you keep it covered? |
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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 |
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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. |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:52:31 -0400, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:25:04 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:00:29 -0400, 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? === Heat pump. I bet that levels out the electric bill when you turn the A/C off. Do you keep it covered? === No, too much aggravation. We used a bunch of those inflatable solar disks one year. They did make a difference but had serious durability issues in addition to being dirt collectors. 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? :) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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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? |
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wrote:
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. 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. |
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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! |
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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! 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. |
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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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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. === 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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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. |
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