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I just returned from a weekend in Toronto. I have gained a new level of respect for those who live above the 49th parallel! I can only compare my experience of walking out of a pub in downtown Toronto at 2am with the scene from 2001 when HAL ejects one of the crew into the cold void of space. It was beyond weather! It was another planet, radically different from the one my home in Delray Beach, Florida exists on. I was told it was -38 (at that temperature C and F are about the same: brutal) and the only comments passed by the locals were: "A bit cool eh?" I will never complain about hurricanes or mosquitoes again! cya >>> It was real cold this morning and getting colder. My wife said that it may drop into the twenties this evening. As a "Floridian" for twenty-five of my forty-three years, I suffer cerebral flatulence when the red on the thermometer turns blue. We had hoped that my recent eyeserectumy would help. We are still optimistic. >>> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
-38, why that's fine paddling weather! Two of us headed out earlier this week in balmy 10F weather. The Mississippi was valiantly trying to maintain liquid form while everything above the waterline turned quickly to glass. Biggest concern is keeping your skirt from freezing to your boat. We did rescue a dog that had jumped on in to Old Man River and couldn't get back out due to the ice shelf (props to Bill for that fancy seal rescue landing). Besides, if you can't ski and kayak in the same day, are you really living? -Patrick <with a frozen grin> At 2:15 PM -0500 1/21/00, Bob Denton wrote: >I just returned from a weekend in Toronto. I have gained a new level of >respect for those who live above the 49th parallel! I can only compare my >experience of walking out of a pub in downtown Toronto at 2am with the scene >from 2001 when HAL ejects one of the crew into the cold void of space. It >was beyond weather! It was another planet, radically different from the one >my home in Delray Beach, Florida exists on. I was told it was -38 (at that >temperature C and F are about the same: brutal) and the only comments passed >by the locals were: "A bit cool eh?" > >I will never complain about hurricanes or mosquitoes again! > >cya > > >>>> >It was real cold this morning and getting colder. My wife said that it may >drop into the twenties this evening. As a "Floridian" for twenty-five of my > >forty-three years, I suffer cerebral flatulence when the red on the >thermometer turns blue. We had hoped that my recent eyeserectumy would >help. > We are still optimistic. > >>> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bob Denton wrote: > I just returned from a weekend in Toronto. I have gained a new level of > respect for those who live above the 49th parallel! 43.5 actually. > I can only compare my > experience of walking out of a pub in downtown Toronto at 2am with the scene > from 2001 when HAL ejects one of the crew into the cold void of space. Some of our pubs are like that! > It > was beyond weather! It was another planet, radically different from the one > my home in Delray Beach, Florida exists on. I was told it was -38 (at that > temperature C and F are about the same: brutal) and the only comments passed > by the locals were: "A bit cool eh?" > They lied to you. It wasn't below -27C this winter. > > I will never complain about hurricanes or mosquitoes again! > Come back in the summer. We don't worry about hurricanes or mosquitoes either. We worry about tornadoes and mosquitoes. The mosquitoes use chainsaws and carry off the weak and slow. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>> I just returned from a weekend in Toronto. I have gained a new level of respect for those who live above the 49th parallel! >> Heh, Toronto is *below* the 49th parallel -- more southerly than the Twin Cities, where we have been having a rather warm winter. This morning it was a mere -8 degrees F., and we have not yet had a high below zero this winter -- not like the good old days! Up along the Canadian border, though, I heard it was about -35 degrees this morning. That's good skiing weather -- just put a little Polar wax on your skis, and you're set for the day. In fact, Linda and I are planning to head up that way for a mini-vacation in a few weeks. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Patrick Maun wrote: >Besides, if you can't ski and kayak in the same day, are you really living? > -Patrick <with a frozen grin> Nope! That's why I really love March and April in Montana! I can paddle Friday night, ski all day Saturday, and do some more good paddling on Sunday--it's the weekend warrior's dream come true! Shawn Who isn't really living, since it's been just cold enough to freeze the reservoirs, but not enough snow for good skiing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
That certainly shows my ignorance although anything North of Jacksonville is the "frozen North"! cya *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Sick Puppy! -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Patrick Maun Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:17 PM To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] New Boat-Let Me Tell a Story -38, why that's fine paddling weather! Two of us headed out earlier this week in balmy 10F weather. The Mississippi was valiantly trying to maintain liquid form while everything above the waterline turned quickly to glass. Biggest concern is keeping your skirt from freezing to your boat. We did rescue a dog that had jumped on in to Old Man River and couldn't get back out due to the ice shelf (props to Bill for that fancy seal rescue landing). Besides, if you can't ski and kayak in the same day, are you really living? -Patrick <with a frozen grin> At 2:15 PM -0500 1/21/00, Bob Denton wrote: >I just returned from a weekend in Toronto. I have gained a new level of >respect for those who live above the 49th parallel! I can only compare my >experience of walking out of a pub in downtown Toronto at 2am with the scene >from 2001 when HAL ejects one of the crew into the cold void of space. It >was beyond weather! It was another planet, radically different from the one >my home in Delray Beach, Florida exists on. I was told it was -38 (at that >temperature C and F are about the same: brutal) and the only comments passed >by the locals were: "A bit cool eh?" > >I will never complain about hurricanes or mosquitoes again! > >cya > > >>>> >It was real cold this morning and getting colder. My wife said that it may >drop into the twenties this evening. As a "Floridian" for twenty-five of my > >forty-three years, I suffer cerebral flatulence when the red on the >thermometer turns blue. We had hoped that my recent eyeserectumy would >help. > We are still optimistic. > >>> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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