Mark
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Last edited by deermagnet : 01/02/2010 at 04:28 PM
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30+ years of Tucson summers...I have sort of climatized. The heat does't bother me to much...just wear minimal clothing (I only own 2 pair of long pants) and drink a LOT of fluids. But I HATE cold weather. I would much rather brave the dry heat.
Snow is nice...if I can drive there, play, and then leave it behind! Mt Lemmon is only 2 hours to the top, 5ish if on my bike! Or if I want to be more adventurous I can go up the back "road" which I have been itching to do after we get a few fresh feet of snow on it! Should be fun.
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oh yer no fun!Originally Posted by Triathlete
30+ years of Tucson summers...I have sort of climatized. The heat does't bother me to much...just wear minimal clothing (I only own 2 pair of long pants) and drink a LOT of fluids. But I HATE cold weather. I would much rather brave the dry heat.
Snow is nice...if I can drive there, play, and then leave it behind! Mt Lemmon is only 2 hours to the top, 5ish if on my bike! Or if I want to be more adventurous I can go up the back "road" which I have been itching to do after we get a few fresh feet of snow on it! Should be fun.
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i love the cold. personally.... its the damn heat that i cant stand...
anything above about 70 and im miserable.
although, -33 is too much for me. i feel for ya dub.
im comfortable in my regular shorts and a t-shirt up until about 10 degree's then i have to get the pants out.
it works the same way in reverse billy, your acclimated to the warm, im acclimated to the cold.
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Thanks Mark, that'll be interesting to watch tonight, to see how low it go...
No worries Jack, yer old uncle is pretty well insulated...
Add to that, several layers of warm clothing, a big furry rabbit bomber hat, Sorel -100 Blizzard Boots, a neoprene mask, & a pair of Ice Armor gloves, & it's all good...
The only drawback is the fact that I take off, & put back on more clothing in one night than the average stripper...
Last edited by Ldub : 01/03/2010 at 03:55 AM Reason: I like editing...;-)
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hey dub i am sure been asked over and over but what do the locals think of the movie?
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Most think the linguistic profile of the area was a bit over done, but we all dispose of at least one person per year using a wood chipper...
So that part was pretty accurate...
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I like the cold better than I used to.I just don't like wearing 50# of clothes!Thanks Mark, that'll be interesting to watch tonight, to see how low it go...
No worries Jack, yer old uncle is pretty well insulated...
Add to that, several layers of warm clothing, a big furry rabbit bomber hat, Sorel -100 Blizzard Boots, a neoprene mask, & a pair of Ice Armor gloves, & it's all good...
The only drawback is the fact that I take off, & put back on more clothing in one night than the average stripper...
Shorts,Teva's and T-shirt for me
I keep the house very warm, so all the clothes have to come off when I get inside
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This post could go here or in the 3 mystery hoses thread....
OK, (insert Mark's 2 custom frozen icons here)
DONE !...
Good plan Dub, to wait a bit before messing with the bonnet! Growing up in Pittsburgh, one month in my last semester of college it was in the - teens for about 3 weeks. Had a '77 Celica, hood opened from the windshield side, & had to shoot ether into the carb each morning to get it started to get to college. One morning during "finals week" doing that when it was like -19, one of the hood hinges just broke off...frozen metal just sheared off...so just closed it up, drove on as I had to take those finals. Luckily the hood closed the way it did so it couldn't fly up while driving. Brrrrrr!
Another morning that week, the door wouldn't latch after I got in, the latchy thing was frozen and wouldn't engage. Had to crank the heat to high, drive around a parking lot hanging onto the door handle until the cabin warmed the door enough to latch....Brrrrrr!...
OK, definitely confirmed my decision to move to Calif after graduation!
Last edited by Ldub : 01/03/2010 at 10:24 AM
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And that's why none of us EVER come over to visit you when we're all in Moab...
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Ok Ldub - how do ya fit the gorilly feets in them???
Glad I hadn't started complaining about our 20 deg weather for the past week.
I spent 6 1/2 weeks at Ft Greely a few years back - I can relate to what you're livin through now.
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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x2. I much prefer cooler over hotter. However, since I moved out west, I have a whole new appreciation for the summer. Ideal temps to me are 45-65F. But here where its dry, I can even deal with temps up to 85 and still be ok.
But lived in south Florida for 7 years, and to this day I don't understand how ANYONE could consider the weather there "pleasant" outside of maybe a month a year. Humidity is NOT my friend.
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Strangely enough, that seems to be my comfort zone also....
Whit (my gf) wasnt very happy with me today when i wanted to roll the windows down in the car. (it was around 40 degrees today) i was wearing basketball SHORTS and a t-shirt
Last edited by Ldub : 01/05/2010 at 05:11 AM Reason: I like messin with Jack...;-)
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Jack, you had better soak up as much of that 40 degree weather as you can. Sounds like we've got some winter weather coming through today/tonight with low's in Denver at, or below, zero. It's not dub's 40 below, but it's still pretty darn cold.
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I will say this, however: Around age 30 my metabolism just about bottomed out (at least it feels that way) and I notice now that I get cold sometimes whereas 5 years ago, I would have to be wet and naked outside in the middle of winter to get a chill. So, enjoy it while you can, Jack.Strangely enough, that seems to be my comfort zone also....
Whit (my gf) wasnt very happy with me today when i wanted to roll the windows down in the car. (it was around 40 degrees today) i was wearing basketball SHORTS and a t-shirt
What about you, Dub? Do you find you get colder now that you turned 85 years old?
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