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We reached a balmy -10 today, -30 tonight, may get to zero by Friday......just can't remember where I put my long johns..........
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W.J.Langholz wrote:We reached a balmy -10 today, -30 tonight, may get to zero by Friday......just can't remember where I put my long johns..........
And that stuff is coming my way. I FOUND MY LONG JOHNS TODAY !!! :D
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Have -21 right now with wind chill around -40. Good news is that mosquitos and wood ticks have not been bugging me at all. And ice conditions are great! Probably have ice on the lakes till July :D

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I had a -35 on my trusty GMC pickem up truck and a -38 on the bank thermometer right at sunrise.

Don't tell the Mrs. but I was sure glad she talked me into puttin a heater in the outhouse this morning...........

Me and Sven are going to have AH RASKA survial training alittle later on this morning if anyone wants to come, we thought we would do alittle skinny dippin in the local pond........
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Sounds like you and Sven need some of this Norwegian fire water my buddy sent to me. I've been scared to try it...... :D
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Send it down here. We ain't afraid down here in Spicewood! :twisted:
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gahorn wrote:Send it down here. We ain't afraid down here in Spicewood! :twisted:
haha.. not sure it is cold enough in TX for this stuff. Supposed to be +12 F here on the South side of Atlanta tonight while my house-sitters in Anchorage are reporting a blast of warm air..... +47 !!! This after a couple of weeks of sub-zero temps up there.

hmmmm 12 degrees. Maybe I'll try the Linie Aquavit after all. I am off work for the next week.............
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Only gonna be 73F. here today, brought a long sleeve shirt just in case it doesn't make it............................ 8)
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learaviator wrote:Only gonna be 73F. here today, brought a long sleeve shirt just in case it doesn't make it............................ 8)
Only 73 in Havasu. Sure a long sleeve shirt is enough.

Dam now I have 2 friends in Havasu telling me how nice the weather is there.
Talk to me in August when it hits 115 in the shade and you don't dare touch your airplane. :twisted:
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N9149A wrote:
learaviator wrote:Only gonna be 73F. here today, brought a long sleeve shirt just in case it doesn't make it............................ 8)
Only 73 in Havasu. Sure a long sleeve shirt is enough.

Dam now I have 2 friends in Havasu telling me how nice the weather is there.
Talk to me in August when it hits 115 in the shade and you don't dare touch your airplane. :twisted:
Oh I will be whining like a baby around August 25th...............but until then :lol:
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Damn. I just read that the ice on Hayward WI is rough due to early slush and it sounds like the Famous Dave's flyin is off for this Sunday.

How about it, you long john wearing drivers.....any ideas for a meeting place in MN on Sunday? The weather sounds fine at a balmy +24F.
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KG wrote:Sounds like you and Sven need some of this Norwegian fire water my buddy sent to me. I've been scared to try it...... :D
Aquavit wird aus hochrektifiziertem, sehr reinem (96 % Vol.) und fast geschmacksneutralem Alkohol landwirtschaftlichen Ursprungs (z.B. Getreide oder Kartoffeln) hergestellt. Dazu wird dieser mit Wasser, Kümmel, Dillsamen und/oder einer markenspezifischen Gewürzmischung (u. a. Koriander, Fenchel, Zimt, Nelken, Dill) destilliert. Die Zusammensetzung der jeweiligen Gewürzmischung bestimmt den Charakter der einzelnen Marken.

TRANSLATED High-quality aquavit is matured in wooden barrels up. Sometimes it is aged in used sherry barrels. Aquavit must have a minimum alcohol content of 37.5% which Vol. Der Kümmelgeschmack muss vorherrschend sein. The caraway flavor must be predominant. Er wird meistens eiskalt in einem Schnapsglas getrunken. He is usually in a cold glass of brandy to drink. Famous brands are among other Aalborg Akvavit, Bommerlunder, Maltese Cross, Linie and Kiel Sprat
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Gar....as usual...your spelling is atrocious.
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No need for long johns here today as it reached a mild 40' .....Celcius that is (104'F). Summer has finally hit northern NSW. A cold winters day in my part of the world would be 25'F overnight and up to 48'F through the day. If we had two weeks of that weather we would think it an unusually cold winter. 8O

I don't know how you guys survive, even bacteria dies at 0'F :wink:

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gahorn wrote:Gar....as usual...your spelling is atrocious.
VAS ISIT ABOUT - - wird aus hochrektifiziertem, sehr reinem (96 % Vol.) und fast geschmacksneutralem - -U DOANT UNERSTAN?

TRANSLATE - "medicinal purposes only! a cheap drink to kill the germs in the guts"
oz502man wrote:No need for long johns here today as it reached a mild 40' .....Celcius that is (104'F). Summer has finally hit northern NSW. A cold winters day in my part of the world would be 25'F overnight and up to 48'F through the day.
even bacteria dies at 0'F


Well here in Louisiana USA we have had our coldest morning for this year - - we woke up to 28'F.......... The bird bath here on the front deck, has a skim of ice! The little pine warblers, juncos and creepers don't know anything about frozen water. They forgot to bring their ice skates! And watching the gray squirrels slipping around on the ice while trying to gnaw through to get their drink is a hoot!
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