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Ray O
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Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:19 am Post subject:
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"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com "Ray O" writes:
[...] Our cats seem to be pretty good at predicting how cold
it will be outside. If it is less than 100 outside, we will
have 1 cat in our bed at night. Less than 40 degrees gets us 2
cats, and if it 0 outside, we will have all 3 cats.
Let's hope you don't get many 4-cat winters.
I have this daft soundtrack running in my head, of a radio with a
frantic announcer: "And now an extreme cold weather advisory. As
of ten minutes ago, the federal 3-cat warning of 1600 hours today
has been upgraded to a full 5-cat. Friends, take this seriously!
Be sure you have laid in stocks of kibble and kitty litter..."
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Andrew Stephenson
LOL! If we run out of cats, we have a Keeshond - a grey hairy dog and a |
rabbit.
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Ray O
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Sharx35
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Charles @ Kankakee" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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"Dan J.S." <me@hyperx.com> wrote:
I got off the train last night to walk back to my 4runner, and as I am
walking, a GMC Yukon (brand new because I knew the guy) and an older
Ford
f-150 both were cranking away, and could not start their vehicles. It
was
4
degrees Fahrenheit according to my thermometer. I opened the door to the
4runner (2003 model) and it cranked like a champ. Warmed it up for 60
seconds and drove up to the two other guys to give them a lift. Both
vehicles were still in the parking lot today.
Thanks Toyota!
Four degrees F ?!?...cripes, that's like -15C !...where do you
live that it's been THAT cold yet this year?...it's the coldest
that it's been here this year right now...and it's about -5C
(about +25F). I'm in Eastern Canada (PEI)
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
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-Gord.
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Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS all
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Gord Beaman
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:51 am Post subject:
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant |
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
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-Gord.
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Ray O
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS
all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
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I'm aware that not all of Canada is a frozen wasteland, like PEI and
Vancouver. On the other hand, Yellowknife is supposed to be a tad chilly in
the winter ;-)
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Ray O
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Sharx35
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote in message
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS
all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
I'm aware that not all of Canada is a frozen wasteland, like PEI and
Vancouver. On the other hand, Yellowknife is supposed to be a tad chilly
in the winter ;-)
--
Ray O
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I do NOT understand why so many of my fellow Canadians get their shorts in a
knot when some American doesn't know some detail about Canada. It makes FAR
more sense for occupants of a SMALL nation to be fully aware of any
neighbouring LARGE nation. SO, fellow Canadians GROW UP, eh?
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Gord Beaman
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:11 am Post subject:
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote in message
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS
all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
I'm aware that not all of Canada is a frozen wasteland, like PEI and
Vancouver. On the other hand, Yellowknife is supposed to be a tad chilly
in the winter ;-)
--
Ray O
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I do NOT understand why so many of my fellow Canadians get their shorts in a
knot when some American doesn't know some detail about Canada. It makes FAR
more sense for occupants of a SMALL nation to be fully aware of any
neighbouring LARGE nation. SO, fellow Canadians GROW UP, eh?
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I absolutely fully agree Sharksie...it's just common sense, BUT,
you gotta agree that there's not much 'world knowledge' taught in
the US primary schools. The US is, of course a fairly large
country, what?, ~300 million, that's ~10 times the population of
a lightly inhabited country like Canada (even though Canada is
larger in area than the US) but is pretty chintzy when compared
to China at roughly 2.4 BILLION!...and is not even quite twice
the area of the US...or Japan at 127 Million (and smaller than
California)
I've travelled all over the US and find it amazing how little
most of the population knows of any area outside their
borders...I've attended airshows a lot in the US where we'd have
a Canadian Forces aircraft on display with ourselves in flight
gear around it to talk with the locals. Pretty bad I'll tell
you...embarrassing to have to tell another adult that we're from
a country a couple of hundred miles North of them who have a
military, design and build our own aircraft (and sell some of
them to the US...). I'm not kidding you. These scenarios aren't
isolated either.
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-Gord.
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Gord Beaman
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:42 am Post subject:
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS
all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
I'm aware that not all of Canada is a frozen wasteland, like PEI and
Vancouver. On the other hand, Yellowknife is supposed to be a tad chilly in
the winter ;-)
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Damned right Ray...but look at where it's located...looks like
about 100 miles North of the North border of Alberta which is at
60N, that's getting into the Arctic...so, sure it's gonna be
cold. And I know cold too, I flew with Air Transport Command all
over the Arctic for 10 years or so.
We were into every air-strip (mostly gravel) up there that would
accommodate a C-119 (medium sized twin engined transport)
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-Gord.
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Ray O
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:17 am Post subject:
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
news:iurhp19kdb4ci0ddrc929co73nb57q42js@4ax.com...
"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two days ago it was 4 degrees F in Chicago.
Now it's 29 and Midway is going to be very close to a foot of snow.
Charles of Kankakee
You poor buggers...you need to "move way up here to the frozen
North" (Canada for some of the uninformed) where it's now +2C,
(34F) on Friday at noon, (and NO SNOW on the ground)...gee...
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
Up here in the frozen subArctic, Edmonton, it's been near 7 or 8 CELSIUS
all
day long. Most of the snow is gone.
(that's 46F boys)
Sigh...I'm just trying to smarten up some of the brilliant
Americans who think the Southern Canadian Border consists of a 15
foot wall of snow with nothing North of that but igloos and Polar
bears...
(so many Americans...so little time)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
I'm aware that not all of Canada is a frozen wasteland, like PEI and
Vancouver. On the other hand, Yellowknife is supposed to be a tad chilly
in
the winter ;-)
Damned right Ray...but look at where it's located...looks like
about 100 miles North of the North border of Alberta which is at
60N, that's getting into the Arctic...so, sure it's gonna be
cold. And I know cold too, I flew with Air Transport Command all
over the Arctic for 10 years or so.
We were into every air-strip (mostly gravel) up there that would
accommodate a C-119 (medium sized twin engined transport)
--
-Gord.
(use gordon in email)
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I trained the guy who had Yellowknife in his territory. He had Vancouver
before that and must have upset his boss to get banished to the hinterlands
like that!
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Ray O
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