Re: Snowmelt season begins



On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:24:49 -0500, Jeff <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Harry Brogan wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:45:32 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff wrote:
>>>> Consider: in Winnipeg, in the winter I
>>>> go from climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>> controlled building, dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>> time as necessary out doors. In Dallas, in the summer I went from
>>>> climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>> controlled building, (un)dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>> time as necessary out doors. Yes, the temperatures were (wildly)
>>>> different, but my behaviour was the same.
>>> There's a significant difference.
>>>
>>> In Dallas, if you make brave and spend most of your time in the heat,
>>> your body will acclimate nicely-- becoming stronger and cleaner and
>>> allowing you to be comfortable outdoors. I don't run my air
>>> conditioning until the temperatures rise deep into the 100s or else
>>> the humidity becomes so high that my papers get limp and soggy.
>>>
>>> In Winnipeg, if you wholeheartedly subject yourself to the cold, you
>>> suffer chilblains, frostbite and/or death.
>>>
>>> Hmmm... a healthier body, or disabling injury and death? To each his
>>> own, I guess.
>>>
>>> Chalo
>>
>>
>> Chalo, you are right. If you are willing to brave the heat and the
>> cold you will eventually get used to it. At least enough to survive.
>> However, there ARE those days where it's not a great idea to venture
>> out. Whether that be too hot or too cold. There are those very few
>> days that I don't venture out.
>>
>> With that said. I'll throw in that there is a professor here at the
>> University who has not missed a day of teaching in more than 30 years.
>> He rides his bike in the roughest weather that we have. I have to say
>> that one has to be impressed with this as he's the better part of 80
>> and looks about 60. The newspaper here does a story on him every so
>> often.
>> __o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
>> _`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
>> (_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
>
>Dunno. I walked to work (3.5KM) every day this winter. Usually arrived
>sweating (I dressed for the weather). I saw folks cycle to work almost
>every day this winter (I would have but the fork on my bike wasn't up to
>it - however, just picked up a new Kona Dew Plus this evening - biking
>to work tomorrow - yay!).
>
>I happily run out doors as long as the temperature is above -25C (-13F).
> I hate going out doors when the temperature is above +25C (77F) - way
>too hot for a civilized human being.


There have only been a couple of days when I couldn't get out.
Generally when the snow was just too damn deep and the plows had not
made their runs. 8 inches or better of the white stuff makes for some
crappy riding.

KUDOS to you on the purchase of the new Kona. That is a very nice
ride. Looks like you are getting some decent components if you went
with the stock model. Or did you upgrade anything????


__o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
_`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
(_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
 
Harry Brogan wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:24:49 -0500, Jeff <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Harry Brogan wrote:
>>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:45:32 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jeff wrote:
>>>>> Consider: in Winnipeg, in the winter I
>>>>> go from climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>>> controlled building, dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>>> time as necessary out doors. In Dallas, in the summer I went from
>>>>> climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>>> controlled building, (un)dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>>> time as necessary out doors. Yes, the temperatures were (wildly)
>>>>> different, but my behaviour was the same.
>>>> There's a significant difference.
>>>>
>>>> In Dallas, if you make brave and spend most of your time in the heat,
>>>> your body will acclimate nicely-- becoming stronger and cleaner and
>>>> allowing you to be comfortable outdoors. I don't run my air
>>>> conditioning until the temperatures rise deep into the 100s or else
>>>> the humidity becomes so high that my papers get limp and soggy.
>>>>
>>>> In Winnipeg, if you wholeheartedly subject yourself to the cold, you
>>>> suffer chilblains, frostbite and/or death.
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm... a healthier body, or disabling injury and death? To each his
>>>> own, I guess.
>>>>
>>>> Chalo
>>>
>>> Chalo, you are right. If you are willing to brave the heat and the
>>> cold you will eventually get used to it. At least enough to survive.
>>> However, there ARE those days where it's not a great idea to venture
>>> out. Whether that be too hot or too cold. There are those very few
>>> days that I don't venture out.
>>>
>>> With that said. I'll throw in that there is a professor here at the
>>> University who has not missed a day of teaching in more than 30 years.
>>> He rides his bike in the roughest weather that we have. I have to say
>>> that one has to be impressed with this as he's the better part of 80
>>> and looks about 60. The newspaper here does a story on him every so
>>> often.
>>> __o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
>>> _`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
>>> (_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
>> Dunno. I walked to work (3.5KM) every day this winter. Usually arrived
>> sweating (I dressed for the weather). I saw folks cycle to work almost
>> every day this winter (I would have but the fork on my bike wasn't up to
>> it - however, just picked up a new Kona Dew Plus this evening - biking
>> to work tomorrow - yay!).
>>
>> I happily run out doors as long as the temperature is above -25C (-13F).
>> I hate going out doors when the temperature is above +25C (77F) - way
>> too hot for a civilized human being.
>
>
> There have only been a couple of days when I couldn't get out.
> Generally when the snow was just too damn deep and the plows had not
> made their runs. 8 inches or better of the white stuff makes for some
> crappy riding.
>
> KUDOS to you on the purchase of the new Kona. That is a very nice
> ride. Looks like you are getting some decent components if you went
> with the stock model. Or did you upgrade anything????
>
>
> __o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
> _`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
> (_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
Added a rack and fenders. That's all the upgrades for now. Needs to
get some panniers and may upgrade my lighting system (Winnipeg is very
well lit, so lights really are only needed to make me visible to other
people).
 
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:44:53 -0500, Jeff <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Harry Brogan wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:24:49 -0500, Jeff <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Harry Brogan wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:45:32 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jeff wrote:
>>>>>> Consider: in Winnipeg, in the winter I
>>>>>> go from climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>>>> controlled building, dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>>>> time as necessary out doors. In Dallas, in the summer I went from
>>>>>> climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>>>> controlled building, (un)dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>>>> time as necessary out doors. Yes, the temperatures were (wildly)
>>>>>> different, but my behaviour was the same.
>>>>> There's a significant difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Dallas, if you make brave and spend most of your time in the heat,
>>>>> your body will acclimate nicely-- becoming stronger and cleaner and
>>>>> allowing you to be comfortable outdoors. I don't run my air
>>>>> conditioning until the temperatures rise deep into the 100s or else
>>>>> the humidity becomes so high that my papers get limp and soggy.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Winnipeg, if you wholeheartedly subject yourself to the cold, you
>>>>> suffer chilblains, frostbite and/or death.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm... a healthier body, or disabling injury and death? To each his
>>>>> own, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chalo
>>>>
>>>> Chalo, you are right. If you are willing to brave the heat and the
>>>> cold you will eventually get used to it. At least enough to survive.
>>>> However, there ARE those days where it's not a great idea to venture
>>>> out. Whether that be too hot or too cold. There are those very few
>>>> days that I don't venture out.
>>>>
>>>> With that said. I'll throw in that there is a professor here at the
>>>> University who has not missed a day of teaching in more than 30 years.
>>>> He rides his bike in the roughest weather that we have. I have to say
>>>> that one has to be impressed with this as he's the better part of 80
>>>> and looks about 60. The newspaper here does a story on him every so
>>>> often.
>>>> __o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
>>>> _`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
>>>> (_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
>>> Dunno. I walked to work (3.5KM) every day this winter. Usually arrived
>>> sweating (I dressed for the weather). I saw folks cycle to work almost
>>> every day this winter (I would have but the fork on my bike wasn't up to
>>> it - however, just picked up a new Kona Dew Plus this evening - biking
>>> to work tomorrow - yay!).
>>>
>>> I happily run out doors as long as the temperature is above -25C (-13F).
>>> I hate going out doors when the temperature is above +25C (77F) - way
>>> too hot for a civilized human being.
>>
>>
>> There have only been a couple of days when I couldn't get out.
>> Generally when the snow was just too damn deep and the plows had not
>> made their runs. 8 inches or better of the white stuff makes for some
>> crappy riding.
>>
>> KUDOS to you on the purchase of the new Kona. That is a very nice
>> ride. Looks like you are getting some decent components if you went
>> with the stock model. Or did you upgrade anything????
>>
>>
>> __o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
>> _`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
>> (_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
>Added a rack and fenders. That's all the upgrades for now. Needs to
>get some panniers and may upgrade my lighting system (Winnipeg is very
>well lit, so lights really are only needed to make me visible to other
>people).


Say Jeff. Check your cables and see if they are Stainless steel or
not. I upgraded to Stainless a couple of months ago and have had VERY
little cable stretch. That might be something you may want to
consider after you have ridden for a while. Maybe around the second
tune-up if you do a lot of riding.

Fenders are great, a least IMHO. And, as you can see by the photo in
the link below, I have a rack, fenders and a lot of other stuff.

Even though Winnipeg is well lit...you may at least want to consider
some flashing light(s) for the rear. Never know when someone will
have their ear attached to a cell phone and run you off the road.

http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/...rrent=TheRigMeAtAPark-11252007-05-1209200.jpg
__o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
_`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
(_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
 
On Mar 13, 3:22 am, Harry Brogan
<hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote:

Dear Harry,

The snow from Sunday's storm has all melted.

Today I noticed the first turkey vultures of spring, Pueblo's answer
to the swallows of San Capistrano. After soaring to catch my eye, they
obligingly perched and posed in their favorite blue spruce:

http://i30.tinypic.com/xdv6td.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/2nqa63p.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/2eoutqp.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/iyempg.jpg

An old photo of Hurlly, a captive-bred turkey vulture. Hurlly used to
share the bike path until the authorities decided that he'd do better
back in captivity:

http://i25.tinypic.com/2dr5t6o.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
 
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:44:53 -0500, Jeff <[email protected]>
wrote:

>> KUDOS to you on the purchase of the new Kona. That is a very nice
>> ride. Looks like you are getting some decent components if you went
>> with the stock model. Or did you upgrade anything????
>>
>
>Added a rack and fenders. That's all the upgrades for now. Needs to
>get some panniers and may upgrade my lighting system (Winnipeg is very
>well lit, so lights really are only needed to make me visible to other
>people).

Yeah, that looks like a thoughtfully equipped basic bike on which to
build a commuter.
Be sure to use some of your budget for good locks.
--
zk
 
On Mar 18, 9:29 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On Mar 13, 3:22 am, Harry Brogan
>
> <hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote:
>
> Dear Harry,
>
> The snow from Sunday's storm has all melted.
>
> Today I noticed the first turkey vultures of spring, Pueblo's answer
> to the swallows of San Capistrano. After soaring to catch my eye, they
> obligingly perched and posed in their favorite blue spruce:
>
> http://i30.tinypic.com/xdv6td.jpg
>
> http://i27.tinypic.com/2nqa63p.jpg
>
> http://i28.tinypic.com/2eoutqp.jpg
>
> http://i27.tinypic.com/iyempg.jpg
>
> An old photo of Hurlly, a captive-bred turkey vulture. Hurlly used to
> share the bike path until the authorities decided that he'd do better
> back in captivity:
>
> http://i25.tinypic.com/2dr5t6o.jpg
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Fogel

Nice pictures. I enjoy seeing all the stuff you come across on your
rides. I should really start riding with a camera. I often forego
the bag, however, and my current camera is too big for pockets.

What inspired the recapturing of Hurlly? That's a shame.

The snow is melting here as well. I did the first 10 or so miles of
my ride home off-road, although the old tracks and rail trail in
progress were a bit soft in many spots. I too noticed the birds and
small furry woodland creatures were out in force, it was quite nice.
I spent some time sitting on a granite block at a bridge watching the
squirrels play, the first time I've done that this year. I almost
jumped out of my shoes when a bass jumped right behind me - it was a
big one! I didn't realize there was enough water there for stripers
to be around, and they make quite the splash when you're watching the
squirrels, which are the only sound to be heard.
 
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:23:00 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Mar 18, 9:29 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>> On Mar 13, 3:22 am, Harry Brogan
>>
>> <hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Harry,
>>
>> The snow from Sunday's storm has all melted.
>>
>> Today I noticed the first turkey vultures of spring, Pueblo's answer
>> to the swallows of San Capistrano. After soaring to catch my eye, they
>> obligingly perched and posed in their favorite blue spruce:
>>
>> http://i30.tinypic.com/xdv6td.jpg
>>
>> http://i27.tinypic.com/2nqa63p.jpg
>>
>> http://i28.tinypic.com/2eoutqp.jpg
>>
>> http://i27.tinypic.com/iyempg.jpg
>>
>> An old photo of Hurlly, a captive-bred turkey vulture. Hurlly used to
>> share the bike path until the authorities decided that he'd do better
>> back in captivity:
>>
>> http://i25.tinypic.com/2dr5t6o.jpg
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Fogel
>
>Nice pictures. I enjoy seeing all the stuff you come across on your
>rides. I should really start riding with a camera. I often forego
>the bag, however, and my current camera is too big for pockets.
>
>What inspired the recapturing of Hurlly? That's a shame.
>
>The snow is melting here as well. I did the first 10 or so miles of
>my ride home off-road, although the old tracks and rail trail in
>progress were a bit soft in many spots. I too noticed the birds and
>small furry woodland creatures were out in force, it was quite nice.
>I spent some time sitting on a granite block at a bridge watching the
>squirrels play, the first time I've done that this year. I almost
>jumped out of my shoes when a bass jumped right behind me - it was a
>big one! I didn't realize there was enough water there for stripers
>to be around, and they make quite the splash when you're watching the
>squirrels, which are the only sound to be heard.

Dear Dan,

WalMart had a remarkably good $6 waist bag, big enough to handle most
cameras, pocket or bigger:
http://i30.tinypic.com/2nl68td.jpg

If it's no longer available, just about any mini waist-bag works fine.

Hurlly was raised in captivity at the raptor center on a bluff above
the bike path. When he was released, he assumed that the nice people
on the path would give him dead squirrels and other tasty things to
eat, so he stayed on the ground and stuck to the bike path, where he
imitated a two-foot tall carrion-eating pigeon in a Charles Addams
cartoon instead of soaring off to join the other turkey vultures.

Hurlly was friendly, but sooner or later some idiot would have killed
him, so he was recaptured (rather easily) for his own protection. The
raptor center has a several permanent guests who, for one reason or
another, wouldn't last long in the wild.

As for splashes disturbing the peaceful scenery, a friend was once
quite upset by a huge splash at the reservoir. He thought that someone
on the bluffs above us must have thrown a big rock, so he was quite
angry.

The splash startled me, too, but I'd been startled before, so I told
my friend that if we watched for a minute or two, the rock would
re-surface somewhere nearby and start swimming around again, ready to
slap its tail again to warn other rocks.

Here's a rock, swimming to the right and arching its back, a moment
before it made a gigantic warning splash:
http://i31.tinypic.com/2s1ani9.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/25fm1yp.jpg

A moment after the splash:
http://i30.tinypic.com/903g5z.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
 
datakoll aka gene daniels wrote:
> WEATHER IS CRITICAL.
>
INDEED!

> As for the midwest? Fort Myers boasts a large midwest, or at least
> Ohioan population. They're polite, somewhat reserved, excellent
> drivers, and dress funny in pastels. Their body language is wierd.
> Almost like they came from another planet. Somewhat humorless, stunned
> by the tropical climate....

Probably people of dour Scandinavian descent (lots of them in the Upper
Midwest).

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
Edward Dolan wrote:
> "datakoll" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:7a655893-be89-4478-9329-e15b0d1b6e42@n75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS NOR DOES HE EVEN INCLUDE ANY OF THE MESSAGE TO
> WHICH HE IS RESPONDING. WHAT AN IDIOT!
>
>> WEATHER IS CRITICAL.
>> Florida's endless summer promotes youth and health. Also as was
>> written: a plugged up toliet.
>> Middle school kids burst with health in January.
>> As for the midwest? Fort Myers boasts a large midwest, or at least
>> Ohioan population. They're polite, somewhat reserved, excellent
>> drivers, and dress funny in pastels. Their body language is wierd.
>> Almost like they came from another planet. Somewhat humorless, stunned
>> by the tropical climate.
>> With a NE background, I can tell one joke, get a long puzzled look.
>> Here on the west side highway, I can tell the same joke and get a
>> laugh.
>> Those midwest rides are all downwind, right?
>> I'm swimming on Monday.
> [...]
>
> Datakoll is a moron and not worth bothering with. He has Usenet confused
> with email. He belongs in a place like Key West which is just chock full of
> dumb clowns like him.
>
Nonsense! gene is a genius - he is just on a different wavelength from
the rest of us.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Great Ford!
yawl smelling your clivus? pew!
a unique event
or transient actionable intelligence?
unclog!” - gene daniels
 
Chalo Colina wrote:
> Harry Brogan wrote:
>> Yes....it's s sure sign of spring. The snow here has, for the most
>> part, already melted away. Save for the shady areas. We are still
>> getting the cool nights and patches of ice occasionally.
>>
>> What melt-off we now have is LOADED with sand, salt and other misc.
>> items that make it a pain in the old behind to go through a puddle of
>> any kind right now.
>
> On Friday the 14th we saw 95 F here in Austin. Today-- Saturday-- we
> got 84 F. Not a bad March weekend all in all.
>
> I can't reckon why y'all would live someplace that stayed so
> inhospitable for so much of the year. Human beings came from East
> Africa, you know.
>
And the smart ones moved away to a more reasonable climate, such as
Great Britain. The climate there must be responsible for all the great
British inventors, scientists and writers.

The only parts of Texas I could stand to live in year around are the low
humidity areas.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
Eric Vey wrote:
> datakoll wrote:
>>
>> TEXAS is brutal. Late Septmember,I came down the hill into ? Houston,
>> drove into the rest area, got a gallon of poisonous water, poured
>> water over myself, laydown on the grass to die.
>>
>> HOWEVER, what happens over the long run, the skin surface loses fat
>> gaining A/C capillaries supplied by an increased capacity subdermal
>> blood supply supplied by an increased capacity everything and uroff to
>> greater Krebs Cycle efficencies.
>>
>> AND NOW off course yawl been sittin' round on urbehinds for ? months.
>> So yagotta start all over again like last year.
>
> What I use in Florida to keep cool:
> http://www.50degree.com/
>
> I can ride all over town without cracking a sweat, until . . . I get
> into some A/C and then I am like a glass of iced tea.
>
> I've been using this for about 4 years now. I get a few odd looks since
> it looks like a bullet proof vest.
>
Cool! (pun intended).

I may have to get one of the vests and head coolers for our miserably
hot Upper Midwestern summers.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Harry Brogan" <hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:45:32 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff wrote:
>>>> Consider: in Winnipeg, in the winter I
>>>> go from climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>> controlled building, dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>> time as necessary out doors. In Dallas, in the summer I went from
>>>> climate controlled building to climate controlled car to climate
>>>> controlled building, (un)dressing for the weather and spending as little
>>>> time as necessary out doors. Yes, the temperatures were (wildly)
>>>> different, but my behaviour was the same.
>>> There's a significant difference.
>>>
>>> In Dallas, if you make brave and spend most of your time in the heat,
>>> your body will acclimate nicely-- becoming stronger and cleaner and
>>> allowing you to be comfortable outdoors. I don't run my air
>>> conditioning until the temperatures rise deep into the 100s or else
>>> the humidity becomes so high that my papers get limp and soggy.
>>>
>>> In Winnipeg, if you wholeheartedly subject yourself to the cold, you
>>> suffer chilblains, frostbite and/or death.
>>>
>>> Hmmm... a healthier body, or disabling injury and death? To each his
>>> own, I guess.
>>>
>>> Chalo
>>
>> Chalo, you are right. If you are willing to brave the heat and the
>> cold you will eventually get used to it. At least enough to survive.
>> However, there ARE those days where it's not a great idea to venture
>> out. Whether that be too hot or too cold. There are those very few
>> days that I don't venture out.
>>
>> With that said. I'll throw in that there is a professor here at the
>> University who has not missed a day of teaching in more than 30 years.
>> He rides his bike in the roughest weather that we have. I have to say
>> that one has to be impressed with this as he's the better part of 80
>> and looks about 60. The newspaper here does a story on him every so
>> often.
>
> It is impossible to enjoy the out of doors unless the temperature is at
> least in the 20's, preferably the 30's. But if the wind is blowing it has
> got to be in the 40's. All those pictures of kids playing in the snow is
> pure fantasy. You can only do that if it is fairly warm. I have always hated
> the cold and the snow all of my life. There is no one in this world who
> hates Minnesota more than I do!
>
I used to ride my bicycle to school every day in Wisconsin, and only
wore a toque, jeans, sweatshirt and windbreaker in winter, as anything
more was too hot.

> The Scandinavians have a saying that there is no such thing as bad weather,
> only inadequate clothing. But who wants to bundle up like an Eskimo just to
> venture out of doors. You can have Minnesota, I'll take Panama!
>
We Scandinavians know how to dress for the winter. Duh!

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:06:58 -0500, Tom Sherman
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Chalo Colina wrote:
>> Harry Brogan wrote:
>>> Yes....it's s sure sign of spring. The snow here has, for the most
>>> part, already melted away. Save for the shady areas. We are still
>>> getting the cool nights and patches of ice occasionally.
>>>
>>> What melt-off we now have is LOADED with sand, salt and other misc.
>>> items that make it a pain in the old behind to go through a puddle of
>>> any kind right now.
>>
>> On Friday the 14th we saw 95 F here in Austin. Today-- Saturday-- we
>> got 84 F. Not a bad March weekend all in all.
>>
>> I can't reckon why y'all would live someplace that stayed so
>> inhospitable for so much of the year. Human beings came from East
>> Africa, you know.
>>
>And the smart ones moved away to a more reasonable climate, such as
>Great Britain. The climate there must be responsible for all the great
>British inventors, scientists and writers.
>
>The only parts of Texas I could stand to live in year around are the low
>humidity areas.


There are low humidity areas in Texas????.....hmmmmmmm


__o | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
_`\(,_ | I no longer despair for the human race.
(_)/ (_) | ---H.G. Wells---
 
Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> [...]
>> Dunno. I walked to work (3.5KM) every day this winter. Usually arrived
>> sweating (I dressed for the weather). I saw folks cycle to work almost
>> every day this winter (I would have but the fork on my bike wasn't up to
>> it - however, just picked up a new Kona Dew Plus this evening - biking to
>> work tomorrow - yay!).
>>
>> I happily run out doors as long as the temperature is above -25C (-13F). I
>> hate going out doors when the temperature is above +25C (77F) - way too
>> hot for a civilized human being.
>
> Here is a bozo who belongs in Barrow, Alaska. The polar bears can chase him
> while he runs about the town.
>
Denmark in the summer is a wonderful place, since 25°C is a hot day.

> What's with all this KM and C ****? Only jerks like TS write that
> gobbledygook.

Long live Le Système International d'Unités!

P.S. The abbreviation of kilometer is "km", not "KM".

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
Harry Brogan wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:06:58 -0500, Tom Sherman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Chalo Colina wrote:
>>> Harry Brogan wrote:
>>>> Yes....it's s sure sign of spring. The snow here has, for the most
>>>> part, already melted away. Save for the shady areas. We are still
>>>> getting the cool nights and patches of ice occasionally.
>>>>
>>>> What melt-off we now have is LOADED with sand, salt and other misc.
>>>> items that make it a pain in the old behind to go through a puddle of
>>>> any kind right now.
>>> On Friday the 14th we saw 95 F here in Austin. Today-- Saturday-- we
>>> got 84 F. Not a bad March weekend all in all.
>>>
>>> I can't reckon why y'all would live someplace that stayed so
>>> inhospitable for so much of the year. Human beings came from East
>>> Africa, you know.
>>>
>> And the smart ones moved away to a more reasonable climate, such as
>> Great Britain. The climate there must be responsible for all the great
>> British inventors, scientists and writers.
>>
>> The only parts of Texas I could stand to live in year around are the low
>> humidity areas.
>
>
> There are low humidity areas in Texas????.....hmmmmmmm
>
The western part of the state is quite dry. Dallas-Fort Worth was not
bad in the 1980's when I worked outside for a summer - actually it was
about 30 miles outside of the urban area, so there would not have had
unnaturally high humidity from idiots [1] watering their lawns.

Houston sounds like one of the most miserable places on earth during the
summer.

[1] Sorry, but people in arid to semi-arid climates should not expect to
have something that resembles a golf course green in their yard.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
datakoll aka gene daniels wrote:
> bass are hungry, fed bass squirrels
>
Alligators are hungry, fed alligators tourists.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
 
Tom Sherman wrote:
> Eric Vey wrote:
>> datakoll wrote:
>>>
>>> TEXAS is brutal. Late Septmember,I came down the hill into ? Houston,
>>> drove into the rest area, got a gallon of poisonous water, poured
>>> water over myself, laydown on the grass to die.
>>>
>>> HOWEVER, what happens over the long run, the skin surface loses fat
>>> gaining A/C capillaries supplied by an increased capacity subdermal
>>> blood supply supplied by an increased capacity everything and uroff to
>>> greater Krebs Cycle efficencies.
>>>
>>> AND NOW off course yawl been sittin' round on urbehinds for ? months.
>>> So yagotta start all over again like last year.
>>
>> What I use in Florida to keep cool:
>> http://www.50degree.com/
>>
>> I can ride all over town without cracking a sweat, until . . . I get
>> into some A/C and then I am like a glass of iced tea.
>>
>> I've been using this for about 4 years now. I get a few odd looks
>> since it looks like a bullet proof vest.
>>
> Cool! (pun intended).
>
> I may have to get one of the vests and head coolers for our miserably
> hot Upper Midwestern summers.
>

Ho! Somebody finally noticed my post! I dunno about the head thing. The
point of the front and back packs in the vest is to keep the heart and
other innards cool so cooled blood is pumped to the extremities.

It has this label sewn in the front that says "Cool Vest" and that cuts
down on the questions. I wear it even when I am not out cycling if I get
hot and I wore it into a restaurant once. Turns out that there was a
club of Multiple Sclerosis sufferers meeting there and they kept coming
up to the table asking me how long I had "it." Took me a bit to
determine what "it" was.

I had to explain that I just got hot and sweat a lot (wow, do I sweat)
and needed something to keep me comfortable in this gawd awful climate.

Florida was one of the least populated states until air conditioning was
introduced.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Harry Brogan <hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:06:58 -0500, Tom Sherman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Chalo Colina wrote:
> >> Harry Brogan wrote:
> >>> Yes....it's s sure sign of spring. The snow here has, for the most
> >>> part, already melted away. Save for the shady areas. We are still
> >>> getting the cool nights and patches of ice occasionally.
> >>>
> >>> What melt-off we now have is LOADED with sand, salt and other misc.
> >>> items that make it a pain in the old behind to go through a puddle of
> >>> any kind right now.
> >>
> >> On Friday the 14th we saw 95 F here in Austin. Today-- Saturday-- we
> >> got 84 F. Not a bad March weekend all in all.
> >>
> >> I can't reckon why y'all would live someplace that stayed so
> >> inhospitable for so much of the year. Human beings came from East
> >> Africa, you know.
> >>
> >And the smart ones moved away to a more reasonable climate, such as
> >Great Britain. The climate there must be responsible for all the great
> >British inventors, scientists and writers.
> >
> >The only parts of Texas I could stand to live in year around are the low
> >humidity areas.
>
>
> There are low humidity areas in Texas????.....hmmmmmmm

I spent a year and a half in El Paso. Loved it.

--
Michael Press
 
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