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Reply #70 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 11:23pm

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Mrs._Mik wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2007 at 2:16pm:

Here's some pics of our neighbors plowing us out last year:

Stuff that Shocked

but it does look like a nice place to live.
I dont think my classic cars would like the salted roads to much Embarrassed

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Reply #71 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 11:34pm

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If you live in the land of salt, you can expect your wheels to be considered old a lot faster. Buggies from Alberta, where they use less salt, are among them.

I have a 2000 Toyota Tundra. Many here consider it old. My last Toyota (a compact) lasted over 11 years. I'm hanging in there.

We're getting our turn with the weather today http://www.roads.gov.nl.ca/cameras/ is a site which updates every couple of minutes at local views. I'm nearest Pynn's Brook. I can't put up a pic from where I am now, unless it's already online.

200 km south of me on the southwest tip of the island there are wind warnings for Wreckhouse: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/wreckhouse.html. This is just north of the Port aux Basques site on the NL webcams.

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Reply #72 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 11:50pm

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A mate of mine that lived here in western sydney met a girl on the net, he went over to visit her, & ended up marrying her & not comin back, he sends me photo's of moose in his front yard (alaska) i dont know how he went from this climate to that but he loves it.
He once told me he didn't chock the wheels of his f100, & found it in the middle of the road next morning, bloody ice.
He has since moved down a bit further not sure where, but still plenty of snow.
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Reply #73 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 11:38am

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Julie.
36C (97F) in the shade & 92% humidity yesterday.

Tropical......... Cool

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Reply #74 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 1:10pm

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Mick, I'll but in here. It was -20 with the windchill factor here today. Real temperature is -10'C/14'F right now. This is unusually cold for this time in December.

It's very common to have a snow storm on the 2nd Monday of December, even if it melts the next day. I have a luncheon tomorrow, which has been on the 2nd Monday of Dec. for some years.

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Reply #75 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 2:15pm

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LK
an "indoor luncheon" I take it??

I'll be think'n of ya while I'm sitting in the pool with a cold beer or two Grin

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Reply #76 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 3:18pm

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LK -- you're a touch colder than we are . . . but not by much! Our temps have been lower than normal lately, and I can't remember plugging my truck in this early since we moved up here. Certainly we've never had this much snow staying around at this time in recent years.

Julie

PS, course, we're lucky. All the ice storms are about 250 miles south of us! I'll take snow over ice any day!

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Reply #77 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 5:57pm

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Julie, block heaters are not needed here.

About 23 or 22 years ago (I"ve been here 24) with another truck, it was -27 real temp and I remember crowding into another pick up (a Toyota) to ride to work 6 of us in a cab. That's the only time I remember it being too cold to get going here. I've dealt with the need to plug into a block heater. When I was in Sudbury, that was normal.

Hmm, Mick, do you know what a block heater is? Oh yes, indoor lunceon, of course. Xmas get together, of course.

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Reply #78 - Dec 11^th, 2007 at 9:44am

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LK, I don't use the block heater to enable the truck to start, I use it so I have HEAT on the way to the store. It's only 8 miles, so in this cold, if I don't plug it in, it's barely warm by the time I get here and my toes are frozen!

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Reply #79 - Dec 11^th, 2007 at 10:01am

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My heater's better than your heater, Julie. Nah, nah,..... nah, nah!!!

My heater is showing signs of warmth if I just turn on the engine and drive off. Clear off the dusting of snow with the wipers and the wind.

No, really, Julie, it was an abosolutely gorgeous luncheon looking down over the hills and the burgh with the sun splittin' the rocks/snow drifts. Just an Xmas purfect picture. -6'C preserving the landscape.

Would that weekends gave me such beautiful weather.

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