1) I HATE cold weather!!
2) The only thing cold weather is good for is keeping the gators away!
3) I HATE cold weather!!
Chip in SC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Crail [SMTP:farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:14 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- -31 in Fargo this morning/longgggg^ish
>
> I guess it just depends on what you like to do. I've been without heat
> for
> two days when it was 10 degrees out, and it wasn't bad at all (house only
> got down to 35). The reef critters hated it, but that's a whole different
> issue. Wouldn't want to do it long term... But I guess my point is... You
> only need heat to _rest_, not live... And I was able to get plenty of rest
> under the sleeping bags when it was all chilly. In fact it was sorta like
> a
> vacation because I had to stay home to refill the generator, so I mostly
> slept through the whole thing. What a dream... A pile of pillows and
> blankets and absolutely nothing to do but sleep!
>
> Certainly, water "sport" is much more enjoyable when it's hot than when
> cold, but that's why we came up with neoprene :) Even still, I've been
> out
> when it wasn't enjoyable in the heat because my glasses would fog up and
> get
> huge drip accumulations from my sweat even though I was in the water and
> taking continual dips and mosquitos and sneezing and yuck! You like that?
> ;)
>
> And if we were talking something like, um, prarie restoration, which is
> another huge hobby of mine... I've been out when the windchill was -30 and
> the chainsaws were freezing up and the wind was howling and I wasn't ever
> uncomfortable... However, do that with even half the effort in the August
> Heat & Humidity (Humidity is a lot worse here in Ohio at common latitudes
> than in the plains because of the Appalachians) and even if you STAYED
> hydrated and continually rung out your clothes so you could move because
> sweat doesn't evaporate during that month... You'd still end up with a
> heat
> stroke.
>
> I've only _not done_ conservation work because it was too danged hot. Too
> danged cold has never even come close to stopping anything, well, except
> for
> a chainsaw. And loppers and axes always work :)
>
> But I guess this is one of those where the mileage varies... :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- -31 in Fargo this morning/longgggg^ish
>
>
> > Atleast you can be out sweating in the heat of August. When it is 0 in
> > January you cannot stay out too long no matter how many layers of
> clothes
> > you have on. I would also rather be sweating than have my skin so dry it
> > cracks and falls off. Electric shocks from several inches away. Not to
> > mention how nothing seems to work in the cold. Cars won't start, then
> ride
> > like lumber wagons. And always something going wrong in the cold, pipes
> > bust, power out then what? You can live without A/C, you cannot live
> without
> > heat.
> >
> > Besides, working with water when its hot is much more comfortable than
> when
> > its cold. Even 40 degree water starts to reddin the skin and make joints
> > sore. I guess if you can stay inside all winter, and enjoy that, then
> winter
> > isn't so bad. I need to get outside, and a little heat never stops me.
> But
> > this morning - 3 did.
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