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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    30+ years of Tucson summers...I have sort of climatized. The heat does't bother me to much...just wear minimal clothing (I only own 2 pair of long pants) and drink a LOT of fluids. But I HATE cold weather. I would much rather brave the dry heat.
    Snow is nice...if I can drive there, play, and then leave it behind! Mt Lemmon is only 2 hours to the top, 5ish if on my bike! Or if I want to be more adventurous I can go up the back "road" which I have been itching to do after we get a few fresh feet of snow on it! Should be fun.
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    i love the cold. personally.... its the damn heat that i cant stand...

    anything above about 70 and im miserable.

    although, -33 is too much for me. i feel for ya dub.

    im comfortable in my regular shorts and a t-shirt up until about 10 degree's then i have to get the pants out.

    it works the same way in reverse billy, your acclimated to the warm, im acclimated to the cold.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deermagnet View Post






    Mark
    Thanks Mark, that'll be interesting to watch tonight, to see how low it go...

    Quote Originally Posted by pbkid View Post
    although, -33 is too much for me. i feel for ya dub.
    No worries Jack, yer old uncle is pretty well insulated...
    Add to that, several layers of warm clothing, a big furry rabbit bomber hat, Sorel -100 Blizzard Boots, a neoprene mask, & a pair of Ice Armor gloves, & it's all good...
    The only drawback is the fact that I take off, & put back on more clothing in one night than the average stripper...
    Last edited by Ldub : 01/03/2010 at 04:55 AM Reason: I like editing...;-)

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    hey dub i am sure been asked over and over but what do the locals think of the movie?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VXR View Post
    hey dub i am sure been asked over and over but what do the locals think of the movie?
    Most think the linguistic profile of the area was a bit over done, but we all dispose of at least one person per year using a wood chipper...

    So that part was pretty accurate...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Most think the linguistic profile of the area was a bit over done,
    Yeah, it was exaggerated a fair amount, although if you go to some of the small Norwegian farming towns not far from Fargo you can hear accents similar to the movie from the old folks...

    But even us metropolitan types have a bit of an accent compared to elsewhere...I had a friend from Georgia who lived up here for a while, she used to get a kick out of hearing folks say words like "boat" and "coupon"...
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigSwede View Post
    Yeah, it was exaggerated a fair amount, although if you go to some of the small Norwegian farming towns not far from Fargo you can hear accents similar to the movie from the old folks...
    yup, my in-laws are Norwegian, their parents all came over on the boat....we've got a "strom" in our last name.. ya sure, ya betcha!
    Oh Karl! (sorry, when I type it out it just doesn't come across how my MIL says it..)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Thanks Mark, that'll be interesting to watch tonight, to see how low it go...



    No worries Jack, yer old uncle is pretty well insulated...
    Add to that, several layers of warm clothing, a big furry rabbit bomber hat, Sorel -100 Blizzard Boots, a neoprene mask, & a pair of Ice Armor gloves, & it's all good...
    The only drawback is the fact that I take off, & put back on more clothing in one night than the average stripper...
    I like the cold better than I used to.I just don't like wearing 50# of clothes!
    Shorts,Teva's and T-shirt for me
    I keep the house very warm, so all the clothes have to come off when I get inside
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    Now that's cold baby!

    This post could go here or in the 3 mystery hoses thread....

    OK, (insert Mark's 2 custom frozen icons here)



    DONE !...


    Good plan Dub, to wait a bit before messing with the bonnet! Growing up in Pittsburgh, one month in my last semester of college it was in the - teens for about 3 weeks. Had a '77 Celica, hood opened from the windshield side, & had to shoot ether into the carb each morning to get it started to get to college. One morning during "finals week" doing that when it was like -19, one of the hood hinges just broke off...frozen metal just sheared off...so just closed it up, drove on as I had to take those finals. Luckily the hood closed the way it did so it couldn't fly up while driving. Brrrrrr!

    Another morning that week, the door wouldn't latch after I got in, the latchy thing was frozen and wouldn't engage. Had to crank the heat to high, drive around a parking lot hanging onto the door handle until the cabin warmed the door enough to latch....Brrrrrr!...

    OK, definitely confirmed my decision to move to Calif after graduation!
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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post
    This post could go here or in the 3 mystery hoses thread....

    OK, (insert Mark's 2 custom frozen icons here)



    DONE !...


    Good plan Dub, to wait a bit before messing with the bonnet! Growing up in Pittsburgh, one month in my last semester of college it was in the - teens for about 3 weeks. Had a '77 Celica, hood opened from the windshield side, & had to shoot ether into the carb each morning to get it started to get to college. One morning during "finals week" doing that when it was like -19, one of the hood hinges just broke off...frozen metal just sheared off...so just closed it up, drove on as I had to take those finals. Luckily the hood closed the way it did so it couldn't fly up while driving. Brrrrrr!

    Another morning that week, the door wouldn't latch after I got in, the latchy thing was frozen and wouldn't engage. Had to crank the heat to high, drive around a parking lot hanging onto the door handle until the cabin warmed the door enough to latch....Brrrrrr!...

    OK, definitely confirmed my decision to move to Calif after graduation!
    Yah sure, you betcher boots doncha know...

    My door hinges are making a horrendous noise, but it's just too cold to do much about it.

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    OK smarty pants, call me impressed, I don't know how you or Mark put those custom icons in, and I've tried!

    Oh, and I SOOOOOO was goin put a "yah sure yah betcha" in that post, but I restrained myself! My in-laws live in Wisconsin and actually sound like that, guess it's close enough to ND!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Harness View Post
    I keep the house very warm, so all the clothes have to come off when I get inside
    And that's why none of us EVER come over to visit you when we're all in Moab...

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    Oh lord, I've created a monster by bringing up the other custom icons issue.....take a look at you-know-who's sig line...wow, must not be a lot to monitor in Fargo ...in the middle of the night....when it's like -15 degrees...not until that dude running laps in the parking lot in the morning......

    Very creative brother Dub!! A dancin' Chewbaca, AND a dancin' pirate nanner with a sword (or maybe that's Zorro nanner).....Rock on, Dude!

    Oh, I missed the light up eyes on the skull...wow, that's impressive!

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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post
    Oh lord, I've created a monster by bringing up the other custom icons issue.....take a look at you-know-who's sig line...wow, must not be a lot to monitor in Fargo ...in the middle of the night....when it's like -15 degrees...not until that dude running laps in the parking lot in the morning......

    Very creative brother Dub!! A dancin' Chewbaca, AND a dancin' pirate nanner with a sword (or maybe that's Zorro nanner).....Rock on, Dude!

    Oh, I missed the light up eyes on the skull...wow, that's impressive!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    ... Sorel -100 Blizzard Boots ...
    Ok Ldub - how do ya fit the gorilly feets in them???

    Glad I hadn't started complaining about our 20 deg weather for the past week.

    I spent 6 1/2 weeks at Ft Greely a few years back - I can relate to what you're livin through now.
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    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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