Cold enough for ya...?

[jwalker]

Cool shots Stoo. You camera lens has controlled those highlights nicely.

[TubrOnCrakberry]

Beautiful pictures, Stoo. You still have open water??? How come you aren't out RIBbing?

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by TubrOnCrakberry

Beautiful pictures, Stoo. You still have open water??? How come you aren't out RIBbing?

There's about 5' of snow in front of the ramp and the harbour is frozen solid. Those pics were taken across the point, about a 10 minute walk through the woods... lots of water, but no way to get the boat there...

The ramp in town is way down in the far right corner of this picture... taken from just out in front of my house...

[prairie tuber]

Stoo,

Sounds to me like you need a SIB! Just strap the folded boat, motor, gas tank & foot pump onto a pulk sled, then head on over to that lovely spot with the open shoreline!

Now that is SIBbing !

[prairie tuber]

60 above zero:

Floridians turn on the heat.

People in Manitoba plant gardens.

50 above zero:

Californians shiver uncontrollably.

People in Brandon sunbathe.

40 above zero:

Italian & English cars won't start.

People in Manitoba drive with the windows down.

32 above zero:

Distilled water freezes.

The water in Winnipeg gets thicker.

20 above zero:

Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.

People in Manitoba throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero:

New York landlords finally turn up the heat.

People in Thompson have the last cookout before it gets cold.


Zero:

People in Miami all die.

Manitobans close the windows .


10 below zero:

Califorians fly away to Mexico.

People in Manitoba get out their winter coats.


25 below zero:

Hollywood disintegrates.

The Girl Scouts of Manitoba are selling cookies door to door.


40 below zero:

Washington DC runs out of hot air.

People in Manitoba let the dogs sleep indoors.


100 below zero:

Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.

Manitobans get upset because they can't start the Mini-Van.


460 below zero:

ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale)

People in Manitoba start saying... "Cold 'nuff fer ya?"


500 below zero:

Hell freezes over.

Manitoba public schools will open 2 hours late

[Donnie144]

Damn glad I don't live there I think I would be joining the Californians in Mexico at about the 25 bellow mark!! But it’s all what you get use too. I think PT said it "you can dress for 25 bellow" but at a 100+ you can only strip down so far before people start taking photo’s of you like the one of Rogan and posting them on RIB.net :-)

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by prairie tuber

Sounds to me like you need a SIB!

Funny you should mention that. A few years ago, a friend of mine in Toronto was feeling dehydrated, so we decided to do a dive in Toronto Harbour on a wreck that's there. The problem was that the water close to shore was frozen... it was mid-February if I recall correctly... but not all of the way out to the site. My friend had an old steel punt that we tossed down onto the ice, piled our gear in it, then pushed it out to the water, rowed it the rest of the way out, and had a delightful dive.

What was rather humorous though, was when we surfaced, we were met by Toronto Marine Police in a Hovercraft... someone had reported seeing a couple of nuts out there and they presumed we were suicidal or something I guess. Anyway, they actually FINED us $245 for diving in the harbour without a permit. We knew we needed a permit in the summer, but since most of the harbour was ice, and there was no boat traffic... Ugh...

On the upside, they helped us winch our little boat back across the ice and up the retaining wall... but they still fined us!

[pathalla]

Last night I plowed for TWO hours clearing just my driveway and my neighbors. My trusty Honda 4 wheeler clears snow pretty good but this was ridiculous and still is. I had to turn my plow sideways to the drives and plow half the snow that was already piled about 4 feet further back into the yard and then come back and plow the rest of the pile into the yard as well. Only then could I take a normal pass up and down the drive clearing to one side or another. I will have to repeat that process here again today, sucks. For all you snow lovers out there I have one thing to say: Snow always blows!!!!!

[pathalla]

Originally Posted by pathalla

Last night I plowed for TWO hours clearing just my driveway and my neighbors. My trusty Honda 4 wheeler clears snow pretty good but this was ridiculous and still is. I had to turn my plow sideways to the drives and plow half the snow that was already piled about 4 feet further back into the yard and then come back and plow the rest of the pile into the yard as well. Only then could I take a normal pass up and down the drive clearing to one side or another. I will have to repeat that process here again today, sucks. For all you snow lovers out there I have one thing to say: Snow always blows!!!!!

Just finished the morning/afternoon plow, another eight inches. You need a snowcat or something like that for these conditions, deep snow! I don't think even Codprawn"s legendary landy could handle these Lake effect snows. When Lake Erie is not frozen it really gets cranked up, a lot of snow in a short time.
A picture of my most hated hand tool next to the snow for a comparision to demonstrate what has occured in the last 16 hours, FUN!!

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by pathalla

For all you snow lovers out there I have one thing to say: Snow always blows!!!!!

Ski days tomorrow and Friday!

[Donnie144]

It’s been quite in here for a couple days has our friends from the north been able to dig out from the last storm?

[Rogan]

Yeah, snow snow everywhere... Better than rain though. I was in London over the weekend watching some rugby (did anyone see the Ireland vs France game on sun. awsome! I was at the England V Italy game. big surprise who won). Tailgating in thick mud just isn't that much fun but the excessive Guiness drinking made up for it. Got back to the Chi just before this storm hit. Good thing it's an election year! you should have seen how hard they worked around the clock clearing the snow. Even had city workers out with shovels on the road!

[prairie tuber]

Hey Rogan, did you get the PM I sent you a couple days ago?

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by Donnie144

It’s been quite in here for a couple days has our friends from the north been able to dig out from the last storm?

I was away skiing.. "epic"... or at least as epic as Ontario gets with our 650 vertical feet!

[Rogan]

Just responded to your PM Prairie Tuber