Cat's leaving me
Thumper
everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to do . But,
What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2 Harleys and my
BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
Thumper
Mark Olson
> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad to make
> everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to do . But,
> What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2 Harleys and my
> BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
I've had a bike or two like that...
> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
If that's true it's better to find out sooner rather than later.
I'm sorry to hear about how things are going with you, and hope
they turn around for the better, soon.
Thumper
"Mark Olson" <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote in message
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"The Buell was irritable" LOL spellcheck! The Buell was irresistible.
Cat bought food. Other than that she lived here for free.
Thumper
>
.p.jm.@see_my_sig_for_address.com
wrote:
Mine don't even buy their own food.
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well damn...
Road Glidin' Don
Think she'd come back if you sold the Buell?
Better think it over. Old farts like us might not fare too well,
trying to get a new woman! ;)
Henry
> Thumper
If the sex was good, she'll probably be back - especially if you
sell the bike to show her how much she she means to you - that is
of course, if she does mean a lot to you. Seems like you've been
together for quite some time... Hang in there, Thump!
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> What's a motorcycle addict to do?
Renounce your attachment to objects such as a motor vehicle which is,
after all nothing but a collection of nuts and bolts which you worship
because of your own ego.
> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
How long has it been since you first publicly admitted the fear that
Cat would leave you?
Why live your life in self-inflicted torure, awaiting the
actualization of your innermost subjective fears?
Renounce your attachment to her and meditate upon how repulsive she
truly is, being nothing but a near corpse, a sack of shit carried
around on a framework of bones, separated from death only by a breath
and a heartbeat and motivated by her own ego attachments and aversions
and transitory emotions.
OTOH, if she was young and totally HOT, I would recommend getting down
on your hands and knees and worshipping her yoni and getting into some
HOT tantric yoga.
But Cat is definitely NOT hot, so renounce her.
J. Clarke
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:15:33 -0800, "Thumper" <roadwo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Mark Olson" <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:V7qdnS8wj9uWCIPW...@posted.visi...
>>> Thumper wrote:
>>>> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad
>>>> to make everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb
>>>> thing to do . But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2
>>>> antique cars, 2 Harleys and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The
>>>> Buell was irritable.
>>>
>>> I've had a bike or two like that...
>>>
>>>> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>>>
>>> If that's true it's better to find out sooner rather than later.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry to hear about how things are going with you, and hope
>>> they turn around for the better, soon
>>
>> "The Buell was irritable" LOL spellcheck! The Buell was
>> irresistible.
>>
>> Cat bought food. Other than that she lived here for free.
>>
>>
>> Thumper
>>>
>>
>
> Mine don't even buy their own food.
Mine bring me food but so far I've not been hungry enough to eat it.
Twibil
If getting a motorcycle could cause it -even during difficult times-
then you're almost certainly correct. (Sounds like a control issue.)
On the other hand, it's never easy losing a long-term partner.
"Mixed Emotions": Watching your mother-in-law drive your brand-new
Porsche off of a cliff.
☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼
> Mine bring me food but so far I've not been hungry enough to eat it.
My cats mostly bring home fledgling blackbirds, and tailless blue-
bellied lizards.
But one of them brought me a juvenile gopher snake one time..
MikeWhy
The car is insured. The imminent, irreplacable loss of human life would
cause me anxiety and deep emotional distress. See. I'm not such a psychopath
after all.
BrianNZ
There are millions more women, but only a limited number of
Buells.....and they are still making women! (Ok, you might not have time
for a new one to 'mature' for you so you might have to go for an older
model).
Use the 1125R for travelling to new places and meet new people. It's
easy to get comfortable with what you know (what has been hanging around
for a while) but I assume there were women in your life before
cat.....there will be more after her as well.
A pity you had to sell some treasures to get by, but thats why you had
them.....better than having your money tied up in the stock market and
losing it all.
Happy trails...... :)
Datesfat Chicks
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Aren't you the one who has photos on the Internet of you having an improper
relationship with a Thanksgiving turkey?
Chicks don't dig that.
Datesfat
The Older Gentleman
> .p.jm.@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:15:33 -0800, "Thumper" <roadwo...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Mark Olson" <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote in message
> >> Cat bought food. Other than that she lived here for free.
> >>
> > Mine don't even buy their own food.
>
> Mine bring me food but so far I've not been hungry enough to eat it.
Ours figured out how to open the fridge :-(
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.p.jm.@see_my_sig_for_address.com
Exactly how do you know this ?
Twibil
wrote:
>
>
> > Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
> Aren't you the one who has photos on the Internet of you having an improper
> relationship with a Thanksgiving turkey?
>
> Chicks don't dig that.
Once more demonstrating exactly how little you know whereof you speak.
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> "Thumper" <roadwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad to
>> make everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing
>> to do . But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique
>> cars, 2 Harleys and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was
>> irritable.
>>
>> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
> Aren't you the one who has photos on the Internet of you having an
> improper relationship with a Thanksgiving turkey?
Not only that, he once published Cat's picture, taken while she was
wearing .. um .. er .. less than that turkey. ;-)
> Chicks don't dig that.
She _was_ smiling in that photo...
--
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-Friends don't let friends drive Windows
don (Calgary)
wrote:
Even so, you two have been together for a long time and it is a shame
to see relationships come to an end.
How are you keeping? Having to deal with Cat leaving on top of the
other challenges of the day is a hell of a load. Lean on your friends
Paul and take care of yourself.
BryanUT
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:52:56 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
This.
don (Calgary)
??????????
BryanUT
>
> - Show quoted text -
Hehehe, "this" So I read and post to reddit.com. "this" as a resonse
to a comment means "I agree" or "I strongly agree"
It is WEB 2.0 [1] thing, like facebook, linkedin, etc. An interwebs
meme. Like "get off my lawn".
[1] Forgive me WEB 2.0 is so yesterday.
don (Calgary)
I lead such a sheltered life. ;-)
S'mee
Bull, you'd be upset that a) you didn't get to kill her yourself and
B) your knew Arai helmet was still in the box on the passenger
seat...oh the humanity!
S'mee
>
> - Show quoted text -
Oh that social networking faggotry...yeah what ever kid. Now get of my
fucking lawn. ;^)
Robert Bolton
armpit
> everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to do .
> But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2 Harleys
> and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
>
> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
>
Waitaminnit...
I though chicks were attracted to bikes, but yours left because of one? I am
sooo confused now...
Someone lied to me I think...
J. Clarke
It's one of the contradictions inherent in femininity--they start dating you
because you have a bike, then once they've moved in with you they start
pressing you to get rid of it.
armpit
"J. Clarke" <jclarke...@cox.net> wrote in message
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I've seen this in a few places:
Women marry men hoping they'll change, but they don't. Men marry women
hoping they won't change, but they do.
Thumper
"Datesfat Chicks" <datesfa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Cat took those picts.
thumper
>
Thumper
I have 8 of them still.
Thumper
>
Thumper
"don (Calgary)" <hd....@telus.net> wrote in message
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I have a tendency to hide when I am depressed.
Thumper
Thumper
"BryanUT" <nest...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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This.
I wish some of you guys were closer to home. I suppose you are all my
closest friends.
Thumper
☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼
> I wish some of you guys were closer to home. I suppose you are all my
> closest friends.
That is a truly sad statement.
Mark Olson
Hey, at least he *has* some friends here, which is a hell of a
lot more than you can say.
FWIW I consider T. to be a friend.
BrianNZ
Only a keyboard away. :)
☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼
> Hey, at least he *has* some friends here, which is a hell of a
> lot more than you can say.
Don't worry about me. I wander like a rhinoceros and love the
lifestyle.
I moved to the area where I live so I could spend lots of time alone
in the mountains and do my thing..
I'm doing what I always wanted to do ever since I was 15 years old.
My "thing" requires isolation.
But, how junior high school can you get with the "you have no friends"
remark?
Haven't you noticed the commercials on TV that the Foundation For A
Better Life
has been running?
You've seen them. In one commercial a "new girl" is looking for a seat
at a table in a crowded cafeteria and she tries to sit with three
snooty girls who jump up and leave when she sits down. Then a nice
friendly Jewish girl comes and sits with her and starts talking to
her.
In another commercial a teenaged boy knocks the books out of a Jewish
kid's hands in the hallway, but a nice Gentile jock in a letterman's
sweater comes to *his* rescue.
A lot of you people on reeky act just like those high school kids.
You're all egotistical and phony about the motorcycles you own, what
you do for a living, how you like to ride across country to meet other
strange men who are just like you.
You actually feel like you have "attained" something when you ride
across country to meet strangers and hang out and bullshit with them
Now along comes Paul and he says that you weirdos are his best briends
and he doesn;t *have* many people he can call real friends.
All he has to do is jump on his bike or drive his car down Melrose to
Fairfax and he can meet all the nicest Jewish people he could imagine.
Maybe he should talk to a rabbi?
Or hang around the cofffee shops on Larchmont and meet nice people.
Or go to one of the bars on Santa Monica Blvd and meet a nice friendly
gay guy.
But, no, he has to cut himself off from the world by being a Harley
rider...
.p.jm.@see_my_sig_for_address.com
wrote:
>On Dec 9, 10:38�am, Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Hey, at least he *has* some friends here, which is a hell of a
>> lot more than you can say.
>
>Don't worry about me. I wander like a rhinoceros and love the
>lifestyle.
>
>I moved to the area where I live so I could spend lots of time alone
>in the mountains and do my thing..
>
>I'm doing what I always wanted to do ever since I was 15 years old.
>
>My "thing" requires isolation.
Well, I hope your 'thing' gets plenty of it, then.
Beav
"Henry" <9-11...@experts.org> wrote in message
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> Thumper wrote:
>> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad to
>> make everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to
>> do . But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2
>> Harleys and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
>
>> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
>
>
> If the sex was good, she'll probably be back - especially if you
> sell the bike to show her how much she she means to you -
Yeah, just surrender and everything will be fine.
>that is
> of course, if she does mean a lot to you. Seems like you've been
> together for quite some time... Hang in there, Thump!
I have a feeling he'll manage that.
--
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"MikeWhy" <boat042...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Twibil wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 9:52 am, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad
>>> to make everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb
>>> thing to do . But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2
>>> antique cars, 2 Harleys and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell
>>> was irritable.
>>>
>>> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>>
>> then you're almost certainly correct. (Sounds like a control issue.)
>>
>> On the other hand, it's never easy losing a long-term partner.
>>
>> "Mixed Emotions": Watching your mother-in-law drive your brand-new
>> Porsche off of a cliff.
>
> The car is insured. The imminent, irreplacable loss of human life would
> cause me anxiety and deep emotional distress. See. I'm not such a
> psychopath after all.
"Mother-in-law" and "Human life" aren't quite the same thing though.
don (Calgary)
wrote:
As do I.
Like you I have had the opportunity to meet Thumper, share a meal or
two with him and we have shared a few miles of asphalt.
He is one of the good guys and I look forward to the next opportunity
to ride with him.
don (Calgary)
wrote:
Well you don't need my advice, but when have I been known to withhold
it. ;-)
I also tend to withdraw when depressed, which never seemed to improve
things. During times of difficulty I have felt better when I could
keep my friends close.
Whatever works for you, and whatever you do, try and keep your spirits
up.
Maybe think about us poor saps up here who have to shovel the friggin
snow every day and plug our trucks in at night. That might cheer you
up.
Doug Payne
> Maybe think about us poor saps up here who have to shovel the friggin
> snow every day and plug our trucks in at night. That might cheer you
> up.
Hell, that even cheers me up! I had to shovel tonight after work, but
it's not (yet) cold enough to require the plug-in.
☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼
> Like you I have had the opportunity to meet Thumper, share a meal or
> two with him and we have shared a few miles of asphalt.
I have known Paul and his Brit bike buddies for a whole lot longer
than you have.
don (Calgary)
Lucky you. While tonight will be warmer, the temps have been dropping
to minus 28 or so for the past few nights.
Here is a visual image from my corner of the world taken last
Saturday.
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/12/09/12090566-sun.html
After looking at that you should be positively giddy. <g>
Bob Myers
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:27:08 -0800 (PST), ???????? <macm...@gmail.com>
>
> Well, I hope your 'thing' gets plenty of it, then.
Translation: he doesn't want witnesses.
Bob M.
BrianNZ
Sometimes quality is better than quantity?
S'mee
Relax he wasn't talking about you...you coward. Sheesh, you don't have
to park the cage in the garge all the time.
S'mee
What? Beating your meat? Bringing innocent young men home for sex with
you? Innocent lambs to bugger whilst the munch on some alfalfa? One
thing though...don't bother replying. I already know what you do adn
you are a sick fucker.
S'mee
> Thumper wrote:
> > She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad to make
> > everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to do . But,
> > What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2 Harleys and my
> > BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
> > Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
> If the sex was good, she'll probably be back - especially if you
> of course, if she does mean a lot to you. Seems like you've been
> together for quite some time... Hang in there, Thump!
Damn you are stupid about relationships as you are about everything
else...you don't know shit.
Thumper
> everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to do .
> But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2 Harleys
> and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
>
> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>
>
> Thumper
Well, I don't think the M/C has anything to do with it. She's out "Hustle
Dancing" with a new beau "Disco Dave".
Oh well. There will be another bus along soon....
Thumper
>
>
MikeWhy
Oh. I thought the therapy was working and I learned enough to fool a
stranger or two. Ah, well. The drunken sod wouldn't have had the keys
anyway.
Thumper
Plug in?
Thumper
BrianNZ
No,no,no....not THAT sort of plug!!
don (Calgary)
wrote:
>
>> Maybe think about us poor saps up here who have to shovel the friggin
>> snow every day and plug our trucks in at night. That might cheer you
>> up.
>
>
>Plug in?
LOL And I thought I led a sheltered life.
When it gets bitter cold, minus 25, minus 30c or lower the oil in a
motor turns to a very heavy syrup like substance and is too thick to
allow the starter to turn over. So our cars have block heaters
installed in them, which need to be plugged in on cold nights.
Some cars are worse than others. I had a Buick that would start at
minus 35c, but it didn't like it and sounded like hell for the first
few minutes.
To save wear on my vehicles engines I plug in at around minus 18c or
lower.
Vito
| >>>
| >>>>She discovered the 1125R. ....
Been there, ...... a number of times. Same with innumerable friends. All
felt devistated af first but without exception were better off within a
year. YMMV but the odds are on your side. Too bad it isn't spring. A nice
road trip on the new bike will give you a new perspective. Best of
everything until then ...
Doug Payne
I might just wear shorts to work today, to celebrate my good fortune.
Henry
> "Henry" <9-11...@experts.org> wrote
>> Thumper wrote:
>>> She discovered the 1125R. She found out I borrowed 1K from her dad to
>>> make everything connect. I realize buying the 1125R was a dumb thing to
>>> do . But, What's a motorcycle addict to do? I've sold 2 antique cars, 2
>>> Harleys and my BSA Rocket III to live on. The Buell was irritable.
>>> Believe me, she would have left me anyway.
>>> Thumper
>> If the sex was good, she'll probably be back - especially if you
>> sell the bike to show her how much she she means to you -
> Yeah, just surrender and everything will be fine.
Compromise would be a better word. Thumper has a lot
of bikes.
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S'mee
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:01:46 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
what he said.
S'mee
Fuck you...freaking southern warm weather loser. 8^/
Martin
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:01:46 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
A question for anyone that knows.
Does synthetic oil help this ?
They advertise it as not becoming as viscous in the cold.
And doing some oil changes in cold weather, it seemed to flow out of
the bottle a LOT better than dino oil.
But that was only a bit below freezing.
Does it work better even into the kind of extremes you guys are
talking about.
Mark Olson
> On Dec 9, 11:50 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...@telus.net> wrote:
>> When it gets bitter cold, minus 25, minus 30c or lower the oil in a
>> motor turns to a very heavy syrup like substance and is too thick to
>> allow the starter to turn over. So our cars have block heaters
>> installed in them, which need to be plugged in on cold nights.
> Does synthetic oil help this ?
>
> They advertise it as not becoming as viscous in the cold.
> And doing some oil changes in cold weather, it seemed to flow out of
> the bottle a LOT better than dino oil.
>
> But that was only a bit below freezing.
>
> Does it work better even into the kind of extremes you guys are
> talking about.
Yes, it very definitely does work better than conventional oils when
you get into the extreme low temps approaching -40 (F or C, take your
pick). At temperatures where conventional oils are nearly solid the
synthetics will pour freely. And this translates into engines cranking
over much quicker with synthetic than they would with conventional oil.
J. Clarke
Yes, it does. It's not thin mind you but at least it doesn't turn into a
rock.
Thumper
I had no idea. That kind of weather supports human life? I doubt that the
crew of the Enterprise would beam down there.
"That part of the planet will not support human life Captain"
Thumper
Thumper
"Vito" <vi...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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The Older Gentleman
> I wish some of you guys were closer to home. I suppose you are all my
> closet friends.
Um.......
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Thumper
"The Older Gentleman" <totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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LOL!
Thumper
sleazy
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! I can't hear you. LOL!
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2001 BMW R1150GS
1988 Honda XR600R
1996 Triumph Daytona 1200
Thumper
"sleazy" <no...@nil.net> wrote in message
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A perfect fit for you. And fast as fuck.
T.
Doug Payne
> I had no idea. That kind of weather supports human life? I doubt that the
> crew of the Enterprise would beam down there.
>
> "That part of the planet will not support human life Captain"
Heyyyyy, who you callin' not-human?
I just walked over to the next building to get a coffee. I thought it
felt a bit nippy, so I looked at the weather stats when I got back to my
office. Temp is -8C, windchill is -18C. (That latter is 0F). If it gets
a lot colder I might have to start wearing a jacket. I'm turning into a
wimp in my old age.
sleazy
But, but, but, I just bought this a month ago. It'll go pretty good too.
http://sleazyrider.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1996-Daytona-1200/Daytona/727004688_B54sV-M.jpg
don (Calgary)
I often wonder about the pioneers, the first settlers to this area. I
mean they travel here in the summer and think staking out a claim
along the river looks pretty good. Lots of water, terrific fishing and
fertile land to farm. But after their first taste of winter, why the
hell did they stay?
Twibil
>
>
> I often wonder about the pioneers, the first settlers to this area. I
> mean they travel here in the summer and think staking out a claim
> along the river looks pretty good. Lots of water, terrific fishing and
> fertile land to farm. But after their first taste of winter, why the
> hell did they stay?
Here you go...
I tried to get out of the country
But poverty forced me to stay
Until I became an old settler
Then nothing could drive me away.
The lyric was written about Puget Sound, but you get the idea...
Road Glidin' Don
> I often wonder about the pioneers, the first settlers to this area. I
> mean they travel here in the summer and think staking out a claim
> along the river looks pretty good. Lots of water, terrific fishing and
> fertile land to farm. But after their first taste of winter, why the
> hell did they stay?
And sometimes we think *we* have it rough... When Gladys complains
about the cold, I ask her how her she thinks her ancestors survived
(not all that long ago), just living in tee-pees.
don (Calgary)
Was it Amudsen who was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage by
sea? My memory is getting worse as the years go by. Anyway if my
failing memory is correct Amudsen settled with the local Inuit for a
couple of winters, learning how they coped with the harsh terrain and
the harsher weather.
OK I will probably be mercilessly ridiculed for even minor mistakes
here, but I believe it was the skills he learned from the Inuit that
allowed him and his crew to survive those winters. Further he used
those skills in future arctic and antarctic expeditions.
This is just my long winded way of suggesting Gladys' ancestors
probably handled this inclement weather with a hell of a lot less
whining than I do. Certainly less discomfort. <g>
We were talking about the Prairie Pioneers at work today and one of
the guys told us he had read the first settlers in Manitoba were
driven batty by the black flies and mosquitos. The cold weather was
almost welcome when it arrived.
Bob Mann
>
> Lucky you. While tonight will be warmer, the temps have been dropping
> to minus 28 or so for the past few nights.
>
> Here is a visual image from my corner of the world taken last
> Saturday.http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/12/09/12090566-sun.html
>
> After looking at that you should be positively giddy. <g>
We're a touch colder but at least we hardly have any snow.
Yet.
Bob Mann
> "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...@telus.net> wrote in message
>
> news:vjf0i5t3h2vubke1f...@4ax.com...
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:51:18 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...@telus.net> wrote in message
> >>news:40nth5tes4aj421iv...@4ax.com...
> >>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:52:56 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
When I first arrived here I thought they had some weird kind of
electric car. (that was in 67 when it would have been weird)
I quyickly learned what those plugs on the front of cars were for
though.
They power electric engine block heaters so it doesn't freeze solid.
Bob Mann
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:38 -0800, "Thumper"
>
>
>
>
> >"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...@telus.net> wrote in message
> >news:t7v0i59h7vokmti1v...@4ax.com...
> >> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:01:46 -0800, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>>> Maybe think about us poor saps up here who have to shovel the friggin
> >>>> snow every day and plug our trucks in at night. That might cheer you
> >>>> up.
>
> >>>Plug in?
>
> >> LOL And I thought I led a sheltered life.
>
> >> When it gets bitter cold, minus 25, minus 30c or lower the oil in a
> >> motor turns to a very heavy syrup like substance and is too thick to
> >> allow the starter to turn over. So our cars have block heaters
> >> installed in them, which need to be plugged in on cold nights.
>
> >> Some cars are worse than others. I had a Buick that would start at
> >> minus 35c, but it didn't like it and sounded like hell for the first
> >> few minutes.
>
> >> To save wear on my vehicles engines I plug in at around minus 18c or
> >> lower.
>
> >I had no idea. That kind of weather supports human life? I doubt that the
> >crew of the Enterprise would beam down there.
>
> >"That part of the planet will not support human life Captain"
>
> I often wonder about the pioneers, the first settlers to this area. I
> mean they travel here in the summer and think staking out a claim
> along the river looks pretty good. Lots of water, terrific fishing and
> fertile land to farm. But after their first taste of winter, why the
> hell did they stay?
And then in spring the river floods everything for a mile either side.
Bob Mann
>
> And sometimes we think *we* have it rough... When Gladys complains
> about the cold, I ask her how her she thinks her ancestors survived
> (not all that long ago), just living in tee-pees.
I saw a demonstration of that a couple of years ago at the Festival Du
Voyageur in Winnipeg.
Those things can actually be quite warm.
Ingenious they were before we showed up with our booze and smallpox.
Bob
Bob Mann
>
> We were talking about the Prairie Pioneers at work today and one of
> the guys told us he had read the first settlers in Manitoba were
> driven batty by the black flies and mosquitos. The cold weather was
> almost welcome when it arrived.
As regards that, it still is.
The black flies are the worst.
They are attracted by movbement so the more you try to get rid of them
the more aggresive they become.
We don't have them here in thecity but out at the lakes along the
Ontario border they can be bad.
They are fierce out in the bush.
Mosquitoes like more swampy land so they are worse here in the valley
where the city is.
They fog but it's still pretty bad.
Bob
don (Calgary)
wrote:
Last winter was bad here for snow and right now I feel like we have
turned the calendar back six months.
We are slipping and sliding everywhere. The roads are greasy ice and
it is bitter cold every day.
Despite all that I was able to do a concrete pour at one of my
projects today.
don (Calgary)
wrote:
>On Dec 10, 7:10�pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...@telus.net> wrote:
We were virtually mosquito free this summer. I don't think I got one
bite and I know I was never bothered by them.
I can't imagine fogging in residential neighbourhoods. That said I
recall staying one might just east of Winnipeg, watching what looked
like a hundred dragonflies, eating a few thousand mosquitos, just
outside my motel window. I was wondering if I would be able to load
the bike without being eaten alive. It felt good to get on the road
and watch all those bugs become a mosaic of colour on my windshield.
<g>
Thumper
They were frozen?
Thumper
Thumper
"Road Glidin' Don" <d.la...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I've worked on Jeremiah Johnson, A Man Called Horse and Little Big Man And
seen Dances With Wolves. I get the idea.
Thumpher
Thumper
"Bob Mann" <bob...@mts.net> wrote in message
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So weird.
Thumper
.p.jm.@see_my_sig_for_address.com
<roadwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>When I first arrived here I thought they had some weird kind of
>electric car. (that was in 67 when it would have been weird)
>I quyickly learned what those plugs on the front of cars were for
>though.
>They power electric engine block heaters so it doesn't freeze solid.
I found out about this kind of shit back when the company
truck I took home at night was a diesel. Never had a diesel before.
Came out one morning to a dead battery. Had to rig a cord
across the parking lot for a charger, etc.
When I got in to work, one of the guys said 'You forgot to
plug it in, huh ?'. I laughed. 'yeh, right'.
He said 'no, seriously, there's a male 120 VAC plug in the
front bumper, you have to plug it it'. Uh huh :-)
Turns out, there's a block heater that will insist on keeping
the block warm enough to start. It'll run off battery if you don't
feed it 120 VAC. Until it kills the battery.
Handy stuff for someone living in an apartment at the time,
where 'today's parking space' varied every day, and might be a few
hundred feet away from the outlet on my porch :-)
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S'mee
> "Bob Mann" <bobm...@mts.net> wrote in message
That's nothing look up "in-line block heaters" basicly an electric
pump with a heater. Kind of like hot tub heater/pump combo works. 8^)
Mark Olson
> On Dec 10, 8:48 pm, "Thumper" <roadworshi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Bob Mann" <bobm...@mts.net> wrote in message
>> When I first arrived here I thought they had some weird kind of
>> electric car. (that was in 67 when it would have been weird)
>> I quyickly learned what those plugs on the front of cars were for
>> though.
>> They power electric engine block heaters so it doesn't freeze solid.
>>
>> So weird.
>
> That's nothing look up "in-line block heaters" basicly an electric
> pump with a heater. Kind of like hot tub heater/pump combo works. 8^)
More commonly called a "tank heater". Worked by thermo-siphon as I
remember, pretty rare to have an actual pump motor. Don't see them
around here much anymore but they were pretty common 40 years ago.
S'mee
AH, I see what you are talking about...
http://www.maesco.com/products/kim/kimtank/kimtank.html
Never noted that they didn't use a motor...guess I need to pay more
attenttion when reading product descriptions.
Thumper
"S'mee" <steven...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>http://www.maesco.com/products/kim/kimtank/kimtank.html
Oh now I get it. It's like a hot tub for a car, yes?
Thumper
S'mee
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Oh the inside. 8^)
Wish I'd heard of that 17 years ago! Then again the DoD paid for
everything so why bitch? ;^)
Doug Payne
> Doug Payne <dwp...@ist.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in news:hfrlho$epl$1
> @rumours.uwaterloo.ca:
>
>> office. Temp is -8C, windchill is -18C. (That latter is 0F). If it gets
>> a lot colder I might have to start wearing a jacket. I'm turning into a
>> wimp in my old age.
>
> buttoned my shirt one button higher and put on a stocking cap. The temp at
> the time was hovering around 0�F with a 40 mph wind.
For me the toque goes on a lot warmer than that. Something about lack of
natural insulation on top.
don (Calgary)
>"don (Calgary)" <hd....@telus.net> wrote in
>news:t7v0i59h7vokmti1v...@4ax.com:
>
>> To save wear on my vehicles engines I plug in at around minus 18c or
>> lower.
>
> Mine have been plugged in every night for the last two weeks. It hasn't
>got above freezing for quite a while.
Minus 35 friggin degrees below zero when I got up this morning
> Good thing, too. It keeps it up
>long enough and maybe we'll get a handle on the pine beetles and ferriners.
It might. We had an extended cold spell last winter, they thought
would kill the little buggers off, but it had no impact.
don (Calgary)
>"don (Calgary)" <hd....@telus.net> wrote in
>news:84pdi59ruk78l3p01...@4ax.com:
>
>> Minus 35 friggin degrees below zero when I got up this morning
>
> Wasn't quite that cold here. Course I'm not working till Wednesday.
>
>>>long enough and maybe we'll get a handle on the pine beetles and
>>>ferriners.
>>
>> It might. We had an extended cold spell last winter, they thought
>> would kill the little buggers off, but it had no impact.
>
> Nahhh... It takes a few weeks in a row never getting above -20�F to
>drive off the beetles and southerners. If it keeps like this until
>February, then it might happen. February is usually the coldest around
>these parts.
Yup that is the thinking here too. In fact we had an extended cold
spell, -35c, last winter. It was cold enough for long enough to kill
the damn bugs, but it didn't. The experts were scratching their heads
in the spring.
This cold spell won't be long enough to hurt them. It's suppose to
start warming up tomorrow.