You won't catch my but on some frozen lake sitting next to a heater trying to fish. When it's cold out, the only fish I catch are the ones at the grocery store.
I may need snow chains.
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From: Belgrade, MT
Ice fishing
Great day to go ice fishing Chris, was a balmy -27 at the house when I left for work this morning. Ice is 8 inches or so at Canyon Ferry Lake last I heard, perfect time for some fishing!
On a more on topic note, was working on my yota last night, and needed some parts. Too late for a run to get them, and the Ford was sitting down by the corrals, no power to plug in. Had been there 2 days, was -15 when i went down, WTS light ought, counted to 7, and in true fashion, she fired up... Looked somewhat like chernoble with all the smoke, but she ran! Fired up much easier at -27 with the block heater this morning though.
Tom
On a more on topic note, was working on my yota last night, and needed some parts. Too late for a run to get them, and the Ford was sitting down by the corrals, no power to plug in. Had been there 2 days, was -15 when i went down, WTS light ought, counted to 7, and in true fashion, she fired up... Looked somewhat like chernoble with all the smoke, but she ran! Fired up much easier at -27 with the block heater this morning though.
Tom
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Are you crazy? Do you really want to get out in all that cold? Like you said, can't even see the road. Not to mention one of those fools will drive you across a lake. Happened to me up in Minnesota. A car should not drive over a lake just cuz it has ice on it. I didn't enjoy it one bit. Not to mention the snow banks everywhere. I've gotten to travel, they can keep the cold and the snow. Pictures of snow is just fine for me.
Like Lisa said, it is fun on the ice. When I was younger and more daring, when we would snowmobile on the rivers and creeks, we would look for open water to glide over. Just hoped that you had enough momentum to get you to the ice on the other side.
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Lite weight! Us northerners can take it. Um, but we won't go to Texas in August.....
Like Lisa said, it is fun on the ice. When I was younger and more daring, when we would snowmobile on the rivers and creeks, we would look for open water to glide over. Just hoped that you had enough momentum to get you to the ice on the other side.
Like Lisa said, it is fun on the ice. When I was younger and more daring, when we would snowmobile on the rivers and creeks, we would look for open water to glide over. Just hoped that you had enough momentum to get you to the ice on the other side.
I've also had my run in's with the cold, the worst being a surprise blizzard at 9,600' with no cold weather gear, 36 miles as the crow flies and 4,000 feet elevation from camp. Cold night and long walk the next day plus plenty of frost bite. I'll take the 100+ deg days of August thank you very much. I usually wear long sleeves over an undershirt in summer to keep warm.
Of course I got cold just watching Lisa's video and she didn't even look like she was trying to dress warm.
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You'd melt if you came down South for the summer. 
I've also spent my time in the desert, so I have some extremes to compare things. I still prefer the heat.
I also know Rick has been talking about visiting snow... but I remember what Lisa probably considers bathing suit weather when Rick, Roland and myself were in Ricks shop when his new injectors were supposed to go in. We were having some difficulty getting the torpedo heater running and made sure we got that fixed first before we even thought about injectors.
I also know Rick has been talking about visiting snow... but I remember what Lisa probably considers bathing suit weather when Rick, Roland and myself were in Ricks shop when his new injectors were supposed to go in. We were having some difficulty getting the torpedo heater running and made sure we got that fixed first before we even thought about injectors.
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I've never had frostbite, but I jumped in a frozen lake to pull a woman out once when I was in college...had to deal with extreme hypothermia...not a feeling I'd like to revisit.
Its true...my tolerance for extreme hot isn't all that good, but I can do it if I have to. Growing up in Denver its common to hit 100+ in the summer. Gets any hotter you can pretty much count me out. 60-65 degrees is the perfect temp as far as I am concerned.
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lisa here in iowa we get both extreams 100+ humidity ddown to 20- plus wind chill. I am only 2 hours north of you in Charles City so I would say we should be used to either extream.
Lisa sorry to get of subjest but you don't nkow any one around here that has AE do ya?
Lisa sorry to get of subjest but you don't nkow any one around here that has AE do ya?
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AE, you might check with Farmb0y and Farmdad, they live about 30 mins West of here. Also, Kevin from Black Magic Diesel has all the diagnotic equipment and he is in Hiawatha.
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After moving to South Dakota I broke down and bought one of these......
the driveway was too big for a shovel.
6 degrees right now - on it's way to -5 with a 30 mile an hour North Wind giving us a winchill of -25. Holy crap!
I'm in Sioux Falls, SD and I have the AE software also - you are more than welcome to stop by.....
the driveway was too big for a shovel.
6 degrees right now - on it's way to -5 with a 30 mile an hour North Wind giving us a winchill of -25. Holy crap!
I'm in Sioux Falls, SD and I have the AE software also - you are more than welcome to stop by.....