[Re: Man it's Bloody Cold!]

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

Hey.. Marc.. it was 64'f Today...convert that buddy!
windshield it all you want, I had my rocco on the
road, and my windows down..AH!

Patrick - ex-canuk living in Texas.

--- Marc_Scirocco_Quebec <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> Windchill only applies to exposed skin (not
> Sciroccos), so just about the
> only open skin at that temp is the face. So it is a
> scam AFAIK. And I think
> canadians moan about it a lot too.
> 
> And no, windchill is not for San Diego/Texas dudes
> to moan about.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Marc (walking)
> '83 Scirocco (resting)
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (winter beater resting)
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]De la part de
> Drew MacPherson
> Envoye : 27 janvier, 2003 20:52
> A : Sebastian Liberona
> Cc : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Re: [Re: Man it's Bloody Cold!]
> 
> 
> 
> Including windchill when moaning about a temperature
> is something only
> Americans do - what's wrong with you man?
> (Admittedly windchill WAS a
> Canadian invention)
> 
> Unfortunately for us, and lucky for you, my Edmonton
> friend, when it gets
> this cold here relative humidity is still generally
> in excess of 50% -
> which makes for that DAMP cold that chills to the
> bone.  One of the side
> effects of living in the shadows of the Great Lakes
> that you wouldn't know
> about out west... :)  Cathy's a stone's throw from
> Lake Erie's north
> shore.  I'm not so lucky, being caught roughly
> equidistant between Lake
> Huron and Georgian Bay.
> 
> At -29 C this morning 10W30 was about the
> consistency of vaseline.
> 
> I'm hoping for a warming trend, even if it does mean
> a return to white-out
> conditions and even MORE snow.
> 
> Drew (84 TD Scirocco resting in the shed, waiting
> for spring)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Sebastian Liberona wrote:
> 
> > lol where you located? -21.5? last week we got to
> -42 celsius with
> > windchills in edmonton. beat that
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Re: Man it's Bloody Cold!]
> >
> >
> > "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net> wrote:
> > > ---------------------------------------------
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> > Huh, I'm washing my van, it's about 85deg and I'm
> sweating.
> > You don't know how lucky you guys are...
> >
> > Larry
> > sandiego16v
> >
> >
> > Lucky because we don't have a van, or we don't
> have to watch you get all
> > sweaty?
> >
> > Cathy, a toasty -21.5C this am ; continually
> stirring the pot
> > nevertheless...;P
> >
> >
> >
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