On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28-Jun-08, at 10:47 PM, David Savage wrote: > >> 2008/6/29 William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David J Brooks" >>> Subject: Re: Old & New >>> >>>>> >>>>>>> Define cold and blustery... >>>>>> >>>>>> I had change out of shorts into jeans & put on my hoodies hood. >>>>> >>>>> And that's when I shot him, Your Honour...... >>>> >>>> I think Dave needs to do a February Canada visit, what say.:-) >>>> >>> >>> Send him to WaWa and let him hitchhike out...... >> >> :-D >> >> Cold is a relative term. >> >> I did spend a winter in Alberta from December to January once. The >> coldest I experienced was -26 not including wind chill. THAT was cold. >> >> Our winter is very damp so it feels colder at times than it did in >> freezing Alberta > > I've lived in Alberta all of my life - up to 57 degrees N. We have a > yearly cold snap (typically in January) that lasts up to two weeks. > The cold usually hits a low of -40C, and it's dry. > > I can't say much about a damp cold, but it doesn't sound like much fun.
I spent 90% of my survey years, working winters in Northern Ontario, Man/Albeta etc. Dry cold is fine to work in. The damp cold we get here in Southern Ontario is a killer. Chills you right to the bone. I always vol for the winter norhtern work just to get out of here.:-) Dave > > Mike > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
