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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 6, 2023 5:48:04 GMT -5
After two days at -30 °C, I bought a jump-starting battery. Neither of our cars would start earlier this week, and by that I mean that the starter wouldn't even move. The batteries weren't drained, since once the temperature went back to a seasonal minus 10 everything worked fine. We just needed more power.
It's a sign of old age: we accumulate all sorts of tools that we're unlikely to use very often, but that we'll be glad to have when the need arises.
Mind you, #1 son owns a zombie-killing axe. I doubt he'll use that very often either, although it's cool as all get out.
Here in NYC, we've had 2 bad temperature days but otherwise this winter has been very mild without snow fall. In fact, it hasn't snowed in over a year. I love it.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 6, 2023 6:50:38 GMT -5
After two days at -30 °C, I bought a jump-starting battery. Neither of our cars would start earlier this week, and by that I mean that the starter wouldn't even move. The batteries weren't drained, since once the temperature went back to a seasonal minus 10 everything worked fine. We just needed more power.
It's a sign of old age: we accumulate all sorts of tools that we're unlikely to use very often, but that we'll be glad to have when the need arises.
Mind you, #1 son owns a zombie-killing axe. I doubt he'll use that very often either, although it's cool as all get out.
Here in NYC, we've had 2 bad temperature days but otherwise this winter has been very mild without snow fall. In fact, it hasn't snowed in over a year. I love it. Yes, I read about that last week and was really surprised; I expected New York to have been hit by a lot of snow this year. You guys aren't that far south from here, after all! But in any case, good for y'all. The older I get, the less enthusiastic I am about winter. I miss the DC area... two months from now they'll have cherry blossom petals on the ground, while here we'll be dealing with more and more snow.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 6:54:21 GMT -5
Incidentally, does anyone here reside in Minnesota? I read once about how the Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association perhaps couldn’t attract wrestlers like other states could due to brutal Minnesota winters. So, are those Minnesota winters brutal?
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 6, 2023 9:24:33 GMT -5
Incidentally, does anyone here reside in Minnesota? I read once about how the Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association perhaps couldn’t attract wrestlers like other states could due to brutal Minnesota winters. So, are those Minnesota winters brutal? I was born there but moved when I was young, when my mother's father died, so I don't remember first hand, but my mother did tell me that there were days they would call off school because of the cold. We could have 8 inches of snow and have school because the state was prepared for that kind of thing. But would call off school because they didn't want kids out in the cold weather waiting for buses, etc
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 6, 2023 11:14:17 GMT -5
Incidentally, does anyone here reside in Minnesota? I read once about how the Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association perhaps couldn’t attract wrestlers like other states could due to brutal Minnesota winters. So, are those Minnesota winters brutal? That was mostly an excuse given by guys who either didn't want to work for Verne or claimed they were offered the title but can't substantiate it and make it sound like they turned it down. The AWA ran in big cities, from the Midwest to Northern California and guys made better money than many territories, with a much lighter schedule. Most of those claims are total BS. Now, as to Minnesota winters? They are pretty far North and have a ton of lakes and other waterways, which feeds moisture into winter storm systems, dropping lots of snow on them and they regularly get subzero temperatures. It's probably a factor in why so many Scandinavians settled in that region, since it was much like home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 12:08:52 GMT -5
I think I’d get on fine in Minnesota. I hate the heat, living in a 2nd-floor apartment. All the windows open in the summer (which lets flies in), heat rising, etc. At least in the cold you can just put a jumper on and be comfortable.
And on that note, while not being political, I tire of hearing people say that attics should be insulated by law. I’m on the top floor in this apartment block. I don’t want insulation. An insulated attic would make summer even more unbearable!
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 6, 2023 12:37:25 GMT -5
To most Americans, Minnesota winters are pretty bad. To people in Manitoba, Minnesota is semi-tropical.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 6, 2023 13:56:23 GMT -5
I've never lived in Minnesota, but I have family there and my maternal Grandparents both grew up in northern Wisconsin on the north shore of Lake Superior. We get some bad winters in Idaho but it's not a patch on Minnesota or Wisconsin because of the lake effects and the jet stream regularly bringing arctic air from Canada.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 6, 2023 18:38:48 GMT -5
To me, Minnesota seems to be a breeding ground for a very unique, dry sense of humor. I loved and still love watching MST3K and listening to A Prairie Home Companion
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Post by berkley on Feb 6, 2023 19:51:55 GMT -5
I think I’d get on fine in Minnesota. I hate the heat, living in a 2nd-floor apartment. All the windows open in the summer (which lets flies in), heat rising, etc. At least in the cold you can just put a jumper on and be comfortable. And on that note, while not being political, I tire of hearing people say that attics should be insulated by law. I’m on the top floor in this apartment block. I don’t want insulation. An insulated attic would make summer even more unbearable!
I wonder - might not an insulated attic help keep it cooler? Depends on how hot it is outside, I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 20:30:01 GMT -5
I think I’d get on fine in Minnesota. I hate the heat, living in a 2nd-floor apartment. All the windows open in the summer (which lets flies in), heat rising, etc. At least in the cold you can just put a jumper on and be comfortable. And on that note, while not being political, I tire of hearing people say that attics should be insulated by law. I’m on the top floor in this apartment block. I don’t want insulation. An insulated attic would make summer even more unbearable! I wonder - might not an insulated attic help keep it cooler? Depends on how hot it is outside, I suppose. Our attic is a finished room we use as our gaming room. Without insulation t would be unbearably cold in the summer and unbearably hot in the summer making it unusable. The insulation absorbs the extreme heat from the sun hitting the roof preventing it from reaching the interior and the cold in winter making the interior better climate controlled in all seasons. It doesn't make it hotter in summer, in fact, quite the opposite. It can still get hot up there in summer without a fan or AC, just like downstairs, but without the insulation, the fan or AC wouldn't make a difference. -M
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 6, 2023 20:57:09 GMT -5
I think I’d get on fine in Minnesota. I hate the heat, living in a 2nd-floor apartment. All the windows open in the summer (which lets flies in), heat rising, etc. At least in the cold you can just put a jumper on and be comfortable. And on that note, while not being political, I tire of hearing people say that attics should be insulated by law. I’m on the top floor in this apartment block. I don’t want insulation. An insulated attic would make summer even more unbearable! Yeah, well, the state bird of Minnesota is the mosquito, thanks to those lakes, the rest of the year.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 7, 2023 5:12:59 GMT -5
I've never lived in Minnesota, but I have family there and my maternal Grandparents both grew up in northern Wisconsin on the north shore of Lake Superior. We get some bad winters in Idaho but it's not a patch on Minnesota or Wisconsin because of the lake effects and the jet stream regularly bringing arctic air from Canada. My parents both grew up in Wisconsin and would laugh when people here in Washington paniced over an inch or two of snow.
Cei-U! I summon the eight-foot-tall snow drifts!
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 7, 2023 7:13:05 GMT -5
I wonder - might not an insulated attic help keep it cooler? Depends on how hot it is outside, I suppose. Our attic is a finished room we use as our gaming room. Without insulation t would be unbearably cold in the summer and unbearably hot in the summer making it unusable. The insulation absorbs the extreme heat from the sun hitting the roof preventing it from reaching the interior and the cold in winter making the interior better climate controlled in all seasons. It doesn't make it hotter in summer, in fact, quite the opposite. It can still get hot up there in summer without a fan or AC, just like downstairs, but without the insulation, the fan or AC wouldn't make a difference. -M I have an attic that is NOT finished. It is unbearable in extreme temps.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 8, 2023 7:14:59 GMT -5
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