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Needle99

#150675
June 29, 2014, 04:23:34 AM
Everything is relative...
I cannot imagine being as cold as where my son is (Calgary)..
He spent time in the northern territories on an expedition also....
40 below....I just have no concept...
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ducpainter

#150676
June 29, 2014, 04:27:13 AM
Quote from: Needle99 on June 29, 2014, 04:23:34 AM
Everything is relative...
I cannot imagine being as cold as where my son is (Calgary)..
He spent time in the northern territories on an expedition also....
40 below....I just have no concept...
I've never seen 40 below.

A  bunch of years ago we had a stretch of about 2 weeks where it was regularly 20 below and we never saw 0...

of course the never seeing 0 happens most winters here.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


koko64

#150677
June 29, 2014, 04:33:00 AM Last Edit: June 29, 2014, 04:36:10 AM by koko64
That explains it. ;D

You like the Queen Vic market?

-40. That's such a dangerous cold. 'Spose it's normal for some folk.

Quote from: ducpainter on June 29, 2014, 04:27:13 AM
I've never seen 40 below.

A  bunch of years ago we had a stretch of about 2 weeks where it was regularly 20 below and we never saw 0...

of course the never seeing 0 happens most winters here.
Cold enough for me. We see 0 just a few times during a harsh winter. We turn the heater off overnight and back on in the morning. I guess yours stays on?
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Needle99

#150678
June 29, 2014, 04:35:49 AM
We visit the wifes family in Orange NSW.
Regularly below 0, and max temps just above.
Is due to elevation and the wind chill there is awful...
However never gets near your 20 below...Cold enough for me.
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Needle99

#150679
June 29, 2014, 04:38:29 AM
Last time I visited Queen Vic Mkt was 2005 when we bought jackets...
It was quite good to visit as a tourist :-)

We were wearing at jackets at ST Kilda beach that year.
Crazy Russian couple went for a swim.....
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ducpainter

#150680
June 29, 2014, 04:39:46 AM
Quote from: koko64 on June 29, 2014, 04:33:00 AM
That explains it. ;D

You like the Queen Vic market?

-40. That's such a dangerous cold. 'Spose it's normal for some folk.
Cold enough for me. We see 0 just a few times during a harsh winter. We turn the heater off overnight and back on in the morning. I guess yours stay on?

I'm talking 00 F

We don't use our fossil fuel heater in the old house. You can't burn enough of it to stay warm.

Our wood stove burns 24/7 from end of September until April.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


koko64

#150681
June 29, 2014, 04:50:54 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on June 29, 2014, 04:39:46 AM
I'm talking 00 F

We don't use our fossil fuel heater in the old house. You can't burn enough of it to stay warm.

Our wood stove burns 24/7 from end of September until April.

Oh, of course. Shit that's cold. Yeah only 30 of yours is a very cold day here and only rarely seen in Melbourne. It's telling that we turn the gas heater off when we go to sleep. Even with ice all over the cars on a 30F morning they start no worries without any of those extra things some folk have to do.
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ducpainter

#150682
June 29, 2014, 04:53:16 AM
The only time I've ever had car issues was during the -20 period.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


koko64

#150683
June 29, 2014, 04:54:12 AM
Nate. Do you sometimes use the car 'electric blankets", water jacket heaters, etc in Winter?
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Needle99

#150684
June 29, 2014, 05:03:47 AM
Time for me to call it...
Early shift tomorrow...

Have a good day/night :-)
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koko64

#150685
June 29, 2014, 05:04:30 AM
Nite Needle.
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ducpainter

#150686
June 29, 2014, 05:09:07 AM
Quote from: koko64 on June 29, 2014, 04:54:12 AM
Nate. Do you sometimes use the car 'electric blankets", water jacket heaters, etc in Winter?
Not in the gas jobs.

Diesels sometimes get plugged in, but these days everything has glow plugs and usually start OK.

They do something to the gas/fuel in winter to aid in cold starts.

nite needles
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


koko64

#150687
June 29, 2014, 05:18:31 AM Last Edit: June 29, 2014, 05:22:05 AM by koko64
I believe it. I had a fight with the Ducati importer and gas companies here many years ago. It was about carb freezing. I was told the antifreeze additives were part of the Northern hemisphere brew.
Some of our radiator coolants/antifreeze wouldn't rate enough for your winters.
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koko64

#150688
June 29, 2014, 05:21:16 AM
A German mate told me how his Grandfather was on the Russian Front and they lit small campfires under the truck sumps during the winter.
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ducpainter

#150689
June 29, 2014, 05:25:04 AM
Quote from: koko64 on June 29, 2014, 05:21:16 AM
A German mate told me how his Grandfather was on the Russian Front and they lit small campfires under the truck sumps during the winter.
That was the method loggers used to use to get their skidders started in winter.

Now they have quick connect fluid couplings built into the cooling system and just connect it to the pickup for heating.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


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