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staropeace said:
She worked an eight hour shift outside yesterday...bloody tought as nails lol. I guess one can get use to anything.
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I've worked in 0F or below temps before, but I don't think I've spent that long in them. At least in my line of work I can get back in the truck eventually. Where I used to work, delivering for the Dunkin Donuts, the trailers had a freezer and refrigerated compartments. Sometimes it was nice to get in the freezer section to warm up. During the summer they were nice to climb into and cool down.
FlakeNoir said:
So Staro... fill me in here because I'm not so familiar with this kind of cold.
If a guy decided to you know... go be one with nature :pee: because lets say, he was desperate--the toilet is already in use/or whatever reason. o_O
Would this go very badly for him? :eyebrow:
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I'm guessing it would be manageable. I'd be more worried about frostbite than anything else... :biggrin2:
 
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nate_watkins said:
I've worked in 0F or below temps before, but I don't think I've spent that long in them. At least in my line of work I can get back in the truck eventually. Where I used to work, delivering for the Dunkin Donuts, the trailers had a freezer and refrigerated compartments. Sometimes it was nice to get in the freezer section to warm up. During the summer they were nice to climb into to cool down.


I'm guessing it would be manageable. I'd be more worried about frostbite than anything else... :biggrin2:
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Ah yes... :yes_pig:

I used to work as a trimmer/packer in a venison plant, we had cold air blowing on us for 9+ hours a day... sucked during winter, but in the summer it was lovely to come back into the room after a break.
 
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nate_watkins said:
I've worked in 0F or below temps before, but I don't think I've spent that long in them. At least in my line of work I can get back in the truck eventually. Where I used to work, delivering for the Dunkin Donuts, the trailers had a freezer and refrigerated compartments. Sometimes it was nice to get in the freezer section to warm up. During the summer they were nice to climb into and cool down.


I'm guessing it would be manageable. I'd be more worried about frostbite than anything else... :biggrin2:
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Or freezing your :semi-twins: off?
 
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FlakeNoir said:
So Staro... fill me in here because I'm not so familiar with this kind of cold.
If a guy decided to you know... go be one with nature :pee: because lets say, he was desperate--the toilet is already in use/or whatever reason. o_O
Would this go very badly for him? :eyebrow:
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They can do what the native guys do. Pee on their hands to warm them up lol.
 
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staropeace said:
They can do what the native guys do. Pee on their hands to warm them up lol.
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Yeah, but after a couple minutes they'd be cold again. And wet...
staropeace said:
Nate, Becky works at Shell for some construction company. In the summer, she pours concrete and stuff. She looks so girly but she does not act it. The money is sooooo good.
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Is Shell the same thing there as it is here? (Here it's a gas station, like Irving, Mobil, Citgo, Sunoco, ect...)
Sounds like she could beat the he11 outta me... :boxing:
 
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Looks like I'll have to pull the snowmobile out of the back of the garage. Took a ride out to the Point after work and this seasonal road...not plowed by the Road Commission...is not passable. Although someone drove down it. I started to, thought better of it, and backed out...went around to Nightingale and the snowbank there at the other end of the seasonal road is easily four feet high and 15-20 feet deep. Black powder hunting started today and if nothing else, I need to get out in the bush to get my trail-camera. Snowmobile sounds like a better plan than snowshoes although I'll take a pair of those as well. And since I'll have to go to the bother of loading up the snowmobile so on so forth, I may as well sit a post by the cuts...maybe the big one will pass by on the way to the winter yard. Wolf hunting is also going on...something like 18 taken out of an upper limit of 43...I think it is...although I did not apply for a wolf hunting permit. And then too, powder riding is a blast. Barreling through two to three feet of powder is an incredible thrill...for someone watching a hundred yards away...the guy on the machine can't see anything but a wash of white powder.
 
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Walter Oobleck said:
Looks like I'll have to pull the snowmobile out of the back of the garage. Took a ride out to the Point after work and this seasonal road...not plowed by the Road Commission...is not passable. Although someone drove down it. I started to, thought better of it, and backed out...went around to Nightingale and the snowbank there at the other end of the seasonal road is easily four feet high and 15-20 feet deep. Black powder hunting started today and if nothing else, I need to get out in the bush to get my trail-camera. Snowmobile sounds like a better plan than snowshoes although I'll take a pair of those as well. And since I'll have to go to the bother of loading up the snowmobile so on so forth, I may as well sit a post by the cuts...maybe the big one will pass by on the way to the winter yard. Wolf hunting is also going on...something like 18 taken out of an upper limit of 43...I think it is...although I did not apply for a wolf hunting permit. And then too, powder riding is a blast. Barreling through two to three feet of powder is an incredible thrill...for someone watching a hundred yards away...the guy on the machine can't see anything but a wash of white powder.
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We lead such differing lives... this is utterly fascinating to me!
 
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staropeace said:
Flake, here in Alberta, we have plugs on our cars in the winter. We use block heaters to keep the cars from freezing. I was not use to this in Newfoundland. First, I thought the cars were electric cars up here lol.
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They have them for diesel engines here. Especially in big rigs. My little 18 horse Kubota even has one. Never had to use it though.
 
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nate_watkins said:
They have them for diesel engines here. Especially in big rigs. My little 18 horse Kubota even has one. Never had to use it though.
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Same here in Winnipeg (about the block heaters I mean). Your engine block can actually crack if it gets cold enough and you don't plug your block heater in. :cold:
 
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Neesy said:
Same here in Winnipeg (about the block heaters I mean). Your engine block can actually crack if it gets cold enough and you don't plug your block heater in. :cold:
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That would be annoying... *note to self: if you visit Canada in the winter, rent a car*

Apparently a man was recently arrested for 'stealing' $0.05 worth electricity for plugging his electric/hybrid car into a school building... I think this was in Georgia.
 
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nate_watkins said:
That would be annoying... *note to self: if you visit Canada in the winter, rent a car*

Apparently a man was recently arrested for 'stealing' $0.05 worth electricity for plugging his electric/hybrid car into a school building... I think this was in Georgia.
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There have been many a good argument about folks using other folks plug-ins. It is not cold enought in Newfoundland for stuff like this. I have been in Alberta a long time though, and this is just part of winter life.
 
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