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|    Snag to Bob La Londe    |
|    Re: Speaking Of Welding - The Job, Big A    |
|    19 Feb 25 21:10:28    |
      From: Snag_one@msn.com              On 2/19/2025 1:24 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:       > On 2/19/2025 5:38 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:       >> "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vp3bqn$1utuo$1@dont-email.me...       >>       >>> I must be getting old, or more likely rode hard and put up wet one to       >>> many times. Used to be I wouldn't quit until the job was done, but       >>> not today. I'm the one that's done.       >>       >> You're lucky you can do anything outdoors. I have plans and incomplete       >> projects waiting too, but snow > rain > deep freeze have locked       >> everything outside into a glacier here. I barely cleared the car and       >> shoveled a path to the road in the brief gap between the rain and       >> freeze, now it's a struggle even to bring in firewood.       >>       >> TV weather: "It's like 2 below with the wind chill."       >> This isn't the best time of the year to import wind from Canada,       >> please wait for July and August.       >       > I spent a grand total of one winter in cold and snow. That was enough       > for me. I've heard people say you can dress for cold, but you can't       > dress for heat.       >       > Well, that's kind true, but...       >        snip       >       > See, you got me all wound up again Jim. I want to get outside and get       > more work done before summer.       >       >               Predicted low tonight is 4° F and we got a WHOLE 4" OF SNOW last       night ! Mid August we'll probably see highs near a hundred with 90%       humidity .        Spring and fall here are freakin' awesome though .       --       Snag       We live in a time where intelligent people       are being silenced so that       stupid people won't be offended.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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