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   Message 215,213 of 215,319   
   Snag to Bob La Londe   
   Re: I Bought Six Vises Brand New Full Pr   
   24 Jan 26 14:17:04   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 1/24/2026 11:38 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 1/24/2026 6:06 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:10ktiqu$192bh$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> I don't run heat or AC in the main shop, ...   
   >>   
   >> ----------------------   
   >>   
   >> The outdoor temperature here in the warmer southern edge of the state   
   >> is +2F / -16C in the 'sun'. An unheated shop would be unpleasant at   
   >> the least, as I know from car problems and Army winter field   
   >> exercises. Ungloved fingers very rapidly go numb, thin work gloves   
   >> aren't much better.   
   >>   
   >> Now it's +3, I'll go out and move firewood.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I don't know the temperature outside right now, but a light jacket might   
   > be nice if inactive, or blasting up the river in an open boat at 60+mph.   
   >   Such a light jacket would be quickly shed once activity was initiated.   
   >   
   >   
      
      You realize we will remember this taunting next August when you're   
   sweltering in 114° heat ?   
   --   
   Snag   
      I appreciated foreign cultures more   
   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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