Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
12-20-2009, 10:30 PM
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Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
Photos of True Canadians.
In this unflyable frozen wasteland we live in, it's time to reflect on what being Canadian is all about.
WINTER Poem
or "RC Flying in Canada"
It's winter in Canada,
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.
Oh, how I love Canada
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around.
I could never leave Canada anyway,
My f-ing boots are frozen to the ground.
Plaguerized and adapted from some email I got today..
MJD
In this unflyable frozen wasteland we live in, it's time to reflect on what being Canadian is all about.
WINTER Poem
or "RC Flying in Canada"
It's winter in Canada,
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.
Oh, how I love Canada
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around.
I could never leave Canada anyway,
My f-ing boots are frozen to the ground.
Plaguerized and adapted from some email I got today..
MJD
12-20-2009, 11:47 PM
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Hopefully there's a few days here and there to get outside before the muddy days of Spring. It's always fun to see how bearable you can try to make things. A glove with a battery and a length of nichrome wire snaking around is something I'd like to try. What usually happens is everything is OK until my hands get frost bit from the prop blast, then it takes 1/2 an hour inside a hot car to recover.
12-21-2009, 12:01 AM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
Well, those fast airplanes jump around a lot when your hands start shaking uncontrollably.
Another problem I have had a couple of times I've been stupid enough to fly in the cold, is frosting my eyeglasses mid-flight with an over-exuberant breath out or whatever. Hate it when that happens and you're near-sighted and frozen.
Another problem I have had a couple of times I've been stupid enough to fly in the cold, is frosting my eyeglasses mid-flight with an over-exuberant breath out or whatever. Hate it when that happens and you're near-sighted and frozen.
12-21-2009, 04:33 AM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
Humm........ and I don't fly some days because it's overcast. Bo-hooo poor whittle me
Thanks for reminding me why I don't live further north but put up with the liberal weenies around me.
Thanks for reminding me why I don't live further north but put up with the liberal weenies around me.
12-21-2009, 05:52 PM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
Yep the best thing about winter around here is the snowmobiling, and the beer or two in your coat pocket keeps nice and cool, but not frozen, just right.
12-21-2009, 07:20 PM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
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Yep the best thing about winter around here is the snowmobiling, and the beer or two in your coat pocket keeps nice and cool, but not frozen, just right.
Yep the best thing about winter around here is the snowmobiling, and the beer or two in your coat pocket keeps nice and cool, but not frozen, just right.
Canadian RV's are required by law to run on gasoline or 80 proof liquor. It's a safety issue, after all liquor is far more common than gasoline in the boonies. 80 proof is our limit in Ontario, kind of a sensible compromise between staying liquid in the ambient conditions and not succumbing to alcohol poisoning every time you go outside.
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12-21-2009, 08:52 PM
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First off, 80 proof aint squat to what we have down here![sm=stupid.gif]
They teach the school kids down here how to make the stuff too.
Second, if my local pond had pick up games with players like that I would give up flying all togeather[sm=tongue_smile.gif]
They teach the school kids down here how to make the stuff too.
Second, if my local pond had pick up games with players like that I would give up flying all togeather[sm=tongue_smile.gif]
12-21-2009, 09:24 PM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
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First off, 80 proof aint squat to what we have down here![sm=stupid.gif]
They teach the school kids down here how to make the stuff too.
Second, if my local pond had pick up games with players like that I would give up flying all togeather[sm=tongue_smile.gif]
First off, 80 proof aint squat to what we have down here![sm=stupid.gif]
They teach the school kids down here how to make the stuff too.
Second, if my local pond had pick up games with players like that I would give up flying all togeather[sm=tongue_smile.gif]
I brought a bottle of Bacardi 151 back from a stateside trip many years ago, and later on sat down with my brother for a chin wag and cards during a visit. I didn't let him see the label until later when he was totally reeling and had no idea what was going on. Then I showed him..
ha ha sucker.. brotherly love.MJD
12-21-2009, 09:37 PM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
After the two feet of snow we picked up Saturday night into Sunday, I feel like I'm in Canada...
I played hockey until I was around 35, I never had a teammate that looked like yours, man I should have moved north a long time ago.
Well it is time to start drinking and building from what I can see out the back door now!
I played hockey until I was around 35, I never had a teammate that looked like yours, man I should have moved north a long time ago.
Well it is time to start drinking and building from what I can see out the back door now!
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like doggie style during hockey season, in canada...well we bo/tth wanna watch the hockey game....[8D]
tth wanna watch the hockey game....[8D]
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like doggie style during hockey season, in canada...well we bo/tth wanna watch the hockey game....[8D]
like doggie style during hockey season, in canada...well we bo/
tth wanna watch the hockey game....[8D]
12-24-2009, 10:21 AM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
The bonus is you can make excuses for it's existence by calling it a dessert topping. But it takes until next afternoon before you can tolerate the sound of a glow engine.
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12-24-2009, 03:33 PM
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RE: Sorta OT and has a lot to do with why I don't fly in winter.
LOL Vic, you gotta bring some of that to Muncie next summer
Usually stick to the good stuff and you can function the next day.
Usually stick to the good stuff and you can function the next day.
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And then there is this stuff[sm=spinnyeyes.gif][sm=stupid.gif][sm=wink_smile.gif]
knob creek 100 proof = good
bakers 127 proof = even better
bakers 127 proof = even better
And then there is this stuff[sm=spinnyeyes.gif][sm=stupid.gif][sm=wink_smile.gif]
12-24-2009, 04:19 PM
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Well it is maybe 10-15 degrees today. I did get a run on my Rossi and I am liking it. getting closer. Nothing like trying to accomplish something in this weather. Great pics by the way. I saved one!