YOU think it's cold, eh?

Van Canna · Post by **Van Canna** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 10:23 pm

Ha..just an acronym for TC that you do so well at.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 11:05 pm

I remember Toby sitting on your lap Mary... he really liked you!

lori macleod-doyle · Post by **lori macleod-doyle** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:00 am

I remember Toby playing with the stuffed lobster Mary bought him. Although the real ones we brought with us were much tastier!!
Wish I could do the Winterfest thing this year.

Maybe next time. Hope everone who goes has as much fun as we did!!!

Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:13 am

Lori and Mary

I recently hired a fellow all the way from Montreal. Interestingly enough, he joked that the weather this morning made him think of home.

I don't mind the cold much. But the dew point yesterday was -8 degrees F (-22 C). My newly-installed Honeywell humidifiers (upper and lower heating system units) both failed and my skin is screaming for lotion. I'm more worried about the nice guitars I recently bought...

I've always preferred cold weather. I actually avoided wearing a coat most days until the last few weeks. But I hate what it does to the skin on the hands. Hate having to put that greasy stuff on several times a day. How do you Canucks tolerate it?

- Bill

lori macleod-doyle · Post by **lori macleod-doyle** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:29 am

Hey Bill!
How's it going?
Well ,you know,I think it's just a matter of conditioning and a really good moisturizer. My humidifier runs constantly ! (Mainly because my husband likes to run our wood stove at a rather high temp.

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I spend a lot of time outside in the winter as well. Snowboarding a couple of times a week can be pretty hard on the skin so I've found that a really good moisturizer is imperitive!! You just need to find one that doesen't leave you feeling greasy! You can get very inxpensive stuff at the drug store . A basic glyserine based one should do the trick.
For the hands,gloves are the best defense but if you find that your hands are still very dry I recommend paraffin treatments. Warm paraffin wax infused with essential oils, will bring life back to dry chapped hands and feet. Feels great and is also very benificial for people who suffer from arthritis.!

But as always,water is the answer for well hydrated skin. Drink lots!!!!!!

Akil Todd Harvey · Post by **Akil Todd Harvey** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 9:31 am

Sorry the cold air mass has decended in your area folks,

I recall the feeling and dont miss it a bit. We have had some uncharacteristically warm weather for almost two weeks or more (have had the front window open day and night for that long). WHli I shouldnt complain, this warm weather is messing up the snowboarding weather in the mountains (not that I have gone yet this season, but I am planning a trip in February when the in-laws come visit from Singapore).

Since moving to southern California, I have turned into the biggest wimp when it comes to cold. I use all the modern cold & snow equipment from New England, here. It generally doesnt make me look out of place as, even though it never really gets all that cold, with the rain and wind, at nighttime, it gets cold enough that you almost wish it would snow, cuz snow may stick while rain can make you wet and thus colder.

While not praying for any global climatic changes, I do hope your cold spell passes soon enough and gets replaced by a good long warm spell.

ATH

CANDANeh · Post by **CANDANeh** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:19 pm

Next weekend taking scouts camping at Keji (no flies or ticks and esp... no tourist

) . Some are sleeping in snow shelter (hollowed out snow bank) the rest in tents. Cardboard box oven to cook along with hobo stoves. THEME- "Wouldn`t be caught dead wearing this in school!"

Memories from last winter camp:

6:00 am flew out of tent with adrenalin rush as awoke to "sound of foraging bear" _ scout was scraping fresh snow off picnic table... and I was going to do what if it was a bear?

Yes, bears are known to awake for a snack.

Late night hike_ stoped and sat quitely watching the glowing eyes of Coyote family. Young one moved so close until moma called him back..so beautiful and misunderstood animal.

Love snow , love cold ..bring it on.

Agreed :Lotsa water and pure glycerin help protect skin

Rick Wilson · Post by **Rick Wilson** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 9:58 pm

Yep we’re Canadians.

Last night I was walking back to the house after dropping one of my daughters off at a friend’s with my coat open and my toque in my coat pocket.

I was thinking – seems to have warmed up.

Check the thermometer and sure enough it had gone up to -20 C.

As for BBQ’ng (cookout), this weekend is my wife’s birthday and I was going to BBQ her a steak but she decided to go for Chinese.

And this is just Edmonton, lots more Canada to the north where it does get a little cold.

jorvik · Post by **jorvik** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 5:41 pm

Quote "both failed and my skin is screaming for lotion. I'm more worried about the nice guitars I recently bought.."
Hi Bill...............what you get?

f.Channell · Post by **f.Channell** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 9:43 pm

Bill,
The guitars light better after playing "wild thing" if they are a little dry.
Sometimes you don't even need the lighter fluid.

f.

Mary S · Post by **Mary S** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 11:26 pm

I'm with Lori on the lotion and water...I like a good water-soluable collagen lotion (like St.Ives) and of course I never go anywhere in the winter without lip balm.

Bundle up and stay hydrated...and Bill, I leave my guitar inside in the winter but make sure the house doesn't dry out too much.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 7:46 am

. Some are sleeping in snow shelter (hollowed out snow bank) the rest in tents.
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I'm partial to snow caves and winter camping. Not enough snow this year to build snow caves. We some times camp on top of Spray Lakes instead of hiking back to the shore to build a snow cave. The ice can run 20 inches thick, need a good bag to lay on top of that. We just build a roofless igloo to break the wind. But no matter how thick the ice is when the sun comes over the mountain the next morning and the ice cracks and your awake! Sounds like a gun going off.

Late night hike_ stoped and sat quitely watching the glowing eyes of Coyote family. Young one moved so close until moma called him back..so beautiful and misunderstood animal.
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I'm surprised how the coyote has spread in recent years, seems to be on the increase every where but here. I live close to railway tracks and a series of beaver ponds. In the winter when the train goes by at night it would set them off howling. Well it turns out that this made them easy prey for the wolf pack that has colonized the area. Today we still have coyotes but they are very very quite.

Agreed :Lotsa water and pure glycerin help protect skin
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I thought we were just supposed to get wrinkled and leathery, oh well too late.

I was thinking – seems to have warmed up.

Check the thermometer and sure enough it had gone up to -20 C.
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My new neighbors thought the same and were running around outside snowboarding on the little hill and drinking beer at 3 am. Woke everyone in the house up but me. Went to see the three punks this morning and had a bit of come to Jesus meeting with them. Not knowing what to expect I even got a bit of the old dump chatting with them. I don't anticipate a problem in the future, they seemed to find their way all of a sudden.

As for BBQ’ng (cookout), this weekend is my wife’s birthday and I was going to BBQ her a steak but she decided to go for Chinese.
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I run the BBQ more in the winter than summer don't have to worry about attracting bears in the winter. Rick one of my favorite restaurants in Edmonton was The Kind And I, is it still there?

And this is just Edmonton, lots more Canada to the north where it does get a little cold.
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Coldest I had to deal with was minus 56C in Dawson .Not sure how cold it was with wind chill, It sucked. I had a brand new olds, like 7 days and it wouldn't start. I had plugged it in at the hotel but the breaker had tripped. Had to tow it to a garage and put it on the hoist with a propane heater blasting the engine. Oil was like glue, anti freeze was only good to minus 50, lucky it didn't freeze and crack the engine block. There are definitely no Banana trees in Dawson. (Actually there is not much of anything in Dawson)

Laird

In the past week we have hit minus 41 with the wind chill at night, and today it was plus five and raining. This is the strangest warmest winter I've seen in 20 years here.

CANDANeh · Post by **CANDANeh** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:09 am

The ice can run 20 inches thick, need a good bag to lay on top of that. We just build a roofless igloo to break the wind. But no matter how thick the ice is when the sun comes over the mountain the next morning and the ice cracks and your awake! Sounds like a gun going off.

Cleanses the soul, no greater peace than adapting to nature not changing it for a restful nights rest. Awesome alarm clock wish I could experience that setting you discribed.

Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 3:06 pm

Jorvik wrote

Hi Bill...............what you get?

I went all the way through college, grad school, and tuna-&-macaroni post doc playing a very, very cheap classical guitar.

The guitars light better after playing "wild thing" if they are a little dry.

Yep... this would have been the kind of guitar you would play on the last song when ready to do the fire thing. But as cheap as it was, it was the ONLY thing I had to play when I had virtually no money. As bad as the action was, it was what I had to play and it gave my fingers quite the workout. When I was young and zit-faced and a bit sparse on the social calendar, it was my friend. When I was older and had a better social calendar, it was my friend.

When I was doing 5 years of research in cardiology (as a poor post doc and assistand professor), I was doing open heart surgery (on dogs) quite a bit. Before every experimental series, intensive sessions with my guitar trained both the dexterity of my hands and the mindset needed to do that fine motor work while under stress. The guitar and the open heart surgery taught me a lot about mindset and dexterity.

Then I moved to Richmond... and the movers stole my guitar.

The wife was 8 months pregnant and I was saving up for a house. Somehow I could never justify spending money on myself.

Eight years and a second kid later, things finally settled down a bit. I did my homework, and finally bought a guitar that I had always dreamed of - the Taylor 814ce. This is one of their "classic" designs as far as wood choices.

So I figured I wouldn't be buying another one until a decade or so, right? Well just last fall, Mars Music went bankrupt. A store right by me was selling stuff so cheap that I couldn't pass up the offers. As a younger buck, I had bought a Gibson Firebird. But what I really wanted (and could never afford) was the Les Paul with the 1950s style (thick and wide) neck for my long fingers. And so here was this Les Paul Studio model - complete with old-style neck - begging to go home with me.

The picture doesn't do it justice. The two tone finish is by BASF, and is used on sports cars like the Corvette. Mostly it is blue, but it turns to a teal color when you look at it from another angle.

And I also picked up this Modulus Flea Bass.

Mine looks like this one, except that it has the simpler, single pickup Bartolini NTBT tone system with active bass and treble. I like the bass because it works my "Uechi fingers" more. And the carbon fiber neck allows me to play hard as *&%$ without worry. I'll probably never play in a band or anything, but if I do, there's always a greater demand for bass players than there is for rhythm or lead guitarists.

Picked up a pretty neat karaoke music system too. Still have to pick up some mikes to go with it... My boys will love it - particularly the younger one (4 years old) that has found his voice.

So... with the two guitars and a bass and the Yamaha keyboard and the karaoke amp and my son's violin and trumpet, we're flush with instruments these days. Now all I need is more playing time...

- Bill

jorvik · Post by **jorvik** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 5:47 pm

Hey Bill.
They are great guitars,

.....I thought that you'd have a Martin or a Taylor, didn't have you down for an electric, but you'll be able to play some Hendrix on the Les Paul. I have a Yamaha semi acoustic...because I couldn't decide what I wanted to play electric or accoustic......since I re started playing I've discovered all sorts of brilliant guitarists like the late Michael Hedges......now I'm trying to do right hand fretting

Those beautys will give you hours of fun.....love the sound of a taylor.America leads the world in quality guitars.