It's beginning to warm up

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:23 pm

It was rather brisk here on Monday - minus 26C, or minus 38 with windchill. In the low 20s today with less wind, and going up to plus 9 by Saturday. It is always about five degrees colder in Quebec City and worse in the mountains. The reasons for these ruminations is that our commie is currently skiing at Mont St. Anne this week. Once a red, I suspect he is now a blue.

NumptyNumbNuts · Post by **NumptyNumbNuts** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:28 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:It was rather brisk here on Monday - minus 26C, or minus 38 with windchill. In the low 20s today with less wind, and going up to plus 9 by Saturday. It is always about five degrees colder in Quebec City and worse in the mountains. The reasons for these ruminations is that our commie is currently skiing at Mont St. Anne this week. Once a red, I suspect he is now a blue.

Blimey, that's nearly as cold as the Reebok in August!

gaiser · Post by **gaiser** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:16 pm

And here I am complaining over 2C, shame on me

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:20 pm

It's cold here, but we have nothing on Canada. Of course we have a wind that would blow over Michael Ricketts, but that's life.

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:07 pm

Those temperatures, Monty, are daunting. It must be bad enough at times for yourself with all the mod cons. I often wonder though what drove the pioneers of old who settled some of the Canadian areas. Mind you, I suppose that comment could apply to many areas of the world. I dip my lid to them, one and all; they must have had hard lives.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:15 am

Dujon wrote:Those temperatures, Monty, are daunting. It must be bad enough at times for yourself with all the mod cons. I often wonder though what drove the pioneers of old who settled some of the Canadian areas. Mind you, I suppose that comment could apply to many areas of the world. I dip my lid to them, one and all; they must have had hard lives.

At least they had plenty of water even if it was frozen, not like what the original POMs had when they were shipped out to Australia.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:06 am

Dujon wrote:Those temperatures, Monty, are daunting. It must be bad enough at times for yourself with all the mod cons. I often wonder though what drove the pioneers of old who settled some of the Canadian areas. Mind you, I suppose that comment could apply to many areas of the world. I dip my lid to them, one and all; they must have had hard lives.

Great hunting and fishing in the Spring, Summer and Fall for the pioneers - plus a little farming. Batten down the hatches for the other thrree months and hope Spring came early. Even today over 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. Today we are pretty used to the snow and cold, are prepared for it an even have fun in it. I was just thinking of poor old commie who will not have been acclimatized - hope he still has ears when he comes back and doesn't lick anything metal.

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:25 am

He'll be right, Monty. After this thread his ears will be burning.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:15 pm

I am not quite an icicle and it's about +8 today in St Ferreol Les Neiges, which over looks the St Lawrence river.

It did drop to an estimated -50 while skiing (double wind-chill)! I have seen several people with frost bitten faces. Thanks to M&S thermal grundies and being acclimatised to the Reebok, I was able to laugh it off and get on with falling on my arse a lot.

Hoolio need not worry, I'll be back shortly to restart my abuse;) As for it being puffy, you should see the reaction from girls when you tell them you're a ski instructor.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:19 pm

communistworkethic wrote:As for it being puffy, you should see the reaction from girls when you tell them you're a ski instructor.

I imagine if you tried it it would look something like this:

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:42 pm

communistworkethic wrote:I am not quite an icicle and it's about +8 today in St Ferreol Les Neiges, which over looks the St Lawrence river.

It did drop to an estimated -50 while skiing (double wind-chill)! I have seen several people with frost bitten faces. Thanks to M&S thermal grundies and being acclimatised to the Reebok, I was able to laugh it off and get on with falling on my arse a lot.

Hoolio need not worry, I'll be back shortly to restart my abuse;) As for it being puffy, you should see the reaction from girls when you tell them you're a ski instructor.

Do ski instructors fall on their arses a lot? Glad you survived it.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:43 pm

the trick is to tell them that while you're in the bar apres ski