Trying to think of good stuff about winter - Page 3

01-14-2004, 04:37 PM

In article <4005d8ba$0$41285$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
David Reuteler <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

>: I tend to drink more coffee than anything this time of year.
>: The very thought of chilled beer is especially anathema
>: right now.
>
> guinness!

I'll see your Guinness, and raise you a Greene King Harvest
Brown Ale. And happily split an Old Peculier with ya.

During my visit up country over the holidays, my sister in law
turned me onto her homemade Gran Marnier concoction. Made by
piercing some Valencia oranges all over, stitching them together
with string, and somehow dousing them with vodka, while not letting
the oranges actually dip into the drippings, and letting the whole
works steep over a couple of weeks. I'm sure there are more
explicit recipes for it on the web somewhere. Anyhow, a pony of
that stuff makes a pretty good belly-warmer before dinner.

She also got me addicted to Welsh cakes (with currants and
candied fruit rinds in 'em).

>: Sometimes I think January and February should be
>: rolled up into one month called Bleakember.
>
> for me it's not usually grey. cold as **** but often very, very sunny.
> usually need sunglasses more in jan/feb than during the summer. it's the
> cold that's the issue here.

I guess winter comes in various forms all over the world.
Maybe midwestern winters challenge the body, while pacific
northwest winters challenge the spirit. FWIW, I have been
out of town enough to at least vaguely understand what
folks from out east mean when they say, "Real coldness is
akin to pain."

poor damn san diego folk

....

> nothing bums me out more than polishing a turd.

Ooh, I could come up with so many anti-Micro$oft digs
with that one, it ain't funny.

Instead, I think I'll just refer to that "Walk on the
Sunny Side of Life" song from The Life of Brian. The
lyrics seem to bridge our differences of opinion.

> a difference in coping
> strategies.

Avoidance results in less getting caught than denial :-)
And where turds are concerned, I'd think avoidance can
be a pretty good strategy.

....

> i don't really have any comfort foods.

Poor damn Minnesota folk.

Get that man some borscht, stat!

cheers,
Tom
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01-14-2004, 04:46 PM

>So I try to think of the POSITIVE things about winter.

Best thing? Bundling up and having the bike trail all to myself for sprints
without having to dodge dogs, 4-abreast walkers, amateurs, etc.

01-14-2004, 06:52 PM

JTHouse wrote:
>> So I try to think of the POSITIVE things about winter.
>
> Best thing? Bundling up and having the bike trail all to myself for
> sprints without having to dodge dogs, 4-abreast walkers, amateurs,
> etc.

You've got 4-breast walkers?!? I'm gonna move to...

Bill "never mind" S.

01-15-2004, 05:46 AM

In article <4005d11b$0$41298$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
David Reuteler <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> : Will drinking warm up my hands?
>
> no, but it will make you not care. to demonstrate that attend a packer's
> game at lambeau field where you'll discover that those suitably inebriated
> (ie, everyone) don't care about the temperature of any part of their body.

A friend of mine in Green Bay asked me to the Freezer Bowl in 1967 where Green
Bay sneaked a victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

I am still trying to thaw out!

HAND

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01-15-2004, 07:16 AM

- You leave the office just as night is falling. The snowflakes
tickle your nose and dance in your headlight beam. The tires make a
soft swishing sound like running water as they bite through the fresh
snow.

- You ride past five miles of stuck cars. Inprisoned cagers twitch
in their cells like popcorn kernals in poppers.

- The snow is not very deep, so you can use a bike trail as a
shortcut to speed your journey. Gliding through the dark, you
surprise a foraging raccoon.

- When you reach your neighborhood, you realize that you are the
first to make tracks on your street. You look back from your door at
the black calligraphy you have created.

- Your pour a drink, relax next to the fire, and reflect that, like
everyone else, you had an adventure this evening. However, unlike the
others, you had a pleasant one.

Paul

01-15-2004, 09:21 AM

David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].net>...
> > Here in Rhode Island, our HIGH for the day was about -14C. I saw a
> > POB while I was out getting lunch. I just can't imagine doing it.
>
> I passed a POB on my way to work about 7:15AM. Temp was about 0F.

I *was* a POB on my way to work today where the temperature was -20C
but -30C with the windchill. (which is -22F I think) If you dress for
it you actually get quite toasty as you go. I was wearing double
socks, boots, polartec pants under bike pants with nylon front, a
parka, hat, scarf and glove liners under mitts. I would lose the parka
the next time in favour of layers that can breathe. (was too hot)

However not fun was the only partially plowed roads (heavy snowfall
yesterday) with a somewhat icy base to them, which caused me to wipe
out. Fortunately I fell away from traffic, otherwise I'm sure I would
have been run over. Drivers still drive fast despite the mucked up
roads, turn in front of cyclists and only leave a small space when
passing on slippery roads. So most of the rest of the way I walked my
bike on the sidewalk as most roads looked worse in terms of falling in
traffic. The snow was too deep on side streets (completely unplowed)
to pick a less trafficked route.

Oh ya so any suggestions for not wiping out on these roads? I could
use more practice, its been a while I usually avoiding biking on snowy
roads. I have a ATB with wide completely slick tires. If I'm going to
change the tires for the winter would knobbies be best or slicks with
the treads on the side of them? Studded tires aren't practical because
its so infrequently that the roads are snowy. As well I don't want to
slow myself down too much when the rest of winter alternates between
this and perfectly clear roads.