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To: libstripper
Never cross country skied, but did downhill...

And you are right....

Do some MTN biking these days....although stayed in today. Supposed to be 40's-50's in a couple days.....

65 posted on 01/16/2018 2:53:37 PM PST by Osage Orange (Watch your six.)
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To: Osage Orange

One of the greatest cross country skiing scenes I ever saw involved a really good skier coming in from a five mile trail. It was about ten degrees F out and a great, clear day. He came charging into the parking lot wearing no more than a sweater and an under shirt with skiing pants, not even enough to keep him warm indoors. He immediately opened his car’s trunk, stripped off his outer garments, got naked above the waist, and changed into normal street clothes. All the time he was so hot he was smoking with visible sweat condensation. That’s how to do it!!


66 posted on 01/16/2018 4:18:31 PM PST by libstripper
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To: Osage Orange

Here in Rochester New York we got a taste of that with the -35 wind chill. I didn’t have a good pair of gloves so I tried snowblowing the driveway with a pair of socks over my hands to keep the wind off them - didn’t work well enough. Added second pair, and it worked.

Was just reading somewhere about one of the signs that you are in trouble from the cold is when you have been shivering and suddenly stop and the cold doesn’t seem to be effecting you at all.


67 posted on 01/16/2018 4:18:58 PM PST by Ueriah
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