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MikeXML320
02-10-2006, 03:40 AM
That is all http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

MikeXML320
02-10-2006, 03:40 AM
That is all http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

KenP
02-10-2006, 03:51 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MikeXML320:
That is all http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Cooollllld.....

Rotary Flyer
02-10-2006, 10:13 AM
I'll be going to Kodiak Island on the 21st of Feb. for three weeks of testing. I'll let you know just how bad it really sucks!

DRTYFN
02-10-2006, 02:04 PM
That's kind of like saying that Arizona sucks in the summer.

ree
02-10-2006, 02:05 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DRTYFN:
That's kind of like saying that Arizona sucks in the summer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
But it does.

dochummer
02-10-2006, 02:11 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DRTYFN:
That's kind of like saying that Arizona sucks in the summer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
But it does. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

x2 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

shipbldr
02-10-2006, 02:13 PM
And next week on Champions of the Obvious....

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ree
02-10-2006, 02:16 PM
Wait, wait, wait. Maybe Mike thinks it sucks because it's dark, not because of the cold. In that case, it isn't like saying Arizona sucks in the summer.

Adam in CO
02-10-2006, 02:23 PM
My ex-wife is from North Pole, AK, a suburb of Fairbanks (in AK terms). I went up there once in the Summer, and it was spectacular! The sun never really set. I was light out all the time. Amazing. Then I spent about 5 subsequent Christmases up there. Mind you, Christmas is a few days after the winter solstice. The sortest days of the year. Quite a difference. No sun. Absolutely no direct sun. You could not see it, it never actually rose above the horizon. Dawn and dusk were about a total of 3 or4 hours, combined. -20 was normal, even balmy. The last day I was ever in AK, it dropped to -70. Turns out that's too cold to de-ice a plane. The pilot and a ticketing agent were on the wings with brooms trying to remove the ice. Not kidding, and it was not a small plane. 727 or 737, I believe. Didn't work. Sat on the tarmac for 6 hours. From midnight to 6am or so. That's right. Flights all originate in AK around midnight so that they can to SEA/TAC in the usual morning lower 48 air-commuter hours. It is a crazy, crazy place.

shipbldr
02-10-2006, 02:47 PM
Alaska winters bring the suck!

Boss Hoss
02-10-2006, 06:37 PM
My wifey is in Anchorage right now...she says its not too bad at around 20 degrees. I think shes lying and she misearbly cold--remember we live 1 block from the beach in Florida. Ill testify the flights to and fro are terrible.e

HummerNewbie
02-10-2006, 06:43 PM
That is the one place I am definitely going at some point. I will make sure it is in the summer though http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

HummerNewbie
02-10-2006, 07:20 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
I actually want to do an Alaskan cruise one of these days. No rush though, I can do that when I’m in my 70s http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know a few people that have done those cruises and loved them. One couple, my grandparents were in their 70s too http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Frank2005
02-10-2006, 07:42 PM
Not quite the cold temps here as in Alaska, but we are in blizzard watch for Saturday night on Long Island. They say 6-12" of snow with wind gusts over 50mph. This will be the first snow event for the H2. Can't wait! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

DRTYFN
02-10-2006, 08:26 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Adam in CO:
My ex-wife is from North Pole... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You married a penguin?http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Boss Hoss
02-10-2006, 09:45 PM
Its not a place i care to go to...just happen to have family and a new niece out there. Cold and wet both suck--snow is both.

OrangeCrush
02-10-2006, 11:47 PM
Cold weather is much like the hot weather we have in the south in the sense that your body becomes acclumated.

I grew up in Grand Prairie, Alberta. I can remember walking to school at 25 and 30 below zero. The schools didn't close until -35 and that wasn't including wind chill factor.

As I eventually moved to the States and further South, I couldn't stand how hot it was. Again, it took a while to become acclumated to the temps.

So I believe your wife when she says she doesn't feel it. Either that or she's completely numb from the cold...lol.

Mark

ROX
02-11-2006, 04:35 AM
I'm calling Bull Sh!t! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Pics pleaze!

MikeXML320
02-11-2006, 06:15 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H2 Rocks:
I'm calling Bull Sh!t! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Pics pleaze! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> BS to what,fruity????? It is very scenic even in winter though, just cold. I am glad I am only here till sunday, then off to denver for a week.....Would like to go home soon...I miss my hummer and jody too maybe that is backwards http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

OrangeCrush
02-11-2006, 10:58 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MikeXML320:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H2 Rocks:
I'm calling Bull Sh!t! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Pics pleaze! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> BS to what,fruity????? It is very scenic even in winter though, just cold. I am glad I am only here till sunday, then off to denver for a week.....Would like to go home soon...I miss my hummer and jody too maybe that is backwards http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh, that's wrong. You listed your H2 before your wife... hehe

If I were you, I'd go back and edit but ya can't now, can ya? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mark

ROX
02-11-2006, 02:08 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by OrangeCrush:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MikeXML320:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H2 Rocks:
I'm calling Bull Sh!t! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Pics pleaze! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> BS to what,fruity????? It is very scenic even in winter though, just cold. I am glad I am only here till sunday, then off to denver for a week.....Would like to go home soon...I miss my hummer and jody too maybe that is backwards http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh, that's wrong. You listed your H2 before your wife... hehe

If I were you, I'd go back and edit but ya can't now, can ya? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
HAHA! I think I'll give her a call.... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

If you're in Anchorage, go try the Paris Cafe. They used to have some of the best Steak and Crab in town. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Boss Hoss
02-11-2006, 02:56 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by OrangeCrush:

So I believe your wife when she says she doesn't feel it. Either that or she's completely numb from the cold...lol.

Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mark that makes sense but she was born and raised in New Orleans and we now live in the Florida panhandle....I would bet she is FREEZING!!!

OrangeCrush
02-11-2006, 08:24 PM
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DennisAJC
02-12-2006, 12:27 AM
Alaska is beautiful.