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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2008, 06:45:00 AM »
Mercy me, Doc!  You are way up there beyond the mainland?!?!?!  That is extremely unforgiving territory.  Hope you make it back south of Yellowknife before winter really sets in.   |:)\

Yeah, I've seen Ice Road Truckers too.  Listened to a few guys over the road 10 years ago chitchat on the radio about how much money they could make doing that.  I decided against doing it myself or even looking into it as I so hated the bitter cold that goes with working way up north.

-45C is bad enough temps to work under, and I did that when I was a kid on a farm in northern Minnesota.  Going any farther north in winter means you just have to deal with that much colder temps.  Not my cup of (ice) tea.   |:)\

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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2008, 03:11:37 PM »
Yup, she's a tough slog at times.  The truck can't make enough heat to defrost the cab even while under load, never mind when at idle, and you can't go faster than about 25kph (15mph) on the ice.  So the truck never warms up, the door gaskets harden up and don't stop the wind from whistling through the gaps (and the driver), and the drivers fall asleep trying to peer through the gloom at a white road bordered by white snowdrifts under a white sky - during the short days.  Most hours are dark and the blowing snow in the lights can induce vertigo.  Try that for a few trips and haulin' chickens starts to look real good.
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2008, 08:49:43 PM »
Ahhh, yes....  freezing to death....  there's a reason most people avoid it!!!!!!    ::rofl::

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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2008, 01:51:54 AM »
Freezing to death: most people never do that again.

I'm trying to avoid it, personally.
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2008, 03:32:05 AM »
Freezing to death: most people never do that again.

I'm trying to avoid it, personally.

...and people wonder why I don't want to leave San Diego ever again?   ::thinking:: ::whistle::
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2008, 10:45:23 AM »
I must be mad then since i lke cold temperatures  ::thinking:: or maybe its due to each time I go to a hot climate I end up spending most of my time in the doctors due to my hay fever flaring up.
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2008, 02:23:59 PM »
Not much hay fever up here: not really much up here for grasses.  Now, if you're allergic to tundra plants or snow, you're hooped.

Here is Victoria Island in the summer.  The critters are musk ox (sorry for the poor pic).
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2008, 03:17:48 AM »
45 Below Zero.....    :o

Reason # 27 why Alcohol was invented.............      ::drinking::

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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2008, 06:07:02 AM »
45 Below Zero.....    :o

Reason # 27 why Alcohol was invented.............      ::drinking::

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Quite Right, S-Mom!   ::drinking:: ::drinking::  Gotta keep the antifreeze in your veins topped off!  Hehe.

Keep in mind that -45C equates to around -50F.  Let me assure you that no respectable Brass Monkey will be caught dead out in that kind of weather!   ::eek:: ::unbelieveable::
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2008, 10:46:51 PM »
Yeah, even sitting stock-still on a wooden box out on the ice at 40 below sounds like FUN if there's enough brandy involved.....     ::loony::

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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2008, 12:10:58 AM »
How about fishing for a 2ton dump truck?
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Re: No Country for Old Men...
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2008, 07:08:43 PM »
aye but you cant cook it or eat it, might as well throw it back  ::rofl::
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