Cold...

It's one of those extreme cold mornings here today when the low engine oil indicator flickers when I first start up the POS :mark: .

In other schmenke-news, we brought home a new minivan (that’s “people-mover” to you lot) last evening. Now the missus can more efficiently transport the mini-schmenks, along with the seemingly ubiquitous load of parasitic neighbourhood kids that seem to follow us in our travels :dozey:
The darn thing is too long to fit in our garage. Good thing it’s equipped with a block-heater :dozey:

The last what, three weeks here have been more or less around -20C. first time in years I've succumed to wearing long underwear. Yesterday I started my car the first time this week and neither engine or the cabin was warm despite an hour worth of warming. It propably wouldn't have started with the block heater.

It was -29C here this morning at 7:00am :s . The interior of the car started to warm up as I was pulling into the office parkade, after about a 30 minute commute :p : .

schmenke, if you have a car that has a block heater, an interior heater that takes power from the same plug is also a good idea. Just few minutes ago I plugged my car into the electric pole and set the timer to begin at 7 am, so when I go to the store at 9 am, both block and interior are nice and warmish. :)

Janneppi, yes, I have one of those interior heaters too, but it wasn't plugged in last night as I was using that extension cord to plug in the minivan block heater :mark: .
I agree, those interior heaters are great. I usually have the timer set for about 5:00am, so when I get in the car at ~6:30 it's nice and toasty, not to mention the windshield is relatively frost-free :) . I'll likely get one for the minivan (along with a couple of new extenstion cords :erm: ...).

I will NEVER complain I'm cold ever again.

lol -- NEVER is a long time, Sonic. I know what you mean, though. Generally speaking, no matter how bad you think you have it, someone somewhere wishes they had it as good as you do now.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

It was -29C here this morning ......

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Even though I'm a skinny little thing, I wouldn't mind that too much.
We had -14 for about five days over December and the only worry I had was finding liquid water for the animals ... and having to look and relook for gloves I kept taking off and losing :mark:
The only time I wear a coat is when it's raining and I'm shopping, the rest of the time a few fleece layers, a winter hat and masses of breakfast keep me warm :)
Two of our girlie dogs won't go out at minus anything without at least two coats and the promise of a pre-heated car to get into. Wimps :rolleyes:

Hazell, you are tougher than most men, yet still a lady. Must be something in the water....

Schmenke, what minivan did you purchase? Just idle curiousity on that score.

AS for weather here in the East, on or near freezing during the day, dropping to -5 most nights. Not much snow after the warmish patch we had a few days back. I figure one more good snow storm, but by the the time March is over, I will be cleaning my golf clubs!

You my friend need a good Chinook!.

Mark, unfortunately, the chinooks have been few and far between this winter :s
The forecast is for a "balmy" -2C on Saturday, then -8 on Sunday. A weather forecast beyond 48hrs around here is about as usefull as a one-legged man in an @rse-kicking contest.
At least the white stuff is out of the picture for now.

This is what we purchased. The LE V-6 model.
http://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/vehicles/sienna/models

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Hazell, you are tougher than most men, yet still a lady. Must be something in the water....

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:)
Nothing in the water, just masses of fried food and toast :p :

Come summer, of course, I'm too damned hot .....

I have no idea what a block heater or interior heater is. I think that's fine. This morning when I went running at 8 it was a fresh +10ºC. As I came back towards home along the shore on the beach there was one man sleeping on the beach, and another going for a swim. And it's winter here. I don't think I'll ever live in Ireland again, so Canada? Brrr!

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

Come summer, of course, I'm too damned hot .....

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:erm: :angel:

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Originally Posted by fandango

I have no idea what a block heater or interior heater is. I think that's fine. This morning when I went running at 8 it was a fresh +10ºC. As I came back towards home along the shore on the beach there was one man sleeping on the beach, and another going for a swim. And it's winter here. I don't think I'll ever live in Ireland again, so Canada? Brrr!

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Believe me, I would much rather live in a climate where a block heater wasn't a neccessity :mark:

-23C here today :s

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/..._metric_e.html

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Originally Posted by fandango

I have no idea what a block heater or interior heater is. I think that's fine. This morning when I went running at 8 it was a fresh +10ºC. As I came back towards home along the shore on the beach there was one man sleeping on the beach, and another going for a swim. And it's winter here. I don't think I'll ever live in Ireland again, so Canada? Brrr!

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I don't know, it's a two-way street really. Cross-country skiing in late February sunshine or walking on a frozen lake next to trees/forest covered with snow is pretty cool as well, particularly when you know that it's not going to be forever.

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Originally Posted by fandango

I have no idea what a block heater or interior heater is. I think that's fine. This morning when I went running at 8 it was a fresh +10ºC. As I came back towards home along the shore on the beach there was one man sleeping on the beach, and another going for a swim. And it's winter here. I don't think I'll ever live in Ireland again, so Canada? Brrr!

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So what if somebody swam? People do that all year here in Finland:

http://english.espoo.fi/default.asp?...44;36945;36992

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Originally Posted by Eki

So what if somebody swam? People do that all year here in Finland:

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Even with heated pools that's too much effort for most Brits, I'm ashamed to say :(

It's march, hurray !!! :bounce:

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

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Nothing in the water, just masses of fried food and toast :p :

Come summer, of course, I'm too damned hot .....

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Of course you are too hot in the summer. You are female. My wife's thermostat is much fussier though...68 F and below she is cold, 72 F and above she is too hot!

At least you can handle the cold.....

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Originally Posted by schmenke

Mark, unfortunately, the chinooks have been few and far between this winter :s
The forecast is for a "balmy" -2C on Saturday, then -8 on Sunday. A weather forecast beyond 48hrs around here is about as usefull as a one-legged man in an @rse-kicking contest.
At least the white stuff is out of the picture for now.

This is what we purchased. The LE V-6 model.
http://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/vehicles/sienna/models

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The forecasters here are no better. Last Friday, they were calling for a big snow. WE didn't get it....and a clear weekend...and it snowed all night when I was driving back from Kingston. So really, you cant win.....I think they do weather by throwing darts at a dart board.

AS for the Van, well you are married with kids dude, the van is the piece to have.....even though it is as sporting as a kick in the teeth...

It is snowing outside our window. We are at aNiseko. Visibility may be poor up top under blizzard conditions. Will give it a go if visibility improves a little. Am posting this on my IPED

It is blowing a blizzard at the top. It took me nearly 15 minutes to struggle 30 metres towards a green run from the cafe, and ski almost blind to struggle back to base :eek: