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Mon Feb-05-07 09:48 PM
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Embarrass, MN: -42 degrees. El Cajon, CA: 91 degrees. Difference of 133 degrees. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-05-07 10:26 PM by bob_weaver
All in the same 24-hour period.
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Mon Feb-05-07 09:54 PM
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1. Stephanie Miller mentioned Embarrass MN on her show the other day |
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Edited on Mon Feb-05-07 09:56 PM by rocknation
So the name of the town ISN'T a joke?
And I am reminded of a ski weekend during which it was 13 below on Saturday and 23 above on Sunday--still well below freezing, but that Sunday felt like summertime!
:headbang: rocknation
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:08 PM
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8. Why would it be a joke? |
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It's from the French "to hinder" or "hinderance." It's a tough river to canoe.
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Tue Feb-06-07 12:15 AM
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23. Why would it be a joke? Because Stephanie Miller said it! |
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Mon Feb-05-07 09:54 PM
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2. Spring could be really nasty this year |
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Imagine if those two air masses collided in Kansas. :wow:
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Mon Feb-05-07 09:56 PM
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3. It was Satan's annex in LA today... |
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Hotter than hell here- That EVIL sort of hot that makes people dangerous behind the wheel.
Lordy, what have we done to this poor old earth.
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Mon Feb-05-07 09:58 PM
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4. and I thought we were hot in Palm Springs |
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it hit 85 (record92) It's like Little Canada here this time of year
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:00 PM
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5. Have you been out to Joshua Tree lately? |
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Edited on Mon Feb-05-07 10:00 PM by BeHereNow
Pioneer Town is one of my old hang outs- I am curious as to how the desert is doing after the fires last year. I haven't had time to drive out to see for myself- So what's the news? BHN
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Mon Feb-05-07 11:05 PM
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19. Haven't been to Pioneer town |
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since the "fire" ;just some main buidings left I hear. Joshua tree coming up in a few weeks, Gordon Lightfoot is in town, Ha! JT is way cool in spring.
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Mon Feb-05-07 11:15 PM
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20. Oh...go! I saw Lightfoot a few months ago- INCREDIBLE performer. |
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Mesmerizing, hypnotizing and so forth. And talk about a body of work- He is an amazing talent.
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Mon Feb-05-07 11:17 PM
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21. Where is Lightfoot playing? |
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I might just have to drive out and meet up with ya! BHN
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Tue Feb-06-07 04:01 PM
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25. spotlight 29, I believe... |
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:06 PM
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6. That -42 might be with the wind chill |
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:07 PM
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This morning it was -42, without wind chill.
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:12 PM
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9. Just like the old days, for me |
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I used to live in Winnipeg, Manitoba (home of Randy Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive). -42 used to be average February day.
Got your car plugged in tonight?
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:26 PM
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13. Wow. I take it you live there. |
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:46 PM
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29. Nah, but probably nearer than you do. |
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It's a little chilly here, too.
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:16 PM
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Doesn't that come to 133 degrees difference?
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:16 PM
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11. Minneapolis today was -17 temp and w/chill about 22 below |
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Coldest in ten years, but I remember weeks of this weather 10-15 years ago.
I have actually experienced -75 below TEMP in Alaska in 1976. We took extreme measures to keep trucks running. If your bare hand touched metal at that temp, it would WELD together instantly. Ralphy never saw temps like THAT!!!
I actually enjoy when the temp drops well below zero. The sun still shines and the air is so clear...
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:26 PM
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14. It seems like if the sun is shining, you can endure much colder temps. |
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:32 PM
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15. I Used To Live In El Cajon |
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It's always hotter there than elsewhere in the San Diego Area. There are no trees to speak of, except those planted in yards, and most of the yards are filled with rocks. El Cajon Blvd (I drove it about 8 months ago when I was back for a visit) is a big stretch of concrete, street, sidewalk and buildings. I'd walk outside and be gasping in minutes, whereas if I went elsewhere (downtown or to Balboa Park or Pacific Beach, or Rancho Santa Fe) it would be a lovely day.
Ah, memories of when I was young, poor, and making my own way.
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:43 PM
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16. greets from a fellow former cajon zoner! |
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I grew up in that gawd forsaken hell hole! I too can attest to the unbearable temps that place can reach. :hi:
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Mon Feb-05-07 11:03 PM
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18. Well, it was 84 at my house in Kensington, about 7 miles west of El Cajon. |
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Tue Feb-06-07 04:04 PM
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26. "Hell Cajon". Thats what we refer to it as. |
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What a redneck hole! Big-time red area too. Damn! I'm so happy to live in Ocean Beach!
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:32 PM
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I lived there from 1980 'til '83 in a little apartment right off Sunset Cliffs. My dad was the manager...though he didn't give me any breaks on the rent. Loved it there. When I visited this last summer, though, I didn't recognize a thing. Who built all those fancy-schmancy houses? Gosh, turn your back for 20 yrs and they change the whole place around! I had my first date with my now-husband of 18 yrs right there at the movie theater. ::Sigh::
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Mon Feb-05-07 10:48 PM
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Of course is a real town. Brings to mind 2 other real mn towns, with this unfortunate real headline in a local paper,
Fertile woman killed in Climax. True story, you could look it up
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Mon Feb-05-07 11:43 PM
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22. I would rather be in CA or FL right now |
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Where I am it's -8 degrees with the wind-chill (and it's windy out almost every day, so the actual 12 degrees-above-zero temperature means shit.)
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:39 AM
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It's 11 degrees here, w/the wind chill it feels like 0 (MD). I think by the end of the week it may get above freezing. ^__^
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:43 PM
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28. It was a perfect 70° F in Palm Springs this weekend. |
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I didn't move out here for nothing.
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:58 PM
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30. and somewhere farther to the north (of El Cajon) |
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Lake Co.-it was cool and overcast, around 55 for high. Rain expected, finally tonight or tomorrow.
No rain in Jan. scares the crap outta' me. Can we say fires next summer?
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Tue Feb-06-07 09:59 PM
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31. Bah! That's just the Weather Channel trying to scare us again. |
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They're afraid of their ratings falling or something.
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