Don Coatney What's that white stuff in Tennesee?

[55 Fargo]

Hey Don, I see your home state is under a blanket of snow statewide:rolleyes:, or has it melted today yet.

Looks like Georgia has the same,on the north side:eek:, maybe Tim Adams better stoke the fire tonight:D, low of 18 for Macon Ga.

You Boys want me to ship down some mukluks,studded snow tires, and maybe a block heater or 2:p....................LOL

[Rodney Bullock]

Hey Rockwood I know I would accept it. We had snow here in Maryland but it's not stopping me:) normally I don't like the cold however I got me some of them Long Johns and just started dealing with it. You know it ain't half bad. Had some cats over at the garage today and we toasted mashmello and worked on the street rod.

[P-12 Tommy]

Down here in ole' Melbourne Beach it's supposed to snow tonight. This I gotta see.

[55 Fargo]

You know Rodney, a little snow, and when temps don't go below 20 25, it ain't so bad.

Today it is only about 2 or 3 above, with a nasty southeast wind, giving windchill values of about -20 f, it is very crisp, sun just went down on a Sailor's red sky.

Today we took the kids into the city (Winnipeg), about a 28 mile ride from our door to a part of the city, where there is a huge Pan American Indoor Pool, water 80, air temp 75, huge kiddie pool, then stopped on way home at Wendy's, ummumm life ain't so bad in the frozen north..........Fred PS supposed to be 36 on Tuesday, believe when I see it Oh met a Woman at Son's school, her and her Hubby just moved back from Atlanta, they spent 5 years there, felt sorry for her, in this cold...NOTTTTTTTTT

[55 Fargo]

Down here in ole' Melbourne Beach it's supposed to snow tonight. This I gotta see.

Tommy, you gotta be jokin................LOL

[P-12 Tommy]

I was just outside and I ain't seen no flakes yet.

[Niel Hoback]

I just looked outside myself and saw quite a few flakes,,,,, or were you talking about snow?

[Plymouthy Adams]

Fred...we have been in the teens every night now since last Sunday night...I went out some today and messed a bit but but to tell the truth with the temps sitll mid 30's I just could not see sucking up to a piece of cold steel...today was a day of reading, research and finding the bottom of the coffee pot three times...

[Frank Elder]

Fred...we have been in the teens every night now since last Sunday night...I went out some today and messed a bit but but to tell the truth with the temps sitll mid 30's I just could not see sucking up to a piece of cold steel...today was a day of reading, research and finding the bottom of the coffee pot three times...

Was there egg shells and salt involved, mmmm, Navy coffee.

[55 Fargo]

Tim, I hear you, cold and metal, they just do not mix, keep close to the coffee pot, I be doin the same at this very moment.

The kind of cold up here is a real PITA, guys like Young Ed, and Pat S, Robert KB know, wonder how people pioneered this part of North America back over a 100 years ago.

My own Grandfather's family came here in 1894, man winter must a sucked in those days......Fred PS at least we have this technology, all talkin with each other all over the continent, a lot of you Guys probably never even met a Canuck or talked to one before this forum, let alone being friends and in constant contact on both sides of the 49th parallel

[Rodney Bullock]

I think you guy's are tops(Canada) I used to meet up with you guy's when I spent time in Montego bay. Back then you guy's had a direct flight there. I was on vacation from Kick boxing and found some Canadians to practice with they were a great group of folks.

I usually do not like the cold however with all the germs, the cold will destroy

all this and make things new again.

Fred, that place sounds like heaven. Then to Wendys, oh boy now your talking. How about a Frosty:rolleyes:

[55 Fargo]

I think you guy's are tops(Canada) I used to meet up with you guy's when I spent time in Montego bay. Back then you guy's had a direct flight there. I was on vacation from Kick boxing and found some Canadians to practice with they were a great group of folks.

I usually do not like the cold however with all the germs, the cold will destroy

all this and make things new again.

Fred, that place sounds like heaven. Then to Wendys, oh boy now your talking. How about a Frosty:rolleyes:

Frosty, you betch Buddy, one of my Boys is right into Boxing and Kick Boxing at the moment, he's 15, already 5 ft 11in, and 165 lbs, not sure if he will reach 6'2", like me, but he is getting in great shape......Fred

[daddyo23]

Fred...we have been in the teens every night now since last Sunday night...I went out some today and messed a bit but but to tell the truth with the temps sitll mid 30's I just could not see sucking up to a piece of cold steel...today was a day of reading, research and finding the bottom of the coffee pot three times...

I don't believe we've been above 0 for three days. Tomorrow will get to 10 above zero:). I have to get me some good heat in the garage, I have work I want to do but Like mentioned before, it's not fun working on cold metal. Oh well, only 2 or 3 more months of this:mad:. Wayne P.

[greg g]

Just came in thermometer in the car said 3 when I pulled in the driveway.

[55 Fargo]

3 degrees in the Winnipeg area at 9:54 PM...........Fred

[Young Ed]

Tim, I hear you, cold and metal, they just do not mix, keep close to the coffee pot, I be doin the same at this very moment.

The kind of cold up here is a real PITA, guys like Young Ed, and Pat S, Robert KB know, wonder how people pioneered this part of North America back over a 100 years ago.

My own Grandfather's family came here in 1894, man winter must a sucked in those days......Fred PS at least we have this technology, all talkin with each other all over the continent, a lot of you Guys probably never even met a Canuck or talked to one before this forum, let alone being friends and in constant contact on both sides of the 49th parallel

Fred I was wondering that too the other day while I was out shoveling the sidewalks. What did people do before they could hit remote start on their car and drive 2 blocks to someplace for food? I suppose they had to have an appropriate amount stashed away in the fall to last until spring. And what if you got sick or needed something? Snowshoes dogsled?

[RobertKB]

Fred I was wondering that too the other day while I was out shoveling the sidewalks. What did people do before they could hit remote start on their car and drive 2 blocks to someplace for food? I suppose they had to have an appropriate amount stashed away in the fall to last until spring. And what if you got sick or needed something? Snowshoes dogsled?

Life expectancy was much lower back then. 60 was probably like 80 today. Didn't put away enough food...starve. Got really sick......die. We have it so easy now yet often complain about trivial things, myself included.

[PatS....]

My grandmother had 11 kids, only 4 survived to adulthood. Late 1800's to 1933.

IF they could get to a doctor, which was a big problem, then they had to pay the doctor which was an even bigger problem.

My mother recalled her younger brother going through scarlet fever being in a big basket covered with blankets on the open door of the oven trying to sweat it out. Gramma did that with all the kids with scarlet fever...Mom said it worked, they survived SF.

Mothers, Grandmothers and even grandfathers were probably more qualified medically than many doctors today.

Back then you could keep livestock in your yard...no one would ever question that, and you had to grow and preserve your own grub for winter...and they did.

No worries about remote start...the horse stayed inside with the family when it got real cold.

We are so pathetic nowadays it's very sad. If we don't have bananas at the store we sue the store.

Edited January 10, 2010 by PatS....

[55 Fargo]

I dunno, my Great great Grandmother and her Husband came to this country, with all there kids, she was born in 1844, most of her kids survived, as well as her grandchildren, unless were killed off by war or accident, lucky I guess.

My Grandfather and 2 of his younger brothers took some farm work about 100 miles from there home, they all got Diptheria, the 2 younger Brothers died withina few days, my Grandfather went on to recover, and even went on to fight in 1st world war and survived again. He dies in 1979 at age 85.......Fred

[Plymouthy Adams]

we had a flu pandemic at the beginning of the century...many families lost all thier children..was rough on the kids..

[greg g]

I have a picture of my grandparents with their horse and cutter. Pic is labled January 1915, Watertown, NY. The snow banks are hat high, and Gramps and Grans are sitting under what looks like a buffalo skin rug (she still had it when I was a kid)

This isn't them but, and it doesn't look real cold in this pic but the set up is similar.

She used to tell me that they would go to barn dances around the area and if they got a little schnockered,on the hard cider, they would just snuggle up in the sleigh let go the reins and let the horse find its way home. (NO DWI worries)

Roads were rolled instead of plowed as sleds were more prevelent that cars. Horse shoes had nubbs on them for traction as some places were eve watered so the surface would be icy. Rolling was also prefered because it didn't build up snowbanks which would then refill with drifted snow.

As for doctors, they still made house calls and a lot of them worked onthe barter system, My father and two of his sisters came down with scarlet fever. His older sister had heart problems later as a result but they all survived. The Flu wasn't as much of a problem because people stayed to themselves more especially in witer. Though a visit to the cemetaries in the area show a lot of yougsters did die early in those days.

[Rodney Bullock]

Frosty, you betch Buddy, one of my Boys is right into Boxing and Kick Boxing at the moment, he's 15, already 5 ft 11in, and 165 lbs, not sure if he will reach 6'2", like me, but he is getting in great shape......Fred

Fred if you really want him to be good at it. See if you can hook him up with someone who knows Jeet Kune Do. I was taught by some first generation students with a direct line to the founder of that art. He will be very proficeint. I was so good at one time it almost was unfair:)

that's why I love donuts and frosties now back then I could not eat none of that fun stuff:rolleyes:umm did some body say DONUTS I got some Krispy Kreams waiting. got a go.

[Rodney Bullock]

While I was at the machinist yesterday he told me a story about how people would get loans for Food, medicine and other things by giving the wheel nut from their buggy:confused:Now this guy is from the coal mines of PA. he has told me some far reaching stories however this one seemed true. He said that each wheel nut was theaded different and it was so hard to get one made that you had to have yours back. All vendors knew this so they would take the wheel nut as collateral. He had a phase that they would say however I think it no appropreate for the forum. He said it was used alot in the very early years of North America.

[55 Fargo]

Fred if you really want him to be good at it. See if you can hook him up with someone who knows Jeet Kune Do. I was taught by some first generation students with a direct line to the founder of that art. He will be very proficeint. I was so good at one time it almost was unfair:)

that's why I love donuts and frosties now back then I could not eat none of that fun stuff:rolleyes:umm did some body say DONUTS I got some Krispy Kreams waiting. got a go.

Hey Rodney, go another Son here at home 7 1/2 YO, he and I just came back from local skating rink, he is trying to skate and play hockey.

This guy can kick and punch like no tomorrow, might have to get him into Jeet Kun Do or Jujitsu, or something, there's tons of Dojos in Winnipeg, then have Muay Thai Style Kick Boxing, not sure what thats all about. It's all in Chi power, whcih I don't have........

[Rodney Bullock]

Muay thai Kick boxing is very hard on the joints and shin, knee. Those fighters usually can not walk past their 40 birthday. I knew a few many years ago. They were very very good fighters. I have never fought one, I did train with them. I did fight a Bondo fighter of the boar system and beat him I won their championship. He had fought many Muay thai fighters in his time. You know fred that's a hard life. I never let my kids do the Martial arts. I taught them how to defend themselves however I never wanted them to follow in the foot steps of their father. I feared for them. I fought all their battles for them.

The best thing you can do is get them the best teacher with the most progressive art you can find. The technology they learn will determine how good they will be. I mind was so calculating that I became very good at it , not to mention the guy's that taught me were magical. I miss them all very much. Hey, have fun!