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  1. 06-21-2007, 11:15 #1
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    Default Hold on baby, winter's coming

    Today, the demon sun will start heading south, away from us in the northern
    hemisphere. The seed of heat's death is sown at the height of summer's
    solstice. So while you sweat and curse in the months ahead and long for
    snow, remember, it's coming. Each day will now get shorter.
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  2. 06-21-2007, 11:25 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by dust never sleeps View Post
    Today, the demon sun will start heading south, away from us in the northern
    hemisphere. The seed of heat's death is sown at the height of summer's
    solstice. So while you sweat and curse in the months ahead and long for
    snow, remember, it's coming. Each day will now get shorter.
    Hmm..if Chris in the Morning had a depressing, goth brother?
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    Winter may be coming ...but right now I'm enjoying the Laramie summer !!

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  4. 06-21-2007, 13:53 #4
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    Why on earth would anyone WANT it to be cold?!?
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    Come on, the cold is great. All the more reason for a sobo hike.
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    I'm ready for the winter... this hot weather is sticky and icky. Bring on the snow!
    Don't take anything I say seriously... I certainly don't.
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    here in Alaska we have not seen any real darkness for a couple months...I'll be so glad when this damn sun starts going away, I love the long nights, the big moon the stars and the northren lights, the snow and the cold, and miss them very much in the long dreaded summers.
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey
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    I can't wait for February! My wife and I will be going to northern MN for a dogsled camping trip.
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    ::: Dino comes in from basking in the sun and looks at thread participants like they are from Mars :::
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    am with you ender.... hot and sticky = yukkkkyyyyy
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    i miss being a snowmaker at the coldest, windyest, snowyest ski area in the northeast.
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    summer sucks
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miu View Post
    Why on earth would anyone WANT it to be cold?!?
    a) no bugs

    b) when too cold, I can always put on more clothing. The reverse doesn't work when i am too hot. I can strip down to shorts and still be too hot to hike.

    c) if I wake up on the trail and am cold, I can start hiking and warm up within minutes. If I wake up hot and sweaty on the trail, there's nothing I can do but look forward to a miserable day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smokymtnsteve View Post
    summer sucks
    shelters too!
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    Because my line of work is exclusively outside, I would like to say "thanks" for the reminder, dust never sleeps.
    That's my dog, Echo. He's a fine young dog.
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    Quote Originally Posted by L. Wolf View Post
    i miss being a snowmaker at the coldest, windyest, snowyest ski area in the northeast.
    Good lord, did you live near me in Erie PA?????

    I'm with Dino the sunbasker...give me sweat, give me sun!!!!
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    give me darkness ..

    give me cold...

    sunlight sucks

    the vampire soul!
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey
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    Happy Solstice, all. I'm off to celebrate with my clan (that's clan with a "C" not with a "K") in wild, woderful, WV for the weekend.
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    ::: Dino reads tales of cold and is under blanket with only nose stickng out :::
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    I get chilled at 70 degrees, and cold means any temperature below 60.
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