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Remember the discussion about cycling in/on city streets the other day? Coincidentally enough, the wife came home that evening and told me a story about riding the shuttle from the parking lot across campus that morning, in the snow, and having the bus get cut off by a woman on a stretch bicycle with 3 kids on the back. Riding on snowy streets that don't have bike lanes, with 3 kids. You have to understand - the wife knows her way around a bike (used to be a triathlete, before she married me and became corrupted), is as militant as any cyclist about rider's rights, and she thought the woman should have been busted on the spot. And Laramie, I have to say, is the worst damn town I ever rode in as far as bike lanes are concerned. Not to mention cowboy drivers... :rolleyes:
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That sort of thing always pisses me off. I ride a fair amount, and commute to work on the bike three seasons out of the year. Inconsiderate and irresponsible morons like that make all riders look bad. This means I have to spend time defending riding rather than evangelizing it.
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Snowed in at the in-laws in the middle of nowhere and will now have to spend the night. I'd call it a frozen hell, however they at least have an internet connection, so all is not lost. Global warming my a$$...
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NickPace wrote:
I'd call it a frozen hell
At least cold is better than hot. If you die in the cold, your body will be preserved. If you die in hot weather, your body will soon fill with gases and then explode. There will be smell all around. Flies will gather and people will have to cover their noses when cleaning up the mess. In the cold: [0] If you are properly equipped, you can easily deal with it. Hardly anyone dies in the cold. [1] Your vehicle will never over-heat. The heater will keep you warm. [2] You can put on more clothes. Then some more clothes. And some more clothes. [3] Food lasts longer in the cold. In the hot: [0] If you haven't got an Air conditioner, you are dead. In extreme heat, even that will stop working, and you will die. [1] Your vehicle will struggle to keep going. Always over heating. Always in danger of breaking down. [2] You cannot take off all your clothes just to keep cool. It never works. [3] Food becomes smelly and mobile after a while. I wish it would get cold and stay cold every day, all the time, forever.
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NickPace wrote:
I'd call it a frozen hell
At least cold is better than hot. If you die in the cold, your body will be preserved. If you die in hot weather, your body will soon fill with gases and then explode. There will be smell all around. Flies will gather and people will have to cover their noses when cleaning up the mess. In the cold: [0] If you are properly equipped, you can easily deal with it. Hardly anyone dies in the cold. [1] Your vehicle will never over-heat. The heater will keep you warm. [2] You can put on more clothes. Then some more clothes. And some more clothes. [3] Food lasts longer in the cold. In the hot: [0] If you haven't got an Air conditioner, you are dead. In extreme heat, even that will stop working, and you will die. [1] Your vehicle will struggle to keep going. Always over heating. Always in danger of breaking down. [2] You cannot take off all your clothes just to keep cool. It never works. [3] Food becomes smelly and mobile after a while. I wish it would get cold and stay cold every day, all the time, forever.
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Spoken like someone from a warm climate.
Mechanical wrote:
In the cold: [0] If you are properly equipped, you can easily deal with it. Hardly anyone dies in the cold. [1] Your vehicle will never over-heat. The heater will keep you warm. [2] You can put on more clothes. Then some more clothes. And some more clothes. [3] Food lasts longer in the cold.
- Really. Let's talk about people who freeze to death in their own homes - this[^], for example. And this was in Georgia, a fairly warm state. 1) Your vehicle won't overheat because it won't start. The block is frozen solid. 2) And lets see just how effectively you can work when you're bundled up against sub-zero temperatures. 3) Ever try to eat frozen cheese?
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NickPace wrote:
I'd call it a frozen hell
At least cold is better than hot. If you die in the cold, your body will be preserved. If you die in hot weather, your body will soon fill with gases and then explode. There will be smell all around. Flies will gather and people will have to cover their noses when cleaning up the mess. In the cold: [0] If you are properly equipped, you can easily deal with it. Hardly anyone dies in the cold. [1] Your vehicle will never over-heat. The heater will keep you warm. [2] You can put on more clothes. Then some more clothes. And some more clothes. [3] Food lasts longer in the cold. In the hot: [0] If you haven't got an Air conditioner, you are dead. In extreme heat, even that will stop working, and you will die. [1] Your vehicle will struggle to keep going. Always over heating. Always in danger of breaking down. [2] You cannot take off all your clothes just to keep cool. It never works. [3] Food becomes smelly and mobile after a while. I wish it would get cold and stay cold every day, all the time, forever.
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Mechanical wrote:
Hardly anyone dies in the cold.
You need to recheck your stats. Far more people die in the winter than the summer.
Mechanical wrote:
You can put on more clothes. Then some more clothes. And some more clothes.
Try that in the basement apartment my brother had in college. I'd swear that it broke all laws of physics.