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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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 Posted - 01/12/2007 : 2:30:01 PM
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| How long have you lived there, Karl? And do you ever get used to weather that cold? I can't imagine what it's like. I was working in my unheated basement shop today with just a small electric heater to keep my hands warm and it never got higher than 48 degrees there. Outside, even though there was not a cloud in the sky, it never got higher than 30. We did go for our one hour jog in the snow this afternoon and 30 degrees in the sun actually felt great! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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Pua Kai
Ha`aha`a
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2007 : 09:19:26 AM
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It's really really cold in Manhattan Beach. Last Monday and Tuesday, it was in the 80s. Now I'm waiting for it to get to 50. OK, so it's not as cold as some places. But our houses and heating systems aren't built to keep the house warm. The floors and the walls are still cold. I'm not sure what affect the price of heating oil does to the overall budget, but I heat with gas and it costs way more electricity for the fan to push the heat throughout the house. Good thing we don't have A/C.
And by the way, none of us had enough long pants to go between washings, and what do you wear on top so you can keep working outside? You see, where it regularly snows or floods, my guess is that you (except Julie and Maggie) ignore the garden, whereas I have to still keep everything watered well, swept, weeded, fertilized. And I lost the expensive pua keni keni I put in. And the ti plants I planted after Maile Ypes's lei-making class don't look all that swift. And it's way too cold to go swim right now.
Keep warm, and "keep your powder dry" to use a quote from the 19th century...
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2007 : 12:09:06 PM
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It got above freezing yesterday. It's snowing lightly. What a change from Oahu last Thursday.
At least our power is on. We were without power for 5 days just before the Holidays. We had a new "Clean out the Freezer" Day celebration. So long pork chops and white bean soup.
Hope it gets warmer, can't clean windows in the frost. |
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Ray Sowders
Akahai
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 09:40:31 AM
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Aloha Pumehana...
Sitting here in my shorts with the windows open. 73-80 today so no worries about frostbite :)
Being from Michigan I can definitely relate to the cold weather, but don't miss it much. I guess I'll never ice fish on lake Wilson, but folks here can't believe we used to drive our cars out on the ice for the day!
On my very first trip to the islands I went fishing in Kona, and got lucky...brought home a nice blue marlin to hang on the wall. I used to tease my friends saying I caught it through the ice at a local pond. I named my marlin....”Brando”, and miss him! Had to sell him when we moved, trophy marlins don't fit in a carry on..
One word of note here at my place. Friday I heard the buzz of a chainsaw, went out front to see what it was. My neighbor directly across the street from me cut down his rather large coconut tree. He didn't understand my excitement until I invited him up on to my deck to see the view...as it is now. From left to right we can see Pu'u Makakilo-The Ko'olau range, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head etc. all the way to Campbell Industrial park. February brings another Diamond Head sunrise opportunity; I'll have to figure out a new song and put a new video up to share! Stay warm, where ever you are. All of you folks are welcome to visit when the opportunity arises, a hui hou...
Ray
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Ianui
Lokahi
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 1:22:47 PM
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OK Ray
Your supposed to be painting, not basking in the sun
Its freezing here in Las Vegas with records being broken for lowest tempeture since 1800's. The fountain and waterfall in the courtyard are frozen solid at least a foot thick.
BUT its a DRY COLD |
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sandman
Lokahi
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 2:44:16 PM
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Just got back from a week of skiing at Whistler, British Columbia. It was a dry cold there, too, but it was still below zero Fahrenheit. I look like a gray haired prune.
Fortunately the wind didn't blow all of the time but for a few days it was gusting to 100 kph at the peak of Blackcomb Mountain. Don't know what the wind chill factor was; the power structure doesn't like to publish that info. Only the hardy and the foolish point 'em down during days like that. I belong to the second category. 
Ironically, Vancouver (70 miles south of Whistler) got more snow than Whistler during last week. Huntington Beach looks positively balmy this afternoon. The sun is out and the temp is in the low 60s, I suspect.
But no snow. 
Sandy |
Leap into the boundless and make it your home.
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 6:51:05 PM
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| Rachel and I drove up to Disneyland yesterday...the temperature topped out at 55 and dropped quickly from there (compared to an average high for the day of 68). When I went to school in upstate New York 55 degrees in January would have meant shorts and a t-shirt. California weather has spoiled me...jeans and four layers on top and I was still cold! |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 06:34:18 AM
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Yeah, Craig, I'm amazed at what some of the kids wear to school here in below freezing weather. I often see them waiting for the school bus in shorts (although the shorts they wear these days drop to below their knees) and long sleeved T-shirts on days when the sky is clear and there is no wind blowing. The high will be 35 here today (average 44) and it was 18 (average 32) earlier this morning so it's quite a bit cooler than normal. We may even get a little snow again this evening and it's been so cool that the snow from a week ago is still on the ground and the snowman that we made with our grandkids is still intact. It's already snowed three times this winter while in previous years it's either snowed just once or not at all.
Also, my brain still hasn't yet gotten used to the fact that we're not in Hawaii any more. On days like today when it's clear and cold, I look outside and see nothing but blue skies and lots of sun and my brain still thinks that it should be warm! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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Podagee57
Lokahi
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 07:47:14 AM
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| Javiero, we had that same syndrome on our first trip to Kauai. Only in reverse. Being from the Northwest we are used to the fact that when it's raining, it's also cold. I remember driving in the rain on Kauai fully expecting that when I stopped and opened the door I would get a blast of cold air. Not so, more like a blast of warm air, it was warmer outside the airconditioned car than inside. That took a little getting used to. |
What? You mean high "E" is the TOP string. No way dude! That changes everything! |
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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
1493 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 08:05:24 AM
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Hey Cpatch!
We went to Christchurch in July. It was COLD!
You kiwis have it all -nwod edispu- |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 08:49:29 AM
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Podagee57: It's funny to look at our different perspectives on these things because of where we were raised and what we're used to. You bring up some of the things that I remember well about when I was a kid growing up in Hawaii......like playing in the warm rain or even better, being at the beach and swimming in the rain! I'd never think of doing either one here.....the rain is too cold! Right now it's still 25 degrees outside but the sun is shining brightly and we're getting ready for our one-hour run in the snow. Because it's been so cold here, it hasn't turned to slush yet and is still white and beautiful.
But we just booked a trip back to Hawaii at the end of February so at least we have that to look forward to. |
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 10:24:09 AM
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| Yes you getused to the cold if you are out in it all the time as i was whenn i still had a dog team. Now I hustle between the house and the shop in my slippers, t-shirt nd flnnel jammies and that 75 yards is pretti dang long sny more. Guess i scould put on some real clothes and quit whining, eh? |
Karl
Frozen North |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 10:36:52 AM
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| Some things I actually like better here in the cold. After an hour run in Hawaii I could ring the sweat out of my shorts.....here you barely break a sweat! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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Podagee57
Lokahi
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 5:16:56 PM
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Originally posted by javeiro
Some things I actually like better here in the cold. After an hour run in Hawaii I could ring the sweat out of my shorts.....here you barely break a sweat!
What are you running from...and why did it take an hour. hehe |
What? You mean high "E" is the TOP string. No way dude! That changes everything! |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 5:38:00 PM
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That was funny, Podagee57. The answer is......because it feels so good when I stop!
To tell you the truth, I just love life and intend to do everything I can to stay here a while. I wanna see my grandkids grow up and have kids of their own. I've been running regularly since I got back from Viet Nam and out of the Army in 1969. Besides, that way I don't have to feel guilty every time I eat some of that great Hawaiian food that's so good for you! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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