Weather..(or not...)
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Topic: Weather..(or not...)
Posted By: hoadie
Subject: Weather..(or not...)
Date Posted: January 29 2013 at 8:34pm
Well, here in the "Banana Belt" of the Great White North, the weather is the wierdest.Two days ago, it was the coldest in four years.Then it proceeded to warm up..so much so that by 0600 Toronto had already set all time high records. At 0700, it was 60 F on my back deck..& the sun wasn't up yet!!Supposed to keep gettin warmer today, with MORE rain & thunderstorms. Then tonight-taper off to flurries, & full blown winter, as we're expecting below 0C by mornin on Thursday. Then ya got Oz...1/2 the country is on fire, the other half is under water.What a place! Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:24pm
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Same here just south of the Mason-Dixon line. 13~16 degrees all week & several snowstorms. Yesterday was 60 & pissing down with rain. Today sunny & 30, to-morrow supposedly sunny & 60s. I was told by a friend who moved there that Aus is missing several seasons, compared to here. We have Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter. They have "The wet" & "The dry"
 ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:47pm
Just wait a couple days guys, the cold is moving east again. Here we have had a couple days of rain and beautiful temps..... but tomorrow our high temp is supposed to be -16F. Should be fun 
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 1:47am
| ya bear - what i hate is that it rains then we go to the deep freeze and all the car doors/windows freeze solid , bad enough to have to scrape it off but when the weather stripping rips off when you force the door or the window fails to go down at the drive thru i get really pi$$#d at being here this time of year |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 3:26am
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A Sq..to prevent your weather strip from freezing on the vehicle..spray & wipe with a product called "303". It doesn't hurt the rubber at all, & wont let it freeze together. I use it round my doors, & on the weather strip across the back of the truck tonneau cover where it meets the tailgate. Do that 3 - 4 X per year & ur good.(I learned the hard way, too) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 6:03am
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All of a sudden I'm hearing a lot about that "303 aerospace" rubber protectorant stuff. I used armorall for ever but suddenly its (supposedly) bad for rubber & this stuff is the cats pyjamas!
I've been using armorall for 20+ years & don't recall any problem. Doing a little on-line research I discovered that armorall had actually been reformulated to comply with (guess what) VOC regulations, & is now a water-based product with no UV protection
 . Maybe thats the difference as the old stuff seemed to work?------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 11:40am
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Horror stories bout armourall. Anyone with a cracked dashboard can relate to that Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 9:23pm
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geeze! Around midnight last night, I went outside & it was still 60F. Went out @0800 this morning, its 28F(not including windchill) & snow/ice pellets Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 10:47pm
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hoadie , thanks for that 303 advise , ill seek some out , like shamu said ive been using armorall but it seems to have lost its effectiveness in recent years , reformulation makes sense - to meet new fed regulations explains a lot - damned mother government always mucking things up for us .......
wish id saved some DDT and malathion too
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Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 1:48am
| Well I experienced a first this morning. Went out in the -19 weather to start my pickup (a '71 Chevy). It started up so I let it run a bit, but the power steering pump was making a little noise. Just figured it's cold it will get better. After about 10 minutes of warming up I go to take off and discover my steering is completely frozen. Guess theres a bit of moisture in the system. It took quite a while to get it thawed out. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 2:42am
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I don't know when the reformulation happened, my bottle is several years old at this point, but still seems to work fine on ammo can seals which is mostly where I use it. I have rubbed it into the soft foam rubber weatherstrips on the Chevvys doors to prevent freezing & sticking too. Maybe it is the old stuff?
------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:18am
| Rain here, drizzle, wind, +6C, typical rain forest stuff. I used to use the old Armorall until I heard it can crack the plastic dash pad on my 1966 Coronet, so I stopped using it altogether. |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 4:15am
| Its 4.15am here and I just went outside and its already hot, yesterday was 42 celcius, today is supposed to be 39 but it's shaping up hotter than that, it was 31 at 1am. |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 5:29am
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Goodness Lithgow..... That's some hot weather. That's definitely "bake your brains" weather
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 5:49am
| How do you sleep in that heat? Must have air conditoining running full blast? |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 12:34pm
Just got a GREAT idea!!I'm gonna CAN this cold Canadian air, into #10 cans with easy open lids, & send it to Oz! THAT'LL cool 'em off!(Bet they'll pay a premium, too!   Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 2:31pm
Good idea Hoadie! I'll can the rain we're getting. Should sort out the bush fires easy.  ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 5:20pm
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Only got to 42 today. We rarely run the air con at night, we run it all day and the house stays cool all night, most nights. Yeah Hoadie, I wouldnt say no to some of that air. We havnt had any major fires this summer but I have been to a few smaller ones. last saturday I was taliking to one of the bushfire blokes in the local hardware store and commented on the small amount of action we have had this summer in regard to bushfires, 1 1/2 hour later, guess where we met? At the biggest bushfire we have had so far this year.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 2:48am
| well , it was -19 f here this morning , expecting it to get into the single digits + but wind chills wont ....we are making ice , dont ship any water here |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 4:10am
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The rain is starting to p..s me off, the ground is saturated, it rains on a weekend when I want to shoot and the grass keeps me awake at night with that sqeak it makes when it's growing.
We had an inch last night.
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Posted By: Rob
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 7:47am
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I am sorry to hear about all the forest fires in aus.
I just got back(wednsday) from the arctic(-57 with windchill)to find it -40 here in sask.!!
now today it's down right warm...-15 with no wind so it's getting better will be out shooting on sunday when it hit's single digits.
wish you all an belated HAppy NEW year.
------------- A true measure of a man is not how he act's when thing's are going well.But how he act's when things are going Bad. R.S.G. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 8:13am
| Rob, where do you live in Saskatchewan? I have friends in Swift Current area (Neville and Rush Lake). |
Posted By: Rob
Date Posted: February 03 2013 at 12:47am
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Well I live north of Saskatoon 50klm's or so. I dont know anyone (to the best of my knowledge)around speedy creek. Where in B.C. are you from ?I am taking the family out there in may for a 1000 yrd shoot at burns lake,
A fella I work with is a HUGE long range shooter and loves that stuff so we are going to check it out and visit some of the wifes relatives in Fort st.John as well.
------------- A true measure of a man is not how he act's when thing's are going well.But how he act's when things are going Bad. R.S.G. |