On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > Think you're a tough guy, huh? > > How about this: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8445831.stm > > "Situated in an area of Siberia nicknamed "Stalin's Death Ring" (a former > destination for political exiles), Oymyakon boasts an average winter > temperature of -45C, with a one-time world record low of -71.2C. > > It is home to several hundred people, and until recently a single hotel with > no hot water and an outside toilet. > ... > Nothing grows there, a single shop provides the town's provisions and with > jobs in short supply most locals resort to reindeer-breeding, hunting and > ice-fishing for their livelihoods. Ironically, Oymyakon means "non-freezing > water", situated as it is to a nearby hot spring."
So, they would only have dial up then. Not good for my web site, I;'ll just stay here/ Dave > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of David J Brooks >> Sent: 07 January 2010 14:46 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: -37ºC >> >> I have, somewhere here, a Polaroid shot of the weather net >> work red screen in January of 1996. It was -46C i believe, no >> wind chill. By the time i drove from our cabin in Longlac to >> the office, it had dipped to -52C, no wind. I got out of the >> truck, pounded a wood stake in the ground, just to say i >> worked at -52.;-) We were pipe lining for Transcanada at the >> time and we had to wait until it ~warmed up~ to -35 C before >> they could weld. >> >> Dave >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >> > That's how cold it is this morning. >> > Gads I hate winter. >> > >> > William Robb >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
