DRIFTER_016 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMan11 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hahahaha, you gonna have 50" of good ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livinisfishin Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 "feels like" being a human ice cube. Damn thats frigid man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Something just sucked up into my throat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Field Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thanks for making our weather look better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 How do you tell -41 from ("feels like) 52 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannon fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of thirty cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with sixteen round indentations. But, if this plate was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannon fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of thirty cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with sixteen round indentations. But, if this plate was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" Not according to Snopes http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Hahahaha, you gonna have 50" of good ice PUHLEEEEZE!!!! We regularly get up to 60+" of ice during our winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 PUHLEEEEZE!!!! We regularly get up to 60+" of ice during our winters. im just talking about the next few days lol. Id fish in that, but man o man would i be drilling alot of holes and working for fish. There would be no sitting thats for sure lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I foresee a sudden drop in your rum stocks in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I foresee a sudden drop in your rum stocks in the near future. Gonna be a balmy -20 Sunday, so I think I'll be sledding out to the cabin site and wielding the Stihl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 holy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Seriously, everyone that complains its cold today at work is gonna see this! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 We have a saying down in Cajun Country. When water gets hard you have gone North to far. I get grumpy here in Virginia when it gets below 25 F and really don't like it when you feel the hairs in your nose freeze Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 After seeing that Dave, the 7" of snow we got last night doesn't seem so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimsbylander Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Good thing the winds are light! Edited December 13, 2013 by grimsbylander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimsbylander Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Sorry... Can't edit...can't post pics...can't quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 But is it a "dry cold"???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 thanks for making us feel grateful for our weather, i just want enough cold for safe ice down here who needs the extra 3ft of ice anyways ? ... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I was watching the weather on TV last night and noticed the temps in your neck of the woods. I kinda shivered a bit, then thought of you and kinda snickered a bit and thought, he better get that auger extention handy! HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancur373 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Dave better you than me lol.I remember -40 growing up and still going out tobaganing.Could not imagine that now.Hope you get a good start on your property,and please update with your progress!!Think you'll need a third extension this year on your auger? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 What, you're not used to that yet? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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