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You guys up north ready for this arctic front?

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  1. amateur cutter

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    Frozen beer farts, c'mon Tim everybody knows that.:D
     
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    Snowflake farts.
     
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    o_O

    :rofl: :lol:

    Thats just wrong!
     
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    Now we’re talking. DC071508-40B1-46E7-99BC-4D669A5226BF.png
     
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    you defined it, cause I've done it. In my friends new jeep Cherokee.:picard:He was so mad.:hair:
     
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    That's what they used to do here. They had a railroad spur that went to the ice house. Right behind my house.
     
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    So the jist of the story, you learned from your mistakes in Maine how to live in Alaska.
     
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    I'm at 125' my town is like a bowl. 9 lakes and ponds, with 33% of the town wetlands, frozen solid now of course. The cold just sinks in and settles. -2 now, daytime high 5.
     
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    -6 now.
     
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    Current temp.

    We have a bunch of rivers around here. They aren't froze over fully yet. But when they do freeze over it get and Stays cold down there. It will be 40 below
    at our place and down by the river 250 ft lower elevation and 4 miles away it will be 55 below. When it's 50 below here its 65 below there.
     
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    Was it buried under ground pretty deep?
     
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    Just standing in for Midwinter this morning. You guys up in Alaska...sheeeeeesh!
     
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    Ours wasn't it was next to the lake, a restaurant now aptly named the icehouse, if buried deep would flood in spring. Think of it like a warehouse sized cooler. The sawdust kept it insulated and the blocks separated.
     
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    But the question is: When does a ditch become a crick? When does a crick become a river? etc.
     
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    My ass is cold.jpg
     
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    Oh! Thats easy!...
    the difference is size: you can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade across a stream, and swim across a river. :D
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    Our temp this morning. Just above freezing now.


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