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[snow]

extreme cold we have upon us,not long ago experts called it "alberta clipper" now its "polar vortex" who makes this shit up? what's wrong with "bat shit cold"??,could be worse with heavy snow,at least we have that goin for us no snow(yet)

 

[Wallike]

Or what used to be called 'Global Warming' is now 'Climate Change'. Because some cold weather records just happened during that time frame and some pansy-wansy still wanted to point there finger fossil fuels.

 

[Coldfront]

We also used to have a wind speed report for the following day around noon. Now we get the wind speed as it is either breezy or windy, what gives?

 

[sl1000794]

extreme cold we have upon us,not long ago experts called it "alberta clipper" now its "polar vortex" who makes this shit up? what's wrong with "bat shit cold"??,could be worse with heavy snow,at least we have that goin for us no snow(yet)

From my recollection growing up in ND, extreme cold was a high pressure event and those did not produce snow. Snow was a low pressure system and in the summer brought rain.

 

[Bfishn]

Everything is sensationalized to get clicks and views. I just go straight to the source NOAA, no need to listen to some blowhard on tv talking about a "Bomb Cyclone" ending the world.

 

[LBrandt]

I like (cold enough to freeze the nuts off a brass monkey). Or (colder than a witches tit).

 

[AR-15]

Ya, wind chill is for pussy's

 

[snow]

I like (cold enough to freeze the nuts off a brass monkey). Or (colder than a witches tit).

or "colder than a well diggers ass" as I was on a rig many years true meaning. thank goodness for propane torches for heat.

 

[CatDaddy]

Too Tall Tom uses FRI - "feels rotten index"

 

[Davy Crockett]

or "colder than a well diggers ass" as I was on a rig many years true meaning. thank goodness for propane torches for heat.

And smudge pots too , LCM and diesel in a metal bucket .

 

[sl1000794]

And smudge pots too , LCM and diesel in a metal bucket .

Can't imagine what you'd smell like after a shift of that heat!

 

[Davy Crockett]

Can't imagine what you'd smell like after a shift of that heat!

We had lots of propane but only one or maybe two torches. We mostly used smudge pots under the mud gauge and standpipe valves to keep to them thawed out or anywhere we needed a little heat. Worst part was scrubbing the soot off the winterizing in the spring when it warmed up.

 

[snow]

We had lots of propane but only one or maybe two torches. We mostly used smudge pots under the mud gauge and standpipe valves to keep to them thawed out or anywhere we needed a little heat. Worst part was scrubbing the soot off the winterizing in the spring when it warmed up.

Ever start your coveralls on fire? more than once here stradling a torch in sub zero temps.....no smudge pots in my day,bet that was a mess and stink.

 

[LBrandt]

We were hanging drywall in an apartment complex and had a propane torch for heat and my brother-in law grabbed the torch in move it and stepped in front of the flame for just a second. Polyester pants and flame dont mix well. He still had a belt and a zipper and pockets. Lucky for him he had long underware on or it could of been real bad on his sex life. LB

 

[Davy Crockett]

Was lucky enough not to burn my coveralls but I remember a guy who bought a new nylon snowmobile suit and the same day saw him running across location with one leg on fire. Warm clothes have improved in leaps and bounds since back then. Wife and I were just talking about that yesterday , She was a city mail carrier and I was out on a rig we went to work no matter how cold it was. I don't know how we did it. No wonder we have aches and pains and keep the heating pad handy.

 

[snow]

LOL davey.... on really cold days it was either shop work or they put me on a cable tool these old timers would have a salamander heater in the trailer,old/slow but steady drilling the big stuff back then,not sure what was worse on a drill rig or doing flat concrete work?,concrete was seasonal but my knees are shot today from it pay was good,well football and skiing out west didn't help my knee's,goddamn snow snakes in colorado ate me up.

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Bought a pair of these babies in 1980 standing outside welding in the oil patch. Those were cold hard times. It was all roughnecks in the bar. No women. One night my buddy and I got hit on by two women. They looked like goth before it was cool. We followed them to their place. They drove a hearse. Not makin this up.

Told them we needed to step out to get some beer. They asked, you are coming back right? Sure thing babycakes. Exit, stage left.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Bunny boots were the only thing I wore on the rigs once it got cold out. I still have a pair that I never wear because they are wore out and slippery.

 

[snow]

these old airforce rubber boots were the best,referred to as "flight boots",had a pair handed down from my gramps WW1 "flight boots" most were white army had "bunny boots"also white not rubber ,leather soles two buckel straps on the uppers rather than laces but also really warm.my flight boots finally fell apart from all the years in drilling mud,the rubber turned rotten,fell apart,never could figure out why the flight boots had "air chucks" on the uppers?,think my gramps said for added insulation as the bombers fuelage were open and extremely cold,anyone have the answer?

 

[Retired-Guy]

And smudge pots too , LCM and diesel in a metal bucket .

What is LCM?