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avsbruins65
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Joined: Sep 2008
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 7:42 AM | |
Welcome back. Camping trips are usually fun. I just got back from a 4 days camping trip also. Congrats on your boy doing awesome in his swim lessons and rowing. Better get the rowing in while you can.
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Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parralle, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.
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sahal694
Posts: 1,076
Joined: May 2016
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:17 AM | |
I've lived in Phoenix for most of my life, so I am used to face melting heat. What I don't understand is how people can survive in places it snows.
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sandyrusty
Posts: 4,675
Joined: Dec 2014
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:25 AM | |
Though I live in Canada and am used to four distinct seasons (one of the main reasons I live where I do across the lake from Rochester), I once was deployed to the United Arab Emirates for 6 months. But before my deployment, I had had a trip there in September and remember that I could not remain outside for more than 15 minutes because of the oppressive heat. I wondered how I (or anyone) could survive. When I did deploy, it was in January therefore the temperatures were more within reason. I was there till July but because I was able to acclimatize as the weather warmed, the heat did not bother me. One just got used to carrying a water bottle all of the time. But Ialso rememberwatching the people arriving to replace our group. When they stepped out the door of the aircraft into the heat, it felt like they had stepped into an oven. All this to say, our bodies do adjust to conditions. This is the same for the cold of winter. Minus 40 degrees (the same whether F or C), is cold to an Arizona resident but cool to a Canadian.
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Bruno -------- Check my Profile page to see my 2023 Goals and my Lists of sets near completion (5 cards or less) or sets getting close (less than 100 cards missing and 75% complete). https://www.tcdb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/B/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=25745&C=0
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 9:36 AM | |
My relatives who were born in NY but now live in Florida literally get out jackets when it drops below 70 degrees. I couldn't imagine wearing a jacket at 70 degrees. But I love the cold weather. If I ever had to move away from home- really away- I would consider Alaska, or, if not staying in country, Scandanavia. Perhaps the upper part of Canada...I could not imagine never seeing something like this again. My yard on March 17th of this year.
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VERY slow trading due to health problems. Not transferrable so safe to trade with, just moving is painful and can't always access the cards. Cardboard History My COMC New Collection Website: Cardboard History Gallery (Still under construction) Tips on how to make your scans look like the card does in hand (No more washed out, fuzzy scans!):
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ranfordfan
Posts: 4,975
Joined: Jun 2014
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:33 PM | |
Good story Sandy, and I will agree with his statement. I have been in northern Australia (Darwin) in their summer and that was HOT but since I had been in the country for three weeks and started in Sydney in the south and worked our way to the north, I was used to it by then. Was sad to leave. But to tell you the truth Winter is my favorite season, I have always said it is SO much easier to warm up than to cool down. And thanks Avs Junior is still pumped about his badges, momma just sewed them onto his Mickey beach towel.
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switzr1
Posts: 6,332
Joined: Dec 2013
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:35 PM | |
This will be my first year without a long camping trip in a long time. Not entirely happy about it, but I've put off some home improvements for too long now, so that will be time and money better spent.
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.
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spazmatastic
Posts: 5,905
Joined: Dec 2014
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 11:13 PM | |
Actually, I said Great White North before Dan did. I don't know exactly what 45C is, but it's close to 110F. I've always wanted to go to the Southwest U.S. to see if it really is better to have the "dry heat" vs. the Southeast's humid air. Plus, there are cool things there that I' like to check out. People say that 110F in Vegas or Phoenix is more comfortable than 85F anywhere in the southeastern U.S.. 85F isn't bad if there's a slight breeze and the humidity and/or dew points are below 50 percent or degrees, respectively.
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NO PWE's EVER!!! PLZ PM me 1st before sending any offer. ONLY selling cards as of March 2024. No trades or purchases right now. _______________________________________________________________________ Largest total PC card collections by Team, then Athlete (as of 3/22/24): STL Cardinals (MLB) - 8810; Carolina Panthers - 2888; GB Packers - 1790+ cards Mark Martin (NASCAR) - 2038 cards; Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) - 1875 cards; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) - 1594; Ricky Rudd (NASCAR) - 839; Ozzie Smith (MLB) - 707
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spazmatastic
Posts: 5,905
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 11:20 PM | |
Yeah, cold is much easier to deal with than heat. You can always put on more clothes, but there are only so many clothes you can remove! Also, I would much rather shiver than sweat profusely.
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NO PWE's EVER!!! PLZ PM me 1st before sending any offer. ONLY selling cards as of March 2024. No trades or purchases right now. _______________________________________________________________________ Largest total PC card collections by Team, then Athlete (as of 3/22/24): STL Cardinals (MLB) - 8810; Carolina Panthers - 2888; GB Packers - 1790+ cards Mark Martin (NASCAR) - 2038 cards; Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) - 1875 cards; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) - 1594; Ricky Rudd (NASCAR) - 839; Ozzie Smith (MLB) - 707
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