Cipher <
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: Here in Minnesota we hit -25 below zero last night. I tried this trick again earlier this morning,
: (didn't work this time) guess it wasn't cold enough... As I recall the last time I did it, the
: temp. was closer to -40. The effect you see is a small white cloud with the water freezing
: virtually instantaneously.
awwww, i'm getting homesick!
incidentally, this is the minnesota equivalent of the (mostly wisconsin) cow-tipping tales. kind of
an aprocryphal story passed around to scare the little kids into wearing snow pants to school.
it's quite possibly true, tho. it failed me in the 1995 (or 96?) day off when arne carlson closed
down the schools & U of M (and was lambasted in the press for not letting the kids toughen
themselves in the -34F temperature). & by kids i mean kindergarteners. i tried coffee, tho. it's
cooler than water in the neat-o sense.
minnesota is the only place i've ever lived where long underwear is cool (growing up in se wisconsin
you wouldn't be seen dead in it) and it's a fashion statement unto itself.
anyway, i saw a bald eagle on the way to work, today. & since i wasn't in minnesota it didn't fall
out of the sky frozen & ready for the fridge. it was sitting in a pond full of geese .. all of whom
gave a respectful distance. even more rare i spotted a new fixed gear rider in boise! on a green
nishiki! he was trackstanding while waiting for a red light. be still my heart! i suspect people who
can trackstand wait for red lights more often .. on account it's so fun to trackstand.
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david reuteler
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