[Rhodes22-list] Cold, was More diesel and gasoline questions

[Steve Alm]

Last one out of MN shut off the lights!  8-)

Slim

On 12/10/03 7:56 PM, "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Rummy,
> 
> :-) :-) Couldn't agree more!!! If I had any idea when I would be able to move
> further south, you could bet I would be counting the days. Unfortunately, I
> don't have a date to start the countdown from ......yet, but if I keep
> wishing hard enough.....
> 
> Rik
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/10/2003 01:39 pm, you wrote:
>> Rik,
>> I remember one winter in Wisconsin where it got really cold, in the minus
>> 20 range and that was the high for the day. It stayed like that for almost
>> two weeks. We would take the battery out of the car and bring it inside at
>> night to keep it from freezing and hopefully have enough power to crank the
>> engine in the morning. Even with a 10 weight oil in the crankcase it was a
>> lost cause. I've even placed burning charcoal under the car to heat the oil
>> enough to crank the engine. NOT FUN!!!! Especially crawling around in a
>> foot of snow. I laugh now, but I wouldn't ever do it again. Block heaters
>> and inline hos heaters make life up north a little more predictable and
>> enjoyable.
>> 
>> Rummy
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