On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:34 pm, helmsman posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:28:14 -0600, clifto wrote:

helmsman wrote:
-mex. wrote:
-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really
start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks
sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.

45 below zero is the worst I've seen as a kid on vacation in Tate which
"is-was" 90 miles west of Regina. No joke you could fire a gun and hear
it 20 miles away. It was so flat you could see the grain trains "Steam
Locomotive" light as it past the curve of the earth. It still took an
hour to pass you. Nothing like the flat lands 'Prairie". Spit froze
before it hit the ground.

Some day I plan to make a pilgrimage to Canada for *real* winter gear.
I hear Moosejaw is a good place to start.

Check out all the places where "Big AL Capone" visited.

It is not confirmed that Al Capone actually ever was in Moose Jaw. His
people likely were. The "tunnels tour" is quite a tourist draw though.
The tunnels run all over under the downtown and were used for bootlegging.
They've fixed up the downtown quite nicely, until the big fire last April.
They'll rebuild. They've also got a mineral spa and a casino.