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This is the only time it has snowed here all year. This is the dead K75S that I bought last week.

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My front garden, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) from Duck's area, where we received at least 75mm last night and expect another 50mm by Noon. It's currently -4c and dropping, with a light, steady breeze. Of course this is nothing by Canadian, US mid-west or east coast standards, but a beautiful sight nonetheless. I'm not riding - or driving - today as it's amateur hour on the roadways. Feet up, slippers on.

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Charming photo of your garden. Snow seems to lose something when it's over 6" deep and/or been there for more than a week.

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Agreed that snow gets old fast, all grey and depressing after a coupla days. When I arrived first time in the US, mid-'70s, we moved to northern Vermont for a year where we proceeded to have over 12 feet (365cm) of snow over the course of the Winter. I'd seen snow on the ground at the top of Mt Wellington in Tassie as a lad, but it was already frozen and crusty, not the snowman sort. I'd never seen it fall. We would occasionally get ice on the puddles as we walked to school of a morning in Dilston or Kingston.

This is a good day today because it's a snow day - everything shuts here with an inch on the roadways - and I don't have to go anywhere.

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No reason to fly or drive!

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Another attempt to cool the heated brows via the Mk1 eyeball for our friends down under...from a snowy Bristol UK

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Over 160mm dumped on us overnight last Thursday/Friday. As soon as it stopped snowing, it started thawing and is now pretty much gone again. Best sort of snow (unless you're skiing). Bikes stayed firmly in the garage.

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No, can't be right, our politicians keep telling us that there is no climate change. Australia is suffering from massive floods in the north of Queensland, down to drought in New South Wales. Further south in Victoria there are bush fires whilst a large portion of rural Tasmania has had bush fires for the last few weeks.

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Yes, it's been brutally hot here in Guyra. We almost reached 30C the other day and the nights have been dreadful.. one night it only went down to 14C. One feels compelled to go and wet a line in order to find a cool breeze.

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Saxon7 wrote:Yes, it's been brutally hot here in Guyra. We almost reached 30C the other day and the nights have been dreadful.. one night it only went down to 14C. One feels compelled to go and wet a line in order to find a cool breeze.

Oh, the suffering! Smile

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We started to get the aftermath of Townsville's flooding. Poured down rain last night, gutters overflowed, but we needed it the only green on the lawn is the weeds. Last week in the heat I started thinking about getting a cool vest ( No not the leather one with tassels ). Has anybody in the warmer climes tried one. I used to use a gel scarf that you soaked water and it did work to a point.https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ice-vest-6-cooling-pack-short-jacket-cool-clothing-summer-heat-protection-chill/273457064605?hash=item3fab4faa9d:g:hKUAAOSw6gRbmLfX:rk:6

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MartinW wrote:Has anybody in the warmer climes tried one?

I use a BMW Coolvest in Summer. Soak for five minutes, don it, close your vents, go for a cool(er) ride. Like a swamp cooler on the roof, they work marvelously, but not so much when it's humid, like SE Queensland so often is.

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www.ebay.com.au/i/273580323330?chn=ps

Has them for sale

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I've seen them on Ebay but I wasn't sure how effective they were.
Regards Martin.

Point-Seven-five

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I have one. Soak it for five minutes and it will keep you reasonably cool for most of a tank of fuel in temperatures as high as 120F as long as it isn't too humid. On more than one occasion I've soaked mine in the flush tank behind a gas station toilet.

One thing, they work best when you don't have a big fairing in front of you.

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Gryph one thing QLD has in abundance is humidity. So probably won't be a worthwhile purchase??

Regards Martin.

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I tried one years ago. It's still around here somewhere - sitting unused. I was underwhelmed by it's performance.
I prefer the undergarments sold by L D Comfort, which I find both more versatile and effective.

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Another cool-down trick I've learnt to use along with the very effective cool vest is a neck wrap that's essentially an inch or so flat material about half a metre long which has crystal-like substance inside that when soaked go all gel-like and stay cool for hours against your skin. I tie it loosely under my jacket collar and ride into the heat - dry heat is where it's most effective, of course.

This link takes you to a version of it...

Brickie, I reckon you meant to write LD Comfort rather than LT... Mario VanWinkelman and crew are Washington state-based and I have been using their incredible riding shorts for over 12 years - they're holding up well. When I forget to don them on a long ride I regret it after 200 miles. To be sure these guys are mainly about seating comfort and secondarily about passive cooling reduction rather than active like a cool-vest, with the exception of their cool shirt. Here's a link to their website showing that tres kewl riding shirt that makes you feel like a polar bear on an ice flow at the zoo in the middle of a Bronx Summer.

LDComfort cool shirt

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$10 synthetic chamois cloth cut in half, soaked in water and worn around the neck.

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MartinW

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I used to have two of the gel scarfs, wear one soak the other. They died about 10 years ago and I haven't seen them around since.
Regards Martin.

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Good to know about the LDComfort products as I have been on the lookout for something like these. Given the Aussie temps reported in the news lately I think it would take one of the caged BMW products with AC to really make a difference. It's 'Africa hot' down there down undah'.

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MartinW wrote:Gryph one thing QLD has in abundance is humidity. So probably won't be a worthwhile purchase??

Regards Martin.

Coastal Queensland has the stinking humidity why do you think I came to live on the western side of the dividing range.

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Right you are, Two Wheels! I should have typed "L D Comfort."
I made the correction. (Maybe it was Freudian, as I am now an "LT" man.) Wink

As an aside, the creator of the L D garments - Mario - is quite an engaging fellow! If you have an opportunity to have a chat with him, you'll enjoy it.

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We may have humidity Rick but we don't have snow. Bonnet

Regards Martin.

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brickrider2 wrote:As an aside, the creator of the L D garments - Mario - is quite an engaging fellow! If you have an opportunity to have a chat with him, you'll enjoy it.

Yeah, you're right. I've known Mario since the early days. Me and his girl Friday had a bit of a thing way back. I was one of his first dealers to sell LDC stuff. Had an overdue catch up with him at last year's Chief Joseph in John Day.

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Our annual rally(BMWTCNSW) is on this weekend, its the 2nd oldest continual running motorcycle rally in OZ. A couple of years ago it went to 47 degrees, the whole state was under a total fire ban, all the state forests across the state were closed dues to fire risk which affected our rally. We had to relocate to a showground at Dungog. It was one of the worst nights of camping I've ever had and a bloody terrible ride home. I've made it very clear now that if it's going to be 40 I won't be going. Thankfully its looking a bit cooler than that this weekend with 50% risk of some rain, so it should be fine.

We had a guy at work go down with heat exhaustion/dehydration on Monday. Its a large factory and he was located not too far from a large door so did get some airflow too. But the heat has been terrible, thankfully I'm no longer in the factory itself. I hate the heat, probably something to with both mum and dad being Scots Smile

Al - looking forward to Autumn

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Another storm came through the Puget Sound region last night.

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They're calling it Seattle Snowpocalypse. Of course this area has about 6" of snow in an entire year. The grocery store shelves are cleared off. After shovelling the walks and driveway, I think it's a good excuse to stay in and have a warm, spicy rum drinkie or two.

A Seattle bloke tweeted sarcastically that since supermarkets were out of kale thanks to "tiny fluffy balls of icy death," he was going to stay home and guard his supply.

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Around here, it's bread, milk and eggs that disappear when the snow is forecast to be "life threatening". We are so fortunate to have the governor of New Yahk City travel here to advise the natives who have lived here for years on how to survive the apocalypse.

Gov. Andrew "Il Douche" Cuomo, gets on the radio and TV for hours giving advice for everything from not going out without a hat or gloves, to making sure your gas tank is full, but he never lets us in on the best french toast recipes for our bread, milk and eggs.

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I got the NOpocalypse. I have maybe an inch this morning. Conversely, my buddy's parents in Sequim(30 miles away) have 19". (48 cm)

This morning:
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Point-Seven-five wrote: Gov. Andrew "Il Douche" Cuomo, . . .

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The February thaw here has revealed the ancient remains of a Prius. An indigenous worker is indicating the snowfalls of this season shown by strata in the deposit. Further research will be undertaken when the snow recedes on Fourth of July.

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Signs of the apocalypse: when the kale supply becomes threatened by snow fall.....WOW affraid

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Woodie wrote:Signs of the apocalypse: when the kale supply becomes threatened by snow fall.....WOW

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duck wrote:I got the NOpocalypse. I have maybe an inch this morning. Conversely, my buddy's parents in Sequim(30 miles away) have 19". (48 cm)

Around here 19" is starting to get into the "nuisance" range. Another foot or so and we're talking "pain in the ass".

When it's the heavy stuff that comes in November we call it "heart attack" snow. Thins the herd for the bad weather that follows for the rest of the winter.

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[quote="Point-Seven-five"]

duck wrote: Another foot or so and we're talking "pain in the ass".

And another foot after that are you talking a frozen ass. Blizzard

Regards Martin.

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Aside from many brainless drivers, our moderate weather here has a tendency to make matters much worse when it snows. It'll snow at night, get up to 40 to melt some of the snow during the day and then turn it all into ice the next night. Driving in snow in colder places like Minnesota, Colorado and other colder states is much easier. I can drive 40-50 on compact snow but when it's ice all bets are off.

(This also happens at our ski areas so the snow on our ski slopes is often referred to as "Cascade concrete.")

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One day in Goulburn, every second year. Regular as clockwork . . .

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MartinW wrote:

Point-Seven-five wrote:

duck wrote: Another foot or so and we're talking "pain in the ass".

And another foot after that are you talking a frozen ass.
Regards Martin.

Or, looking at it another way, "freeze your balls off".

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Fear not too much for us.
Leaves are changing colour here and millions of little spider webs on the grass, snapdragon flowers are wilting
and the car windows are getting dew all over them.
Autumn approacheth.
Time to plan some riding.
RT

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