Hey Carol!

Jul 30 14:00 05, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 CS> Ah but I'm talking the outdoor vending machines only.  Wont find 
 CS> generics in there.

Sounds the same as here except the brandnames are different.

 CS> Next favrites are 'Pocari Sweat' (love the name!) and Daqari.  (note 
 CS> the Japanese do not always follow a 'q' with a 'u').

Hm.  Isn't a Daquari (with 'u' attached) an achoholic beverage?

 CS> I findit hard to fathom it being that hot every day where you are in 
 CS> summer!  You live so much more north!  Tht 40-43C is 105-110F!!!

It doesn't hardly ever get that hot here on the Island but inland it is
known to happen quite often, even further north then I am (sitting on the
49th parallel as we speak).  On the Flatlands 40C isn't that uncommon in
the so-called summer months.  I am not sure, but I'd say that from June to
early August, the Flatlands probably averages in the higher 20C's and quite
possibly 30C or so.  It can be hot and dry there, even at night.  Around
here 40C isn't that common but it can and does happen.  Yesterday I heard
it got up to 31C and it definetly felt that hot.  However being close to
the ocean, the nighttime temp went down to 11C last night so it was nice
and cool when I woke up.  Right now it feels to be around 20C-ish. 
Perfect!!!  :-)

 CS> which reads both C and F scales.  Yesterday for 3 hours we hit what 
 CS> the base calls 'double black flag' (115F, no PT allowed outdoors 
 CS> unless it's bicyling to and from work).

Ouch!!!  Too hot for this cowboy.

 CS> Right now we average (I still think more in F but trying to adapt as 
 CS> I know where you live it's C) low 90's F.  35-38C roughly.

That is still to warm for me.  I prefer 18-22C range which is rougly
70F-ish.  That is perfect.

 CS> Wanna really mess me up?  Give me an oven that only reads in C!  
 CS> Yikes!  They have them here too.  Mostly toaster oven types.

Everything is C here in Canada but sometimes there are appliances that show
both scales.  My oven is in F btw but I think it was made Stateside.  No
big deal to me personally but I prefer metric as it is way easier to do
math in the head that way.  Imperial is too weird and never really had an
international standard, even between the US and Canada way back when.  I
think our gallons/pints/quarts were larger but that was some time ago so
don't quote me on that.

 CS> Hehe yuppers!  Here, it's really distinct though the fall feels 
 CS> 'shorter' than the other 3 seasons.

Fall?!?!?!?!  Is that a Japanese thingy?  ;-)

There is a brief one here too.  You can tell because some of the local
trees know when to shed their leaves and one sees quite a few rakes coming
out of hiding.  Other then that, fall is like summer here.

 CS> severe a climate as Siberia, but quite cold in winter).  Nothernmost 
 CS> part has what would qualify as 'winter' to many of us for 5 months of 
 CS> the year.

Sounds like the rest of inhabited Canada.  The Flatlands might be longer
though, perhaps around 7 months.  I haven't been there for awhile so it
might have changed since then but when I lived there I swore it was mostly
winter.  Definitely the predominant season.  Fall was like three hours
there and then straight into winter ... again!!!  Stinkin' winter.

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