Stop, Jim - you're killing me!! :-) JD
-----Original Message-----
From: jaltman@altlaw.com [SMTP:jaltman@altlaw.com]
Sent: March 10, 1999 10:09 PM
To: Day.John@fin.gc.ca
Subject: RE: Weather
Weather? There's a problem? Stop driving in winter? Top was down
last
weekend. It was 70. I never stop driving. But I do insist on 60 to
put the
top down. Snow? Can't remember any for a year or two. Sorry, I
couldn't help
myself.
Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6#CC28754L W4UCK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
Day.John@fin.gc.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 10:46 AM
> To: dynamic@transport.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Weather
>
>
>
> We've got some time to go before we see the roads up here in
> Ottawa, though
> I heard the NE U.S. just had a good dumping as well. The cars
> were nearly
> out this time last year. March is a very unpredictable month,
> and we just
> got the luck of the draw this spring. When the snow (and
> salt!) are gone,
> the temperature is immaterial, given the short driving
> season. Still, it
> makes you appreciate the cars even more once they're out, and the
> sedan-dwellers curse us all the more for having fun! Cheers, JD.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell [SMTP:dynamic@transport.com]
> Sent: March 10, 1999 10:24 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Weather
>
>
> Well Hell! I was just out toolin' around yesterday in
> the TR with
> the top
> down! Sun was out, and even though the temp was just a
> little over
> 45 or
> so, I said, "What the Heck!" and dropped the top.
>
> Here in the middle of Oregon, at 3600 ft elevation, we
> don't have
> any snow.
> 'Course, if you get up to the mountains nearby, you'll
> find a record
> snowpack that'll no doubt keep the ski resorts busy 'til
July.
> Either
> that or it'll all melt at once and cause major flooding!
Either
> one's
> possible! I understand that the snowpack is nearly DOUBLE
the
> average.
>
> Just wondering what the temperature threshold is for
> you roadster
> drivers
> out there... What's the coldest it can be for top-down
> driving at
> around-town speeds? Or, how WARM does it have to be
> before you'll
> drop the
> top. All of this, naturally, assumes sunny conditions.
> For myself
> it
> seems to be right about 45 or so. Maybe a little less.
> Any colder
> and my
> top goes back up.
>
> (Of course, those numbers change dramatically when my wife
rides
> along!!)
>
> Pete Chadwell
> 1973 TR6
>
> Incidentally, today looks pretty YUCK out there.
> Overcast, gloomy.
> Better
> go put it back up!
>
>
>
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