[AT] Ralph Goff CLOSE THE DOOR

[charliehill]

Dean what year(s) were you up there in Greenland?


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From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
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> Heat and cold are funny.  When I was in the military I enjoyed assignments
> in hot locations (southern Arizona) and cold (northern Greenland), and got
> used to them both.  Hot is probably easier for me to deal with, all in 
> all,
> but the cold wasn't as bad as I'd expected.  Funny thing was that I was
> almost never as cold in Greenland as I sometimes get here in Ohio, because
> up there I was never tempted to run errands in just a light jacket while
> it's 36 and drizzling.  Still, even with a parka and mukluks, when 
> 30-below
> wind hits you in the face you know it's pretty chilly out...
>
> Tractor content:  Here's a photo of me on an IH TD-18 crawler dumped at 
> the
> edge of a landfill at a long-abandoned communications site up in 
> Greenland,
> during a no-kidding beautiful and warm summer day up there.
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/td18_sideview.jpg
>
> Other pictures from up there are at http://www.vinsonfarm.net/thule.html.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
>
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>
> Al, we don't agree there.  If I get too hot in the summer I can jump in 
> the
> water and cool off.  If I get too cold in the winter I can't warm up that
> easily!  I've been so hot I nearly passed out but never so hot that I hurt
> all over and was at a risk of loosing toes and fingers.  Give me the heat!
> I'll deal with it.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
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