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Solomon Loc: Australia

spare a thought for me In South Australia
Last week we had 47cel. (113f in your money) the news paper had on first front page ''The hottest city in the world'' believe me it was hot..I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking..

olddutch Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin

It soo cold here that they have stopped delivering Emails.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

olddutch wrote:

It soo cold here that they have stopped delivering Emails.

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

Almostageezer wrote:

We expect a high of Minus 14F. I will not be going outside today.
Saw one car drive past my house. Bbrrrrrrrrrr!

I recall my first week of boot camp (Navy) at Great Lakes, IL where it was -10F at 8 PM and we are outside hanging up our washed clothes with pieces of string. This was about Feb 1 back in 1968.

rocket111

There is some good news about the freezing temps. The Chicago zoo says they have never seen the polar bears so happy. The zoo keepers say the bears are extra playful & frisky.

pendennis

FiddleMaker wrote:

I recall my first week of boot camp (Navy) at Great Lakes, IL where it was -10F at 8 PM and we are outside hanging up our washed clothes with pieces of string. This was about Feb 1 back in 1968.

I followed you there in April (from Kentucky). That was the coldest spring I'd ever seen. We never got out of our pea coats. We didn't have any thing much below 32 degrees, but the wind off Lake Michigan was miserable.

I live in Michigan now, and it's a balmy -11 in Dearborn.

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

pendennis wrote:

I followed you there in April (from Kentucky). That was the coldest spring I'd ever seen. We never got out of our pea coats. We didn't have any thing much below 32 degrees, but the wind off Lake Michigan was miserable.

I live in Michigan now, and it's a balmy -11 in Dearborn.

So...... you remember all those days marching around on the "grinder" (I think that is what it was called).
Yes, miserable spring. I went directly to Corps School over at Main Side rite after boot camp.

I forget that nasty place they sent the recruits if they screwed up or had some sort of attitude problem. I was 24 when I reported to boot camp and was by far the oldest im my company.

Bushpilot Loc: Minnesota

The thermometer by my front door this A.M.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Here in Minneapolis @ 11am it is -13 under cloudy sky. We are leaving a little package of cookies for the post-person.

PixelStan77 wrote:

Your mailman will deliver your mail today. You know their creed?

finnmap Loc: N Illinois

DAN Phillips wrote:

I lived in Rockford for many years, I know what your'e talking about!

-30 this morning in Rockford. Coldest temp ever recorded here.
But...
could be in 40's on Sunday!!!

pendennis

FiddleMaker wrote:

So...... you remember all those days marching around on the "grinder" (I think that is what it was called).
Yes, miserable spring. I went directly to Corps School over at Main Side rite after boot camp.

I forget that nasty place they sent the recruits if they screwed up or had some sort of attitude problem. I was 24 when I reported to boot camp and was by far the oldest im my company.

Like you, a lot of the memories have faded from boot camp. However, one thing that has stuck in my mind, was how prisoners were treated by the Marines. Our company commander always harped on us about not speaking, or even looking at brig prisoners who were brought to the mess hall for meals.

One day during noon mess, the prisoners were brought in, and we were lined against the wall so they could pass. They maintained really tight order and silent. One prisoner forgot, and spoke to a boot he knew from civilian life. The nearest Marine guard struck this prisoner behind his knees, and the poor sap went down like a sack of potatoes. The Marine reminded him, "NO TALKING!". Never will I forget this moment.

I was a reserve and our boot camp only lasted three weeks, then directly to a two-week cruise at Norfolk, on an old Sumner Class destroyer. I went on active duty the next year, and served with the Seabees, even though I was a fleet rate disbursing clerk.

pendennis

John_F wrote:

Here in Minneapolis @ 11am it is -13 under cloudy sky. We are leaving a little package of cookies for the post-person.

Here in the Detroit area, door-to-door delivery has been canceled since Tuesday. No delivery until tomorrow.

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

PixelStan77 wrote:

Your mailman will deliver your mail today. You know their creed?

The newspaper delivery kid will make the trail through the snowdrifts for the mailman to follow.

pendennis

clint f. wrote:

The newspaper delivery kid will make the trail through the snowdrifts for the mailman to follow.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Bushpilot wrote:

The thermometer by my front door this A.M.

Guess i shouldn't complain about -17 then! Or about the water pipe that burst in our unfinishef upstairs bathroom and poured into our unfinished family room below. Thank goodness nothing important was damaged, but wallboard and maybe underlayment may have to be replaced. Oh, well.