Go check out New Hampshire's Farenheit Scale over at The Weekend Pundit. I too have seen it before, but this year it seems particularly apt. There are very few days that I haven't seen a couple of motorcycles out (and yes, we did get a late start to winter, but when it finally arrived last month, it stayed). I saw a bike on the road Monday or Tuesday - it was 20 degrees. All our bikers ask is that there not be too much sand on the road.
I have also been driving without the heat on in the truck in the afternoon a lot of days. Yesterday, when I got out of work, I thought how nice and warm it was ("must be up near 30." I thought). Got in the truck and it was 15. I don't even bother with a winter coat unless it is supposed to stay lower than 20 thru the day, a jacket does me just dandy as long as it keeps the wind out (although I always have my emergency winter gear in the truck if I really need it).
But then again, I'm one of those people that has to be nice and warm when inside - it's some sort of weird trade-off, but it works for me.
We've been coping with the cold in the Midwest, but I'm glad to see that the weather forecasters think we may be above freezing in about a week.
I was beginning to think we should rename you "Nanuk of the North" until your last comment.
Posted by: buffy | February 16, 2007 at 07:46 PM
I meant to ask, why don't you want sand on the road for motorcycles? Is it too easy to spin out? I'd have thought it would give traction.
Posted by: buffy | February 16, 2007 at 07:50 PM
Maybe I should have explained better - the motorcycles are out only when the roads are dry (not icy or snowy - most days this winter). On dry roads, sand is bad for bikes expecially going around corners and curves because the tires lose grip from the road and gravity will do its thing and lay the bike down.
Posted by: bogie | February 17, 2007 at 06:47 AM