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[NSR] Happy Winter Solstice ❄️
steelbytes
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:39:01 +0000
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steelbytes
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:39:01 +0000 linkquote
But annoyingly cold 🥶. I'm wanting to do some work on the scoot today (12g rollers) but it's too grey and nippy.

For most of you it's the longest day so no excuses; ride baby ride 🛵
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Outsider
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:53:12 +0000
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:53:12 +0000 linkquote
Happy Winter solstice. take your Winter solstice and put it where the sun does not shine. I am moving to Winter and you are moving to Summer. If I was rich I would follow the Sun, But I am not.
pigletpilot
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:21:54 +0000
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pigletpilot
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:21:54 +0000 linkquote
Proper Winter Solstice here, never got much above 10 C and forecast zero overnight. Yay, start on the downhill run to summer.
Fudmucker
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:38:06 +0000
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:38:06 +0000 linkquote
Happy Winter Solstice to others who stand upside down on Earth.
This one is worse because Earth is furthest from the sun in its wobble orbit.

We haven't had negative C dawn temperatures yet and our days are still in high teens,
so a little more moderate than you guys living closer to the big ice block at the South Pole.
But I can still comfortably ride my Vespa and I have a coffee meeting in an hour with another Vespa rider.

It is now 8C and the sunshine is streaming in...

Life is good.

Last edited by Fudmucker on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:56:59 +0000; edited 1 time
pigletpilot
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:42:36 +0000
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pigletpilot
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:42:36 +0000 linkquote
I rode Gabriella to work today suitably dressed for the temperature. It's now 17:40 and dark outside. According to my weather app the temperature is 8.1, feels like 7. Zero overnight, predicting 13 tomorrow after frosts. Ride carefully people.
Bobo
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:25:20 +0000
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Bobo
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:25:20 +0000 linkquote
At least we don't have to put our scoots away for the winter.
steelbytes
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:38:21 +0000
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steelbytes
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:38:21 +0000 linkquote
Bobo wrote:
At least we don't have to put our scoots away for the winter.
Like the poor Canadians 😝

Mind you if i did live somewhere that snowed I'd probably keep riding and use different tires in the winter so I'd be less likely to drop it in the snow like I did recently on a day trip https://modernvespa.com/forum/post2551266#2551266
Fudmucker
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:33:12 +0000
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:33:12 +0000 linkquote
Bobo wrote:
At least we don't have to put our scoots away for the winter.
But we don't get to ride snowmobiles in Winter like they do...
Miguel
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:51:36 +0000
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Miguel
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:51:36 +0000 linkquote
14 hours 41 minutes of daylight today at 37 degrees north. Probably
hottest day this year today and very unusual for us. 93F/34C
baba12
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:02:09 +0000
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baba12
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:02:09 +0000 linkquote
As much as people like to say today is the start of Summer in the northern Hemisphere, I am sad as I know starting tomorrow every day is going to be shorter and for me summer is over.
I like sunshine & warmth as someone said I'd love to follow the sun but....
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jimc
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:52:50 +0000
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jimc
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:52:50 +0000 linkquote
Miguel wrote:
14 hours 41 minutes of daylight today at 37 degrees north. Probably
hottest day this year today and very unusual for us. 93F/34C
Forecast to be 106°F (41°C) here today.
Guzzi Gal
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:10:11 +0000
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Guzzi Gal
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:10:11 +0000 linkquote
jimc wrote:
Forecast to be 106°F (41°C) here today.
Dang, the Bay Area is gonna be as toasty as Phoenix!
Miguel
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:18:43 +0000
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Miguel
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:18:43 +0000 linkquote
Guzzi Gal wrote:
Dang, the Bay Area is gonna be as toasty as Phoenix!
Pleasant Hill where Jimc lives is often amongst the warmest locations in the SF Bay Area. Stay cool!!

Miguel
Guzzi Gal
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:14:35 +0000
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Guzzi Gal
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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:14:35 +0000 linkquote
Miguel wrote:
Pleasant Hill where Jimc lives is often amongst the warmest locations in the SF Bay Area. Stay cool!!

Miguel
I bet it'll be nice out at the coast today! If I still lived there, I'd be riding out to Ft. Ross, Goat Rock, or Bodega Bay.

Circuit City used to close all of the Bay Area stores for a day and bus everyone to a massive picnic at the Castle Rock Rec Area. I remember thinking how hot it felt in comparison to Santa Rosa.
   
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