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[georger]

-10 now and dropping to -30 (thats right negative 30!) late Wednesday into Thursday. Mad scramble to get prepared... water pipes etc.

[georger]

I kinda got that sense, too, especially from Bryan Woodruff, who carries a copy around as if it was a recent addendum to the New Testament.

But the copies that are for sale were printed in 1983 and look it. They are almost a collector's item on their own. It's fairly well written - I think the author should take full credit for it - and it is well edited, so kudos to Judi Van Cleave. And 25,000 copies printed in the first edition - now that's a author with a lot of confidence AND moolah.

The book is also a testament to the bedrock values of rural Washington timber towns, like Ariel - and Vancouver, where the author grew up. It uses the "n-word," although in an unusual fashion, and has one stark anti-Semitic usage. Both would NEVER pass muster in today's literature.

But the salient feature of the book is the unrelenting dismissive attitude towards the FBI, law enforcement, and most people in positions of power or prestige. It is a full-on diatribe against "The Man," and that sentiment hasn't diminished one whit in Cooper Country since 1971, imho.

As for how the Ariel tavern got so many copies, I think that nefarious partner named Le May dumped them there and "DBC" never bothered to pick them up.

Did Weber believe HaHaHa was the gospel ?
 

[EU]

-10 now and dropping to -30 (thats right negative 30!) late Wednesday into Thursday. Mad scramble to get prepared... water pipes etc.

Stay safe brother. Anything negative is serious business.

[Bruce A. Smith]

How do you stay safe and warm, G? For me in my RV trailer, anything lower than 10 degrees above zero means the heaters are going full blast all day long and I sleep with EVERYTHING.

Be well.

[georger]

How do you stay safe and warm, G? For me in my RV trailer, anything lower than 10 degrees above zero means the heaters are going full blast all day long and I sleep with EVERYTHING.

Be well.

we are in warm buildings with radiant heat and perfectly safe and comfortable. -30 with 20-40 mph wind is serious business anywhere. It is only going to last two days and back near 40 by the weekend. Univ classes are cancelled which is very rare.   

[Bruce A. Smith]

This polar vortex thingy is tricky. Last month when I was in NY I spent a couple days with my ex (with whom I argue about DB C, Tina, etc...) and when I awoke one morning it was 2 degrees above zero on the temp gauge outside the kitchen window. That is the coldest recorded temperature I have ever seen, although I have probably been out in cold as deep or deeper in my youth while skiing in Colorado or hiking in the White Mountains, but to see that kind of cold with my eyes was startling.

So, too, was going outside to get something from my car and the breaths I took made my chest hurt. Whew.

[andrade1812]

Currently -55 with the windchill in my neck of the woods... And it's time to take the dog for a walk

[georger]

Currently -55 with the windchill in my neck of the woods... And it's time to take the dog for a walk

make it a quick walk and #@@ on the fly ...    good luck -   

[Bruce A. Smith]

Currently -55 with the windchill in my neck of the woods... And it's time to take the dog for a walk

Are you kidding me? Can your dog handle it?

BTW, Rob Bertrand of the Cooper Escape Experience in Vancouver just emailed me to say that he has sold another copy of your book. When he sells another he'll send you twenty bucks.

[andrade1812]

Relax, he's a big Bernese mountain dog, loves the cold.

And thanks, though I do hope you keep a fair cut, Bruce.

[Bruce A. Smith]

No need for a cut, Marty. You and your dad wrote it, you two earned it. I'm just happy to be spreading the Cooper goodies around. It's good for everyone's book sales.

[georger]

Its back Dave - looks good. Thanks.  -22 here headed to -30 ... then up to 40F by Saturday. A real roller coaster.

[Bruce A. Smith]

Speaking of a roller-coaster, have you seen the global pix of the polar vortex and jet streams? The warm air from the Pacific Basin is pushing up to Alaska and basking the western USA in spring-like temps. 52 degrees in Cooper Country today with clear blue skies. That surge then tilts the jet stream off-kilter and it pushes the cold air from the arctic regions southward. A real ying-yang effect.

[georger]

Speaking of a roller-coaster, have you seen the global pix of the polar vortex and jet streams? The warm air from the Pacific Basin is pushing up to Alaska and basking the western USA in spring-like temps. 52 degrees in Cooper Country today with clear blue skies. That surge then tilts the jet stream off-kilter and it pushes the cold air from the arctic regions southward. A real ying-yang effect.

unreal - - - 20s here by midnight then 40s by Saturday - - - then freezing rain for two days just to coat everything and make life really impossible again! But I have used the time to organize a lot of Cooper files!   

[377]

Just hung up with Jerry Thomas today ... Jerry says hello to everyone and best regards. Vicki, Mark, etc. Jerry and I wound up chasing 'who put the stake at the Ingram site at the Fazios, and when' ... simple answer after talking to H and one of the Fazios and others today is: nobody knows!  So let's put that on the shelf for later. Jerry and his wife Shelly are well.   

Vicki: Jerry still believes (strongly) Mel was Cooper. Give Jerry a call. Im sure he would like to talk to you - he asked about you ...

Really glad to hear that Jerry and Shelley are doing well. I had a great time with them at the first Portland Symposium. Please give them my best Georger.

We weather wimps in coastal CA cannot even fathom those midwest cryo temperatures. We bitch and moan when temps hit 35F.
Stay warm and safe.

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