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A little back story, My daughter, daughter-in-law and grandson (4 1/2 yrs old) are moving to the Minneapolis area. My wife and are are basically going to move with them. We can't imagine them being so far away. They are looking west of Minneapolis.View attachment 244227

Part of my family is from Delano, just outside the west edge of your map. Home to one of the best baseball parks in the state, plus they have a mega 4th of July celebration each year.
 
Part of my family is from Delano, just outside the west edge of your map. Home to one of the best baseball parks in the state, plus they have a mega 4th of July celebration each year.
Delano:Home of local radio personality Terry Traen...I believe...
 
I grew up where the circled dot is.

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Does Minnesota have annual vehicle inspections and/or Emission inspections? Also do you have license plates on both front and rear of vehicle?
 
Does Minnesota have annual vehicle inspections and/or Emission inspections? Also do you have license plates on both front and rear of vehicle?
No inspections or emissions :thumbsup: and yes, plates on both ends for anything newer than a certain year, loosely enforced.
 
Okay...I've been watching the weather up there and it looks a little bit colder than western Pa. How do you guys deal with the minus temps?! I'm talking just every day life. Do you use block heaters on your daily drivers?
 
Dang!!!!! We see that in Pa with the wind chill at times, but few and far between.
 
Okay...I've been watching the weather up there and it looks a little bit colder than western Pa. How do you guys deal with the minus temps?! I'm talking just every day life. Do you use block heaters on your daily drivers?
I say Holy "[enter expletive here]", and walk quickly to my car and start it up (1998 Dodge Ram is the oldest cold weather driver) and shake for a minute of two, and start driving away. Years of conditioning that this is an acceptable thing to have happen every year. No block heaters, just an ice scraper and some warmer clothes and boots. I'll start my car when I'm at work on my lunch break, but it probably doesn't matter. PA is a much warmer state usually. I was in Philly for a year, got to see that last of the snow melt, that I was woken up to shovel. A rewarding feeling.
 
I believe "apparent temp" is actual temp plus wind speed consideration to formulate windchill temp or apparent temp...anyhoo this is coming to my neighborhood...
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Thursday here is supposed to be -4 with a windchill in the -20s. NOT looking forward to it.
 
After seeing these temps I will never again listen to anyone from Minnesota asking how I put up with 115 here in the summer.
 
After seeing these temps I will never again listen to anyone from Minnesota asking how I put up with 115 here in the summer.
We love to hear "it's a dry heat"! A friend in Tuscon said he would only go outside if necessary, and that he loved his air conditioning.
 
We love to hear "it's a dry heat"! A friend in Tuscon said he would only go outside if necessary, and that he loved his air conditioning.
Well no offense but your friend is a wimp. Just like the guy in Minnesota that won't go out when it's 0 out. We can debate the miserableness of the heat and the cold all day long but the bottom line is you chose where you live. If you want to be able to drive and work on your classic car all year long and not have to worry about it rusting away you move to AZ. If you want to bury your car in a garage, or a snowdrift for 6 months out of the year and forget what it looks like then live in a cold climate. I've lived in upstate NY and AZ. Guess where I'm staying?
well gotta go , I'm going outside to wash my New Yorker. :lol::poke:
 
Well no offense but your friend is a wimp. Just like the guy in Minnesota that won't go out when it's 0 out. We can debate the miserableness of the heat and the cold all day long but the bottom line is you chose where you live. If you want to be able to drive and work on your classic car all year long and not have to worry about it rusting away you move to AZ. If you want to bury your car in a garage, or a snowdrift for 6 months out of the year and forget what it looks like then live in a cold climate. I've lived in upstate NY and AZ. Guess where I'm staying?
well gotta go , I'm going outside to wash my New Yorker. :lol::poke:
None taken, he was 6'6" and probably pushing 350 or more. I don't forget what my cars look like when they hibernate, I just look at my photo albums to keep my memory fresh! I gotta go clean off the snow and start the car so I can go to the store in fifteen minutes!
 
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