Chaeto Balls................Pffffffft...... I've got Chaeto Blocks

[Lance]

Originally Posted by DiverDude

*blink* *blink* Uhhh....did you say your sump is OUTSIDE !?

Yup. It's quite mild here. Sump is on the sundeck in an insulated box. Works great.

[Delphinus]

What's a typical/average winter temperature out there??

[DiverDude]

Ah...insulated box -suddenly makes more sense !

Cool ! (and vewy, vewy quiet, no doubt)

[DiverDude]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

What's a typical/average winter temperature out there??

Google is your friend !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_...ia#Temperature

On average, above freezing year-round but it does dip below zero on occasion.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

What's a typical/average winter temperature out there??

I just looked it up: Avg. winter temperature = 40.2F
Avg. frost free days = 348

[Delphinus]

Pssh, asking in a post is the same as googling.

40.2 .. "F" ? Do I have to worry about accidentally buying leaded gasoline if I ever come pay a visit?

[Lance]

The outdoor sump was the best idea I ever came up with. No mess; no noise; doesn't take up space. I only wish I could have put the sump for the 225g out there too. It's in a closet.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Pssh, asking in a post is the same as googling.

40.2 .. "F" ? Do I have to worry about accidentally buying leaded gasoline if I ever come pay a visit?

Don't pay any attention to Lance he's getting old.....plus his chaeto-balls are square


The rest of us around here think in Celsius

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

Don't pay any attention to Lance he's getting old.....plus his chaeto-balls are square


The rest of us around here think in Celsius

Yeah Marie, I hate metric. I always have to convert it in my head first.
OK smartie pants: I bet you don't know how many kilos you weigh, or what your bra size is in centimeters.

My chaeto-balls/block was 69 x 30 x 30 centimeters.

[Delphinus]

Metric just makes more sense to me. Inches and cm I can more or less interchange. Although I'm not telling you what my bra size is in cup OR cm!

Lbs and kg, again no problem, miles and km, no worries, mostly on account that these are linearly proportional (ie., multiply one number by another number)

C and F though is just messed messed messed up. 9/5 of one and then add or subtract a 32 or.. forget that. It's just different enough that my little brain shuts off.

At least with Metric the definition points were things that you could of identify with (boiling point of water, freezing point of water, etc.) and not just what some king a few hundred years ago decreed as hot or cold or whatever length his foot was.

Anyhow just razzing, sorry man.

PS. I have no doubt I would love living there!