Covid masks in freezing weather?

[BlueStarLizzard]

When I went skiing, I'd wear a fleece gator tucked into my googles. Occasionally, I'd let my nose out for some fresh air, but mostly I left it in place. It was actually worse to move it around because the condensation on it would get cold and freezy when you moved it off the skin and be uncomfortable when you put it back. It never got so much condensation that I couldn't breath.

Mind you, it was a fleece gator, and they've already done a study on fleece gators saying they are pointless for decreased spread of the virus.

[230RN]

Excellent firsthand info, dogmush, thanks.  The masks I happen to have now have a flexible wire "overnose" to allow a precision fit 'twixt nose and mask, but it still ain't precision enough.

[RoadKingLarry]

My solution to this problem is to live some place with a warm enough climate that it isn't a problem. I'd much rather deal with a few months of uncomfortable heat in the Summer than 8-9 months of frozen hell.
 

[Fly320s]

I did.  I grew up in Alaska, and had a dog team while there, before I joined the army.  Raced from 8 years old (3 dog sprints) till I was 19 and left.  Sprint races every year through 7 dog, 3 Jr. Iditarods,  Knik 200 twice, a Copper Basin 300, and a Two Rivers 200. Also did a season guiding tourists on dog sled trips out of Bettles in the Brooks range.

It's the origin of my screen name.

Ever meet or hear of a man racing with standard poodles?

[230RN]

Who usually won?

[dogmush]

Ever meet or hear of a man racing with standard poodles?

John Suter.

He lived (maybe still lives?) About 7 miles from my parents house.  I raced dog teams against his daughter Tabby for several years. We went to the same high school.

The pups were actually pretty decent sled dogs, but there was some video taken of him pulling them off some snow they had frozen too and the 1st gen Karen's cried about "ripping the dogs fur out by the roots!!" Like dog hair doesn't just come out anyway.

Iditarod changed their rules so you had to run a "northern breed" to keep the poodles out.  The whole thing was laughable because at that point an "Alaskan Racing Husky" was like 1/3 hound for the lanky speed.  Mine lines had a bunch of german shorthair pointer in them.  To the point I had sled dogs that would point at ducks in the summer.

Edited to correct unfortunate autocorrect.

[Ben]

I reached against his daughter Tabby for several years.

I'm telling Rose McGowan.

[230RN]

dogmush said, "I reached against his daughter Tabby for several years."

I got the "Rose McGowan" reference, but, "...reached against...?

New one on me, what does it mean?

Regionalism, typo, expression for "dated" I'd never heard before?

Search term <reached against> yielded this hit:

Murder conviction reached against Tobin Phillips for murdering eight-month-old Baron Smith.

...and not much else.

Is it some item from Alaskan culture or politics I'm missing?



Dummy me, 230RN

[dogmush]

Autocorrect.

Raced against.   As in  raced dog teams.

[230RN]

AH, ok!  I guess it was obvious if you think of the broader context, but from the narrow context of that sentence, it looked like it could have been dating.

I have a lot of trouble sometimes with regional expressions so I like to nail them down.  Drove me nuts for a while with the Georgia expression for "recipes" being "receipts." 

Terry.

[Fly320s]

John Suter.

That's him.  He is my wife's uncle.  Still alive and still a bit weird.