Toby you laugh but that is actually true, I love beautiful sunny winter days as long as I can stay inside when it’s this cold!!
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We were in Fairbanks, Alaska for US Thanksgiving in 1994. It went down to -45F. A fun fact, -40 is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius. That is where we learned about ice fog. It was a very cool (no pun intended) experience.
OMG! I had checked earlier today and the lowest temp ever recorded in Thunder Bay was -43.2C, and I remember that day (1996), cuz it was -50 with the wind chill. Not counting wind chill we don’t even make it into today’s top 15 lol. I am surprised that there’s not a few more northern Canadian sites in the list for today though.
btw that’s an interesting weather chart - I found the page and bookmarked it for future reference.
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Another really interesting (I was going to say cool but …) web site is Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
Glen
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Good looking Moose Jamolay.
Mari, The guitar build project looks like a fun winter project.
What did you use for a pattern ?
Might like to try one for fun.
Have quite a lot of woodworking under my belt but
nothing quite as intricate as that.
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Dean, I got a diy guitar kit from Solo Guitars NGD: Solo DIY kit - #36 by Mari63 After I bought it my friend whose woodworking shop I’m using said he could have made one, and Solo does sell routing templates too, but I like the kit idea as the electronics would be too far beyond me. I am going to practice my painting skills on the plywood cutout he made first though before I paint the guitar.
Thanks for the link, guess I missed the whole build project thread.
Looks great Mari !
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While the promised -30 C are apparently cancelled, it’s still seriously cold here = -21C (which is apparently -5,8 F). 
I’m sure some of you are located at places where it’s even colder right now?
Ah… Yes, and any ideas for songs to stay warm? 
Wow haha was 30c here the other day, without the minus
Wow 
I’ll happily send some cold air from Finland to New Zealand if there is a need…
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We just completed the warmest December on record for my part of Minnesota. For those unfamiliar with Minnesota, it’s normally one of the colder states in the winter.
More normal weather now, with a stronger cold wave coming next week.
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Its OK I can survive with just an icepop and shorts…
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Meanwhile I should probably start searching my thermo-underwear…
I suppose frostbitten hands means less painful fingers when I now finally get my guitar routine going again? 
Damn that’s getting dangerous; so take care!
Curious about that DIY guitar though, perhaps a dedicated topic about that if you fancy keping a bit of a dev journal? 
This is a somewhat old topic Lieven…that guitar has been Mari’s avatar for a long time 
And for a look back at the construction
Sorry for the interference Mari 
Greetings
Haha thanks @roger_holland it makes sense now, I was going through a backlog of topics to check after my vacation and I didn’t notice.
Stupid me even recalled a guitar being made “a while back so this must be yet another one?”
THAT DIY I followed yes
oh boy.
Aah… I would love to be able to build guitars. I fear the only guitar I will ever be able to build is this beautiful Lego-guitar https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-ideas-fender-stratocaster-21329
And yes… I had been reviving Mari’s old thread. @roger_holland you are perfectly correct. Didn’t want to fill the forum with two freezingly cold threads…
Seems the cold spell will end next week… Weather in Porvoo - Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Same for Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada), which is just north of Minnesota, we’ve had the warmest December in recorded history. January is supposed to be closer to average, but except for the impact on things like the forest fires in summer 2024, and the water table, I would easily take the unseasonably warm temperatures over averages!
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Finland is pretty close to Thunder Bay, Ontario’s weather averages, with TBay being a bit colder. I thought you might find it interesting though that - according to Wikipedia, but also things we just know as locals - “ Thunder Bay, Ontario is home to 14,510 people of Finnish descent, the highest concentration of Finnish Canadians per capita in the country, and the second largest Finnish population in Canada after Toronto which has 14,750 persons of Finnish origin.” You can’t compare TBay population of 110,000 to Toronto’s population of $3M though!!
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That’s massive And it also explains why it’s so cold there, usually… Simply too many people with a small percentage of icecold Finnish blood Even the first part of your username (Mari) is written the Finnish way… But I guess, you know that already?
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