The Polaris Nuthouse
Mar 15, 2006 | 08:44 PM
#2895
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I spent some time on skis this winter. Somtimes 2, sometimes 1. I lost 1 going accross the lake WOT at about 100mph. I'm pretty lucky the front end stayed up and the bracket didn't touch down in a fishing hole!!
Mar 16, 2006 | 03:35 PM
#2896
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Very good that you´re OK, frozen fishing-holes should be very dangerous for sledders, if too much speed. I think over 100miles/h is enough because it´s 160kilometers/h. Speed doesn´t kill, only suddenly stop does, right.
BG
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Mar 16, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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Yes I was very lucky. I didn't feel that way at first, I was miserable and pissed off to say the least. I was complaining about my bad luck when my buddy pointed out that it could have happened on a trail and caused me to wipeout, or if it dug into the ice I could have wiped out. He said I was actually pretty lucky, and even offered me a set of skis for free.
Mar 16, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Hey Spark!!
What was that lake named?
When I was at school, 40 yrs ago. They teached us, there, in big USA, is five big lakes.
And names comes from H.O.M.E.S.
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie (maybe Irish name)
Lake Superior
I would be very happy, if 1 of you can name 1 lake in Finland, because in our small country we haw 10 000 lakes.
BG.
What was that lake named?
When I was at school, 40 yrs ago. They teached us, there, in big USA, is five big lakes.
And names comes from H.O.M.E.S.
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie (maybe Irish name)
Lake Superior
I would be very happy, if 1 of you can name 1 lake in Finland, because in our small country we haw 10 000 lakes.
BG.
Mar 16, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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Actually, you have more.
Finland is known as the 'Land of the thousand lakes'. In fact, in
total there are about 187,888 lakes in Finland, this covers around 10%
of its surface area.
To find out the answer to your question of why there are so many lakes
in Finland, we have to go back over 10,000 years to the end of the ice
age. During the ice age Finland was buried under a sheet of ice and
when that ice started to melt, the masses of melting ice formed
crevasses, which filled with water and became thousands of lakes.
The ten largest are:
1.) Saimaa
2.) Lake Päijänne
3.)Inari
4.) Pielinen
5.) Oulujärvi
6.) Pihlajavesi
7.) Orivesi
8.) Haukivesi
9.) Keitele
10.) Kallavesi
I recalled all this info from memory and not the google search I just did.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
Finland is known as the 'Land of the thousand lakes'. In fact, in
total there are about 187,888 lakes in Finland, this covers around 10%
of its surface area.
To find out the answer to your question of why there are so many lakes
in Finland, we have to go back over 10,000 years to the end of the ice
age. During the ice age Finland was buried under a sheet of ice and
when that ice started to melt, the masses of melting ice formed
crevasses, which filled with water and became thousands of lakes.
The ten largest are:
1.) Saimaa
2.) Lake Päijänne
3.)Inari
4.) Pielinen
5.) Oulujärvi
6.) Pihlajavesi
7.) Orivesi
8.) Haukivesi
9.) Keitele
10.) Kallavesi
I recalled all this info from memory and not the google search I just did.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]