[TheForge] Re: Anvils - YAK OT

[Andrew Vida]

xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
> I love both Az and Portland.   Portland must be a federal bridge testing 
> zone, because they have the most eclectic collection of massive brideges 
> I have seen. 

	Not called "Bridge City" for nothing.

 > When I go to Portland, I take an empty suitcase for
> Powells, only city I check luggage for.

	Powells is a great place to go.  I used to spend hours there.  They are 
good for used books too, if a little pricey.

 > Az is great too.

	Az long as you're not in the valley.  Phoenix is not such a hot place, 
and towns like Mesa are really awful.  But I like Flagstaff and little 
Williams.  not sure I'd ever want to go back there to live, though.  I'm 
too addicted to water, methinks.  Like you, the heat doesn't bother me 
at all, wet or dry.

 > After working with a client in Tuscon for a few years I
> have found that at around 110 degrees and over, dry doesn't matter, its 
> just too hot. 

	I could bang iron all day at, say 110, but above that I just couldn't 
do it.  And it's downright discouraging to open your truck window, put 
your arm out and feel hotter, rather than cooler, but at 118* that's all 
you get.

 > Strangley enough I will say that Newark is one of my
> favorite towns too. 

	Newark NJ?  It is going through a renaissance, but still...