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It's six below zero where I'm at ...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Bubbler, Jan 4, 2010.

  1. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    There will be snowouts, OTR.
     
  2. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    There was a guy at the International Bowl dressed in a USF hoodie, baseball hat and shorts. He may have died of exposure trying to get back to his hotel, unless he was as drunk as some of the Bulls' fans were.

    I don't mind the cold weather. I have to walk part of the way to work and I dress for it: big coat, gloves (but no hat) and boots if it's snowy.
     
  3. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Hey, 40 below keeps the riff-raff out.
     
  4. Rosie

    Rosie Active Member

    What a bunch of PANSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

    That's right, kiddies. A mere 40 below is nothing - NOTHING I tell ya. When it hits 60 below, yeah, that's a bit chilly.

    And as far as those of you referring to He Who Shall Not Be Named, I outta ground each and every one of you. Which I might do when I get home from work.

    (Which is not to say you shouldn't take cold weather - which is below zero, none of this candya$$ 'oh, it's 20 degrees, it's the Subarctic' crap - seriously. Dress appropriately and carry the proper winter gear in your vehicle. And Bubs, get a pair of gloves!)
     
  5. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Maybe if you have spent your entire life in such a climate. Otherwise . . . no.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/yakutsk-journey-to-the-coldest-city-on-earth-771503.html

    "Lumbering from my hotel room like the Michelin Man, and already breaking into a sweat due to the hotel's industrial heating system, I decide that I'm ready to face everything Yakutsk has to throw at me. I stride purposefully out of the hotel door and... well... it really isn't that bad. The small oblong of my face that is naked to the elements definitely registers the cold air, but on the whole, it feels fine; pleasant, even. As long as you're dressed right, I think, this isn't too bad.

    Within a few minutes, however, the icy weather begins to assert itself forcefully. The first place to suffer is the exposed skin on my face, which begins to sting, and then experience shooting pains, before going numb, which is apparently dangerous, because it means blood flow to the skin has stopped. Then the cold penetrates the double layer of gloves and sets to work on chilling my fingers.

    The woolly hat and padded hood are no match for minus 43C either, and my ears begin to sting. Next to succumb are the legs. Finally, I find myself with severe pain all across my body and have to return indoors. I look at my watch. I have been outside for 13 minutes."
     
  6. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Sure you still can. If you haven't been around this sort of weather before, you might underestimate how much you need.

    At its worst up here, I wore regular underwear, thermal underwear, sweatpants, regular pants, undershirt, t-shirt, thermal undershirt, sweater, jacket, wintercoat, three pairs of socks, three pairs of gloves and a huge, warm hat.

    It didn't feel too bad.
     
  7. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Mid-80s and humid here, same as it's been since ... well, always. :)
     
  8. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    On what part of Venus do you live?

    It's only 55 right now in South Florida.
     
  9. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Without wind and without humidity ... bring on the cold.

    Unfortunately, down here we have plenty of both. And there's nothing but a barbed-wire fence between us and the North Pole.
     
  10. Smash Williams

    Smash Williams Well-Known Member

    The high here on Friday is 4. I don't know whether to cry or go into hibernation.

    I'm far too Texan for this type of weather...
     
  11. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    Doesn't everyone choose to live where they do?
     
  12. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    If you cry, it'll freeze to your face. Then you'll have these really funky lookin' streaks on your cheeks. Hey, that rhymes ...
     
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