Posted on 01/03/2010 6:24:07 AM PST by RaceBannon
HOW COLD IS IT???
An annotated thermometer
°C °F
15 60 Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe)
10 50 Miami residents turn on the heat
5 40 You can see your breath
Californians shiver uncontrollably
Canadians go swimming
2 35 Italian cars don’t start
0 32 Water freezes
-1 30 You plan your vacation to Australia
Canadians put on T-shirts
Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
British cars don’t start
-4 25 Boston water freezes
Californians weep pitiably
Minnesotans eat ice cream
Swedes go swimming
-7 20 You can hear your breath
Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
New York City water freezes
Miami residents plan vacation further South
-10 15 French cars don’t star
You plan a vacation in Mexico
Cat insists on sleeping in your bed with you
-12 10 Too cold to ski
You need jumper cables to get the car going
-15 5 You plan your vacation in Houston
American cars don’t start
-18 0 Swedes put on T-shirts
Too cold to skate
-23 -10 German cars don’t start
Eyes freeze shut when you blink
-26 -15 You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
Arkansans stick tongue on metal objects
Miami residents cease to exist
-30 -20 Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
Politicians actually do something about the homeless
Swedes shovel snow off roof
Japanese cars don’t start
-32 -25 Too cold to think
You need jumper cables to get the driver going
-35 -30 You plan a two week hot bath
The Mighty Monongahela freezes
Swedish cars don’t start
-40 -40 Californians disappear
Swedes button top button
Canadians put on sweaters
Your car helps you plan your trip South
-45 -50 Congressional hot air freeze
Swedes close the bathroom window
-60 -80 Hell freezes over
Polar bears move south
-65 -90 Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets
An annotated thermometer
°C °F
15 60 Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe)
10 50 Miami residents turn on the heat
5 40 You can see your breath
Californians shiver uncontrollably
Canadians go swimming
2 35 Italian cars don’t start
0 32 Water freezes
-1 30 You plan your vacation to Australia
Canadians put on T-shirts
Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
British cars don’t start
-4 25 Boston water freezes
Californians weep pitiably
Minnesotans eat ice cream
Swedes go swimming
-7 20 You can hear your breath
Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
New York City water freezes
Miami residents plan vacation further South
-10 15 French cars don’t star
You plan a vacation in Mexico
Cat insists on sleeping in your bed with you
-12 10 Too cold to ski
You need jumper cables to get the car going
-15 5 You plan your vacation in Houston
American cars don’t start
-18 0 Swedes put on T-shirts
Too cold to skate
-23 -10 German cars don’t start
Eyes freeze shut when you blink
-26 -15 You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
Arkansans stick tongue on metal objects
Miami residents cease to exist
-30 -20 Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
Politicians actually do something about the homeless
Swedes shovel snow off roof
Japanese cars don’t start
-32 -25 Too cold to think
You need jumper cables to get the driver going
-35 -30 You plan a two week hot bath
The Mighty Monongahela freezes
Swedish cars don’t start
-40 -40 Californians disappear
Swedes button top button
Canadians put on sweaters
Your car helps you plan your trip South
-45 -50 Congressional hot air freeze
Swedes close the bathroom window
-60 -80 Hell freezes over
Polar bears move south
-65 -90 Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets
It’s colder’n penguin poop.
Wish I could move back to Guantanamo Bay.
From a Tonight show around 40 years ago...
Johnny: “It was real cold in Manhattan last night.”
Ed: “How cold was it?”
Johnny: “Well, I saw a chicken walking with a capon.”
I had to look that one up. :-)


Florida boy here Dixie yooper.
I’ve been to Clayton many time in summer and winter and have played golf there.
Being a flat lander I looked like an 8 year old on the course not knowing how to play real hills.
Knock hell out of it up hill and go short. Hit down hill and watch it fly.
I play lake courses and have never lost balls like I did on those hills.

Outside is colder. 4 feet down is 30 degrees warmer. ;-)
Its 10F° here in my town, night time
blowing snow, occasional flurries
going to be 30°F all week in daytime. :)
Drudge has a ton of sidebar headlines all about record setting cold, people dying and extinction etc. etc.
I must be living in the warmest part of the country, our forecast for the next week is mid 20’s above F here in south central Alaska. And I can honestly say that is warm, I can work outside with no major discomfort as long as there is no wind. My acceptable range of working temps in non thermal clothes is 55-65F, during the winter months with it anywhere from 40 above to 40 below and I wear my Underarmor Heat Gear, polypropylene and fleece thermals I only heat my shop no more than 55 above, any warmer the difference from inside to outside will give me the sniffles.
If I had to live in an arctic world where the highest temps were never above 40 degrees I would not suffer, I would get tired if I had to deal with -40 temps more than a month, usually our average cold winter temps are -40 for a week or two where I am 300 miles south of Fairbanks and about 50 miles north of Anchorage.
Even if I were living in sunny warm Florida I would still keep thermal underwear handy, you never know when a glacier might suddenly appear...interestingly enough I have two of them nearby.
My doorbell rang a moment ago... I went to answer it and found a brass monkey holding holding his crotch and begging to get into the house!
:-)
Raven6
Oh, well "HOW COLD IS IT?"
Mid-Missouri:
Hit -3 deg F early this morning; projected high temp of 12 deg F.
Projected high for the coming week is 18 deg F on Wed.
If this holds, we’ll have at the least a 10 day stretch when we’ve
not been above freezing.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
It’s cold. Real cold.
It’s bugger-freezing cold.
It’s crack-your-lips-when-you-curse-at-the-driver-in-front-of-you cold.
It’s I’m-glad-I’m-not-a-smoker cold.
It’s I’ll-take-my-lunch-break-at-my-desk-today cold.
It’s “You-need-me-to-take-you-to-basketball-practice-tonight? You-just-quit-the-team.” cold.
It’s can’t-put-out-the-trashcans-because-they’re-frozen-to-the-ground-cold.
It’s haven’t-checked-the-mailbox-in-3-days cold.
It’s chest-freezer-in-the-garage-hasn’t-kicked-on-since-Christmas cold.
and finally...
It’s suffer-bladder-pressures-in-excess-of-350-psi-because-it’s-too-damn-cold-to-get-of-bed-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-pee cold.
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