Freakin' Cold

[FrizzleFried]

This morning was 5 degrees with a windchill of -7.  Now,  that is the coldest it's been here in the "ho" since I've lived here.   I know for some of you polar bears 5 degrees is downright toasty...but for this ex-So. Cal fool 5 degrees is FREAKIN' COLD!

[ChadTower]

To flip that upside down...

...it was 64 degrees in MA yesterday.   

[Todd H]

Been 70+ degrees here in my area of Georgia all week. It's supposed to hit 75 today.

[shmokes]

Still hitting 80 on a regular basis in my neck of the woods.   

[AtomSmasher]

We're getting our first (and possibly only) snowfall of the season right now.  It's currently 7am and still snowing pretty good and I'm hoping to stays cold enough to keep the snow around for at least a day, although it's unlikely.

[Donkey_Kong]

Yesterday morning was -22 actual, with -40 wind chill factor. (central MN)

[bishmasterb]

It's 6 degrees where I live in NW Missouri.

[shmokes]

Yesterday morning was -22 actual, with -40 wind chill factor. (central MN)

That should be illegal.

[shardian]

I would love to have a foot of snow for Christmas! I get the feeling we'll get a foot before this winter is over. We are due for sure.

[SavannahLion]

It hit 32 during the night. I just had some pipes in the wall repaired and the damn dog ate the insulation.

I stuck the dog in the wall to prevent the pipes from freezing, but I'll have to hit up Lowes before the GF starts to complain.

[Dartful Dodger]

I took me three hours to drive home yesterday and I even worked late to avoid traffic.

A four lane highway knocked down to two, never going faster than 10mph.

[ark_ader]

You should live in the North of England, as it gets bitter cold in the winter.

You can always get another house in Mexico and winter there. 

[AtomSmasher]

Woohoo, it's still snowing here and I just got back from the last appointment I had set for this week, so I get to stay at home and watch the snow build up for the first time    

There was virtually no snow here last year and before that I lived where it pretty much never snowed, so even though its only at around 5 inches snow so far, it's far more snow then I've ever had and theres no signs of it stopping until tommorrow.  Of course the rarity of snow here meant that I got to see lots of accidents on the freeway this morning (all minor fender benders from what I could see) including one car spinning out in the lane next to me.  The fools don't seem to understand slamming on the breaks is a bad idea in this kind of weather.

[mountain]

Yesterday morning was -22 actual, with -40 wind chill factor. (central MN)

  And you still live there?!

[FrizzleFried]

Yesterday morning was -22 actual, with -40 wind chill factor. (central MN)

That should be illegal.

Yeah...that is what you'd call COLD.  I feel much warmer now.

[Donkey_Kong]

Thats cold, but it does occasionally get colder. Every year we usually see a few overnights of -40, and day time highs of like -20. We've had less of that over the last decade of course (thanks to Al Gore and his damn climate change).

There has to be some members here from like Winnipeg, or parts even further North into Canada, or Alaska where the temps have got to be even colder.
:shudder:

[ChadTower]

Yeah...that is what you'd call COLD.  I feel much warmer now.

That's more than cold.  That's incold.

[Ummon]

It kinda warmed up here because of cloud cover, and it hasn't gotten to freezing yet, but those same clouds initially brought in some wet and we had snow on the mountains from it (though not below probably 5000 feet).

(The picture below is not a current one, just an example of what mountains I'm talking about.)

[ahofle]

There has to be some members here from like Winnipeg, or parts even further North into Canada, or Alaska where the temps have got to be even colder.
:shudder:

 

[FrizzleFried]

Hahahahaha...now that was funny.

[Singapura]

Right now it's about 78 F outside. Quite chilly actually because it's rainy season. In the summer it's consistently above 90 

[AtomSmasher]

Wow, it's still snowing like crazy and it's starting to get dark, so it'll probably snow for most of the night (storm is suppose to pass tonight sometime).  We've gotten well over a foot now and will probably have at least 2 feet of snow by tommorrow.

I've never made a snowman before and I almost want to go out and make one, but I'm thinking at 28 I'm a little too old to do that 

[protokatie]

I've never made a snowman before and I almost want to go out and make one, but I'm thinking at 28 I'm a little too old to do that

Nah never too old, esp if you make them anatomically correct and put them in various risque "positions". Of course, your neighbors may complain, but meh.

[polaris]

I've never made a snowman before and I almost want to go out and make one, but I'm thinking at 28 I'm a little too old to do that 

dude, get out there now, im 37 and its 1am but if it was snowing now id be waking children up for a snowball fight

[Kevin Mullins]

We're waiting on another ice storm like what hit us last year.   
Lost power for ten days and had five acres of this to clean up.
(got plenty of firewood though)

[Ummon]

Yeah, get out to da snow. And, I guess there's still snow on the mountains, though only on the highest range - right and left.

[SavannahLion]

There has to be some members here from like Winnipeg, or parts even further North into Canada, or Alaska where the temps have got to be even colder.
:shudder:

 

That's what they get for not allowing chains. 

[Blanka]

Well here in the Low Lands its never cold. Half Europe, including most of Spain and the Po delta in Italy is suffering from snow these weeks, but here the North Sea keeps defrosting the air all winter long. Our famous 200km ice-skate marathon the 11 city run, will probably never be held again. Funny to hear someone complain about colds in England. Well England profits even more from the hot tub around them.

[danny_galaga]

would it make you feel better if i mentioned that it was about 33 degrees celsius today in upside down future-land and that im getting sunburnt and sweating like a pig?

[HaRuMaN]

It's been in the 50's and wet here in Phoenix for the past couple of days...   

[ChadTower]

We're waiting on another ice storm like what hit us last year.   
Lost power for ten days and had five acres of this to clean up.
(got plenty of firewood though)

The one cool part about that is walking through the trees with that 1/2" coating of ice on everything.  It's like walking through a glass forest.   

[Ummon]

Still got some good snow on the mountains. This was yesterday, though the cloud cover last night kept it there through today. I should make a trip up there just to play. Curious, the green-leaved trees in the fore-ground, eh?

[boykster]

Been freezing in the seattle metro area for the past week or so.  We usually get a short bout of near freezing temps, but for it to be below freezing for more than a few days in a row is a once in a decade event.  It hasn't been above freezing for more than a few hours all week, and we're expecting another doozy of a storm tonite with high winds and a chance of 4-12" of snow in the metro area.

I'm from snow country so I like it and can handle the weather and roads, but damn it's funny seeing folks who get their panties in a twist when it snows hit the roads......

[Ed_McCarron]

Been freezing in the seattle metro area for the past week or so. 

No its not.  Didn't you see the global warming thread over in PnR?  It's 110 degrees there...

[DaOld Man]

It got up to 72 here yesterday, today was 45, they are saying tomorrow night will be 5-10 degrees.
WTF?

[boykster]

It got up to 72 here yesterday, today was 45, they are saying tomorrow night will be 5-10 degrees.
WTF?

Where do you live, Bizzaroland?

[daywane]

It got up to 72 here yesterday, today was 45, they are saying tomorrow night will be 5-10 degrees.
WTF?

I saw that. 27 new WKYT. You were baken in the sun. se hit 50deg. today will be 7 deg.

He lives in KY/TN border
I live dead center KY

[DaOld Man]

.......
Where do you live, Bizzaroland?

Sometimes it seems so..
They say if you dont like the weather here in Ky just wait a day or two.

[DaOld Man]

....
I saw that. 27 new WKYT. You were baken in the sun. se hit 50deg. today will be 7 deg.
......

Hello neighbor. I liked that 72 degree weather. Felt like springtime, minus all the aggravating insects.

[daywane]

cold as heck now!!!
I am having problems with my wood!
got wet 
I have some dry but most got wet

[AtomSmasher]

cold as heck now!!!
I am having problems with my wood!

I've heard Viagra can help with that type of problem.

[protokatie]

got wet  Feh!
I have some dry but most got wet

Why are you complaining? Or did your BF not have fun in your "wet"? Dry is bad, but vagisil works wonders.

Sorry, but after what atomsmasher said, I HAD TO.

[daywane]

you guys are just plain sick 

[Mauzy]

pfft. You guys whining about when its 6 and 7 degrees. Today (and tomorrow if the weather people are right) it was a high of 4^o with 35 mph wind 90% of the day. That's about 30 degrees BELOW 0 with wind chill factored. Fun stuff!

EDIT: Jesus. somehow i missed everything that was said above this post. I don't think I've ever seen this board outside of the cheesecake thread go that far. kudos.

[polaris]

EDIT: Jesus. somehow i missed everything that was said above this post. I don't think I've ever seen this board outside of the cheesecake thread go that far. kudos.

ohh katie's done better than that, but she needs to be really drunk 

[protokatie]

EDIT: Jesus. somehow i missed everything that was said above this post. I don't think I've ever seen this board outside of the cheesecake thread go that far. kudos.

ohh katie's done better than that, but she needs to be really drunk 

If you are refering to me, then yeah. I made a REALLY promiscuous post while trashed. Saint had to edit out like 90% of it. For those who saw it, I bet you got more than a laugh.. (I barely remember posting it)

EDIT: I almost wonder why Saint didnt ban me for it. Meh, it WAS in PnR and therefor not even readable by most, and on top of that, it was an isolated instance. (Either that or saint doesnt want anyone saying he bans "minorities")

[polaris]

EDIT: Jesus. somehow i missed everything that was said above this post. I don't think I've ever seen this board outside of the cheesecake thread go that far. kudos.

ohh katie's done better than that, but she needs to be really drunk 

If you are refering to me, then yeah. I made a REALLY promiscuous post while trashed. Saint had to edit out like 90% of it. For those who saw it, I bet you got more than a laugh.. (I barely remember posting it)

i wasn't trying to be mean, you may not believe me but i like your sense of humour, drunk or sober

[Ummon]

EDIT: I almost wonder why Saint didnt ban me for it. Meh, it WAS in PnR and therefor not even readable by most, and on top of that, it was an isolated instance. (Either that or saint doesnt want anyone saying he bans "minorities")

Being female means you're a minority?

[protokatie]

EDIT: I almost wonder why Saint didnt ban me for it. Meh, it WAS in PnR and therefor not even readable by most, and on top of that, it was an isolated instance. (Either that or saint doesnt want anyone saying he bans "minorities")

Being female means you're a minority?

Yes, according to the stereotype of females and math: 51% is less than 50%.

@polaris: Didnt know if you were refering to me or someone else.

[ChadTower]

Around here being female probably makes her a single digit minority... and being willing to admit it makes her a less than 1% minority.

It's about 2 degrees farenheit here this morning... school bus was a half hour late and I almost had to bring the kids in to avoid frostbite.  Poor little girl across the street stands there all alone even on days like this.  Makes me want to slap her parents around for a half hour.

One good thing, though - my brother came across some 8th row Patriots tickets last minute yesterday, gave them to me, so my wife and I were at the Pats game sitting through that ice storm watching the Pats kick the crap out of a completely incompetent Cardinals team.   

[daywane]

WELL MY DAY STARED OF JUST DANDY!
I got up , drank 2 cups of Java.
hoped in my wife's car. 5 Deg. out side.
made it 10 miles, car is over heating.
Bought Anti freeze @ $11.00 a gal times 2
still no help. Took me 1 hr to limp back home.
Hoped in the 89 Toyota pick up. made it 3 miles.....OVER HEATED!!
got close to the house and BANG ! a loud pop! Steam is ROLLING out the back    That sounds like a freeze plug to me 
I limp this truck home.
I almost jumped into the S10 but then thought about it. I checked the radiator. Yep Ice chunks are in it.
I Checked my brothers truck (next door ) his is fine, I stole his truck 
At Lunch my wife calls me, Her brother died at 4 am 
just shoot me now.

[shmokes]

HELLO???  Females are a literal minority, not thanks to stereotyping, but discrimination.  Women are promoted to executive-level positions with FAR less frequency than men.  They're paid less than men.  Despite their advantage in the overall population only 16 of 100 U.S. senators are women (15 if Hillary Clinton is replaced with a man).  As of this election cycle the New Hampshire state senate has more women in it than men.  That makes 2008 the first time in history that Women have been a majority in a state legislative branch.

In short, population is just about the only area where women are not a literal minority.  In other words, they are a nominal majority, but in any way that actually matters they are a minority. 

[protokatie]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Shmokes. Luckily I live in a state that has 2 female federal senators. If memory serves me, this is the only state where this has happened. Regardless, I do not try to make waves here, this is an arcade forum/sausage fest so I am here for the MFM and minipac talks.

[danny_galaga]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Shmokes. Luckily I live in a state that has 2 female federal senators. If memory serves me, this is the only state where this has happened. Regardless, I do not try to make waves here, this is an arcade forum/sausage fest so I am here for the MFM and minipac talks.

wait, you're a chick? cool, there have been a few others here, but they were never very active. the fact you are, i just assumed you were a dude 

[HaRuMaN]

...so I am here for the MFM...

Say what now?

[ChadTower]

I still say John Kerry is a really ugly chick.

[shardian]

wait, you're a chick? cool, there have been a few others here, but they were never very active. the fact you are, i just assumed you were a dude 

Yeah, she needs to add a hyphen between 'proto' and 'Katie' in her screen name.

[ChadTower]

I must be username dyslexic or something because I always read that as Prototakie.  I was surprised to notice that's not how it actually is.   

[saint]

I must be username dyslexic or something because I always read that as Prototakie.  I was surprised to notice that's not how it actually is.   

Actually, same thing here. Realized it some time ago, but at first I read it the same way you did.

[shmokes]

WTF?  Me too.  Right up until this thread when she referred to herself as a her and I realized the significance of the "Katie" reference.  LOL . . . what is it with that word?

[polaris]

I must be username dyslexic or something because I always read that as Prototakie.  I was surprised to notice that's not how it actually is.   

Actually, same thing here. Realized it some time ago, but at first I read it the same way you did.

yep me too i read it wrong til she pointed it out in a thread, weird, what the ---fudgesicle--- is a prototakie then 

EDIT actually i'm sure i read shardian's name as sharidan for ages, and im sure i've seen people write it as that, saint are you putting lsd on these pages

[Ed_McCarron]

I must be username dyslexic or something because I always read that as Prototakie. 

Well, as long as you weren't reading it as Proctologist I think you're safe.

[ChadTower]

Well, as long as you weren't reading it as Proctologist I think you're safe.

Ed, man, what are you talking about?   

I read shardian's name as sharidan for the longest time.  He actually corrected me because I kept referring to him as sharidan.

[polaris]

Well, as long as you weren't reading it as Proctologist I think you're safe.

Ed, man, what are you talking about?   

I read shardian's name as sharidan for the longest time.  He actually corrected me because I kept referring to him as sharidan.

considering you guys chat a lot in threads and your post count, i wonder how many thousand times you did it before he finally cracked

[Ummon]

I read shardian's name as sharidan for the longest time.  He actually corrected me because I kept referring to him as sharidan.

That's why I pet-named him. No, though I may've dys'd it too in the early days, I just call him that because. As for pk, ya all are fu-nnY. This isn't the first time it's come up, I mentioned it a few times early on, and I swear some of you were involved meaning you knew and have forgotten. I guess many of you don't regularly stalk profiles of anyone like I do. Anyways, it's kinda too bad I missed it - but I have no interest in PnR.

[protokatie]

It took me until the first time that I had to do an "@" to shardian in a reply before I realized that it wasnt sharidan... (And that was only because I wanted to make sure I spelt the name right  )

There are a few other names here that I realized like months after seeing the name that I was seeing it incorrectly 

[protokatie]

I guess many of you don't regularly stalk profiles of anyone like I do.

I stalk profiles on occasion, mostly out of location curiosity (There should be a requirement for having location specified (state, province, or atleast nation) on this forum).
Luckily I hit Javery's profile right before her B-day, so I sent her a PM wishing her a happy birthday (this was a few months ago, and I only really found out about it when using the calendar feature that showed her B-day coming up).

EDIT: Happy 78th Bday on the 25th to arc-ader.

[Mauzy]

It took me until the first time that I had to do an "@" to shardian in a reply before I realized that it wasnt sharidan...

Is it really? Well damn. I'm ~650 posts into this forum and I never noticed that. I wonder what else I've missed.

[danny_galaga]

It took me until the first time that I had to do an "@" to shardian in a reply before I realized that it wasnt sharidan...

Is it really? Well damn. I'm ~650 posts into this forum and I never noticed that. I wonder what else I've missed.

mcain lost

[Mauzy]

It took me until the first time that I had to do an "@" to shardian in a reply before I realized that it wasnt sharidan...

Is it really? Well damn. I'm ~650 posts into this forum and I never noticed that. I wonder what else I've missed.

mcain lost

Where did Gore place? I hope to god we don't have Bush a second time around...

[Ed_McCarron]

Ed, man, what are you talking about?   

You ask that like I have a clue?

[shardian]

Okay...so everyone thinks I am a girl, and everyone thinks protokatie is a guy. That's nice to know...
::insert flip off emoticon here::

[ChadTower]

Sharidan is a girl's name?  I didn't see it that way. 

[shardian]

Someone here spelled it Sheridan one day.

[Ed_McCarron]

Someone here spelled it Sheridan one day.

Hey, I know that chick!

[ahofle]

I know at least a few of you here thought I was 'a hole'.   

[Ummon]

I know at least a few of you here thought I was 'a hole'.  

---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, no doubt. I'm so guilty of that a while back. I really had to re-educate myself not to see it. But, hey, that's why the 'mixed letter' test works, eh?

I guess many of you don't regularly stalk profiles of anyone like I do.

I stalk profiles on occasion, mostly out of location curiosity (There should be a requirement for having location specified (state, province, or atleast nation) on this forum).
Luckily I hit Javery's profile right before her B-day, so I sent her a PM wishing her a happy birthday (this was a few months ago, and I only really found out about it when using the calendar feature that showed her B-day coming up).

What? javery's a girl?  Never made no mention, and now I can't even find the damn thing. Stupid search function.

[Dartful Dodger]

Today I woke up to a thunder storm that washed away all the snow and they are saying there is a tornado warning.  It's about 50 degrees warmer than yesterday.

I think Ming is testing us.

[Kevin Mullins]

We're getting some of the weird weather here in Oklahoma as well.
Was like 76 yesterday, then some hella thunderstorms rolled in this morning with a cold front.
Who knows what tomorrow may bring. 

(still waiting on the ice)

[AtomSmasher]

Welcome to the Coldest Town on Earth

As winter sets in, the 800 hearty denizens of the coldest town on earth are bracing for one of the most frigid blasts yet, as forecasters predict that temperatures in Oymyakon, Siberia, could plunge to the coldest ever recorded in an inhabited location.

[Ummon]

We had rain on the 26th, which finally brought the temperature down to freezing I think, and then the cloud cover lifted yesterday afternoon to show a bunch more snow on the peaks of the northern mountains and snow maybe down to 4000 feet on the eastern ones. All sunny today, too, and apparently mid 50s.

[AtomSmasher]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Shmokes. Luckily I live in a state that has 2 female federal senators. If memory serves me, this is the only state where this has happened. Regardless, I do not try to make waves here, this is an arcade forum/sausage fest so I am here for the MFM and minipac talks.

I was bored and looking through the stats for this forum and thought this was pretty funny:
Male to Female Ratio:   66.8 : 1

[protokatie]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Shmokes. Luckily I live in a state that has 2 female federal senators. If memory serves me, this is the only state where this has happened. Regardless, I do not try to make waves here, this is an arcade forum/sausage fest so I am here for the MFM and minipac talks.

I was bored and looking through the stats for this forum and thought this was pretty funny:
Male to Female Ratio:   66.8 : 1

Hmm, The only way I could see such a ratio of males to females is if the guys come here to fornicate with other guys... Is there a hidden forum called "glory hole" or something? I see no evidence of a ladies night here... So one must wonder.

Also, as per the "MFM" thing, I was confusing a method of storing information magnetically with the style of wood often used in making arcade cabs which can be troublesome for people to load onto truck beds.