Coldest day of the year here

[Shannow]

but you wouldn't want your balls to rust, so they'd not be stored on the monkey for long.

And a monkey would look pretty silly standing on deck for long periods of time without its balls.

So I reckon a cast iron monkey, and cast iron balls would be compatible.

 

[MarkC]

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We've had about the nastiest winter in many years.

Where/when is spring?

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Och, laddie. It's still January. Ye'll not be havin' spring just yet, will ye?

 

[Racerjk]

Bring on Spring please!

I'd rather dodge tornados than freeze my rear off.

 

[MarkC]

All things in their time.

 

[Shannow]

mori, there's a good article in the current New Scientist regarding Poe's brother who was was to resurect deceased animals (after hed made them in need of the service).

There's a reference to a technique that the Royal Humane Society advocated in the early 20th century, that was undoubtedly supported by:
1) the tobacco lobby;
2) bellows manufacturers; and
3) proctologists.

I read the article, and was overcome with fits and giggles.

 

[buster]

I'm in Miami for 4 days. When I got here, a cold front came through and the temp was 60F. People had winter coats on!! LOL. They think this is cold. I guess compared to normal it is. My mom said yesterday she woke up and it was 10F. Today it's going to 78F. I have to move down here.

 

[buster]

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=International+Falls&state=MN&site=DLH

International Falls, MN's low temp tonight is -36F. This is NOT with a wind chill. Actual temp! Hi tomorrow is -4F.

 

[JHZR2]

buster... 15F here in Colls right now... dropping fast!

JMH

 

[TheLoneRanger]

It'll be a balmy +10F at my house tomorrow morning. I can stand it, but I don't have to like it.....much prefer warm summer evenings.

 

[Brogy]

Just a few weeks ago everyone here in NJ was complaining about global warming, and how it was so warm and we didn't have snow and all that #@$%!. Now, it was 7 degrees this morning, everybody shut up about global warming.

Funny thing is the same thing happens every year here.

August - 80 degrees it's global warmings fault, it's not like it was july just last week or anything...

September - in the 70s global warming

October - Some years it's cold, others it's warm, during the warm years it's global warming

November/December - it doesn't hit freezing usually, haven't had a white christmas in years, global warmings fault

Jaurary - Temperature drops, people actually wish there was more global warming

And last year we had some snow fall in early april, snow only came down for 5 minutes and didnt stick, guess whos fault that was?

 

[1sttruck]

We talk about Canadian fronts, what's it like in balmy southern Canada:

Record cold snap stalls Winnipeg school bus service
Last Updated: Monday, February 5, 2007 | 4:15 PM CT
CBC News

An Arctic front that kept Manitobans shivering over the weekend snapped weather records and put Winnipeg school bus service on ice Monday.

Between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Monday, the mercury at Winnipeg's Richardson Airport appeared frozen at –40 C. Residents went to work feeling the equivalent of –45 C with the wind chill. By 2 p.m., the mercury peaked at the daytime high of –25 C. The previous record for Feb. 5 was –36 C set in 1978.

 

[obbop]

Coot in the shanty can feel thine frigid pain.

Allow the old one to recall an ancient time.... waaaay back around 1979 or so........

On the shoulder of I-80 in Wyoming. Seeking the oil leak that caused the smell of hot oil to waft into the cab of the semi-truck.

Ah hah.... loose fitting. Dig out tools and extra oil.

Before adventuring outside the AM radio announcement from the Laramie Wyoming station continuously gave the warning; extreme cold danger. 22 below zero on the farenheit scale with a wind chill of........ pause...... deep intake of air via nose....... 80 degrees below zero. Still remember that wind chill figure. Can't remember the wind speed, though.

Worked outside the cab for 3 minutes or so before fingers became to stiff to move. Jump into cab, shivering violently, placing hands under the stinky arm pits. Wait 5 minutes then bac to work.

Ugggghhhhhhh.

Finally got the dern leaking fitting tightened and the lost oil added. In the 25 minutes or so the engine had been off until restarting it, almost all the "saved" heat had been lost. Water temp gauge barely registered and it took awhile for it to climb to half-way to normal so as to provide heat to the cab. Engine wouldn't go past the half-way-to-normal level at that temp and with the wind sucking away the heat so quickly.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.................

Coldest the old coot has ever been and learned immense respect for the farenheit scale and finally appreciated the Kelvin temp scale.

/reminiscing moment over
//easy handling current 11 degrees with 2-below wind chill
///shanty's heater IS functioning..... sorta
////portable electric heater aimed at ancient carcass

 

[mechtech2]

-14 F in Chicago last night.
Once again, breaking cold records this year.
Obviously, global warming.

 

[Al]

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-14 F in Chicago last night.
Once again, breaking cold records this year.
Obviously, global warming.

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This would be pretty normal if it were 15+ years ago. Obviously cold winters seem to be a big thing these days. Get over it already..its 'Winter'

 

[Papa Bear]

obbop, I think you mean Celsius scale, or centigrade scale.
Noboby talks Kelvin unless they are talking white hot !!

 

[DriveHard]

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obbop, I think you mean Celsius scale, or centigrade scale.
Noboby talks Kelvin unless they are talking white hot !!

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nah...I like to use Kelvin as well, as it doesn't make it feel so bad

-22F = 243.15 kelvin
-80F = 210.9 kelvin

see...looks much better when you say its a balmy 243 degrees outside

 

[obbop]

With the Kelvin scale isn't "absolute zero," zero on the Kelvin scale, the total cessation of what? Either molecular or atomic movement?

Either way, cold is cold and that dern wind only adds to the discomfort immeasurably.

Worked outside at times when it was 15 degrees but with no wind at all. A light jacket combined with physical exertion made the outside work tolerable. But, let the slightest breeze commence and the shiver factor commenced.

Brrrrrrrrr.

 

[Racerjk]

It was 70 degrees here today!! It sucked to have to work!

 

[obbop]

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It was 70 degrees here today!! It sucked to have to work!

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Farenheit Celsius or Kelvin????

 

[Papa Bear]

Who's Kelvin ??