The Friggin COLD

How do we do it....staying here and actually living in these tempretures


-33 ^°C



Date:
6:00 AM CST Tuesday 18 January 2011

Temperature:
-33.4°C



Wind:
NW 15 km/h

Wind Chill:
-45

Keeps the criminal peeps in check. Fewer break and enters, I reckon.

We are tough souls? Years of practise? It's not that bad? It only lasts a few days? Many peeps enjoy it?

Heh. Friends of mine are retired and they leave in their RV in Nov/Dec for the warmer climes down south. I'd seriously consider doing the same when I retire.

I will not be leaving my house today...way too cold for me!

Stay warm everyone!

I love the cold! I was outside at 9pm last night, clearing my sidewalk and having a blast.

It also helped that I'd had a couple of beers by then... hence the unplanned snow angels I'd made on my front lawn...

Goth_chic wrote:I will not be leaving my house today...way too cold for me!

Stay warm everyone!

Thanks for letting us know, GC!

I dont mind the cold. Its the inability to breath properly in it that bothers me ( stupid asthma)

Triniman wrote:

Goth_chic wrote:I will not be leaving my house today...way too cold for me!

Stay warm everyone!

Thanks for letting us know, GC!

You're very welcome!

61 days till spring!

40 days until the melt begins...

50 days until the flooding begins... and panic ensues... hose sales will be through the roof again.

It won't be long before we'll be enjoying some beach weather....4 or 5 friggin months....aarrrgghhh.....

Being the pussy from BC, I thought that maybe I was just being a pussy from BC when I went out in my shorts and winterboots at 5 am to swap car seats from hubby's van to my car so that kids could be transported and nearly died of shock when the deep freeze kicked in after about 2 minutes. It wasn't until I defrosted and had a good weep in the shower that I checked the weather chanel and discovered we were only a few degrees away from all atomic matter ceasing to move. Good times.
My enjoyment of the weather only increased though the day as I drove around the north end of the city to appointments in the crevices of Point Douglas where the mothertrucking roads don't ever get plowed, skating rink road conditions all along Notre Dame/Keewatin/Inkster, and then winning the golden turd when I tried pulling out of my garage later in the evening, only to discover the city plows had pushed an ice wall up behind my door. I backed out, hung the front bumper on the ice wall, and got stuck. An hour later (in heels and crappy magic gloves) and weeping for death, I manged to ice pick/shovel/pray my way out of the ice hill in the lane, and ran around collecting kids.

Tomorrow? One appointment around lunch, and I'm staying in the damn house for the remainder of the day. Screw doing this again. Ever.

Sourpuss wrote:Being the pussy from BC, I thought that maybe I was just being a pussy from BC when I went out in my shorts and winterboots at 5 am to swap car seats from hubby's van to my car so that kids could be transported and nearly died of shock when the deep freeze kicked in after about 2 minutes.

Shorts at 5 am, in this weather. I guess there's a first for everything.

I was out and about during the late morning, shopping with a co-worker and it didn't feel all that cold. It's that darn wind that makes all matter want to stop moving, go home and sit in bed with a cup of hot chocolate.

I saw students from the Mennonite University running from the dorm across Grant Ave to the athletic centre yesterday, in shorts. Crazy!

Sourpuss wrote:

....I checked the weather chanel and discovered we were only a few degrees away from all atomic matter ceasing to move.

....
as I drove around the north end of the city to appointments ...

If you don't mind....what do you do?

(satisfy my curiosity and get some free advertising....)

I think she said she was a "madame" or something like that.

Ahhhh....that would explain all the running around in Point Douglas.....









(I'm such a troll...tsk tsk tsk)

" when I tried pulling out of my garage later in the evening,"

heh.. knew exactly what you were about to say before reading the rest of the post

WELCOME TO WINNIPEG!

The term "ice hill" is much more appropriate imo, than "windrow". The friggin wind has nothing to do with it....unless it's about the wind blowing through some operators heads...the ones that pile snow up at intersections so that you cannot see approaching vehicles. Bastadges!!

JTF wrote:

Sourpuss wrote:

....I checked the weather chanel and discovered we were only a few degrees away from all atomic matter ceasing to move.

....
as I drove around the north end of the city to appointments ...

If you don't mind....what do you do?

(satisfy my curiosity and get some free advertising....)

I'm a district sales manager for a large international beauty/skin care corporation. I do corporate training, prospect new clients, support and assist existing clients in increasing their sales.

I think being a madame would actually be a lot warmer and involve a lot less driving around the Maples endlessly.

On that note, next time Dean runs for elected office, I'll be able to follow along much better than last time. Did you know there is a wall mural just past Selkirk/McPhillips (Sgt. Tommy Prince Drive?) that has a giant MIKE PAGTAKHAN homage emblazoned on it? Yeah.

Also, I'm pretty sure termites are eating the Main Street Underpass, and got to watch the cops in their Ice Fishing Huts past Michael Jean park on the river the other day, as they looked for that little boy that drowned in the late fall.

JTF wrote:It won't be long before we'll be enjoying some beach weather....4 or 5 friggin months....aarrrgghhh.....

Better hope that beach won't be at Portage & Main...

Sourpuss wrote:I think being a madame would actually be a lot warmer and involve a lot less driving around the Maples endlessly.

Ohh, if that was you that I told to get the frick out of my way on Adsum the other day, sorry....its a habit.

Heh. I was on Adsum the other day, parked across from the pool/arena. Just don't key the fleet car, m'kay?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, TIP YOUR PUMP ATTENDANT at the gas station! Minimum wage at this temp really sucks working outside!