It's So Cold Outside...

[The Preacher]

 

[10@myside]

Was -18 this morning with a-37 wc in Minnesota this morning, pretty sure the screwdriver completely disappeared

 

[hittman]

-7 here at 6 a.m. …. Be that again tonight but then mid 30s tomorrow and over 40 by the weekend. Roller coaster weather here in the Midwest.

 

[Wvfarrier]

-8 here with a windchill around -25

 

[bedfordboy]

So cold here this morning my “screwdriver” looked like a button on a fur coat

 

[10@myside]

-7 here at 6 a.m. …. Be that again tonight but then mid 30s tomorrow and over 40 by the weekend. Roller coaster weather here in the Midwest.

Absolutely, 20 will seem like short pants weather after this

 

[Watertender]

The city fire department went to Home Depot and bought a sledgehammer for each truck to knock the dogs loose from the hydrants....

 

[Cofaler]

-19 when I went to bed last night, but she warmed up to -8 by morning. It got into the mid 40s today.

 

[turd]

No big deal, put a coat on and wear gloves. I grew up with this and got to be 72 so far. When it gets to -25 for several days, then talk to me about it. It really never lasts for all that long. If you have to spend the whole day outdoors, then you have something to Rosie O'Donnell about. Been there, also.

 

[Mobuck]

-12 this morning in north MO. Got up to almost +10 by mid-afternoon and then dropped back down to +6 at 9pm.
Hoping the old farm pickup starts tomorrow. Didn't go this morning but think I've got a lead on the persistent no start problem.
How cold it is depends directly on how long one has to be outside. I was fairly comfortable this morning although fingers were getting cold after an hour of chores.

 

[gnappi]

I was picking Canistel and Sapodilla in my yard dressed in a tank top and jeans today. It was our first day above 60 in a while at 72+/- and after the long cold rainy snap we had it was welcome.

 

[gnappi]

That happened to me once after falling into an icy trout stream back home

 

[Achigan]

“Colder that a mother-in-laws kiss”

 

[Watertender]

"Colder that a mother-in-laws kiss"

Or a well diggers ass as my grandpa used to say

 

[gjgalligan]

Canistel and Sapodilla

What is that?

 

[davevabch]

My back yard getting a little sun on a Winter day.

 

[Lt92]

"Colder that a mother-in-laws kiss"

Colder than a whore's heart

 

[Armybrat]

 

[Fox Mike]

While not in the negative range I have seen low single digits on my front porch (7). At this point anything above 32 degrees will be a HEAT WAVE!. Right now (as I type at 11:37 am Wednesday 22 Jan) it is 14 degrees.

 

[RoninPA]

-3 at my place this morning (7am), up to 11 right now.

Turd - I spent 4 years up at Minot AFB, ND so I can also say I've spent my time in the frozen northern plains. Winters are not fun, but you adapt. We had a CMSgt getting ready to retire. We asked him where he was going to retire. He said, "I'm going to drive south. When I stop and someone asks me why I have electric cords sticking out the front of my truck, then I'll start looking".

 

[turd]

^^^Ron, so you have experienced 'hell frozen over'. Had to laugh at the cords sticking out the front of the truck story. Pretty common around here. My BIL lives in Fargo and said he was plugging his pickup in in the garage.

 

[RoninPA]

Yep, when I tell people about that, they ask "electric plugs???" Then I have to explain engine block heaters, battery warmers, oil dipstick heaters, small space heaters in the interior to keep the seats and such pliable.

 

[turd]

It does kill off a lot of undesirables that folks further south have to deal with. No armadillos, very few possums, only one poisonous snake, few cockroaches, termites, poisonous spiders, etc. AND not too many homeless people stay the winter! Lots of time to reload and get ready for spring.

 

[redhawker]

Yeah...it was 3 degrees at 0800 in N/E TN this morning. Fortunately, the snow missed us, but the cold didn't.

 

[Johnnu2]

When I was in my twenties and living in Southern Mn. we'd go out 'hunting' at -10 with snowshoes on. We were supposed to be hunting the mighty fox. But all we saw out in the fields were coyote and we always missed'em; (most of us had scopes for the first time back then). Wouldn't miss them now, but wouldn't be out in the cold now.... .
Today it was a balmy -1 here in somewhat 'southern' NYS... easy peasy.
J.

 

[Watertender]

I went home at 3am from work and it was -7°. I was on top of the hospital several times last night resetting air handling units that had tripped out on freeze stat. It's 14° now and everything seems to be running smoothly so far.

My grandpa used to say that snow crunches at 10° when you walk on it and it squeaks at 0°. Last night with the wind and temperature there was a brass monkey warning!

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I used to really like cold weather (a relative thing, I guess, since I've spend most of my life in the South). I don't like it so much anymore, and seem to be more heat-tolerant as I've gotten older. When I was working in the factories or construction work, I hated summer and hot weather. Don't mind it so much any more, but I've mostly worked indoors the past 20 years.

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

A Texas rancher loaded his cattle on rail cars and shipped them to the Kansas City market. En route, the train encountered blistering cold weather, so cold the cows' tails fell off.

Once the rail cars arrived in KC, the rancher examined his stock and then said, "Well, guess I'll have to wholesale 'em."

When asked why wholesale, he replied, "'Cause I can't re-tail 'em."

That's cold.

 

[Fox Mike]

Last night with the wind and temperature there was a brass monkey warningI

I wonder just how many know the actual meaning of that saying?

 

[moparclan]

-5 Tuesday morning, 4 yesterday and this morning 0, 5800 ft in AZ. No moisture since Oct. 28th, possible snow this weekend. 20% chance, 37 high today and 57 tomorrow.