Ok Canadians are clearly made partly of steel. I’ve never denied it.
chigau (違う)says
hjhornbeck
I think I plucked you out of snowbank, once.
Remember?
hjhornbecksays
chigau @3:
Hmmm, it’s been a long time since I’ve been in a snowbank. A shame, as snow’s an excellent insulator and it drops out of sky FOR FREE!
So many of the world’s problems would be solved if we lived in igloos…
sprocketsays
Winnipeg (or Winterpeg as we call it), Manitoba was actually colder than the North Pole. But I’d take -30 C over 30 C any day. At least I can layer up when it’s cold. that heat is just too much.
Rieuxsays
Yeah, it got to -30 C (-23 F) last night here in the Twin Cities, as well. Currently it’s -27 C and headed down again. Lots of us are bundled up (I’ve currently got a turtleneck, a sweater, and three layers of pants on) and hunkered down inside. The governor canceled school statewide Monday and Tuesday–the first such closing since 1994.
Cold is a killer, I had partial frostbite once in a winter of -40C. But the real annoyance of winter is the snow and ice. You can’t walk or go anywhere if you don’t own a car (thaws and freezes creating ice everywhere) so you end up stuck inside all winter. Going “stir crazy” isn’t a myth. By comparison, Taiwan’s typhoons and 80km/h winds seem pleasant. At least I can walk in rain and 30C temperatures.
Where I lived in Canada, on weekends people went in droves and spent all day at the local shopping malls, library and the college campus (including many who weren’t students). Those were the only large indoors places people could walk around (for free) and not worry about falling and injuring themselves. Those who could afford it were often at the hockey and curling rinks. One hockey arena allowed people to run on a concourse, using it as a 200m indoor track.
Argle Barglesays
Who do we complain to about Canadians exporting their weather to the US?
sailor1031says
Jeez that’s only -22F. No biggie for MN in January. We used to fly out from Labrador to Hoyt Lakes MN in January just to bask in the southern warmth for a few days. And they closed the University? Wimps. If they’d closed everything in Quebec the way they do here in the US I’d still be in grade 9…….@74yrs of age…..
rqsays
*crunch crunch* I love that sound.
In Latvian, we translated it to *grrk grrk*.
A Hermitsays
We had wind chill of -51C the other day (that’s about -60 farenheit.)
It’s only -22F? I saw something that said it was -35F. I’ve experienced -20F myself, in Iowa.
[deflates]
Argle Bargle @8 – Peter Mansbridge actually said on The National last night, “Americans are blaming Canada” – at which point I laughed so noisily that I couldn’t hear the rest of what he said. Still cracks me up. What, because Canada threw it south? Canada opened that big door it’s not supposed to open?
A Hermitsays
Canada opened that big door it’s not supposed to open?
That would be our beer fridge. Sorry about that…
Deckersays
I had to raise the temperature of my fridge last week.
I once worked in a bush camp in northern B.C. ( Takla Lake 200 miles northwest of Prince George.) It would get so cold (-42-43C ) that you could hear the trees cracking as the wood fibres in their trunks developed tiny fissues as they shrunk from the cold.
The pay was incredible, but had I known that fall what I was in for, I,d have NEVER signed up for the job.
After spring breakup, I went back for the summer season.
To the extent it was hell in winter, it was heaven in summer ( 85F )
Please, take your videos horizontally, not vertically.
quixotesays
Some of you don’t know the meaning of the word “wimps.” Here in Southern California the overnight low went all the way to 50F (10C). We’re freezing! Send blankets!
Omar Puhleezsays
left0ver1under @#19:
Many thanks. I had no idea that the immortal RW Service had written that.
In my (distant) student days I memorised ‘The Ballad of Eskimo Nell’, also written by him. Even set it to music; more exactly, to the tune of ‘Home Sweet Home’. A shocking thing to do, I admit, as HSH is a favourite of mine.
Atlanta is freezing, NY is freezing, Chicago and Calgary likewise: all towns my wife & I visited last year. But should be fun for skiers.
Pffft, wimps. I’ve gone jogging in -35 with a stiff wind, and got nothing worse than an ice-cream headache.
Didn’t lose any body parts, either!
Ok Canadians are clearly made partly of steel. I’ve never denied it.
hjhornbeck
I think I plucked you out of snowbank, once.
Remember?
chigau @3:
Hmmm, it’s been a long time since I’ve been in a snowbank. A shame, as snow’s an excellent insulator and it drops out of sky FOR FREE!
So many of the world’s problems would be solved if we lived in igloos…
Winnipeg (or Winterpeg as we call it), Manitoba was actually colder than the North Pole. But I’d take -30 C over 30 C any day. At least I can layer up when it’s cold. that heat is just too much.
Yeah, it got to -30 C (-23 F) last night here in the Twin Cities, as well. Currently it’s -27 C and headed down again. Lots of us are bundled up (I’ve currently got a turtleneck, a sweater, and three layers of pants on) and hunkered down inside. The governor canceled school statewide Monday and Tuesday–the first such closing since 1994.
Woo-hoo, Minnesota!
Cold is a killer, I had partial frostbite once in a winter of -40C. But the real annoyance of winter is the snow and ice. You can’t walk or go anywhere if you don’t own a car (thaws and freezes creating ice everywhere) so you end up stuck inside all winter. Going “stir crazy” isn’t a myth. By comparison, Taiwan’s typhoons and 80km/h winds seem pleasant. At least I can walk in rain and 30C temperatures.
Where I lived in Canada, on weekends people went in droves and spent all day at the local shopping malls, library and the college campus (including many who weren’t students). Those were the only large indoors places people could walk around (for free) and not worry about falling and injuring themselves. Those who could afford it were often at the hockey and curling rinks. One hockey arena allowed people to run on a concourse, using it as a 200m indoor track.
Who do we complain to about Canadians exporting their weather to the US?
Jeez that’s only -22F. No biggie for MN in January. We used to fly out from Labrador to Hoyt Lakes MN in January just to bask in the southern warmth for a few days. And they closed the University? Wimps. If they’d closed everything in Quebec the way they do here in the US I’d still be in grade 9…….@74yrs of age…..
*crunch crunch* I love that sound.
In Latvian, we translated it to *grrk grrk*.
We had wind chill of -51C the other day (that’s about -60 farenheit.)
But it’s a dry cold, so….
For sprocket @ 5
Winnipeg.!
Come for the culture.
Stay because your car won’t start.
It’s only -22F? I saw something that said it was -35F. I’ve experienced -20F myself, in Iowa.
[deflates]
Argle Bargle @8 – Peter Mansbridge actually said on The National last night, “Americans are blaming Canada” – at which point I laughed so noisily that I couldn’t hear the rest of what he said. Still cracks me up. What, because Canada threw it south? Canada opened that big door it’s not supposed to open?
That would be our beer fridge. Sorry about that…
I had to raise the temperature of my fridge last week.
I once worked in a bush camp in northern B.C. ( Takla Lake 200 miles northwest of Prince George.) It would get so cold (-42-43C ) that you could hear the trees cracking as the wood fibres in their trunks developed tiny fissues as they shrunk from the cold.
The pay was incredible, but had I known that fall what I was in for, I,d have NEVER signed up for the job.
After spring breakup, I went back for the summer season.
To the extent it was hell in winter, it was heaven in summer ( 85F )
A novel way of beating the cold.
http://distractify.com/culture/arts/frozen-bubbles-in-wintertime/
Another way to warm you up: home-brew snowmaking!
Reminds me of that great old musical lament about a (Canadian?) logger: A couple of verses….
Well the weather tried to freeze him
it tried its level best
At a hundred degrees below zero
why, he buttoned up his vest
It froze clean through to China
and it froze to the stars above
And at a thousand degrees below zero
it froze my logger love
http://www.ciscohouston.com/lyrics/frozen_logger.shtml
Omar Puhleez (#18) –
That reads more like a rewrite of Robert Service’s poem than an original.
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw22.html
Please, take your videos horizontally, not vertically.
Some of you don’t know the meaning of the word “wimps.” Here in Southern California the overnight low went all the way to 50F (10C). We’re freezing! Send blankets!
left0ver1under @#19:
Many thanks. I had no idea that the immortal RW Service had written that.
In my (distant) student days I memorised ‘The Ballad of Eskimo Nell’, also written by him. Even set it to music; more exactly, to the tune of ‘Home Sweet Home’. A shocking thing to do, I admit, as HSH is a favourite of mine.
Atlanta is freezing, NY is freezing, Chicago and Calgary likewise: all towns my wife & I visited last year. But should be fun for skiers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frozen_Logger
one video
Chigau @#23:
Thanks also for that.
But it leaves one with the difficult choice of who to believe: Wikipedia or left0ver1under, a serious B&W commenter?
Heads or tails?
It’s free as part of the NAFTA agreement – there may be more. Bundle up!