It’s a tad cold out there – made all the worse by the fact that yesterday it was pushing 40 (and will probably be back in the thirties by the weekend).
I say a tad cold. I’m from North Dakota, originally – and while some naysayers will natter and phumpher about the idea, it is colder up there, and much, much windier.
So while most southern Minnesotans will call this current snap “cold” – reminding me people who whinge like Hillary Clinton staffers at a NASCAR event when it drops below forty – I’ll allow this much; it’s a tad brisk. I did zip my coat all the way up this morning at the bus stop. And I wore a cap as I walked upwind to the office (although I did eschew the skyway. I mean, as if).
But I’m all about the help. Here’s a hint: when you’re walking into the teeth of a gale in weather like this, hum a Beach Boys song.
It really helps.
No hat, gloves, and I haven’t zipped my coat up yet this winter.
During my high school days outside of Fairbanks AK, it was considered very uncool to zip up your jacket unless you were skiing or snowmachining.
“I did zip my coat all the way up this morning at the bus stop. ”
You have a coat . . wussy!
“when you’re walking into the teeth of a gale in weather like this, hum a Beach Boys song.”
I go with Bob Marley once it is below 10 or so
It’s funny that people stop wearing shorts when it hits 30, but you see them back on again when it gets about 0. It must be there way of standing up to The Man.
Nattering and phumpering is a national past-time on blogs, but you’re right, it IS colder in North Dakota than here, and windier. It’s part of the reaseon people are FROM No Dak. If it weren’t for SAC-luck they’d have no luck at all…
Having spent a little time in Fairbanks, those folks are pretty rugged.. and it makes No Dak look like Florida. The winter before I was there, it snowed 240 inches, and it was routine for the outside temperature to be minus 40 to minus 50, not windchill, air temp, with ‘cold’ days being when it was below minus 50. That summer, we had 6 straight days of 100 degree heat.. with just a FEWWW (thousand) misquitos per person… something about no sunset and marshes.. go figure.
Flash, you’re reminding me of Monty Python’s “Four Yorkshiremen” sketch!
““Four Yorkshiremen” ”
We you remind me of the LumberJack song
Oh shit, there I go again *laughing*
On Sundays I go shopping and walk around in Bras. Spam Spam Spam, Bruce, Bruce and Bruce. (stop it right now, this is contagious).. Wake up Polly.
Ha!
I never had a summer day over 70 degrees. When were you there, pre-Algore or post?
Four Yorkshiremen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Yorkshiremen
…wow! I would love to see that with Rowan Atkinson or Eddie Izzard.
Is there a global warming conference in the area? Not being sarcastic. But that has happened several times over the past 3 years or so…..when the GW crowd hold a convention, big cold winter storm occurs there. NYC 2 years ago, DC last year. And a couple of others.
There you go again. It is well documented that Jamestown, ND is only an average of 6 degrees colder than the Twin Cities. Go ahead and whine about those six degrees, if you must.
Or are you going to go the Colemqan/Oberstar route and accuse Bush of influencing the National Weather Service to report warmer temperatures than actual in North Dakota?
It is well documented…
…where “Well-documented” = “presented by Sisyphus with context carefully folded, spindled, mutilated and expunged to make Minnesotans look less like the whinging nancyboys they tend to be when the subject is weather”.
Mitch also had to walk to school through 10 foot snow drifts uphill both ways.
…and then come home and churn butter.
Speaking of cold, looks like Johan Santana is leaving the Twins in the cold, for the warm embrace of the Mets. Woohoo!
You’ve crossed the line, Chuckles.
Wow, so many Monty Python fans here! That explains a lot, actually.
Ah, Is this the right room for an argument?
I told you once.
No you haven’t.
Yes I have.
When?
Just now.
No you didn’t.
Yes I did.
You didn’t
I did!
You didn’t!
I’m telling you I did!
You did not!!
Johan Santana is leaving the Twins in the cold, for the warm embrace of the Mets.
The example of Frank Viola apparently wasn’t daunting enough.
…and now for something completely different.
Mitch cautioned: “The example of Frank Viola apparently wasn’t daunting enough.”
Well there is that.
Was there in 1991, summer, if I recall correctly. Wouldn’t know about your childhood – were you a child in 1991? There were several straight days of extemely high temps, and they had a fire-jumper plane at the bases airfield – a converted B29 variant… as there were numerous forest fires in the area. That’s a job with hair on it – and no, you may NOT ask if my wife is a go-er, nudge is good as a wink to a blind bat… and all.
AC – there are days when it’s not something to admire that you are in NYC. The Mets, despite spending money like GWB, can’t win.. Santana was made for Yankee stadium. He likes to give up fly balls (mostly to righties)- and while Shea ain’t Wrigley field on the days the wind’s blowing toward the lake – it also isn’t Ebbett’s Field. I wish Johan well, but quite a number of pitchers who’ve left the Twins, have been anything but stellar (Eric Milton, David West, Mike Redmond – and that’s just a few lefties that come to mind – outside Viola).
I was there from ’76 to ’79. Was there for the opening of the pipeline.
Fires are a common occurance in the area as it is fairly dry.
Peev noted: “Santana was made for Yankee stadium.”
Cool. Gives us a better shot in the ’08 Subway Series.
It was -36 here last night-with the wind chill factored in I have no idea what it may have been, but driving my car home at 5 last night felt like I was riding on a buckboard wagon. Today at noon, it is -21 with an other stiff wind and I dread going back to work after lunch. I’m thinking of putting long underwear on!
Even so, our local hockey arena was packed for the annual showdown between the county hockey teams, Warroad and Roseau. Packed. People are nuts. Plus our company has some training seminars going on that has brought in customers from all over the country-lots of them from the south and they are having a good time with this weather-lots of tales to tell people when they get “back home”!