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**Canadian Dude** · 01-16-2004, 12:39 PM

Well when I went to work this morning, the temp outside with the wind chill was a balmy -32C...and you wanna know what that feels like...PAinful, hurts to breath, exposed skin can be get frost bite in 10min...I know MOc is in the same boat as me right now, so to all those who can donate warm socks, please let me know!!!

punter · 01-16-2004, 02:39 PM

Crap, that is cold!!

It makes the 4c in the UK sound really tropical, but it sure as hell doesnt feel like when your rowing in the pissing rain! Do you actaully go outside in the winter then, or is it just brief dashes to and from the car?

**zylah** · 01-16-2004, 05:11 PM

my condolances cd, and punter.
Maybe u should come down to Oz, right now its a perfect high 20's C and has been all week, just perfect for lounging around in the botanic gardens or by the pool.

B) B)

hehe and hopefully i will be in europe for the summer in june this year too.

**Canadian Dude** · 01-16-2004, 05:46 PM

Actually, I am quite used to it, my job entails me to be outside most of the day, I wear 3 layers of cloths, boots that are good to -60C, wool socks, thick gloves, and a neoprean face mask...needless to say it takes me 20 minutes to get ready to go out in this she-ite...

**Mocassin** · 01-16-2004, 06:27 PM

Yep CD...It's about -46C with windchill here...

**zylah** · 01-16-2004, 06:55 PM

wow thats cold.
what freakes me out is that the coldest temperature i have ever experienced is +5C and that was when i went to the snow in Victoria (OZ). I guess i am in for a shock when i expereince a real winter.

cheers

**Sijuki** · 01-16-2004, 09:09 PM

Well I feel ya guys... I guess the coldest it got here was -17ºF, but by mid day it had to be a nice 30-35F, I even had the window down in my car it was so nice.

crazytexan · 01-17-2004, 12:54 PM

Man y'all need to move to austin tx. Its winter here i am i am wearing a tshirt and shorts. i could never work in snow, my body would shut down. welp i better go back. 32 hour then i leave for florence, and its ballz cold there! well f#$%.

**Diorama** · 01-17-2004, 06:52 PM

and here i was complaining that it had gotten down to -10 here. I couldn't handle those temps. no way. Van has rebounded nicely and is now a very nice +10c... but good luck to you

stupid winters

Columbia · 01-19-2004, 01:08 AM

I don't know how warm it is anymore...-5C? maybe. I'm just glad we're done with that nasty -27ness. I couldn't imagine anything colder, I don't think...well, I could, but I'm not about to. .....mmmm heating vent....

cooldice23 · 01-19-2004, 02:46 AM

sorry guys, i'm up here near anchorage, alaska, usa, and we've got about -40f

couple that with occasional windstorms in excess of 70 or 80 mph and it's freakin' COOOLD

**worldwidemike** · 01-19-2004, 04:22 AM

I'm with you, CD. I work outside, too.

The coldest day I can remember in 12 years of working for the airline was (believe it or not) -75 F wind chill. Now THAT was some serious pain. We had to drive across the airport to go out to the remote area where we parked an overnight aircraft. Of course, we had to drive in an open vehicle with no windscreen or roof. By the time we got there, we were all screaming.

That day, I made it a point to have one of my crew inside warming up at all times. I'd send one in, tell him to come back out in about 10 minutes, then he would relieve one of the other guys, who would go in, and so on, throughout the flight.

And what's making this cold worse, today, is I spent the weekend visiting a buddy down in South Carolina. When I left on Sunday, it was 60 F.

worldwidemike

**Sijuki** · 01-19-2004, 09:56 AM

Yeah I feel sorry for my neighbors to the east... it was pretty cold for a couple days here, but it has since warmed back up to the 30'sºF or 0ºC. So I am grateful for what I have, and am not complaining like the other people around here, because I know what we could be having.

**worldwidemike** · 01-20-2004, 04:17 AM

Wow, talk about weird...

The first thing I do after shutting off my alarm in the morning is telephone a "time and temperature" number here, locally. Today, the weatherman said that it was exactly 10 years ago that we had that glorious -75 F wind chill day (-22 F without wind) I was talking about.

My fingers hurt just thinking about it...

worldwidemike

**Mocassin** · 01-20-2004, 10:57 AM

Wow WWM! What a coincidence!!!!

Cooldice, Alaska huh?! Mhhhh....Stop sending us your cold winds....hehehe! :greenguy:

wong name · 01-21-2004, 10:42 AM

i hear ya, i used to work outside---------but it was a physical job so if u can believe sweating in 2 degree weather............the worst part is the snot in your nose freezes , and then when u warm up ---------i was always blowing my nose..........dont miss those if u can believe that???????? ha,ha well maybe global warming will come your cd, then u will be out there with a t-shirt and shorts