lifestyles of the crazy cold

[Thermofusion]

I bike everywhere and I think I do prefer snow to rain.

Kinda looks like you got overzealous with a funnel cake. Not that I'd blame you.

[girl]

My face aches just looking at that picture!

If the temperature's above freezing, wait for the rain to wash it away.  If below freezing, shovel now.

The rain didn't actually wash the snow away here. I have a driveway and sidewalk full of what looks like very heavy slush. I should probably go out soon and try to clear it before the whole thing freezes. I'm SO done with winter!

It was every bit as heavy as it looked. Heavier, even.

[guavacris]

but we got it done. hi5? no. whiskey? i think so.

and thank you for the advice greg nog. that is storm: millions, me: one

[girl]

Whiskey is an outstanding idea!

[guavacris]

Excellent. I'll run down the street to get some coke. Or shuffle, rather.

[girl]

Damn. I just heard the plow go by AGAIN. I really, really do not want to go back out there to shovel out the end of my driveway another time. Stupid winter.

[El_Josharino]

Oh man. So I finally got off my ass this weekend and stapled some plastic around our back door (because we never use it and it's drafty as shit because the frame is in pretty rough shape) and the window in the kitchen (which is also drafty as shit). What a difference it's making. The one on the door ballooned way the fuck out within seconds of me putting in the last few staples and I got a little queasy thinking that if that much cold air got in in a few seconds, how much got in over the course of a month. Before the plastic, I'd walk into the kitchen with no shoes on and my feet would get numb. We had a case of soda sitting on the floor and it froze solid. Now it's actually room temperature. I will not be surprised if $2 worth of plastic, cardboard, and staples halves our heating bill.

[clare]

Anyone wanna swap? weather.com says Right now: 30º Feels like 29º. It's 9.15 at night.  It was 37º today. Body temperature. I am in hell. I'd give jsut about anything to be where I'm afraid to go outside in case my eyeballs freeze. And the bloke is in Chicago rightn now too. bastard. At least I'm not in Adelaide.  It was 45.7º yesterday.

[Daniel]

Same 'ere.  29°C now but it was 44°C today (110°F) with more of the same tomorrow.  Poor Adelaide.  I guess no matter how bad things get on the east coast, there's always Adelaide for consolation.

[Andrew_TSKS]

Anyone wanna swap? weather.com says Right now: 30º Feels like 29º. It's 9.15 at night.  It was 37º today. Body temperature. I am in hell. I'd give jsut about anything to be where I'm afraid to go outside in case my eyeballs freeze. And the bloke is in Chicago rightn now too. bastard. At least I'm not in Adelaide.  It was 45.7º yesterday.

Hah, this post confused me at first, because I was thinking "that's what the temperature is here, and it's cold!" Then I remembered. Celsius.

[YojimboMonkey]

What is your dude doing in Chicago?  Did you tell him there were friendly internet people in the area who would buy him beers and definitely not kidnap/torture him?

[YojimboMonkey]

Also it was a positively balmy 22^oF (-5.56^oC) during my commute this morning.  I should have switched to the lighter jacket but as it was, I wore my heavy winter coat and was absolutely soaked in sweat by the time I got to work.

[clare]

Jim, despite living here, he still works there. The pay is infinitely better for scientists of any kind, so he's continuing to lead an annoying double life. This involves spending a couple of weeks in the US every 3 months or so, which, needless to say, I hate. He kinda likes it though - it means he gets to see his aging mother in Mpls, and hang out with buddies in Chicago. He has a mate who is an investor at the Metrpolitan Brewery, so I suspect he is spending some quality beer drinking time there. Being an old-school computer-nerd, he's a bit suspicious of internet friends, but I will let him know, and maybe you folks can drink beers another time.

That photo of you with ice-beard is all kinds of fabulous. I envy it.

[Ignatius]

We've got this incredibly dense snow falling right now that makes night look like really deep dusk. It's so strange until you walk right up to the window and you can see the particles for themselves. Winter is a hoot, guys.

[iamnotthou]

Louisville, KY has been obliterated.  Classes have been canceled here all week and half the people I know are without power.  That said, I'm still able to leech dail-up quality internet from the university across the street.

[G.C.R]

Clare where are you in Australia again? Are you ok? Aren't people in Melbourne like, Dying from the heat wave over there at the moment?

[Ignatius]

Louisville, KY has been obliterated.  Classes have been canceled here all week and half the people I know are without power.  That said, I'm still able to leech dail-up quality internet from the university across the street.

Ice storms are vicious... Stay safe, and take care of your neighbors without power if you can.

[clare]

Clare where are you in Australia again? Are you ok? Aren't people in Melbourne like, Dying from the heat wave over there at the moment?

Hey Grace - we're in Canberra so not quite so hot here, 38 max. It's been really bad in Melbourne (where my sister is) where there have been power cuts on top of the heat, no fans no aircon. In Adelaide it's been even worse - over 40 for almost a week, and that is where lots of ppl have been dying - the govt has denied it's about the heat, but honestly it's not hard to draw conclusions. They keep talking about people 'dying unexpectedly' and they are mostly old people who live alone in houses with no electric cooling... Thanks for checking in!

I keep thinking Dunedin looks pretty good right now.

[G.C.R]

Even though last time I was in Dunedin I was doing fun stuff with cool people, I felt like crying a lot of the time, just because it was so goddam cold. A husband, two sleeping bags, a duvet, all my clothes, a jacket and two pairs of socks, and I was still not warm. It wasn't even snowing, but man it just gets in your bones. I'm just not used to being that cold, and a big wimp on top of it. Lovely city, but I just could never survive a winter there.

[clare]

Sounds like just the place for us then! The bloke loves it cold, colder than me by a long way. I'll have to mention it to him.

Hey Jim, if your're listening - Metropolitan Brewery (cnr of Winona and....[bugger, the baby chewed up the piece of paper, no, wait, here it is] Ravenswood) have something called "beer: the musical" with the Neofuturists
who are one of my favourite things about Chicago... the bloke went last week and said it was great, and it sounds like it might be right up your alley.

[G.C.R]

Ha "the bloke" - Anne and I wax lyrical about how much we love that you say that

[YojimboMonkey]

Sounds like just the place for us then! The bloke loves it cold, colder than me by a long way. I'll have to mention it to him.

Hey Jim, if your're listening - Metropolitan Brewery (cnr of Winona and....[bugger, the baby chewed up the piece of paper, no, wait, here it is] Ravenswood) have something called "beer: the musical" with the Neofuturists
who are one of my favourite things about Chicago... the bloke went last week and said it was great, and it sounds like it might be right up your alley.

Huh, cool, I've talked to the guys from Metropolitan on a number of occasions and a buddy of mine is in the Neofuturists (though not in that show apparently), how is it that I hear about this from some lady on the other side of the world?    Thanks, I'll check it out

[clare]

That, my friend, is the power of the internet. You've got 'til March to see the show. And you now make two sets of two degrees of separation between me and some Neos. The Bloke's mate Rob (who's an investor at the Metropolitan) knows some of the others, but it seems there's a strong link between the two. I first saw TMLMTBGB in 97, and tried hard to persuade them to do a tour of Aus. Apparently they're still working the problem.

Anne 'n' Grace - he's 'the beloved' on my blog (but that's too wussy for here), and has his own name in my facebook friends list..so here he's the bloke (mainly because he wouldn't describe himself in those terms, being "not from round here".)

Cool VH1 is playing "Come on Eileen" gotta go.

[Maaik]

Windchill in Atlanta was 1 degree this morning.  I picked a great week to start taking public transportation again.  All standing on train platforms and waiting at bus stops n shit.

[YojimboMonkey]

4 degrees this morning straight up.  Wind chill put us well below zero.  7.5 miles on a bike.  Man up, dude! :-P

Actually I read this morning that there was a cold snap hitting the southeast and thought about y'all, I know you're not used to it, keep yourself warm down there man.