Originally Posted by displacedinMN:
OFFICIAL MINNESOTA TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART:
60 ABOVE: Arizonans turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens.
32 ABOVE: Distilled water freezes. Lake Superior water gets thicker.
20 ABOVE: Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.
15 ABOVE: Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Minnesota have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
ZERO: People in Miami all die. Minnesotans lick the flagpole.
40 BELOW: The Iditarod is postponed. The Twins start spring training.
55 BELOW: Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. Minnesota Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.
80 BELOW: Mt. St. Helen freezes. People in Minnesota rent some videos.
100 BELOW: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.
297 BELOW: Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products. Cows in Minnesota complain about farmers with cold hands.
460 BELOW: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.) People in Minnesota start saying........"Cold nuff for ya?"
500 BELOW: Hell freezes over. The Vikings win the Super Bowl!!!!
This one is funny. It's only more funny when Floridians and other warmer coastal people want/need the world to help them because it rains kind of heavily... [Reply]
People living in Phoenix complain they're freezing because their house dipped below 70. I've witnessed Southern Californians wearing heavy jackets and scarves when it's 55. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Those first two are generous. :-)
People living in Phoenix complain they're freezing because their house dipped below 70. I've witnessed Southern Californians wearing heavy jackets and scarves when it's 55.
My stories:
I was in New York for Spring Break. It is 55 or so, sun shining. I am walking around without a coat. The looks I got was priceless.
In Florida at Christmas. 2005. woman sits beside me on a bus. She has a fur coat on. I have on a golf shirt an shorts. She asks me-How can you dress like that? I tell her I am from Minnesota. It is -2 at home, I am in Florida. I am going to wear shorts.
She is from South Carolina. Cannot believe it is only 60F in Florida. They came there to warm up.
I was in New York for Spring Break. It is 55 or so, sun shining. I am walking around without a coat. The looks I got was priceless.
In Florida at Christmas. 2005. woman sits beside me on a bus. She has a fur coat on. I have on a golf shirt an shorts. She asks me-How can you dress like that? I tell her I am from Minnesota. It is -2 at home, I am in Florida. I am going to wear shorts.
She is from South Carolina. Cannot believe it is only 60F in Florida. They came there to warm up.
Deep cold that year too.
Yeah, but let the rain hard with a little wind and the whole nation will be asked to send-in support for them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
Cars break down and so do furnaces especially in this weather. I hope it never happens to you as I doubt you would fair very well.
? Id just get a hotel and call a HVAC guy. Problem solved. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Those first two are generous. :-)
People living in Phoenix complain they're freezing because their house dipped below 70. I've witnessed Southern Californians wearing heavy jackets and scarves when it's 55.
Can confirm. I’ve been here 20 years and still wear shorts through the winter, while people I’m with are wearing coats and gloves. I grew up in Iowa and my body still knows what real cold is and is not. [Reply]
I was in New York for Spring Break. It is 55 or so, sun shining. I am walking around without a coat. The looks I got was priceless.
In Florida at Christmas. 2005. woman sits beside me on a bus. She has a fur coat on. I have on a golf shirt an shorts. She asks me-How can you dress like that? I tell her I am from Minnesota. It is -2 at home, I am in Florida. I am going to wear shorts.
She is from South Carolina. Cannot believe it is only 60F in Florida. They came there to warm up.
Deep cold that year too.
Originally Posted by vailpass:
Can confirm. I’ve been here 20 years and still wear shorts through the winter, while people I’m with are wearing coats and gloves. I grew up in Iowa and my body still knows what real cold is and is not.
Yeah, I get enough cold that I don't think I'll lose tolerance for it.. hell, even Phoenix has 40 degree mornings and Anthem will get snow every year or three.
It did only take ~5 months for me to acclimate to the lack of humidity and become a total wuss about it when I go back to KC. And I would laugh at people in LA talking about 30% humidity being high... but, now anything above about 40-50% when it's warm out annoys the shit out of me. :-) [Reply]
