Cold, Colder, Coldest

Cold, Colder, Coldest
2005.12.12 23:38

For these 4 or 5 days, we have had a very cold day. In our system, it's less than 5 degrees celsius, in Fahrenheit it's 36 degrees.
Who said we have been suffered from Global Warming? I think we need a global warming up.
Oh, so cold..
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That's not cold(Score:2)
by Cujo (19106) * on 2005.12.13 0:08 (#14238525) (http://slashdot.org/~Cujo/amigos Last Journal: 2005.12.14 4:58)
It's really not. There are places where the parking lots have electrical outlets so people can plug in their block heaters to keep the engine from freezing while inside. Those people know from cold.
In my mind, anyone who lives where you can safely ice skate outdoors in late December lives in a cold climate. Everyone else has it easy.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.12.13 0:31 (#14238693) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.12.18 0:58)
Cujo..Thanks for commenting.
I don't live in a condominium, I live in a house on a hill, so when it's so windy&stomy as is tonight, lots of wind creeps into the room, so it's cold. In the country where cold winter is so familiar, they must be well prepard for the coldness. Our houses are made of paper, wood, and paste(a kind of concrete made of cray), besides I live southern part of the archipelagoes -the latitude is the same as Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Sydney.
You live in the north? For the northerners 5 celsius must be warm enough.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:2)
by Cujo (19106) * on 2005.12.13 0:43 (#14238779) (http://slashdot.org/~Cujo/amigos Last Journal: 2005.12.14 4:58)
I now live in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. (about 40 deg N lat.), which is a more moderate climate. I have have lived in much colder places, and I have lived in Los Angeles, which is semi-tropical. I went through one "Winter" in Los Angelese without ever turning my heat on.
I have also lived in a house on a hill. My main problem with that was all the lightning strikes.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:2)
by Ethelred Unraed (32954) * <john@granthaCOUGARm.de minus cat> on 2005.12.13 1:33 (#14239124) (http://www.grantham.de/ Last Journal: 2005.12.16 21:31)
Ya. I lived in Minnesota for 10 years, and was a Boy Scout in those years -- and we camped outside a lot in all weather. Minnesota has very extreme conditions -- often well below zero Fahrenheit in winter, and sometimes close to 100 F in summer (with very high humidity because of all the lakes). The local Boy Scout council also had a special award, the Zero Hero, which was awarded to anybody crazy enough to spend 24 hours straight outdoors in subzero (Fahrenheit) weather -- that is, -17 C.
Yes, I got that award. Lost a toenail in the process (I was wearing four pairs of socks in boots that were too small for it) and spent much of the time shivering in my mummy bag...
I think they've since weakened the requirements*, because let's face it, it's a rather loony thing to encourage people to get.
Cheers,
Ethelred
* - At least I recently looked around for information about it after telling someone about the award, and the site I found said that you only have to spend one night in subzero temps outdoors. Maybe my memory is wrong, but I'm fairly certain that the requirement in those days was 24 hours in subzero temperatures.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.12.13 2:45 (#14239762) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.12.18 0:58)
Oh, now I must retract what I said. It's 6 degrees Celsius in a room. Warm enough.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfile@mind[ ]s.com ['les' in gap]> on 2005.12.13 22:03 (#14245645) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
And here's me thinking that anything below 20C (68F) is cold...but I live in Sydney, where the daytime temperature rarely drops into single digits, even in the middle of winter.It hit 38.9C (102F) last week, so I'm off to the beach; not to swim, I just love to watch a good drunken rampage.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.12.14 1:14 (#14247300) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.12.18 0:58)
Which beach? I recommend Le Peruse.
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Re:That's not cold(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfile@mind[ ]s.com ['les' in gap]> on 2005.12.14 5:43 (#14249990) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
Coogee or Bronte are my favourites, but I haven't been to a beach near Sydney for some years...too much attitude from the locals. Speaking of which, we've had rioting over the last few days at Maroubra and Cronulla; just when I think I've seen the limits of mindless selfishness, something comes along to renew my contempt for humanity.
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Cold(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <Allen.Zadr@g[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on 2005.12.13 2:37 (#14239693) (Last Journal: 2005.12.17 11:33)
It's -2 C (27 F) right now in Minnesota (where I live and work), worse, I'm thinking it's almost warm today because it was much colder last week. Ethelred is right. It's cold here.
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Re:Cold(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.12.13 4:18 (#14240564) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.12.18 0:58)
Minnesota is located as high as Sakhalin, Hokkaido here in the Far East. The climate there is completely different from here in Kyushu island. The most renowned place for producing sake is Fushimi in Kyoto and Nada in Kobe, but when it comes to shochu, Kyushu is the heart of its production. All Bourbon tastes extremely well and Scotch has its own taste as well, when in Rome, as Romans do, every place knows the best produce they can come up with, but for me Bourbon is the best.
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