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| zarathustra |
| It was -20C here today without factoring the windchill. That means they'll be flooding the rinks :gsmile: |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by shawn2331
i work in -40 degrees 15 hours a day 7 days a week w/out a day off for 3-4months at a time then get about 3 months off then go do it again |
Where do you work? Prudhoe Bay Alaska?:conf: |
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| PhloTron |
| most likely somewhere like that on the North Slope... |
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| jessicah |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
I'm sick and tired of people (who live in warm climates) crying and bitching about how cold it is and it's maybe 60F.
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yeah, but on the flipside you guys aren't allowed to complain about extreme heat of summer, either :D After all Toronto rarely makes it above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius), whereas Texas & Arizona summers are just brutal, quite frequently in the range of 102 Fahrenheit (39 Celsius).
I've spent some winters in Vancouver and other colder climates and personally, I'd rather have excruciatingly cold weather than excruciatingly hot.
After all you can always add more clothes and bundle up but when you're hot and wearing next to nothing and have the AC blasting and are STILL hot, well, there's nothing else to be done. And the heat just messes with your mind. People complain of cabin fever when they're stuck inside during long winter months...well, here the same is definitely true during summer months...you just can't go out for more than a few minutes, it's too blazing hot. Lot of people here have died because they can't afford AC. Heat's just as serious and cold weather, and feels worse, at least for my bod :) |
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| starglider |
| quote: | Originally posted by jessicah
yeah, but on the flipside you guys aren't allowed to complain about extreme heat of summer, either :D After all Toronto rarely makes it above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius), whereas Texas & Arizona summers are just brutal, quite frequently in the range of 102 Fahrenheit (39 Celsius).
I've spent some winters in Vancouver and other colder climates and personally, I'd rather have excruciatingly cold weather than excruciatingly hot.
After all you can always add more clothes and bundle up but when you're hot and wearing next to nothing and have the AC blasting and are STILL hot, well, there's nothing else to be done. And the heat just messes with your mind. People complain of cabin fever when they're stuck inside during long winter months...well, here the same is definitely true during summer months...you just can't go out for more than a few minutes, it's too blazing hot. Lot of people here have died because they can't afford AC. Heat's just as serious and cold weather, and feels worse, at least for my bod :) |
Yeah it doesn't get too too hot although the average in Toronto for July and August is more like 27. In fairness though the heat down where you are is always a dry heat... it's the humidity that makes it really uncomfortable. |
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| jessicah |
| quote: | Originally posted by starglider
Yeah it doesn't get too too hot although the average in Toronto for July and August is more like 27. In fairness though the heat down where you are is always a dry heat... it's the humidity that makes it really uncomfortable. |
whoa, are you kidding? Dallas isn't the middle of the desert...it's really freaking humid here, it sucks...especially when it's really hot and it looks like it's going to rain but never does...you can feel it in your sinuses and the pressure sucks
I really hate Dallas, can anyone tell? :D |
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| shawn2331 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSaenz
Where do you work? Prudhoe Bay Alaska?:conf: |
cargo frezzer on a 400+ foot F/T fishing boat it's -40 all day long
and everyone always wonders why i'm never cold. |
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| elena |
| christ thats ridiculous weater. i was actually just about to complain about how cold it is in italy. coming from a tropical country i find 7C weather to be cold. |
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| starglider |
| quote: | Originally posted by jessicah
whoa, are you kidding? Dallas isn't the middle of the desert...it's really freaking humid here, it sucks...especially when it's really hot and it looks like it's going to rain but never does...you can feel it in your sinuses and the pressure sucks
I really hate Dallas, can anyone tell? :D |
Oh okay, so Dallas sucks basically. ;)
I suppose I was thinking more along the lines of say, Phoenix (in terms of dry heat). |
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| wienerschnitzel |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jessicah
yeah, but on the flipside you guys aren't allowed to complain about extreme heat of summer, either :D After all Toronto rarely makes it above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius), whereas Texas & Arizona summers are just brutal, quite frequently in the range of 102 Fahrenheit (39 Celsius).
I've spent some winters in Vancouver and other colder climates and personally, I'd rather have excruciatingly cold weather than excruciatingly hot.
unfortunatly, i live in a weird nook in southern alberta so i get the extreem of both temperatures. It happens every year where we get winters with -40 C temperatures and summers with 40 C. I really get the worst of both worlds so i can't decide which one i dislike the most, actually it is winter, because in winter my car doesn't work!:p |
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| Orbax |
yeah WS lives in the worst place...ever !
*hugs WS and lets her cry on his shoulder*
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
but remember it is still fall in Canada. -40C happens a few times a year in toronto and calgary and edmonton but remember this is early december. It's not winter yet...so the place is COLD. |
I'm not impressed :p |
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