How cold is cold?

[Karen]

Goodness gracious, stay inside and warm!

[Laura's Babies]

That has to HURT!!! I could not BE where it gets that cold or I would be in bed in PAIN!

[Catty1]

No problem...you just dress in layers until you resemble the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Mind you, you have a lot more colours to show off!

[Queen of Poop]

Well, when it's this cold outside and the heat in your brand new office building goes out it makes for a very cold and uncomfortable day. It's almost 8 pm and I've finally warmed up. And will do it all again tomorrow.

This cold is manageable by wearing good winter boots, a down filled knee length coat, down filled mittens (gloves are not an option in this cold all fingers must be together to keep each other from freezing), scarf, I pass on a touque (hat) and prefer to use the hood on my coat, with faux fur trim. My glasses fog up as I walk and breathe and fog over completely upon entry indoors. My face is very cold sensitive from being frost bitten when I was a child. I get to walk outdoors for 40 minutes in total in this cold, not all at once thank goodness. It's nasty, but manageable, people whine and complain bitterly about the snow and cold, wishing to head for warmer climes. Personally, it's cold but I'm a hearty Canadian and I can take it.

[mrspunkysmom]

I wouldn't know what to do with all those coats and hats. If it gets cold here I put on a designer sweatshirt. Mostly I wear a thin grey windbreaker. I have a lined floor length coat I haven't worn in 9 years. It actually stayed below freezing for a while that winter.

Since half of my family is from a northern clime, I can handle the cold, but I don't know about -40 below. Yikes!

[Freedom]

Wait, what?! You mean, people go OUT in that? They don't shut down businesses and schools and tell everyone to stay inside?

[quote - Queen of Poop] I'm a hearty Canadian and I can take it. [/quote]

I don't think ANY human was meant to "take" that cold, BRRRRR! No wonder the Natives of the area were nomadic and MOVED SOUTH for the winter, ha ha haaa.

Sometimes, I think all our technology makes us do dumb stuff. Like insist people go to work in that type of temp.

[chocolatepuppy]

That's COLD!!! Coldest I remember was -22F on 1-19-1994. I worked afternoon shift and had to go home at midnight.

[mrspunkysmom]

Wait, what?! You mean, people go OUT in that? They don't shut down businesses and schools and tell everyone to stay inside?

Sometimes, I think all our technology makes us do dumb stuff. Like insist people go to work in that type of temp.

No, you have to live in the South. Just 1 inch of snow and everything shuts down.

Yeah, technology is making us dumb.

[sana]

Send us some winter and cold stuff! We are sweating and heating up here. We had a party in school today. And I was almost fried! Its 26th Nov!! What's up with the weather?! Winter didn't come last year and this year it came for a few days only Send us some snow and loads of winter!

[Bonny]

It is -12 here with a ice hanging off of everything. It is real pretty with the sun hitting it. The trees & bushes look like they are covered with beautiful translucent crystals. We were lucky the electricity didn't go off.