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It's Fucking Cold
Centerfield Jan 23 2013 08:21 AM |
It's days like today that one realizes how thin dress pants really are. At what age is it no longer appropriate to wear snow pants around?
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Ceetar Jan 23 2013 08:28 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I wear crappy dress pants that aren't qutie as dressy (or khakis) so don't quite have that problem. My problem is more that my car has 189k miles on it and takes forever to warm up. The coldest I am is the 2-3 minutes I sit in the shivering car waiting for it to get warm enough to move and then it takes the entire commute for my hands to get warm from the cold steering wheel. Don't ask why I don't put on the gloves to drive.
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Mets – Willets Point Jan 23 2013 08:34 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
--- "It was so cold today that I saw a dog stuck to a telephone pole."
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MFS62 Jan 23 2013 08:51 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Actually, CF, it feels worse than that.
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cooby Jan 23 2013 08:59 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Not only is it cold, I didn't realize it was coming, so I blissfully went out yesterday to shovel the driveway with my normal coat and gloves on instead of the Nanook of the North models.
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themetfairy Jan 23 2013 09:08 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Wood explodes?
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metirish Jan 23 2013 09:39 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Yes it is cold, dangerously so.......we are seeing a high increase in asthma exacerbation's with this extreme cold.
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Mets – Willets Point Jan 23 2013 09:48 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Whoa, check out this scantilly-clad Oymyakonian. She's showing off both of her beautiful eyes.
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Kong76 Jan 23 2013 10:02 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
When it's 5º when I get up all I can think to myself is,
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Frayed Knot Jan 23 2013 10:09 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Where's that fuckin' global warming when you need it?
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Ceetar Jan 23 2013 10:17 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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That's because she's actually a student in Yakutsk, a two-day drive away. practically the beach.
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Kong76 Jan 23 2013 10:43 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Pretty, for someone part huskey.
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metirish Jan 23 2013 11:02 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Yeah, that's not correct right?, looks like they took it straight from Wiki
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Mets – Willets Point Jan 23 2013 11:12 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
It's the Daily-freakin'-Mail. Don't expect anything more than some cool pictures. No pun intended.
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Mets – Willets Point Jan 23 2013 11:41 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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I guess they would have to go to Yakutsk to get their cheesecake.
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Centerfield Jan 23 2013 11:42 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Oymyakon looks pretty deserted. No wonder the rebels chose to locate their base there in ESB.
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Frayed Knot Jan 25 2013 10:43 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Yeah it's cold, but there are a few things bugging me about all this.
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Ceetar Jan 25 2013 10:51 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Passaic River:
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 25 2013 10:52 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Leaving aside that the overall rise in global temperatures IS reflected in every aspect of the weather (if more legible in macro than on any given day/in any given event)... have they been discussing climate change every time they show that it's snowing in Chicago? I mean, with all due respect, FK... it's the national news, and, along with some analysis, it (ostensibly) reports what's happening; if there's six inches of snow in the Midwest, well, that's what's happening in the Midwest.
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Edgy MD Jan 25 2013 11:17 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Well, the way we measure temperature has always been a man-made concoction. When we've described our environment for years by saying "It's not the heat; it's the humidity," it's only natural that we'd try and find a metric that incorporates both to take the ambiguity out of a statistical measure of the conditions of the day. Just like it was only natural to find a way to combine slugging and on-base percentage so we'd have a way of comparing two different types of hitters side-by-side.
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cooby Jan 25 2013 11:31 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I agree with FK on one point though...when they start frothing at the mouth when it's 95 degrees or 5 degrees and they tell us to stay inside! You'll die otherwise! it's a little much.
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themetfairy Jan 25 2013 12:24 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I'll chime in on this aspect - snow in Chicago has the potential of messing up air travel all over the country, so it's helpful for people to know that they might have to make alternative flight plans.
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Chad Ochoseis Jan 25 2013 12:38 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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The difference is that the weathermedia loves to say things like "it's 22 degrees outside, but the wind makes it feel like -3". No, it doesn't. It makes it feel like a 22 degree day with a lot of wind. The problem with coming up with a single metric for the combination is that it takes the subjective feel of cold plus wind (or heat plus humidity for the temperature-humidity index), and gives it a false cloak of statistical objectivity. Better to say that it's 22 degrees outside with a 13 mile an hour wind, and let people come to their own conclusions as to how that feels. I have a similar issue with WAR, as opposed to OPS. I'd rather just see a player's specific statistics plus perhaps some argument as to why those specific stats are worth X number of wins to a team, rather than simply accepting a statement like "Wright's 2012 WAR was 5.7" without seeing the underlying numbers.
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Kong76 Jan 25 2013 01:02 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
"Feels like -3º out there today."
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metirish Jan 25 2013 01:14 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
true story.....went out to the car this morning to start it up before I left....a half empty bottle of water was frozen solid......
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Edgy MD Jan 25 2013 01:22 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
The distinction is very meaningful to guys on the street. The DC Hypothermia program guaranteed shelter to all comers when the temperature dipped below freezing. If the temp was expected to be that low, a hypothermia alert went on, and a handful of agencies would open hypothermia overflow shelters, whose expenses would be reimbursed by the city.
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seawolf17 Jan 25 2013 01:22 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Yes, but wind chill does somewhat mean something. Because in, say, April, if the wind is coming from the south, it might be warmer than wind coming from the north, so wouldn't that be logical, if you're watching the weather, to know, "Yeah, it's 50 degrees out there, but that's a cold wind, so when it kicks up, you're going to want to make sure you have a jacket"?
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Frayed Knot Jan 25 2013 01:37 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Various responses:
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cooby Jan 25 2013 02:12 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Edgy that is a beautiful idea
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Kong76 Jan 25 2013 03:45 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I see someone half dead in the snow around here I'm calling the
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Edgy MD Jan 25 2013 06:26 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
That photo is from Toronto, with a guy trying to make a go of it on a grate with escaping steam.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 25 2013 06:56 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
In New York, you summon a DHS outreach team by calling 311. In theory. (It used to be better. Budget cuts over the last three years have ravaged both DHS and the DOITT team behind 311 operator training/supervision.)
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Ashie62 Jan 26 2013 08:15 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
The TV news shows 2400 people in Staten Island living in tents with gas heaters and those interviewed seem desperate.
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Fman99 Jan 26 2013 01:43 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Ran 9.3 miles outside today -- and for my longer runs I usually wear this to carry some hydration for myself.
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themetfairy Jan 26 2013 03:09 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
That happened to me once, a long time ago. Back when I had enough stamina to run in sub-20 degree conditions (those days are long gone!).
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Frayed Knot Jan 26 2013 05:35 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Look at the latest cold snap this way: we've passed the bottom portion of the curve and are now on the way up meaning that, from here on out, the average temp for each day will be fractionally warmer then the previous one.
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Kong76 Jan 26 2013 07:16 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I find it hard to believe that a water/gatorade strapped to a
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themetfairy Jan 26 2013 08:31 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I don't. A few years back I had a water bottle freeze during a 5K run.
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Kong76 Jan 26 2013 08:43 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
You athletes stick together! He said solid.
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cooby Jan 31 2013 08:44 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Last night, during the night, my yard mysteriously appeared again. And my neighbors' yards!
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metirish Jan 31 2013 08:53 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
It's............warm out.
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metsmarathon Jan 31 2013 09:07 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
but, snow tomorrow, so, yay!
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soupcan Jan 31 2013 09:26 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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I bought this small hand-held thing and ran with it on my 15 miler this past weekend... The first time I tried to sip from it I couldn't even get a drop out of it. I was pissed. I kept trying and trying and...nothing. Finally I just unscrewed the whole top and drank out of it that way. Was all ready to barge back into the place I bought it and bitch and moan. Then I looked a little closer and realized that I wasn't opening it the proper way when I was trying to sip. Doh.
Really..? You sure? Its so freakin' warm today.
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Edgy MD Jan 31 2013 09:30 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
What can we tell you? We broke the planet.
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cooby Jan 31 2013 09:31 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
It's already getting cold here. Yes, and as mm says, the yards are going to disappear again very soon.
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Kong76 Jan 31 2013 09:38 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
What's a gallon of heating oil go for in coobyland? (if you don't mind
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cooby Jan 31 2013 09:39 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Hey guess what? It's snowing here now! And the wind is still blowing!
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cooby Jan 31 2013 09:41 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Oh, and a gallon of oil in coobyland is $3.85 today. How about in Kongland? :)
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soupcan Jan 31 2013 10:01 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
$4.099 in my parts.
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cooby Jan 31 2013 10:05 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Well, that didn't last long... I have bargain oil compared to soupcan! Plus a 10% discount if I pay in ten days...
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MFS62 Jan 31 2013 10:07 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
My last delivery was at $3.89. But the price of gas has gone up since then, so I expect my next oil delivery will be at a higher price.
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Kong76 Jan 31 2013 10:50 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
$4.10 was about what it was here last time too.
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themetfairy Jan 31 2013 12:26 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Not only is it getting cold again, but this wind is annoying!
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cooby Feb 05 2013 10:59 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I don't know about you guys but we have been getting snow pretty much every day for a week or so. I feel like I shuffled off to Buffalo.
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themetfairy Feb 05 2013 11:10 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
We've gotten dustings the last few nights. Nothing major.
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Ceetar Feb 05 2013 06:46 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Buffalo's not as overly snowy as you think. It's more the bitter cold and very windy type, with the occasional 8foot lake effect dump.
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Ashie62 Feb 05 2013 10:04 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
Bitter cold. Is it bothering you at all when you go back? If not I envy you!
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Edgy MD Feb 05 2013 10:59 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
I get really cold when I have to take one of those eight-foot lake effect dumps.
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Ceetar Feb 06 2013 05:47 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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The Bills do it 8 times a year. boom.
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MFS62 Feb 07 2013 08:26 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
With up to 15 inches of snow (or more) predicted up here, its nice to know it will be Summer year round in Russia.
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Frayed Knot Feb 07 2013 10:46 AM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Yeah, but it's the same way in Vancouver; temps often in the 50s in the city which is by the water (Pacific in the case of Vancouver, Black Sea in the case of Sochi) but much colder with (usually) snow in the mountains some 30 miles inland.
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MFS62 Feb 07 2013 02:48 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
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Well, if all else fails, they can try water skiing. LAter
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Ashie62 Feb 07 2013 06:42 PM Re: It's Fucking Cold |
14-16 inches 30 mph sustained winds here in NJ ...I am now assuming power outage..
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