Where's Al Gore? 
-57 degrees below zero last night!
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Racer
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From: Minneapolis Minnesota
-57 degrees below zero last night!
Northern Minnesota. OK, maybe this is how the old wife's tale started about fiberglass cracking when hit in the cold. I do not want to test the theory. It just may happen!
I brought out a piece of bread for the birds, took off my glove to tear the bread into pieces, and my hand felt it was on fire(frostbite) before I had completed the task! 10 Seconds! Ouch!
Even so, I did remove my gauge console yesterday(-4° in the garage). The tools and metal parts where so cold, they almost burned when handled with bare skin. Cannot wait 'til 40°
Edit: For you lucky warm climate guys, your spit freezes before it hits the ground.
I brought out a piece of bread for the birds, took off my glove to tear the bread into pieces, and my hand felt it was on fire(frostbite) before I had completed the task! 10 Seconds! Ouch!
Even so, I did remove my gauge console yesterday(-4° in the garage). The tools and metal parts where so cold, they almost burned when handled with bare skin. Cannot wait 'til 40°
Edit: For you lucky warm climate guys, your spit freezes before it hits the ground.
Last edited by 70_Shark; Jan 18, 2005 at 12:19 AM.
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From: glace bay nova scotia
only a canadian knows this , but i'll let you in on it.
If you take a glass of HOT water outside below -40 and throw it up in the air, it will pass thru 3 stages in a second,liquid,gas and solid.
liquid in your glass,steam when you throw it, and solid(snow or ice) once it's airborn.
with 9 months of winter you get to learn these things.
want some real fun, hook your pressure washer up to the hot water tap and give your neighbour a snowstorm.lol.
If you take a glass of HOT water outside below -40 and throw it up in the air, it will pass thru 3 stages in a second,liquid,gas and solid.
liquid in your glass,steam when you throw it, and solid(snow or ice) once it's airborn.
with 9 months of winter you get to learn these things.
want some real fun, hook your pressure washer up to the hot water tap and give your neighbour a snowstorm.lol.
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
A you guys think I live in the great white north. It is approaching Zero here and that is cold but we lack snow. But even cold like that the days are bright sunshine and beautiful out if dress properly.
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From: FRANKLIN GA
That's the problem with the southern states Norval, They don't even sell clothes down here to deal with the kind of weather were having today 19 degrees with a 11 degree WCF . I'm about to freeze to death. You northern guys come get your weather and take it back with you.
Racer
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From: Owensboro Ky
The temp in my garage has been about 25 for the last 3 days. I've been thinkin about a heater but in Kentucky the weather could easily be back in the 60's tomorrow.
It's driving me crazy not to be able to work on the vette.
It's driving me crazy not to be able to work on the vette.
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From: Lenoir City Tennessee
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All the way home this morning my trucks thermometer was saying 12. That is way too cold for a southern boy like me. In the summer I can always put on a pair of shorts and a NCRS T-shirt and be okay. In the winter, I just don't have the clothes to make it. I can't put enough clothes on to stay warm. My hands or feet get cold and I am useless. (Okay, more useless than normal)
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From: Surrey
Originally Posted by 70_Shark
I brought out a piece of bread for the birds, took off my glove to tear the bread into pieces, and my hand felt it was on fire(frostbite) before I had completed the task! 10 Seconds! Ouch!
FWIW it was a balmy 32F here last night
Melting Slicks
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From: largo florida
yeah, its been cold here too lately for the past 3 days. Have to decide what kind of sweatshirt to wear. THen comes the awquard time when it isnt cold enough for the sweatshirt, but still kind of unfortable without one. Stupid cold weather. 