Am I just a big ol' weenie, or what?

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:28 pm

Don't laugh at me. I have lived my whole life in Texas. But every January I come to Boston on business for a week. This week has been COLD! How do you people up north get used to this stuff? These single digits and teens are getting to me. I am glad I am going back to Dallas tomorrow where it's gonna be in the 60's this weekend. :shock:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:32 pm

its life... me, I grew some hair and ate moms good home cooking

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:39 pm

The hair must be it. I am only 35, but half bald already!

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:43 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

The hair must be it. I am only 35, but half bald already!

haha one of my real good friends is only 26 now and is is balding pretty good up top.

ya it gets cold but you just have to wear warm clothes, I dislike the cold especially when its in the twenties and the wind is blowing

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:45 pm

It is supposed to be -2 degrees in the morning when I head to the airport. BRRRRRRR!

InCommando · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:58 pm

Man, what 'til you go somewhere where it gets cold.... :shock:

We are about -4 now, should bottom out at about -12, windchill -35 or so.

But that isn't cold compared to the real cold plains states. Didn't Bismarck hit -40 or so last might? ANd that is at a very low elevation.

dirtykj · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:00 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

It is supposed to be -2 degrees in the morning when I head to the airport. BRRRRRRR!

Dress in layers ... and always be prepared. Back when I used to live in Chicago it was easy to spot the touritsts. They are the ones who are underdressed when the weather turns.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:47 pm

Enjoy the feeling of your nostril hairs freezing together.

I can't go into detail but the best way to warm up is to find a warm body and.......

Why do you think there are so many people born in September and October?

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:49 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

the best way to warm up is to find a warm body and.......

I would love to, but my wife is back home in TX!

dirtykj wrote:

... it was easy to spot the touritsts. They are the ones who are underdressed when the weather turns.

That is me. At least I brought a decent coat and gloves this time. Came with only a sweatshirt one time. Learned my lesson that time. High was 17 that week.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:51 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

Enjoy the feeling of your nostril hairs freezing together.

I can't go into detail but the best way to warm up is to find a warm body and.......

Why do you think there are so many people born in September and October?

The stork likes delivering during those months?

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:04 pm

Maybe y'all should come down to TX in August sometime and thaw out in 110+ temps. You would probably fry. That is just normal to me though.

Reminds me of good story though.

A few years ago I was here in Boston during August. Got done with work early and went to a mall to aimlessly wander for a while. As I was leaving the mall, I was walking behind a couple and overheard their conversation. The woman said to her husband, "This heat is about to kill me. I will be glad when it cools down." I actually laughed out load. It was a whopping 85-ish outside and I was enjoying how cool it was compared to home.

I know it is just what you are accustomed to, but I find it humorous. I even laugh at myself knowing how goofy I look freezing my _____ off just running to the car. And I see the locals out taking a casual stroll with the dog like it is a clear spring day.

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:27 pm

yellocoyote wrote:

I remember August in Phoenix once too... when 116 was the daytime low... :shock:

That is when you are supposed to head to the lake and go skiing. Water skiing that is!

I even went water skiing on Christmas day one year. I got a new slalom ski for Christmas and my dad got a new drysuit, so we went and tried them out that day. It was actually pretty cold then. In the 30's or so.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:30 pm

Humidity makes a huge difference.

Grew up in Ohio, spent basic training in Great Lakes, IL with -20 degree temps. Spent two years in TX. Now in wonderful Colorado.

Humid winters and cloudy days in Ohio at 20 degrees is sooo much colder than 20 degrees with full sunny skies in Colorado and very low humidity.

I know the heat in Texas. I did the Hotter N Hell Hundred bike ride in Wichita Falls in late August. 100 mile bike ride with temps at 108 degrees.

InCommando · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:30 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

Maybe y'all should come down to TX in August sometime .

But it's a DRY heat. :shock:

You always hear that, but all I can think is "Well, my oven is a dry heat, but I don't wanna crawl in it...."

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:37 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

I know the heat in Texas. I did the Hotter N Hell Hundred bike ride in Wichita Falls in late August. 100 mile bike ride with temps at 108 degrees.

I have several friends that have ridden in that. Even I say they are nuts!

InCommando wrote:

But it's a DRY heat. :shock:

You always hear that, but all I can think is "Well, my oven is a dry heat, but I don't wanna crawl in it...."

Yeah I grew up in dry heat in Lubbock. 110 and zero humidity. Then I moved to the Houston area for a couple of years. Once I quit sweating from the 80% humidity, it actually felt cooler at 110. The dry heat just turns you into a raisin!

kskj · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:52 pm

WE get the best of both worlds here in kansas 4 degrees to night but in july it will be 105. It was cold today the job I'm working on has no heat and no windows yet. When you get home you just want to curl up with a blanket on get on lost.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:31 am

yellocoyote wrote:

I remember August in Phoenix once too... when 116 was the daytime low... :shock:

InCommando wrote:

long_tall_texan wrote:

Maybe y'all should come down to TX in August sometime .

But it's a DRY heat. :shock:

You always hear that, but all I can think is "Well, my oven is a dry heat, but I don't wanna crawl in it...."

I would much rather suffer thru a day of 115 F at 10% humidity than one of 105 F at 60-70% humidity. Bad enough that we have to put up with higher humidites during our monsoon season, I'd hate to be stuck in it all summer long

jsc7002 wrote:

haha one of my real good friends is only 26 now and is is balding pretty good up top.

Ha, yeah I had a supervisor back many years ago who was around 25-26 years old and he looked like Patrick Stewart. Of course I can't say much myself since mine has been going away for the past fifteen years....

InCommando · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:52 am

The humidity here regularly reaches the 80% range in the summer...

There are many places that, like here, will have over 100 degrees difference between their hottest high temp. & lowest low temp. in a years time. Luckily we only tickle 100 a couple of times a summer. But 115 is 115...and that just sounds unbearable.

Right now it is -12 with a windchill of -35. I don't want to go out & start the Jeep to go home. Does anyone want to warm it up for me while I sit here in the warmth? Didn't think so. Sigh.

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:39 am

Well, it was -9 this morning when I got in the Trailblazer to head to the airport. I will be glad to get back home to warm weather and my KJ by noon. So I guess I will stop whining now.

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

yellocoyote wrote:

InCommando wrote:

Does anyone want to warm it up for me while I sit here in the warmth? Didn't think so. Sigh.

Time for remote start, methinks? :wink:

Best money I ever spent. If you get cold winters, a remote start is just the best thing to have on your vehicle.

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