@narfcake I think Minnesota gets that from their larger neighbor to the north.
Also, is it true that on social media, they are known as “the land of 10,000 likes”?
I grew up just a mile or three across the border in Wisconsin and moved to the Twin Cities when I was 18. Lived there until I was 35. It is a wonderful place to live, except for the weather. Now I live on the west coast and love the wet, 50-degree winters and non-humid summers. Still go back to visit family and friends every chance I get.
@btwonder Several years back, I was flying through MSP and it was -33 degrees – without wind-chill. Denver was warm at 10 degrees. Arriving in SoCal, it was 67.
@btwonder My dad was born in northern Minnesota. I spent my childhood listening to stories of “walking to school in snow up to your armpits” and “going outside in a blizzard to use the outhouse”. He never regretted leaving.
@btwonder@narfcake It works the other way, too. Several years ago we flew to eastern South Dakota to visit my wife’s family. We left home in NW Oregon early on July 4 and it was 39F, overcast and lowish humidity. When we arrived in Sioux Falls a few hours later, it was 97F and sticky humid. Quite a shock.
@btwonder@ircon96@narfcake
Yeah cold sucks. But heat is worse. You can keep adding clothes until you get comfortable. You can only get so naked before you get arrested
@btwonder@chienfou@narfcake So true. I used to say that sort of thing when people at work would complain it was too cold in there. I mean, is it so hard to bring a damn sweater &/or dress in layers? Some people’s kids.
@chienfou@ircon96@narfcake Yes, one can definitely learn to live with cold temps, especially since most housing in MN is far better insulated than anything you’ll find south of the Mason-Dixon or west of the Rockies. I’d say the heat and humidity is worse.
Where I live now (Portland, OR), it gets hot in the summer but with very low humidity and nearly every summer night still gets down to 65 or so. Unfortunately la niña is turning Portland into a muddy swamp this year. So. Much. Rain.
I remember reading (I think it was) Scotland that also names their plows, and allows you to track them. Megabus also names their buses; there’s one called Bussy Galore.
And last year.
@blaineg Must be a cool place!
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@narfcake I think Minnesota gets that from their larger neighbor to the north.
Also, is it true that on social media, they are known as “the land of 10,000 likes”?
@narfcake @phendrick Not sure what you mean by “on social media.” That definitely is a nickname, though. It’s even on our license plates!
@antolakmichael @phendrick The land of 10,000 lakes, yes. 10,000 likes is a play off of it, however.
@narfcake @phendrick ah, I totally misread your original comment. “10,000 likes” is new to me
I lived in MN for a few years. Only place I have lived where the snow plows actually wore out their tires¡
I grew up just a mile or three across the border in Wisconsin and moved to the Twin Cities when I was 18. Lived there until I was 35. It is a wonderful place to live, except for the weather. Now I live on the west coast and love the wet, 50-degree winters and non-humid summers. Still go back to visit family and friends every chance I get.
@btwonder Several years back, I was flying through MSP and it was -33 degrees – without wind-chill. Denver was warm at 10 degrees. Arriving in SoCal, it was 67.
@btwonder @narfcake
Bitter cold is the winter norm in that area.
Fun fact: 40 below zero is the same in Fahrenheit or Centigrade!
@btwonder @chienfou @narfcake I have personally experienced this phenomena once, but on a visit to Winnipeg, Manitoba…
@btwonder My dad was born in northern Minnesota. I spent my childhood listening to stories of “walking to school in snow up to your armpits” and “going outside in a blizzard to use the outhouse”. He never regretted leaving.
@btwonder @narfcake It works the other way, too. Several years ago we flew to eastern South Dakota to visit my wife’s family. We left home in NW Oregon early on July 4 and it was 39F, overcast and lowish humidity. When we arrived in Sioux Falls a few hours later, it was 97F and sticky humid. Quite a shock.
@btwonder @chienfou @narfcake I hope to never experience that 40 below parity first-hand! Talk about the opposite of “fun with science.”
@btwonder @ircon96 @narfcake
Yeah cold sucks. But heat is worse. You can keep adding clothes until you get comfortable. You can only get so naked before you get arrested
@chienfou
/giphy preach
@btwonder @chienfou @narfcake So true. I used to say that sort of thing when people at work would complain it was too cold in there. I mean, is it so hard to bring a damn sweater &/or dress in layers? Some people’s kids.
@chienfou @ircon96 @narfcake Yes, one can definitely learn to live with cold temps, especially since most housing in MN is far better insulated than anything you’ll find south of the Mason-Dixon or west of the Rockies. I’d say the heat and humidity is worse.
Where I live now (Portland, OR), it gets hot in the summer but with very low humidity and nearly every summer night still gets down to 65 or so. Unfortunately la niña is turning Portland into a muddy swamp this year. So. Much. Rain.
/youtube Minnesota don’t cha know
@unksol Yeah!
@ircon96 @unksol You betcha!
I remember reading (I think it was) Scotland that also names their plows, and allows you to track them. Megabus also names their buses; there’s one called Bussy Galore.
I’ve been lobbying to get them to paint one purple and name it, “Sometimes it snows in April.”
@mtb002
I mean, after all, he was a local boy!
@chienfou
I know it’s not one of his better known songs, but I figured it was more appropriate than “Darling Nikki.”