Winter weather bragging

@speediedelivery @daveinwarsh @sohmageek @etal how’d you get the tree icon? What did i miss? Is this if you live somewhere cold/snowy? If so i am in. Just moved to Erie, yup that Erie that was in the news a week ago for 50" of snow in 2 days. Luckily we bought our snowblower 2 weeks earlier!

@mollama They participated in the 12 Days of Xmas video. I’m jealous too.

@speediedelivery It is a cool little tree icon…

@daveinwarsh Showoff.

@mollama You moved to around 60ish miles from where my mom lives. I used to drive through there on a closed (due to snow which meant don’t get off since they wouldn’t let you back on) freeway coming home from Rochester, NY way back when…

@mollama Grew up there. “Lake effect snow,” three of the worst words in the English language.

@mollama Hi, neighbor! I am just outside Erie. How did you chose to be here, the snow? Overall it is not a bad place to be.

@daveinwarsh Good looking badge there

@ruouttaurmind

See you in August.

@ruouttaurmind Who cares? You have the giant cockroaches that fly away with infants, and small children. (Yeah, kinda gross, but at least it’s close)

/image giant cockroach

@f00l But the 8 months of this weather is why I tolerate the 3 months of that weather.

@Shrdlu For reals? In the many years I’ve lived here I can’t say I’ve ever seen a giant flying cockroach carry away any small children. Sure, a few have swooped down and grabbed steaks off the grill while I was bbqing, but the damn things left all the children behind.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@ruouttaurmind don’t like you no more!

@Ignorant

Purest Empath, you are.

@Ignorant Finest Kind
I hate shoes

@RiotDemon that pretty much mirrors our forecast

@sohmageek
Oohrah, I’m not in quite as cold a clime as you, but it sure ain’t warm here.
My windshield washers had been frozen for a week or more, until we had a heat wave of teens today.
My diesel truck won’t start because the fuel turned to wax in the fuel line and filter, but hopefully the block heater we bought will warm it up enough to thaw it.
We need it to start because the blowing snow and constant lake effect are quickly making our driveway impassable.

@sohmageek

@sohmageek

@OldCatLady uh oh. Floridians can’t drive when it rains, forget it if there’s ice.

@RiotDemon

I’ve been in FL when it rains every afternoon for hours? People drive in rain.

Otoh, if the temp goes below 65F, stay in bed.

@f00l sure, people drive in it… But that doesn’t mean they can drive.

Going on the highway during rain is terrifying because people either wanna drive 20mph or 100mph.

@f00l Not in SOUTH FL- Dade and Monroe Co’s, they all drive on Baldini’s there, so if it’s more than a drizzle all bets are off. Central Fl is all northern xplants, so it’s the 20-100 syndrome. [Serious stereotyping in service of humor here]

@PhysAssist having extensive experience driving in both SFL and CFL I can corroborate that the stereotypes are well deserved. I can’t speak to the Baldini’s though.

@f00l Yep. And when I lived there briefly many moons ago… after that rain, those of a certain age when mushroom foraging.

@jbartus
I speak only from my personal observations from many yeaes of driving to and into CFL and SFL. Specifically, during driving rains in Dade and Monroe Co (primarily in the middle keys), I often noticed cars with plates from these counties spinning their tires, much like cars here in upstate NY do in the snow. It really puzzled me so I started looking closely at the cars, and their tires, noticing that there were a much higher # of those Italian snow tires on cars w/ those plates.
That is to say the tires were significantly lacking in tread, like slicks used in drag racing, but also that it was because of wear, causing bald tires. Hence Bald-inis, the Italian snow tire.

@PhysAssist I figured out what you were getting at when you called them Baldinis, I just didn’t have firsthand experience on the matter to agree or disagree. I’m not sure Broward and Brevard counties are much better.

I do have to ask though… why Italian?

@mfladd TB12?

@sligett Will this keep me warm, or do I have to burn the book to do it?

@mfladd A victim of my own tersetosterone, am I. I had to google what I had written to understand what you wrote. TB12 is the GOAT; the sleepwear should keep you warm; and 4 out of 5 say don’t burn the book.

/giphy tb12

@sligett That goat thing passed right over my head for some strange reason. I blame the GoaT again, and not TB12. I understood the TB12, but not why you wrote it. A quick google myself found the book for nutrition and performance so I was still a little confused. Not until I saw this did I find TB12 clothing. I didn’t know he had a line, and haven’t seen any of it yet. Ha! Funny chain of events…

@mfladd My head hurts.

But to get back on topic, yesterday was the 5th day in a week with temps below -20°F. I hope today breaks the pattern.

@sligett Brrrrr…

@sligett @mfladd you’re both making my head hurt. If I understood correctly @mfladd said he was blaming Tom Brady (‘the GoaT’) for the cold, @sligett asked if he was referring to Tom Brady (TB12) when he said ‘GoaT’, @mfladd took that as a suggestion that TB12 might keep him warm and thought, I think, @sligett was suggesting Tom Brady’s book (The TB12 Method) might help to keep warm then asked if he was meant to burn the book, and after that things seem to have completely fallen off the rails with @sligett apparently finding the TB12 clothing line and thinking @mfladd was talking about that, then @mfladd got caught up in the clothing and retconned the clothing in to explain the original reply by @sligett… have I missed anything?

@jbartus yup, I was blaming our meh goat, but not by name. Then sligett suggested TB12. I missed that he was suggesting I was blaming brady, so I googled TB12 and found the performance book. He then talked about the clothing, which I had not come across. That ought to do it. My head hurts.

@jbartus Not that it was worth the effort, but I think you provided an excellent elucidation of our conversation.

@mfladd you did say “GoaT” so I can understand @sligett’s confusion as I too was wondering what blame Brady had.

@sligett I live but to serve.

@f00l That’s … a lot of ice for one tree.

@f00l As much as I hate (fear) ice, I have to admit it looks so cool!

@callow

I suspect that was simply a sprinkler system that forgot to take a day off.

The street and grass elsewhere (including 2 feet to the side) were clear.

@qwerty82 I felt the same way with our +15 here today.

@qwerty82 That’s cold! You meh just be a winner! But more than likely, not.

@sammydog01
sign him up for the polar bear plunge

@sammydog01 I have to argue with my son to put on a coat in 9 degree weather! “But mom, I am only outside for 2 minutes 4 times a day!” School wouldn’t call the police (only because they have my # on speeddial), but my ears would be blistered for a week!!!

@mikibell We live in the south so he has to walk outside to different buildings for classes. He won’t wear a coat but at least I convinced him to wear a jacket. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t even have a coat that fits. Don’t tell the police.

@sammydog01 your secret is safe with me and the thousands of other people on the fora…

@mikibell
/giphy snickering

@sammydog01 up north in the deep freeze I saw one idiot only wearing a t-shirt and another one in shorts and flip flops (with about 8" or so of snow at the time).I presume both were headed to a car. If not they were certifiable.

@connorbush No star for you. My fingers are too cold.

@connorbush 6pm last night in Cucamonga and it was still 65 degrees! Grrr!

@connorbush 5pm, about to leave work, and it’s still 72 degrees outside here …

@narfcake 65 but I’m more high desert/valley ish

@2many2no last night when temp was 23 degree saw an idiot stand up paddleboarding after dark no lifejacket wearing black.

@CaptAmehrican That’s beyond foolish, more like a death wish.

@sligett Warmer than lots of places here. I am moving to mars (as soon as I can afford a rocket ship that is. Already own clothes for the weather having lived where it was 40 to 60 below on a regular basis and 30 below during the day was not uncommon. Had to use outhouses in that too).

@Kidsandliz You win - If the movie representation was correct, there aren’t any outhouses on Mars!

Bad news - no Meh deliveries to you, on Mars.

@sligett I win? I win? What do I win? Oh wait - can’t get the few fuko’s I win on Mars? Guess I can’t move there then.

@Kidsandliz It would be just you and Matt Damon, though.

@sligett Now I really really don’t want to go to mars LOL

@cranky1950 My dog went outside, looked at the yard, peed on the patio, then came back in. Took about 30 seconds.
At least it freezes before it spreads.

@2many2no When mine got old she would do that, she figured no wanted to swat her any more. She was arthritic and would hold up a paw and wimper (except it was usually the wrong paw). then laugh at us when we let her off.

@mfladd

Things used to be handled somewhat differently. Before the days of instant gratification.

@mfladd Headline from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:

Hey, Florida: Your ‘bomb cyclone’ is just another Wednesday in Rochester

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/01/03/rochester-weather-florida-winter-storm-bomb-cyclone/999395001/

@f00l Why does your book belong to ‘Waco Public Library’?
/giphy overdue fine

Wow, that wasn’t quite what I wanted, but the edit window has closed.

@mfladd We’re getting by-passed this time cold as all get out but no ice or snow.

@RiotDemon I get that at 37deg or lower.

@mfladd just a dusting here… no plowing done yet!

@mikibell WTF! The world has stopped here. I am suppose to 5 hours roundtrip tomorrow. Me not sure.

It wasn’t over yet.

@mfladd it is so bright white outside, it is blinding… I was able to go to work yesterday…how about you?

@OldCatLady If it stays below freezing for 2 days in a row it don’t matter what they use.

I remember it usta be a sea of orange trees from Clewiston to Leesburg, until 1977.

@cranky1950

Sometimes I think they use heaters in the orchards.

@f00l They’ve got smudge pots and big wind generators which are aircraft props mtd on a mast. It doesn’t do much when the temps get really low for an extended period because those things only work if the fruit/tree does not freeze solid.

@sammydog01 Nah Nah, no TV and bon bons for you

@cranky1950 I’ll have to watch more TV and eat more bon bons next week to make up for it.

@OldCatLady

You had a hurricane. And no roof. And the pneumonia. And now lots and lots of ice.

How’s the pneumonia?

@OldCatLady ah, yep. We experienced this before when I lived farther south. We lived on a canal and had a little wooden boat dock. Many times, we would find iguanas sunning themselves on the dock.

Luckily, we didn’t find any dead ones during cold snaps. It was weird to see them like that though.

@f00l Pneumonia gone, thanks. New roof. Still waiting for finish work on walls and floor. Currently my patio plants are wearing pillowcases until it stops freezing, and with their pointy tops they look like -uh-.

@OldCatLady

you got power?

@f00l Yup. Newer housing here has all power lines underground, and the intersection with older lines does sometimes cause transformers to explode, but not lately. How is it there?

@OldCatLady
Warmed up to tolerable here.

I’m still all traumatized tho.

@f00l ‘Tolerable’ is on a sliding scale this winter!